Challenge the Gold Cup?

That year, dozens of prestigious schools jointly held a sensational badminton competition called the "Badminton Challenge Cup". At that time, Wen Taozheng and I were undefeated in mixed doubles, and we submitted the application without thinking too much.

Who would have thought that the vigorous Challenge Cup, with more than 200 participants, can be described as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and the last to win the gold cup was me and Wen Tao!

We are not sports majors, and we are not as strong as sports students, but Wen Tao and I are like an excited dark horse, all the way through the hurdles, overcoming obstacles, and finally becoming the brightest champion under the spotlight.

The most tragic and memorable part of that game was a semi-final that seemed to have no suspense.

Our opponents are a pair of real sports students, who were specially recruited by the university to participate in various sports competitions. The purpose of their coming to the university is to bring honor to the university.

Therefore, in that semi-final, when they faced us, the ending was clear at a glance, and there was no suspense.

Originally, I signed up for the competition with the mood of entertainment, but I stumbled all the way to the semi-finals, everyone will have their own championship feelings, and there is no reason to retreat and refuse the victory at hand.

Wen Tao and I looked at each other and smiled, and we both saw tenderness and firmness in each other's eyes. Let go of a fight, if we lose, we have no regrets, and if we win, we will join hands to win the challenge gold cup!

In the first game, Wen Tao and I took advantage of the unique heart-to-heart connection between lovers to take the initiative with lightning speed, and took the originally complacent opponent off guard. In the first game, we won easily.

In the second game, the powerful opponent didn't give us a chance to breathe, and kept pressing, causing me to make a series of mistakes, even if Wen Tao resisted hard, he couldn't save our fate of defeat after all.

In the third game, Wen Tao and I adjusted our tactics, and he tried all his strength to fight the full court, stable defense, fierce attack, and blocked the opponent's rolling footsteps. I, on the other hand, flickered nimbly to make way for Wintao's attack, but when my opponent relaxed carelessly, I delivered a surprise and fatal blow.

When the referee announced the end of the game, the crowd fell silent. Because, a result that was considered incredible was born, and it turned out to be - Wen Tao and I won!

My thoughts returned to reality from the distant student days, and the situation in front of me was so similar to that year, the same strong opponents, the same won a game to meet the decisive battle!

However, it seems to be completely different now than it was then. At that time, we were lovers with heart-to-heart hearts, and we were vigorous young people with firm convictions and longing for victory.

And now we are nothing......

"Xiao Yan, you look at me!" Wen Tao read the loss and compromise in my eyes. As if returning to the exciting arena back then, Wen Tao held my hand and said firmly: "We could win back then, and we will definitely be able to do it today!" Xiaoyan, you believe me!"

Wen Tao's hand was warm and strong, and the moment his hand touched it, his heart suddenly seemed to open a gap, and he could no longer be calm.

There are some people who stay in your life, even if they are eventually gone, but their figure is still in your heart.

Wen Tao to me, about this kind of existence!

I thought he was long gone, and even now when we met, they were like strangers. But the temperature transmitted by his palm was so hot and familiar, as if our hands had been clasped together and never separated.

Familiar strangers, strangeness is a disguise imposed by me, and familiarity is a monologue that cannot be looked at directly in the depths of my heart.

……

No matter how far the mind drifts, it will eventually fall back to the ruthless reality.

This is the beginning of the third round of the game of life and death.

Wang Qiang served, Wen Tao blocked back, Zhang mallet grabbed the front, intending to repeat the old trick, with a slight flick of the wrist, the ball flew straight towards me.

I'm still the same me I was just now, how can I still be the same me I was just now?

The speed of the ball is very fast, and the white shadow in front of you is getting bigger and clearer. Instead of forcing a return shot like I did in the previous game, I simply dodged and avoided it, leaving the best position for Wintao.

Electrifying, Wen Tao is ready, shot, score!

Ticking, the red numbers jumped slightly, and the scoreboard on the sidelines went from 0 to 0 to 1 to 0. At this moment, it is not only the score that beats, but also my heart.

The feeling of being lost for a long time lingers in my heart, and the familiar face shows a smile.

We are bound to win this game!

It's not hard to build a belief in victory, and it's easy to develop a tactic for it, but to put it into practice and really reap the rewards of victory, it comes at a terrible price.

The opponent's attack was still sharp, and my dodging movements were quite agile. Wintao, as he promised, was a man who played the whole court, running, jumping, volleying, smashing.

The change in our tactics seemed to disrupt the opponent's established rules, they didn't have time to think more, they firmly believed that weakness is weakness after all, and the only woman on the field must be the key to winning this game.

So, all the attacks came at me, and whichever side I went was the direction of the opponent's attack.

I was more embarrassed to walk through the field, but Wen Tao was more calm to face alone.

Yes, calmly, because he no longer needs to deliberately figure out the direction of each ball. The coordinates of my previous moment are the most accurate landing point for the next ball!

I have to say that Wen Tao's strategy is very effective, as it was back then.

When the score climbed to 16-3 with a devastating momentum, the opponent finally couldn't help but call a timeout.

"Xiao Yan, how did you do it?" The excited Zhuzhu rushed up to give me a big hug for the first time, and shouted with excitement on his face: "Just now I saw that you have been hiding in Tibet, and there is a lot of danger, but Minister Wen alone killed the other party without the power to resist!"

