In middle age, he went from being a physical education teacher to a provincial sports coach.
For Lu Guoliang, this was a mid-life breakthrough, a further step in his career, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he had reached the pinnacle of being a physical education teacher.
Who hasn't once harbored dreams, high aspirations, and a desire to stand out from the crowd?
However, many things are beyond human control, and reality is often much crueler than ideals.
Lu Guoliang's family is not short of money. In fact, to put it bluntly, there are not many people in the entire Fanjia County who are richer than his family, because his wife is the owner of a clothing factory whose business covers the whole country.
Although he was happy for his wife's success in her career, as a man, wouldn't he also like to be on par with his wife in his career?
He knew that every time he went to the market to buy groceries, some neighbors would secretly gossip about him, saying how he was not good enough for his excellent wife.
Currently, he is a provincial sports coach, although it is a temporary position, but there is a great chance that he will stay on permanently in the future.
If Zhou Chen becomes a world champion in the future, no one will be able to shake his position in the provincial sports team.
Thinking of this,
Lu Guoliang looked at Zhou Chen with mixed feelings. He was able to take up a temporary position at the provincial sports team mainly thanks to Zhou Chen. It was Zhou Chen's request to the national team that allowed him to advance further.
As a coach and a teacher, I benefited from my students' success.
This was an unprecedented first for Lu Guoliang.
The master and apprentice looked at each other. Zhou Chen was genuinely happy for Lu Guoliang. He knew that the national team would not give up on such a promising talent, especially since this Olympics was being held in their home country. Track and field is a popular event in international competitions, and the national team could not afford to ignore it. They had long wanted to produce someone who could compete with top international track and field athletes.
The talent he has shown proves that he has this potential.
The national team won't let this go easily.
His suggestion that Lu Guoliang take a temporary position at the provincial sports center was not particularly unreasonable.
Moreover, he was trained by Lu Guoliang and is fully qualified to enter the provincial sports team.
Morning training ended,
Lu Guoliang stopped Zhou Chen and invited him to his home for dinner that evening.
"Teacher Lu..."
"It's settled then."
Lu Guoliang didn't give Zhou Chen a chance to refuse and turned to leave, leaving Zhou Chen looking helpless.
"Brother Chen, we're having a dinner party tonight, are you coming?"
"Yeah, Brother Chen, you're our big brother. It'll be half the fun if you're not here."
Liu He and other members of the school team ran over and extended an invitation.
Zhou Chen paused for a moment, then smiled and shook his head. "I really wanted to accept your invitation and get together with you, but unfortunately, someone has already extended an invitation to me first."
"Brother Chen, who is it? Could you push it back a bit?"
"Yeah, which bastard dared to steal Brother Chen from us?"
The school team members spoke up, both angry and curious.
Seeing this, Zhou Chen smiled mysteriously and said, "Actually, you can talk to him about it. If he agrees, I have no objection."
"Brother Chen, tell me who the person who intercepted the deal is. I'm going to find him right now. If he dares not agree, I'll show him why the flowers are so red."
"I want to see which blind fool is ruining our plans."
The school team members, one after another like bandits, were eager to get started.
"You know this person, his name is Lu Guoliang."
Zhou Chen smiled slightly and spoke frankly.
"Lu Guoliang, right? I'll be right there..."
Liu He spoke subconsciously, about to go look for it, when suddenly he realized something and his voice stopped abruptly.
"Brother Chen, the Lu Guoliang you're talking about... is it... Old Lu?"
Someone asked uncertainly.
"I only know one Lu Guoliang."
Zhou Chen smiled.
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment and fell silent.
Good heavens, who would dare to settle scores with Old Lu? That would be pure suicide.
For a moment, everyone looked at Zhou Chen with the same resentful gaze as a wronged woman.
Zhou Chen was practically laughing to himself, thinking to himself, "I still prefer how unruly you guys were just now."
Being invited to Lu Guoliang's home for dinner made all the other members of the school team extremely envious, because Zhou Chen was the first person in history to do so.
That's an exceptionally high level of treatment.
While everyone admired him, they weren't jealous, because they knew the reason: Lu Guoliang's appointment at the provincial sports center had nothing to do with them; it was all thanks to Zhou Chen. It was Zhou Chen who made the request to the national team, which allowed Lu Guoliang to take a step forward in his career.
Amidst everyone's envy, Zhou Chen returned to her class and began her daily study routine.
Half a month has passed since the last mock exam, and a new round of mock exams is about to begin.
Now that he has picked up all the knowledge he had forgotten before, combined with the knowledge he learned in night school in his previous life and the experience of doing many real exam papers from various provinces, Zhou Chen is not afraid of mock exams. He is still confident of taking first place on the list.
Now that he has secured first place, he will not let anyone else take it away as long as he remains in school.
Especially Zhou Na,
They always want to reclaim first place and crush him.
He knew that Zhou Na worked very hard every day to achieve this goal, studying until very late. He had heard Li Kaile or other classmates mention Zhou Na's diligence more than once. In recent months, Zhou Na had always been the one who slept the latest and woke up the earliest.
Zhou Chen had to admit that this hard work showed he was indeed capable of enduring hardship.
No wonder Zhou Na was able to rise from a small town to settle down in a big city and build her own career in her previous life.
In terms of hard work and ambition, Zhou Na is far superior to Zhou Ling and Zhou Chuan.
At least, they are down-to-earth, rather than relying on underhanded means, becoming complacent and arrogant after achieving some success.
Whether it was because he had thought about Zhou Na that morning or it was just a coincidence, he and Zhou Na bumped into each other after school.
She was still wearing that simple dress, faded from washing.
His face looked much paler, probably due to malnutrition.
Her braids, tied up in a ponytail, were long and black, but lacked luster. Overall, Zhou Na gave off a tired vibe.
It was probably due to her frugal lifestyle. After all, unlike him, Zhou Na didn't have any source of income. She only had the money she received when the family divided their property, and it was all going out and not coming in, so she had to be careful with her spending.
It seems a bit pitiful.
Zhou Chen immediately slapped his face, reminding himself how could he pity her, and whether Zhou Na had ever pitied him.
Stop being so overly compassionate.
Even if Zhou Na is having a bad time, it has nothing to do with him.
Zhou Chen silently reminded herself not to be a saint, because some people are not worth it.
Which hardworking senior high school student isn't working tirelessly for their grades? Zhou Na is just one of them.
Compared to Zhou Na's condition, Zhou Chen was quite satisfied with himself. These days, he stopped staying up late and went to bed on time. Even during daytime training, he was still full of energy and vitality.
There was no way around it; his meals were just too good. He had meat, vegetables, and everything else he needed, and he never missed a meal.
They pay great attention to nutritional balance.
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Brothers, it's past midnight, how about some free little gifts?
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