The Gold is Yours, You Are Mine

When the two walked out of the gymnasium, they saw Yan Xinyuan and Coach Liang who were waiting by the side of the road.

Jian Changnian leapt forward and hugged him.

"Coach Yan, I miss you so much!"

Due to inertia, Yan Xinyuan took a few steps back. Coach Liang was afraid that he would fall and touch the incision left by the puncture, so he hurriedly pulled him away.

"Bah, bah, kid, just think about it, what's not going to die!"

Xie Shi'an also came up with a smile in his eyes.

"Coach Yan."

Yan Xinyuan patted the shoulders of both of them.

"You played well today, let's go, I invite you to dinner."

"How can we do without me for things like eating!" While talking, Cheng Zhen and Zhou Mu also ran over.

Jian Changnian and Zhou Mu haven't seen each other for a long time. As soon as they met, they hugged each other excitedly, screaming and dancing.

"Ahhhh Mumu why are you here?!"

"Did you forget?! Today is Saturday, and I rushed here last night after school in a hard seat all night!"

"It's so far away, you came here alone, does Aunt Zhou know?!"

Zhou Mu knew that she was worried about herself, so she patted her chest to assure her.

"Of course I know! This is the vacation I bought with two perfect test papers, and she sent me on the train!"

"It's amazing!" Jian Changnian praised her sincerely.

The two walked together arm in arm, and Zhou Mu reached out and touched her head again, comparing himself with himself.

"Chang Nian, why do I feel that you have grown taller again?"

"Really? I don't think so."

Behind him, Xie Shi'an and Cheng Zhen were chatting one after another.

"Aren't you competing in Beijing? Why did you come here?"

Cheng Zhen was covering his heart, feeling extremely distressed.

"Ah! I firmly remember the time of each of your matches, but you have completely ignored me. You didn't even know that I had finished the preliminaries. It was in vain that I came all the way from Beijing early in the morning. look at you..."

Yan Xinyuan heard them talking and turned around.

"I've read the news. Cheng Zhen performed very well in the preliminaries this time, and he seems to have broken the national record, right? If there are no accidents in the finals, it will definitely be no problem to win a medal."

Cheng Zhen scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

"My coach told me to try to win the gold medal. If I can win the gold medal, I can be selected for the national team's training camp in the second half of the year, and I can start playing for the country next year."

"Okay, you guys, the future is promising." Yan Xinyuan always had a cheerful smile on his face.

Xie Shi'an kicked Cheng Zhen from behind.

"Come on, I said you are fat and you are still panting. Why is a big man so hypocritical, please treat me to this meal today."

Cheng Zhen let out a miserable cry.

"Ah! Why me again?!"

Several girls said in unison.

"Because you are the one who wants to follow."

The dinner has to be hot pot.

Jian Changnian was feasting, and when he looked up, Yan Xinyuan hardly touched his chopsticks.

"Coach Yan, why don't you eat?"

Only then did Yan Xinyuan get up and took a vegetable from the three delicacies pot.

"Oh, I have a bit of a cold recently, and I'm taking medicine. The doctor told me not to eat spicy food."

"Then you can't just eat vegetables." Jian Changnian didn't notice anything wrong at all, and poured the plates of meat in front of him into the three fresh pot.

"I'll order some beef for you. You can pick it up and eat it in the red pot after a while. It's satisfying and not too spicy."

Yan Xinyuan's smiling eyes almost narrowed.

"Okay, okay, you guys eat too."

"Waiter, have a drink." Xie Shi'an was a little thirsty after eating, and beckoned for the waiter. When he was about to order a bottle of wine for Yan Xinyuan as usual, he remembered what he said just now.

"Oh, you're taking medicine, you can't drink alcohol, Coach Yan..."

"Just like you, let's have a drink."

"Okay, then have another bottle of orange juice."

When the dishes were all served, everyone at the table was chatting and laughing, only Cheng Zhen didn't have the slightest sense of vision, and he picked up which pot was left unopened.

"Hey, speaking of it, why didn't I see Miss Yuchu? I thought she was with you."

Jian Changnian glanced at Xie Shi'an, and quickly changed the subject.

"Um, Miss Yuchu just finished the trials and went home. By the way, where are you going to play in the finals? If we make time, maybe we can still watch your games."

"Hey, in Suzhou, it's pretty close to Shanghai, but the match is next Monday, so you probably haven't finished yet by then."

Jane often counts the days.

"That's right, but it's okay, we can watch TV and watch the news!"

The topic was successfully transferred to the past, Zhou Mu also said.

"Oh Monday, I must be home by then."

Xie Shi'an was still putting vegetables into the bowl lightly, with no expression on his face.

When the dinner was over, it was already midnight, and Coach Yan and the others went back to the hotel to rest.

