In a cinema atrium two streets away from the National Training Center, Zhou Yu held a large bucket of popcorn and sat in the position with Coach Lu.

Zhou Yu didn't expect that Coach Lu would suddenly say that he would take her out to watch a movie. Then, the two of them walked here together.

There is still a period of time before the opening of the movie, and the audience is entering the venue one after another, and it is a little noisy around.

"I just found out that it was a cartoon, how did you pick it," Coach Lu took the ticket in his hand and looked at Zhou Yu funny, "It seems that children nowadays can't grow up." My son came home from school on Saturday, and he couldn't shake the thunder, he had to watch anime on TV, and he wouldn't leave it to eat. Listening to his father, he can't change this problem until now, and his father is reluctant to scold. ”

"Binbin is going to take the university entrance examination?" Zhou Yu asked.

Coach Lu and her husband are both Nanhua coaches, and because they are too busy with work, their only son has been boarding since kindergarten. Originally, as his son grew up, Coach Lu was already thinking about spending more time on the child, but for the sake of Zhou Yu and Lin Koukou, she resolutely came to the national team.

"I'll take the exam next year. My son is very worry-free, knowing that we are busy with work and studying, and we take care of ourselves. Coach Lu's eyes couldn't help but light up when he mentioned his son, but he couldn't help but sigh.

With such a look, it was easy for Zhou Yu to think of another mother.

called Qiao Fang, but Zhou Yu still didn't call. She didn't know what to say, especially at this time, did she go to sell miserably and tell her mother that she was about to be adjusted out of the national team?

Maybe Qiao Fang will be very happy, but Zhou Yu ...... This failure cannot be accepted.

After a while, Zhou Yu said apologetically: "Coach Lu, because of me, you couldn't be by Binbin's side." ”

"Bin Bin can understand, when Sister Xiao Yu and Brother Buckle entered the national team, he was so happy......" Coach Lu said halfway, but stopped, turned his head to look at Zhou Yu, "Zhou Yu, if I want to go back, will you come with me?"

Zhou Yu originally thought that he would not speak until the movie was over. As a result, she ...... Say it now.

Wanting to hide the panic in his heart, Zhou Yu hurriedly handed the popcorn in his hand to Coach Lu, and smiled reluctantly: "It's the opposite, because I can't stay, so Coach Lu decided to go with me, right?"

"This kid," Coach Lu was stunned and gently pushed away the popcorn: "How do you know?"

Zhou Yu didn't speak, grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth, trying to be as calm as possible, but today's popcorn seemed to be bought by mistake, and it was so bitter that it was hard to swallow.

"Zhou Yu, in fact, I am very grateful to you and Lin Koukou, I am not a very good coach, but you two are really competitive and have successfully entered the national team, I am very proud of you," Coach Lu thought for a moment, and said: "I'm also very sorry for not bringing you out." Although there are some objective reasons, I am not doing enough. ”

Zhou Yu shook her head vigorously, her and Lin Koukou's trip to the national team ended so sloppily that no one wanted to, and no one could have imagined it.

"It's okay, in the national team, it's normal to go in and out," Coach Lu stretched out his hand to wrap his hand around Zhou Yu's shoulder, "Xiao always has some different thoughts about the training after you go back." I don't know the specifics, he'll talk to you. Don't feel like you're giving up, every setback has the potential to be an opportunity for us. ”

"Got it. Zhou Yu's voice was a little buzzy.

"When my side completes the handover, let's go back together," Coach Lu turned his head sideways, noticed the frustration on Zhou Yu's face, and cheered her up again, "Who set the fastest record for returning to the team quickly after being adjusted in the national team?"

Zhou Yu hummed as if out of nowhere, grabbed the popcorn in the bucket in front of him again, and began to stuff it into his mouth.

