MTL - The Gold is Yours, You Are Mine-Chapter 23 fight against

As the weather gradually gets colder, the year-end assessment of the training team is approaching. In the past half a month, Jian Changnian got up and ran at dawn, and was often the last one to leave the training room at night, but no matter whether it was morning training or night training, , she often ran into Xie Shi'an.

People who are already excellent work harder than themselves. Jian Changnian still has no reason to be lazy. No matter how hard or tiring the training is, she gritted her teeth and persevered.

She usually trains hard day and night at the training base during the week, and if she has a holiday on weekends, she will go to the Chenxing Club to play. On the one hand, it is for life, and on the other hand, it is for dreams.

Just like what Qiao Yuchu said, she doesn't have a solid foundation and rich field experience, so she can only rely on continuous efforts to challenge different opponents, to develop muscle memory over and over again, and eventually accumulate into her own Valuable experience.

Not daring to relax for a moment, Jian Changnian's performance finally improved. From the end of Group D to Group C and then to Group B, there was a faint tendency to rush into Group B. Even Coach Liang was muttering to himself when writing the training results, Why is this kid's grades as if he was on a rocket?

Yan Xinyuan held a pipe in his hand: "Not only Jian Changnian, but also Xie Shi'an and Qiao Yuchu have made progress since the incident last time."

"Especially Xie Shi'an, you see, if someone asks her a question, she usually ignores it."

Coach Liang also laughed loudly: "That's true. For professional players, it's okay to be proud, but not arrogant. Only by being humble can you see your own shortcomings and the advantages of your opponents, and learn from each other's strengths."

The leaves of the birch trees outside the window were all gone.

Yan Xinyuan looked at the young faces in the training room and said: "The year-end assessment is coming soon, and I don't know how many will be left."

Coach Liang: "In my opinion, the ones you fancy are probably stable."

Yan Xinyuan sighed and said, "It's not easy for them to come here. If possible, I hope they can all stay."

In just over two months, less than half of the 100 people who joined the team now are left, and people are leaving almost every day due to physical or family reasons.

The rest of these people can be described as a real big wave of gold rush.

To Yan Xinyuan's surprise, Sun Qian and Zhao Qidong also persevered.

Sun Qian's grades were not bad, she had just been promoted to Group B, while Zhao Qidong had been struggling in Group C.

Coach Liang: "The men's team is okay. It turns out that the provincial team may have to eliminate a few, but the competition pressure on the women's team will be greater."

The men's and women's teams each have ten official players. Xie Shi'an and Qiao Yuchu have no doubts about their strength. Among the remaining young players are members of the original second team, and there are also players like Sun Qian and Jian Changnian. rising star.

Yan Xinyuan smiled, his eyes were deep, and he blew his whistle.

"A lot of pressure? It's right to be under a lot of pressure. From the beginning of the training camp, I will be able to resist the pressure. Later, when I meet a strong enemy on the field, I can withstand the pressure. Don't panic. Everyone has it, and gather."

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"From next week, a week-long year-end assessment will be conducted. The assessment content will include 1v1 actual combat training, divided into men's and women's groups, and the opponent will be determined by drawing lots. Two wins in three rounds, one point for a win, two points for a big game, and two points for a big game. No points, as of Friday afternoon, the top ten players in the standings will be selected for the Coastal Provincial Team, and the rest..."

"I hope everyone can get satisfactory results."

Yan Xinyuan paused for a moment, before he finished speaking, the expressions of the people below had become serious.

Jian Changnian counted the opponents he could beat with his fingers, and found that they were all hanging, not to mention that there was Xie Shi'an on top.

She was a little desperate: "What if I get Xie Shi'an?"

Sun Qian stood beside her and said in a low voice: "What can I do, fight hard, if you are lucky enough to win a round, it will be profitable."

Jian Changnian glanced at Xie Shi'an standing in front. She and Xie Shi'an had played together a few times before, but he still had no idea about her strength. She was like an unfathomable ancient well In general, I can't tell the depth, and every time I play with her, I will have a new feeling. The only constant feeling is: her strength is so terrifying.

It is even more difficult to get points from her. It is better to think about how to deal with other people and pray to God to bless her.

But in the world, people often come to whatever they are afraid of. In the first match on Monday, Jian Changnian drew lots and got Xie Shi'an.

She looked at the note in her hand in disbelief, then looked at Xie Shi'an who was warming up, swallowed hard, and walked to the playing field with a racket.

Of course, the game was lost without any suspense. Xie Shi'an didn't give her a chance to counterattack at all, and won the points 2-0 in one go.

