I changed into swimming trunks and walked towards the swimming pool, and when I walked to Oliver's side, I looked at this guy who seemed to be angry Spanish bullfighting, and said softly: "It's not a second child, as the first to teach you a little truth of life, it's not yours, it's not yours with red eyes and broken teeth." Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info obediently take something that is yours in your hand. Don't hold your own bowl and look at someone else's, usually nothing good will come of it. ”

Oliver raised his fist directly, "Boy, you're looking for death." ”

The staff member standing at the door shouted angrily, "Oliver, you know the rules. Brawls are forbidden in the locker room! Violators will be disqualified. ”

Oliver's fist suddenly froze in mid-air, and after a moment, he withdrew his fist with an unwilling face, and looked at me viciously, "Boy, wait and I'll let you know who's number one." ”

I shrugged, "Whatever you want." ”

After walking out of the locker room, walking to the waiting area to find a seat and sitting down, I found that although there were fewer players in the locker room, the number of spectators who came to watch the game was several times higher than on the day of the preliminary round!

The competition by the pool on the left hand side has reached the third group, and the host is still Lauren. Today he wears a blazer, sunglasses and a blue bow tie, a pair of yellow beach pants with coconut trees on the lower half of his body, and a pair of slippers on his feet. It looks like it's going to be so nondescript and how nondescript.

After watching a set of games, Ruth finally sat down in the chair next to Flower and looked at me and Flower with a smile, "How was the game?" ”

Flower shrugged, "This is the fourth group, and there are twenty-eight groups left before we play. ”

Group 5...... Group 6...... Group 10......

As the participating groups went into the water in groups, there were fewer and fewer people in the waiting area. When the game reached the sixteenth group, a figure who had just been seen in the locker room stood up in the corner of the front row.

Oliver, the irritable Spanish bull. With him stood up was another white youth and Syphus!

I was a little surprised to look at the three people walking towards Lauren, and subconsciously turned my head to look at Flower, "Are they on a team?" ”

Flower smiled and said, "Why don't the family come together?" Oliver is Sievers' younger brother. ”

I looked at Oliver and Seapheth, who were being interviewed, with some surprise, "Brother? So they are brothers? It's not like that. ”

Flower laughed, "Maybe it's fraternal twins." In addition to their appearance, the brothers also have a lot of personality differences, and compared to Sievers, Oliver is like a pit bull that can easily provoke anger. However, in terms of physical fitness, both brothers are first-class good players. If we want to beat them, we can only see who plays better with Ruth and their other companions. ”

I nodded, and at the point where I got to the point where the brothers Blauer and Sieverus were not so easy to speed up a little more. The final result between the four of us may only be a second or two, and in the end, it will be up to Ruth and their third person to win between the groups.

It's like two barrels holding more than the amount of water they can store, and it's not the longest plank that decides it, but the shortest plank.

As he spoke, Oliver and Sievers had already finished the 100-meter relay. The two of them scored 1 minute 02 and 59 seconds respectively, two extremely terrifying times. Oliver, in particular, actually swam in for a minute.

Soon the results of the third person also came out, one and a half points, which means that their score was three points and thirty-one. If I and Flauer do the same as last time, this time Ruth will have to swim under a minute and thirty seconds to beat Oliver's.

Flower was clearly aware of this, too, and threw me a moment of some apprehension. It was not an easy task to go from 1:40 to 130 in two days, and Flower was obviously unsure.

Oliver walked over, smug on his face, "If I'm not mistaken, what was this aunt's last grade?" One point forty is right? How are you going to beat me this time? Maybe you can take a little more doping before the game, so you might be able to swim forty seconds and beat me. ”

Seapheus glanced at Oliver dissatisfied, "Oliver! ”

Oliver muttered a few words and closed his mouth. Sypheus then looked at me and Flor, and his face was full of apologies, "I apologize to you for my brother's words. I hope you all have a good result, come on. ”

With that, Sypheus pulled Oliver towards the locker room. Looking at the almost tall backs of the brothers, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, maybe when God created people, these two people were one according to Beckham and the other according to Nicholas Zhao Si.

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Two hours later, the sound of the thirty-second group preparing came from the loudspeaker. Flor and Ruth and I stood up and walked towards the preparation area without saying a word.

As he walked to the preparation area, Flower suddenly turned his head to look at the audience's area, his eyes rolling rapidly, as if he was looking for something.

I smiled and patted the old man on the shoulder, "Who are you looking for?" ”

"Nothing." Flower smiled at me and turned his head away. The moment I turned my head, I distinctly heard Flower muttering, "I really didn't come." ”

I suddenly knew what the old man was looking for—Stilwell and Rhodes.

Walking up to Lauren, it was still Ruth being interviewed, and Flower and I were standing aside. Watching the old man look around, looking round and round from left to right, the expression on his face became more and more disappointed, and he suddenly felt a little distressed.

Although at that time, I was angry and told my son that you don't want to come to the semifinals, but in my heart, how could I not want my family to help me at such a time?

On the other side, Lauren's interview was over, and she smiled at Ruth and said, "Okay, that's it for the interview." The game officially begins, please take your seats. ”

Ruth nodded, looked at Fflower and whispered, "Frower, it's time to prepare." ”

Flower didn't move, looking absent-minded.

Ruth screamed again, but Flower didn't move. Ruth couldn't help but nudge Flore, and then Flauer came back to his senses, "What...... What's wrong? ”

Ruth said with some disgust: "It's your turn to prepare, what are you thinking?" ”

Flower was stunned for a moment, then quickly smiled and shook his head as if nothing had happened, "No....nothing, thinking about something." Ready, right? Then prepare. ”

Walking to the edge of the pool, Flower took a deep breath, patted his cheek and turned his head to give a thumbs up to Ruth and me, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

"Let's go!"

