Chapter 31
After hearing what Su Yu said with their own ears, both Principal Lin and grade director Chen Sheng knew that the matter was settled.
After all, no matter how much they compete with Zhao Yongzhong, in the end it all depends on the opinions of the two children, Su Yu and Jiang Yuan, and their parents - it's not that they don't work hard, it's just that their opponents are too cunning!
They didn't know much about Jiang Yuan's parents, but they could tell from the previous conversation about Su Yu's parents that these two parents definitely put Su Yu's ideas first. Since Su Yu had already agreed, there was no way they could object.
Sure enough, after Su Yu clearly stated his wishes, neither Su Hongfeng nor Lin Xian raised any objections. The only questions they raised were, "The training plan set by the coach needs to take Su Yu's physical condition into consideration," and "Will joining the provincial team for training affect his normal studies?"
After receiving the clear answers of 'the training plan will be adjusted according to Su Yu's physical condition and development' and 'the provincial team's training arrangements will try their best not to affect the school courses', Su Hongfeng and Lin Xian no longer raised new questions.
Seeing that Su Yu had given a clear answer, Liu Wenjian was the only one left in the office who was still feeling uneasy.
"Student Su Yu's situation has been resolved, so let's talk about student Jiang Yuan's situation?"
Listening to Liu Wenjian's speech, Principal Lin and Chen Sheng, who had already poached a top student, looked at Liu Wenjian with resentment when he spoke.
But Liu Wenjian is not afraid of them. After all, Su Yu is a genius, and isn’t Jiang Yuan a genius too?
"During this summer camp, Jiang Yuan only received 40 days of professional training, but he won the long jump and high jump championships at the previous National U16 Track and Field Base Competition. His opponents were also outstanding athletes from provincial teams and sports schools across the country. In the high jump event, Jiang Yuan even tried to challenge the height of 2.26 meters in the final. This height is the current national high jump record for the U16 age group. The athlete who created this record is my country's current high jump champion Sun Yuhang."
"Although Jiang Yuan failed to tie the record in the end, he actually succeeded in clearing the pole, but he just lacked a little luck."
Principal Lin and Chen Sheng were both exhausted by now.
Although they had heard Zhao Yongzhong praising Su Yu and Jiang Yuan in general terms on the phone before, it was only after hearing Pei Dingshan and Liu Wenjian's detailed praise that they realized that Su Yu and Jiang Yuan were not excellent players in the ordinary sense.
Although Su Yu's current results don't seem to be impressive enough, the coach who took a fancy to him is really awesome - he said right at the beginning, "The national U16 100-meter record will be in his name."
There is no need to talk about the latter Jiang Yuan. Just yesterday, Jiang Yuan won two official U16 national champion titles. This is the first national champion in a sport in the history of their No. 12 Middle School.
Moreover, their coach is not bad either. He directly mentioned Sun Yuhang's name, which means that Jiang Yuan has the opportunity to break the high jump record set by Sun Yuhang that year at any time.
As the top domestic high jump athlete, Sun Yuhang's name is well known even to ordinary people who don't pay much attention to sports events.
Everyone understood what Liu Wenjian meant very clearly - Jiang Yuan has the opportunity to become the second Sun Yuhang at any time.
If it was just a place in the provincial team, from their school's point of view, it would be a pity for these two kids with such good grades to give up focusing on their studies and pursue a career in competitive sports. But now it seems that the provincial team is not preparing a path for these two kids to develop in the provincial team. No matter whether it is Su Yu or Jiang Yuan, according to the provincial team, these are the talents they want to train and send to the national team.
It has reached the level of being sent to the national team. Even No. 12 Middle School, as the top middle school in S City, must feel honored enough to be able to produce two such talents.
What is Jiang Yuan’s opinion?
Of course -
"I am also willing to continue to try new challenges in the long jump and high jump."
Look.