The two of them were walking back to the apartment.

Jian Changnian looked at her back and said.

"Pick up..."

Xie Shian stopped, turned sideways and took a look at her.

"Don't worry, I know what I should do now."

A smile appeared on Jian Changnian's face, and he followed quickly.

"Then shall we still play tonight?"

"Hey, eat so much, can you sleep without digestion?"

Jian Changnian rubbed her stomach, her face wrinkled into a bitter gourd.

"Ah...I can't sleep unless I'm hungry."

"That's why your body fat percentage exceeds the standard every month."

Jian Changnian became angry from embarrassment.

"Shut up!! You think everyone is like you, you can't gain weight just by eating!"

The two returned to the training room. The teammates inside had just finished playing and were about to leave. Seeing the two of them, they said naturally.

"It's just in time for me to come back. I'll leave first if I have something to do, Bean Sprouts. You will stay and clean up later."

Jian Changnian opened her mouth and muttered softly.

"I have been cleaning since I arrived in Shanghai..."

Seeing her reluctance, the other party had a mocking smile on his face.

"Isn't that what the substitutes do? Besides, not everyone can join the national team to clean up. It's an embarrassment for you to sweep the floor, you know that?"

"Let's go, don't talk nonsense to them."

The group of people said they were going to leave, but Xie Shi'an blocked them like a wall.

"Say what you just said again."

The boy's eyes were cold, and his tone was without warmth. He simply stood here with his pockets in his pocket, but he felt a strong sense of oppression on his body.

The girl remembered the punch she had punched herself, unconsciously took a step back, and said boldly.

"You... what do you want to do?! There is a rule in our team that you are not allowed to beat people..."

Xie Shi'an took a step forward and looked down at her.

"If I remember correctly, there is also a rule in the national team that bullying newcomers is not allowed, and all players are equal and treated equally."

"She...she's a substitute...what's wrong with the seniors instructing her to do something?!" The girl was still arguing, relying on her status as an old team member, she raised her voice and bluffed, but she didn't see the team members who were close to her before, Step by step away from her.

Xie Shi'an sneered.

"Substitute? What's wrong with the substitute? You don't count as a substitute, do you? You think you are amazing, don't you? One senior at a time. Only an athlete with both virtue and skill like Senior Jiang deserves to be called senior. What part of your body is related to these two words?"

The girl blushed, and seeing that other people were submissive and did not dare to help, she became angry from embarrassment, pushed her away and was about to rush out the door.

Unexpectedly, Xie Shi'an stood here, holding the door firmly, motionless.

"Stop, you can only leave after cleaning. Chang Nian, bring her the mop."

Jian Changnian excitedly even brought the bucket over to her.

"Give!"

Seeing this situation, the others all laughed dryly, and slipped away to respect the soles of their feet.

"Then... Shi'an, you are busy, we will leave first."

Xie Shi'an nodded, turned sideways, let the door open, and several people ran away without looking back.

She closed the door easily and locked it.

The girl looked at her movements, then looked at the empty training room, kept backing away, and finally felt a little scared.

"You... what do you want? Can't I apologize to you?!"

"It's not with me, it's with her. You can apologize, but it's up to her to accept it or not." Xie Shi'an turned his attention to Jian Changnian.

Jian Changnian looked at Xie Shi'an, and then at her. Thinking of the bullying and supercilious eyes she had received these days, she pursed her lips and shook her head slowly and firmly.

Xie Shi'an shrugged, expressing that there was nothing he could do, and threw the key of the training room to Jian Changnian.

"Take it, I'll warm up first, you look at her, and you can leave after cleaning."

"and also-"

She turned sideways again, looked at the girl and said.

"She has her own name, not Bean Sprouts."

Jian Changnian was holding the key, and when she heard her say this, she was taken aback suddenly, as if something that she couldn't explain clearly poured into her chest.

A little sour, but also a little warm. In her friendship with Xie Shi'an, she has always been the one who took the initiative. The young man has a weird temper and an unpredictable personality. She occasionally feels a little unsteady.

Until this moment, hearing her say this with her own ears, her heart seemed to return to the ground. She knew that from now on, in her life, she would unconditionally support her, believe in her, and encourage her. There was one more person who stood firmly behind her and protected her.

Looking at her back, Jian Changnian slowly grinned and smiled brightly.

After the girls finished cleaning and left, she leaned over to play ball again, pretending to mention it casually.

"Why don't you let them call me bean sprouts, don't you..."

Xie Shi'an raised his hand to serve the ball.

"I was..."

"What is it?" Jian Changnian asked the ball back tirelessly.

Xie Shi'an jumped up with a dunk, and the ball landed on her head.

"You play ball!"

"Ah! It hurts!"

