133 Contempt Chain

◎Therefore, in sports competitions, there are also many chains of contempt that outsiders don’t understand.◎

"It was during the Moscow World Games. Didn't I tell you that if you had the chance, would you team up with my second brother in mixed doubles? And you said yes?"

Zhu Qi was sitting on a bench next to the training hall, putting on his sneakers and thinking while tying his shoelaces.

It seems that this is the case.

At the time, Huang Jiajia's Mandarin wasn't very good, and Zhu Qi didn't understand Cantonese very well. They only used key words and gestures, which probably led to information bias.

Zhu Qi was basically aware of the affection expressed by some members of the opposite sex, but he pretended to be ignorant and rejected them secretly.

But she wasn't a complete novice after all. Seeing those men who seemed to be her "same age" but were actually countless years younger than her, she felt like she was looking at "little brats." Not to mention those who were even younger than her, those who had just reached adulthood in their late teens, who were even more childish and boring.

When she began to think about how to win more honors, gain more personal achievements, improve her military rank, future plans, where to buy a house, open a store, how to retire after retirement, and so on.

All these little brats think about is what to eat tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. Or what kind of sneakers are more fashionable, what kind of hairstyle is more Korean, and what kind of game console model is more fashionable.

Their thoughts are on different frequencies, so it would be strange if they could talk to each other.

Zhu Qi also knew that no one had dared to confess to him seriously until now, probably because everyone in the men's team knew that Zhu Qi was "cruel and ruthless" enough.

Back then, even his own brother could be proposed to be banned, let alone others.

If he meets someone he doesn't like, he will still be unreasonable to her.

Zhu Qi might actually dare to report this to the coaching staff and let them deal with him.

Therefore, during this period, Zhu Qi was someone that many boys could only admire from afar.

The coaching staff probably heard the various discussions about Zhu Qi by the men's team and understood what some of the boys were thinking. In addition, Ah Shui had achieved some results in the past two years and was left-handed, so he could pair up with most right-handed male players. Therefore, they basically did not allow Zhu Qi to play in mixed doubles.

So now, Zhu Qi also planned to continue to decline: "No, the players don't have the final say on things like the roster. The national team has a rule that players can't proactively ask the coach for a match quota."

"Hey~" Huang Jiajia waved her hand. "The players of the Chinese team can't ask the national team coach for a roster spot. I'm not a member of the Chinese team. And I'm not asking for a spot for myself, I'm just suggesting it for you."

Qin Xiaoba, who had been highly alert during this period, automatically trotted over from the other side of the gym when he heard Huang Jiajia mention Sen Yunan.

"Oh, my sister has never liked playing doubles since she was a child. She only practiced mixed doubles because Coach Xu said it could help her compete for a spot in the World Games. Now, my sister rarely participates in women's doubles, let alone mixed doubles."

Qin Xiaoba's intention to help Zhu Qi refuse was even more obvious.

Huang Jiajia felt a little sorry. She told Zhu Qi, "Oh, you don't know. My second brother loves watching your interviews and competitions. I know about you because I saw him talk about it. He said that he decided to start practicing horizontal board from scratch because he watched your U15 competition..."

U15?

This time is too long ago.

Sen Yunan is one year younger than Song Linzhou and two years older than Zhu Qi.

Zhu Qi was only 13 years old when he played for U15. At that time, Mori Yunan should have just been 15 years old. According to Song Linzhou, it was exactly when Mori Yunan finished his U15 game and was basically abandoned by the Chaojing coaching staff.

No wonder.

When Zhu Qi asked Mori Yunan why she asked her brother to help her get her autograph, she hadn't even participated in the Tokyo World Games. She had only won the World Cup gold medal and had just joined the national team for a year.

In fact, when Zhu Qi was fifteen years old, He Qianlu’s description of the golden throne was very appropriate.

It was a battle that made him famous, and it only made the name Zhu Qi known to the whole world.

