The Gold is Yours, You Are Mine

On the second day, I don't know if it was luck or something, Jian Changnian perfectly avoided Xie Shi'an, Qiao Yuchu and other strong opponents by drawing lots, and successfully got four points, plus yesterday's two points , the ranking came to nineteenth.

Coach Liang was a little excited: "Look, practicing late at night, didn't practice for nothing, right? Today's details are handled very well."

A smile appeared on the corner of Yan Xinyuan's lips: "It's not bad, and my mentality is more stable than yesterday. Xie Shi'an is a good coach."

After all, the two of them laughed together.

When the day's game was over, Jian Changnian stayed until the end, and a teammate asked her, "Why don't you go to eat?"

Jian Changnian smiled: "You guys go, I will practice again."

The lights in the training room stayed on until late at night, and she dragged her tired body back to the dormitory to rest.

third day.

Xie Shi'an has the habit of doing morning exercises. In winter, at night, she put on her clothes and went downstairs to the playground. It was just dawn in the east.

There were already footsteps on the runway, she looked through the mist, Jian Changnian ran towards her, grinning.

"Morning."

"Morning, when did you come?"

Xie Shi'an kept up with her speed and ran to the front.

Not to be outdone, Jian Changnian chased after her.

"Fifteen minutes ago."

Unlike Xie Shi'an, she enters the competition state very slowly and is easily distracted by the things around her. So this week, she got up half an hour earlier than usual for running, warming up, exercising core strength, and Go to the training room and play hot hands.

Unfortunately, she got Qiao Yuchu in today's game.

The year-end assessment has been carried out to the third day, and the points situation has gradually become clear. Xie Shi'an won the first place.

Qiao Yu lost a few games and ranked seventh, but there are still two days of competitions to come, so she is not worried about this score at present.

As for Jian Changnian, she is already at the bottom of the rankings, and the third day of the competition is particularly important. If she does not get satisfactory points today, it will be difficult for her to break into the top fifteen. If she wants to break into the top 15 in the last two days The top ten can be said to be a fantasy.

Qiao Yuchu looked at the note in her hand, and then at Jian Changnian who was warming up at the side, pursed the corners of her lips, feeling a little worried.

The last match was not over yet, and there was still a while before their match, she thought about it, walked over and patted Jian Changnian on the shoulder.

"Come with me."

Xie Shi'an looked thoughtfully at their backs as they walked out of the stadium.

Qiao Yuchu led her to a remote place behind the training room, and then said, "Play well during the game, and I'll give you the ball."

Jian Changnian thought that she was going to say something to him, but she didn't expect it to be this, so she was stunned for a while, with a look of embarrassment on her face.

"Sister Yuchu, this doesn't comply with the regulations. If Coach Yan finds out about our cheating, you will be fired."

Qiao Yuchu put his hands on her shoulders and spoke earnestly.

"You stupid, this is your last game today. If you don't get these two points, what will you do tomorrow or the day after tomorrow? Do you want to go home?! You have come here so hard!"

"I..." Jian Changnian lowered her head and remained silent.

Qiao Yuchu shook her shoulder again: "It's okay, you fight hard, huh? Trust me, I will lose without showing any trace."

"I don't want to go home..." Jian Changnian raised his head and looked at her, his eyes slowly turned red, just when Qiao Yuchu thought she would agree.

Jian Changnian took a step back: "But I don't want to cheat either. Have you forgotten the game we played when we first met in the gymnasium? At that time, Sun Qian also begged me to give her the ball. I don't want to...become such a person."

Qiao Yu's first hand fell in the air, feeling a little helpless: "But..."

Jian Changnian sniffed, smiled brightly again, bowed slightly to her, then turned and left.

"I know Miss Yuchu treats me well and doesn't want me to go, but as a friend and opponent, if you respect me, please do your best."

Seeing the back of her leaving resolutely, Qiao Yuchu sighed: "This child is more stubborn than Shi'an..."