"Mr. Xiao was returned to the local team, and half a year later, because he won the national championship, he was called up by the national team again," Coach Lu said: "A talented person who is not discouraged under any circumstances, his brilliance cannot be ignored after all." ”

Zhou Yu still didn't speak, and kept chewing popcorn.

About to start, the audience around was already seated, and the lights in the theater gradually dimmed.

This film is quite funny, and it didn't take long for the audience to burst into laughter.

Zhou Yu also laughed with everyone, as if immersed in the interesting plot of the movie. She had to laugh, before the grief struck.

Coach Lu, who had been observing Zhou Yu, looked away from her face and looked at the screen in front of her.

In the afternoon, the team's training meeting focused on discussing how to stay with several players who were lagging behind in the comprehensive assessment. And Zhou Yu was put on the adjustment list because she couldn't participate in the competition for more than half a year, and the partner problem could not be solved, even if everyone recognized that her training performance was excellent, she was still a very potential doubles player.

In the end, it was the players he brought over, and seeing that he couldn't stay, Coach Lu was scratching in his heart. Especially in the training hall, seeing that everyone was gone, Zhou Yu was still practicing so hard, Coach Lu became more and more unbearable, and deliberately went to the team leader, just wanting to fight again.

But in the end, Coach Lu was persuaded by the leader.

After all, this is the national team, and the starting point of all is to select the best players in the country to compete in the world arena and fight against strong foreign opponents. Under this premise, survival of the fittest is not so much cruel as a fate that must be accepted as an athlete.

Although he can understand it, Coach Lu is really uncomfortable when things fall on his apprentice. The only thing she could do was not to let Zhou Yu leave alone.

What Coach Lu didn't tell Zhou Yu was

The team wanted her to continue to coach the national team and be in charge of a mixed doubles pair that would come in, but she politely refused.

I don't know which plot is interesting, but many viewers laughed.

Coach Lu never understood what this film was trying to express. At the moment when she turned her head again, with the light reflected back from the screen, she suddenly found that Zhou Yu was covering her mouth with her hand, and she was already in tears.

Early the next morning, Zhou Yu came out of the dormitory as usual and walked to the outdoor runway below.

After warming up, Zhou Yu put on her headphones and started her morning run, which she had become a habit.

There are not many people on the runway, and the morning sun blows on the face, with the warmth unique to summer. The breeze is coming, carrying the fragrance of flowers from nowhere.

Zhou Yu took a deep breath, probably about to leave, she suddenly felt that this originally unremarkable runway had also become reluctant.

"Morning!" A teammate ran to Zhou Yu's side and said hello.

Zhou Yu smiled at others: "Morning!"

"Are you still training today?" asked.

"Of course!" Zhou Yu replied loudly. If she is a monk for a day and hits the clock for a day, she will definitely train until she leaves.

After finishing the 5,000-meter run, Zhou Yu was doing a relaxing movement, and a figure stood in front of her.

Xiao Zifeng suddenly appeared, and Zhou Yu didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"Last night's express ride from Jincheng to here was the last time you were on the same page. I didn't sleep all night, it's really uncomfortable to lie hard," Xiao Zifeng laughed at himself: "Actually, I used to take that train a lot, maybe I'm old, and I'm not very able to endure hardship." ”

"Why are you ......" Zhou Yu finally reacted.

In last night's dream, Zhou Yu saw Xiao Zifeng. People came to pick her up and go home, but Zhou Yu also quarreled with Xiao Zifeng. In the dream, Zhou Yu was menacing and crackling, but when she woke up, she couldn't remember what reason she had to yell at others.

After staring at Zhou Yu for a while, Xiao Zifeng smiled and said, "I think, you are willing to see me at this time." ”

Zhou Yu lowered his head and finally laughed,

Xiao Zifeng looked around and said to Zhou Yu: "I sneaked in just now, or let's go outside for a walk, so as not to be recognized." ”

Zhou Yu believed it was true, urged Xiao Zifeng to wait for him outside first, then ran back to the dormitory to change clothes, and hurriedly walked outside the training hall.

