Chapter 2 Chapter 2

The glass door of the training hall was pushed open again, and in the eyes of all the team members, Ruobai walked in with an indifferent expression.Only him alone, without Baicao.He didn't walk into the team, but stood behind Coach Shen Ning.Yifeng's heart sank, knowing that Baicao had failed. When the players were training in groups, Ruobai silently followed Coach Shen Ning, watching her instruct the players on their legwork and skills during sparring.The air in the whole hall was terribly tense. Except for Tingyi who seemed indifferent, all the other team members secretly looked at Ruobai from time to time with complicated expressions.

Xiaoying wanted to ask where Baicao went. But seeing Ruobai's stern face, she really couldn't muster up the courage. When the morning training was about to end, the pale Baicao pushed open the door and walked in as if in sleepwalking, Ruobai looked back at her indifferently.As soon as she walked to the team members who were training, Coach Shen Ning announced the end of the training session. "Are you okay?" After the team assembled, Xiaoying stood where Ruobai originally belonged to, and stared at Baicao's distraught appearance with fear. "Actually, there's nothing wrong with being a teaching assistant." With a few dry laughs, Xiaoying tried her best to comfort her, "Brother Ruobai becomes a great taekwondo coach, and he will be able to develop the Songbai Gymnasium in the future!"

Baicao lowered her eyes dumbly. On the mat, there were drops of sweat dripping from the teammates during the practice just now. In the autumn sunshine, the sweat refracted fine rays of light.In the past, some of this sweat belonged to Senior Brother Ruobai... "Herbs come out!" Coach Shen Ning's voice woke up Baicao from her trance, her body shook, she raised her head and subconsciously glanced at Ruobai before she walked out of the team and saluted Coach Shen Ning, "Here!" "I watched the live TV broadcast last night." Coach Shen Ning's eyes were sharp, but she didn't criticize her for missing training and being distracted. "I played this game with Kato, what is your evaluation of her?"

Baicao was stunned. After thinking about it carefully, Baicao replied: "Kato has flexible legs, balanced offense and defense, and is excellent in all aspects. He has no obvious shortcomings, but he also has no outstanding advantages. He is a very average player." Standing one step behind Shen Ning. Ruobai listened silently. "Compared to Kim Min-joo and Li Eun-soo you met in Korea, how is Kato?" Coach Shen Ning asked again. "Li Eun-soo is much stronger." After answering this sentence, Baicao hesitated, "Kato and Kim Min-joo... Kim Min-joo is arrogant and impatient, but his kicks are extremely fierce. If Kato and Kim Min-joo compete, I think Kim Min-joo will win Bigger."

Thinking of the few games of Jin Minzhu they saw in Changhai Gymnasium, Lin Feng and Shen Bo nodded silently.Jin Minzhu is still young, and when she is a few years older, I am afraid that she will become the overlord of the new generation. "Jin Minzhu has been defeated by you repeatedly, but you look up to her so highly," Tingyi said with a mocking smile, "I know it's because your vision is wrong, people who don't know think you are deliberately raising Jin Minzhu, And so elevate yourself." Baicao was stunned. "Even if Kato was stronger, he would still lose to Baicao, and he would lose badly." Also in the team, Xiaoying said to herself, but the volume was just right enough for everyone to hear.

Tingyi's expression froze. Everyone knew that she had lost to Kato, and it was after defeating her that Kato became the most attention-grabbing figure some time ago.And Baicao not only ended the myth of Kato, but also defeated Kato by a big score. It was like being slapped in the face. Since last night, Baicao's name has appeared overwhelmingly in various media. When she entered the training center in the morning, there were already some reporters waiting to interview Baicao, and even a few reporters who didn't wink asked her about her thoughts on last night's game. Tingyi looked at Baicao coldly.

