After yesterday's intensive training, Zuo Qiuhe was very satisfied with the overall progress of the whole team, so he got up early this day and came to the school, ready to start leading the team forward again.

Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him was a large stack of "Withdrawal Application"

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"The weather was too hot, and when I got home yesterday, my mother found that I had a sunburn and my skin was peeling, so my parents didn't let me play ......football anymore," Zuo Qiuhe opened the first "Application for Withdrawal"

"It's so hard, the football I imagined is not like this, coach, I won't play anymore......" Zuo Qiuhe opened the second "Application for Withdrawal"

"Coach, my dad said that the college entrance examination is the real goal, and enrolled me in a summer review class, I don't have time to learn football......" Zuo Qiuhe opened the third "Application for Withdrawal"

…… 15 "Application for Withdrawal" in a row, Zuo Qiuhe read them one by one.

Ye Yi looked at Zuo Qiu He, there was no expression on his face, but he could still see the loss and depression in his heart from his lonely eyes, Ye Yi opened his mouth to comfort: "Coach, are you okay?" ”

Zuo Qiuhe stared at the stack of "Withdrawal Application" in his hand, and asked without looking up: "Yu'er, how many players are left?" ”

Qi Yu'er sighed and counted with her hand: "There are 1, 2, 3, 4...... 16, coach, there are 16 players left. ”

Zuoqiu Crane looked up at the sky, the sun was shining a fierce light on the earth in the sky, and then looked at the big trees next to the stadium, only to notice that there was no wind in the air at this time, and the summer humidity in Chongqing was very high, the thick air seemed to be frozen, and the weather was so hot and stuffy.

Zuo Qiuhe smiled and said to everyone: "The summer in Chongqing is indeed too hot, it is my fault and negligence. ”

Ren Rang couldn't bear to see the coach's scene, and wanted to comfort: "Boss ......" but was interrupted by Zuo Qiuhe's words: "This kind of weather is not suitable for outdoor sports, let alone physical training like us, this is not to blame everyone, rely on me." Who doesn't want to stay at home on a hot day? I want to ask everyone, is there anyone else who wants to quit? Say it now, everyone will understand you and won't blame you, excuse me, is there anyone else who wants to quit? ”

As soon as the words fell, the scene fell silent, and everyone did not say anything.

Ren Rang looked at Wang Wenwen to the right, with some doubts in his eyes, Wang Wenwen glared back and signaled, "Don't look down on people." ”

Ren Rang looked to the left again, Ye Yi saw it, shook his head lightly at Ren Rang, and said with his mouth, "Mentally retarded." "Provoke Ren Rang to respond viciously.

The scene continued to fall silent.

"Coach, I'm sorry, I want to quit." It was Zhou Shi who suddenly spoke.

This time it alarmed Li Lei, Dao Han, Mi Zheng, and Gao Fei, who were also in the third year of high school.

Everyone didn't expect that someone who had worked hard for three years wanted to quit the football team, Li Lei showed an anxious face and asked, "Zhou Shi, why is this?" We've all been working hard for three years and this is the last chance. ”

"Big head, don't persuade me, I've figured it out." Zhou Shi replied, and then said to Zuoqiu He: "Coach, I want to quit." ”

Zuo Qiuhe looked at Zhou Shi lonely, and asked seriously and cautiously, "Have you seriously thought about it?" ”

"I've thought about it." Zhou Shi replied categorically.

Zuo Qiuhe said helplessly: "Okay, I agree, thank you for your contribution to the football team in the past three years." ”

So, Zhou Shi left the court in the reluctant eyes of everyone......

Zuo Qiuhe looked at the remaining 14 team members: Ren Rang, Yeyi, Daohan, Li Lei, Wang Wenwen, Wang Erya, Mi Zheng, Yao Jun, Liao Chunhui, Chen Bo, Gao Fei, Ran Ou, Zhang Chengzhe, and Wan Jiang. Said: "Is there anyone else?" ”

Look at me, people, and I will look at you.

"Coach, I have an opinion." It was Li Lei who spoke.

Everyone opened their mouths wide, and they couldn't believe that the most diligent captain who had always been in the team would quit.

"Captain, aren't you going to quit too?" Wang Wenwen shouted.

"Who said I was going to quit." Li Lei anxiously explained: "I mean, I have an opinion. ”

"Scared the hell out of me." Wang Wenwen breathed a sigh of relief.

Zuo Qiuhe asked, "What is your opinion, please feel free to say?" ”

"Uh... Not...... I ......" Li Lei hesitated and didn't dare to speak.

Zuo Qiuhe persuaded: "If you say that there is a difficulty here, we can go there alone, and you can talk about it." ”

"No, no." Li Lei shook his hand, took another deep breath, calmed down, and said, "Coach, can I not come to training in the morning?" ”

"Huh?" Everyone was amazed at his strange request.

