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Hearing her uncle's angry voice, Jiao Lihong froze, feeling a little scared. Thankfully, he hadn't made a move. If her uncle hadn't called at this hour, she might have acted on it tomorrow night.

If something goes wrong, even my uncle can't cover it up. Wouldn't that cause a huge uproar?

"Uncle, I understand, please don't be angry. I will definitely do my best in the competition, without any distractions, and strive to enter the national team with excellent results."

Seeing his niece say this, Director Jiao's tone softened, and he said, "Yes, it's good that you think this way. If you offend people unnecessarily, I can't help you. Besides, Coach Xia also said that your results are very good. As long as you play well in the competition, you should be able to achieve excellent results and enter the national team. Don't worry, once you're in the national team, I will have someone allocate more resources to you."

"Thank you for your encouragement, Uncle. I understand," Jiao Lihong said with a smile. "Uncle, please take care of yourself. I will do my best in the competition and bring you good news."

"Okay, keep up the good work," Director Jiao said before hanging up the phone.

He's made it so clear: if his niece remains obstinate, no matter how talented she is, he won't mentor her. After all, competing through unfair means is like carrying a time bomb—it could explode at any moment.

Jiao Lihong hung up the phone, turned to Coach Xia who was paying, and said with a smile, "Thanks for the reminder, Coach Xia!"

Even her uncle said so, which shows that He Tiantian is someone she can't afford to offend.

Director Jiao cursed Xia Wenhou in his heart for being a bully who preyed on the weak. In fact, weren't Director Jiao and his niece the same kind of people?

If you can bully them, then bully them; if you can't, then keep your tail between your legs and behave yourself.

"Hehe, it's all for the sake of achieving good results in the competition." Coach Xia smiled insincerely. He had said everything he needed to say, and he could finally get a good night's sleep.

Jiao Lihong didn't care about Coach Xia's attitude and smiled, "Well, good results, Coach Xia, I'm going back to my room now."

After saying that, he walked away.

Coach Xia didn't want to look at Jiao Lihong's smug and arrogant face either.

The next day, Wei Yuanyuan and Cui Ying became more vigilant and protected He Tiantian.

Jiao Lihong was very quiet and serious, unlike her usual joking and laughing, and instead focused on preparing for the competition.

The other team members thought there was more to come, but they didn't get to see it.

During the evening break, Cai Fenfang came over and whispered, "Lihong, I personally went to see He Tiantian's training today, and she's doing very well. I estimate she'll achieve good results this time."

"Yes, that's very good." Jiao Lihong smiled. "You also need to work hard, so we can both join the national team someday."

"I will try my best," Cai Fenfang said with a smile. She practices butterfly stroke and has no competition with Jiao Lihong, so they usually get along quite well. "Then let's not teach He Tiantian a lesson."

Jiao Lihong shook her head and said, "This is a national competition, and it concerns whether we can be selected for the national team. You can't do anything reckless. If you do something reckless, I won't back you up. If something goes wrong, you'll have to take the blame yourself."

Jiao Lihong's ability to say such things means she won't take any action, and she even reminded her not to do anything drastic.

What's wrong?

This is different from what I said before?

Now that Jiao Lihong isn't doing those things for her, Cai Fenfang can focus on the competition. She was worried about it before. Now she doesn't have to live in fear anymore.

Upon hearing this, Cai Fenfang was taken aback, then nodded and said, "You're right, I'll remember that, I'll do my best in the competition."

While receiving help from Jiao Lihong, Cai Fenfang also had to follow Jiao Lihong's lead in everything, which is why she said that just now.

Who is He Tiantian? How did she manage to make Jiao Lihong back down and not dare to do anything?

With these questions in mind, Cai Fenfang kept a close eye on He Tiantian and Jiao Lihong.

However, she also knew that the competition results were more important.

After hanging up the phone, Director Jiao was restless and couldn't sleep well that night, constantly wondering what kind of background He Tiantian might have.

The next morning, after arriving at his workplace, Director Jiao went directly to find Coach Wu of the national team, but his subordinates told him that Coach Wu had gone to Nanshi to select some promising young players.

Director Jiao could only have someone bring over He Tiantian's information, which included her address; that was all.

Director Jiao summoned his secretary and asked him to investigate He Tiantian's background.

The secretary was quite capable; she came to report in the afternoon.

"Director, He Tiantian is quite someone important," said Secretary Wang, slightly out of breath from walking so fast.

Director Jiao was taken aback and asked, "What's their background?"

"He Tiantian's husband is Huo Yingjie, the chief engineer of the Military Special Materials Research Institute. He comes from the Huo family, which has a long history of meritorious service. Huo Yingjie's uncle is a minister, and his father is the governor of Jiangsu Province. In addition, He Tiantian herself used to be a university teacher, and her grandmother has a huge business abroad," Xiao Wang said without hesitation, his expression somewhat excited.

Director Jiao was utterly dumbfounded.

My God, this background isn't just big, it's incredibly big.

Thank goodness.

Fortunately, Xia Wenhou reminded him.

Fortunately, he had already reminded his niece.

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Director Jiao felt a chill run down his spine just thinking about it. Seeing that his secretary, Xiao Wang, was still there, he continued, "Xiao Wang, how did you find so much information in such a short time? Is it reliable?"

“Reliable, of course it’s reliable,” Xiao Wan said. “My aunt and uncle work at He Tiantian’s house. They earn about a thousand yuan a month. After I got this address, I thought of my aunt working nearby, but I didn’t know it was at He Tiantian’s house, so I went to ask first. My aunt said that it was indeed her employer.”

Given this relationship, it's impossible for Secretary Wang to make a mistake.

"Oh, then it must be true." Director Jiao nodded, took out a cigarette, took a few puffs to calm himself down, "Xiao Wang, since He Tiantian is so amazing, if she makes it into the national team, keep a close eye on her and report to me immediately if anything happens."

"Yes, Director," Secretary Wang said with a smile before turning and leaving.

Secretary Wang never expected such a thing to happen.

Oh dear, I just don't understand. She's already a young mistress, why is she still working so hard?

Not only Jiao Lihong thought this way, but anyone who didn't know He Tiantian would think the same.

Nothing from the outside world disturbed He Tiantian.

She is preparing for the upcoming competition. Although Huo Yingjie cannot come, the children can, so while she enjoys herself, she is also trying to achieve better results.

Huo Yingjie then led his group directly to the government compound where his parents lived.

Jiang Lifang was also surprised because she hadn't received a call beforehand and thought only her daughter-in-law would come to the competition, and the others wouldn't be coming.

I didn't expect the whole family to come.