80 Brother and sister quarrel
◎Okay, if you don't want to fight anymore, then just quit the team.◎
Although in this World Cup, the men's and women's singles and mixed doubles are all from the Chinese team.
But the coaching staff was not satisfied.
Because there are still many problems in the team.
The most important factor for the women's team is Maomao's old injury.
Although the recurrence rate after surgery is not as high as before, it still affects the whole body.
When there is a problem in one part of the body, there are many potential hidden dangers in other parts of the body.
After carefully observing Maomao's games in the World Cup, Ren Xinhua made an important discovery.
After listening to Xinhua's words, Master Fo was slow to react: "Ah? What do you mean? Does the cat have a problem with its waist too?"
When Maomao was treating his shoulder in Los Angeles, he also had a minor surgery on his waist.
Could it be that the Americans didn’t cure the cat?
Or did this girl not take it seriously during her rehabilitation training?
"Yeah." Ren Xinhua pointed to the VCR and showed it to Master Fo, showing the last match between Maomao and Zhu Qi.
On the display screen, when the cat's waist leaned back to accumulate strength, the expression on its face was obviously strained, and the speed of its backward movement was much slower than before the operation.
"I'd always wondered why Maomao's swing lags during multi-shot rallies. Was it because of some untreated shoulder injury? But then I watched the final between Maomao and Baobao and realized the problem wasn't with his shoulders, but with his waist."
Ren Xinhua had previously undergone surgery for gastrointestinal problems, and he himself was an athlete.
As the saying goes, long illness makes a good doctor.
She has seen too many athletes retire due to injuries, so she naturally understands these people better.
Because there was a problem with the lumbar spine, it was too stiff, so the shoulder was pulled when swinging the racket.
"That's a big problem. We have the direct tournament next year, and the three major tournaments the year after. All the things are piling up at the same time. We absolutely cannot let the situation in Tokyo happen again! This girl has a hidden illness. We need to take her to the hospital for a checkup immediately." The Buddha was anxious.
Looking at the waist is one aspect.
Although the national team has a team doctor, the facilities are not as advanced as those in a Class A hospital.
Buddha also knows the cat's personality.
A whole day was wasted by going out, and this girl was unwilling to interrupt her training mission.
Apart from injuries.
Ren Xinhua was still thinking about one thing: "Maomao is four years older than Baobao. By the time of the next World Games in Moscow, Baobao will be 21 and Maomao will be 25. By the next World Games in Saudi Arabia, Maomao will be 29."
Will the cat be able to withstand all of its old illnesses by then?
After Saudi Arabia, it was the home of the United States. During the Los Angeles World Games, Maomao was already 33 years old and was on the verge of retirement or had already retired.
Mr. Fo felt that Ren Xinhua was thinking too much. The trip to Moscow hadn't even started yet, so how could he have skipped Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and run to Los Angeles, USA?
But Ren Xinhua said, "I have to think about the World Games three years from now. Two or three World Games in an athlete's prime is already pretty good. If something unexpected happens in between... Of course, it's better if nothing unexpected happens. But we definitely need to prepare a reserve team in advance. Do you think, besides Maomao and Baobao, these kids down there can handle the women's singles? Besides Daxiong, is there anyone else on the men's team who can handle the men's singles?"
The Buddha stopped talking.
really.
A Shui and Song Linzhou serve as left-hand generals.
He was not a singles candidate from the beginning.
Among the new batch of children in the women's team, Sasa and Youyou are the better players, but it is impossible to let these two children take on the main responsibility. They are still in the development stage and their playing style is too immature.
There is a serious problem on the women's team side.
It means that after the violent attack, no player can keep up.
Or maybe it’s because Baobao’s performance is too outstanding, and it’s hard to find another 15-year-old gold medal winner.
The Buddha even felt that if Ren Xinhua had not gone against the crowd and insisted on bringing Zhu Qi directly from the Jianghuai Provincial Team to the first team four years ago, there might have been no one after Maomao.
Forget Los Angeles and Riyadh, we can’t even defeat Moscow!
"That's perfect. This year's youth training competition just ended, and a group of kids from the National Second Team came in. The day before yesterday, Lao Zhang from the National Second Team told me that there are too many people in the National Second Team, and they plan to send a group back to the provincial team. We can advance the December cycle of the first and second teams by one month and pick out suitable seedlings from the National Second Team." Master Fo suggested.
Ren Xinhua nodded, then turned to the information about the men's team.
