Su Bai, as a track and field athlete with no prospects, decided to retire due to a lack of hope for improving his results.
But when Su Bai officially submitted his retirement application, his...
The fact that Su Bai was recruiting new players was known to everyone in the national team very quickly. So, during the training sessions in the past few days, Qiu Wen always had an "I'm working very hard" look on his face. After the training, he would run up to Su Bai and brag about himself, saying something like: Xiaobai, you see I'm great, don't abandon me!
The team has long been accustomed to Qiu Wen's funny behavior. Now, even Guo Dun will tease Qiu Wen whenever he has free time, saying "Train well, or you may fall out of favor in the future."
Qiu Wen's funny behavior is blatant, and he is not afraid of anyone in the team at all. However, Cui Luoheng has been training hard these days and doesn't dare to bring up such topics.
After all, Su Bai only selected athletes for the 400-meter sprint this time, and he was just a 110-meter hurdler trained under Su Bai. There was really no reason for him to come out and seek attention.
But even though I understand it in my heart, it is inevitable to feel depressed.
For Cui Luoheng, he finally figured out that he liked Su Bai, but he had no reason to monopolize Su Bai, and even no reason or logic to demand that Su Bai must respond to him.
Therefore, he could only take the time to look at Su Bai a few more times during training, or stare at Su Bai eagerly, and occasionally get physical contact from him such as a pat on the head.
As a virgin solo youth who grew up in a sports school and a sports team, and with a somewhat dull personality, even if Cui Luoheng figured out what he liked in his heart, he couldn't figure out how to express it to the person he liked. After a while, he inevitably became irritable.
If Cui Luoheng was really calm and pretending to be fragile before, then after Su Bai noticed that Cui Luoheng seemed even more silent than before recently, he took a look at his mental state and found that Cui Luoheng was just pretending to be calm this time and something really happened.
That night, after the training, Su Bai kept the person and prepared to ask Cui Luoheng what happened.
When it comes to psychological problems, it’s always better to discover and resolve them early.
As a result, when Su Bai brought his people to the cafeteria, ordered a meal, and planned to chat while eating, he found that he couldn't pry Cui Luoheng open his mouth.
Cui Luoheng had always trusted him, including when he came to him to confess his "poor mental quality", he had never let him worry too much. But this time, no matter how Su Bai tried to find words, Cui Luoheng just said, "Xiaobai, don't worry, I'm fine."
When he spoke, Cui Luoheng always looked at him eagerly, and there seemed to be something hidden in his dark eyes, but he always swallowed it back.
This was the first time that Su Bai was frustrated in a conversation with his teammates. After all, whether it was the S Province Track and Field Team or the national team, the players were actually relatively mature. The only two who were relatively childish in character were Qiu Wen and Li Junhao. Qiu Wen basically had no psychological problems, and Li Junhao, who had a fragile heart in the early stages, had no major problems after several consecutive stimulations, even though he was still rebellious.
Now that he suddenly encountered a situation like Cui Luoheng, Su Bai was also a little troubled.
There are several common psychological problems for athletes: training bottlenecks leading to low training mood, psychological frustration due to low competitive state, overconfidence leading to contempt for competition, some psychological barriers to training due to injuries, and neglect of training and results due to yearning for the outside world...
In addition to these, there are also some personal emotional factors that cause athletes' condition to fluctuate, such as family illness, love setbacks, etc.
Su Bai asked himself if he knew Cui Luoheng quite well. It was obvious that the problems of training bottleneck and competitive low state did not apply to Cui Luoheng at the moment. Since the change from eight to seven before the hurdles, Cui Luoheng's performance has been continuously improving.
That……
Is it caused by personal emotional reasons?
Su Bai thought for a moment and asked in a slightly tactful way, "Has your family encountered any difficulties recently?"
Cui Luoheng was originally looking down. Hearing this, he was stunned for a moment, looked up at Su Bai, and blinked: "...No."
No problems at home?
Su Bai suddenly smiled when he heard this: "Do you like someone?"
Faced with Su Bai's sudden direct question and seeing Su Bai's smiling face, Cui Luoheng's originally tense face suddenly began to turn red from the ears, and then his face turned red in an instant.
Seeing Cui Luoheng's situation, Su Bai immediately understood. He smiled and said, "Are you hesitating and not daring to confess?"
Cui Luoheng continued to blush and froze in his seat, unable to even lower his head to escape reality.
Seeing Cui Luoheng like this, Su Bai knew what was going on. It was just that he had been a solo athlete for more than 20 years. He didn't expect that after becoming a coach, he would have to take care of the emotional affairs of his athletes. It really felt like he was both a father and a mother.
Su Bai had no idea that the guy in front of him didn't want him to be both a father and a mother, but only wanted him to be his own daughter-in-law.
Under Su Bai's direct gaze, Cui Luoheng blushed, hesitated for a while, and said, "Yes."
After a pause, Cui Luoheng suddenly mustered up the courage to ask, "Xiaobai, can you teach me what to do?"
Okay.
Su Bai rubbed his head. Although he had a super memory, he was a complete noob in terms of emotional intelligence... or in the matter of love.
How can I teach my athletes to deal with their emotional problems when I am a rookie myself?
