Why it never ends

Chapter 729 Statues
The students who came to see Teacher Chen had also walked behind her.None of them said anything, they just stood patiently and looked at the chessboard without saying a word.

Hesta stared at the chess game. She could see that the black queen general was attacking the white king... No matter what, Teacher Chen had to withdraw his next move.

But where does the king retreat...a6?

Hesta looked at Teacher Chen's finger.

After a while, Teacher Chen's hand fell on the white king, as if he was about to twist it.

The woman holding the cigarette remained calm but held her breath.

"I can't see where I lost..." Teacher Chen whispered. At this moment, her hand that was originally holding King Bai suddenly let go, and instead grabbed Queen Bai, moving it from g8 to g5, stands between the black queen and the white king - and the white queen itself is completely exposed to the black queen's attack.

Hesta was stunned for a moment.

Everything is fine...why sacrifice a queen out of thin air?

The woman holding the cigarette mercilessly held down the white queen who had been brought to the door by Teacher Chen. Her breathing returned to its previous rhythm, but her eyes that hinted at expectation became cold again.

Only then did Teacher Chen move the white king to a6.

"You want to wait for my king to move a6, and then you can use e2 to catch?" Teacher Chen whispered, "...but I'm not that stupid."

The woman put out the cigarette in her hand and looked at the chess game with deep eyes - next, as long as Chen pushes her b6 white pawn to b7, the game will be over.

"Look at these pawns," Teacher Chen continued, "Look at these little pawns that are always sacrificed in the beginning and middle game. In the end game, they are so powerful that they can directly kill the opponent without even needing to upgrade. king--"

"You talked a bit too much today," the woman pushed the black elephant towards a7, "It's not over yet."

Teacher Chen reached out to the b6 soldier again - Hesta found that the smoking lady was holding her breath again, as if she was expecting something.

But immediately, Teacher Chen's fingertips abandoned b6 and instead grasped c6, pushing the c6 pawn to c7.

Hesta's eyes suddenly brightened, and almost at that moment, the outcome on the chessboard suddenly became clear:
No matter whether the black elephant takes b6 next or not, the improvement of the c7 pawn is unstoppable——

Checkmate.

Although Hesta had not quite understood what the two people were thinking just now, the situation in front of her really shocked her: in the final fight, Black had the queen and the bishop but was unable to defend, while White's king had the only remaining The two soldiers achieved the final victory.

"Okay," Teacher Chen knocked on the chessboard, "I really have to leave now."

The woman stood up, took out a cigarette from her pocket again, lit it, and threw a green-edged and white-backed plastic chip next to Teacher Chen.

"You should have taken a step back when I asked for peace." Teacher Chen put the chips into his pocket with a smile, "You know I... I always say what I say and never bluff." The smoking woman was alone After leaving, several students helped Teacher Chen pack the chess box. Hesta wanted to help, but saw their skillful movements and held back.

"Do you like playing chess?" Teacher Chen suddenly asked.

"Just getting started."

"The General Chess Club is recruiting new members next week. If you are interested, you can go and have a look."

"it is good."

Teacher Chen mentioned the chess box she had filled. She thanked the students beside her softly, then stood up slowly while holding on to the stone table.

A girl held Chen's arm from the side. Just as she was about to leave, she suddenly remembered something and turned back to Hesta, "If you have time in the past two days, you can come directly to our club to play together. Our activity room is here Next to Teacher Chen’s office.”

Hesta nodded again. After asking about Teacher Chen's office, she stood there and watched them go away together.On the way back, Hesta thought about what had just happened, and suddenly felt a little emotional in her heart - it would have been better if she had found out where Teacher Chen's office was earlier, but...

The phone suddenly vibrated.

Hesta took it out to check and found that it was Lin Jiao's message. The letter agreed to meet on the second floor of Wenhui Building at [-]:[-] tomorrow night.

……

That night, Yugali still didn't reply.

Hesta was sitting alone in the living room playing with the chess pieces in front of the chess book, which was not too difficult.But when it was almost ten o'clock in the night, she heard the sound of a key being inserted into the lock outside the door. Hesta thought that the person who came back would be Shi Pingchuan, but she didn't expect that the person who came in was Ding Yuqing.

Hesta checked the time again - indeed, it was ten o'clock.

The two people's eyes met, and Ding Yuqing smiled, "Are you playing chess?"

"Well," Hesta looked at her, "Why did you come back so late... I thought you were at home."

"Classmate's birthday." Ding Yuqing didn't explain more. She yawned and quickly returned to the room.

With a slight knock on the door, she disappeared from Hesta's sight.

……

The next day, Hesta was waiting on the second floor of Wenhui Building as promised. The person who came to pick her up was none other than Xiang Hanshan.

"Where are they?" Hesta asked.

"Everyone has passed first." Xiang Hanshan replied, "I'll take you there."

The two left from the side door of Wenhui Building and walked in a direction that Hesta had never walked.There are fewer and fewer people around, and the street lights on both sides are not as bright as the main campus. The swaying pines and cypresses in the autumn wind cast suspicious shadows on the ground. Everything is eerie and scary.

"Where are we going now?" Hesta asked.

Xiang Hanshan showed a sly smile, "Are you scared? Don't worry, I won't eat you."

"It's just out of school." Hesta blinked, "Your activity venue is outside?"

"We won't leave the school," Xiang Hanshan replied, "Our activity room is in the old building of the School of Liberal Arts. Now, except for a few classes during the day, no one will go there at other times."

After passing a corner, Hesta suddenly stopped.

Just to her left, at a right angle to a section of wall built along the road, a familiar turquoise bust stood there.

Despite the dim lighting, Hesta recognized the bronze figure at a glance—Ava.

The bronze statue looks more serious than the person in person. The "Ava" in front of her has deep Sichuan lines on her brows. In fact, she only makes such an expression when she is unhappy.

Xiang Hanshan, who had already walked more than ten steps forward, realized that no one behind her was following her. She jogged back to Hesta, "What are you looking at?"

"...statue." Hesta replied, "I have seen her portrait on the ninth floor of Wenhui Building before, but I didn't expect there to be another one here -"

"Ah, this...it's all Old Molly's fault." Xiang Hanshan interrupted Hesta softly, "She is a loyal supporter of Ava."

(End of this chapter)