But most players were not convinced, such as Hara Xiang of the Japanese team and Lee Ke-sun of the Korean team. They all thought that Zhu Qi might have just gotten lucky and took advantage of others' lack of understanding of his skills and tactics to win the gold throne.

In "Table Tennis World", there is a comment about Zhu Qi that says Zhu Qi's real battle to establish his prestige was when he defeated Jamie at the Moscow World Games.

After that game, Zhu Qi firmly established his foothold in the world's top pyramid.

"My second brother told me he was so upset after losing in the U15 division that he wanted to give up playing and go back to school. But before he left, he heard someone say a 13-year-old girl had beaten a 15-year-old and won first place in the U15 women's division. At the time, you were quite famous in the U15 division. Everyone knew you had talent and quality. So my second brother didn't leave first, but watched you compete in the lane. And then..."

Later, Qin Xiaoba also remembered this incident.

When my older sister was playing for U15...wasn't that the same time he was playing for U12?!

In fact, before Zhu Qi joined the national team, she was also quite famous among many younger players.

Because most of them had been beaten up by her, it was common for her to beat her opponents until they cried when she was a child.

At that time, although she was only 13 years old, she defeated a 15-year-old female player who was about to join the national second team.

However, Qin Xiaoba lost the men's U12 final and only won a silver medal. He also had a fight with A Shui, who Qin Xiaoba thought was a little boy at the time, in the bathroom.

Qin Xiaoba lost the competition and the fight, and was scolded by his sister with a sad face.

Before the siblings left, they saw Mori Yunan, who had just finished talking to the coach after losing to the U15 men's team and realized that he had been semi-abandoned by the Chaojing team, crying and talking on the phone with his family. He said, "I don't want to play anymore. I want to go back to school..."

The 13-year-old sister pointed at Mori Yunan and taught her brother, "Don't waste your time on meaningless things like crying. If you practice serving more, you will have mastered it long ago."

The 12-year-old brother nodded blankly: "Oh, I know, I am brave and strong!"

Sen Yunan raised his eyes and looked at the little girl who looked like a little adult, and felt his face getting hot and red.

In addition to the frustration of thinking that he was not talented enough, admitting his mediocrity and wanting to give up, there was also the shame and anger of being taught a lesson by a girl younger than him.

Mori Yunan was even more ashamed by what his sister said. When he was a child in the Chaojing team, he also had an embarrassment nickname called "crybaby".

But Zhu Qi was a person who didn't even have the right to cry after losing the game.

But at that time, Mori Yunan, who was immersed in depression, looked at the brother and sister and felt a little aggrieved: "You are so talented, of course you say that..."

Many years later, Zhu Qi felt that what he said to Mori Yunan was a bit cold and inhumane.

"What I hate most is people always saying I'm a natural talent. It seems to negate all my previous efforts, as if I can easily get first place without doing anything. How old are you? You haven't pushed yourself to the brink of despair, so why would you want to give up the table tennis you've practiced since childhood? Even if you go back to school, do you think you can outsmart those cultured students who have been studying since childhood?"

At that time, Zhu Qi, because of training with He Qianlu in the provincial team and his own efforts, was like a tiger with wings and was extremely crazy.

She didn't mean to lecture Mori Yunan at that time.

But first, because Qin Xiaoba did not play well in the game, he was dejected and was educating his younger brother, and Sen Yunan was just an innocent bystander.

From childhood to adulthood, in Qin Xiaoba's cognition, his sister was made of iron, and he knew that his sister was absolutely qualified to say this.

At that time, Mori Yunan was so confused by this sentence that he couldn't think of a rebuttal for a long time.

Because every word the girl said made sense.

I also feel that this girl has a quality that I don't have, which is very remarkable.

Maybe I really wasn't working hard enough?

Have you never pushed yourself to the brink of despair?

Afterwards, Mori Yunan found his cousin who had just enrolled at Chaojing University of Communication and talked about this matter.

