Walking in the dark alley with one foot deep and one foot shallow, Gu Qiao's heart was pounding, and he always looked behind him unsteadily, and this uneasiness was not well concealed, Zong Huai glanced back at her, stretched out his hand, grabbed Gu Qiao's shoulder, protected her by his side, and his steps were faster.

After about a minute, Zong Huai's footsteps deviated, turned to the left, and with a light stroke of his left hand, they finally walked out of the alley.

The bright street lamp immediately cast a soft circle of light above their heads, surrounded by an endless stream of people, and the noisy shouting in their ears made people feel like they were back in a trance for no reason, Gu Qiao let out a long breath, and then completely relieved his heart.

As soon as he walked out of the alley, Zong Huai immediately withdrew his hand, both hands were in his pockets, and the expression on his face was so cold that he almost dropped the ice ballast.

"What's the matter with you? How dare you walk alone on such a remote road?"

Standing on the brightly lit bustling street at this moment, Gu Qiao faintly felt a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart.

If it weren't for Zong Huai, would she still be standing here intact?

Gu Qiao knew that he was at a loss, lowered his head and listened to the training honestly, not daring to refute a word. Her eyes were lowered, she didn't know where to land, she didn't know if she was dazzled, but she saw that the right side of the other party's dark pants slowly leaked out darker traces, her heart jumped violently, and she reached out to pull Zonghuai's right hand.

Zong Huai turned into a security instructor at this moment, his mouth kept counting, without the slightest defense, and she pulled him suddenly, and his right hand was exposed in the air.

The joints of the young man's right hand were wounded, and the blood on the hand was falling to the ground drop by drop along the knuckles.

Gu Qiao's face changed, the guilt in his eyes was about to drip out, Zong Huai was also taken aback, and subconsciously wanted to break away.

"A little injury, as for all the fuss?"

However, Gu Qiao's hand was clenched very tightly, and he didn't give him any extra chance at all. Fortunately, there will never be a shortage of injury medicine in an athlete's bag, Gu Qiao took out the bandage from his bag with his free other hand.

"Don't move, wait a minute. ”

She handles her wounds with great skill, and does not exacerbate the pain with careless touch.

In the snow, her cheeks were paler than snowflakes, and her fingers trembled slightly.

"Are you okay, and where are you hurt?"

Looking at the top of her black hair, Zong Huai eased down from the violence just now, and saw that the other party's attitude did not change in any way because of witnessing the violent scene just now.

"Aren't you afraid of me?"

Gu Qiao raised his head in confusion, and the movement of raising his head narrowed the distance between the two of them, his black pupils were full of Zong Huai's shrunken face, and his eyes were ignorant and a little puzzled, like the innocent eyes of a small animal.

Snowflakes poured down from the sky, blurring everything around them, and the snowflakes fell on his cheeks, quickly melted away by the warm warmth. The street lamps above their heads emit a warm orange glow, as if creating a space for solitude.

The surroundings suddenly became extremely quiet, and Zong Huai could even easily hear Gu Qiao's heartbeat, as well as his own heartbeat.

An inexplicable feeling crept out from the bottom of his heart, and as the blood flowed all over his body, he was tightly wound, nailed to the spot and unable to move.

It felt very strange and very strange.

"You saved me, why should I be afraid of you?"

"Because... I hit someone, and I beat him badly. ”

Gu Qiao laughed lightly.

"If I hadn't been able to beat him, I would have done it a long time ago. Even though your actions went a little overboard, you helped me, and that's the only fact I need to know. ”

Gu Qiao paused and spoke again.

"Zong Huai, thank you, thank you very much. ”

The girl's soft words were mixed with a faint aroma of shampoo, and they came in along the nasal cavity, the smell was extremely light, but Zong Huai thought that he might be allergic to this smell, otherwise why would his chest keep itching, he touched his nose and changed the topic stiffly.

"You... It's okay. ”

When I arrived at school the next day, everything seemed to be a different face.

Gone is the cold estrangement of estrangement, replaced by a sense of distance.

Gu Qiao vaguely guessed the reason, but for such a situation, she couldn't say anything, and she couldn't do anything. It's just a little sad in my heart, since she came to this school, she seems to be isolated from normal interpersonal relationships.

I have no choice but to resort to self-comforting Dafa, anyway, I have long been used to it.

With a long sigh, Gu Qiao grabbed her hair irritably, and returned to the book, and started in-depth communication with various formulas, she was more accustomed to dealing with learning and training than complex interpersonal relationships.

At the very least, they will reward her efforts accordingly.

In the last month of the year, Gu Qiao handed in a perfect answer sheet for her third year in Hujiang City with a training time of 11.51 seconds and a ranking of 60 on the age list.