Xiao Zifeng stood beside a car, saw Zhou Yu come out, and stretched out his hand to pull away the co-pilot's seat.

Sitting in the car, Zhou Yu couldn't help but look around and asked, "Where did the car come from?"

"I borrowed it from Dr. Jiang, and when I heard that I was going to take my girlfriend for a ride, he agreed without blinking. Xiao Zifeng said with a smile.

Zhou Yu felt that he had guessed the purpose of Xiao Zifeng's trip: "Are you worried, I will be emotional because of the team's decision, right? It's okay, I told Coach Lu last night that I must obey the organizational arrangement." ”

Xiao Zifeng insisted on it: "Don't discriminate against old men, we also have romantic times." ”

Zhou Yu is not stupid, Xiao Zifeng is usually so busy, how can he have the leisure to come out and wave!

However, Zhou Yu accepted this intention.

"Who said you were an old man?" Zhou Yu leaned back in the chair and looked at Xiao Zifeng, unable to resist the hook of his lips.

"Shang Ke, he has always taken pleasure in slandering me," Siu Zifeng replied, "but he is no better. ”

"That man looks much older than you. Zhou Yu naturally stood on Xiao Zifeng's side, although her impression of Shang Ke had been greatly reversed.

Xiao Zifeng laughed, Zhou Yu's words were obviously comforting, but how could he listen to it, it seemed that something was wrong?

"Why did you think of a ride?" Zhou Yu asked.

Beijing's traffic jams are world-famous, and Zhou Yu has a sense of foreboding, just afraid that he will have to stay on the road for a day today. But then again, the haze in Zhou Yu's heart, because of Xiao Zifeng's appearance, seems to be a little less.

"Take you for a walk. Xiao Zifeng said as he started the car.

Zhou Yu smiled, with Coach Lu here, he really couldn't hide anything from Xiao Zifeng. He must have known that he had cried so terribly last night, and he would have known that she was finally going back.

"I'm used to staying here, and I suddenly want to leave, and I'm a little reluctant. Zhou Yu looked out the window.

Xiao Zifeng: "......"

"After talking next week, the official notice will come out," Zhou Yu said this, still unwilling in the end, "As long as there is a little opportunity, I will stay." Possible...... I won't be able to come back in the future. ”

"Who said that?" Xiao Zifeng asked rhetorically.

Zhou Yu didn't answer, it doesn't matter who said it, the truth is roughly so.

The conversation came to an abrupt end, Xiao Zifeng was concentrating on driving, and Zhou Yu began to look at the street scene outside, but after a while, he actually fell asleep.

Xiao Zifeng found that when Zhou Yu was napping, the car was being blocked tightly by several long queues in front.

Xiao Zifeng smiled, wanted to take off his coat and cover her, but he felt that the weather was not cold, so he made an extra move, and then found a pillow from the back seat and put it on Zhou Yu's shoulder.

With this move, Zhou Yu woke up and looked at Xiao Zifeng with confused eyes.

"Sleep!" Xiao Zifeng said softly, watching Zhou Yu close his eyes again.

The car outside was jammed for a while, Xiao Zifeng leaned on the back of the chair, put his hand on the steering wheel, and looked at Zhou Yu's sleeping face.

Xiao Zifeng does have plans to come here, and he is scheduled to make a trip next week. However, a phone call from Coach Lu last night made him anxious and had to set off immediately.

When he first met Zhou Yu, Xiao Zifeng's impression of her was that she was well-behaved, a little tendoned, and always smiling. However, when they have a deep understanding of each other, Xiao Zifeng understands that a well-behaved girl can also be strong, a tendon is sometimes a kind of stubbornness, and once the laughing Zhou Yu cries, it will make him feel distressed to the point that the six gods have no master, and he just wants to rush over immediately.

