Chapter 8 Chapter 8

"Aren't you going to participate in this World Championship?" In the evening, the colorful clouds reflected the red sky, and two figures stood on the platform outside the courtyard door. This is the top of the mountain, and you can see the whole mountain. Holding on to the railing of the platform, Ting Hao shook his head and said, "I haven't trained for a long time." Eun-soo looked sideways at him and asked again, "Is it possible to return to the game?" "Sometimes I feel that I have gotten farther and farther away from Taekwondo," Ting Hao stared at the distant twilight, "I almost forgot even the feeling of the competition."

"As long as you want to come back," Eun-soo said, "you can come back no matter how far away you are." Ting Hao smiled and changed the subject: "Sheng Hao has made great progress." "Did you actually fight him yesterday morning?" "Ok." "Who won?" Eun Soo was curious, "Is it you or him?" Ting Hao didn't answer her, but said: "Sheng Hao has made great progress, if nothing else happens, the champion of this World Championship should belong to him." "You still won, right?" Eun-soo smiled, "I saw Seung-ho at noon yesterday, and his face was darker than usual, as black as a steel tower."

Ting Hao glanced at her with a smile: "Sheng Hao dislikes people saying that he has a dark face." "Haha, but his face is dark. Even if he waits for my father outside the cave to retreat for a month without seeing the sun, he is still very dark." Eun-soo laughed, thought for a while, and then said, "During the training camp, Seung-ho I once lost to a player who was also a member of the Anyang team.” "Oh?". "The name is Ruobai." "Ruobai?" Ting Hao raised his eyebrows slightly, "He defeated Shenghao?" "Yes. You know him?"

"Well, I know." "He is also a player with great potential. If he also participates in the World Championships, it will create a lot of obstacles for Shenghao." Enxiu frowned slightly, "However, it seems that his body..." The few times I saw him, That Ruobai's face was a bit pale, as a taekwondo student, this kind of paleness was unusual. "What happened to Ruobai's body?" Ting Hao asked. "It's nothing." Shaking his head, Eunsu remembered that Minzai had mentioned that someone in the Anyang team had a cold and a fever, and it seemed to be Ruobai.

After a moment of silence, Eun-soo remembered what he had seen in the past two days. "Baicao rejected you, right?" She asked jokingly in her eyes, "Do you feel very shocked?" Looking at the dusk on the mountainside, Ting Hao was slightly lost in thought. "Perhaps," he replied after a moment. "Maybe?" Eun-soo was puzzled. "I have never experienced the taste of failure and setbacks, and I have a taste once in a while." Touching his nose, Ting Hao smiled casually. Eun-soo looked at him and said, "I really don't understand whether you are serious or just a whim."

"Haha, it's okay if you don't understand it," Ting Hao smiled. "In a game, being seen through by your opponent is the most dangerous thing." "This is not a competition," Eun-soo shook his head, "You are too proud, Ting Hao." The last day of training is over. The long three rows of candles were completely extinguished, the moon rose above the top of the cave, the moonlight was bright and clear, Grandmaster Yunyue looked peacefully at Baicao who was kneeling in front of the rock. "The law is impermanent, the avenue is invisible. I hope that one day, you can forget all the kicks and skills, and be able to move freely with your heart." Grandmaster Yunyue said slowly.

"Yes." Baicao replied. "You have enthusiasm in your heart, so you don't need to deliberately suppress it. Although taekwondo emphasizes calmness and wisdom, enthusiasm is the origin of everything." Baicao was startled, and replied: "Yes." "Let's go back." "yes." After saluting deeply, and then raised his head, Baicao saw that Grandmaster Yunyue had closed his eyes.In the quiet moonlight, Grandmaster Yunyue's figure was faint, as if he had merged with the moonlight, without any sense of existence. Master Yunyue said that enthusiasm is the root of everything.

But, why couldn't she feel the slightest bit of enthusiasm from Grandmaster Yunyue.It's just as cool as water, as if nothing can enter my heart, and as if I'm no longer interested in anything. this month. The Grandmaster Yunyue she came into contact with was very different from what she had imagined. At first, she thought that Grandmaster Yunyue was already an expert, that's why he was indifferent to everything in the world. However, one day, she suddenly realized that it wasn't indifference. But the heart is like a dead tree. Just like, I feel that there is no interest in life anymore, so I escape from myself.There is no joy or sorrow, because there is no love anymore, not only the love for the world, but also the love for Taekwondo, which was once obsessed.