Xiaoying is a good friend of Baicao, so I'm afraid that saying these words on purpose will embarrass her. "This World Championships, both Kato and Jin Minzhu have signed up for the competition, and the competition at that time should be very worth watching." As if not aware of the pressure between Tingyi and Xiaoying, coach Shen Ning glanced at Baicao and said, " Also, the organizer of the beautiful girl taekwondo competition called and invited you to continue participating, what do you think?" Baicao was stunned. Ruobai had originally signed up for this competition for her. After winning that match last night, she hadn't considered whether to continue.

She couldn't help but look at Ruobai. Ruobai stood silently with his eyes down, as if none of these things had anything to do with him.Baicao's heart was pulled hard, so she opened her mouth to say, no, she doesn't want to go anymore! Ruobai raised his eyes. "..." With a voice stuck in her throat, Baicao said hoarsely, "...I... haven't decided yet..." "Tell me tomorrow." Then coach Shen Ning announced that the team was disbanded. "Of course we have to continue the competition!" As soon as Coach Shen Ning left, Xiaoying rushed over and shouted, "The prize money is very generous! And this competition has a lot of media attention, it will definitely be popular!"

Ruobai followed Coach Shen Ning out of the training hall. Looking at his back. Baicao stood there blankly. Xiaoying's excited chatter sounded in my ears, but I couldn't hear what she said at all. It wasn't until Xiaoying pulled her hard that Baicao turned her head in confusion and saw Tingyi standing beside her. In front of her, she asked, "Do you have time at six in the afternoon?" "……Have." "At the Bisheng Pizzeria, I have something to tell you." After finishing speaking, Tingyi left, leaving only Xiaoying who rolled her eyes and Baicao who continued to be dumb.

Except for the unexpected episode where senior brother Ruobai suddenly became a teaching assistant, the rest of the day was perfect and exciting for Xiaoying! After the training, there were actually several media reporters outside the gymnasium waiting to interview Baicao!Although Baicao is a bit cautious in front of the camera and the microphone, simplicity is beauty. Looking at the eager and satisfied smiles of the journalists, Xiaoying couldn't help sniggering. She can already see the future of Baicao's popularity! to school. The students on campus seemed to be seeing Baicao for the first time. Whenever Baicao passed by her, they would definitely receive countless surprised and admiring eyes.The students in the same class even handed over countless signed books from other classes and even other schools, and flocked over to ask Baicao to sign!Hey Hey!

