Chapter 18: Courage

With a gunshot, Yin Man reacted extremely quickly and rushed out like an arrow, occupying an absolute advantage, and ran in the first place at the start.

Gu Qiao's starting reaction has improved a lot after training, but it is only in the general reaction time period, and compared with Yin Man, it is naturally slightly slower.

In the first 30 meters, Yin Man has maintained the starting advantage and is in the leading position.

Different from Yin Man in the usual training, Gu Qiao keenly noticed that her rhythm today was a little different, she accelerated her strength too early, and in less than fifty meters, she was already two positions ahead of the second place, Yin Man's performance also messed up some players with less experience in the competition, and the pace was more or less faster.

Gu Qiao could even hear the roar of the coach of Shangjing City beside him.

"Steady, rhythm, rhythm!"

The players in Shangjing City were frightened by the roar of their own coach, and their already messy steps were even more messy, but in a few breaths, they were overtaken by Gu Qiao on the side.

Gu Qiao has been coming at her own pace, gradually speeding up, there is no Yin Man in front of her, only the front end.

The acceleration in the second half of the race was her big killer, the cadence gradually increased, the speed became faster and faster, and the distance between Gu Qiao and the finish line became shorter and shorter.

It's close.

It's closer.

The moment he crossed the line, Gu Qiao only felt that the world was quiet, and there was nothing else in his ears except for the rough sound coming from his chest.

In the silence, she only saw He Haocheng's hands raised above his head, clapping constantly, and then opening his mouth to shout something at her, and pointing his right hand to the display screen on the side.

Gu Qiao turned his head to look.

On the giant display screen, her name was in first place, and the subsequent time showed 11.77 seconds.

At that moment, all her senses returned, and the loud cheers of the arena hit her eardrums.

Although his feet were on the ground, Gu Qiao still felt like a trance in the clouds, and deep down he still couldn't believe that he had really won the championship.

She looked up again and again to confirm the score board, and the word 'Gu Qiao' was clearly written on the top of the top.

A great sense of accomplishment overflowed her chest, and it turned out that the taste of victory was so wonderful.

is also looking up at the big screen, but Yin Man's mood is completely different.

11.88 seconds, in terms of her recent state, this result can't be said to be good or abnormal, but she knows in her heart that she has indeed been affected by Gu Qiao, she has too many worries, and she is too heavy about gains and losses, so she will sprint too early, so that she is weak in the second half and is caught up by Gu Qiao.

From her first day in contact with athletics, she prides herself on her talent.

Indeed, at her age, running such a result is worthy of being called a genius.

But everything that originally made her proud seemed so insignificant in front of Gu Qiao.

An indescribable sense of frustration struck, making her unable to lift her feet, unable to take a step, shaking off her legs that were a little sore due to excessive force, Yin Man walked through the crowd of congratulations to Gu Qiao with an expressionless face, and walked towards the athletes' area.

At the end of the race, He Haocheng couldn't wait to rush to the runway, but a faster figure next to him overtook him.

The reporter of the CCTV sports channel and the cameraman on the side have rushed to the runway.

"Hello Gu Qiao, I am a reporter from CCTV Sports Channel, my surname is Liu, first of all, congratulations on winning the women's 100-meter championship in the City Games, can you give me a brief interview?"

Gu Qiao, who asked a series of questions, was a little dazed, looking at the black hole lens, the girl's hands were nervously clasped together, and she looked a little cramped.

The cameraman is very tall, looking like one meter nine, half-bent knees squatting to shoot, Gu Qiao still needs to raise his head to look directly at the camera.

She answered every interview question seriously, and before the end of the ten-minute short interview, the reporter surnamed Liu asked the last question: "You are only 15 years old this year, and you have achieved such good results in just over a year of practicing track and field, and it can be said that the future is promising, so what kind of achievements do you want to achieve in the future? Or what is your biggest dream?"

The girl in the camera, showing red cheeks, green but fearless, spoke a little slowly, spoke very seriously, and had a little soft accent: "The biggest dream? My dream is to be the number one in the world, and I know that this goal is very special and difficult." ”

She said several special things in a row.

"But I'm going to keep working towards it. ”

Gu Qiao thought very simply, she had nothing, and the only thing she relied on was the inexhaustible burning courage in her legs and chest.

After saying that, she smiled a little embarrassedly, revealing her pointed little tiger teeth.

The reporter who interviewed her also laughed, this kind of young man's innocent and straightforward pride is not annoying at all, but will cause people to feel youthful and fearless in their hearts.

When she was interviewed, He Haocheng stood next to him, and when he heard her say that she wanted to be the number one in the world, he suddenly laughed lightly, not laughing at Gu Qiao, but laughing at himself, he was laughing at his timidity, he had made a career plan for Gu Qiao, and his goal was only to be the Asian champion

But now it seems that Gu Qiao's future is far beyond his imagination.

Looking at his apprentice who was on the podium, his pride and ambition suddenly overflowed He Haocheng's heart.