Principal Lin and Chen Sheng could only shake their heads helplessly as they watched Su Yu and Jiang Yuan successively agree to the invitation from the provincial team.
Seeing that the parents of the two students did not raise any objections, Principal Lin could only smile and say to everyone present: "Since the two students and their parents have already made clear ideas, we as the school will of course provide the two students with as much convenience and support as possible."
In the following time, the discussion among the group became much more harmonious. The main reason was that the school was trying its best to ensure that Su Yu and Jiang Yuan had regular course time outside of training. The main idea was that 'Su Yu and Jiang Yuan, two top students, should not completely give up their studies just to participate in the provincial team's training.'
"We hope that the two students can continue to study in our school when they move from junior high school to high school in the future."
The final plan is that Su Yu and Jiang Yuan can use the training equipment and playground in the school for morning training, and Pei Dingshan and Liu Wenjian, including the provincial sports team, can also appoint two assistant coaches to assist the two students in their daily basic training.
Morning training can take up the morning reading time of two students, and they just need to arrive at the classroom before 8 o'clock. The formal training program is mainly arranged after school at 4:20 in the afternoon. It is expected to arrive at the provincial team at 5:30 every day and start training until 9 o'clock in the evening.
This training time arrangement is a bit less than that of the players in the provincial sports team's youth team, but overall it meets the training needs of 14 or 15-year-old youth players.
The only requirement of the provincial sports team is that after the training camp at the Olympic Reserve Talent Training Base opens, the school must approve leave for Su Yu and Jiang Yuan to go to City B to participate in the national team's training camp. At the same time, when there are corresponding competitions, Su Yu and Jiang Yuan need to go to the provincial sports team to receive a complete pre-match small cycle training.
Once the complete plan is finalized, today's matter will come to a temporary end.
Only after seeing off the Su Yu and Jiang Yuan families as well as the provincial sports team, did Principal Lin and Chen Sheng both feel that today was a little too confusing.
"This Su Yu and the national record of the 100-meter race..." Principal Lin looked as if he wanted to say something but stopped. Finally, he said to the head of the grade, Chen Sheng: "Old Chen, do you think Xiao Fang would believe us if we told him this?"
Xiao Fang is the head of the sports team at No. 12 Middle School. He is also a retired athlete at the track and field level who was hired by the school at a high salary a few years ago. He said that his talent in the event could not compete with those top players, and after working hard for a long time, he chose to retire and find another way out.
After hearing this question, Chen Sheng said to Principal Lin quietly, "You can't believe it. Su Yu has been exempted from physical education since elementary school. I personally signed the note for his exemption from the physical education exam in his first year of junior high school."
This kid who had been exempted from physical education exams since childhood, only went to a 40-day summer camp during his first year in junior high school, and was spotted by a coach from the national team who was on a temporary assignment for the provincial team. He also took second place in the 100-meter sprint at the National U16 Track and Field Base Competition?
Who can believe such a thing?
***
On the other side, Su Hongfeng, Lin Xian, Jiang Mingchuan, Chen Yuting and their children were driving home together.
In Su Hongfeng's car, Su Hongfeng was driving in the front, while Lin Xian was sitting in the back seat, concerned about Su Yu's physical condition during this period.
"Are you okay now?"
"Mom has made an appointment for a comprehensive physical examination for you. Let's go to the hospital tomorrow to check it out. If there is no problem, mom and dad will be relieved."
Su Yu, who was also sitting in the back seat, listened to his mother's concerned words. He did not look depressed as usual, but nodded obediently under his mother's gaze.
"...Okay, let's go tomorrow."
Seeing her own kitten being so well-behaved, Lin Xian felt her heart melt - because Su Yu had been in poor health since childhood, he was very skinny and small when he was young, and looked just like a kitten, so Lin Xian sometimes called her own child that.
When she first wanted to send Su Yu to this summer camp, she and Su Hongfeng struggled for a long time before making the decision. She had not been able to sleep well since the first day she sent him away.