He said he wanted Qiao Yuchu to go all out, but the other party went all out, and it was him again who couldn't bear it.

After all, she is a veteran player with far more experience on the field than her. Jian Changnian lost to the opponent with a score of 21:13 in the first round.

Seeing Jian Changnian walking to the rest area with a racket in frustration, Qiao Yuchu felt uncomfortable.

"Tell me, why did you have to draw me at such a critical time, in case she was killed because of this game..."

Xie Shi'an patted her on the shoulder, and glanced at Jian Changnian: "Don't be burdened, I think she should be very happy to beat her with you."

The rest time during the game was very short, and Yan Xinyuan couldn't say anything to Jian Changnian. He just stood outside the court and gave her a thumbs up from a distance, signaling her to cheer up.

It can be said that this is a life and death battle that determines fate.

Coach Liang also gave her a thumbs up.

More people gathered around.

There are Zhao Qidong, Sun Qian, and her roommates.

Qiao Yuchu, who was standing on the opposite side, also gave her a cheering gesture.

Xie Shi'an stood in the rest area and nodded at her from a distance.

Jian Changnian saw it, held the racket, pursed her lips, and silently cheered herself up in her heart.

Who cares about her, if you win, you earn blood, if you lose, you don't lose money, just play with your best form.

At the beginning of the second game, both sides played inseparably, and even exchanged a rare multi-shot.

Jian Changnian's eyes gradually only focused on the ball and the opponent, and all the noisy voices were forgotten.

She forgot that standing opposite was Qiao Yuchu, her friend and a veteran player with decades of experience in competitions. All she knew was that she was her opponent, an opponent she had to defeat. The dream goes farther and farther on this road.

She doesn't want to fail here, she wants to win.

Jian Changnian jumped high and high, stretched his arms, and suddenly exerted force, which was a smash.

The score was tied at 11:11.

The halftime whistle blew.

Qiao Yuchu went to the sidelines to wipe his sweat.

Xie Shi'an handed her a bottle of water: "How about it, I'm a little stressed."

Qiao Yuchu also laughed, and finally looked at Jian Changnian with a hint of appreciation and affirmation: "It's been a long time since I played so heartily."

After tying the score in the first half, Jian Changnian's confidence doubled.

She was eager to try with the racket: "Sister Yuchu, you have to be careful, don't let me take points."

Qiao Yu's brows and eyes were crooked at the beginning of the smile, but he shot without mercy: "Ha, I will soon let you know what it means to be old and hot."

Coach Liang, who was standing on the sidelines watching the match, said, "Jian Changnian probably wants to win this round."

The situation on the field is indeed that Jian Changnian is in the upper hand.

Yan Xinyuan was smoking his pipe: "It looks like she won, but in fact she dug a hole for her to jump in."

"Ah? You mean—" Coach Liang also became confused.

"Why do you think Qiao Yuchu has been in the Binhai provincial team for so long, and has also won the women's doubles runner-up in the national competition. She is not weak in her own strength. Don't be deceived by her smiling appearance."

"When a player who is good at playing defensive counterattacks gives up defense, it can only show that she is deliberately conserving her energy. Don't forget that there is still a decisive game. In terms of skills and tactics, Jian Changnian is far behind others by more than 108,000. here."

Yan Xinyuan sighed, this round was exactly as he expected, Qiao Yuchu lost the game at 12:21.

The loss was a natural one, without revealing a single flaw.

Jian Changnian, who equalized the game and came to the match point, ran off the field happily, not even realizing that he was probably going to die today.

Yan Xinyuan sighed, she is such a careless and silly child, I only hope that she can perform exceptionally well in the next game and win these two points.

Qiao Yuchu walked back to the rest area to wipe off her sweat, Xie Shi'an glanced at her.

"Don't wipe it, are you sweating?"

An angry Qiao Yuchu threw a towel at her: "I will sew your mouth shut with a needle someday."

Xie Shi'an caught the towel and threw it back to her: "Aren't you going to release the water? Why are you going all out again?"

