Chapter 2 Chapter 2

Xiaoying tightly covered her mouth, lest she let out any sound, and none of the cheerleaders around her dared to cheer.What happened, why was Baicao and Tingyi so far apart in strength that they were able to hit Tingyi's head?Why would Tingyi lie there lifeless, as if she was dead... It was suffocatingly quiet. Staring blankly at Tingyi who was lying on the mat with a pale face, Baicao was also in a daze, unable to believe that everything really happened.Tingyi saw through her spin kick, so Tingyi will counterattack, and the previous few times Tingyi used back kicks to counterattack, so she took a gamble.

...she bet right. "1, 2, 3..." The referee squatted down, checked Tingyi's condition and started counting down the seconds.There was a deathly silence in the gymnasium, and the sound of the countdown could be clearly heard by almost every spectator.Could Tingyi be KO'd by that little-known girl?How is this possible?Obviously Tingyi's strength is far higher than that of that girl, why is there such an incredible scene? "4, 5..." There was an exclamation of joy in the audience. slowly. Tingyi sat up from the mat. Then stand up. At first, her body shook slightly, but after signaling to the referee that she could continue the game, she walked slowly in front of Baicao.Her pace was very slow, but people far away in the auditorium could feel the aura that oppressed their breath.

"I still underestimated you after all." Her face was still a little pale, but Tingyi's lips slowly showed a warm smile, staring at Baicao, and her voice came into Baicao's ears word by word: "From now on, I will seriously compete with you." With 40 seconds left before the end of the third game, the audience at the municipal gymnasium was surprised to see a Tingyi who had never seen it before.What they saw was no longer the calm and steady Tingyi who was always elegant in the game, accustomed to defensive counterattacks. "Yeah!" "Drink---!"

As if being burned by a fierce flame, Tingyi roared and launched a series of airtight attacks on the girl who participated in the competition for the first time!She seems to want to let everyone know what the difference in strength is!She wants Baicao to pay for that leg! "Crack!" It was almost the same movement as Baicao just now, Tingyi turned around twice, and slashed down heavily!Baicao hurriedly retreated to dodge, but the shadow of the leg came so fast, she had to try her best to dodge, and there was a loud noise, and the pain exploded on her face! It was dark in front of her eyes, but her hearing became extremely sharp. She could hear the cheers of the people in the auditorium after a short silence!

A liquid dripped from her nostrils onto her lips. With a fishy smell. It smells like iron. She wiped it with her hand, and the blood on her hand was scarlet and scarlet.Looking at Tingyi in shock, she wiped her nose indiscriminately, trying to stop the nosebleed.Tingyi seemed to smile at her, and then didn't stop for a second, another round of violent attacks! "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" However, with the loud noise of Tingyi's leg after leg, the shouts of the audience in the stadium were a little too loud.They were shocked to find that Tingyi's sharp and deadly attacks were all aimed at the girl's face!

The girl was kicked until her face was covered in blood! The girl's eyes were so swollen that she couldn't open them! The girl's face could no longer be seen, it was extremely swollen and bruised, but she refused to fall down, she staggered and tried her best to support it, as if she wanted to fight back! "Bang————!" At the last second of the game, Tingyi kicked Baicao in the face again, kicking her head off!Staggering, Baicao tried his best not to fall, but also sat down on the mat in embarrassment.There was a rumble in her head, and the pain burned all over her body, as if it was going to destroy her body. Her eyes were bruised and swollen from the kick, and she couldn't open them. Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, she heard Tingyi coming over, as if Kneeling down in front of her, he whispered in her ear—"Do you understand? This kick is powerful enough."

The memory behind it starts to blur. Baicao vaguely remembered that she was carried off... Then she was in a half-comatose and half-awake state, not knowing the final score, nor did she see the match between Ruobai and Ting Hao... Faintly, she could hear the deafening cheers and shouts, many times more enthusiastic than when she and Tingyi competed... Three years later. Adjacent to the right of the city gymnasium is the newly completed Anyang City Taekwondo Training Base.The summer sun shines on the white building, penetrates through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, and falls on the team members who are doing warm-up exercises before formal training. sweat.