As soon as the New Year was over, Gu Qiao returned to intense training, all in preparation for the National Games in half a year.

In order to prepare for the competition, according to the situation of different team members, they formulated special training plans, He Haocheng often stayed up until midnight, and got up early to go to the training ground the next day.

There is no other reason than that the upcoming 10th National Games will be the largest large-scale high-level domestic event before the 2008 Olympic Games.

In Nanjing in October, the weather is still a little hot, with an average temperature of about 278 degrees, which makes Wang Mingli's specially prepared long clothes and trousers basically useless.

As soon as you leave the airport, the sky is clear, and the sun is so bright that it can easily dazzle people's eyes. Fortunately, as soon as I got out of the airport, I got on a bus dedicated to picking up athletes, and the cold air blew and quickly dissipated the heat.

Like Gu Qiao, Hu Yue was also participating in the National Games for the first time, and almost the whole person had to be on the window of the car, and she kept watching until the car drove smoothly into the National Games Village and stopped at the bottom of the accommodation building, and she straightened her back slightly.

The allocation of the dormitory is based on the team and the project, Gu Qiao originally lived in a room with Yin Man, but she has not shown up until now, so Hu Yue unceremoniously dragged her luggage to this room.

As soon as the white screen window is opened, the warm afternoon sun spills over the whole room, overlooking the past, and the scenery of the entire National Games Village is in full view. ”

"The scenery is really good, this house is also really good, if you run a medal this time, maybe you will get a house reward when you go back." ”

"What, how can there be such a reward. ”

Hu Yue put down his luggage and grabbed Gu Qiao's shoulders.

"I said sister, you don't understand this, this is the National Games, our country's highest-level sports meeting, it is not only a lot of points, but also a competition between various provinces in sports, representing the honor of each province, and athletes with good results will also get a good reward when they go back, otherwise, how can the team pay so much attention? The most important thing is that if you can show your strength in the National Games, do you know what it means for an athlete?"

"The Olympics. ”

Gu Qiao's eyes were shining, staring at Hu Yue without blinking, she was always used to talking to people in a gentle and gentle voice, but at this moment, the girl's voice unconsciously rose, and there was a kind of desire and hope in her eyes that seemed to be substantial.

"It's okay, it's not really stupid to go home, the National Games is the ticket to the Olympic Games and the World Championships and Grand Prix in various events, and athletes who have achieved excellent results in the National Games are also more likely to get the opportunity to participate in higher-level events, it is an important time for the national team to select talents, you can also see it as the selection of the Olympic Games or training, you know, many of the current Olympic champions are selected from the National Games. ”

Hu Yue's eyes were full of hope, and she grabbed Gu Qiao's shoulder.

"Imagine what it's like to win the Olympics on your doorstep, and how lucky an athlete must be to have that opportunity. So, we all have to run well, definitely, we must stand on the highest podium. ”

opened the chatterbox, and the more Hu spoke, the more energetic he became.

"Just like this time, a lot of the seeded athletes from the Olympics came to train and get used to the atmosphere of the competition in advance. Hey, it's a pity that my idol didn't come, and I thought I could take this opportunity to meet her. ”

Without waiting for Gu Qiao to speak to comfort him, Hu Yue took care of himself and made an excuse for the goddess.

However, this is also normal, her most important task now is to prepare for the Olympics, for tactical considerations, some games should be abandoned, but even the National Games will not participate, it is estimated that she is preparing for some big killing. ”

"You mean Xue Nan. ”

She is the same age as me, both are nineteen years old, you say that I am still in the provincial team for a good time, people have already achieved good results in the Asian Championships and the East Asian Games, she is the hope of our national women's sprint, known as the next Li Xuemei, the future Asian sprint queen, the most remarkable thing is that she is your sister Yue and my idol. ”

Gu Qiao smiled and patted Hu Yue's shoulder.

"Sister Yue, don't be discouraged, you have such a good result this time, you will definitely be selected for the national team, and you will be able to see her every day when the time comes. ”

"Also, don't talk about that, how are you preparing?"

"I'm in good shape, I've been training pretty well lately, but I don't know how I'm going to be on the field. ”

"Comrade Xiao Gu, we are the champions of the City Games, no comparison, not the style of our track and field team, rest assured, before coming out, my mother has calculated it, saying that we will benefit the north this time." ”

Maybe this time I really borrowed Hu Yueji's words.

In the preliminaries, Gu Qiao ranked second in the group and successfully advanced, while Yin Man, who had not appeared for nearly a year, also won the fourth place in the group in the preliminaries.