Baicao stared blankly at Grandmaster Yunyue under the moonlight. She admired Grandmaster Yunyue's attainments in Taekwondo.However, after abandoning his homeland, family and lover, does Grandmaster Yunyue still not regret the choice he made back then? Although he is already the number one person in Taekwondo in the world. But Grandmaster Yunyue never participated in any competitions again. Taekwondo without competition is like the most ardent soul has been sucked away.This kind of taekwondo, Grandmaster Yunyue practiced alone, now, will he still love him as much as he did back then?

"Do you love Taekwondo?" Grandmaster Yunyue suddenly said quietly with his eyes still closed, as if he had sensed what she was thinking. "Love." Baicao replied. "How much can you pay for it?" "..." Baicao thought for a while, "I like Taekwondo. No matter how tired or hard it is, I'm not afraid. It's okay if I don't go out to play, but...but it's not the most important thing to me..." After the battle with Jin Minzhu, she began to gradually understand that she loved her master, Xiaoying, Ruobai, Chuyuan, Yifeng, and her teammates more than Taekwondo...

"Grandmaster Yunyue," after a while, seeing that Grandmaster Yunyue didn't speak any more, Baicao said anxiously, "Can I ask you a question?" "Speaking." "Why, you never take part in the competition?" "..." Grandmaster Yunyue remained silent. Time passed by, Grandmaster Yunyue still didn't answer her, Baicao gave up, she saluted again, and quietly exited the cave. The moonlight shines down. Summer nights are a little cooler. The small figures carved on the cave wall seemed to be moving quietly under the moonlight, that was his youth, Grandmaster Yunyue thought silently.It seems that a long time ago, when he was young, he had a flame-like enthusiasm in his heart. He liked to write wild grass. He transplanted a banyan tree by the water, and together with her, he caught cicadas under the tree after the rain. At that time, his favorite was Taekwondo. He forgot that apart from Taekwondo, there are actually many other things in life that would make him happy.So, he chose Taekwondo, chose to stay in Changhai gymnasium, and then without hesitation, yes, without hesitation, he gave up everything else. When did it start? Suddenly there was a hole in his heart. During the intervals between exercises, in the dead of night, he transplanted almost the same banyan tree by the water, but the hole in his heart was more and more unable to be filled.When taekwondo became the only one, he got less and less happiness from it.One day, he finally discovered that the happiest moment was actually the moment when she and her partners rushed up to hug him tightly after winning the victory. And he didn't even want to play again. Because he only wants to represent his country, and only wants to raise his own country's national flag after victory. He thought that Taekwondo was his only thing, but after stripping everything other than Taekwondo, he realized that he was wrong. he was wrong... Grandmaster Yunyue tightly closed his eyes. After year after year of being alone, he found out that he was wrong, that he had made a mistake in his life, but he could never turn back.No one still remembers him back then, even the "Whirlwind Kicks" that was filled with his handwriting when he was young has long been discarded and wandered into second-hand bookstores. The years are quiet. And his life has passed like this, dead silent like a cave that cannot be blown in by the wind... At dawn, Xiaoying got up! This is a serious violation. She insists on sleeping in all the year round. She has to create conditions for sleeping in if she has no conditions to sleep in. The life principle of sleeping in! Hahahaha, Baicao is coming back today! Sweeping away the depression covered by the dark clouds for many days, Xiaoying excitedly changed into a very festive and auspicious pink chiffon skirt, and wore a long white crossbody bag with the white bear that Baicao gave her hanging on the bag. .She even thought about it for a long time, whether to secretly cut a bunch of roses blooming in the flower garden, and go to the airport to meet Baicao, it would be more atmospheric to hold flowers. Hey, forget it. Rose flowers look a little cheap. After all, what she wants to warmly welcome is Qi Baicao, the girl who is about to be born as a Taekwondo king. Hey, how could she fail at this historic moment without using high-end flowers! A Yin and Pingping were already waiting at the intersection, and the three of them got on the airport bus excitedly