Li Lei explained: "I'm not trying to be lazy, I have something to do in the morning recently, and I don't want to pull down the training session, so I was thinking, can I change the training content in the morning to the evening time?" ”

"Poof~snort~" Qi Yu'er suddenly laughed.

Zuo Qiuhe was puzzled and asked, "The big head made an opinion, what are you laughing at?" ”

"Coach, do you know what" rake ears "? Qi Yu'er asked with a smile.

"Haha~" Wang Wenwen and Wang Erya also laughed.

Li Lei scolded: "What's so funny, laughing at you." ”

Zuo Qiuhe looked at everyone and wondered, "What does this mean?" ”

Qi Yu'er walked to Li Lei's side, looked at him with a red face, and sneered: "Don't look at our captain, what a gentleman when he plays, he is actually a master who is afraid of his girlfriend, he didn't come in the morning, not to avoid training, but to accompany his girlfriend, for fear that his girlfriend would blame." ”

"Yu'er, why are you telling the coach this!" Li Lei's face turned even redder.

"Hahaha~" Everyone laughed, as if the depression in the early morning was swept away at this time.

"Alright, alright." Zuo Qiuhe once again formed the team and asked everyone, "I agreed to the captain's request." Do you have any opinions other than him? “

Guys, you look at me, I look at you, and no one speaks.

Zuo Qiuhe was relieved: "Great, we still have so many partners left. Then our intensive training will continue, the training content is very hard, the next 9 days will be very difficult, are you afraid? ”

"No--harm--afraid!" Everyone said in unison.

"Good!" Zuo Qiuhe said with a smile......

Just when the team was braving the scorching sun and training hard, Zhou Shi returned to his cool and comfortable home.

"Beep~Beep~" Zhou Shi pressed the remote control.

"Huh~Huh~" After receiving the signal, the air conditioner began to operate, blowing a cool breeze.

The cool breeze swept across his face, and he closed his eyes and enjoyed the refreshing taste.

"Isn't this what summer is supposed to do?" Zhou Shi said secretly in his heart.

Then, he went to the kitchen, took a box of ice cream from the freezer compartment of the refrigerator, took it to the study, and ate it spoonful by spoonful. Cold, supple, melt-in-your-mouth ice cream stimulates his every taste bud. "It's delicious! Isn't this what summer is all about? Zhou Shi thought as he ate.

After eating the ice cream, Zhou Shi was stunned for a while, and the sound of cicadas outside the window woke him up. "What should you do?" Zhou Shi asked himself, "Why don't you review your homework." ”

So he went to the bookcase, about to take out the book, but was attracted by a photo in the bookcase—it was a photo from two years ago, and the main characters in the picture were himself, Li Lei, Yao Xun, and two older seniors.

"Brother Yue, Brother Han." Zhou Shi looked at the two seniors and said silently.

In the photo, Brother Yue and Brother Han held Yao Xun on their shoulders, Yao Xun held the trophy and celebrated to Zhou Shi and Li Lei, and everyone was immersed in the joy of winning Chongqing. Although the results were later cancelled due to the "fraud incident", this celebration photo was treasured by Zhou Shi.

This photo brings Zhou Shi into the memories of two years ago.

"My name is Yao Xun, the first (5th) class of high school, and I am a forward midfielder on the field."

"My name is Li Lei, class 1 (5) in high school, and I am a defender on the field."

"My name is Zhou Shi, the first (5th) class of high school, and I am a striker on the field."

After hearing this, Brother Yue smiled and said, "Wow, you are in the first (5th) class of high school, and there are people in the front and back positions, which is amazing!" ”

"Hey, hey." The three freshmen laughed shyly.

But later, only Yao Xun played in the main force, and the training was very hard, Zhou Shi thought of quitting, and the two partners invited him to the back mountain of the school to talk.

On that day, in the evening after school, a red sunset appeared in the sky.

"Zhou Shi, don't quit, okay?" Yao Xun said while juggling the ball.

Li Lei looked at Zhou Shi with pleading eyes.

Zhou Shi said: "The training is too hard, I am so painful to persevere, but this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that I really have no talent in football, and I can't play the main force if I stick to it." ”

Yao Xun caught the ball with his hand and stopped bouncing the ball. looked at Zhou Shi with resolute eyes and said, "Have you ever thought about such a picture?" ”

Then Yao Xun said that sentence, the sentence that made Zhou Shi stick to it - "After we defeat the opponent, if we meet again on the road, they will think in their hearts, "Win our Izu players", and when they see you, they will also think "win our Izu players", this feeling is the same. Isn't it? ”

"Yes, this taste is the same, in the impression of others, me and the main force are the same team impression." Zhou Shi thought about it, so he dispelled the idea of quitting.

Later, Izu High School was invincible all the way in the "Tianyi School Cup", and Zhou Shi also followed the majesty for a while, until the "fraud incident" occurred.

