Zhen Tian had no idea what earth-shattering events had occurred on Ji Yuzhi's side.
I thought that my workload would be lighter after moving up a year, but I didn't expect that there would be far more courses than in my freshman year.
They're just too naive.
However, there is one thing to be happy about: they no longer have advanced mathematics classes.
"Who could be worse off than us? Aren't we in the art department? Why do we have so many classes?" Yang Tao muttered to herself as she quickly packed her backpack.
Zhen Tian put away her textbooks and looked at her hurried manner, asking in confusion, "get out of class is over, why are you in such a hurry?"
"Ahhh, Sweetie, I forgot to tell you, I have to go do an interview." Yang Tao glanced at the time: "I'm too late, I have to go now, bye."
"Eh..."
Zhen Tian didn't stop her, and muttered to herself, "What interview?"
She walked out, and Ji Yuzhi was waiting for her downstairs in the teaching building.
Since Ji Yuzhi's identity was revealed at the art university, the two no longer hid their relationship. Like any ordinary couple, Ji Yuzhi would pick her up from school when he had free time and take her home to stay. If he was busy, Zhen Tian would sleep in her dormitory.
“Zhizhi.” Even though she sees him almost every day, Zhen Tian is always as happy as if she hasn’t seen him in a long time whenever she sees him.
This feeling of being needed is something no boy can resist.
She threw herself into Ji Yuzhi's arms and bounced around for two days, saying, "It's so hot today."
The September sun is like fire, burning your skin.
"Get in the car quickly." Ji Yuzhi took out a can of iced chocolate milk from behind him: "You can only drink half a can."
"good."
Zhen Tian's smile was sweeter than chocolate.
On their way home, at Zhen Tian's request, they decided to have hot pot first.
In Zhen Tian's words, summer is the perfect match for hot pot and air conditioning.
"Hey, Fourth Brother called me!" Zhen Tian shook her phone to Ji Yuzhi in surprise, then quickly pressed the answer button: "Fourth Brother."
The little girl's sweet voice, combined with the rising intonation of surprise, makes you want to smile.
"Fourth Brother, how could you make a phone call? Is training over?"
She kept chattering away.
Zhen Hong was a little down on the other end of the phone, but he seemed to feel a bit better after hearing Zhen Tian's voice.
"Little sister."
"Hmm? I'm here."
"Brother has an exam." Zhen Hong leaned against the changing room, wearing only a pair of swimming trunks. His muscular physique and slightly childish face didn't quite match, but they blended together comfortably.
"What kind of exam is it?" Zhen Tian asked Zhen Hong as she sipped her chocolate milk.
He chuckled softly, but his tone was far from relaxed: "National team selection."
"Oh. When is it?" Zhen Tian knew as soon as she heard it, and her tone became a bit more serious. This competition was the most important one for Xiao Ge, and also the one where he had suffered the most.
"Tomorrow." Zhen Hong shifted his position, if it weren't for the fact that smoking and drinking weren't prohibited during training, he really wanted to smoke now to see if it could relieve the stress: "Sweetie, this is my last year participating in the selection. I'm 20 years old now."
Zhen Tian was saddened to hear this.
This isn't Zhen Hong's first year participating in the national team selection; it's her third. From her initial eagerness and confidence in her first year, Zhen Hong has now begun to doubt whether she's suited for this path, or whether she simply lacks talent in swimming.
Like esports players, athletes' careers are largely short-lived, and it's fair to say that their jobs are short-lived. Their prime years are limited to a few years, and even if you continue to compete, your body will no longer be at its peak. To maintain or surpass previous achievements, you'll need to put in a hundred times more effort to compensate.
The requirements for the national Olympic team are very strict. Unless you are a particularly famous athlete, ordinary athletes have to stop at the age of 23. This is also why Zhen Hong is in such a hurry.
Who can qualify for the Olympics in their first year on the national team? And who can win a gold medal in their first year at the Olympics? He needs to give himself three years. Twenty years old is the last age he's set for himself to join the national team.
If it doesn't work out, he might never be able to continue in this industry.
"Twenty years old, that's all." Zhen Tian pressed her already reddened eyes, swallowing back her choked emotions: "Many athletes are still active in their thirties and forties. My brother is still young."
"Besides, my brother has been working hard for three years already. There's no third time's the charm. He'll definitely pass the exam this year."
"Really, you have to believe your sister. What I say always comes true."
Zhen Tian kept making assurances.
"Does my little sister think my brother can pass the exam this year?"
“Of course. I didn’t say it out loud the past two years, I just thought about it in my heart, but this year I said it out loud and it will come true.” Zhen Tian nodded vigorously: “Brother is super talented at swimming. Have you forgotten how you got into swimming? It was because you saved me.”
When Zhen Tian said this, Ji Yuzhi couldn't help but glance at her.
He had almost forgotten how much trouble this girl could cause.
I think it was when I was about 10 years old, the school organized a spring outing to the beach.
They were a group of children, and they were having a blast pushing and shoving each other when they saw the sea.
It was at this moment that Zhen Tian's accident occurred; she somehow fell into the sea. Terrifyingly, she remained undiscovered for several minutes. She drifted further and further away with the waves.
Ji Yuzhi and Zhen Tian were not in the same grade or class, so they were naturally quite far apart, but he was still the first to discover that she had been swept into the sea.
That was also the first time he experienced what panic felt like.
His shouting attracted the attention of many teachers and students. Zhen Tian had already drifted far away; at that time, Ji Yuzhi, who couldn't swim, could only watch anxiously.
The teachers were also hesitant, wondering if they dared to go into such a deep sea.
Zhen Hong jumped and plunged into the seawater.
Ji Yu's heart skipped a beat for a few seconds, then he shouted, "Zhen Hong, what are you doing! You can't swim!"
Only after hearing this did the teachers snap out of their daze and try to pull Zhen Hong back to her senses.
Then everyone saw Zhen Hong, who Ji Yuzhi said couldn't swim, swam on the surface of the water in a strange posture after choking on water several times, and got closer and closer to Zhen Tian who was being swept away.
When Zhen Tian was rescued and brought back to land, Zhen Hong, who was swimming for the first time, swam in the sea for more than 20 minutes. As soon as he got to the shore, he was so tired that his eyes rolled back and he collapsed on the ground.
Ji Yuzhi rushed over, and the ambulance quickly carried the two people away. He followed closely behind.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he learned in the car that both of them were alright.
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