"I don't want to go back. Zhou Yu's voice suddenly sounded in the car.

"Why don't you sleep?" Xiao Zifeng was stunned and looked at Zhou Yu with sleepy eyes.

"Everyone else is fighting for the chance to participate in the Olympic trials and get a ticket to the world's highest level competition, but I am leaving in disgrace," Zhou Yu muttered, "I can't wait another six years, and then I won't be able to do it." ”

Xiao Zifeng asked, "I really don't want to go?"

Zhou Yu got stuck again and didn't leave...... And what to do?

"Shall I discuss it with your leaders?" Xiao Zifeng deliberately probed.

"Don't!" After being stunned for a few seconds, Zhou Yu shook his head resolutely, "I want to stay, also because I have the value of staying." ”

For a moment just now, Zhou Yu admitted that he had used his crooked brain, but the thought was fleeting. She can't do useless struggles, and she doesn't want to become a laughing stock in the eyes of others.

"At present, there are three mixed doubles pairs in the national team, which occupies the top three in the world. In addition, in the past six months, several more groups of mixed doubles have come up," Xiao Zifeng's expression suddenly became serious, "You may need to recognize a fact, even if Lin Koukou comes back smoothly after half a year, it is impossible for his strength to quickly recover to before, and during this time, others will leave you far behind." ”

Hopeless?

Zhou Yu's heart sank.

"Want to play in the Olympics?" asked Xiao Zifeng.

Zhou Yu was silent. She finally admitted that she was desperately lacking a sense of crisis. The goal that she thought could be accomplished step by step turned out to be ready for others, and she was still hovering in place.

"Say, do you want to or don't you want to?" Xiao Zifeng asked.

Zhou Yu: "......"

The traffic in front began to move forward, Xiao Zifeng restarted the car, but asked, "Do you want to die?"

"Yes, but ...... You can't force Lin Koukou to death. Zhou Yu smiled bitterly.

"From the perspective of a professional coach, in fact, I think Lin Koukou may be more suitable for playing men's doubles. And although you cooperate very tacitly, I can't help but say that you have restrained his strength to a certain extent. Xiao Zifeng simply talked about Lin Koukou.

"Then what should I do?" Zhou Yu smiled bitterly, "If I can't even buckle Lin, I really have to change the women's singles." ”

"Decide to change the women's singles, I'll take you to find a master. Xiao Zifeng suddenly said.

Zhou Yu looked at Xiao Zifeng blankly, this one didn't understand, was she laughing at herself?

An hour later, Zhou Yu was taken by Xiao Zifeng to a youth club.

Two people sat in the audience, looking at the field, and a group of children were doing hair extension training under the leadership of the coach.

"Dr. Chiang's son. Xiao Zifeng pointed to a place below.

Zhou Yu held his cheeks and looked at him for a while, and said, "I feel a little taller than last time, and I have played a few balls with him." ”

"I heard that Xiao Jian has treated you as an idol since he sent you back to the national training gym with his mother, and he was fooled by his father," Xiao Zifeng said: "I helped him find this club." ”

"You know so many people!" Zhou Yu praised.

"You think that I brought you here to show off my connections," Xiao Zifeng said with a smile: "I knew earlier, just now at the National Training Hall, I took you to the homes of several head coaches." ”

Zhou Yu burst out laughing and continued to look down.

The children practice energetically, don't look at their age, they are all serious, and their postures are standardized, and they feel that they are taught well.

"Little bunnies, cheer me up!" a middle-aged man with slightly long hair and a stout figure walked up to the audience, roared downward, and then sat down in the first row.

"Let's go, I'll take you to get to know someone. Xiao Zifeng said and stood up.

"What are you doing?" Zhou Yu asked, she still couldn't figure out whether Xiao Zifeng was serious or joking.

Xiao Zifeng smiled but didn't answer, couldn't help but say, grabbed Zhou Yu's hand, and walked towards the middle-aged man.