Chapter 884: The Battle That Will Be Lost
Qu County is a barren county seat, but unfortunately it is a famous orphan county.
In this desolate north, too many children are abducted and trafficked, and too many children are abandoned and left behind.
So, unconsciously, the orphanage in Qu County is like a kindergarten, and there are more and more inexplicable children, but no one has ever claimed them back, and no one wants to adopt them.
"Granny Zhao, brother is back!" In the yard, a little girl about ten years old in a rusty wheelchair entered the house happily and said.
"How do you know?" The dean's mother-in-law, whose face was covered with black spots, walked out.
"I just know!" The little girl looks proud of a god operator.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for footsteps to come from outside the courtyard, and a young man with a half-length middle split hot walked in, looking like a thin and slender version of Adu.
"Little Guoguo!" As soon as he entered the yard, the young man looked at the old swing under the tree, and there was nothing on the swing.
"I'm here!" At the other end of the house, Guoguo waved his hand to the young man at the gate of the courtyard.
The young man laughed, then slowly pushed out a metal object from behind the courtyard fence, and said, "Guess what I brought you, just show you a small part!" β
"I can't see ...... clearly," the little girl was full of excitement, and she wanted to get rid of the creaking old wooden wheelchair she was sitting in and run over to see what gift her brother had brought her.
My brother doesn't come back often, but every time I come back, I bring gifts to myself, so for Guoguo, what I look forward to most in addition to reading books every day, sitting on the swing in a daze, and chatting with Granny Zhao is that my brother can come back.
The young man walked in, holding a large box in both hands, revealing a metal shelf part, but he didn't know what it was.
"What is this? It can't be a large Transformer, right? Guoguo asked puzzled.
"Stupid, why did you buy this. It's a mechanical leg! β
"Mechanical legs?" Granny Zhao on the side raised her eyebrows.
"Come on, try it!" As he spoke, Zhao Tinghua had quickly unpacked the package, revealing a pair of mechanical leg brackets that looked very advanced.
There is a metal pad at the bottom of the bracket that resembles a shoe groove to step on your feet, and then the movable metal bracket is connected to the knees, and then to the thighs and waist to support the whole legs.
Zhao Tinghua asked the little girl to sit there, and slowly put these mechanical legs into Guoguo's legs.
"Press this switch and the metal frame will support you, and then press this switch and the metal legs will take you along." Zhao Tinghua said.
Xiao Guoguo's face was full of novelty, and she carefully did what Zhao Tinghua said.
"Nourishing ~~~~~~~~~"
Pressing the red switch, the metal frame seemed to be injected with life, and it slowly supported Guoguo's powerless legs.
Guoguo's face was full of surprise and disbelief, she actually stood up!
"Press this button again." Zhao Tinghua said.
Guoguo was pleasantly surprised, with a little timidity for joy, her little hand trembled and pressed the button next to her, and suddenly, the mechanical leg rose up strongly, and took a strong step forward with her pair of powerless waste legs......
This step made the little girl very happy, because she had never experienced this feeling of being able to take a step since she was sensible.
"Keep pressing." Zhao Tinghua looked at the little girl's smile and continued.
"Hmm!" Guoguo nodded heavily, she pressed the move button, and the mechanical legs went from slow to fast, step by step, and actually sent her to "run" in the yard.
"I can go!"
"I can go, mother-in-law, look, I can go!! Xiaobin, big lard, Nannan...... Come on, I can go! β
Guoguo walked in the yard on her mechanical legs, like a bird that had just learned to fly, and the whole yard was filled with her joyful laughter.
After a while, there were a few more tiger-headed children in the yard, they had never seen such a magical thing, and they all surrounded Guoguo, looking incredulous!
"What is this??"
"It's so cool, Guoguo walks so fast!"
"Guoguo, great, you can hang out with us too." The children were laughing, and indeed they had never seen such a magical thing.
Next to the house, Granny Zhao smiled and watched Guoguo and the other children playing in the yard for a long time before retracting her gaze.
Didn't you choose to come to this orphanage as a yard just to see the children smile so cleanly?
"Actually, if you buy her a new wheelchair, she'll be happy for a long time. This thing is expensive, expensive, right? Granny Zhao looked at Zhao Tinghua, who was already an adult, and asked.
"Fortunately, an American friend sent it." Zhao Tinghua said.
"Oh, Zhou Yan's black boy called me a while ago and told me that he was in New York. It's good that you're all ready to deal with foreigners. Zhao Yuanzi said.
Zhao Tinghua was silent for a while, and waited until the old woman's smile slowly eased before whispering: "I'm going to the United States again, this time to ...... It may be a long time before I will not be able to come back to see you. β
"Go ahead, get ahead, there's not much to worry about here." The old woman said.
