189 Extra (5)
◎You have the ability to bear the consequences of your own choices.
During the six months that Qin Xiaoba was away, the national team's first-team players also moved to the military control center for training.
The Bayi team found them a separate training place, which was larger than the venue for the last military training.
It is said that this is a large-scale collective training to prepare for the Los Angeles World Games in advance.
But in fact, many players knew in their hearts that it was because of the incident between Qin Xiaoba and A Shui. The coaching staff was afraid that the players’ morale would change and their attention would be attracted by gossip, so they specially took them to a place where water and electricity supply was a problem and there was no internet.
There was only one TV in the entire military control center, and it was placed in the coach's office.
Although Zhu Qi didn't say it, he still often went to watch Qin Xiaoba's games.
Football games were playing on the small screen.
Some of them are young players who are rising in the provincial teams.
Qin Xiaoba also used his experience to crush his opponent, and he fought quite smoothly all the way.
Whoever meets will win.
When he left the national team, there was a news item published in the newspaper.
——[World champion was sent back to the local team due to violation of discipline]
The above describes in detail the recent new rules of the table tennis team and the reason why Qin Xiaoba was sent back to the Bayi team, which was because he was in a love relationship.
What the coaching staff didn't expect was that the people's feedback was normal. They didn't send crazy letters to the General Administration of Sports like they did when He Qianlu was sent back to the local team, demanding the cancellation of all He Qianlu's previous honors.
There were even some letters expressing curiosity, asking if there was anyone who could take over the men's team.
Otherwise, why do they say that there are many experts among the people?
Many people pay attention to the table tennis circle and can infer many internal matters.
When Zhu Qi suggested sending Qin Xiaoba back to the Bayi team, Ren Xinhua had actually made this decision with a hardened heart. It was even more painful than when He Qianlu was demoted.
After all, although He Qianlu left, the team still had Gao Xiaofeng and Li Wanguang to hold on.
But Daxiong in the men's team has semi-retired, and some of the male players below him have not yet made their mark and are still in the training stage.
When Qin Xiaoba left the national team, He Qianlu, the "old senior", heard the news and came to pick him up.
The old man was over 80 years old, and his body couldn't handle the pressure of leading the team. Sometimes he would even get winded after standing for too long. So he planned to hand the Bayi team over to someone else. He Qianlu was part of the old man's plan, so he let He Qianlu come over and lead the Bayi team for a while.
During the time that Qin Xiaoba returned to the Bayi team, he has been training with He Qianlu.
He Qianlu originally thought that Qin Xiaoba would be as depressed as he was when he left the national team, and he planned to take him out for a good meal, some drinks, and some counseling.
Unexpectedly, Qin Xiaoba showed up with a suitcase on his back, looking very motivated, and asked He Qianlu to sign him up for the Chinese Games.
He Qianlu was still surprised: "Aren't you uncomfortable?"
"It's painful." Qin Xiaoba pursed his lips and sighed. "But what can I do? We're in a time of conflict and rule change. The national team wants to find an example, my sister wants to make an example of someone, and as her brother, I can use it to establish my authority. It doesn't matter. I can fight back."
He Qianlu was very satisfied and patted Qin Xiaoba on the shoulder: "Very good, you look like a man now."
In fact, Zhu Qi was not surprised that Qin Xiaoba was able to fight back.
After all, he was trained in the three major tournaments. Qin Xiaoba's skills have also improved by leaps and bounds in the past two years. Playing in the relegation match between the first and second teams with the second team is also a dimensionality reduction attack.
Qin Xiaoba's attitude is also very clear.
If you fire me, I'll fight you back.
Open again and fight again.
But in order to fight back, you must first have the strength to do so. Many players on the second national team have already put in a lot of training.
Regarding Qin Xiaoba's return to the national team, the coaching staff also established an unwritten rule.
That is, if those who return to the provincial team can fight back on their own, then bygones be bygones. As long as they don't do anything too unscrupulous, then we'll tacitly allow them to fall in love. If they can't fight back, then forget it.
After all, not everyone can come back to play after leaving the national team.