"Why haven't you come yet?" Kneeling on the ground and wiping the mat, Xiaoying looked at the door from time to time.After class today, Baicao said that she had to do something first and come back later.However, the training is about to start, why haven't she come yet? Coach Shen Ning doesn't like team members being late. Shivering, Xiaoying hurriedly deleted the scary image that flashed in her mind, wiped the mat vigorously, and said anxiously in her heart: "Herb! Baicao! Come soon! Come soon!" After a while, Baicao has not arrived yet.Xiaoying worriedly sat on the mat to rest, expecting Baicao to arrive on time at the last moment, while staring at the other team members in the practice hall in a daze.

Anyang's taekwondo training base was formally established three years ago.In the beginning, only a few fields in the gymnasium were used for training. Later, with the sponsorship of Yaofang Group, a beautiful Taekwondo gymnasium like this one was built. It is so beautiful. Xiaoying still remembers that when the training base was built, she was stunned when she came here with coach Shen Ning and the team members for the first time.The building with white marble exterior walls has a total of two floors, but there is a beautiful line at the top of the leap, looking from a distance, it is as white and straight as a snow-capped mountain.There are many bright and spacious training halls in the gymnasium. Each training hall has huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows that are as transparent as crystals, a whole mirror wall, and match mats that are exactly the same standard as the official competition venues. There is also a separate shower room!

It's not a big shower room where everyone is crowded together. It's a separate shower with a shower curtain! It's too extravagant. And it is very modern, with various advanced instruments, which record the heartbeat, pulse, and muscle power generation during practice, which is very different from the traditional training methods of Songbai Gymnasium and other gymnasiums! Since the day when coach Shen Ning's taekwondo training base was officially established, it has become the symbol of taekwondo in Anyang City.Xiaoying still remembers that at the beginning, all the gymnasiums were more or less worried about it, fearing that it would become their strongest competitor.Even she was worried about the Songbai Gymnasium, fearing that if the training base attracted all the disciples away, what would happen if the Songbai Gymnasium closed down.