"Yes." Zhao Tinghua nodded.
"When are you going?"
"Just a few days."
"By the way, why did you have so much money all of a sudden, don't give this money here, now the government has given us a lot of help, the more you and Zhou Yan give, the more it actually encourages some people to abandon their children with us, it's not that I don't want the children to live well, but since they need to endure hardships, they will know to work hard when they grow up, and the things they get for nothing will make them more and more lazy." The dean's mother-in-law said.
"I know, but like Guoguo, you always have to find a way to cure ......," Zhao Tinghua said.
"She was lucky, the kind people saved her life, otherwise we couldn't afford the expensive medical bills, how many children did we have before...... Alas......" The old woman sighed, not daring to recall the past, and hurriedly changed the subject, "Let's talk about the money, your income in the club is not particularly high, right?" β
"I transferred, I signed a contract with the American coach, and they gave me a very high transfer fee, and they also sent this mechanical leg from the United States." Zhao Tinghua said.
"Oh, that's very good......" Granny Zhao nodded, and just wanted to praise Zhao Tinghua a few words, she suddenly remembered something, and her brows furrowed slightly, "No, I heard the black boy say that our Chinese e-sports national team is about to play against the United States, and you are going to the United States at this juncture?" β
The old man often reads the news, and she also knows that now that e-sports has entered the Olympics, Zhou Yan is already a preparatory member of the Olympic Games, which is a very gratifying thing.
Although the old man didn't understand why Zhao Tinghua was not selected, he was able to learn a lot about e-sports through some news.
"This ......" Zhao Tinghua didn't know how to explain it for a while.
Seeing Zhao Tinghua's embarrassed appearance, the smart dean immediately understood, and his whole face instantly pulled down.
"You're going to play the Olympics for the Americans?" Dean Zhao asked.
Zhao Tinghua did not speak.
Granny Zhao's face sank completely!
"Guoguo, come here." Granny Zhao suddenly called out to the little girl who was having a great time.
Guoguo is very obedient and has already stepped on the mechanical legs, and she enjoys the feeling of being able to walk.
"Take this off." Dean Zhao suddenly ordered with a cold face.
"Mother-in-law!" Zhao Tinghua was anxious all of a sudden.
Guoguo stood there, not knowing what was going on, and looked at Dean Zhao with blank eyes.
In the past, she would do whatever the dean said, but now she really likes this treasure very much......
"I told you to take this off!" Dean Zhao's voice was already a little sharp.
Guoguo and the other children were frightened, but Guoguo didn't dare to listen, sat back in the wooden wheelchair, and laboriously took off the mechanical legs.
After taking it off completely, Guoguo still had small tears of grievance in his eyes, and he didn't dare to look at Dean Zhao's eyes.
"Mother-in-law, what are you doing here?" Zhao Tinghua also panicked.
"Give it back, give this thing back." The Dean tapped the mechanical leg with his staff, as if it had suddenly turned into something filthy.
"Mother-in-law...... What's wrong? Guoguo was already crying, but she didn't know what to do.
Dean Zhao saw that Guoguo was about to cry, and the expression on his face softened a little, and he explained: "Guoguo, if this thing is something that your brother got because he wanted to betray his country, can you still ask for it?" β
Guoguo was stunned, looked at her mother-in-law, then at Zhao Tinghua, and hurriedly shook her head.
"Mother-in-law, it's not as strict as you said, and you can't say that about e-sports." Zhao Tinghua hurriedly explained.
"Okay, even if you don't sell your own country, you sue me, if you help the United States play in the Olympics, will you meet the Chinese team?" Granny Zhao asked coldly.
"This ...... Yes...... But ......," Zhao said.
"That's nothing, you go to the United States to develop, I won't blame you, you get a U.S. ID card, that also means that you are very good, and Americans want to slap you...... But what is the matter with you representing the United States in the Olympics and beating our own country?? What is the difference between you and selling your own country! Dean Zhao said.
Dean Zhao came from the revolutionary period, and his hatred for traitors has been deeply rooted in his bones.
Zhao Tinghua was also a little anxious by the dean's statement, and blurted out: "We are very ordinary people, and it doesn't matter how much the country can do to us." The United States can help Guoguo's leg heal, but on our own side, if there is a real medical security, Ah Bao and they will not die of illness, and with social security, there will not be so many street children like us who no one cares about picking up garbage since childhood. β
"Shut up!" Zhao Chang's chest surged violently.
Zhao Tinghua also spit out the resentment in his stomach, because he himself is an out-and-out street child, not relying on his dirty hands, he doesn't even have the power to live to this day.
