Chapter 40: Playing the Field
Shen Yanzhi started the game at two o'clock in the afternoon, but as if it was Director Zhang who was going to play, he kept pacing in the room.
"Can you stop shaking? Dizzy. Shen Yanzhi looked at the black shadow that was constantly shaking in front of him, and said sadly.
"You must not be nervous in the afternoon, this is an ordinary game, there is nothing to be afraid of." Director Zhang didn't pay attention to Shen Yanzhi's complaints, and said to himself.
Who is nervous, Shen Yanzhi felt that if he continued to stay in this room, his originally stable state of mind would be stirred, so he got up and went out to find Lan Jiali.
Curator Zhang looked at the back of him leaving, and thought: This stinky boy! I don't always take my words at ease.
"Why are you here?" Lan Jiali was packing up her things, and when she saw Shen Yanzhi coming over, she asked suspiciously, shouldn't she have a good rest in the room at this time, waiting for the afternoon game?
"It's too noisy over there." Shen Yan's words were concise and to the point, but Cai Jingmin, who was sitting on the side, laughed out loud.
It turned out that not only did she think that Director Zhang was noisy, but now there was someone who could say it openly, and this sentence really hit Cai Jingmin's laughter.
Maybe Cai Jingmin's laughter was so proud that Shen Yanzhi glanced at her slightly, so frightened that she immediately closed her mouth.
Lan Jiali felt helpless about her son's poisonous tongue as always, shook her head with a smile and said, "Okay, then it's the same if you rest here." And he went on to pack his things.
Lan Jiali, who suddenly remembered something, glanced at the clock hanging in the room, and said to Shen Yanzhi: "By the way, I talked to Lili last night, and I didn't talk to you because it was too late, it's almost noon after school, you call Lili back." ”
"Okay, got it." Speaking of this, Shen Yanzhi's tone was a little more excited.
He stared at the clock on the wall, hoping that the time would pass sooner, he hadn't heard Yuri's voice for a day.
Director Zhang saw that it was almost time to eat, and came over to ask if the three of them wanted to go down to have a meal together.
Shen Yanzhi calculated the time, if he went to eat now, he would not have time to talk to You Li later, so he refused to go out, only Lan Jiali and Cai Jingmin planned to go with him.
"Then I'll bring you some food later, and I'll leave your phone here." Of course, Lan Jiali understood her son's thoughts, and after leaving her mobile phone, she went out with Cai Jingmin.
Shen Yanzhi stared at the clock, and finally at a quarter past twelve, he immediately picked up the mobile phone on the table and called Fang Lan.
You Li, who was eating in the living room, heard Shen Yanzhi's voice on the phone, hurriedly put down her chopsticks, stretched out her hand to Fang Lan and said, "Mom, is it Brother Yanyan, give me the phone quickly." ”
Fang Lan smiled and said nothing, expressing helplessness at You Li's hasty actions, but she still hurriedly handed her the phone in her hand.
"Hey, Brother Yanyan." You Li didn't talk to Shen Yanzhi last night, and now she couldn't suppress her excitement when she heard the movement.
"It's me, is there a good pear at home?" Shen Yanzhi listened to You Li's soft voice, feeling that the physical and mental exhaustion was swept away, he listened to You Li tell the interesting things that happened at school, and Xu Jiang would pick him up from school on time and so on.
"Lili, my brother is going to compete in the afternoon, can you say 'come on' to me?" Shen Yanzhi finally made a request that was not a requirement.
"Come on, Brother Yanyan." Yuri's smiling voice came from the other end of the phone.
Shen Yanzhi's heart was instantly filled, and after the two hung up the phone, his back relaxed slightly, leaning on the sofa, his eyes staring at the second hand on the clock, not knowing what to think again.
Lan Jiali quickly packed the meal and took it back to the hotel, "Have you finished calling Lili?" Seeing Shen Yanzhi slumped on the sofa, he asked suspiciously.
Shen Yanzhi just replied with a monosyllable: "Hmm." He got up and sat down, took apart his chopsticks and began to eat lunch.
Lan Jiali knew that her son was not a person who liked to explain too much, so she didn't disturb him to eat anymore, and after changing the remote control to her favorite channel, she began to fold clothes.
They were returning tomorrow morning, originally thinking that Shen Yanzhi would finish the game in the afternoon and go back in the evening, but Director Zhang felt that he had just finished the game, so there was no need to go back in such a hurry.
Lan Jiali thought about it, but Shen Yanzhi wanted to go back as soon as possible, but she couldn't go back on the same day, so she asked Lan Jiali to book the earliest car the next day, not for the convenience of leaving tomorrow morning, Lan Jiali had already begun to pack up her supplies for home.
"In other words, it's time for us to go." Director Zhang came to knock on the door, and Lan Jiali immediately put down the clothes in her hand that had not been picked up, and opened it for inspection with a small bag.
It was full of bottles and cans, Shen Yanzhi patted Lan Jiali's shoulder, and said in a slightly comforting tone: "Don't think about it, your son and I are also powerful." ”
He naturally knew that since he was going to come to participate in the competition, Lan Jiali had started to prepare all kinds of medicines and sprays related to bruises and injuries at home.