and rushed all the way to the airport.Grandmaster Yunyue, it's so powerful, it's great to accept Baicao as an apprentice, it's so great, Baicao is going to be reborn, and it will shock the world, so looking forward to it! The airport was crowded with people. Xiaoying, A Yin, and Pingping, who were still in a state of excitement, found that Baicao's flight would take more than 20 minutes to arrive. Phew, they still have time to check their equipment.After the final inspection, when she looked up, she saw a figure not far away. Xiaoying was stunned, and A Yin and Pingping also looked up and were also stunned. "Hey, it's senior brother Chuyuan." Ah Yin said in a daze, a little unable to believe her eyes. Pingping was already waving excitedly, shouting: "Senior Brother Chuyuan! Senior Brother Chuyuan! Here! Here!" In the sideways gaze of the passengers, Chuyuan saw them. He was wearing a light blue shirt and dark blue jeans. He was slender, with a handsome face, warm and clear, and walked towards them with gentle eyes. "So handsome! So handsome! So handsome!" Ah Yin crazily praised in Xiaoying's ear. When Chuyuan approached, she immediately became serious again. Together with Xiaoying and Pingping, she solemnly saluted him and said: "Hello, Senior Brother Chuyuan." Chuyuan bowed his head in return. "Senior Brother Chuyuan, are you here to pick up someone at the airport?" Pingping asked respectfully. She had admired Senior Brother Chuyuan since she was a child, and it was for him that she came to Songbai Gymnasium. "yes." "Hehe," Pingping smiled happily, "We are also here to pick up people!" "We're here to pick up Baicao." Ah Yin hastily added. "Me too." Chu Yuan smiled. "..." Pingping didn't turn her head around, "What is it?" "I'm also here to pick up Baicao." Chu Yuan looked towards the exit passage, with a soft smile in his eyes, which dazzled the eyes of A Yin and Ping Ping. "Hehe, senior brother Chuyuan...he's also here to pick up Baicao..." Pingping was stunned, then she regained her composure and thought about it again. That’s right, the relationship between Senior Brother Chuyuan and Baicao was pretty good before I went abroad to study. After returning to China, although Baicao and Senior Brother Ruobai fell in love, the relationship between the two is still pretty good. Senior Brother Chuyuan seems to have helped Baicao with tutoring What about homework? So senior brother Chuyuan specially came to pick up Baicao's opportunity, it's nothing. Right. Shaking her head, Pingping still felt a little weird, especially the way Senior Brother Chuyuan stared at the exit door, why? ... "If I had known that Senior Brother Chuyuan would also come to pick up Baicao, why not go together." Pingping said shyly.Since I can't figure it out, I don't want to. It's rare to have such a close contact with Senior Brother Chuyuan. "Hey, what's wrong with you?" Ah Yin poked Xiaoying, who suddenly became extremely silent. Ever since she met Senior Brother Chuyuan just now, Xiaoying seemed to have been knocked down from the sky with a sap stick, and she didn't say a word , a little dull. "Flight CZ8209 has landed..." The sweet voice of the announcer sounded in the airport hall, and Pingping was overjoyed. With Ah Yin's reminder, Xiaoying decided not to think about it so much, but cheer up! "Two for one person, in order." After checking the cute welcome cards with pink letters on a white background in the hands of A Yin and Ping Ping, Xiaoying also held up hers high, ordering herself to say, trust Baicao, trust Senior Brother Chuyuan, and don't think wildly or guess wildly! "Is there more?" Chuyuan's voice sounded from beside her, and when she looked up and saw his gentle and handsome face, Xiaoying was stunned for another moment before realizing that she bent down and rummaged through the bag. "There's only this." Xiaoying picked up a heart-shaped cardboard, hesitated, but Chuyuan had already taken it.It was a sign with a white background, and a big heart was drawn in pink on it. He looked at it, smiled slightly, and held it up in front of his chest. Xiaoying's heart suddenly became confused again. "Baicao has come out!" Pingping cheered excitedly. Ah Yin's spirit was lifted, and Xiaoying immediately looked at the exit passage with bright eyes. Those messy thoughts planted a second ago miraculously disappeared in an instant! Follow the flow of people in the exit channel. Compared with South Korean airports, Baicao obviously felt that there were many more passengers in domestic airports after getting off the plane.Although it is a bit