After the two matches, everyone in the Shanghai Sea team prepared to leave the sports center, go back to the hotel for a night's rest, and then rush back to Shanghai the next day.

As for the next round, it will be a week later, and everyone will come back then.

When everyone was about to walk out of the gate of the sports center, a shout suddenly came from behind them.

"Gu Cheng?!"

Everyone turned to look, and behind them were the members of the Fuhua team, and one of the uncles with a Chinese face was looking at this side with an excited face.

Gu Cheng? It should be calling Coach Gu, right?

Except for Ning Pei in the Huhai team, the rest of the people didn't know Gu Cheng's full name, only the coach's surname was Gu.

Gu Cheng also saw Zhou Tao, his face was shocked, and then he sighed, delighted, nostalgic, and guilty...... In short, the expression was complicated, and he forgot to reply for a while.

Ning Pei glanced at Gu Cheng deeply and said to the rest, "Let's go first, Coach Gu should have something to deal with." ”

On the other side, Zhou Tao also sent away a few people from the Fuhua team and walked straight towards Gu Cheng.

Half an hour later, Gu Cheng and Zhou Tao found a small restaurant at random, ordered a few cold dishes, and ordered a bottle of liquor.

Zhou Tao, who had been talking and stopping all the way, seemed to have a lot to say, but he was not in a hurry to speak at this time, first filled the wine for Gu Cheng, then poured it for himself, and raised the wine glass, "Anyway, if I can meet you, it's worth having a drink, dry up!" ”

Zhou Tao raised his neck and drank it all.

Gu Cheng sighed and drank the wine in his glass.

"Let's talk about it." Zhou Tao looked directly into Gu Cheng's eyes, "All these years? ”

"Also, there's nothing to say......"

"What have you been doing all these years?"

"I opened an Internet café."

"Internet café?!" Zhou Tao's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth: "You are also a goddamn legend who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts, don't play a good professional league, go to open an Internet café?" ”

Gu Cheng smiled self-deprecatingly: "What kind of peak person am I, Chen Yifei is." ”

Zhou Tao was not angry, and was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Gu Cheng waving his hand, "It's all over, I'm in my thirties now, why are you talking about this?" ”

Zhou Tao was silent, yes, if he had met him ten years earlier, he would definitely not be as calm as he is now; But now we're all in our early thirties.

What's the point of mentioning those things back then?

Only drinking, only drinking.

After pouring several large glasses of liquor one after another, Zhou Tao was also a little drunk.

"You were ...... back then Shouldn't...... The ...... who walked away"

“......”

"Did you know...... Do you know...... I, Da Xiong and Haizi, how long have we been looking for you? ”

“......”

"At the beginning...... The game was lost..... Base...... No one blames you at all! ”

“......”

"We said we were going to ...... together. Win the championship together...... Two consecutive championships, three consecutive championships...... Said that he would keep fighting, and said that he would ......"

“......”

"You shouldn't go...... Don't go ......"

In the end, Zhou Tao was completely drunk, and Gu Cheng didn't say a word from beginning to end, just lowered his head and drank silently, like a child who did something wrong and didn't dare to go home.

Just when Gu Cheng was about to pick up Zhou Tao, who was already drunk and unconscious on the table, to leave, a person suddenly sat next to him, but it was Ning Pei.

"How did you find it?" Gu Cheng looked at Ning Pei strangely.

"I guess you should just find a place to drink nearby, and that's true."

"What are you doing here?"

Ning Pei didn't rush to answer him, but picked up the wine glass and poured himself a glass, "Let's talk about it." ”

"Say what?" Gu Cheng frowned and asked.

Ning Pei smiled helplessly: "You don't think I don't know who you are until now, do you?" ”

"Stinky boy!" Gu Cheng scolded with a smile, "If you know, you will know, what do you want me to say?" ”

"Tell me why you suddenly chose to retire back then?"

Gu Cheng was expressionless: "There's nothing to say." ”

Ning Pei took a sip of wine with interest, looked at Gu Cheng and asked, "Are you really happy to say it?" ”

There was a long silence.

In the end, Gu Cheng sighed, and still spoke: "Back then, I entered the Broken Blade Team with a few like-minded friends, and everyone's hearts were higher than the sky, even if there was a thriving Chen Yifei in the alliance at that time, we felt self-conscious."

I can already win the championship. ”

After a pause, Gu Cheng took a sip of wine, and then said: "In fact, in the third season, we did lead the Broken Blades team to the finals, and won the first game, holding the match point, only one step away from the championship. ”

"Of course, you know the final result." Gu Cheng laughed at himself, "We lost, we lost miserably." ”

Ning Pei frowned: "Just because of this, you retired?" ”

Gu Cheng shook his head, pointed at himself, and said with a wry smile: "It's all because of me!" Because of me, everyone will miss out on that championship! ”

Ning Pei listened quietly, waiting for Gu Cheng to say the reason.

"I have a girlfriend, I should say fiancée; We are childhood sweethearts, and we have had a good relationship since we were children; Because of Wu Jing, I spent less and less time with her, and she never complained; I promised her that when I won the championship, I would marry her. ”

"And then?"

"In the first game of the finals, she was supposed to work overtime at night, and in order to cheer me on the scene, she specially asked for leave to come over to watch me play, but she ...... on the way."

Gu Cheng was silent for a moment, looking at the night outside the window, stunned.

"Car Accident...... She never got a chance to watch me play again. ”

It was already something that happened more than ten years ago, Gu Cheng said it at this moment, his tone was flat, and he couldn't see any expression on his face, but Ning Pei could feel the unforgettable pain from his description, and he also understood why he suddenly retired back then.

Because of his girlfriend's accident, Gu Cheng, as the core of the team, played abnormally in the next game of the finals, causing the Broken Blade team to lose the championship.

One side is the woman he loves deeply, the other side is the cause he loves, and he is his best comrade-in-arms, brother.

Gu Cheng probably felt that he was sorry on both sides, and it was difficult to face such a reality, so he chose to escape.

Thinking like this, Ning Pei accompanied Gu Cheng to drink two more glasses.

"You said that if I could become a professional player in the future, I would do you a favor, did you want me to go to the Broken Blade team?"

"At first, I had this idea, but then it faded away; I owe the Broken Blade, but you owe me nothing. ”

"Got it." Ning Pei nodded.

That night, Gu Cheng also drank too much and was so drunk that he was unconscious.