It turns out that celebrities feel this way! It's no wonder so many people want to become a celebrity, just like this, she just got a little light by Baicao's side, and she was so happy that she was about to float away! When school was over in the afternoon, Chu Yuan drove and waited at the school gate.Said that she had an appointment with other classmates to go shopping, but Xiaoying couldn't get into the car, so she picked up her schoolbag with a smile and ran away.Seeing that Baicao was in a trance and depressed, Chuyuan found out about Ruobai while driving. "If Bai wants to give up his status as a player?" There was astonishment and regret in the voice, and then Chuyuan didn't speak for a while, his brows were slightly frowned, and his fingers clenched the steering wheel. Baicao didn't tell Chuyuan what Ruobai said a lot. From morning till now, her whole body seemed to be stuffed with cotton. She couldn't think, listen to lectures, and see things in front of her clearly. Everything was completely confused, and all her senses were dull. "Maybe Ruobai really likes the coaching job." The car was driving back to Songbai Gymnasium. After a long time, Chuyuan looked at her and said comfortingly: "In fact, he has been leading the Songbai Gymnasium, little Among his disciples, he has trained many outstanding seedlings, including the Xiuqin, Xiuxing, and even Yifeng you know, all of which he trained himself." Baicao stared blankly out of the car window. "Besides, Ruobai is too tired..." "He has to train and compete, he has to lead the disciples of the Songbai Gymnasium, he has to lead the public classes in the training center, he has to take care of his studies, and he has to work part-time at ordinary times. This is not good for his health. He gave up his status as a player. It's a pity, but it's a good thing for his body." Baicao's eyelashes trembled! A thought seized her suddenly, her lips paled instantly, and she looked at Chu Yuan in panic: "Is it because of her health? Is Senior Brother Ruobai sick?" Senior Brother Ruobai had a high fever when he was in Korea, She has been coughing for a long time, and her body has been losing weight recently... The blood has faded from her lips! Her hands trembled slightly! The red light at the intersection turned into a green light, the car behind started to whistle, and Chu Yuan drove the car through the intersection.There were groups of children coming home from school on the side of the road, chasing and laughing, so he slowed down the speed of the car. Seeing her horrified face, Chuyuan frowned slightly, remembering what he had promised Ruobai. "Ruobai was really overtired a while ago," Chuyuan said cautiously while thinking, "If he continues to be tired for a long time, I'm worried that his body will not be able to bear it." "Senior Brother Ruobai now..." Her heart was hanging tightly, and her eyes were fixed on Chuyuan! "It's much better now," Chuyuan smiled, and when he turned the steering wheel, the Songbai Gymnasium was not far ahead. "As long as you rest more and take good care of yourself, the problem should not be serious." relieved. A heart hangs down. After the fear just now, a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on her body, and she was stunned, and she suddenly felt that nothing was important again.As long as Senior Brother Ruobai is doing well, as long as Senior Brother Ruobai really wants this, then what does it matter? Entering Songbai gymnasium, just as Chuyuan stopped the car, Baicao opened the car door and rushed out! "I'll go find Senior Brother Ruobai!" She yelled, and ran towards the training ground without looking back!Looking at her back running away like a deer, Chuyuan shook his head with a smile, and found that she even forgot her schoolbag in the car. It's still early. The training ground was empty. Running out of breath, Baicao went straight to the practice hall again, her footsteps running on the wooden boards of the front porch made a "thud-thump" sound, she panted heavily, sweat dripped from her forehead, and she stretched out her hand to "swipe" the floor. Open the paper door - Ruobai sat cross-legged inside with his eyes closed. There is wind blowing. The wind chimes under the eaves rang quietly. "Senior Brother Ruobai..." Rushing in front of him, Baicao's face flushed, she clenched her fists, and said to his calm and indifferent face, "I promise you!" Ruobai opened his eyes lightly. He looked at her as if he couldn't understand her nonsensical words. Her lips moved a few times, she clenched her fists more tightly, her chest heaved, and she said firmly, "I will do whatever you want me to do!" Ruobai looked at her for a long time. His eyes were indifferent and still, like a distant snow mountain, he was silent, as if he wanted to see if there was any reluctance in her.After a long time, he asked blankly: "Even if the future games are played for me?" Baicao bit her lips tightly, nodded and said, "Yes!" "Even if I want you to participate in the World Championships, take the spot