Jian Changnian returned to the rest area in frustration.

Sun Qian patted her on the shoulder to comfort her: "It's okay, it's the first scene."

Qiao Yuchu sat on the ground and handed Xie Shi'an a bottle of water: "Hey, is it necessary to be so ruthless? Look, you beat him..."

Jian Changnian kept hanging his head and looking sullen after losing the game.

Xie Shi'an glanced at it, took the mineral water bottle, unscrewed it and took a sip: "Who is to blame for not being as skilled as others?"

Qiao Yuchu wanted to say something, but the assistant called her name, and she hurried over with the racket.

"The next match, Qiao Yuchu vs. Sun Qian, the match begins."

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After the one-day training match, Jian Changnian only got two rounds of points, and is currently ranked 21st in the standings, third from the bottom.

Although Sun Qian and Qiao Yu lost the first match, they won by a small point. They won the next two matches, and their ranking rose to 17th. There are still four days of competition. If you work hard, It is very hopeful to break into the top ten.

Needless to say, Xie Shi'an and Qiao Yuchu are basically in the top ten.

Jian Changnian looked at the whiteboard in front of the training room and lowered his head in frustration.

Coach Liang blew his whistle to indicate that today's game is over, no more training will be arranged, and everyone will rest on their own.

The crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only Jian Changnian alone.

She picked up the racket again and practiced serving the ball against the wall, correcting her body and footwork.

Yan Xinyuan stood by the window with his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed.

Coach Liang didn't leave either, and followed him: "She played a little conservatively today. In fact, according to her strength, she shouldn't have the current score."

"As the saying goes, if you work hard, you will lose your energy, and then you will be exhausted. The energy in Jian Changnian's heart was broken up by Xie Shi'an in the first game, and the subsequent performance can only be said to be unsatisfactory. As soon as she got up in a hurry, she forgot all the things she usually taught, and she didn’t handle the details of footwork and smashing the ball well. It’s okay to put it in doubles, and with the help of teammates, the problems in singles were exposed to the fullest.”

"Then do you want to mention her?" Coach Liang asked.

"Forget it in normal times. Now it's the assessment period. In order to ensure the fairness, openness and transparency of the competition, I won't tell them anything in private. Besides, the person who tied the bell has to be untied."

Yan Xinyuan smoked his pipe and pouted into the stadium.

"Here, here comes the bell-tier."

In fact, Xie Shi'an has been standing here for a while. After all, she usually stays to play for a while after training, but she never expected that while she was standing here for a while, Jian Changnian had already sent a message. Countless stinky balls.

The young man couldn't stand it anymore, sat down in the rest area, pointed at the bottle of water in his hand, "Hey, let me say, why don't you just abstain?"

Jian Changnian was typing well, when she heard this sentence suddenly, she was so angry that she turned her head and glared at the speaker, seeing that it was Xie Shi'an, she lowered her head a little dejectedly.

"Do you also think that I will definitely fail the test?"

When she said this, she bit her lip slightly, feeling a little wronged in her heart. She felt that she and Xie Shi'an had played ball a few times, and they had gone through life and death together, so they could be regarded as real friends.

If Zhou Mu was here, she would definitely encourage her and would not say such depressing words. She wanted to get the affirmation from her friends, especially Xie Shi'an.

"Do you want to tell the truth?" Xie Shi'an shrugged indifferently.

"The truth is that I didn't like you from the beginning."

Her indifferent attitude completely angered Jian Changnian, and the grievance in her heart became bigger and bigger.

It was already very uncomfortable for her to be at the bottom of the grade today.

Holding the racket, Jian Changnian's eyes were red, sniffing her nose and wiping her tears while yelling, "Then why did you ask me to play together, and even bring me home to introduce me to a job? Are you so contemptuous of your friends..."

"It's already hard for me to be at the bottom of today's grades. You still have to say that about me. It's easy for me to come to the training camp. I don't want to just go home like this."

Seeing her teary-eyed pear blossoms with rain on her face, those who didn't know thought she had done something to her.

Thinking of this, Xie Shi'an couldn't help bending the corners of his lips slightly, and soon returned to normal.

She picked up the racket and walked across from her.

"Play a game with me."

Yan Xinyuan outside the window pulled Lao Liang away.

"Walk, walk, don't look at it, don't look at it."

"Huh? Don't watch it now? Isn't it exciting!"

Yan Xinyuan took his arm and dragged him away.

"I bought wine and the leftover braised pork at noon. I walked around and had two drinks."

Jian Chang wanted to cry, choked, and was trying his best, but when he heard this sentence, he was startled suddenly, and he couldn't recover.