Cousin Sen Qiaobei thought what the girl said made sense and advised Sen Yunan: "Anyway, going back to school means starting from scratch, and practicing horizontal board also means starting from scratch. Since you still like playing table tennis, you might as well start from scratch in the field you love. Even if you don't do well, you won't regret it."

Later.

Zhu Qi won the Macau Palace World Championship Cup.

Mori Yunan, who is far away in another city, is also practicing horizontal board hard.

"...My second brother works very hard in the Hong Kong team. He is too embarrassed to talk about it, so I'm just helping him." Huang Jiajia leaned back in her chair and looked at Zhu Qi pitifully as he put on his shoes and prepared to go to training.

Zhu Qi smiled helplessly, "Ever since I had ligament surgery two years ago, I haven't had the stamina to compete in multiple events. I want to focus on singles this time. Besides, we're all aiming for first place in this competition. If we don't have the right pairing, we can't compete together in a world competition."

Huang Jiajia pouted: "Anyway, there is a month of mixed training after this, why don't you try it with the second brother first. Okay, okay?"

Zhu Qi could only give a vague answer: "If that's the coach's plan, then let's practice."

Huang Jiajia ran away happily, and Qin Xiaoba sat down in the seat where Huang Jiajia had just sat. While the coaches had not arrived yet, he also wanted to find out his sister's true thoughts.

"Are you really going to play mixed doubles with him? Don't you hate mixed doubles?"

"Are you crazy? I just said that the coach arranged it, so I practiced. Didn't the coach arrange it? Why would I practice?" Zhu Qi was annoyed. This guy had been getting in front of him every day recently, so he kicked him. "Get out of here, get out of the way, and go back to your men's team."

"I don't think he's a good match for you." Qin Xiaoba refused to leave, instead staying there and staring at Zhu Qi eagerly. "If you don't even want to play mixed doubles with me, then others will be even less willing."

"I don't want to play with you because you're not good at it. It gives me a headache to see those stupid shots you make," Zhu Qi said.

"Then he can't do it either."

"I think he's better than you. He works harder than you, is more motivated than you, and has more room for advancement than you."

Qin Xiaoba pulled another person into the discussion area: "He is definitely not as good a match for you as Big Ling."

"We've never played together before, how do you know that he and I won't get along well?" Zhu Qi was also puzzled.

"Of course I know, I just know." Qin Xiaoba shouted with his neck stiffened.

In fact, Zhu Qi really doesn't like playing mixed doubles. In recent years, it seems that Song Linzhou's style is more suitable for mixed doubles.

She doesn't like playing mixed doubles, where many male players try to show off by being the commander, or play however they feel comfortable without any regard for their female partners.

Although Zhu Qi had not paid attention to the training of the men's team, he had played against the mixed doubles pair of Mori Yunan and Huang Jiajia before.

Although Mori Yunan's backhand racket skills have improved to the point where it's no longer obvious that he switched from a straight racket, his shortcomings are still obvious.

All the technical and tactical ideas are very regular, standard objects carved out of a set of templates, without much of their own thinking.

What Zhu Qi said to Mori Yunan when he was 13 years old was actually limited to the people he met and the things he saw at that age.

As he grew older, Zhu Qi's thoughts also underwent some subtle changes.

For example, the issue of talent flow.

In the past, Zhu Qi always felt that her hard work far exceeded her talent, and she still thinks so now.

But for others, it doesn't seem to be the case.

Qin Xiaoba's touch has always been recognized as pretty good.

When he was in the provincial team, He Qianlu also felt that Qin Xiaoba was more talented than hardworking.

Many complicated balls can be understood at a glance, but if you don’t work hard to practice, you will always make mistakes in key balls.

Some are clumsy and have poor touch. No matter how much they are taught, they just can’t understand the ball and can only be crammed with repetitive training over and over again.

If the opponent is a little more clever and changes his style of play during the game, these not-so-smart players won't be able to play.