Originally, Zhao Tinghua's principle was not to help other countries play in the Olympics, but after the gorilla coach proposed that he could cure Guoguo's leg, his firm things finally loosened, if he could get a chance to be reborn through his own strength and hard work, then why should he be stubborn on this issue of the country, what did this country give him, in addition to a gloomy childhood, unfair treatment, indifference, ruthlessness and cruelty? ?
"Mother-in-law, brother, stop arguing." Guoguo also cried urgently, and hurriedly persuaded him.
She took off the small metal frame with great difficulty, and said to her mother-in-law and Zhao Tinghua: "This ...... I don't want this, as long as my mother-in-law and brother don't quarrel, there's nothing wrong with sitting on the chair, it's very hard to walk, you see I'm sweating a lot, I'm so tired. β
Obviously, Guoguo is a little girl who can't lie, the pretense in her eyes is too obvious, everyone can see that her very naΓ―ve sensibility made Zhao Tinghua helpless for a while, touched her sweaty little cheek and said: "Guoguo, I can take you to the United States after a while to help your leg heal, you don't even need this thing, you can walk by yourself, and you can run...... Chasing butterflies, chasing dragonflies, chasing kites......"
After Guoguo heard this, his face quickly showed flaws.
Dean Zhao looked at the expression on Guoguo's face, but he didn't know what to say.
Everyone has the right to pursue their own life, and Zhao Tinghua didn't even know if the dean was hopelessly wrong by doing this.
However, there are some things that Dean Zhao still has to say to Zhao Tinghua that he can't let Zhao Tinghua have such thoughts.
"Our orphanage is maintained by the government with funds, although the money given is really small, and there may be corruption deductions, but without this little maintenance, there would be no orphanage, and there will be no current you...... The hospital has waived a lot of orders for us, but some too expensive treatments, the hospital can't afford it, there are donations every year, these donations are very small, but which penny is not from our own country's manpower, Guoguo's illness, not that there are well-wishers who have paid such a large amount of surgery fees, she is now lying in a cold little box with Ah Bao and them, this kind-hearted person is also from our own country. Yes, God is very unfair, let some of you grow up healthy, let some people die young, you should not see a leopard and their death, and then blame anything, but should thank the government for the grant, well-wishers donations, and the money sent back to the yard by people like you who have grown up so that more children can grow up healthy. β
Granny Zhao's tone softened, but she said what she wanted to say to Zhao Tinghua the most.
Zhao Tinghua's growth has too much resentment, and this resentment makes him unable to tolerate many things, making him so stubborn that there is no room for negotiation.
But no matter what, Granny Zhao hopes that Zhao Tinghua will understand a truth, everything can't be treated one-sidedly like this......
Just like the most loved ones, you may not be able to tolerate some of their shortcomings, but he is always the best person for you and the most willing to be the best person for you, you hold on to his shortcomings, and suddenly see the small favors given by outsiders, and immediately feel that this is the most suitable, so it is easy to miss the person you love the most, after all, you are just used to the best people to you, as a very ordinary thing.
You can't stand it and leave, but how can you leave and hurt this loved one because you hate this shortcoming?
This is Granny Zhao's bottom line, she thinks it is a good thing that Zhao Tinghua can go abroad, he has proved to foreigners that he is a talent from China, but he can't tolerate Zhao Tinghua doing things that hurt his country.
"Brother, now the yard is not the same as before, everyone eats well, dresses well, the school does not charge us tuition, and gives us milk and bread to eat in the morning...... The teachers were also very kind to us, and there were many volunteers who would come to help us repair the yard, make small beds, clean them, and secretly stuff change for us to buy food. Guoguo whispered.
Zhao Tinghua listened to Guoguo's immature words, and his mood slowly calmed down.
In fact, he doesn't really want to play for the Americans, if it weren't for the opportunity to defeat Yu Luosheng on the highest stage, if it wasn't for the fact that Guoguo could be cured in the United States, he would choose to refuse the superior conditions offered by any country.
"I know......" Zhao Tinghua finally chose to compromise.
He silently picked up the stand, but handed this thing back to Guoguo, and said, "I will pay for this thing, and I will return the money that the Americans gave me." β
"Won't it be expensive?" Guoguo asked in a whisper.
"It's okay, I'm very profitable now." Zhao Tinghua said.
"Why doesn't my brother participate in our own country's e-sports team, I heard a lot of people say that my brother is the most powerful e-sports player in our country, and many of the little brothers who also play masturbation adore you." A smile appeared on Guoguo's face.
Zhao Tinghua glanced at the dean.
The dean spoke: "You can choose this yourself, anyway, I just hope that you don't do anything that hurts your country, as for whether you are willing to serve your country, it depends on you." β
Zhao Tinghua breathed a sigh of relief, it was impossible for him to join the Olympic team, if it was her bottom line that Granny Zhao did not let herself join the American Olympic team to fight her own country, then the same team as Yu Luosheng was also his Zhao Tinghua's bottom line, he would not be teammates with this person again, never!