They all knew their child's stubborn temper and were afraid that he would not take care of his body, so they gritted their teeth and forced themselves to continue training.
Before they actually received the child today, they had been worried for a long time, fearing that the child would end up seriously ill.
Who could have thought that this time there would be such a good result?
They looked at the training courses arranged by Su Yu's coach Pei Dingshan and the physical condition tests conducted by Pei Dingshan on Su Yu one by one - not to mention the 100-meter sprint result of 10.93 seconds, just Su Yu's morning training performance in the past 40 days showed that his physical condition was indeed improving.
But no matter what the data on paper given by Pei Dingshan is, the couple must take Su Yu to the hospital for a comprehensive check-up before they can be truly at ease.
In the car of Jiang Mingchuan and his wife, Chen Yuting was a little helpless to her son: "I know you listen to Xiaoyu, but you can't follow his ideas on everything."
Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Yes, Mom, I know. I didn't say anything because I saw that Xiaoyu was fine."
Chen Yuting glanced at her son in the back seat of the car and shook her head helplessly: "Yes, yes, you always have your own ideas."
Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "I have really been paying attention to Xiaoyu's situation. Coach Pei reduced Xiaoyu's training volume on the first day of the summer camp. Xiaoyu's subsequent training volume was adjusted accordingly based on his physical condition. I think Xiaoyu is in good physical condition, so I didn't tell Uncle Su and Aunt Lin."
Chen Yuting listened to her son's words and felt that it made sense. She shook her head and complained, "You, you, I think I was wrong. It's not that Xiaoyu is your child bride. Your father and I are raising a live-in son-in-law for Lao Su and Lin Xian."
Jiang Yuan listened to his mother's complaints, smiled and shook his head without responding.
His family and Xiaoyu's family have a good relationship. Both parents have been making such jokes since childhood. He and Xiaoyu are used to it, so they just let the two parents continue to joke and it doesn't matter. Both parents don't take it seriously - after complaining about their own son for a few words, Chen Yuting turned the topic to Su Yu.
"I didn't expect Xiaoyu to have such a good talent for sports. I just searched for the American Lyles College while listening to their chat. It is said to be the world's top sports training school. The coaches there teach sprinting, long jump, and high jump. Some tennis Grand Slam players also go to Lyles for training."
"It's not easy to get the Lyles Academy certification. Coaches who can get the corresponding certification are valuable all over the world. The number of coaches in our country who have obtained this certification can be counted on one hand..."
At this point, Chen Yuting said with emotion: "I never thought that Xiaoyu could be recognized by such a coach. According to what Coach Pei said, Xiaoyu will definitely be able to enter the national team in the future."
"This way, Lao Su and Lin Xian can finally rest assured."
The two families have been good friends for more than 20 years. It can be said that they have been accompanying Su Hongfeng and Lin Xian all the way since Su Yu was a child, and they have been worried and frightened. Now that they see Su Yu's health condition has improved, they are really happy for the Su couple.
As she spoke, Chen Yuting thought of her son again, so she turned to look at her son in the back seat of the car and said seriously, "Xiaoyuan, Mom knows that you have been taking care of Xiaoyu, but regarding the future development, Mom still hopes that you can develop in the direction you like."
"Regarding your agreement to join the provincial team, Mom wants to ask you, do you really like the long jump and high jump events? Do you really want to develop well in this direction?"
In the back seat of the car, Jiang Yuan listened to his mother's words and was slightly distracted - he remembered how he felt yesterday when he made the final attempt to reach a height of 2.26 meters. At this moment, the irrepressible excitement seemed to surge into his heart again, as well as the scene of looking at the blue sky after crossing the horizontal bar.
After finishing his recollection, he smiled and looked at his parents, and said seriously: "I am serious, Dad and Mom, I feel like I have found the direction I want to keep working hard and challenging in the future - I will keep working hard for it, I am looking forward to this feeling and I am very excited."
