187 Extra (3)
◎The years they had spent together.◎
"No, no, no! Absolutely not!" Ah Shui shook his head like a rattle, vehemently denying it.
Zhu Qi also found it strange.
A Shui is with me every day.
They get up together, eat together, go to training together, leave training together, go back to the dormitory together... they are inseparable.
Even if Ah Shui were in a relationship, he wouldn't have the time.
Zhu Qi thought about it and realized that if they hadn't started dating, Ah Shui's question could only mean one thing.
Her love may be in its budding stage, and she is just one step away from falling in love!
So I wanted to test Zhu Qi's attitude.
This... is also quite terrible.
Zhu Qi had previously discussed with Ren Xinhua the fact that dating is strictly prohibited in the national team.
In this era where the average marriage age is 23-25, the players of the national team are basically over 25 years old when they retire, not to mention the absolute main players, such as Maomao, Daxiong, and Song Linzhou, who are basically over 30 years old.
But I’ve never been in a relationship. Isn’t that a bit depressing?
Not to mention being a sports student.
Each one is a walking hormone.
Ren Xinhua previously believed that players join the national team to win glory for the country, and every penny spent is taxpayers' hard-earned money, so they should also win honor for the country.
Falling in love will distract your concentration on training and affect your performance.
Zhu Qi also admitted this.
Because people in love are like drunkards, completely irrational. If they have a fight, they can't play the game the next day, and if they break up, they can't even stand next to the same pool table during normal training.
This atmosphere will also affect other players.
Even after we have finally managed to improve the atmosphere, things like this can cause the team to lose their morale and become impossible to bring back together.
Therefore, Zhu Qi could understand why Ren Xin Huayan beat him, which was to prevent future troubles.
If you can accept it, continue to pursue your dream in the national team. If you can't accept it, you can only say that you have no chance of joining the national team.
In other words, it is also telling the players, choose one between the country and love.
But Zhu Qi also clearly knew the principle that the law does not hold everyone responsible.
As soon as the Internet is opened, there will definitely be all kinds of "love" forms appearing, such as online love, long-distance love... they will only emerge in an endless stream.
There is no way the coaching staff can withstand it.
At that time... the rules will have to give way to people.
Seeing Ah Shui's panic, Zhu Qi feigned belief and said, "That's good, otherwise I would have to tear it down for you."
“…”A Shui.
Although Ah Shui is carefree and seems heartless in the national team, in fact all her delicate emotions are hidden.
When he had just been promoted from the second national team to the first team and was about to make great achievements, Zhu Qi, a prominent figure in the national table tennis team, arrived.
From that time on, A Shui knew the difference between himself and the real talented players.
When a coach has a player who joins the team with a card and has just become one-third of the way to a Grand Slam, or a player with a special left-handed style whose future is unknown and has no future prospects, everyone knows who to focus on.
In fact, A Shui was also very confused during that period. Sometimes he even thought that perhaps his significance in the national team was just to be a sparring partner.
But starting to practice basketball at a young age, is it just to be a behind-the-scenes staff member in the future?
Who doesn’t want to stand in the spotlight and on the podium?
So when Zhu Qi and Qin Xiaoba had their first quarrel and cold war in the national team, and when Qin Xiaoba was sent to France on a "business trip", A Shui could empathize with some of Qin Xiaoba's thoughts.
That is, when there is someone around you who you cannot surpass, it is easy to feel inferior and self-doubt.
The longer this emotion accumulates, the greater the trauma to your heart.
People like Zhu Qi and Maomao, who are the focus of everyone's attention in the team, will not understand the mentality of a young player whose talents in all aspects are not fully utilized.
At that time, she was still very young.
I have never been moved, so I don’t know what love is.
But she knew that she and Qin Xiaoba sympathized with each other on this point.
That is to accept that you are "inferior to others" and then use your own efforts to carve out a path forward.
The two began to quarrel less and encouraged each other during countless days and nights of fatigue and worry about the future.
At the Hong Kong-Zhuhai Table Tennis Championships when she was 18 years old, when Ah Shui lost to Jin Lili in the women's singles in her first three major tournaments, Qin Xiaoba ran backstage to comfort her.