He flipped through the pages one by one, and finally stopped in front of Qin Xiaoba's file.
/
In this World Championship Men's Singles, Qin Xiaoba only made it to the quarterfinals.
He didn't know if he had a bad fate with the number "eight", as if the quarterfinals had become a curse for him.
Coincidentally, the person who defeated Qin Xiaoba was the captain of the Hong Kong men's team who had just left Chaojing not long ago.
Although Mori Yu Minami lost to Okuma in the semi-finals, both of them also reached the seventh and deciding game.
Qin Xiaoba was in a bad mood after returning, and did not react much to the post-match review by Gao Xiaofeng and other coaches.
Originally, Ren Xinhua called back the retired Gao Xiaofeng to be the chief instructor, mainly to guide Song Linzhou.
Gao Xiaofeng felt that his personality and temperament matched Qin Xiaoba's. He liked the way Qin Xiaoba howled like a little wolf when he got excited during a game, so he asked Qin Xiaoba to come over as well.
However, Qin Xiaoba's performance in competitions in the past two years has been somewhat disappointing.
Gao Xiaofeng didn't want to give up. After thinking it over, he found Zhu Qi and described all the problems Qin Xiaoba had encountered in the competition.
Then... this great player who once dominated the field with He Qianlu showed a distressed expression.
"What do you think we should do in this situation?" Gao Xiaofeng squatted on the ground, holding a cigarette in his hand, smoking and worrying. "Do you think it would be effective if I beat him up?"
Zhu Qi burst out laughing.
She knew that Brother Xiaofeng was joking, but being able to force the coach to this point could only be said to be... a good thing for Qin Xiaoba.
Because the coaches haven't given up on him yet.
But he himself had no sense of crisis at all.
"Actually, at the beginning of this year, Qin Xiaoba was performing quite well in the mixed team. Although he was in men's doubles, he hit a lot of great shots once he got into form. But…" Zhu Qi paused, pondering what went wrong. "The energy in his back suddenly dissipated, his hands weren't as hot, and his shots became sluggish."
"Yeah. Not to mention the previous matches, let's just look at the most recent World Cup quarterfinals against the Hong Kong team. It went all the way to the deciding game, and because the Hong Kong guy was four points ahead, he started to lose focus and didn't want to chase. He felt like with the big bear in the other half, it didn't matter whether he could make it or not."
Zhu Qi frowned.
Qin Xiaoba plays basketball as he pleases, which has been a concern for the coaches for a long time.
"What's the root cause of his problem? I'm just a doctor, but I really can't tell what's going on with him." Gao Xiaofeng took another drag on his cigarette and sighed. "I've never encountered this kind of situation before when I was playing. Everyone was rushing forward, all wanting to win the championship and play first singles. He, on the other hand, thinks it's fine to just muddle through the day. Anyway, with the big guy ahead of him, it doesn't matter if he wins the championship or not."
Zhu Qi clapped his hands: "That's right, that's the reason!"
/
"What? You want to ban Qin Shang from competing? Why?!" Shi Ge was stunned when he heard Gao Xiaofeng and Zhu Qi coming to talk about this.
Although the World Cup is over, there will still be many Asian competitions next year!
Qin Xiaoba's condition is unstable, so he should play more games to hone his skills. Why was he suddenly banned?
"Because of passive competition." Zhu Qi said bluntly.
According to the internal competition system of the national table tennis team.
Serious disciplinary violations that result in being placed in the "banned zone".
First, during the game, any verbal, gesture, physical contact, or other insulting behavior towards the opponent is not allowed. This includes but is not limited to swearing or throwing the towel.
In He Qianlu's class, a player made a mistake during play and, in a fit of rage, hit himself on the head with his racket, breaking it. Later, fans nicknamed him "Hulu Sanwa," describing his stubbornness. The price he paid was a six-month suspension.
An athlete.
They are all very young and full of vigor.
Once the game starts, it is easy to exhibit all kinds of uncontrollable behaviors.
In some sports, if the situation gets tense, people might even start fighting on the field... For example, ice hockey in neighboring Russia.
In his previous life, Zhu Qi once watched a Russian ice hockey game live.
Coincidentally, the Russian team was playing against the German team at that time.
When the puck was being pulled, everyone was drowsy watching. Then, for some reason, the Germans started taking off their hats and gloves, and when the Russians followed suit, the whole place went wild.
The cup smashing was a signal, and everyone on both sides started fighting...