The City Games is just the beginning.

Standing on the highest podium, with medals on his chest and flowers in his hands, fifteen-year-old Gu Qiao had a hazy concept of the word fate for the first time.

Yes, fate.

Perhaps, from the moment she resisted and ran out of the Gu family and refused to marry, her fate was tightly tied to running.

Although he won the championship of the City Games, Gu Qiao didn't feel that his life would change at all, the training was carried out in an orderly manner, and the campus life was still uneventful.

Although no one in the school was still willing to talk to her, Gu Qiao did not force it, and went to school and trained every day.

Busy at two o'clock and one line, life has been full enough, and she has long learned to enjoy the solitude of being alone.

The lunch break is nearing the end, the students are returning to the classroom one after another, a group of girls at the door of the class are seizing the last free time, chatting on Twitter, but the lively atmosphere is abruptly stopped because of Gu Qiao's approach, after she passed through the crowd, the girls deliberately suppressed the discussion behind her again.

"It's really unfortunate that you can meet her wherever you go. ”

"The thin bamboo pole is so annoying, I don't have any self-knowledge. ”

"Don't you think she seems to have become better recently, and one of my older brothers asked me to inquire about Gu Qiao's phone number."

There was a silence in the crowd, and several girls looked embarrassed, and Cui Lingli flew a big white eye to the girl who spoke.

"What a good look, I think you're blind. ”

The girl who was ridiculed pouted unhappily.

"I think you're sour, I heard that people have won the first place in the City Games. ”

"What's so great about athletes, but they only have brute strength, how many Olympic champions still work, I really don't know!"

The two of them talked in a hurry, you said, I didn't let anyone, seeing that the atmosphere was even more stiff, a good-natured girl smiled and played a few words, and everyone broke up unhappily.

In the bathroom, Cui Lingli, who was about to wash her hands, saw her ordinary face in the mirror and became more and more angry.

As soon as he turned his head to meet Gu Qiao, who was coming out of the toilet cubicle, he immediately found a way to vent the fire that had been holding back all morning.

"How can you be so shameless?"

The timidity that remained in her body made Gu Qiao involuntarily take a step back, but for a second, she suddenly remembered He Haocheng's words.

"It's just that running fast isn't really strong. ”

Maybe she still doesn't understand what really power is, but she's learning to try to understand.

In the past, she always refused to face herself in the mirror, the weak, evasive person. The one who didn't dare to resist, who didn't dare to face it.

But the person in the mirror has hands and feet, and his height is half a head taller than Cui Lingli, and his physical fitness is very good.

Suddenly, the moment she saw herself in the mirror, Gu Qiao realized that she shouldn't be afraid anymore, and there was no reason to be afraid.

The bathroom that had trapped her seemed to have lost its power, but it was just an ordinary room.

The fingers on both sides of her body moved, Gu Qiao took a big step forward, and the distance between her and Cui Lingli was instantly closer, she was condescending, she could easily see the other party's slightly distorted expression due to emotional fluctuations, and she did not refute it silently, but quietly waited for the other party's next words.

"If you don't want to be seen, you should stay away, why don't you even understand the basic principles of being a human being? ”

"If you don't welcome people, it's not normal, is there a problem?"

"Of course, if a person doesn't like you, then it may be his problem, but if most people don't like you, it must be your own problem. ”

Gu Qiao didn't refute immediately, she just looked at Cui Lingli quietly, and after a long time, the other party's expression was a little unnatural, and she laughed softly,

"Cui Lingli, do you really think this is interesting?"

Without waiting for the other party to speak, Gu Qiao continued.

"From the second year of junior high school to the third year of junior high school, after a year, you haven't grown up at all, tossing and turning, it's still those childish methods, and primary school students don't play your tricks anymore. You look like a clown who no one cares about now, and as a classmate, I kindly advise you to bother less effort on me. ”

Cui Lingli was so angry that she raised her hand to slap Gu Qiao, and her unfolded palm waved towards the girl's face, but Gu Qiao avoided it slightly sideways.

"I've told you everything, save effort. ”

After saying this, Gu Qiao turned around and left the bathroom, while Cui Lingli still maintained a puzzled expression on her face.

She didn't seem to understand why suddenly Gu Qiao seemed to be a different person,

The water kept flowing out of the faucet, and soon it overflowed the pool, dripping to the ground.

Soaking the edge of the shoe, Cui Lingli looked at the water trail on the tip of her toe for a few seconds, and then suddenly woke up, scolded in a low voice, and chased out angrily, but found nothing, Gu Qiao had already left.

The sense of humiliation caused by being frustrated in person made Cui Lingli's hatred for Gu Qiao rise to another level.

Hatred is brewing, just waiting for a suitable moment to break out of the shell.

"It's time for swimming lessons, what are you doing standing?"

The classmates who were passing by kindly reminded him, but he couldn't help but shrink his neck in the eyes of Cui Lingli's resentful eyes, secretly scolded himself for being nosy, and hurriedly walked away.