Wang Mingli was not at home, so naturally no one stopped Gu Qiao's masochistic behavior. He Luo ran out several times under the pretext of drinking water, and secretly glanced at him when he poured water, but Gu Qiao didn't even leave him the corner of his eye.

After going back and forth like this three or four times, He Luo finally couldn't hold his breath anymore, and ran downstairs in a hurry, dragging Gu Qiao's arm and walking upstairs.

"What are you doing. ”

Gu Qiao struggled to shake off his hand.

"What are you doing here?"

He Luo was almost laughed at by her, one hand on his waist, the other hand stretched out, and pointed to the dial hanging on the wall.

"It's two o'clock in the morning Beijing time, and you've been standing here for two hours, haven't you stood enough? Gu Qiao, do you have masochistic tendencies?!"

Gu Qiao pushed his hand away and stood back in place.

"It's not two hours, it's one hour and thirty-eight minutes, and I won't go back to sleep until it's time. ”

After a pause, she spoke again.

'It's nothing, it's just a normal introspection, which we do a lot in the team. ”

He Luo looked up to the sky and sighed, after all, he had nothing to say.

Seeing that Gu Qiao couldn't be persuaded, he turned around to find He Haocheng again, and when he pushed open the study door, he found that He Haocheng hadn't slept at all, the computer screen in front of him kept playing Gu Qiao's running picture, the whiteboard behind him was drawing curves that he couldn't understand, and there were thick notes and books piled up on the desk.

Seeing this scene, He Luo didn't know what to say

"I'm convinced, your precious apprentice is masochistic, and you are also masochistic. ”

"That's introspection. ”

"Wow, you two are amazing. ”

Throwing the door shut, the whole person fell into the soft quilt, but his mind was sober, and he couldn't sleep soundly, He Luo really couldn't figure out whether the two of them were crazy or he was crazy.

Listening to the sound of the clock ticking, his mind became more and more clear, and it was not until he heard the movement of Gu Qiao tiptoeing into the room that he relaxed and fell into a deep sleep with peace of mind.

The sun leaps from the edge of the east to announce the arrival of a new day.

He Haocheng came to the training ground early to prepare, but unexpectedly found that Gu Qiao was already standing on the training ground to warm up, and when he started training, he was still meticulous, looking no different from usual.

He Haocheng had a strange feeling that Gu Qiao at this moment was indeed something different.

Her eyes no longer wandered, and there was no longer a timid light in her eyes.

The inferiority complex that had been hanging over her seemed to dissipate overnight.

He was extremely sure that the little girl in front of him would move forward bravely.

Gu Qiao is no longer impatient, no longer persistent, trains according to the plan, is down-to-earth, and improves himself step by step.

Boring training, this minute is just a minute of numbness and dull copying, there is no essential difference.

But you must know that the next minute after one minute, and the next minute after the next minute, these monotonous and small times are superimposed, accumulating into an irresistible torrent of time, and there will always be a minute when change happens.

The time that passed slowly made Gu Qiao change a lot, the most obvious was the change in appearance.

Gu Qiao grew taller.

Like a bamboo shoot that was drawn overnight after the rain, her height soared from 1.61 meters to 1.7 meters, and there is still an upward trend.

The once thin and thin body gradually returned to the range of a normal person under Wang Mingli's feeding, becoming rounded, showing the unique curves of the girl.

The rough shell has faded, leaving only the unique beauty of the girl and her delicate and clear appearance that cannot be concealed.

The first to realize this change was Hu Yue.

After a day of training, in the shower room, Hu Yue tilted his head to look at Gu Qiao, who was wiping his hair, and suddenly said

"Xiao Gu, in fact, you are very good-looking. ”

The straightforward compliment instantly made Gu Qiao's face flush, and she waved her hand in embarrassment.

"Sister Yue, don't tease me. ”

Hu Yue didn't joke with her, grabbed Gu Qiao's shoulders and got closer to take a closer look.

The facial features of the little girl in front of her are extremely exquisite, and her big eyes and small mouth are inlaid on a delicate goose egg face, which is extremely delicate. Her eyes are particularly beautiful, the inner corners of the eyes are slightly sharp, and the outer corners of the eyes are slightly upturned, different from most people's dark brown eyes, the color of Gu Qiao's pupils is very special, it is as transparent black as glass.

When you laugh, your eyes will bend into a beautiful arc.

Only the tip of the nose is slightly rough, but with the delicate pointed eyes, she has a special contradictory temperament.

Like a wild and untrained little beast in the mountains.

The most important thing is that her skin has gradually gotten rid of the unsightly earthy yellow, and her fair complexion brings out the advantages of her facial features more beautifully.