Table tennis matches are considered very "civilized" and such things would naturally not happen.
But the second item in the ban triggering conditions is "passive play", which is the second most serious behavior.
This includes, but is not limited to, giving up chasing points when the score gap becomes too large, deliberately killing oneself by serving in a game where the score is not at 10:0, ignoring the advice of off-court coaches and deliberately violating tactical assignments to lose the game, and other phenomena.
In fact, when Zhu Qi was in a mixed group in Tokyo, he once deliberately ignored the tactical analysis of Master Fo.
If the Buddha had insisted on arguing with her at that time, Zhu Qi might have been banned.
But Zhu Qi never did anything unprepared, so the Buddha didn't do anything to her in the end. Ultimately, her strength was there, and even if the Buddha wanted to ban her from the competition, Ren Xinhua would definitely stop him.
Qin Xiaoba's tendency to lose control of his hands, fail to keep up with the rhythm, become separated from his body and soul, and be crushed by his opponents during competitions is not a problem that has only occurred recently.
Ever since joining the national team, this kid has been playing as he pleases.
It’s fine as long as we can win, it doesn’t matter if we can’t win.
To put it nicely, it means avoiding internal friction; to put it bluntly, it means lack of responsibility.
It doesn't matter if you play like this in small or domestic competitions, but what about world competitions? What about Asian competitions?
Will you also hand over the championship to someone else?
After listening to Gao Xiaofeng's analysis, Shi Ge also began to think.
Well... if you count strictly, it can indeed be counted as "passive play", but it shouldn't reach the level of being banned, right?
"When a player's level isn't the biggest problem, but their sense of responsibility, they become a double-edged sword. They have the ability to reach the podium, but lack the ambition to do so. When placed in a team, it's like pointing the blade at one of their own players while pointing the back at others. Coaches should give this opportunity to athletes with greater ambition."
Every word Zhu Qi spoke was like a tiny needle, caressing Shi Ge's brain nerves.
The entire coach's office was silent.
The Buddha stared at Zhu Qi in amazement, with only one sentence in his mind.
Is this really my biological sister?
Forget sibling relationships, even between coaches and players, suspensions are rarely used as punishment. This is the biggest punishment, second only to being sent back to the provincial team...
Is this a bit too cruel for Qin Xiaoba?
But when Ren Xinhua in the inner room heard this proposal, he felt mixed emotions. A warm current spread from his chest to his whole body, and finally turned into an uncontrollable admiration.
Zhu Qi was considering the entire team's perspective, but Ren Xinhua knew that Zhu Qi also wanted to give Qin Xiaoba one last chance, to see if he could make up for it during this period of suspension and understand his significance in the national team and the direction of his future journey.
"Okay, let's do it." Ren Xinhua stood up and made the final decision without waiting for Shi Ge to nod.
——Qin Shang of the men's team failed to advance because of his passive performance in the match against Hong Kong men's team captain Mori Yunan in the quarterfinals of the World Championship Cup, resulting in a loss in the deciding game.
——The Chinese national table tennis team adheres to the attitude of "never give up until the ball hits the ground" and punishes him with a six-month suspension as a warning to others.
/
Zhu Qi was sitting in the cafeteria eating.
Maomao and A Shui both felt that she was in a bad mood, so they sat on either side of her and started chatting about other things, trying to comfort her one by one.
The south door of the cafeteria, which had been closed all the time, was suddenly opened, and two young men rushed in from the door, one rushing forward and the other holding back.
The person who was rushing in the front was still muttering, "Don't pull me, I want to ask her."
But it was obvious that the person who was pulling from behind failed to hold on. Qin Xiaoba's eyes were red, and he rushed to Zhu Qi as if he had just cried, his voice hoarse.
"Zhu Qi! Why did you ban me from playing?!"
Ah Shui and Maomao were stunned. Ah Shui desperately winked at Qin Xiaoba, yelling, "Old Qin, are you crazy?! How can you say that? The suspension was the coaches' decision. What does that have to do with Bao Bao?"
Song Linzhou desperately tried to drag Qin Xiaoba out, his tone becoming sterner. "Stop it! Didn't the coaching staff say it? It's only a six-month suspension. There won't be any major competitions in the first half of next year anyway, so it won't prevent you from playing in June..."
Zhu Qi put down the spoon in his hand and gently pushed the bowl forward. When he looked up, he saw Qin Xiaoba staring at him angrily with a pair of red eyes from crying, as if he wanted to ask for an explanation.