Su Bai hesitated for a moment, but still managed to smile calmly and said, "If you like someone, just confess. Why are you keeping it to yourself? If you keep this to yourself for too long, it will affect your state and mentality."
The blush on Cui Luoheng's face had faded a little by now. His eyes, which looked like those of his own black dog to Su Bai, stared straight at Su Bai, making Su Bai feel as if something was strange.
After hearing Su Bai's question, Cui Luoheng blinked: "He is too good, I am not sure he will like me."
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Too good?
Speaking of which, Cui Luoheng is now a new generation representative of the domestic 110-meter hurdles event. He ran 13.20 seconds in the Asian Championships, which is 0.12 seconds higher than the most stringent Tokyo Olympic track and field qualifying standard in history. With this result, he will definitely be in the top 20 in the world this year. At such a young age, he will be able to participate in the Tokyo Olympics next year. According to his current state, he will definitely have no problem reaching the semifinals, and he is not without hope of reaching the finals.
After more than a decade of anticipation in the country, Cui Luoheng is currently the person with the greatest hope of succeeding the previous generation of hurdle king and allowing China to once again stand at the top of the world 110-meter hurdles circle.
Not to mention Cui Luoheng's possible future achievements, just his current results make him the number one of the new generation in the domestic 110-meter hurdles event. Who on earth could make Cui Luoheng so nervous that he dared not confess?
Su Bai checked the suspicious candidates one by one in his mind puzzledly - A Luo was training with the national team or competing outside every day, so it was very likely that the person he liked was an athlete he met or a player in the team?
As for the athletes he met outside, A Luo won the silver medal in the Asian Games and the gold medal in the Asian Championships. It is obvious that he did not meet anyone who was in the same event as him but he did not dare to confess his love to him.
So are they people from other sports in the national team?
There aren't many people who are better than him in terms of performance...
Who is coming...
Fang Yu? Zhang Ziyi? Wang Shen? Or the top athlete in which women's sport?
Cui Luoheng, who was sitting opposite Su Bai, looked at him with a pair of black puppy eyes. His ears were slightly red and there was a hint of expectation in his eyes, as if he was expecting Su Bai to figure out who he liked.
Unfortunately, after Su Bai thought about it, the name he uttered made Cui Luoheng freeze on the spot.
"Do you like Wang Shen?"
Su Bai thought about it and realized that Wang Shen and Cui Luoheng had always had a good relationship. Cui Luoheng had reminded him before that Wang Shen had encountered a bottleneck and took him to watch Wang Shen practice deep in the stadium at night.
And recently, Su Bai always felt that when Wang Shen came close to him to discuss issues with him, there would be a vague sense of attention coming over.
A few times, he looked up and saw Cui Luoheng.
I haven’t thought about this question before, but now thinking back, maybe it’s because A Luo likes Wang Shen?
For some reason, Su Bai frowned slightly when he thought of this, but he didn't think too much about it. He just wanted to help Cui Luoheng solve the problem as soon as possible.
Cui Luoheng didn't expect that after thinking about it, Su Bai would actually label Wang Shen as the person he liked. His face immediately turned green and he shook his head vigorously.
"Not him."
The tone was very serious, and Su Bai was afraid that he was not sure enough, so he would push him and Wang Shen together.
Su Bai was stunned for a moment, and seeing Cui Luoheng's strong resistance to saying "it's not him", he could only sigh.
"Okay, it's okay if you don't want to talk about it, but you can't let your training be affected by your emotional problems." After a pause, Su Bai said, "I'm not forcing you to deal with your emotional problems, but being hesitant and indecisive is not a good quality for an athlete."
A top athlete is never a hesitant person. They are always firm and determined in pursuing the goals they have chosen.
Only a firm enough heart can support them to keep improving and moving forward in the hard daily training.
Cui Luoheng was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked at Su Bai seriously: "Xiaobai, I suddenly figured it out."
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Su Bai looked at Cui Luoheng.
"I won't be bothered by this problem anymore. I like him, and I hope he can accept me, but he is really too good. I hope I can become stronger and get better grades. After I have accumulated enough good grades... I will confess to him. I think that by then, I will have become a better me. At least, when I confess, he can examine my sincerity more seriously and then accept me."
Cui Luoheng seldom spoke, but now he suddenly spoke such a long string of words with red ears. It was obvious that he had mustered up his courage and was confident in his heart.
After finishing speaking, Cui Luoheng looked at Su Bai steadily.
Hearing Cui Luoheng's words, Su Bai smiled and nodded: "Okay, keep going, you are already very good now, I believe that after you become even better, no one will refuse your confession."
Su Bai's words were actually meant to comfort and encourage. After all, who could guarantee that a confession would not be rejected?
Of course, Su Bai would not say this out loud. He wanted to help Cui Luoheng relieve his psychological problems, not to let him fall into deeper troubles.
But after hearing these words, Cui Luoheng's eyes became brighter. He looked at Su Bai seriously, and then suddenly revealed a shy and happy smile that was completely different from his usual self.
Seeing Cui Luoheng like this, Su Bai couldn't help but rub Cui Luoheng's head again, then said with a smile: "Okay, let's go, digest it and take a good rest, don't be distracted during tomorrow's training, for your sweetheart, do your best."
"Um."
After hearing Su Bai's words, Cui Luoheng responded happily with a "yes", and the light in his eyes became brighter.