"I'm not saying I have to win this competition, but I have to be in the top three. Also, you know how many eyes are on you out there. I don't want you to be the key to our failure. Can you do that?"
Pei Yan's words reminded Qiao Ran of his dream. He gritted his teeth and replied, "Yes!"
"I can, I can. What's with that expression on your face? As if you're going to die a heroic death?"
Pei Yan noticed something unusual about Qiao Ran and his expression became a little more serious.
"What happened? Did you secretly check Weibo without telling us? The coach just said yesterday that recently..." Pei Yan's first reaction was that Qiao Ran was affected by the comments on the Internet.
"No..." Qiao Ran was afraid that Pei Yan would overthink it, so he quickly denied it.
"No? You don't look like nothing happened." Pei Yan looked at Qiao Ran.
Facing Pei Yan's gaze, Qiao Ran didn't know how to hide it for a moment, and subconsciously said, "It was just a dream. I dreamed that I made a mistake in the game and was scolded even more miserably."
After saying this, Qiao Ran felt ashamed again and lowered his head.
Pei Yan hadn't expected this answer. He chuckled, "Dreams are always the opposite of reality. Don't overthink it. Even if you don't believe in yourself, you should trust me. If you still make a major mistake after cramming until the competition, it's not that you're incompetent, it's that I, the captain, have been a poor coach."
"No... no!" Qiao Ran quickly shook his head, "You taught very well..."
"Then you should be more confident."
Pei Yan looked at Qiao Ran's messy hair and inexplicably thought of the stray cat he had fed. He suddenly had an urge to rub it, but in the end he was suppressed by his reason.
"It's getting late, hurry up and clean up. After dinner we have to start today's training."
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I have to say, Pei Yan still has his own way.
After this period of special training, Qiao Ran's skills have made a qualitative leap.
During training, Zhao Jie and the others could clearly feel Qiao Ran's improvement.
Especially Sun Kai, who cooperates more with Qiao Ran. Qiao Ran is no longer the same as when he first came. Sometimes the two of them need to communicate in advance on how to play. Now his movements and thinking have been thoroughly understood by Qiao Ran, and their cooperation can be said to be tacit.
As for the cooperation between Qiao Ran and Pei Yan, there is no need to say more.
Qiao Ran may be the only assistant Pei Yan has met in all his time in the industry who he does not dislike.
To put it bluntly, Qiao Ran's assistance seemed to exist just for Pei Yan. This made others wonder if Qiao Ran and Pei Yan had practiced some kind of shared brainpower, otherwise how could Qiao Ran be so accurate in understanding every move Pei Yan made?
"Sure, Xiao Ran, are you cheating? Do you have any unknown secrets? Please share them with us." Sun Kai did not expect that despite such great pressure from the outside world, Qiao Ran could still make rapid progress.
Qiao Ran felt a little embarrassed by the praise and secretly glanced at Pei Yan: "This is the result of everyone's hard work."
The secret book does exist, but she can't tell it or share it.
Taking advantage of the break, Zhao Jie started gossiping again: "Come to think of it, people from other teams have been coming to me to ask about things these past few days."
"What do you want to know?" Pei Yan asked.
"What else can I ask? Ask Qiao Ran." Zhao Jie flexed his wrist. "Haven't we arranged a lot of training matches these past few days? No one expected Qiao Ran to be so good. Many people have a new appreciation for him. Some even posted on Weibo to acknowledge his strength and expressed their anticipation of meeting him on the court."
"Who is it? Are you so brave? Aren't you afraid of being criticized for supporting Sister Qiao Qiao at this time?" Ye Xiaofan was curious.
"Who dares to criticize this year's World Championship champion team? They're on top right now."
......
Everyone was chatting enthusiastically when Jiang Wenzhou pushed the door open and walked in.
Jiang Wenzhou's face showed a rare joy after Qiao Ran's official announcement.
"Our Xiao Qiao is quite charming. After these few days of training matches, she has successfully impressed the players from other teams."
The sudden praise made Qiao Ran feel a little embarrassed: "I didn't do anything..."
"When you have gained recognition from others with your own strength, how can you say you have done nothing? Xiao Qiao, you have to be more confident." Jiang Wenzhou handed the phone to Qiao Ran with a smile.