When Fat Tiger was sent back to the provincial team, he was just a sparring partner and was still hovering between the first and second teams.
If you slack off for one day, you will continue to slack off, and then the players of the national second team will find it very difficult to play.
If it's hard for one day, it will keep being hard. In less than a month, we really won't be able to beat Team Two.
To put it bluntly.
In sports competition, strength is still the most important thing.
When Ah Shui was in the military control center, he was not as talkative and joking as usual.
I was affected a little at first but I adjusted myself quickly.
Chang Hongxia offered some comfort, telling Shui that all the national team's rules were based on the premise of not affecting training and competition. Being in a relationship actually made training more demanding, because if you tried to slack off a bit, the coach would probably just think you were being lazy and turn a blind eye.
But if you want to be lazy while in a relationship, the coach will definitely think that you are affected by the relationship.
Basically, this feeling is similar to that of school teachers.
Chang Hongxia also felt distressed. No one said that as a coach, you have to take care of such things while also focusing on training?
A Shui felt that what Sister Xia said made sense, so he regained his composure and went back to training.
Because his cell phone had to be handed over, A Shui couldn't contact anyone outside, and had no idea about Qin Xiaoba's current situation.
Zhu Qi and Maomao didn't tell A Shui until there was only one week left in the military training, when Maomao told A Shui.
"Xiao Ba has returned to the national team. He played well in the promotion and relegation round-robin tournament last week and is top of the standings."
"Ah?" Ah Shui was a little dazed, his hands shaking as he hung the clothes. "Really?"
Seeing that Ah Shui has been depressed during this period, Zhu Qi felt a little sorry for him.
Zhu Qi has never had any expectations for men's "feelings", even for her own brother. Zhu Qi feels that "love" is something very illusory and impractical.
One is his younger brother and the other is his best friend.
Zhu Qi was a little worried at first. Of course, there was nothing wrong with the two of them being friends. After all, they were both raised by her and their character was guaranteed. But what if... she thought, what if, what if something went wrong between the two of them one day?
So what should she do when she's caught in the middle?
So Zhu Qi really wanted to know whether these two were just joking or really planning to take things a step further.
Zhu Qi said with a smile: "I don't understand, I really don't know what you like about him..."
Ah Shui puffed his lips and snorted, "I don't know either. I can't really say what's good about him, but I think he's good in everything."
Zhu Qi sighed again, carrying his wash basin and walking out the door: "You guys figure it out! I don't care about you anymore!"
Each era has its own development characteristics.
Good or bad...
Maomao chased after him and said to Zhu Qi, "Believe that everything is in our hands."
Zhu Qi nodded.
Too……
Life in the military control center is even more boring than in the national team.
After experiencing the days of the Internet boom, the players suddenly returned to the 1990s when there was no Internet and no electronic devices.
Zhu Qi knew the main purpose of this training camp.
One is to let everyone get their minds back together amidst the love affair between A Shui and Qin Xiao Ba, and on the other hand it is to train a team of second-tier children.
Sasa, Youyou and Xiaolingling trained very hard and even had several training matches in between.
Xiao Lingdang's backhand became more and more advanced, and she also learned some tricks of pulling the ball from Zhu Qi.
Since her debut, she has been called "Little Zhu Qi" by many media.
When she was in the Jianghuai Provincial Team, He Qianlu took her to show her Zhu Qi's previous game videos, so while her skills were being formed, she began to follow Zhu Qi's system, including now starting to focus on the tactics of fast break combined with loops.
In order to help Xiao Lingdang adapt to the competition as quickly as possible, the coaching team will first select some world-class doubles events and use the method of old players guiding new players to help Xiao Lingdang get started.
The coaching staff arranged for Song Linzhou to play mixed doubles with Xiao Lingling, while Zhu Qi practiced with the young player Jinzi from the boys' team.
After the Qilin group was disbanded.
The coaching staff also felt something was strange watching from the side.
Zhu Qi also felt something was strange.
The main reason was that the kid on the men's team played with restraint and felt awkward, not daring to take the fight. It was probably because he felt that Zhu Qi was standing next to him and was too nervous. He was afraid of making mistakes and ended up making more and more mistakes.