"Go ahead, go play with them." The dean said to Guoguo.
Guoguo asked Zhao Tinghua's opinion with his eyes, and when he saw him nodding, he re-put on his mechanical legs like a bird and happily plunged into the pile of friends.
Seeing that Guoguo's little nose hit the courtyard wall because he couldn't control the direction, Zhao Tinghua couldn't laugh like other children.
"Tinghua, don't be so stubborn about some things, you can see that your former teammates are people who are very real and sincerely regard you as friends." The dean said earnestly.
"That guy didn't know that he had betrayed and almost killed Guoguo...... Dean, I will not forgive such people! Zhao Tinghua clenched his fists and said fiercely.
"How can he be blamed for that. And isn't Guoguo fine, her legs can't walk, but she's just as happy now. The dean said.
The dean looked at Zhao Tinghua and couldn't help but think of something a long time ago.
Earlier, Zhao Tinghua was still a street child, he came to the orphanage to steal things, but he happened to be seen by Guoguo who got up and went to the kitchen to find water to drink.
In fact, the orphanage has always been patronized by thieves, and the food and slightly valuable things are hidden, Zhao Tinghua didn't steal anything, but the kind Guoguo found some food for him, and at that time, Zhao Tinghua was indeed hungry.
Zhao Tinghua was not raised in an orphanage, because this child had been crawling outside, and after he was really down, he would run to the orphanage, and Guoguo would secretly leave some things for him.
For Zhao Tinghua, Guoguo is the best person in the world for him, and he treats her as his own sister.
Later, Zhao Tinghua had more contact with the orphanage, and became a member of the school, spent a short period of time as a teenager, and then went to an Internet cafΓ© as a network administrator when he grew up, and also learned e-sports during the period of being a network manager, and slowly embarked on the road of e-sports.
And Zhou Yan, who also has no parents.
Zhou Yan died in a car accident when his parents were more than ten years old, he couldn't live in a relative's house, and ran to an orphanage, compared to Zhao Tinghua, Zhou Yan is lucky, in addition to saying little, he did not have a too distorted impact on his outlook on life because of the shadow of the teenager, but paid more attention to the people around him.
Zhao Tinghua and Zhou Yan worked together as network administrators for a while, one day and one night, and they have been soaking in mixed places, and finally became e-sports players together.
Therefore, no matter what Zhao Tinghua's relationship with the rest of the wing team is now, he and Zhou Yan have always maintained contact and mutual assistance.
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In fact, at the moment of signing a contract with the United States, Zhao Tinghua also understood that the dean basically couldn't pass the hurdle.
That's fine, let's break the idea of going to the United States.
Picking up the phone, Zhao Tinghua dialed the gorilla coach.
He had to apologize to the coaches around him, after all, he had accepted generous gifts from others.
"Coach Mike, I'm sorry I can't go to the United States." Zhao Tinghua said.
"What is the reason?" Coach Mike asked hurriedly.
"A matter of position."
"Well, I understand." Mike doesn't force it.
"I will return the money to you, and I will also buy the money for the mechanical leg from you, although I don't have enough ......money now," Zhao Tinghua said apologetically.
In good conscience, Coach Mike was really good to him, which made Zhao Tinghua feel very guilty.
"The money belongs to the club, so it's good to return this to them. The robot leg was given to you by me as a friend, and even though we will have different positions and even rivals in the Olympics, we will always be friends, won't we? Coach Mike said with a smile.
"I can't afford that." Zhao Tinghua knows very well that mechanical legs are by no means cheap.
"Take it, you also helped me a lot during the special training in the United States. Esports players and friends know no borders. Coach Mike said generously.
Zhao Tinghua's strength deserves Coach Mike's respect, and Coach Mike will never force anything, because everyone is an opponent during the Olympics, and after the Olympics, this person is still a respected world's top e-sports player.
"Thank you very much!" Zhao Tinghua said.
"Hehe, in fact, you don't have to thank me, if you told me about this yesterday, I might have kept you more...... Oh, I don't mean to discredit you, it's best if you can join us. β
"New jungler joining?" Zhao Tinghua asked.
"Well, he has the same talent as you."
Zhao Tinghua's heart fluctuated.
Zhao Tinghua, a powerful jungler in the world, knows that they should all belong to each other, and who has joined the US national team to make Coach Mike so relieved?
The Chinese national team has little chance of winning against the American Angel Army, but now if it joins a jungler whose strength is not inferior to its own, won't the Chinese national team definitely lose this battle in New York?
(The two chapters are combined into this chapter and sent together~~~ I won't let everyone stay up late and wait for the second update.) Look clearly, here's the amount of two chapters!! οΌ