In addition to making her a foxtail grass butterfly, the boy also said something to her when he returned to the team -
"Special playing styles don't necessarily have no future. Look, doesn't Ling Ge also use a penhold paddle? Track and field has 100-meter sprints and long-distance relays. The charm of table tennis lies in its infinite possibilities. Who knows, maybe you'll become the master of long rubber in the future... Oh, no, master."
Ah Shui didn't expect that Qin Xiaoba, who was always talkative, would say such words, but he was indeed comforted.
Later, A Shui hung the grass butterfly on the head of his bed. Every night when he went to bed, the green "butterfly" would hover in the moonlight.
Her mind also flew to a future full of infinite possibilities.
You may not be a golden phoenix soaring into the sky, but you can also be a butterfly slowly spreading its wings.
At the beginning, Ah Shui didn’t think too much about this relationship. She always felt that Qin Xiaoba’s relationship was a little closer than that of other opposite sexes... To use the most popular words nowadays, it was more like friendship than romance.
After all, I still have to compete and train, so I don’t have time to think too much.
It was a long time later when Ah Shui felt that his attitude towards Qin Xiaoba had changed. To be more precise, Ah Shui himself didn't know when he had such a feeling.
A Shui only knows that as they get older, everyone will retire in the future.
After retirement, they would return to their respective provinces, and it would take a long train ride to see each other again.
There is also the possibility...that we will never see each other again in our lifetime.
When Ah Shui thought that she might never see Zhu Qi, Maomao and...that guy again, she felt a little sad.
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Daxiong and Song Linzhou were exercising with barbells in the corridor. When they turned around, they saw Qin Xiaoba coming down from the rooftop in a dejected manner, going into the room and lying on the bed.
The two older brothers wanted to listen to their younger brother's worries, but they heard Qin Xiaoba sighing.
Daxiong and Song Linzhou exchanged glances and knew what was going on.
Song Linzhou sat next to Qin Xiaoba and patted his thigh. "Why are you so anxious? We're going to play in Los Angeles soon. The pressure of playing in the US is no less than the Tokyo World Games. Well...it's only in the next two years."
Qin Xiaoba turned over and continued to sigh: "I know, I didn't think much of it."
Big Bear snorted, "Come on, everyone knows you."
Qin Xiaoba sat up: "I really didn't do anything, don't let your imagination run wild! We are pure..."
After thinking about it, Qin Xiaoba couldn't think of any adjective, and ended up blushing. Finally, the word "relatives" came out of his mind.
The two brothers burst into laughter, and the younger brother's face turned even redder.
"What are you laughing at? I'm telling the truth!"
"You and A Shui are relatives, then what about you and your sister? Can your relationship be the same?" Daxiong asked again.
"You don't understand anyway." Qin Xiaoba turned over and faced away from them.
Daxiong scratched his short hair and pretended to be bitter and resentful: "I don't understand. I only know that if your sister knew, she would definitely go crazy, and the first thing she would do would be to kill you."
"Why did she kill me? I didn't say anything! I didn't break any rules!" Qin Xiaoba muttered.
Qin Xiaoba didn't lie.
In fact, the main reason is that I am too familiar with A Shui.
The two of them have known each other since they were 14 years old.
It has been 12 years now.
We have grown up together since we were at an age when we truly developed self-awareness and were relatively mature psychologically.
In the early days, the two often met because of Zhu Qi. One was a talkative person, and the other was not shy about it, so they would argue around the small pool table. Sometimes, they would even argue from morning to night over a ball.
In fact, A Shui and Qin Xiaoba never told anyone.
They all have a common mountain to climb.
It’s Zhu Qi.
Qin Xiaoba didn't actually tell anyone about his frustration and distress about the competition and training. Neither his coach, his family nor Zhu Qi knew about it.
Everyone felt that Zhu Qi's younger brother should have achieved good results, should have played better than others, and should have also been nailed on the podium.
Every time he loses a game, everyone thinks he doesn't care, but how can he not care?
During that period, Qin Xiaoba was also under great pressure.
The greater the pressure, the worse the performance.
