chapter5

"Before returning to China, Minzhu asked me to fight with you once, to see what kind of kung fu your kung fu is, and why she lost to you." Tingyi walked over and looked at the girl in front of her like a deer with a pair of black and white eyes and a pair of long legs softly, "You're new to the Songbai Gym, aren't you?" I haven't seen you before. ”

"Yes."

Baicao moved his gaze back from Ting Hao's body, and looked at the girl named Tingyi, slightly excited in his heart.

Ting Hao and Tingyi are two brothers and sisters with outstanding talents, and they have been known as taekwondo genius brothers and sisters since childhood. At the beginning of last year, the siblings participated in the World Youth Taekwondo Championships in South Korea. Tingyi reached the quarterfinals of her class at the World Youth Taekwondo Championships, while Ting Hao actually defeated South Korea, the United States and Iran to win the championship in his class, which is a unique victory in taekwondo competitions that China has participated in in recent years!

When the news came back from abroad, the newspapers were full of the names of Ting Hao and Tingyi. She once took a newspaper and read it all night, and the newspaper attached a photo of Ting Hao standing on the top podium wearing a five-star red flag, the photo was a little blurry, but the dazzling smile on the corner of the young man's lips could still be seen.

At that time, she secretly thought-

If she can also become a champion like him, standing on the highest podium, draped in a bright national flag, listening to the national anthem playing in her ears......

Seeing Tinghao and Tingyi's brother and sister at such a close distance, Baicao suddenly felt a little dazed, and didn't even hear what Tingyi was saying to her too clearly. She thought that a taekwondo master like Tingyi would be very proud, but Tingyi's gaze at her was very soft and gentle.

"It's a pity that I didn't wear a Taoist uniform at this time," Tingyi smiled elegantly, "But this time I will stay in the Songbai Daoist Hall for a few days, if I have the chance, let's fight once, okay?" ”

Baicao was stunned for a moment, Xiaoying pushed her, and she woke up like a dream and said:

"Okay."

She couldn't believe her ears, being able to fight with a master like Tingyi was something she couldn't have imagined before.

Hearing that Baicao would have the opportunity to fight with Tingyi, the young disciples of the Songbai Daoist Hall were extremely envious, and they surrounded them one after another, demanding that they also fight with them after the selection competition in the hall, until Ruobai coldly ordered the disciples to start training.

Because tomorrow is the selection competition in the hall, and because there are Tinghao brothers and sisters by the side, the disciples of the Songbai Daoist Hall have trained extremely hard, front kicks, horizontal kicks, and side kicks, and every action is hated to exert twelve points of strength! Baicao's leg movements became a little stiff unconsciously, and he always couldn't help but want to look at Ting Hao and Tingyi, and wanted to make himself look better in front of them, a little better!

"You've kicked my hand again."

Yifeng's voice sounded in his ears, and Baicao folded his legs and stood up as if he had woken up from a dream, and saw that his right wrist holding the foot target was really red.

"I'm sorry!"

She hurriedly apologized.

"When I see an idol, I don't belong to my heart, is it so easy to be distracted?" Yifeng yawned, as if he hadn't heard her apology at all, "In such a pre-game state, I don't think you have much chance of tomorrow's in-hall trials." ”

"I'm sorry."

Baicao blushed in shame. Master taught her to concentrate on practice and never be distracted, not to be distracted, and not to get distracted just because practice is not a competition. She has always demanded this from herself, but she didn't expect to see the Ting Hao brothers and sisters lose their normalcy today.

"Go ahead."

Yifeng raised the target, Baicao didn't dare to be distracted anymore, concentrated, and listened to Ruobai's command to kick the flying leg of Yifeng's high-raised target!

After the training, Baicao found that the brothers and sisters Tinghao and Tingyi had left the practice hall at some point. At dinner, Xiaoying said that the Tinghao brothers and sisters would stay in the Songbai Dao Hall these days, and by the way, they would watch the trial competition in the hall that would start tomorrow.