away from Tingyi?" "yes!" "Why?" Ruobai asked flatly, "You accused me like that in the morning, why are you willing to accept everything?" "..." Baicao stared at him blankly, no, she still couldn't accept that he lost his status as a player. But. Over the past few years, he has been with him day and night, and he has long been her family-like existence. She can't bear to argue with him, and can't bear to be alienated from him.He is her senior brother Ruobai, she has long been used to obeying him, no matter what happens, she believes that he is right. "You...how are you doing recently?" After murmuring for a moment, she failed to answer him, but asked an irrelevant question. "It's okay." Replied lightly, Ruobai stood up, but didn't continue to ask, and said: "Go to eat, and go to the practice hall half an hour after eating, to catch up on the training class that was left off in the morning." "yes!" Hearing that Senior Brother Ruobai was strict with her as usual, Baicao's heart surged with joy, and she replied loudly with bright eyes!She bowed deeply to Ruobai, just as she was about to rush to eat immediately, her body froze suddenly, thinking that she had forgotten a very important thing... By the time Baicao hurriedly arrived at the Bisheng Pizza Shop, it was already 6:40, and the shop was at its busiest time.In the innermost sofa seat, Tingyi looked very impatient. "Sorry, I'm late!" Baicao said anxiously, and Baicao hurriedly apologized to her. "Sit down." Restraining her emotions, Tingyi picked up the menu, motioned her to sit down, handed her the menu, and said, "Order what you want, and I'll treat you to this meal." Baicao hurriedly shook her head: "No, no need, I'm not hungry." She has eaten here once and knows that everything in this store is very expensive. Tingyi glanced at her, waved impatiently, and asked the waiter to serve Baicao a glass of ice water.After Baicao drank two sips of water, Tingyi said lightly, "Since you are in a hurry to leave, then I won't talk around in circles." Baicao was stunned. Just wanted to say that I was not in a hurry to leave. "I can give you the quota for the World Championships." Tingyi looked at her and said. This time, Baicao was really stunned. She stared blankly at Tingyi. I don't believe Tingyi would say this. "You have worked so hard to get a place in the World Championships," Tingyi twitched her lips and said mockingly, "When you were far away in South Korea, you created public opinion, saying that you were invincible in the training camp. The second time I defeated Jin Minzhu and got the best camper, the purpose was just to hope that Coach Shen Ning would look up to you. After you came back, you learned that my participation in the World Championships is already a sure thing, so you started to think of dirty tricks..." Baicao was dumbfounded. "You know my feelings for Brother Chuyuan, but you actually started here," Tingyi stared at her with cold eyes, and said slowly, "On the night of the dinner party, you pretended to be drunk on purpose to seduce Brother Chuyuan Brother Chuyuan has always regarded you as an innocent little sister, but he was really fooled by you. You used Brother Chuyuan to attack me, which provoked me to speak out, kept my teammates away from me, and made Brother Chuyuan disgusted I." "..." Baicao held the water glass in her hand blankly, wanting to say in her heart, no!no!But she knew that Tingyi would not believe her no matter what she said. "I underestimated you, you are really good at it," smiled bitterly, Tingyi lowered her eyelashes, and her slender and beautiful eyelashes were stained with moist water, "I can't hold back, Brother Chuyuan thinks I'm bullying You actually asked to break off my engagement with me." "..." Baicao listened blankly. break off the engagement... It turns out that senior brother Chuyuan and Tingyi really had a marriage contract... "So, I lost to Kato." Tingyi squeezed the straw of lemon black tea in her hand, looked up at her coldly, and said, "If I hadn't been upset because of brother Chuyuan, you think Kato could defeat me Kato should thank you, if you hadn't influenced me, she wouldn't have had the chance to win six consecutive victories! You don't really think that you can prove that you are stronger than me by defeating Kato who once defeated me Alright." "..." Baicao remained silent. "Even if the media is deceived by you, even if the layman viewers think that your strength may be good, coach Shen Ning and the officials of the National Sports Bureau all know that you are not worthy to be compared with me at all!" Tingyi sneered and stared She said, "No matter how many means you use, it is impossible to compete in this World Championship!" "..." Looking at her, Baicao remained silent. She didn't want to explain anything, and Tingyi had already firmly identified those crimes on her head in her heart.She always remembered the Tingyi when she first met, standing outside the practice hall of Songbai Gymnasium, gentle and demure, slim and graceful, with a peaceful