The page on the phone stayed on the topic #Qiao Ran is really strong#.
Some of the hot posts that were pushed to the top were nothing but positive comments about Qiao Ran from the team members who had played training matches with them in the past two days.
Among them, the Weibo post posted by the captain of this year's World Championship team LJJ has received the most reposts and comments.
LJJ-Ajin: Women are just as good as men. I had a lot of fun in the training matches. I look forward to competing against NSD's new support again in the autumn season.
Perhaps because of the endorsement of the captain of the championship team, many people began to be curious about Qiao Ran's strength, so they searched for some historical videos of Qiao Ran.
Then I found that Qiao Ran was not as bad as he appeared in those video clips on Weibo, and I began to have a better impression of him.
Of course, there are still many people who don't buy Qiao Ran's opinion.
96-year-old guarding the tower while sick: It’s very strange, I watched the full video, this woman played pretty well, why were there so many mistakes before?
KaWaWow0: It’s good that you play well, but it’s really not suitable for girls to be professional players. Isn’t it good to be a host?
The orange is a little big: Actually, think about it, if Qiao Ran can really achieve good results in professional competitions, can it vindicate the idea that playing games for girls is a pitfall?
I can’t guess, I can’t guess: Who is this woman? Even A Jin comes out to speak for her?
LJJ must win: Don’t get carried away after winning the championship. Why do you come out to care about other teams’ supports when you have nothing to do?
Very badass but loves to play: This bastard, it's not enough to bully one team, now she wants to bully the champion team? Is NSD planning to win the championship by honey trap?
Cat who loves eating crocodiles: This woman is not beautiful at all, she just has an internet celebrity face. I don’t know how many surgeries she’s had, she’s done it!
Popcorn exploded: Fuck you internet celebrities, damn, everyone who has seen this anchor knows that she doesn’t even wear makeup.
Sit down, everyone! : What's there to argue about? Wait until the Fall Split starts and let the results speak for themselves. If NSD wins, it proves this support is indeed good. If they lose, no matter how much we criticize NSD, there's nothing we can do to justify it.
......
Qiao Ran read down several pages. The comments now were indeed much better than before. At least some people were willing to give her a chance to prove herself.
Sun Kai patted Qiao Ran's shoulder and said, "Don't worry, everything will get better slowly."
"That's right. We played a training match with LJJ two days ago, and we won, didn't we? They are the championship team, which proves that we are strong!" Zhao Jie also said.
"Everyone has worked hard these past few days. How about the coach and captain give them half a day off? Let them relax a bit?" Jiang Wenzhou suggested.
"I have no objection." Zhang Qian has seen everyone's efforts during this period. If the rubber band is stretched too tight, it will break. It is not impossible to take half a day off.
"What do you think?" Zhang Qian asked Pei Yan for his opinion.
Everyone looked at Pei Yan with anticipation.
Pei Yan shook his head helplessly: "Okay. But..."
Pei Yan's sudden turn of events made everyone breathe a sigh of relief again.
"But you can only rest at the base and cannot go out and wander around."
"ah......"
When everyone heard Pei Yan's instructions, their faces fell at the same time.
"They've already been released. There's no need to keep them in the base." Jiang Wenzhou tried to persuade Pei Yan.
"The online discussion has just started to calm down. Do you expect someone to take a picture of us skipping training and going out to eat and drink and post it online, sparking another war of words?"
All right......
Jiang Wenzhou couldn't refute what Pei Yan said.
The same is true for others.
"If I don't want to go out, then don't go out. It's nice to catch up on some sleep at the base." Sun Kai is content with what he has.
Pei Yan stood up first: "Alright, go and do your work."
"Captain, are you feeding the cat again?"
"Um."
When Qiao Ran heard this, she also stood up. She also wanted to go see the cat. She didn’t see Daju last time, and she wondered if she could meet him this time.
Besides, if we're in the villa area here, we shouldn't be secretly photographed...
As a result, the moment Qiao Ran stood up, his whole body froze...
"What's wrong, Sister Qiao Qiao?" Ye Xiaofan turned to look at Qiao Ran with a puzzled look.
"Nothing... nothing, I just sat for a long time and my legs felt a little numb when I stood up..."
Her legs aren't numb at all, her whole body is numb!
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