"I know, of course I believe in my son, but be prepared just in case." Although Lan Jiali said this, her hand pulling the zipper was still a little trembling.
It's false to say that she is not worried at all, but now Lan Jiali has to cover it up very well, and she can't let Shen Yanzhi, who is waiting to play, worry about taking care of her emotions, and the distraction on the field is the most deadly.
Shen Yanzhi carried the clothes he wanted to change and went out to meet Director Zhang, one as a person who was going to play later, and the other as a coach had to go in advance.
When it was almost time for the game, Cai Jingmin would take Lan Jiali to the audience, so the two of them were not in a hurry to leave.
"Nervous? I tell you don't get nervous, just go up and play a nine-minute game, and it'll be over in no time. Director Zhang said to Shen Yanzhi with self-questioning.
"As long as you don't speak, I'm not nervous." Shen Yanzhi glanced at Curator Zhang and added casually.
Director Zhang was choked up and speechless in an instant, he felt that Shen Yanzhi was born to restrain him, and he couldn't get off the stage every time.
"Okay, I'm not nervous, you can relax a little bit." Shen Yanzhi probably also felt that what he just said was inappropriate, so he followed up and made up for it.
Director Zhang is such an easily satisfied person, because of Shen Yanzhi's explanation, he suddenly felt that it was wrong to think about Shen Yanzhi with that kind of narrow thinking just now.
As a teacher, how can he still comfort his students not to be nervous, so he took a deep breath, patted Shen Yanzhi's shoulder, and said encouragingly: "Come on, the teacher has always believed in you and supported you." ”
After speaking, Director Zhang asked Shen Yanzhi to change his clothes, so that he could take it to the warm-up activity before going on the field.
Shen Yanzhi, who was lowering his head and sorting out his trouser legs, felt a scorching heat as if he was staring at him, and sure enough, when he looked up, he was opposite Su Yuyun, who was going to play against him later.
Director Zhang naturally saw it, remembering that he had to watch Su Yuyun's game video yesterday, and asked, "What did you research yesterday and still tell me?" ”
"It's nothing, let's warm up first." Shen Yanzhi just had a bold guess based on the moves made by Su Yuyun in the video, whether it was right or not, and he also had to look at the state of the game.
Director Zhang thought that Shen Yanzhi wanted to surprise him, so he didn't continue to ask, not to mention that now was not the time to ask further. So I took him to concentrate on stretching.
Su Yuyun on the other side looked high, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised and he stared at Shen Yanzhi with a smile, as if to say, "You will definitely lose." ”
Shen Yanzhi didn't take the provocation of the other side to heart at all, and still concentrated on the warm-up exercise with a blank face.
In the stands, Jiang Bian Cheng's eyes also stared in the direction where the two of them were, first, he wanted to stare at Su Yuyun to avoid him from making small moves and there were no witnesses; Second, he wanted to see Shen Yanzhi's strength.
Lan Jiali and Cai Jingmin were also already seated in the stands, Lan Jiali stared at Shen Yanzhi's back nervously, babbling out of her mouth and not knowing what she was reading.
She had also heard a little about Su Yuyun before, and now she could only pray that Shen Yanzhi would not be entangled by 'small actions'.
The game started immediately, and Director Zhang also retreated to the audience, but before leaving, he patted Shen Yanzhi on the shoulder and said in a sonorous tone: "Come on!" ”
Shen Yanzhi didn't turn his head to look at Curator Zhang's face, but replied in a deep voice: "Don't worry." ”
The referee blew the whistle and the two sides went on the field, this was the first time Shen Yanzhi stepped on this arena, and his mood was different from that in the audience.
Sitting in the audience can see more clearly, be able to clear your mind, think well, and on the field, if one does not react, you may be 'out'.
So now Shen Yanzhi told himself to calm down and observe carefully, and the two of them temporarily remained in a state of 'the enemy does not move, and I do not move'. The difference is Su Yuyun, his eyes are full of confidence and arrogance, he took the opportunity to be unprepared, a 'flying spinning kick' kicked, and Su Yuyun took the lead in attacking.
Shen Yanzhi dodged sensitively, but he didn't continue to sit still, he watched Su Yuyun's game video yesterday and found that he would have an unstable center of gravity after each move because of his lack of leg strength, and this was the opportunity that Shen Yanzhi needed to seize.
"It's now." Shen Yanzhi shouted in his heart, and swept over with his leg, hitting Su Yuyun's calf.
With full preparation and understanding before the game, combined with composure and calmness after standing on the court, Shen Yanzhi scored the first point.
After Su Yuyun was hit, he looked at Shen Yanzhi incredulously, it seemed that he was going to re-examine the person in front of him and take it seriously.
Director Zhang stood up excitedly, slapped the railing excitedly with one hand, and shouted: "Okay, good." ”
Jiang Bian Cheng watched Shen Yanzhi's outstanding performance in the audience, and felt that this was a potential opponent, after all, he could judge the opponent's weakness from the first move and be able to hit it with one hit, even if he had to think about it more.
This also shows from the side that Shen Yanzhi is powerful and a person who cannot be underestimated by his opponents.
Shen Yanzhi became cautious after making the first move again, because he knew that the other party had become vigilant and wanted to find out where his weaknesses were. Before this, Su Yuyun should not be taking the initiative.