At the moment when Lauren's arm fell, Flower jumped into the water. Looking at the speed at which the old man swam forward, I subconsciously sighed softly.

Slow.

Although it is not obvious, it is indeed slow compared to the preliminaries. The problem is not in the body and posture, but in the mentality - the old man does not have the confidence that he had in the preliminaries.

Ruth also saw this, frowning and saying with some concern: "Does Flower look slower than the preliminaries, his momentum doesn't seem to be as strong as the preliminaries." ”

I smiled wryly, not so impulsive? Isn't this nonsense, it's not easy for his son and grandson to be motivated without him, and for a person like him who values his family, it is almost completely impossible to be full of momentum.

In order not to affect Ruth, I could only say, "Maybe, I don't know." Actually, I don't think he's slowed down much, so you should hurry up and prepare. Flower turned around. ”

Ruth hummed and walked to the lane next to Flower.

On the moment of Flore's arrival, Ruth jumped into the water. Lauren's voice sounded slowly, "One minute and ten seconds!" A very good result! ”

Although I was mentally prepared, when I heard this result, my heart still sank. It's a full eight seconds slower, and if you can fight for a second or two, it's eight seconds slower, which is almost equivalent to making catching up impossible.

Flower looked at me apologetically, "I'm sorry. ”

I patted Flower on the shoulder and shook my head with a smile, "Needless to say, I'm sorry, you've done a great job." There is no way to win the first place in the group stage, but the individual first place in the semi-finals will still belong to us. Besides, the game isn't over yet, is it? ”

It was clear to me that it would not be easy for Flower to swim in such a situation. There is no reason and no need to accuse him, this is not the finals, it is just a momentary battle of will, and if you lose, you lose.

Flower nodded, turned to look at Ruth, and suddenly exclaimed, "She's already turned around?" How is this possible? ”

I was startled, and subconsciously turned my head to look at Ruth, who was already kicking her legs hard against the pool wall, swimming towards the finish line.

I swallowed, a little incredulous, and said, "How long has it been?" ”

Flower also said with some difficulty: "The effort of two sentences is less than forty seconds." ”

I looked at Flor, "That is, ......"

Flower's voice trembled slightly, but firmly and forcefully, "We still have hope!" ”

Rumble!

A flame that had just been extinguished in my heart suddenly burned again at this moment, three minutes and thirty-one, as long as Ruth could swim in one minute and twenty-four seconds, I still had a chance to catch up with this goal!

Seeing Ruth getting closer and closer to the finish line, I couldn't help but clench my fists and pray over and over again in my heart,

A little faster, a little faster.

Immediately, Ruth arrived!

Flower roared, "Richard! It's up to you! ”

I jumped straight into the water, hitting the water with both hands as often as possible, and my feet kept swinging up and down. In the sound of splashing, Lauren's voice behind him was clearly heard,

"One minute and twenty-three seconds! That's 17 seconds better than the preliminaries! An incredible progress! ”

My heart was full of confidence, one minute and twenty-three seconds, enough! The first group in the semi-finals is still Lao Tzu! Oliver, you just sit down in the second place for me! Don't try to climb up!

After swimming fifty meters, my legs kicked heavily on the pool wall, and after the whole person ran out for five or six meters, I hurriedly continued to swing my arms while the remaining strength was still gone.

Forty meters!

Thirty meters!

Twenty meters!

Ten meters!

Five meters!

Touch the wall, arrive!

Lauren's voice resounded through the audience at this moment, "Fifty-seven seconds! This amazing Chinese kid not only pushed his time forward by a second, but also won the semi-finals for the first time and won the first place in their group again! ”

When I heard the words fifty-seven seconds, I subconsciously calculated in my mind, what is one minute and ten seconds plus one minute twenty-three plus fifty-seven, and the result came out quickly - three minutes and thirty! That's a second faster than three minutes and thirty-one.

Flower yelled at me with excitement on his face, "Richard, we're number one!" First! Oliver's little bastard is still the second, haha, to hell with him, no matter how good he is, he can't beat the three of us! ”

I looked at Flor, "Are we number one?" ”

Flower laughed, "Of course, we're number one!" First! ”

I laughed and climbed ashore and hugged Flor hard, "I said, it's not over yet, it's not over yet. Someone will always stand up! ”

Lauren walked up to me and smiled, "As the best individual finisher in the preliminaries and semi-finals, I guess you must have something to say to the audience right now." Let's hear what you have to say. ”

I took the loudspeaker, squeezed it the plus sign of the volume button, put it to my lips and laughed and roared, "Oliver, you're stupid - you're destined to be the second one!" When it comes to the finals, you are ready to stand in the second position and watch Lao Tzu's crotch tremble! Because of the finals, the first place is still Lao Tzu! ”

After saying that, I returned the megaphone to a stunned Lauren, "That's what I'm trying to say." ”

With that, I tapped Flower on the shoulder and was about to walk towards the locker room. The moment I turned around, I crossed the corner and saw three familiar figures, my eyes narrowed, I suddenly slowed down, and whispered to Flower: "Look at the corner on the right side of the pool, near the one on the side of the locker room." Don't be too obvious. ”

Flower gave me a suspicious look, then looked in the direction I said, and soon the old man turned his head and looked at me excitedly, "That's ...... Rhodes and Stilwell! ”

I smiled and nodded.

Flor suddenly had a smile on his face, then put away his smile and changed his smile to a serious expression, and snorted angrily, "I obviously asked them not to come, it's because they came that I swam this kind of result!" ”

I can't cry or laugh, old man, you said you don't want to, but your body betrayed you very honestly. Look at your smile, it's almost to the back of your head,

"Yes, yes, you're the most tsundere, no, proud. Okay. Let's go, hurry back to the locker room and change clothes. ”