crowded, the familiar language, familiar dress and manners all around are familiar and friendly. This is the first time she has left the country. More than a full month. When she set foot on the land of the motherland again, there was a warm current in her heart. "I'll help you carry the bag." Looking at her obviously agitated face, Ting Hao reached out to her shoulders, ready to take off her backpack. Baicao dodged to the side, and hurriedly said, "No, it's not heavy at all." "You will hurt me like this," Ting Hao shook his head, "Do you understand?" "..." As the flow of people walked out of the exit passage, Baicao was stunned and looked at him blankly. Before he had time to ask why, he suddenly heard a warm shout──"Welcome──Baicao──" "Triumph—return to China—" "Welcome──Baicao──" "Triumph—return to China—" At the gate of the airport pick-up channel that was blocked, the three girls smiled brightly like flowers, and swayed the six signboards rhythmically in their hands. The pink letters on the white background were written in cute cursive script—"Welcome, welcome, Bai, Cao, Hui, Guo"! Amidst the warm welcome, Chuyuan was on the far left. He looked through the crowd and looked at her with a smile. He also had a sign in his hand, a big pink heart, held on his chest. As if petrified, Baicao froze. Her face was "teng" red. Seeing Xiaoying and the others rush towards Baicao excitedly, some passengers took out their cameras and aimed at them, mistaking them for celebrities and fans. "Baicao! Baicao!" Hugging Baicao, Xiaoying and the others touched her body excitedly, shouting excitedly: "My God, you are finally back!" "We miss you so much!" "Let me see if there is any change!" Thinking of the dream she had, Xiaoying pulled A Yin and Pingping away, and looked at the Baicao in front of her that she hadn't seen in a month.Look left, look right, wipe your eyes and look again, Xiaoying pointed at her sadly and said, "Why don't you look the same as before?!" "What's wrong? What's wrong with Baicao?" Pingping was frightened by Xiaoying's sad expression, and immediately studied Baicao nervously. Baicao was confused and didn't understand. "Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow "Otherwise?" Ah Yin was surprised. "I had a dream. In the dream, you kicked the whirlwind, and the earth was full of spring and flowers bloomed. Another whirlwind kick brought bright stars and colorful clouds." Xiaoying looked up to the sky and cried, "Is it a dream to deceive you?" Hurting me, or you hurting me, why, why are you still that dumb Baicao? Huuuuuuuuuuuu..." "Cut!" Ah Yin kicked Xiaoying away. Pingping secretly grabbed Baicao, looked at her side timidly, and said in a low voice, "Senior Sister Baicao, you came back with Senior Ting Hao." Seeing that Xiaoying was not really kicked, Baicao breathed a sigh of relief. Hearing Pingping's question, she subconsciously looked at Chuyuan, her mind was in a mess, and suddenly she didn't know what to say. "Yes." Ting Hao answered for her, with a bright smile and bright teeth. Pingping was instantly fascinated.A Yin opened her mouth wide, looked at Ting Hao, then at Baicao, and said in disbelief, "Could it be that you two are dating?" Ah, she remembered! "Senior Ting Hao, a few days ago you came to our gymnasium to look for Baicao, Xiaoying was not here, that's what I told you, Baicao hasn't come back from South Korea yet, she will stay for another month." Ah Yin's mouth opened even wider in surprise. Da, "Could it be, then you went directly to South Korea to meet Baicao?" "Is there such a thing?" Xiaoying got out of her head in shock, stared at Ting Hao with wide eyes, thought for a while, and then grabbed A Yin's words and said: "Speaking of this, I have always wanted to ask! Senior Ting Hao, Are you chasing Baicao? Not only did you give Baicao a mobile phone, but you also gave Baicao flowers when you were in Korea!" "No!" Baicao blushed and replied immediately. "What do you think?" Looking at the restless Baicao, Ting Hao smiled unfathomably. When he raised his eyes, he saw that Chuyuan had quietly taken Baicao's backpack.He lowered his eyes, smiled again, and said to Xiaoying and the others' astonished eyes, "I'm going to Seoul on business, and I happened to be returning home on the same day as Baicao." "Really?" Xiaoying didn't believe it, "but the lavender you gave Baicao, the flower language is 'waiting love', how could you not be pursuing Baicao?" "Lavender also has another meaning, 'waiting for a miracle to happen'." Ting Hao glanced at Baicao with a smile, "I believe Baicao can