Therefore, in sports competitions, there are also many chains of contempt that outsiders do not understand.

Those without talent are usually eliminated at the provincial team level.

Anyone who can make it to the top must have his own strengths.

Mori Yunan failed to stand out from the youth training camp, and never won the first place in the domestic adult group, let alone medals in the three major competitions.

It's not just Qin Xiaoba, many male team players cannot accept this kind of "paratrooper".

Unless Mori Yunan can "beat" all the male players on the team.

This is the law of the jungle in sports competition.

But to put it bluntly, the competition between the men's teams has nothing to do with Zhu Qi.

But Zhu Qi still wanted to remind Qin Xiaoba: "You and Ah Shui argued for a long time yesterday. I will give you some face in public. But Ah Shui has a lot of reasons. If you don't like him and think he doesn't deserve to join the national team, then you should beat him and block him at the door so that he can't come in. Why are you talking so much nonsense? If he has the ability and can beat everyone on the men's team, then why can't he join the national team?"

Sometimes, Zhu Qi even thinks that if he puts his current honor together with his past life.

She had never been reborn, but she won the Grand Slam at the age of 21. It was probably more arrogant, more crazy, and more domineering than any other Grand Slam winner in history.

Now looking at Qin Xiaoba, who is only 22 years old, he has participated in the three major competitions and won a gold medal in the World Games.

Crazy energy is a standard feature of those who become famous at a young age.

Zhu Qi felt he had to pull Qin Xiaoba back from his erratic state, and added, "To be frank, you know your situation isn't that safe. Someone's trying to take over, and you're panicking? Everything I've said before counts. If one day you can't fight anymore, I won't care about you."

One year during the battle of the sexes, Qin Xiaoba was beaten up by his elder sister and then ridiculed by Zhu Qi.

At the end, she said, "If there is a player who works harder than him and has more room for improvement, she will definitely teach him how to beat Qin Xiaoba."

Qin Xiaoba knew that his sister always did what she said.

Now Zhu Qi threatened Qin Xiaoba again, and Qin Xiaoba's nerves, which had loosened a little, were tightened again.

"Then let's wait until he can beat everyone on the men's team. First of all, there's no way I'll let him win!"

But the fact is, never underestimate a person who has no one to help him reach the top of the snow-capped mountain.

Mori Yunan's touch talent is not the best, but after so many years of training, he has honed his will.

Week 2.

The coaching staff temporarily organized an intra-team practice match.

Four players are randomly selected every day for training, and they play two games, two out of three.

Qin Xiaoba and Sen Yunan played three games, with two losses and one win, and no win.

After the game.

Qin Xiaoba sat in the corner carrying his bag alone and slapped himself in the face.

I was angry and annoyed, and couldn't understand why I lost.

The other men's team players also didn't understand why Qin Xiaoba cared so much about a simple team practice match. He was so angry at himself for losing that he even skipped dinner.

Qin Xiaoba didn't know that his elder sister went to Sen Yunan alone a week in advance and told Sen Yunan some of Qin Xiaoba's weaknesses, which was to keep an eye on Qin Xiaoba's small balls on the table and his super long balls to restrain each other.

Qin Xiaoba has been practicing the never-retreat style of play since he was young. As long as the ball flies to the far table, he will have a hard time handling it.

When Mori Yunan heard Zhu Qi telling him how to defeat Qin Xiaoba, he was very surprised: "Why are you telling me this? Isn't he your brother?"

"He needs to take a hard fall. Otherwise, he won't be able to go far if he keeps drifting."

Qin Xiaoba's superb touch since childhood is an advantage but also a double-edged sword for him.

Because it was so easy for him to achieve a level that others had to practice for a long time, Qin Xiaoba's career was actually very smooth, except for a period of time when he was sent to France on a "business trip".

He couldn't understand the sadness of trying to reach the pinnacle of training and hoping for even the slightest breakthrough.