She looked at Xie Shi'an with tears in her eyes, the expression on his face was very serious, he was already in the position of serving the ball, and he didn't mean to tease her at all.

Jian Changnian suddenly remembered the conversation that happened the night she bumped into her on the way back from playing for the first time.

Xie Shi'an said: "I don't play with people who are better than me."

So now—

Jian Changnian came back to her senses, her eyes widened in disbelief.

Xie Shi'an didn't have much patience to spend with her here, seeing that she didn't reply for a long time, he put away the racket: "It's fine if you don't play."

Jian Chang wiped off the tears on her face with a few words: "Fight, I want to fight with you."

In the morning, I had already experienced her terrifying oppressive power in singles, and it was still very difficult for Jian Changnian to deal with her again.

She had to be on guard all the time, guarding against Xie Shi'an's sudden attack.

Her ball is the same as hers, moody, cloudy and sunny, it seems to be hitting a high ball, but suddenly it pulls up diagonally, causing her to run back and forth, left and right, exhausted.

It's not like playing ball, it's like playing monkey.

There is still fire in Jian Changnian's heart.

"Xie Shi'an, you're never finished! If you want to tease me, just say so!"

Xie Shi'an didn't reply, he jumped to the midfield with a scissors step, and he raised his hand for a smash.

Jian Changnian's pupils shrank, and he quickly stepped forward to defend, but still missed the ball.

She was a little annoyed, and took a look at Xie Shi'an, who looked normal and returned to the backcourt to serve.

The movement of her raising her hand was somewhat familiar, and Jian Changnian frowned, but she still didn't realize that this was the exact same opening gesture that she did when she sparred this morning.

That is to say, starting from this ball, every ball played by Xie Shi'an, whether it was defense or offense, Jian Changnian was familiar with, but felt something was wrong.

She remembered what Coach Yan said, when you play, you should observe more, observe the opponent's every move, every step, the position of raising the hand, the angle of landing, and even every facial expression.

Jian Changnian looked at it, her figure in her mind gradually merged with her every move, she finally knew what was wrong, Xie Shi'an was like a mirror.

The angle of her raising her hand is more perfect than hers, and the arc of her footwork opening and closing is larger than hers, so the speed of returning to defense is always a second or two faster than hers.

Her starting style and the height of the ball are also well controlled, which greatly reduces the error rate of the ball hitting the net.

Jian Changnian served the first ball, slowly imitating her movements, and consciously corrected some of her details.

She stopped thinking about how many **** she had caught and how many points Xie Shi'an had won, but focused on her movements and the flying shuttlecock, observing, imitating, and correcting.

Neither of them spoke, and the only sound in the stadium was the thump of the ball being hit and the soles of shoes rubbing against the floor.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and the night was already deep.

When the ball landed, Xie Shi'an moved his shoulders.

"Come here today."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and walked towards the training room.

Jian Changnian was all about playing ball, she stopped suddenly and she still couldn't recover. After a while, she looked at Xie Shi'an's back, and then at the badminton that fell on her side.

Jian Changnian jumped up holding the racket: "I won! I beat her by a ball!!"

Hearing the cheers coming from behind, Xie Shi'an slightly curled the corners of his lips.

After returning to the dormitory after washing, she was about to lie down and rest when Qiao Yuchu poked her head out from the upper bunk.

"Why did you come back now?"

"Go to the training room and play for a while."

Qiao Yuchu said "Oh": "Are you alone? Didn't you do something called playing basketball but actually teaching students?"

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Xie Shi'an turned over and pulled the quilt.

"sleep."

Qiao Yuchu couldn't hold back a burst of laughter, and lay down on the bed, turning off the bedside lamp.

When Jian Changnian returned to the dormitory, Sun Qian hadn't slept yet.

She heard movement in the lower berth, sat up and took a look.

"Why did you come back?"

"Played a ball."

Sun Qian thought about her poor grades today, so she said a few words of comfort.

"It's okay, isn't there still four days left? I can definitely call back."

Jian Changnian smiled, looking in a good mood.

"Well, I don't ask for any ranking, as long as I can get in."

Jian Changnian saw that her upper bunk was still lit: "Why didn't you sleep?"

Sun Qian took out her mobile phone from under the quilt: "Look at the game video."

Jian Changnian couldn't help but be speechless: "You have such good grades and still work so hard."

Sun Qian smiled: "Who knows the result until the last day, maybe they will be squeezed out."

Seeing that it was getting late, Jian Chang said: "That's right, then I'll go to bed first, and you should go to bed early too."

"it is good."