Xu Saisai looked at the full refrigerator, a little stunned.

She stood there for a long time, and Wang Wenbo came over: "What's wrong?"

Xu Saisai shook her head: "You only want wontons? How about I give you some bamboo noodles and some soy milk?"

"Just the wontons are enough. Don't order too much. Three or five will be enough. Lao Xu was hospitalized due to a stroke a few days ago. At my age, I'd rather eat less than more."

"Then I'll make you some fruit and vegetable juice?"

"Fruit juice?"

"Mix vegetables and fruits together!" Xu Saisai's eyes lit up. "What do you want to drink? How about carrot apple juice?"

Wang Wenbo didn't want to drink it after hearing this mixture, but seeing Xu Saisai's excited face, he swallowed the three words "no need".

Xu Saisai immediately got busy.

She first cut the carrots into small pieces, then cut the apples, and then added honey and squeezed lemon. Later, in addition to fruit and vegetable juice, wontons, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and a small pudding were served on the table.

Wang Wenbo was stunned.

"Eat it. I made this pudding myself. It won't make you fat."

"Don't bother with that."

Xu Saisai didn't say anything.

"I have another game tonight, now I just have to deal with..."

"Why do we have to deal with it?" Before he finished speaking, Xu Saisai's eyes widened, "Isn't lunch just a meal? Shouldn't we eat it well? You can eat this and that with others, but you can't at home? Did I poison you or give you chin beans? Can it kill you or what?"

She kept saying this and that, completely stupefying Wang Wenbo. Just as he was about to defend himself, Xu Saisai's eyes turned red.

"Don't cry." Wang Wenbo said immediately, "I'll eat. Isn't it okay for me to eat? Why are you crying? Don't I worry that you'll be tired?"

"Why should I work hard?" Xu Saisai said, but she cried even harder, "I'm not at home, so why should I work hard?"

As she said this, she cried even louder.

Wang Wenbo thought for a moment and asked, "Want to be quiet?"

Xu Saisai raised her head, and Wang Wenbo said, "Oh, the girl has made it big, hasn't she? How many people can make it to the national team? We always thought she was incompetent in the past, but look at her now, who has made it as big as she has? Shouldn't you be happy?"

"...I didn't spend the New Year at home." Wang Yajing went to the base in December. At that time, it was said that she would be away for two months. They all thought that she would come back just in time for the New Year... Even if she might not be able to spend the New Year well because of the competition, she would always come back for a few days. Who knew that the news came out two days ago that she would not come back.

"Not coming back?" Xu Saisai thought she had misheard. "Not coming back at all?"

"Um."

"Why don't you come back?"

“I don’t have time.”

"Wasn't there still time earlier?"

“That’s always going to be a little bit fluid.”

"Then, when will you be back?"

“We are going to win the championship!”

"...Then when will you be back?"

"The final will be in April..." Wang Yajing hesitated there, and then said that he would bring her a gift. In the end, she could only tell her to be careful and take care of herself.

"I'll be away for four months!" When she said this, Xu Saisai wanted to cry again.

"Isn't this for a competition? An international competition! This time it's Asia's, next time, it'll be the world's!"

Wang Wenbo spoke very excitedly, but Xu Saisai seemed to be unable to muster up the energy.

She knew that her daughter had made great progress, and now everyone was talking about it, saying that her daughter had made great progress.

Even if some jealous people say something, no one has ever said that the girl can make a living by playing football. Her daughter is also on the national team!

She knew all this, but she felt an indescribable loneliness in her heart.

This kind of loneliness existed earlier.

In the past she was tired, with two children. The older one is about to take the college entrance examination, and the younger one is a little princess, so she has to take good care of both of them.

It is no exaggeration to say that she has to get up at 5:30 in the morning to cook. The older children need a balanced diet, and the younger ones are picky even if they are well-nourished. Every day is like a battle. When the children were on vacation, she was also exhausted until the eldest one was admitted to college.

I was relieved at first, but then I felt a little bit at a loss.

The younger one is a picky eater, but he doesn’t eat much. He eats in the school cafeteria at noon, and sometimes eats out at stalls with classmates and friends at night. Her life suddenly became leisurely. She had always looked forward to leisure time in the past, but when it finally came, she felt a little uncomfortable. After all, the little one has a lot of requests. She wants cake today and fruit pie tomorrow. It’s troublesome, and it’s also a way to give her something to do. But the little one went to play football again.

She has always been indulgent to the younger ones for many reasons.

Firstly, I feel that girls don’t have to be too successful. Secondly, I feel that the only time girls can relax is when they are at their parents’ home.