Only after hearing their son's answer did Jiang Mingchuan and Chen Yuting show relieved smiles on their faces.
"Okay, since this is your idea, then mom and dad will definitely support you."
***
The next day, Su Hongfeng and Lin Xian took Su Yu to the hospital for another comprehensive physical examination. After taking the physical examination report to find the doctor who had treated Su Yu since childhood, even the doctor was amazed when he looked at Su Yu's physical report and Su Yu's physical test data in the provincial sports team.
"Su Yu's situation is indeed very rare."
The doctor repeatedly checked the data report and sighed: "This may be a change brought about by his physical development, but I can say for sure that his current physical condition is very healthy. His physical qualities may be slightly inferior to those of his peers, but based on the comparison between his physical test report during the summer camp and the current physical examination report, Su Yu's body is indeed recovering rapidly."
"And this data in the physical test report..." The doctor pointed to the 'rapid recovery ability' that Pei Dingshan had specially marked, and said, "In the past, we really have never paid attention to this in our physical examinations. Just as pointed out in the physical test report, Su Yu's ability to recover quickly is amazing under a certain limit of physical energy consumption."
“This is a talent far beyond that of ordinary people.”
"I guess this is one of the reasons why the coach values Su Yu so much. However, this ability to recover quickly is definitely limited. It does not mean that he can fully recover in all situations. If he trains excessively or beyond his physical endurance, his physical condition may be affected and this ability to recover may weaken or even disappear."
"Fortunately, your Su Yu met Coach Pei during this summer camp, and he adjusted the training plan based on Su Yu's situation. Otherwise, it would be hard to say whether Su Yu's body could withstand it."
Finally, after listening to the doctor's earnest advice, Su Hongfeng and Lin Xian finally felt relieved and took their son home.
On the way home, Lin Xian rubbed her son's head and asked with a smile: "So, Xiaoyu, you really like sprinting?"
Su Yu was having his head rubbed by his mother, and he wanted to ask his mother to stop rubbing his head, but he had no right to protest to his mother on this matter, and could only passively accept his mother's "torture".
But after hearing his mother's question, he still gave an affirmative answer: "Well, yes, I like it."
It was rare for Su Yu to clearly state his love for something since he was little. Lin Xian smiled and patted his head, then said thoughtfully, "Come on, mom and dad are going to start cheering for our athlete Xiaoyu! Um, and it seems that mom will have to come up with a new series of emoticons for Xiaoyu - let's make an emoticon of 'I'm so tired from training'. What do you think, Xiaoyu?"
Su Yu, who was trying hard to resist the urge to slap his mother's paw away, finally couldn't help but refuse with a stern face after hearing his mother's last words: "...Don't draw so many emoticons, I'm not shy and I'm not blushing!"
Seeing her son's awkward look, Lin Xian couldn't help but laugh out loud: "That won't work. Xiaoyu has no right to protest. My 'Xiaoyu Baby' emoticon series IP is very popular!"
After being rejected by his mother once again, Su Yu finally turned around with a sullen face and looked out the window. Suddenly, the only sounds in the car were Lin Xian's cheerful laughter and Su Hongfeng's doting smile as he looked at the mother and son in the back seat.
***
After Su's parents and Jiang's parents had resolved their worries, with only 10 days left in the summer vacation, Su Yu and Jiang Yuan returned to the provincial sports team to undergo a 10-day closed short-cycle training. After the training, they returned to campus with the morning training content that Pei Dingshan and Liu Wenjian had re-planned for them.
During this period of time, Ye Minghao and Jiang Ruohui were also very busy, sending messages to Su Yu almost every day.
Although Su Yu's daily replies were usually just simple "hmm", Ye Minghao and the others still enjoyed reporting to Su Yu about Ye Minghao and his parents' continued efforts to qualify for the competition - and of course Zhou Yuang also chattered on WeChat every day.