win the final battle of the best camper." "..." Xiaoying was dumbfounded. "Chuyuan, you're here," Ting Hao patted Chuyuan's shoulder, squeezed between Chuyuan and Baicao without a trace, and said with a smile, "Are you here to pick me up?" Chuyuan also patted him on the back, and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a long time." Xiaoying and A Yin looked at each other, and Pingping immediately said without knowing anything: "Brother Chuyuan is here to pick up Baicao..." "Oh?" Ting Hao smiled. Seeing his expression, Xiaoying suddenly became suspicious again. She looked at Baicao, Chuyuan, and Tinghao, and her heart skipped a beat. "Brother------!" A soft voice came along with the sound of quick footsteps, Baicao was taken aback, the voice was so familiar, but it seemed that she hadn't heard it for a long time, she looked over - the girl walking quickly not far away, Wearing a white chiffon dress with suspenders, the noon sun shines from the dome of the airport. She has a light, slim figure, a beautiful smile, and a quiet and gentle look. It was Tingyi. "Brother, I'm late. There's a lot of traffic jams on the road." Tingyi walked to Ting Hao and explained the reason to him coquettishly. Then she turned her head and glanced at Pingping, A Yin and Xiaoying. On Baicao. She looked at Baicao, smiled and said, "You're back." "Yes." Baicao saluted. "Have you enjoyed your trip to Korea?" "……pretty good." "Baicao didn't go to play," Xiaoying said aloud, "Baicao won the best camper in the training camp, and Grandmaster Yunyue accepted Baicao as his apprentice, guiding Baicao for a whole month." "Really?" Tingyi said slightly surprised, "The event for the best camper is still being held? I thought it had been canceled long ago. Baicao, who did you compete with in the final competition?" "It's Kim Min Joo." "Ah, it's Minzhu," Tingyi smiled, "Has her skill improved? It's a pity that it's rare for you to go to a training camp, but you didn't meet a strong opponent." "You──!" Xiaoying was so angry that her face was crooked. "What a cute heart!" Ignoring Baicao and Xiaoying, seeing the pink heart in Chuyuan's hand, Tingyi walked over happily, reached out to touch it, and said with a smile, "Brother Chuyuan, Thank you, I love this cute little thing!" Baicao was taken aback. She also looked at the heart in Chuyuan's hand. "It's for Baicao!" Xiaoying was so complacent that she pinched her waist and laughed wildly, "Tingyi, you made a mistake, it was for Baicao that senior brother Chuyuan wanted, not for you!" "Really?" Tingyi looked at Chuyuan. Looking at Baicao's silently lowered head, Chuyuan said quietly, "Yes, I'll pick up Baicao." "That's it." Tingyi pursed her lips, but she didn't seem to care.She glanced at Baicao, took the pink heart out of Chuyuan's hand, gave it to Baicao, and said with a smile: "Sure enough, I'm still a kid, I'll grab everything. If you like it, take it, don't break it. " "Let's go." After finishing speaking, Tingyi took Chuyuan's arm, and then Ting Hao. "Let's go back." "Hello!" Seeing that the two handsome men were about to be taken away by Tingyi, Xiaoying was furious. Why, why did Tingyi insist on stealing all the limelight when Baicao was the gossip heroine just now! "Ting Hao, I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow," Chuyuan removed Tingyi's hand from his arm, and said to Ting Hao, "You and Tingyi go back first, and I'll take Baicao and the others back to the gym." Ting Hao smiled, noncommittal. "Ah, yes, I didn't think carefully," Tingyi said apologetically, stopped and asked Xiaoying, "How did you get here?" "Airport bus." "Brother, this is my car key." Tingyi took out the key and said, "Or you can send Baicao and the others back. I have something to tell Brother Chuyuan." Ting Hao glanced at Baicao and asked, "Is it possible?" "...Okay." Baicao raised her head in a daze, she wanted to get her backpack back from Chuyuan's hand. Chuyuan smiled slightly, changed the backpack from his left hand to his right, and said to Tingyi, "Tingyi, let's go another day." "Let's go first." Holding Baicao's shoulders, Chu Yuan picked up the backpack in his hand, nodded slightly to Ting Hao and Ting Yi, and led her to the airport gate. Xiaoying, A Yin and Pingping cheered and followed behind them very happily. "Do not be silly." In the distance, automatic doors at the airport open and close, close and open.Tingyi pursed her lips and stood where she was, Ting Hao sighed and pulled her away. Until getting into Chuyuan's car, Xiaoying was still intoxicated by Tingyi's expression at that