So she just kicked, even though she felt it was completely meaningless at the time.

She never thought that such a delicate little girl could endure so much hardship. Many times, she wanted to stop it, but seeing how hard she tried, she couldn't bear it.

After that, the kid started participating in competitions all the way, including provincial competitions, national competitions, and now he is going to participate in Asian competitions!

This is an honor, but her life has completely turned into a dry pool.

In the past, although Wang Yijing no longer ate three meals at home, she would come back for a midnight snack, so she thought carefully about how to make a midnight snack every day.

It should be nutritious and refreshing.

She cut the meat into small pieces, picked out the intestines from the shrimps, and mixed the vegetables together. Even with such a small amount of vegetables, she often mixed two or three kinds of vegetables.

She would also compare different brands of milk and choose good beans for soy milk.

She did all these things very carefully, but now, they are all gone.

All her time was her own, but she was not happy at all.

Are you missing your daughter? It seems so, but not completely. It’s just sad…

Thinking of this, she couldn't help crying again. Wang Wenbo was helpless: "How about we go back and see Jingjing?"

Xu Saisai raised her head: "What do you think?"

"Isn't she going to Thailand for a competition? Let's go to Thailand? Well, it's not possible now. You know, we are very busy during this period. After the Chinese New Year, I will make time and we will go to Thailand!"

"real?"

"Really, happy now."

Xu Saisai forced a smile, showing her happiness, but deep down in her heart, she just couldn't be happy.

She didn't know why.

Xu Saisai was crying here, and Wang Yijing, who was thousands of miles away, was also crying.

The competition is about to begin.

After training for so long and working so hard, they are finally going to the battlefield.

Some of them have national team experience, such as their current captain Yang Mo.

Yang Mo is the captain of Hohhot No. 3 Middle School and has played for the U16 team.

Two of her teammates have also competed with her on the international stage.

In addition, there are Yang Xiaochuan from Didu No. 4 Middle School, who had played against Tiezhong before, and □□Dan from Yalong, both of whom were previously on the national team's roster.

Of course, there are many like Wang Yajing and Zhang Sheng who have never participated in national team competitions in the past.

Regardless of whether you have participated before or not, your current mood should be excitement, nervousness, and anticipation. At most, you will have some worries and fears, but no one will cry.

But Wang Yijing was indeed crying, not because of the competition, but because Su Li was leaving.

Twenty-three people, that means there can only be twenty-three people.

There are only twenty-three people on the roster. It doesn’t matter if there are one or two more during training at the base, but when it comes to the competition, there will be twenty-three.

It can be less, but not more.

This time, Zheng Weifeng did not hold a competition to select the players. In other words, they competed almost every day in this month.

——This is also the main reason why Wang Yijing’s life is more difficult than before.

It’s not that Princess Wang is not good at competitions, but the training and competitions here are more restrictive for her.

When selecting players this time, Coach Li took out two large forms.

One is the individual data of all the players, and the other is their game data.

Here, Su Li's ranking is not the last, but there is no place for her among defenders.

And she can only play as a defender.

Wang Yijing hugged her and cried loudly. Su Li was also crying, but she couldn't cry anymore after hearing her cry. "Okay, okay, Jingjing, I'm going home. If you don't know, you will think I'm going to the battlefield if I make you cry like this."

Wang Yijing sobbed: "We are the ones going to the battlefield."

"Hey, you want to be beaten, don't you?" Su Li pretended to be angry. Wang Yijing glanced at her and wanted to laugh, but couldn't. In the end, she was crying and laughing at the same time. Zhang Sheng came over to pull her away and touched Su Li's head again. Su Li was embarrassed by the touch, "Captain!"

"Go back and work hard."

Su Li nodded vigorously. She was about to say something else when she saw a person. Suddenly, her body froze. Wang Yijing and Zhang Sheng raised their heads and saw Zheng Weifeng standing by the door. Behind her were Coach Ni, Coach Li and some other staff members.

"Is everything packed?" Coach Ni asked. Su Li nodded. Just as she was about to say something, Wang Yijing ran over first, "Coach—Coach Zheng!"

She called Coach Ni first, but hesitated for a moment and turned her gaze to Zheng Weifeng. Zheng Weifeng was about to speak when Wang Yijing spoke first: "Can't we let them go?"

As she spoke, tears began to flow.

Zheng Weifeng's "can't" seemed to be sealed and stuck at the corner of his mouth!