"Brother Yue, Brother Han, what's the matter with you?" Yao Xun roared like a cry.

"I'm sorry~" Brother Yue didn't have much to say, only this prevarication.

"Is TM's sorry enough?" Yao Xun rushed up, grabbed Brother Yue's collar, and asked angrily.

Zhou Shi and Li Lei hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Yao Xun, and comforted, "Brother Xun, calm down." ”

"Calm down, I can't kick the ball, I can't kick the ball." Yao Xun's eyes seemed to be able to burst into flames.

After knowing each other for so long, Yao Xun has always given Zhou Shi the impression of being polite and gentle, but Yao Xun's eyes that day were deeply imprinted in his mind.

"Whew~" Zhou Shi took a deep breath and walked out of his memories. The joys and pains of the freshman era of high school were like a movie for a while, and they were about to be played again.

Zhou Shi came to the window, and at this time the sky was shining, and he recalled the days of his sophomore year of high school......

That year, Brother Yue and Brother Han left, Yao Xun was banned, the football club that was originally full of people withered, Li Lei and Zhou Shi were still working hard, but a letter of "Application for Withdrawal" was constantly hitting them.

"Big brother, we want to quit." Wang Wenwen and Wang Erya, freshmen of high school at that time, said.

"Brothers, how about holding on a little longer?" Li Lei pleaded.

"Does it help to hold on? We are so bad now that we can't even kick Guangxu Middle School. Wang Wenwen said in a low voice.

As Wang Wenwen said, Izu High School's strength plummeted after Yao Xun and the others left one after another. In the second round of the "Tianyi School Cup", he was eliminated by Guangxu Middle School.

Hearing Wang Wenwen's words, Li Lei didn't know how to persuade him and stood still.

Zhou Shi remembered what Yao Xun had said before, and after he improved it, he said to the Wang brothers: "Have you ever thought about it? If you meet an opponent on the road, they will think "this is the loser" when they see me, and they will also think "this is the loser" when they see you, and this is not a good feeling. We insist on football in order to beat our opponents and let them see that we want to "win our Izu players". Isn't it? ”

After hearing this, the Wang brothers agreed with this truth and decided to stick to it and not quit again.

"I was so hot-blooded then, hehe." Zhou Shi walked out of his memories and commented on himself: "It's a pity, it's ...... now"

Creation makes people, Zhou Shi, who persuaded others not to quit last year, quit this year. Thinking of this, Zhou Shi felt that he was quite funny. But a person came to his mind, none other than his teammate who was also a striker, Ren Rang.

This year, after Ren Rang joined the team, everyone at first hated his arrogant and uninhibited personality. However, in later training and competitions, everyone gradually recognized his hard work, serious attitude and outstanding talent.

Although everyone didn't say it, Zhou Shi and everyone knew in their hearts that in Izu High School, which has a single-striker tactical system, the only position of the main striker belongs to the newcomer. Whether it is physical, technical, potential, or intimacy with the coach, Zhou Shi believes that he has a huge distance from Ren Rang.

"Maybe, I really can't catch up with that arrogant guy." Zhou Shi muttered to himself. A complex emotion that couldn't tell whether he was happy for the team, disagreed with Ren Rang, or angry at his own indisputability, poured into Zhou Shi's heart, making his mind a mess, and finally he gave up thinking again and said: "Okay, since I've quit, don't think about football anymore, I want to enjoy my summer life." ”

So, Zhou Shi came to the bookcase again, deducted the group of photos of winning and celebrating, and then took out the homework book from the bookcase, took it to the study, and reviewed it while eating ice cream while blowing the air conditioner.

10 minutes, half an hour, 1 hour, 2 hours...... Time passed, and the sun set in the west from the center, and the sky gradually darkened.

"Goo~Goo~" Zhou Shi found himself screaming in his stomach: "Why did I fall asleep?" Only then did I realize that when I was reading, I had already fallen asleep.

Since his parents are not here today, Zhou Shi decides to go out to eat. At this time, the streets were already nightfall, the lights were on, Zhou Shi walked in the noisy crowd, watching people rush by, feeling that everything was so urgent and hurried. Suddenly, Zhou Shi felt an indescribable emptiness and loneliness in his heart, as if he had lost something important.

"What's wrong with me?" Zhou Shi asked himself, in fact, he knew the answer himself, and he knew what he had lost.

The lonely Zhou Shi finally walked to the door of a fast food restaurant: "Let's eat first, after eating, maybe it'll be fine." He walked in, ordered, took the food, came to a window seat, sat down and ate alone.

After a while, a group of people walked into the fast food restaurant, wearing green woven sports jackets with the English "NJT. School”

"It's from Niujiaotuo High School." Zhou Shi said vigilantly.

"Yo~ Isn't this person from Izu High School?" A man from Niujiaotuo High School shouted.