The worse his grades got, the more confused Qin Xiaoba became. There were times when he even wondered whether he was suitable for playing basketball.
Only A Shui encouraged him.
Two players who were not the most valued in the team stumbled and groped their way through countless days and nights.
The years they had spent together overlapped.
They put them into their own ball boxes.
Qin Xiaoba did not lie. In fact, he had never expressed his thoughts to A Shui, nor had he revealed his expectations. Even A Shui had not given any similar response.
The two of them held their small ball boxes, and after many unintentional glances at each other, they looked away.
Because they all knew that the huge obstacle standing between them now, besides Zhu Qi, was also the national team's regulations.
He also promised Ren Xinhua that he would not have any relationship with anyone before retiring.
But many times, even if the words are not spoken, the eyes have already said what needs to be said.
Song Linzhou came over and pulled Qin Xiaoba out of bed: "I think you should tell your sister the truth."
Qin Xiaoba's eyes widened: "Do you think I'm too old? You know her temper..."
"Your sister has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She won't really kill you. She's most worried about your training and the competition being affected. If you can do these two things right, she might even let you go. And most importantly, you can't lie to her. She hates being lied to."
Qin Xiaoba felt a little moved when he heard what Song Linzhou said.
"You two aren't really together, you just have feelings for each other. Tell your sister now, she might think you're just beginning to fall in love and give you some advice. You can also see how she reacts to this. If she gets angry, you can just take responsibility and say Ah Shui knows nothing and it's your wishful thinking, so as not to implicate Ah Shui. If she doesn't get angry, you're lucky. Besides, the concept of being together is vague. What does it mean to be together? Holding hands? Hugging? Kissing? If it really comes to this and she finds out, you're really doomed."
“…” Qin Xiaoba.
Big Bear nodded and said, "I think it makes sense."
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Zhu Qi felt his right eye twitching since he woke up.
Skip to the end of the morning run and go eat with the cat.
During his morning run, Zhu Qi always felt that Qin Xiaoba was always looking at him. Several times he even walked towards him, but halfway through he showed a cowardly look and retreated.
Zhu Qi ignored him and pulled Mao Mao towards the cafeteria.
"I think something is wrong with Ah Shui." Zhu Qi was very sure.
Maomao's eyes widened, then narrowed. "Huh? What's wrong with her?"
"But she has been going to the rooftop a lot recently. When I went there, I found that she had locked the rooftop from the outside. She said she was going there to hang clothes. Why would she lock the rooftop and not let anyone go there just to hang clothes?" The more Zhu Qi thought about it, the more she felt that something was not right. She now had a very bad guess in her mind.
This speculation is like a balloon, being inflated little by little.
Soon it was on the verge of exploding.
The cat is actually quite worried too.
As soon as Zhu Qi said "something happened", Maomao actually guessed what the "situation" was.
She could even guess who Ah Shui was having an affair with.
But Maomao didn't tell Zhu Qi because the coaching staff had been having various discussions recently regarding the issue of "love".
Since the advent of the Internet age, many people have tasted the joy of "making friends", and some people have "online romances" online, which the coaches cannot catch at all.
The sword of the previous dynasty can no longer kill the officials of today.
And most importantly, the top players on the neighboring badminton team have been secretly implementing "reforms" since the Moscow World Games. Their top players have been single for a long time, and the coaches know they can't persuade them. Several of them have even obtained marriage certificates, and now the team is preparing to build family housing.
They all live on Tiantan East Road. Those who play table tennis will inevitably feel a little moved and have opinions when they see those who play badminton.
The table tennis team actually relaxed its policy once before, but it only allowed sparring partners to date after turning 22, but they had to report it to the team. However, the absolute main players are still strictly managed...
So what the coaches discussed this time was whether the absolute main players needed to be treated the same as the sparring partners.
You can talk, but you must be at least 24 years old, and report to the team in advance, and it will only be allowed after the team's review and approval.
This situation where dating requires "political review" is also a characteristic of this era.
The coaches were divided into two factions, holding two attitudes: one wanted to relax the policy, and the other wanted to continue to crack down strictly.
Zhu Qi's attitude is very clear, it belongs to the latter.
But actually Maomao...she prefers the former.
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