There is a joke in the track and field team: "The strength of running is directly proportional to the depth of skin tone." ”

Others practice track and field to get darker and darker, but Gu Qiao, on the contrary, as time goes by, her complexion becomes whiter and whiter.

Others wondered how she had changed from ordinary people. Gu Qiao knew why, because she no longer had to do farm work all year round under the sun like when she was in Baiquangou.

Holding her little face, Hu Yue sighed.

"I can be regarded as having the feeling of a woman growing up in my family. ”

Gu Qiao was embarrassed by her, hehe laughed dryly, and slipped away quickly with his training bag.

As time went on, the countdown on the wall became smaller and smaller, and finally, it was the day of the National Urban Games.

The National Urban Games was held in Baotou, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

Baotou in May is in the wind season.

As soon as they left the airport, a group of southern children were blown north by the wind from the Mongolian plateau.

Hu Yue covered his hat with one hand and almost overturned by the wind, and asked as if complaining.

"It's too windy, isn't it, when do you all start to get windy?"

The volunteers who came to pick up the airport smiled playfully.

"We only have a season when the wind blows. ”

"What season?"

"All year round. ”

Hu Yue wailed, dragged Gu Qiao and ran onto the bus that came to pick up the athletes.

An hour later, all the athletes of the Hujiang team successfully arrived at the designated athletes' rest hotel.

After a brief rest, as the team leader, He Haocheng took all the members of the track and field team to the stadium for pre-game training. As early as a week before the departure, Ho began to gradually adjust the training plan and reduce the intensity to ensure that the athletes are in good condition and can play their best results smoothly during the competition.

After participating in the opening ceremony of the City Games with excitement, Gu Qiao began the official battle.

The schedule for the 100m race is usually very tight, and the afternoon of the first race day is the women's 100m heats.

In the preliminaries, Gu Qiao ranked second in the group with a time of 11.89 seconds, and Yin Man advanced to the final with a time of 11.88 seconds, the first in the group.

Unlike the cold preliminaries, the stadium was filled with spectators on the night of the final.

It seems that in all sports, sprinting is particularly attractive.

After the athlete checked in, the warm-up at the specified time was also over quickly, Gu Qiao took off his sportswear and stuffed it into his training bag, revealing his formal competition clothes.

He Haocheng looked even more nervous than Gu Qiao, and the advice in his mouth kept talking.

"It doesn't matter if you start slowly, your advantage is in the back. When running, hold down the shoulder axis, keep your body balanced, don't be nervous, don't be nervous, steady. ”

Gu Qiao nodded calmly and made an OK gesture to He Haocheng.

As a magnetic male voice sounded, Gu Qiao knew that it was time for him to appear.

"Sandao Gu Qiao, from Hujiang City, is only fifteen years old this year, and can be said to be the youngest athlete in this track and field event, and this is also her first time participating in a large-scale event. This athlete also ran 11.89 seconds in the preliminaries to finish second in the group, so let's look forward to the young athlete's first final, maybe she will surprise us?"

Gu Qiao knew that she would be nervous, but she never expected that she would be so nervous, the moment she came out of the athlete's passage, she could clearly feel that her palms became slightly hot due to sweat.

Although they didn't know who she was, the audience still burst into applause and cheers when the camera cut to her beautiful face on the big screen at home.

"Mom, this girl is good-looking, just rush to this appearance, and I will also press her to win!"

"Pull it, you Yan dog, this is a hundred meters, if the strength is not good, it is useless to grow into a fairy. ”

"Newcomers, there will always be these newcomers to train in the City Games, new faces are not uncommon at all, cherish it, maybe this appearance will be retired next time." I look at the physical condition is not bad, but I don't know how to run. ”

The runners took to the track in turn to make their final preparations.

"Gu Qiao. ”

Although separated by three runways, Yin Man still shouted her name loudly.

"The stadium and the training ground are completely different concepts, and you will lose badly in a while. ”

Gu Qiao raised his chin slightly, and a smile spread on his lips, which was regarded as a response.

She didn't take Yin Man's words to heart, she didn't have confidence in many things, except for running.

The two looked at each other silently for a moment, and the next second, they turned their heads with great tacit understanding.

Yin Man kept clenching her fists, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned downward, she looked very determined.

"Each, in place. ”

Following the instructions of the starter, eight runners walked from three meters of the reserve line to the starting gear in a half-squat position, and then spread their hands and placed them behind the starting line.

"Ready. ”

Gu Qiao slowly pressed his body down, tightened his legs, and raised his hips steadily, and the center of gravity of his body moved slightly forward.

After confirming that all the players were ready to move, the starter raised his right hand and raised the starting pistol above his head.