moment, hahahaha, sure enough, it will be different when Baicao comes back, hahahahahaha. But- See the two people in the front row of the car. Baicao was sitting upright, holding the pink heart in his hand. Chuyuan was driving, with a smile in his eyes, looking sideways at Baicao from time to time, and Baicao would also look at Chuyuan with reddish cheeks from time to time. Xiaoying frowned. Suddenly I couldn't be happier again. Quansheng gymnasium. In the afternoon, the summer wind blew, and the leaves of the plum trees swayed softly with the wind.On the small square table under the tree, there was a plate of plums and a plate of melon seeds. The aroma of tea rose from the purple sand cup. Baicao brought the Korean ginseng bought from Korea to the master. "I write all the prescriptions here," Baicao handed over a piece of paper at the same time, which densely recorded the most appropriate way to take Korean ginseng for different physical conditions, "I hope it will be useful to Master's body. " "Okay, okay." After taking the Korean ginseng and the prescription, Qu Xiangnan nodded slowly. "Thank you, Baicao." Guangya refilled the teapot with hot water, "Dad really needs to mend it. I accompanied Dad to the hospital a few days ago, and the doctor said so." "Go to the hospital? Why?" Baicao suddenly became nervous. "It's nothing." The heat of the tea was rising, and Guangya's drooping eyelashes were black and shiny, "It's just that my father has been coughing, and I have never accompanied my father to have a physical examination, so I simply went for a physical examination a few days ago. " Putting down the purple sand pot, Guangya sat on the other side of the small square table, looked at Baicao who was obviously nervous, pursed her lips and smiled, and said, "Don't worry, the doctor said that Dad doesn't have any serious problems, just take good care of him, your Korean ginseng is here That's right." Baicao stared blankly at the father and daughter sitting quietly together in front of them. The previous sharpness has subsided a lot. In front of the master, Guangya has become like any ordinary little daughter, with smiles in her eyes, attachment and coquettishness.Master's figure is no longer so old and lonely, and the silence and loneliness in his eyes have also eased.Even the soft sound of plum tree leaves in the courtyard is much happier. This is the picture she has been looking forward to. She knew how much Master wanted Guangya to accept him as a father. She has always worked hard to help Master realize it. However, seeing this picture of a harmonious father and daughter at this moment, she was stunned, as if a certain place in her heart was slowly lost. She looked away in a panic, Baicao didn't know what was wrong with her, but a gust of moisture rushed to her eyes unexpectedly. "Baicao?" Realizing that something was wrong with her, Guangya half leaned over and looked at her worriedly: "What's wrong with you? Are you too tired from flying?" "It's okay, I'm fine," Baicao hurriedly shook her head, controlling herself to force back the strange emotion, and said embarrassedly, "It's all right now." "You should also pay attention to your body," Qu Xiangnan stared at her, "No matter how important training is, your body should come first." "yes." "After the summer vacation, you will be in your third year of high school. You must go to college, you know?" "……yes." "You and Guangya have already paid for the tuition fees for college, so don't worry about it." "Master..." Baicao looked up in surprise. "It's true," Guangya took her arm and said with a smile, "Dad showed me all the passbooks. There are two passbooks in total, one is your name and the other is mine. started saving." "..." The eyelashes trembled, and the tears that had been suppressed just now suddenly rushed up, Baicao hurriedly turned her head, but the tears were already rolling down. "You child..." Qu Xiangnan sighed slowly. "Thank you, Master." Baicao was too shy to lift her head as she hurriedly wiped away the embarrassing tears on her face. "However, I won a prize in this training camp. It shouldn't be a problem to pay the tuition for the university." "Me too, Dad." Guangya said the same, "I plan to just go to the university in this city. The restaurant I worked for the past two years said that it would let me work part-time there, so I can afford my tuition fees by myself." "Father, you should keep the money first," Guangya blushed, "or one day, when Baicao and I get married, give it to us as a dowry." In the summer breeze in the afternoon. Sitting around