"Isn't it, my nervous palms are full of sweat!" Shi Shi also patted his chest and sighed: "Fortunately, every ball is thrilling." ”

"Xiao Yan, you and Minister Wen do have a very tacit understanding!" Yiyi glanced at me with deep meaning, returned to normal in an instant, and said with a smile: "I wish you all to chase after victory, win the first game in one fell swoop, and usher in a good start!"

My mood was never calm, and my eyes swept over everyone one by one, and finally fell on the face of Jun, who was already sweating.

At this time, Wen Tao stood silently alone, drinking sports drinks in small sips. His whole body seemed to be soaked in sweat, his usually flowing hair was now wet and drooping on his forehead, and the sea-blue sweatshirt was really water-like at this time.

"Are you okay, can you continue to hold on later?" I walked up to him, resisting the urge to come forward and wipe his sweat as usual, now that we are probably not suitable for those intimate acts.

My proximity made Wen Tao flash a moment of stunned, then he smiled, raised his hand and gently scratched my nose, and said calmly: "Don't worry!"

This......

This is the action we used to do when we played, casual but intimate, as if it had immeasurable magic, leading us to victory after victory. At that time, I joked that this must be an auspicious gesture that can bring us good luck!

"Xiao Yan, let's play. Wen Tao took in the stiff expression on my face, he smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and his warm voice floated into my ears, he said, "I hope this auspicious action can still bring us good luck this time!"

……

There are thoughts in the heart, and dreams come true.

After a short break, Wang Qiang and Zhang Bangmao also adjusted their mentality and launched their last round of crazy counterattacks in this match.

The gap in the score is gradually narrowing, but there is nothing to change the final outcome.

With a beautiful smash from my sudden jump, the ball hit the ground, and the game came to an end with ups and downs.

21-17, Wen Tao and I became the ultimate winners of this game of life and death.

Won, did we really win?

Putting death to life, we did it again!

I turned around excitedly to look at Wen Tao, habitually wanting to high-five him in celebration, but I saw the sea-blue figure fall down.

"Wen Tao!" I couldn't help but scream, quickly squatted down beside him, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong with you, what's wrong?"

My shout attracted everyone's attention, and Yiyi quickly gathered around and asked about the situation.

"Minister Wen, how are you feeling now, do you want to call an ambulance?" There were a lot of people around, and there was so much noise in my ears, my eyes were full of Wen Tao who was kneeling on the ground, and my ears couldn't tell who was asking.

Wen Tao fell to the ground quietly, his head bowed, so that people could not see his expression at the moment.

The voices of a group of people are constantly in their ears, and the surrounding environment is extremely noisy. But at this moment, my world seems to have escaped into a wonderful protective layer, isolated from everything, and only the sound of Wen Tao's slightly heavy breathing remains.

"Wen Tao, are you okay, can you still speak?" My voice trembled a little, I couldn't tell why, and a trace of fear rose in my heart.

Maybe it was because he heard my voice, maybe it was a short break that finally made him regain a little vitality, Wen Tao slowly raised his head, looked at me fixedly, his eyes were my familiar tenderness, he smiled and said: "Xiaoyan, live up to expectations, we won!"

"Then you ......" I had mixed feelings in my heart, and I wanted to cry.

"I'm fine, but I haven't exercised much in the past few years, and I suddenly encountered such a high-intensity competition, and my body couldn't bear it for a while. Wen Tao still maintained a kneeling posture, and said indifferently: "It's good to have a good rest at noon." ”

"Minister Wen, since the game is over, you and Xiao Yan might as well go to the lounge to rest early!"

"Yes, there is a game in the afternoon, you have to recover your strength as soon as possible. Another voice chimed in.

"Little rock, this is the key to lounge 3. Zhuzhu's face suddenly approached, making it impossible to ignore, she quietly stuffed a key into my hand, and whispered: "Room 3 is the largest and most spacious, I specially left it to you!"

Full of emotion, but unable to put it into words, I nodded to Zhuzhu slightly sideways, I thought, this is a real friend, no need for too many words, everything is silent.

Turning to look at Wen Tao, he ......

"Wen Tao, I'll help you to rest!" Before he could respond, I set him up and let him put as much weight on top of mine as he could.

Wen Tao was so proud, if it weren't for the lack of strength in his whole body, how could he kneel down in front of everyone?

I knew it in my heart, but I didn't say it. With his hands and feet, he quickly set Wen Tao into the No. 3 lounge.

I have heard Zhuzhu mention before that in this unprecedented badminton tournament, the company has arranged a lounge for each group of players, most of which are ordinary standard rooms, one room and two beds, only for the players to rest temporarily. Considering that among the players participating in this competition, there are many mixed doubles teams like me and Wen Tao, the company has arranged a simple suite, two bedrooms and two beds more intimately to avoid unnecessary embarrassment.

As Zhuzhu said, the No. 3 lounge is very spacious, with a 1.8-meter-wide double bed in the inner and outer suites, which looks neat and comfortable.

Although I was mostly hiding in Tibet in the first game, the physical consumption was naturally not as good as Wen Tao. But hiding in Tibet is physical work, and I was also tired and kicked and shhhh As soon as I entered the room, the strength in my body seemed to be instantly drained, and I couldn't support it anymore, so I threw Wen Tao straight onto the bed.

But why didn't he let go of my hand, and why did he take me to the bed?