"Well, the relationship between the Xianwu Gym and our Songbai Gym is very good."

After dinner, she and Xiaoying went to the practice hall, and the mat was already full of disciples who were practicing in groups. Yifeng didn't come tonight, so she practiced with Xiaoying in a group. In between exercises, Xiao Ying said to Baicao while wiping her sweat:

"The owner's wife and Mrs. Fang are handkerchiefs, they are the legendary close friends in the boudoir, when Brother Tinghao and Sister Tingyi were very young, Mrs. Fang often brought them over to play. They have a good relationship with Senior Brother Chu Yuan and Senior Sister Chu Wei, so they just came back from South Korea this time to stay with us. ”

"That's right."

Baicao sat on the mat and slapped her legs, wondering if it was due to tension, she felt her legs become a little stiff.

"Actually, our Songbai Daoist Pavilion was also very remarkable." Xiao Ying sighed, and waved the target in her hand for a while, "When Senior Brother Hatsuhara was still practicing taekwondo, the Songbai Gym was really beautiful, he was fourteen years old, that is, at our age, he won almost all taekwondo competitions at his level. Although I have never participated in competitions abroad, everyone thinks that as long as Hatsuhara's predecessors participate, they will definitely be champions. ”

"Hatsuhara-senpai practiced taekwondo?"

Baicao was amazed!

"yes, you haven't heard of it. Maybe many people don't remember it, but I will never forget it," Xiao Ying sighed again in frustration, "It was really brilliant at that time, Brother Ting Hao was still young at the time, and he admired Senior Brother Hatsuhara very much, and he ran after Senior Brother Hatsuhara all day long. All the other dojos were envious of the Songbai Dojo that there was a genius boy like Senior Brother Hatsuhara, who was the idol of almost all the disciples of the Daoist Hall. ”

Baicao listened stunned.

That quiet young man, with clear and gentle eyes, as if not touching the dust of the world, lived in a small cabin that was isolated from the world.

But when he was fifteen years old, it was time to take the black belt exam, but Senior Brother Hatsuhara suddenly decided never to practice taekwondo again. No matter how many people persuaded him, he made up his mind not to practice anymore, but instead wanted to study medicine, and was later admitted to the best medical school. Xiaoying frowned and continued to sigh, "You don't know, Senior Brother Hatsuhara was very difficult during that time, everyone thought he was crazy, Master didn't talk to him for nearly a year, and the senior brothers were also angry that he left everyone behind and ignored him. Senior Brother Hatsuhara was completely isolated in the gym. ”

Baicao's heart suddenly tightened!

She understood what it was like to be isolated and ostracized, but she didn't expect that Hatsuhara's predecessors had a similar experience.

"I can't blame everyone for being angry with Senior Brother Hatsuhara, since Senior Brother Hatsuhara quit Taekwondo, and Senior Brother Ruobai became a big disciple, the Songbai Gym has gradually become bad in the annual Gym Challenge. In the past three years, at most after entering the semi-finals, they were eliminated after one more game, and last year they didn't even enter the semi-finals, and the Songbai Gym has also become a second-rate gym in the eyes of other gyms. Xiao Ying lowered her head sadly, "If Senior Brother Hatsuhara continues to practice, then the Songbai Dojo will definitely be admired by the taekwondo world, alas......"

"Oh, don't talk about it, it's useless to say this! If you can get a good ranking in this gym challenge, the Songbai gym will be able to regain its majesty! Xiaoying jumped up from the mat and shouted to Baicao, who was a little stunned, "Come on, let's continue to practice, tomorrow will be the hall trials!" ”

Baicao and Xiaoying practiced for more than an hour, and the disciples in the practice hall gradually ran out, and Xiaoying went back to sleep. Bai Caoyuan still wanted to practice a little more like a few nights ago, but he felt that the more he practiced, the stiffer his body became, as if his movements were a little deformed, and his heart was also chaotic. It's like something that has been waiting for too long, and it's coming, and it's a bit of a loss, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to grasp the opportunity.