"Coach Zheng——"

The little princess has swung the Crescent Moon Saber tens of thousands of times, swung the bull's tail tens of thousands of times, and run more than ten thousand meters...but as for being a spoiled child, that took more than twenty years!

If this skill had a progress bar, it would definitely be 200 percent!

Poor Coach Zheng has been a coach for his entire life, and the ones he has seen the most are people like Su Li and Xu Aidi. There are also some like Zhang Sheng and Coach Ni. But he has never seen anyone as delicate as this...

Of course, it’s not that Coach Zheng has never seen delicate girls, but there are no such girls among the players.

Even if they are delicate at heart, they will appear strong and resolute. Even if they cry, they will wipe their face with their arms and say with gritted teeth that it's okay.

Wang Yajing cried so hard with a tremor in her voice, which was unprecedented.

"Just let them follow, is it not possible?" Wang Yijing said as big tears rolled down her cheeks. Zheng Weifeng's heart trembled, and the words "stop crying" were on his lips, but he turned around, snorted, and then left without looking back.

"Coach—" Wang Yajing complained. Zheng Weifeng didn't even dare to stop.

As soon as she left, the others followed. When they were all far away, Wang Yijing turned around and sighed: "It seems that it's really not going to work."

Su Li looked at her stiffly. Zhang Sheng was stunned for a moment, then laughed and sat on the chair. Wang Yijing looked at her puzzledly, and Zhang Sheng continued to laugh.

Su Li swallowed and said, "Jingjing, were you just... pretending?"

"I'm really sad too."

"No, when you were facing Coach Zheng...were you pretending to cry?"

"No, I was really crying!" Wang Yijing nodded her head vigorously to show that she was really crying, and she opened her eyes wide to let people see that her tears had not completely dried up yet.

Su Li scratched her hair. She was really crying, but this real crying was different from what they thought!

Zhang Sheng was laughing so hard that he almost fell off his chair. Wang Yijing said shyly, "Captain!"

Zhang Sheng paused and said, "From now on, Coach Zheng, I will only be afraid of you."

After saying that, he laughed again.

Coach Ni also laughed like her at this time.

When Zheng Weifeng turned around just now, she hadn't reacted yet. She took a few steps and saw Coach Li trying to hold back his laughter. Then she understood. Suddenly, she had an urge to laugh wildly, but after looking at Zheng Weifeng, she had no choice but to hold it back.

After this incident, the shadow of separation was dispelled. After seeing off Su Li and another player, Wang Yajing and others began to pack their luggage.

This kind of international competition definitely has a group stage, and in fact there is also a preliminary round, but the Chinese team performed well last time and went straight into the finals this time.

But there is still a group stage, and their first opponent is the Japanese team.

This is why the coaching staff cancelled the players' return home this time.

Although they don't have to play in the preliminaries, the Chinese team's grouping this time is not very good.

In fact, there are only two groups in total, but one group has Japan and Australia, and in the other group, the only strong team is South Korea. If China was assigned to the other group, it would almost certainly qualify. Now, it is hard to say.

Needless to say, Japan has made rapid progress since they started youth training, and the national atmosphere is also very good.

Australia has natural advantages.

Only the top two teams will be selected from the group stage. Although theoretically, China can qualify as long as it beats Australia and Myanmar, that is only theory. If Australia beats Japan and Myanmar, then it will be a matter of fate.

So after discussion, the coaching staff decided not to go home. It’s not that they just missed a few days of training, but they can’t let this anger get away.

"We can only win, not lose!" Zheng Weifeng said in a firm tone. Although this is only an idealized state, it also determines the nature of this game.

Wang Yajing and others arrived three days before the competition.

After arriving, the most important thing was to adapt. Wang Yijing finally found the time to complete the tasks, and she enjoyed doing them every day. Zheng Weifeng didn't say much about her behavior. This is because these days, we need to keep the players in a good condition.

Keep your body in a good condition and your mood in a good state. Wang Yijing is so happy brushing her teeth...it seems like we can't stop her from brushing her teeth.

Of course, the main reason why she acquiesced was because she now knew that Wang Yijing's physical fitness was extraordinary. Just considering this aspect... she could be said to be the best in the team. If she were put in the adult team, she would probably be among the best.

Regarding this, she couldn't help but sigh to Coach Ni: "This player of yours is weird in every way."

Coach Ni smiled.

Zheng Weifeng glanced at her, and Coach Ni said, "She is also your team member now."

Zheng Weifeng snorted coldly, and Coach Ni tried hard not to laugh too much...

The fastest thing is always time.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the Chinese team faced its first battle.

