This is an era when Go is still fairly popular.
The main timeline runs from 2009 to 2015.
[A Go Prodigy]
Once you take up Go, it becomes part of your life forever.
At twelve, she earned her professional rank, becoming China’s youngest female professional Go player.
Everyone said Zhang Miao would be the next world champion.
Then she lost. Not to her opponent, but to herself.
At fourteen, her faith in Go shattered, and she returned to her small hometown.
The Go club had closed. Her friends had all quit.
Her relatives said, “What kind of future can you have playing Go?”
Her classmates said, “Even professional players come back to school, don’t they?”
Zhang Miao said nothing.
Until someone came to challenge the Go club
She played five games alone, each one lasting less than ten minutes.
“I just don’t play professionally anymore. That doesn’t mean I can’t beat someone like you.”
Later, she won the national youth championship.
Then came her admission offer from Huaqing University.
Even the boy who had given up Go back then returned.
He said, “You finally started playing again.”
She asked, “What about you? Will you play with me?”
A story about giving up, coming back, and finally choosing each other.