During training, we basically stopped at the time Zhu Qi told us to stop.
Zhu Qi is a person who gets into the state and forgets time after training, so he is basically the last person to leave the training hall every time.
The training at the military control center has reached its last week, and everyone is eager to go home.
Only Xiao Lingling could stay with us until so late and follow us through the training.
Seeing that Xiao Lingdang's uniform was also soaked, Zhu Qi said, "Alright, that's enough practice. You guys can go back. I'll clean up here."
After each training session, the floor is littered with ping-pong balls, which need to be cleaned up and put back on the rack so they can be taken for training the next day.
The sweat from training during the day will drip onto the flooring, and over time the flooring will peel off, so the last person to leave every night is responsible for mopping the floor next to his or her table.
Zhu Qi doesn't like to order young players around, so he usually cleans up his own territory.
After Xiao Lingdang and Jinzi left, Song Linzhou took the initiative to stay and help her clean up. He went out with a mop and rinsed the floor clean. When he came back, Zhu Qi just picked up all the white balls on the floor and put them back into the basin, then arranged them one by one and put them on the shelf.
After the two of them finished packing, they closed the door and prepared to return to their accommodation.
Normally, this distance is only two minutes away.
But I don’t know what happened that day, maybe the night was just too charming.
Zhu Qi walked to the small pond in the south, looked at the large patch of green willows hanging down opposite and the unknown weeds on the roadside, and suddenly slowed down his pace.
Song Linzhou followed her slowly and watched her leaning against the stone bridge beside her.
Zhu Qi lowered his eyes and looked at a bunch of brown and red grass at his feet, his eyes blank.
Seeing Zhu Qi remained silent and staring at the cluster of brown-red plants at his feet, Song Linzhou asked curiously, "What kind of flower is this?"
"This isn't a flower, it's called Chinese toon." Zhu Qi reached out and fiddled with it, leaving his hand stained with a strange smell. It wasn't smelly, but it wasn't fragrant either. "This is a weed that grows in the corners of many farmhouses in Jianghuai. I didn't expect it to be here, too."
"Do you miss Jiang Huai?"
Zhu Qi nodded and jokingly said, "The national team is training in Chaojing, and you used to be on the Chaojing team, so you naturally don't understand the feeling of bowing your head and thinking about your hometown."
"But we are all from the same country, living on this land, and we are all the same."
"Although we live in the same country, we grew up in completely different environments. This is why I wasn't optimistic about Qin Shang and A Shui at first. Although A Shui's parents are divorced, she at least had a comfortable childhood. A Shui is very simple and thinks from a simple perspective. If you like someone, you're together. You don't consider the future or how this will affect your career..."
At that moment, Zhu Qi suddenly remembered his mother who had also given up something for love.
Even though the man was his younger brother, whom he had watched grow up, and wouldn't be the same as that man, Zhu Qi was still a little worried...
Two people with different growing environments and educational philosophies...will they be together until the end?
"When two people are together, they need to accommodate each other. It's like playing doubles. Not everyone can immediately achieve results when they are together. It takes time to get used to each other."
Song Linzhou has a gentle and calm personality and speaks slowly. Even when he gets angry during a game, he won't use harsh words like Qin Xiaoba.
If Qin Xiaoba is very popular in South Korea, Song Linzhou is also very popular in Japan.
He has red lips, white teeth, fair skin, a tall body, is well-mannered, and speaks appropriately. He prefers the ideal type of men that Japanese women have.
Zhu Qi always thought that Song Linzhou, like Maomao, was the most typical red book in the team.
Occasionally he says something that makes sense.
Zhu Qi's attitude has actually changed during this period. After knowing that Qin Xiaoba was sent back to the first team, he said that he would no longer care about A Shui and Qin Xiaoba. This was the biggest concession Zhu Qi could make in the position of captain.
Do we have to tell other players loudly that being an absolute starter means having privileges?