Retracting the kicking leg, she stood on the mat in a daze.

It's quiet.

I want to calm my heart, but there are more and more distracting thoughts. Taking a deep breath, she gave up the idea of continuing to practice, found a rag and began to wipe the mat. Tomorrow there will be a selection tournament here, and only those who win will be qualified to represent the Shobai Gym in the Gym Challenge, and there will only be one place for the female disciples in the entire hall. Pavilion Master Yu and Ruobai seniors allowed her to compete for this spot, giving her a chance, and she ......

Can it win?

Can she defeat Chu Wei and Xiuqin?

The mat had been polished and shiny, but her heart was getting more and more confused. Turning off the lights in the practice hall and pulling the paper doors one by one, she picked up her broom and began to sweep the floor.

The night is as cool as water.

Before he knew it, Mokusa found himself sweeping the floor near Hatsuhara's wooden house. In the moonlight, the stream flowed quietly, and when she looked up, she could see the windows of the cabin, the light in the room was warm, and the chatting and laughing of the four people was warmer than the light.

Brother and sister Tinghao are still here.

As the moonlight swept the path next to the wooden house, Momokusa even heard Hatsuhara's soft laughter. She couldn't help but follow the laughter, but she couldn't see Hatsuhara's smiling face, she could only see Tingyi sitting beside Hatsuhara from a distance, her silhouette was beautiful and elegant, and she was turning her head sideways to whisper something to him, those two figures looked so familiar and intimate.

Baicao lowered his head and continued to sweep the floor silently.

Ever since she asked Hatsuhara in person, she didn't disturb his cleanliness by sweeping the floor, and she had come here often. Every time she came to the vicinity of the wooden house, gently swept the road with a broom, and swept away the dust one by one, her heart would become extremely peaceful.

Xiaoying said that she was a silent person and always thought she had few words.

But that was what Master taught her.

Master said, "Baicao, your personality is too strong, if you don't restrain yourself, you may get into trouble." Therefore, you should be extra cautious in your words and deeds, try to be silent, and think twice about everything, otherwise you are afraid that you will repeat Master's mistakes and do irreparable things.

So she tried to silence herself.

The more silent she was, the happier Master became. Gradually, she became accustomed to silence, and her personality was much calmer than when she was first adopted by her master. It's just that sometimes, when the flame in his chest burns, it's still a little difficult to restrain it, such as the competition with Xiuda, the matter of Zheng Shibo, and the challenge to Kim Min-joo.

There's an evil dragon living deep inside.

She often worries, afraid that one day she will really be unable to restrain herself, and she will really do something irreparably wrong under impulse. And now, as long as you quietly sweep the floor here, watching the broom in your hand make the road clean and tidy little by little, your heart will be calm and satisfied.

She loves to sweep the floor.

Repeating the same movements again and again, it seems that even tense things can become relaxed.

Moonlight is like water.

I don't know how long it took, the grass swept from the front of the house to the back of the house, and I don't know how long it took, and slowly swept from the back of the house to the bottom of the big tree.

It was an old banyan tree.

Thick foliage, thick black trunks, countless branches and roots fell to the ground, digging into the earth. The bright moonlight sifted through the gaps in the leaves, mottled and shining like stars.

“…… I've heard that Eun-so of Changhae Dokan is a very good women's taekwondo master," Hatsu-wei's voice came from behind the trunk, "Is it really that powerful?" ”

"Yes, she's very gifted and aura." The boy's voice was as clear as the sun.

"I heard, she's also beautiful?" Chu Wei said hesitantly.

"It's beautiful."

Chu Wei seemed stunned, I don't know if it was because the girl named Eun Xiu was really beautiful, or because the young man answered without hesitation.