It was later discovered that Coach Shen Ning did not ask the players to leave the gym after taking them in.Instead, there is only one training session in the afternoon every day, and the team members are still allowed to conduct daily training in their respective gymnasiums and compete on behalf of their respective gymnasiums.If the players win the game and achieve good results, the honor can still be attributed to his gym. The gymnasiums are relieved. And coach Shen Ning's training results are indeed amazing. Coach Shen Ning divided the recruited students into two parts.Part of it is Taekwondo popularization practice for the public. Anyone who is interested and can afford the tuition can participate, but there are only two classes in total, with 20 students in each class.Some of them are trained by her personally, and there are very few official players. Although the tuition fees of the mass class are expensive, after training, almost all students will have a significant improvement in ability.Therefore, the registration of each public class is like a battle. In order to compete for the forty places, each gymnasium has tried its best for its disciples. As for the official class, it is even more remarkable. Since the training base is an experimental project of the National Taekwondo Team, it has been specially approved and is qualified to form a separate team and directly participate in various important competitions across the country. After three years, the training base has achieved brilliant results! In the national competition, the national youth competition and various championships, coach Shen Ning led the team to achieve very good results, and even defeated the outstanding players of the national team and the national youth team several times to win the championship!Last month, national officials in charge of taekwondo came to Anyang to celebrate the achievements of coach Shen Ning and the team members, wishing them persistent efforts and striving to participate in the World Taekwondo Championships at the beginning of next year, and even compete for the Olympic Games two years later. Eligibility! Refolding the rag in her hand and continuing to wipe the mat, Xiaoying sighed in frustration.Alas, but unfortunately, she is not a member of the official team.In fact, think about it, she is so poor, how could coach Shen Ning accept her? But she doesn't care either. She doesn't care if she can become a great taekwondo master, her great dream is to run Songbai Gymnasium into a great gymnasium! She ran to Coach Shen Ning and begged Coach Shen Ning for a long time, asking for a chance to do odd jobs at the training base.She is willing to do any chores, whether it is cleaning, copying forms, or carrying luggage, as long as she can get inside and learn how to run a taekwondo team. as long as you try very hard, you can achieve anything. Coach Shen Ning was finally persuaded by her, and after trying her out for a month, he started to give her a little part-time job money every month!Although the money was not much, she was already overjoyed. It is said that it is a part-time job to do chores, but it is not hard at all.The kind guy in Baicao silently did most of the work for her, and he didn't want the part-time wages she tried to give her no matter what.Hehe, she is a working girl in name, and Baicao is a working girl in reality. Baicao... Thinking of Baicao, she couldn't help but think of the battle in the Gym Challenge three years ago. The duel between Songbai Gym and Xianwu Gym was tragic beyond everyone's imagination.Until now, that memory is still so clear. She remembers standing far away in the auditorium, watching in horror Tingyi kicked Baicao's face again and again, and looked at Baicao's blood and bruises in horror. With swollen eyes, she was terrified, she thought that Baicao would be seriously injured by Tingyi and sent to the hospital! At the end of the field, Baicao passed out on the mat, and it was Senior Brother Ruobai who carried Baicao to the sidelines.When she rushed down from the auditorium and rushed to Baicao's side, the face of being kicked in a coma made her tears finally burst out. Baicao's eyelashes were tightly closed. The eyelashes were wet and trembling, and tears flowed slowly from between the tightly closed eyelashes. She cried and hugged Baicao tightly, and could feel Baicao's body trembling with cold. In the next match, Senior Brother Ruobai lost to Ting Hao. The match where Ruobai lost was a taboo in Songbai Gymnasium, that match... Songbai failed miserably. When Songbai Gymnasium fell into a low ebb of failure, Coach Shen Ning's selection list cheered everyone up!There is Ruobai's name on it, and it is next to Ting Hao, the second place, even above Shen Bo!Yifeng's name is also in it, and, the most amazing thing is, the last one on the list is Baicao's name! All three of them are in it, so that means that although Songbai lost to Xianwu, Coach Shen Ning still recognizes the strength of Songbai Gymnasium! The disciples of Songbai Gymnasium were so happy that they could not beat the gongs and drums. To everyone's surprise, Senior Brother Ruobai refused. He didn't report to the training base, and apart from leading the disciples of Songbai Gymnasium for daily training, he hardly spoke anymore, as if he had sealed himself off in silence.During that time, Senior Brother Ruobai didn't practice anymore, he seemed to have given up Taekwondo, and the cold aura emanating from him made everyone dare not approach him. until one night. Xiaoying and a few classmates came back from watching a night movie, sneaked through the path in the gymnasium, and found two figures on the wooden corridor outside the dark practice hall. The moonlight was beautiful that night. Ruobai sat on the