Qiao Yuchu took a deep look at Jian Changnian.

"Because I have a feeling that if I don't give it my all, I might lose."

third inning.

Under Qiao Yuchu's constant tugging, Jian Changnian was a little exhausted, because of excessive physical exertion, she ran a step slower when she was supposed to catch a netball, and was preempted by someone to get the match point.

Everything was going according to her plan, but for some reason, Qiao Yuchu couldn't be happier.

Seeing that she was in a bad mood, Jian Changnian took the initiative to shake her hand.

"It's okay, Miss Yuchu, there's still the second half."

With a huge gap of seven points behind, it would be difficult to recover in the second half, unless Qiao Yu made some fatal "mistakes" for the first time.

Qiao Yu moved her lips at the beginning, wanting to say something.

Jian Changnian shook his head slightly, his eyes were slightly red, but he smiled as usual.

"No matter what the final result is, I had a great time playing this game."

Qiao Yuchu was taken aback for a moment, and then gently took her hand back.

"me too."

With the idea of ​​breaking the boat, Jian Changnian started the second half of the game.

Qiao Yuchu originally thought that the second half could be won easily, but unexpectedly hit a nail in the first place. Jian Changnian used her flexible running and a few fake moves to deceive her position and scored consecutively.

Seeing the fighting spirit in the opponent's eyes, Qiao Yuchu's heart was shocked. How long has it been? She has only been training for three months, and she has already played inextricably with herself, who has decades of golf experience.

She was a little envious of such a talent, but also a little reconciled.

Qiao Yu gritted her teeth on the first day, no, she can't be compared to her.

Yan Xinyuan on the sidelines observed the situation: "It's time to counterattack."

As soon as the words fell, Qiao Yuchu took the initiative to run, and took the initiative back into his hands through a few diagonal lobs.

This wave of counterattack caught Jian Changnian by surprise. She followed the opponent's rhythm and was exhausted on the field, and was taken advantage of several loopholes.

Seeing the other party's serious expression, Jian Changnian was not to be outdone, seeing a tricky angle of the ball flying towards her, she gritted her teeth, knowing that if she tried to save the ball from this position, she might lose her balance and fall to the ground. Still rushed over without hesitation.

"boom-"

The ball passed the net smoothly, and she fell heavily to the ground.

"Are you all right?"

Qiao Yu saw her fall for the first time and stopped moving.

Jian Changnian gasped and stood up: "It's okay, continue."

The next game was even more stalemate. The two of them almost had one point for one point and one point for the other. They refused to give in to each other until 20:19.

Qiao Yuchu temporarily led by one point, as long as he scored another point, he would win the game.

Jian Changnian glanced at the scoreboard, silently clenched the racket tightly.

We have already come here, even if we lose, we will not regret it.

With such thoughts in mind, the two took another shot.

Even Coach Liang became a little nervous: "It's the last ball, whose is it..."

Jian Changnian's last smash had a good angle, and he played in the backcourt where Qiao Yuchu had no time to return to defense.

A white meteor streaked across the sky.

Qiao Yuchu turned around, but it was too late, and watched it fall outside the boundary line, only a few centimeters away from the white line.

The referee blew the whistle: "Jane Changnian smashed the ball out of bounds, 21:19, Qiao Yuchu won."

how so.

Jian Changnian's eyes widened, and he looked at the ball in disbelief, and the light in his eyes went out bit by bit.

Qiao Yu moved her lips at the beginning, wanting to go over and say something to her.

Jian Changnian didn't want people to see her sad and disappointed, so she quickly turned around and left the court with the racket.

At the end of the third day of the competition, Jian Changnian only got one small game point, and the ranking basically remained unchanged.

Qiao Yuchu originally wanted to talk to her, but Jian Changnian disappeared after dinner. She searched the dormitory, cafeteria, training room and playground but found no one.

The winter nights are cloudless and starry.