“…… Then, is she beautiful or am I ......" Chu Wei seemed to feel that she had said the wrong thing, and immediately said hurriedly, "...... Or is Tingyi's sister pretty? ”

"Hahahaha," the boy laughed, "why do you care about this, do you have to see if your opponent is beautiful when you play?" ”

"Brother Tinghao!"

Chu Wei stomped her feet angrily, but when the voice sounded again, she became a little hesitant and hesitant, as if she had a shy heartbeat and uneasy apprehension.

"Brother Tinghao......"

Baicao held his broom lightly and walked away from under the tree, careful not to step on the grass and gravel under his feet. It turns out that Chu Wei likes Ting Hao, from the gossip heard from Xiao Ying, it seems that everyone thinks Chu Wei and Ruobai are a couple, the two are childhood sweethearts, and they are equally indifferent and arrogant.

Ah, what was she thinking.

Baicao shook her head as she walked, driving away the gossip that came out of nowhere, and suddenly, she felt a figure in front of her, and she raised her head.

It's Hatsuhara and Tingyi.

The two walked side by side on the path, the moonlight was bright, and the faint light and shadow shone on him and hers, like a pair of beautiful people, like a pair of beautiful people, like coming out of a painting, not stained with the dust of the world.

The two were talking and laughing in a gentle voice.

Tingyi smiled at the corner of her lips, her eyes stared at Chu Yuan, and her demeanor was demure and gentle. From a few steps away, Baicao couldn't hear what she was saying, but she thought her voice was as nice as a stream.

Hatsuhara saw Hyakusa.

With a slight look of surprise on his face, he looked at the broom in Baicao's hand and said, "Are you still sweeping the floor so late?" ”

"It's going to be done in a minute."

"Go and rest, you've cleaned it up." Hatsuhara said gently.

"Yes, I'm sorry." Momokusa lowered her head, feeling that she was an intruder who had ruined the beautiful picture just now.

"Silly girl, what are you sorry for?" He smiled, reaching out and rubbing her short-haired head like an older brother, "Isn't there a selection competition in the hall tomorrow, I've been practicing hard for the past few days, so I should rest early tonight." ”

"You ......"

How did he know that she practiced very hard, Baicao looked at him suspiciously.

"Isn't that the last person to stay in the practice hall every night be you?" Hatsuhara said with a smile. He would walk in the courtyard when he was tired of reading at night, and always saw her figure silhouetted on the paper door by the light, practicing tirelessly, like a stubborn deer full of fighting spirit.

“…… It's me. ”

She was stunned, she had always thought that she was just practicing alone in the middle of the night, and occasionally his figure flashed by?

"Hopefully you can get the victory you want tomorrow." Hatsuhara took the broom from her hand, "So, you go back and have a good rest now, okay?" ”

"No, I'm almost there."

Baicao wanted to snatch the broom back, but in a hurry, he touched Hatsuhara's hand, his fingers were warm and warm, she hurriedly let go, and heard Tingyi's voice in a panic.

"Brother Hatsuhara cares about you, don't fight anymore, go and rest." Tingyi glanced at Hatsuhara gently, and then looked at Baicao, "I'm looking forward to your cousin tomorrow, if you can defeat Minzhu, you should have good strength, come on." ”

“…… Be. ”

should be grateful to Tingyi's predecessors for their encouragement to her, but Baicao looked at the picturesque pair of people in front of her, and her heart was inexplicably a little sour.

Back in the room, Xiaoying had already slept under the covers. After she washed, she also lay down on the bed, tossing and turning, and couldn't sleep.

"Herbs......"

In the darkness, Xiaoying's hesitant voice suddenly came.

Baicao immediately paused to turn over.

"Haven't you slept yet? Did I make a noise with you? ”

"No, I haven't been asleep either." Xiaoying hesitated for a while, "Baicao, I have something I want to tell you......"

"What?"

“…… You don't expect too much, either. ”

"Huh?"