and beautiful light like the moon. And now Tingyi. It was so unfamiliar that she didn't want to explain anything. "Only if I quit can you be eligible for the competition." Tingyi taunted the ice cubes in the lemon black tea with the straw poking, "Now, Qi Baicao, as long as you ask me, I will give you the World Championships .” Baicao stared at her blankly. "Why this expression?" Tingyi frowned, "Are you so happy and stupid? Can't even speak?" "……why?" Baicao's mind was about to freeze, why she couldn't understand what happened today and what she heard. "But, I want you to stop pestering brother Chuyuan from now on—" Tingyi stared at her coldly, and said word by word: "—don't meet him, don't talk to him anymore, even if he After seeing you, you must leave as soon as possible! As long as you promise to do it, I will give up my qualification for the World Championships!" "Get out..." Baicao said in a daze. "Yes, as long as I intentionally suffer a little injury during training and am unable to play, Coach Shen Ning will naturally consider you to replace me." Tingyi said impatiently, "Why, don't you believe me?" "In your heart, is the World Championships passable?" Baicao was at a loss. During this period of time, in order to be able to qualify for the World Championships, Senior Brother Ruobai and her have made a lot of efforts. In order to prove her strength, she even participated in the Pretty Girl Taekwondo Competition.However, Tingyi, who is most likely to represent the country in the competition, can give her the spot so easily? "You!" How could she fail to hear what she meant, Tingyi looked angry, stared at her with hatred, and said, "Do you think I want to give up the World Championships?! After the last World Championships, I have been training for so long , Don’t I want to beat Lee Eun-soo, Kato, and win the championship?! Do you think I’m willing to give it to you?!” "That……" "But brother Chuyuan is more important than these." Tingyi closed her eyes dejectedly, unwilling to look at the girl in front of her. "Since you want the World Championships so much, I'll use it to exchange you for brother Chuyuan." .” The pizzeria is full of customers. In the Songbai Gymnasium, the dinner time has already passed. Outside the window, the sky was full of colorful clouds, Ruobai stood in front of the desk, and finished two pages of calligraphy.Yifeng pushed the door open with a serious face and walked in, seeing that Ruobai was still writing the post without distraction, he said with a dark face, "Does she know?" "Who?" Ruobai asked calmly with his pen flowing freely. "Baicao," Yifeng frowned, "Does she know that you have given up your own training in order to concentrate on training her now, and become that goddamn teaching assistant?!" The tip of the pen paused, and Ruobai said calmly, "It has nothing to do with her." "It has nothing to do with her?!" Yifeng stood up abruptly. He strode to the desk and stared at the calm Ruobai, "Do you dare to swear? Let her lose every match in the future!" Ruobai's expression changed. "As expected," Yifeng sighed angrily, "If I knew she would make you give up your career as a player so early, you shouldn't have let her enter Songbai Gymnasium in the first place!" "It's my own decision." After re-smearing some ink, Ruobai calmly faced "Huangzhou Cold Food Poems", which Baicao bought for him at a second-hand bookstore. "Yifeng, maybe I'm more suitable as a coach than as a player." On the old newspaper, the ink-soaked fonts are elegant and powerful. Ruobai smiled lightly and said, "Watching her grow up step by step, the satisfaction in my heart is stronger than that of winning the game myself." When he was in Korea, he defeated Min Shenghao, but the joy was not half of what it was when Baicao defeated Jin Minzhu. "Then why don't you admit it?" "Ok?" "Do you have to just watch Chuyuan with her?" Yifeng frowned tightly, "I really don't understand, since you like her, you would rather give up your status as a contestant to help her. Why don't you tell her? You asked me to help Xiaoying, now Baicao really thinks that I am in a relationship with Xiaoying, and has let go of her heart and started to accept Chuyuan! Ruobai, you will regret it!" Wash the brush in the water in the bottle. Round and round. Ripples of ink color. "She likes Chuyuan, and Chuyuan likes her too," Ruobai said calmly as he put the washed brush in the pen container, "I just hope she can concentrate on training." Yifeng was about to say something more, when there was a knock on the door, he had no choice but to go to open the door, but unexpectedly it was Chuyuan standing there. In the pizzeria. "Senior brother Chuyuan, I'm sorry..." Baicao lowered her head in shame, her cheeks flushed and said, "Although I didn't mean to brother Chuyuan as you said...but no matter what, I hurt you. You... sorry..." Tingyi looked at her coldly. She knew that Qi Baicao did all these things for the World Championships, and once she gave up her qualifications, Qi Baicao would also give up