Jian Changnian was sitting on the parallel bars, with her hands on the railings, her legs dangling aimlessly. She sat at a height and looked over the fence to see the endless farmland outside the training base.

There are lights on the country road, and occasionally people pass by on bicycles, and you can hear a dog barking once or twice.

She was inexplicably homesick and missed her grandma, so she sniffed again and couldn't help but shed tears.

A sneer came from behind.

"If crying is useful, I won't lose today's game."

Jian Changnian was so frightened that he almost fell off the parallel bars.

"You... why are you here?"

Xie Shi'an walked down the stone steps slowly with her pocket in her pocket, and stood with her back against the other side of the parallel bars. The night wind blew her hair.

"I went for a walk after dinner and heard a noise in the small playground. I thought it was a ghost. Come and have a look."

There is a big playground in the training base, which is where they usually run and practice physical fitness. There is also a small playground in the southeast direction of the big playground, down the stone steps, next to the outer wall of the training base.

There are few people here, only a few table tennis tables and some fitness equipment are placed here. The original intention is to let everyone relax after training, but whoever has the time to play will soon be abandoned.

But Jian Changnian likes this place very much, she finds it very quiet, and occasionally comes here to sit when she is unhappy.

What Xie Shi'an didn't tell her was that this was also her secret base.

The reason why this person came to see the joke is really unique.

If it were normal, Jian Changnian would have to fight back, but today she really has no intention of arguing with anyone.

"Let's go after reading it, I want to be alone for a while."

Seeing her appearance of not wanting to talk, Xie Shi'an got up: "Actually, it's not impossible to enter the top ten..."

"What did you say?!" Jian Changnian jumped off the parallel bars immediately, and staggered a bit because the movement was too fast.

Xie Shi'an shrugged: "Don't you want to be alone for a while?"

"Oh, what I said was out of anger..." Jian Changnian knew that when dealing with Xie Shi'an, you can't be tough, you have to be soft and go along with her.

"Oh." Xie Shi'an nodded his head to show that he understood, and turned around to leave, so anxious that Jian Changnian rushed up and grabbed her arm.

"Don't play tricks on me, I really want to stay!"

The young man spoke earnestly, and the temperature of the hand holding her was as hot as his eyes, which penetrated into her heart through the thin fabric.

Xie Shi'an was slightly moved, and said lightly.

"Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, we must win all games."

In just one sentence, how harsh the conditions are.

Jian Changnian let go of her hand.

Xie Shi'an also knew it was difficult, but she had to do it.

"At present, the top eight positions in the standings are basically fixed. No matter what, it is difficult for the rest of you to get two points from these eight people, so the ninth and tenth places have become a must. s position."

"Tomorrow's battle, theoretically speaking, those ranked after 20 will be eliminated, because their existing points and remaining games are not enough to support them beyond the current top ten. What you have to do is to stabilize the current situation." Some rankings and strive to enter the top fifteen. If you are lucky in the lottery, there is about half the chance that you will be drawn to the front. Try to win and get a good relationship. If you really want to enter the province If you are a team, this is the only way you can."

"The best result is that you win all the way and get the spot. The worst result is nothing worse than now."

After Xie Shi'an finished speaking, what responded to her was a long silence.

She also knew that this difficulty was no less than that of the Arabian Nights. If God favored her, a miracle would happen.

All that needs to be said has been said, it's up to her to do it or not.

Xie Shi'an turned around to leave, Jian Changnian raised his head, and said word by word: "I don't know if I can stay, but no matter who I get, even you, I will do my best."

Suddenly there was a gust of wind.

The leaves swirled and fell around them.

Xie Shi'an slightly bent the corner of his lips where she couldn't see.

"Me too, I won't show mercy."

When the boy raised his foot and was about to leave, he paused again.

"By the way, someone is looking for you."

Jian Changnian was startled for a moment, but soon realized that Qiao Yuchu must be looking for her everywhere, worried that she would be overwhelmed.

Before she ran away, she turned around and said solemnly: "Thank you."