She asked in return: "You played passively and violated the rules, so why can't you be banned?"
"I didn't play passively! I..." Qin Xiaoba gritted his teeth and suddenly didn't know how to refute.
If you lose, you lose.
No excuses matter.
The coaching staff obviously wants to punish themselves severely for this matter, and no excuses will help.
It’s not that he can’t accept punishment, he also knows that he has been in a bad state recently.
Brother Xiaofeng and other coaches are also very worried about their own competition results.
But he couldn't accept that it was his own sister who suggested banning him from the game!
...He really tried his best!
"Have you really tried your best?" Zhu Qi seemed to be able to read his heart and tore apart the lie wrapped in "try your best".
The sister's eyes were cold, like a steel needle, piercing deep into Qin Xiaoba's bones, making him tremble uncontrollably.
"Did you really try until the very end? The fourth ball in the third game was a backhand lob without spin. Why didn't you catch it? Was it because you weren't strong enough? Or was it because you figured the next ball would hit your triangle anyway, so you didn't even want to try? The sixth ball in the fifth game was your chance. You could have added weight to the ball to ensure it landed on the table, but you didn't, causing it to go out of bounds. The eighth and twelfth balls in the sixth game..."
Zhu Qi enumerated Qin Xiaoba's "crimes" word by word.
It was as if he had done something unforgivable, exposing all his shortcomings.
"...Did you really try your best? Did you really manage to never give up until the ball hits the floor? You now have a healthy body, a head coach who cares deeply about you, a team of elite players as your roommates to practice with you every day, and the best Bayi team to train with you every year. You've taken advantage of all the excellent resources, enjoying it all with a clear conscience, playing sloppily in this hotbed, figuring that since you have teammates guarding the other half of the zone, it doesn't matter whether you make it or not. Why shouldn't I ban you?"
The ice in her eyes turned into a sharper blade.
The sound was neither high nor low, with no ups and downs in pitch, but it made the entire cafeteria silent.
The players who were eating nearby even slowed down the sound of their chewing. They lowered their heads and were pressed down by the invisible pressure. No one dared to look up.
Especially some of the players from the second national team, the little mushroom-headed kids all communicated with each other calmly with their eye contact.
Is this the pressure of the absolute main force of the national team? It's terrible. If I were scolded, I would cry directly.
However, Qin Xiaoba did cry, tears streaming down his face.
From childhood to adulthood, the person who scolded Qin Xiaoba the most was Zhu Qi, but the person Qin Xiaoba was closest to was also Zhu Qi.
Before practicing table tennis, Qin Xiaoba played basketball.
But because Zhu Qi practiced table tennis with his father, Qin Xiaoba cried and shouted that he wanted to practice table tennis too.
From that day on, Qin Xiaoba followed and imitated whatever Zhu Qi did.
Zhu Qi practiced jumping stance, and Qin Xiaoba also practiced jumping stance.
Zhu Qi practices horizontal board, and Qin Xiaoba also practices horizontal board.
Zhu Qi plays with two sides of anti-glue, and Qin Xiaoba also plays with two sides of anti-glue...
He didn't think he could make a name for himself in table tennis, he just thought it was fun to play with his sister.
After joining the national team, he knew he should be the successor to the men's team and that he would start taking over from Daxiong. However, habits and mindsets are deeply ingrained and cannot be changed overnight.
He will gradually get used to this...
But, but...you are my sister, how could you treat me like this?
Qin Xiaoba gritted his teeth and tried hard to control his trembling shoulders. He looked at Zhu Qi and almost yelled.
"Yes! I just don't have the strength! I just can't beat him! I'm not as strong-willed as you, and I'm not like you who aim to win the championship in every competition. Everyone thinks you are good at everything, my mom does, my dad does! My uncle does too! So should I die? Should I be banned? I'm not the only one who lost the game! Why only my game is banned?! I can't be another you, I can't do it! Anyway, no matter how hard I try, my mom and the others only pay attention to you, no one has ever cared about how I play! If you think I'm not worthy of playing table tennis, then I, then I..." Qin Xiaoba lowered his head, his shoulders were so tense that they were shaking, and his voice was almost gritted through his back teeth. "Then I won't play!"
Everyone who heard this widened their eyes, and it was too late for Song Linzhou to cover Qin Xiaoba's mouth.