In the locker room, Zheng Weifeng said: "I have said everything I need to say. Now, I will only say two more words - victory!"

All the team members nodded together.

At this time, Jiang Hua, who was standing next to the stadium, was taking a breath. A short and fat man next to him laughed, "You didn't expect that."

Jiang Hua nodded first, then shook his head, and finally nodded: "Brother Wei, what's going on?"

"What's going on?"

"These people!" Jiang Hua almost shouted out, almost half of the people were sitting in the opposite stands!

Yes, it’s just the stands on the opposite side. Yes, it’s just half of it, but there must be thousands of people there!

When will high school leagues have thousands of spectators?

Yes, it is an international event and Thais love football... Mao! Right now, almost all of the people in the stands are Japanese.

If Jiang Hua wasn't afraid of losing face for his motherland, he would have wanted to scream.

"Didn't I say that? The atmosphere of Japanese football is very good."

"No... can it be this good?" If this were in Japan, he would have accepted it if there were so many people, but this is Thailand! The Japanese can even travel across the ocean to watch the games.

"It can be better than this." Brother Wei handed him a glass of water. "Have you been to Japan? I mean, have you ever seen the Japanese high school league?"

Jiang Hua shook his head.

"Then you must have watched Slam Dunk."

Jiang Hua was a little stiff, not knowing how the topic could jump to anime.

"The atmosphere in the Japanese league is that level. And it's not just the students, it's the entire school, including the parents. They have a special parent support group, and there is a division of labor among the parents. In order to support their children, they can drive four or five hours from the southernmost to the northernmost. And it's not just one parent. This is only in Thailand. If it were in Japan..." He paused and said, "It's full."

Jiang Hua was completely frozen. He wanted to say that this was too exaggerated, but Brother Wei was obviously not talking nonsense, and the scene before him proved that what he said was true.

He looked at the banners and slogans on the opposite side, opened his mouth, and finally just took a sip of water. With this sip of water, he swallowed a sentence into his stomach - this game might be more difficult to play than he thought!

Jiang Hua’s judgment was correct. As soon as the game started, the Chinese team fell into a difficult situation.

This difficulty is not obvious to the layman.

The Japanese team's players are not particularly tall, nor are they very fast, but if you have some knowledge of football, you can see that they have a higher ball possession rate.

In terms of passing, receiving and running, it might be an exaggeration to say that they were suppressive, but they were indeed better than the Chinese team.

It’s not that the skills of Wang Yajing and others are not up to standard, but for some reason, the Japanese team is just better.

In the seventh minute of the game, Wang Yijing had a good chance. Zhang Sheng made a long pass and sent the ball to her feet. She started running with the ball, but almost at the same time she got the ball, a Japanese player came over. She wanted to go around her, but another Japanese player pressed her from the front. Seeing that she was about to be surrounded, Wang Yijing had no choice but to pass the ball back.

In the 16th minute of the game, China's No. 12 Gao Shan broke through from the right side. She was about to reach the penalty area, but was forced out of the baseline by the Japanese team. Before leaving the baseline, she tried to pass the ball, but failed.

This gave the Japanese team an out-of-bounds ball, and if Xu Aidi hadn't defended in time, the Japanese team would have almost succeeded.

In the 19th minute of the game, China's No. 16 Guo Yingying suffered the same treatment as Gao Shan on the left side. The difference was that this time she passed the ball to Wang Yijing in the right direction. Unfortunately, Wang Yijing's movement was not timely, and the ball was snatched away by Japan's No. 6, who then launched a fast break.

Number six passed the ball to number nine, number nine passed the ball to number twelve, and in less than ten seconds, the ball reached the front court!

The Japanese in front of the stands started to make noise, and Coach Ni couldn't help but stand up.

Number 12 took the ball and ran straight into the penalty area. Xu Aidi went forward to block it, but as soon as she stretched out her leg, Number 12 pushed the ball away. The football went straight for more than ten meters and reached Number 9. Number 9 raised her leg to shoot, but Yang Mo arrived at the last moment. She did not hesitate and kicked the ball out with a rub of her feet. There was a huge cry of regret from the stands, and Jiang Hua couldn't help but pat his chest - he was scared to death!

The ball didn't go in, but Japan's head coach Sato smiled. It was not because of the corner kick that followed. The corner kick was just a set piece with a better chance. They might get this point, or they might not.

He smiled, just to make sure that there was no problem with his tactics.

They will win!

The author has something to say:

The atmosphere of Japanese youth football mentioned here is...real - in order to support their friends, they will even COS anime. Many players have their own cheering songs...

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