the small square table, Guangya was in charge of pouring the tea, the three of them were talking quietly, the time passed so peacefully, and they had dinner again, the night was dark in a flash. "This is the plum I pickled myself." Before leaving, Guangya took out a small porcelain altar, looked at the plum tree in the courtyard with a smile, and said to Baicao, "You wouldn't believe it, this plum tree actually bore fruit last month, red , round. It was very sour when it was first picked, but I pickled it and now it is very sweet.” Baicao also looked at the plum tree. "Are you taking care of it now?" "Well, I'll take care of it with Dad." After receiving the altar of plums, Baicao was about to say thank you, but in the starlight that was falling all over the sky, Guangya suddenly stretched out her arms and hugged her, leaning her head against Baicao's shoulder, Guangya's eyelashes fluttered, and then hugged her even tighter, Say: "Thank you, Baicao." Under the bright summer sun, the white building was shining brightly. Walking up the high steps, Baicao looked up at the training center that he hadn't visited for more than a month.It was like coming back to reality from a dream, with a feeling of both familiarity and strangeness. "I waited for you all day yesterday, and I was really bored, so I went out to watch a movie with Ah Yin." Covering the bright sun above her head with her hands, Xiaoying complained while walking up the steps, "I ended up coming back after watching the movie." , you haven't come back yet, why did you go?" "I went to Master." "Going for so long?" Xiaoying looked disbelieving, "And then, where did you go?" "... On the way back, I met Senior Brother Chuyuan." "..." Xiaoying pursed her lips, "What did you say?" "It's nothing." Baicao's face was a little red, "Later, I went to Brother Ruobai's dormitory, but I waited for a long time, but I didn't wait for Brother Ruobai. When I went back, I realized that it was so late and you had already fallen asleep. I'm sorry, Xiao Ying, I didn't know you were waiting for me." "Are you waiting outside?" "Ok." In the past, during the summer vacation, Senior Brother Ruobai would go out to work.She thought that senior brother Ruobai would come back at that time, but she waited and waited, always thinking that senior brother Ruobai would appear in the next minute, but she never waited. "Uh, during this month in Korea, have you never contacted Senior Brother Ruobai?" Xiaoying scratched her head with a strange expression. "No." Grandmaster Yunyue ordered her to concentrate on practicing kung fu and put away all communication tools to communicate with the outside world. "I see..." Pushing open the glass door of the training center, Xiaoying stammered, "Actually, Baicao, a lot of things happened during the month you were away..." "...?" Seeing that Xiaoying had something to say, Baicao listened intently, but when they pushed the door open, the gorgeous battle in the training center hall surprised both of them. There were more than a dozen reporters, holding microphones, cameras, and video cameras, crowding lively in the hall.Most of them surrounded the entrance of the training hall. In front of Baicao and Xiaoying, there was a female reporter facing the camera, holding a microphone in her hand and explaining—"Today, Tingyi is filming a shampoo for a certain shampoo manufacturer. In the new advertisement, she has just defeated the beautiful girl Shimizu Asami, the Japanese taekwondo champion, and has become the focus of media attention. Later, we will interview Tingyi..." "Let's go." Xiaoying frowned, and pulled away Baicao who was still listening in a daze. Entering the storage room, Mei Ling and Shen Bo were putting away the clothes. Seeing her coming in, Shen Bo greeted Baicao and went out first.After Mei Ling rushed over and hugged Baicao, she said excitedly, "Did you see it?" "You mean the reporters outside?" Xiaoying opened the locker and said in a muffled voice, "It's not blind, of course I saw it." "I mean the commercial that is being shot in the training hall. I just squeezed to the door to take a look." Mei Ling blushed with excitement, "Wow, this time there is a male celebrity who is shooting a commercial with Tingyi. So handsome, the scene I saw was Tingyi turning around and tossing her hair, the strands of hair slipping through the hands of the male star, wow, so romantic!" "You must be a nympho." Xiaoying said coldly. "Please, you speak so strangely." Mei Ling was a little unhappy, "You've become a weird person recently." "How am I to blame! Although