Everyone saw Zhu Qi's face begin to darken rapidly, blood rushed to his head, and the anger accumulated in his eyes immediately turned into a substantial sneer.
Zhu Qi saw his tears and saw his helplessness during this difficult time. But his throat felt like it was being strangled, and he couldn't utter a single word of comfort. Instead, he offered a harsh response: "Okay, if you don't want to play anymore, then quit the team."
Qin Xiaoba seemed to have been struck by lightning, and his entire body was charred on the ground.
Even Ah Shui's eyes widened. Standing behind Zhu Qi, he whispered, "Baobao, isn't this a bit too serious? It shouldn't be that serious..."
"Since you don't want to play anymore, what's the point of staying here? You don't like it anyway. Staying in the national team will make you miserable and waste the coaches' energy. Why not give this position to someone who wants to play?"
Zhu Qi's extreme calmness made people feel that she was on the verge of a rage at this moment.
Zhu Qi seemed so calm, so calm that it was frightening. If he had just slammed the table and smashed the bowl, it might not have been so frightening.
It seemed as if a chill was emanating from all around the body, and if one got a little closer one would be swept away by the cold current.
Qin Xiaoba felt as if struck by something. His trembling shoulders suddenly lost all their strength. Then, his entire body seemed to be broken apart and then reshaped, hanging precariously on a spine that was about to tilt.
He was like a defeated deserter, completely defeated when he turned around, and as he moved step by step towards the door, he felt like he would collapse at any moment.
"Old Qin! Old..." A Shui shouted.
But the more he shouted, the faster he walked. After pushing Song Linzhou away, he ran all the way and disappeared at the cafeteria door.
The whole world is silent.
As if nothing had happened just now.
Maomao looked at Zhu Qi as if nothing had happened. He sat back in his seat and started packing his golf bag, preparing for afternoon training. He felt mixed emotions.
She knew that Zhu Qi must be feeling bad right now, but he just looked indifferent on the surface.
But what should I do?
She felt that Zhu Qi was right, and if she were a coach, she would also find ways to support more motivated players.
But Qin Xiaoba obviously didn't care about being banned by the coaching staff, but was more concerned about the fact that it was his own sister who requested the ban.
Ever since Zhu Qi and Qin Xiaoba joined the national team, they have always been the benchmark of the national team.
It was also described as a beautiful story by many reporters, who believed that Jianghuai Province was a place of outstanding people and had provided two talents to the national team.
But those reporters certainly couldn't have imagined it.
On Qin Xiaoba's 18th birthday, the day he became an adult, the brother and sister broke out into the most serious cold war in their lives.
Zhu Qi knew what Qin Xiaoba wanted to hear, and he also knew that Qin Xiaoba was angry with him.
But from the moment he joined the national team, he should not have retained the mentality he had in the provincial team.
Now outsourcing companies are growing.
The whole world is eyeing the fat piece of meat that is table tennis.
Survival of the fittest.
If you stand at the top of the food chain, you can only become a dish on the table.
Qin Xiaoba didn't come to the afternoon training.
Ah Shui didn't dare tell Zhu Qi, but when Zhu Qi knew about it, she pretended not to know and even pretended that Qin Xiaoba didn't exist, and continued her own training.
It's time to practice shuttle runs, practice reaction skills, practice spot serves...
Everything seems to be no different from usual.
This training routine continued until the end of the fourth training session in the evening.
Ah Shui called Zhu Qi back to the dormitory, but Zhu Qi did not move. Maomao knew that Zhu Qi was in a bad mood and pulled Ah Shui away first: "Let her be alone for a while, we will go back first."
Everyone in the training hall had left, leaving the empty hall with only Zhu Qi sitting on the floor, with a racket with a yellowing handle next to him.
She was a little dazed, her head was empty, and the beating flesh in her chest was as cold as the floor she was sitting on.
She watched the ping-pong ball spinning around in her hand and finally stopping.
The ball is round, representing infinite possibilities.
She worked very hard to get to where she is today, and many people in the national team also worked very hard.
Maybe everyone has their own way of living. A Shui also liked Happy Table Tennis at the beginning, but she would not easily give up the half of the zone she was guarding.
If Qin Xiaoba can't figure this out, he is not suitable for the national team.
Someone came and stopped behind Zhu Qi.
A bottle of mineral water appeared next to Zhu Qi's racket. Song Linzhou sat down cross-legged next to Zhu Qi and said, "Drink some. You need to replenish your water."