what she wanted.She really hoped that brother Chuyuan could be here at this time and see with her own eyes how scheming this girl is. "If...if you like Senior Brother Chuyuan..." The voice stammered, Baicao's heart was astringent, her fingers unconsciously clenched the cold glass, "Whether it's meeting him, talking to him, or... ...I won't even mind...and, I won't bother you..." Brother Chuyuan and Tingyi were originally in a closer relationship than her, and if they were unfamiliar because of her, she would feel guilty and uneasy. But, why when he said those words── Her heart was so astringent as if it was blocked by something? Tingyi raised her eyebrows. This guarantee alone is not enough. "However, I don't want such a deal." Taking a breath, with embarrassment still on her cheeks, Baicao let go of the glass in her hand, looked at Tingyi and said, "I hope to compete with you fairly for the World Championships, even if I still can't get it in the end, I will Thank you for giving me this opportunity.” "What?!" Tingyi wondered if she heard it wrong. Qi Baicao rejected the deal?She offered her qualifications for the World Championships, but Qi Baicao turned her down? ! "Ha," Tingyi was so angry that her pretty face turned pale and her body trembled slightly, "You are overconfident! Do you think that you can defeat me with your strength?! On your own, you can snatch me from me. Going to the World Championships?! So, Brother Chuyuan, you want it too, and you want it in the World Championships too! Qi Baicao! How shameless are you!" I have never been insulted like this in my life! A fledgling person who has never participated in any competition, dares to think that he can beat her, so he disdains her retreat? ! "I... I didn't..." Seeing that Tingyi was so angry, Baicao wondered in a panic whether what he said just now had misunderstood her, and hurriedly explained: "I didn't think I could beat you, it's just that Chuyuan Brother is my brother, someone I respect, and I can't exchange him for anything. If... If Brother Chuyuan likes you, if Brother Chuyuan doesn't want to see me, I promise I can..." "Enough!" Tingyi stopped her, her face turning red and pale. "You don't have to mock me like that!" Satire? Baicao stood there blankly, her head was a little buzzing, and after a while, she gradually realized what she said was wrong. The pizzeria is buzzing. This corner made the corner even more silent. "I'll ask you one last time," Tingyi asked in a deadpan expressionless voice, "do you accept my proposal?" Afraid of saying something wrong again, Baicao just shook her head and said, "No." "Okay." Tingyi said coldly, "I hope you don't regret it. Remember, I won't let you qualify for the World Championships. I don't care if the competition is fair or not. I only care about not giving you the World Championships." any chance!" "..." Baicao remained silent. "Besides, you won't get Brother Chuyuan either." Tingyi looked at her coldly, "Brother Chuyuan belongs to me and can only belong to me. Whether it is the World Championships or Brother Chuyuan, in the end I will give you all ..." "Sorry to bother you," a waitress wearing a green apron with a sweet smile sneaked over and asked Baicao, who was sitting blankly like a wood carving, "Excuse me, are you the one who defeated Kato on TV last night?" Silver Lily's taekwondo player?" Baicao was taken aback. "……it's me." "Ah!" The waiter shouted excitedly, "I said it was you! I recognized it at a glance! I watched the live broadcast of the game last night, and I played really well, especially the kick that turned around. ,Awesome!" "...Thank you." Baicao smiled awkwardly, seeing that Tingyi's face was even uglier than before. "Your name is Baicao? Qi Baicao? Isn't that right?" The excited waitress didn't notice Tingyi's expression as if she had met a fan of a star, and kept saying to Baicao, "Keep working hard! You will definitely Great! In the future, I will try to cheer you up at the scene of your competition, and I will call my boyfriend to go with you!" "……thanks." "Can you sign me? Just sign this book, and I brought the pen, ah, thank you, yes, just sign here!" The waitress excitedly handed over a pink autograph book, Stuffing the pen into Baicao's hand, she looked excitedly at her lowering her head to sign—"Wow!" A cup of light brown liquid angrily splashed towards Baicaodou! With a chill down her spine, she subconsciously turned her head to hide, Baicao avoided most of the water stains, but the hair around her face was still a little wet!The liquid, with the sweet and sour taste of lemon, fell from the sky, drenched the pink autograph book, and dripped water on the ground... "Ah──!" Her hands were also wet, the waitress lost her voice in shock, and the surrounding customers looked over in surprise. Baicao looked at Tingyi silently. Putting the empty glass back on the table, Tingyi looked coldly, glanced coldly at the waitress who was still in shock, stood up and slapped a banknote on the table without looking at Baicao. leave alone.