I don't know if it's because they appreciate each other or because Zhou Yuang, this "social phobic" has too strong communication skills, but after he chattered alone in the group of dormitory 303 for a while, a group named "Su Yu and his good friends" suddenly appeared on WeChat. The group naturally includes Su Yu, Jiang Yuan, Zhou Yuan, Ye Minghao and Jiang Ruohui, a few young people who met because of the U16 base competition.
On the first day of the official establishment of this group, Zhou Yuang was the first to send a series of messages:
Zhou Yuang: [@all, friends, let’s celebrate! Ye Zi has successfully registered for the National Track and Field Grand Prix on September 13 and October 3! ! ! 】
Although Ye Minghao had asked his training coach to register for him before, his registration time this time was relatively tight. Fortunately, he was originally a young player of the provincial sports team and was also a registered athlete in the database, so there were not many obstacles when registering.
In other words, the most obstacles for Ye Minghao during this period of time actually came from his parents. His parents insisted that they had given him the last chance. In the end, Ye Minghao went directly to his grandfather, and after firmly expressing his wishes, with the support of this patriarch, he successfully won the opportunity to compete in the last two domestic Grand Prix races of this season and sprint for the national U16 record.
After Zhou Yuang sent this message, everyone in the group also sent their congratulations to Ye Minghao.
Jiang Ruohui: [@Ye Minghao, Ye Zi, go go go! Fuck the national record! ! ! 】
Jiang Yuan: [@Ye Minghao, congratulations, keep it up. Xiaoyu, come on gif】
Su Yu: […Come on, Xiaoyu.gif. 】
【Su Yu withdrew a message.】 】
Su Yu: […Come on. 】
Zhou Yuang: [Pfft. 】
Perhaps because they had been chatting too much on WeChat during this period, Zhou Yuang also discovered that Su Yu had several sets of his Q-version emoticon packages in his phone, as if his mother had forced him to install them. However, Su Yu did not like to use them. These emoticon packages would only be exposed when he accidentally triggered the shortcut commands of the emoticon packages, but he would usually withdraw them quickly.
Nowadays, everyone in the group has actually mastered the full set of Su Yu emoticons, but no one except Jiang Yuan dares to use them. They only send them randomly during private chats.
At this moment, everyone in the group looked at Su Yu's quick withdrawal of the message and pretended not to notice it tacitly. Ye Minghao even sent a red envelope in the group to try his luck.
Ye Minghao: [Thank you everyone (red envelope)]
It was not until Su Yu pursed her lips and clicked on Ye Minghao's red envelope, and received a "huge sum of money", that she looked at the amounts that others had won by luck, and silently closed the group message.
Come to think of it, he had never thought that Jiang Ruohui was serious about what he said at the time, "Ye Zi, the rich man", and Ye Minghao was actually the kind of person who would send red envelopes at the slightest disagreement.
In short, everyone in the group was very happy that Ye Minghao had obtained permission to participate in the Grand Prix. After sincerely wishing him well, compared to the official start of the Grand Prix, the official start of school of course came earlier.
On this day, when Su Yu followed Jiang Yuan to school, rather than his homeroom teacher, the person he saw first was Fang Shengping, the head of the sports team, who was standing at the door of his class and looking at him with a confused and puzzled look on his face.
The upright head of the sports team frowned and looked Su Yu up and down for several times before hesitatingly asking, "Su Yu, right? Are you feeling better now? Can you take physical education classes?"
Su Yu glanced at Fang Shengping and said "hmm" silently.
Fang Shengping glanced at him again, then hesitantly said, "Okay, see you in the physical education class this afternoon."
After finally seeing Fang Shengping off, Su Yu and Jiang Yuan entered the classroom to be greeted by cheers from the audience.
"Ah! Welcome Jiang Yuan! Welcome Su Yu!!! Welcome our national champion and runner-up!!!"
At this moment, Su Yu hesitated and hid behind Jiang Yuan, wondering if he had... gone to the wrong place today?
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