I haven't seen the male star you mentioned, how handsome can he be? Is he as handsome as our brother Chuyuan?" "That's not..." "Is senior brother Ruobai handsome?" "It seems that there is no..." "That's right, so what are you crazy about?" Xiaoying rolled her eyes, "It's so great to have a male celebrity shoot an advertisement together, let alone Senior Brother Chuyuan, even Senior Brother Ruobai, if he is willing to enter the entertainment industry, those so-called Handsome male stars, all stand aside!" Mei Ling was dumbfounded. "Also, don't mention Tingyi in an envious tone," Xiaoying slammed the cabinet door shut again, "I thought she was defeated by Baicao, and she retreated for so long, it will be different when she comes out again Well. In the end, as you saw, she got even worse, and actually participated in that, 'World Taekwondo Beauty Girls Showdown'!" "Tell me, what is that?" Xiaoying stared at Mei Ling, "Is that considered a competition? It's a performance! It's an entertainment show! It's a blasphemy against Taekwondo!" "You can't say that, your hat is too big..." Mei Ling was a little embarrassed, and argued, "Although it can't be called a formal game, well, I admit that there is a little bit of entertainment in nature, but at least it's a game." Taekwondo has been popularized, right?" As she spoke, Mei Ling became happy again. "Besides, Tingyi is so beautiful, so majestic during the competition, and the ratings are very, very high! Even the news said that because of Tingyi, because of this taekwondo beauty girl program, the number of people who have started to learn taekwondo has increased several times recently. !" "Hmph, sensationalism." Xiaoying was very disdainful, "She is simply trying to show off for herself. That kind of competition is fake at first glance. I have never heard of Asami Shimizu or the Japanese champion. Why did I never know? Japan still has such a character!" "Haven't you heard of it?" There is a pleasant fragrance in the air, as if a bright starlight came in, instantly making the storage room dreamy. "Last month, Japan held the National Taekwondo Championship. The rookie Shimizu Asami was a dark horse. He defeated the veteran Kimoto Kiyosa who won the championship for three consecutive times and won the championship." Tingyi walked to the locker and said lightly, "Kimoto Kiyosa, you should have heard that Shimizu Asami beat her 5:2." Xiaoying froze. Baicao, who was sitting on the bench changing shoes, was stunned. Kiyosa Kimoto was a veteran, nearly thirty years old. Although he had never won a championship in the World Series in the past three years, he was always able to play. into the semi-finals. Seeing that the atmosphere was a little weird, Mei Ling hurriedly smoothed things over and said repeatedly: "Tingyi, have you finished filming the commercial? It's so fast! Ah, the make-up artist put on you is so beautiful! What kind of foundation did you use? Your skin looks so beautiful. It is crystal clear, without traces at all, so natural, so beautiful! The blush is also very good, hey, is this blush water-based, it seems to be sucked into the skin." "It seems to be an American brand. I'll ask the makeup artist after the training." Tingyi smiled. She took out a can of makeup remover from the cabinet, dug out a ball and massaged it on her face, and quickly removed the makeup. "Xiaoying," after a moment of silence, Tingyi turned around, looked at Xiaoying who was sitting with Baicao changing shoes, took a breath, and said, "I don't know why you say that about me." "I remember before, every time I went to Songbai Gymnasium, you always chased after me and happily called me 'Sister Tingyi'. Since when did you hate me so much?" Ting Yi's voice was slightly unsteady, "Yes, I shot a lot of commercials, and I wasted some training time. I even lost to Baicao in the last intra-team competition." Mei Ling looked anxiously at Tingyi, then at Xiaoying. Baicao turned her head in a daze, and saw Xiaoying's fingers froze on the shoelaces. "After retreating, I don't want to participate in this Taekwondo beauty girl competition. In the beginning, the TV station invited me, but I directly refused." Tingyi said to Xiaoying, "But you have also seen the later development on TV, Shimizu Asami是有备而来的，她一连打败了很多国家的选手，中青队派出四名队员同她比赛，也全部输掉了。” “然后呢？我应该保持清高，继续拒绝参加吗？应该看着清水麻美一路胜下去，在中国完全找不到对手吗？”婷宜闭了闭眼睛，“对不起，我做不到，哪怕这只是一个娱乐节目，哪怕我被别人说哗众取宠，说爱出风头爱作秀，我也必须去打败她。” “婷宜……”梅玲眼中含泪。 “至于今天拍的广告，那是两年前我就签下的合约，我必须去履行它。”婷宜平定了情绪，“我能做到的，只是努力不干扰到大家的正常训练，所以今天清晨五点就开始拍摄，到刚才已经拍摄完毕。” “晓萤，我知道你喜欢百草，百草是你的好朋友，”婷宜苦笑，望着闷头不语的晓萤，“可是，你能试着不用那样的眼光来看我吗？”