"Baicao, I know that you have practiced very hard and worked hard," Xiaoying said cautiously, "But there is only one qualifying place among the female disciples, although your kung fu is quite good, but Senior Sister Chu Wei and Senior Sister Xiuqin may be even more powerful...... You're a good friend of mine, and I certainly hope you win and participate in the Gym Challenge...... But...... But if you lose to Senior Sister Chu Wei or Senior Sister Xiuqin, won't you be very sad......

"Probably." Of course, it would be sad to lose to others, but she couldn't understand what Xiaoying wanted to express.

"Ah, I knew you would be sad," Xiaoying shrank in the quilt sadly as if she had been punched head-on, "I blame me, I like to exaggerate, I always say that you are very good, and your kung fu is great...... I really think you're pretty good at kung fu...... But what if you can't beat Senior Sister Chu Wei or Senior Sister Xiuqin tomorrow...... You'll be disappointed...... If I don't usually speak so exaggeratedly...... If I hadn't given you hope...... If you lose tomorrow, you won't be so disappointed and sad......"

Baicao finally understood what she was saying.

"Hehe," she couldn't help but laugh, looking at the ceiling in the darkness, "how so?" If I lose in the tryouts, it can only mean that my skills are not as good as others, I will be disappointed and sad, and then continue to work hard, it will not be as strict as you think. ”

"Whew, that's good."

Xiaoying breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Baicao was mentally prepared. During this time in the Songbai Gym, the smile on Baicao's face unconsciously became much more than before, and she said more, and she was afraid that if Baicao was hit, she would return to her original taciturn appearance.

"But, Xiaoying......"

After a long time, Baicao pulled the quilt higher, wrapped himself tightly, and said in a daze: "I really want to win, I want to win, I want to participate in the Gym Challenge, I have never participated in an official competition......"

Xiaoying fell asleep and let out an even breathing sound.

Baicao closed his eyes.

She really wants to win tomorrow's race.

in another dormitory.

"I don't know if the women's competition in the hall tomorrow will be interesting," Yifeng lay on the quilt and yawned and said, "No wonder you let me practice with Baicao in a group, and thought you were taking revenge on me for kicking you in the chest last time, and now it seems that you have also noticed the potential of this girl." ”

A faint scent of ink.

Ruobai calmly picked up the pen and wrote, the snow-white rice paper was faintly flowing water, and he seemed to be immersed in another world, and he couldn't hear Yifeng's voice.

"Her body is so good. It is said that she is in the same class as Xiaoying, and she should be fourteen years old, Chu Wei and Xiuqin are two or three years older than her, but the explosiveness of her legs is not as good as her. Yifeng lay very comfortably in the bed, "And this girl is very hard-working, and her basic skills are solid, but she lacks on-the-spot experience." ”

Like a drizzle moist silently.

Xiuyi's calligraphy spreads out on rice paper.

"In this year's Gym Challenge, is it possible for Baicao to replace Chu Wei or Xiuqin? Anyway, she had a beautiful fight with Kim Min-joo. Yifeng yawned and fell asleep.

To encourage women to practice taekwondo, the challenge requires each gym to have at least one female competitor out of three entry slots. In the past few sessions, including a long time ago, when Senior Brother Hatsuhara was still playing, every time after entering the semi-finals, the female players of the Songbai Gym have hardly won a victory, and the pressure of promotion is all focused on the male disciples who are in the competition.

"Let's see her tomorrow's watch." Staring at the newly written words on the rice paper, Ruobai frowned, pushed it to the side, and re-spread a piece of rice paper, "Taekwondo is not just about brute force, nor is it just about hard practice. ”

The actual battle with Kim Min-joo was beautiful, but the biggest reason why Baicao was able to kick her away was because Kim Min-joo was too conceited and always used the same move to make her legs. And tomorrow's gym trials, including the gym challenge in a month's time, the opponents that Hyakcho encounters will never change like Kim Min-joo.