"What if, after a while, we find we're not compatible?" Zhu Qi admits to being a bit pessimistic. She plucked a Chinese toon plant at her feet and held it in her hand. "Before I was four, when my mother was still alive, our family had no money. She took me to catch spring cicadas from the trees and dig wild vegetables from the fields to eat."
Song Linzhou was a little surprised: "Can this be eaten?"
"Of course, you can add it to tofu mixed with sesame oil, or put it in dumplings. But we didn't have money at the time and couldn't afford oil, rice or noodles, so we just cooked it into a vegetable soup and ate it."
This memory is very old.
Zhu Qi thought he had forgotten it, but when he saw this bunch of toon trees, it suddenly reminded him of the past.
"You and Ah Shui grew up in a wealthy family and have never had to worry about life, so naturally you've never seen this kind of wild vegetable. But this is what Qin Shang and I are used to eating..."
Before Zhu Qi finished speaking, Song Linzhou suddenly took the wild grass from her hand, then took out the mineral water bottle next to him, rinsed off the thin layer of dust on it, and grabbed a piece of it and stuffed it into his mouth.
Zhu Qi was shocked and reached out to grab it: "What are you doing? Spit it out!"
Song Linzhou chewed it for a few times, his face didn't look very good, but he still swallowed it whole.
He opened his mouth to speak, but couldn't utter a word, probably because it was too disgusting. He took a sip of mineral water and said in a trembling voice, "It's so bitter..."
After saying that, he took another sip and seemed to feel a little better.
"Nonsense, it must be bitter if eaten raw."
"But I ate it." Song Linzhou looked at Zhu Qi, his dark eyes frankly serious. "I'm not afraid of hardship, and I'm willing to endure it. Having come this far over the years, anyone who couldn't endure hardship wouldn't be here. I think the same goes for Xiao Ba and Ah Shui."
For some reason, Zhu Qi felt a warm feeling in her heart, which made her laugh and cry.
This otherworldly young master of the Jing team... is still the same as when he was a child.
She smiled helplessly in the moonlight.
"You can't eat it raw, though. It needs to be cooked. And the only ones you can eat are the young shoots. This one is already old."
Song Linzhou's face turned red, and he looked embarrassed as if he had realized something belatedly.
The battle-hardened world champion didn't know why he was being laughed at, but he still concluded with a focused look, "What I'm saying is that you should give them both a little more trust. They're adults now, capable of bearing the consequences of their own choices. They still have to walk their own path."
Zhu Qi believed it.
Qin Xiaoba's performance in the Bayi team this time was indeed beyond Zhu Qi's expectations.
Zhu Qi had secretly called He Qianlu using the phone in Maomao's room. He Qianlu said that Qin Xiaoba had also expressed his desire to return to the national team to continue playing and participate in the Los Angeles World Games.
Qin Xiaoba's original words were: "Love is one thing, career is another, I just want to prove that I can do both!"
After hearing this, Zhu Qi felt a little relieved.
Afterwards, Zhu Qi also made it clear to the coaching staff that she was okay with managing training, but was not good at handling this kind of thing.
Ren Xinhua thought about it and agreed.
From now on, Zhu Qi will be in charge of the competition, and Maomao will be responsible for daily life.
very good.
From now on, let the cat worry about this kind of love affairs.
Two people sat on the steps beside the stone bridge, the dim light called moonlight brushed past their feet, and the gentle night breeze blew the grass bundles at their feet.
Song Linzhou's face was hot, but his tone was steady, and he spoke word by word: "To be honest, I really appreciate Xiao Ba's behavior."
Zhu Qi's heart skipped a beat, and a strange premonition suddenly arose.
She just isn't interested in dating, but that doesn't mean she doesn't understand.
Zhu Qi said nonchalantly, "What are you praising him for? Praising him for returning to the provincial team? The road ahead is long and arduous. Even if he makes it back to the first team, the coach will only be stricter with him. It doesn't mean he can do whatever he wants without restraint."
"I admire his courage to start over and his determination to face the future without fear." Song Linzhou was shrouded in a deep stillness, as calm as a lake, while speaking words that might yet again stir up huge waves.
【Author’s words】
Gemsbok: Cat, it's your turn to suffer.
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