"No need." Zhu Qi wiped the sweat off his face with the towel around his neck and asked, "Where's Qin Shang?"
"I was crying in the dormitory. My eyes are swollen."
"Did you scold me?"
"No, he wouldn't dare."
Zhu Qi didn't say anything, but just sighed in a bad mood.
Song Linzhou comforted her: "It's okay, Daxiong is comforting him. He's a big hearted person, he'll be fine tomorrow. He's just... he's in a bad mood because he lost the game, and he had a fight with you, so..."
"I'm a terrible older sister. I should have discovered his problem earlier and turned it around for him when he was on the provincial team, instead of waiting until now." She lowered her head and looked at her toes. "I used to have a younger brother, and I treated him very well since he was a child. I always let him do whatever he wanted, and he was spoiled beyond belief. So every time I see Qin Shang, I feel like I should have higher expectations of him. But Qin Shang... Qin Shang is more sensible and outstanding than him, countless times better than him, but I keep scolding Qin Shang. He's right to be angry with me."
"Why don't you just tell him this? You don't know that what he needs most is your approval."
"I... I don't know if he's cut out for it. Does he really like playing? If he wants to give up, is it really okay for me to keep forcing him to stay on the national team?"
Song Linzhou laughed: "People always have higher expectations for the people they care about the most."
Maybe.
Qin Xiaoba now also has requirements for her as his sister.
/
Qin Xiaoba lay in the dormitory for three days without going to the training hall once, and was in a terrible state.
Gao Xiaofeng told Shi Ge that he was on sick leave, but Shi Ge was not a fool. Seeing that Qin Xiaoba had not come, there was no solution, and Gao Xiaofeng was almost unable to bear it.
The brother and sister are competing with each other.
This was the first time Qin Xiaoba got angry with his sister, and his sister was unwilling to show weakness.
The situation was at a stalemate, as if they were waiting for Shi Ge to issue a letter of resignation from the provincial team, forcing Qin Xiaoba to retire completely.
Gao Xiaofeng explained everything to him, and finally said, "I was the one who first proposed the suspension. You can't blame your sister entirely. You're not thinking straight right now, and she's also angry. Let's just let it go after the argument. Do you really want to quit the team? And you said you wanted to quit yourself. Can this be said out of anger? Your sister has a bad temper. How could she possibly indulge you..."
Qin Xiaoba said nothing, looking as if he had suffered a great injustice.
He knew he couldn't match Zhu Qi's drive. Sometimes he wanted to play hard and achieve some results, but every time his family discouraged him, he felt that there was no point in trying any further.
Saying that he was quitting the team was indeed just a short circuit in his brain and he blurted out something in anger, but Zhu Qi actually went along with what he said.
He doesn't care about his younger brother at all. He may have been fed up with him for a long time and thinks that his presence in the national team is a hindrance.
If that's the case, then he should just leave and not bother anyone here.
Thinking of this, Qin Xiaoba began to pack his things.
But every time he saw his name on the national team jersey, he sat back on the bed and slowed down the pace of packing his things.
To go or not to go.
To fight or not to fight?
Two voices appeared in Qin Xiaoba's mind.
"Think carefully about who you're really playing for. You're eighteen years old, not a child anymore. You need to know the consequences of your choices. I'll give you one night to think it over and give me an answer tomorrow. I'll come to see you at seven o'clock tomorrow. If you still want to leave, I'll personally take you back to Jianghuai."
Gao Xiaofeng left after saying this.
Qin Xiaoba sat alone by the bed, packing his things silently. He didn't know how much time had passed when suddenly someone opened the door of his dormitory.
When Mr. Shi from the Bayi team showed up in the men's dormitory, Qin Xiaoba's closet had already been emptied.
Unused rubbers were placed on the table, and even the mattress was covered with a dust cover, as if he was ready to leave the national team at any time.
But the racket and rubber were still placed on both sides, one to dry the expansion oil and the other to dry the glue.
The whole scene looks a bit strange. Why is he changing his rubber when he is clearly preparing to leave?
The young man's chin was a little blue, obviously he had reached puberty and had grown stubble but had never trimmed it. He had dark circles under his eyes, and it was obvious that he had not slept all night. If you didn't know him, you would think he was fleeing from famine.
When he saw his master, Qin Xiaoba spoke with a sad face as if he had seen a savior and someone to complain to.
"Master, she banned me from the competition and scolded me, wuwuwu——"
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