Her screams echoed throughout the arena.

There was a hint of a smile in Xie Shi'an's voice.

"Who told you to always be inattentive and ask questions."

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In the detention center.

Joe's father's thoughts are still the same as last time.

"No matter what, I will divorce your mother this time."

Qiao Yuchu sat here with a tired face.

"I know, I'm also trying to persuade her, but my mother's temper... You also know, why can't we settle the car accident a few days later, and then consider the divorce?"

"It is precisely because I know your mother's temper that I insist on getting a divorce at this stall. When I go out, she will try her best to prevent me from divorcing her. You don't even know how crazy she was when she grabbed my steering wheel. Come die with me!"

As Joe's father talked, he also became angry.

Qiao Yu heard one head and two big at the beginning, and stood up in a jiffy, pointing at him and cursing.

"If something goes wrong, you will blame each other. If there is no such thing as you, would she be so hysterical?! You have been together for more than 20 years, almost 30 years, she is wholeheartedly for me, for our family But in the end, the husband lived with other women outside and gave birth to a child, whoever is left, who is not crazy!"

"Let me tell you, I'm just not there. If I were, I would be more ruthless than my mother!"

Seeing her get angry, Qiao Zishan's expression softened, he covered his face with his hands, and let out a long sigh, but he still murmured.

"I know, I'm sorry for you, but I must leave this marriage. Dad has been suffering for most of his life. I listened to your grandparents during the college entrance examination and chose architecture. In fact, I prefer machinery. project."

"When I was in college, I had no choice but to marry your mother. During my twenty-odd years of marriage, I lived like a walking dead. Only when I saw you would my father be happier."

"Yuchu, Dad is almost fifty years old this year. Looking back, I don't have many opportunities to make my own choices in this life. Let me be my own master for the rest of my life."

Qiao Yuchu's lips trembled, and seeing his sluggish appearance with white hair on his sideburns, tears welled up unconsciously.

The phone rang, and it was Jin Shunzaki.

"Hey, the victim's family has agreed to meet and discuss compensation in detail."

Qiao Yuchu sniffed, wiped away her tears with the back of her hand, and walked out.

"Okay, I see, I'll be out right away."

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After the two of them finished playing, they went back to the dormitory together. When they got on the elevator, Xie Shi'an suddenly bent down and clutched his stomach.

"What's the matter with you?!" Jian Changnian turned around, and saw her bowing her body and helping him up.

Xie Shi'an gritted his teeth and forced a smile.

"Maybe it's because the food is too spicy, and I feel a little upset."

When the elevator reached the floor, Jian Changnian helped her walk while taking out the room card from her pocket to open the door.

"Your stomach seems to have been troubled for two days, do you want to see the team doctor?"

"Forget it, it's getting late, there's still a game tomorrow."

"But..." Jian Changnian was still a little worried, and her heart was always fuzzy, with a bad premonition.

The door opened, and Xie Shi'an took the lead into the bathroom.

"I'm going to take a shower first."

This time, Jian Changnian didn't compete with her again, but picked up the teapot and prepared to boil water, and she could drink it when she came out to let it cool.

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It was a peaceful night, Jian Changnian was already asleep, but Xie Shi'an was tossing and turning, with a dull pain in his stomach.

She turned the desk lamp to the darkest, picked up the water glass on the bedside table and took a sip. The temperature was right, and she felt much more comfortable after drinking it.

She put the water glass back, and her eyes fell on the charging mobile phone. She was busy with the game these days, and the mobile phone had been kept in the apartment, and the screen was already dusty. She took a tissue and wiped it clean.

When she opened it, she found that apart from some words of encouragement from some fans on her personal social platform, the contacts in the address book were all quiet, without any phone calls or text messages.

She opened the dialog box with Qiao Yuchu, counting it, she hadn't chatted for almost a week.

She has also been offline, and there is no activity on the homepage.

Xie Shi'an thought for a while, but still typed.

"How are you?"

"I'm fine here except that my diet is very light. The game... There was a bit of ups and downs in the game, and my own mentality was not very stable, but I slowly adjusted, and I won the game against Anton today. "

"This seems to be the first time you've been absent from my game, but... don't worry, I will still work hard, because... winning the championship is our common dream."

"Also... When I go back, I have something... I want to tell you."

She carefully considered her wording, typed and deleted, deleted and typed, repeated several times, and finally deleted the last sentence before pressing the send button.

After the news was sent, she seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

Xie Shi'an lay sideways on the bed, looking at the phone all the time, expecting the screen to turn on in a hazy sleepiness, but she did not receive a reply from Qiao Yuchu until the end of the World Championships.

By the time she realized that something might have happened to the Qiao family, it was too late.

Since then, she has deeply understood what it means: it is too late and the world is impermanent.