wooden porch, Baicao sat side by side with him, their shadows were stretched very long by the moonlight. too far away. She couldn't hear whether the two were talking or what they were saying. Later, Senior Brother Ruobai became more silent and stricter, and his daily training on Baicao can be described as "harsh" and "cruel".Xiaoying thought, Baicao must have said something wrong that night, which caused Senior Brother Ruobai to become like this. Xiaoying knew that Baicao was also hesitant about being selected as coach Shen Ning's training base.Although Baicao really wants to go, she needs to pay a certain training fee to join the team. This training fee may not be much for others, but for Baicao, she is struggling to pay her own tuition and living expenses. How can she afford it? Such an extra cost. Fortunately, Coach Shen Ning learned about Baicao's situation from somewhere, and specially reduced her training fee. God bless! Since entering the training base, under the guidance of coach Shen Ning for a period of time, Baicao's performance in the team has gradually become better and better!As if reborn, Baicao is growing rapidly!That speed is simply the speed of light!Like bamboo shoots after the rain, Xiaoying can see the progress of Baicao every day! Baicao's progress is so rapid. In just one year, except for Tingyi who has not been training in China all year round, Baicao has established her winning position among the female players in the training base.In the several domestic youth competitions played with coach Shen Ning, Baicao all turned out to be the champion surprisingly. In Anyang's taekwondo world, the name Qi Baicao is no longer unknown, and she has become one of the new goals for surpassing in the hearts of female disciples in various gymnasiums. The Songbai gymnasium has also regained its reputation because of the rise of Baicao! Last year's Gym Challenge, Songbai Gym finally defeated all opponents again after six years and won the championship trophy! that victory... Immersed in memories, Xiaoying couldn't help but have a sore nose while clenching the rag in her hand.She will never forget that victory night last year, when all the disciples of the Songbai Gym hugged each other tightly, wept bitterly, and then carnivaled for a whole night.Ever since Senior Brother Chuyuan withdrew, Songbai Gymnasium had been dimmed from its radiant peak all the way, and it was only at this time that it regained its brilliance. She still remembers that moment. She is so grateful to Baicao. Without Baicao, the Songbai Gymnasium would not have re-emerged so quickly.If there was no Baicao, Brother Ruobai might not have come out of his depression, started practicing again, and finally entered the training base in the second year, and finally led the Songbai Gymnasium to the podium of the Gymnasium Challenge Championship. However, speaking of Senior Brother Ruobai. hey-hey. She discovered a little secret. "What's wrong with you? Crying for a while and laughing for a while, it's like having an illness!" A panting figure stood beside her, Xiaoying looked up and saw Guangya wiping her sweat while glancing at her like a mental patient glance. "You just got sick." Xiaoying muttered, wiping the mat slowly. "Why hasn't she come yet? She asked for leave? Is she sick?" "Who is she, are you talking about Baicao?" Xiaoying looked at her with wide eyes pretending to be surprised, "Wow, are you concerned about Baicao, are you worried about her getting sick?" "nerve!" Guangya snorted, and continued to do warm-up jogging before training angrily. awkward person. Facing Guangya's back, Xiaoying also snorted.He obviously cares about Baicao, but pretends not to like it, and doesn't usually talk to Baicao, this person is really awkward. In other words, those who can enter Coach Shen Ning's official team are all outstanding disciples from various gyms. For example, Shen Bo standing in front of the armrest of the mirror wall at the moment. Shen Bo had just finished warming up, and was taking out the glasses cloth from the glasses case in his schoolbag, and carefully wiped the pair of black-rimmed glasses that remained unchanged all year round.He is a rising star in Xianwu Daoguan. Although he looks like a nerd, he is very murderous during the competition. Ever since Ting Hao took over his father's company group due to learning and half quit the Taekwondo world, Shen Bo has become the chief general of the Xianwu Dojo.Except for losing to brother Ruobai by one point in the final of the Gym Challenge last year, Shen Bo also has an almost undefeated record in Anyang. On the mat in front of Shen Bo, Lin Feng was pressing his legs. When she first entered the training base to do odd jobs, Xiaoying thought that Lin Feng was just like on the field, a gloomy girl who liked to sneer.Unexpectedly, the usual Lin Feng is careful, considerate and a bit chatty, plus she is the oldest among all the female team members, taking care of everyone like a big sister.Whenever he went out to play games, it was Lin Feng who was busy worrying about everyone's diet and daily life. After Tingyi appeared, Lin Feng retired to become the No. 2 female player of Anyang. Now that Baicao has emerged, Lin Feng's ranking is one lower.But Lin Feng didn't seem to care about this, and the relationship with her and Baicao was very good. In addition, Shi Zong from Jiangbei Gymnasium, Kou Zhen from Minghao Gymnasium, Mei Ling from Puhai Gymnasium, and the official team of Anyang Taekwondo Training Base, everyone's name is very famous when they are taken out, which makes players from other cities Don't underestimate it. So, how did Guang Ya, who was so weak that she couldn't even beat the members of the public class, get into the regular team? Thinking of this, Xiaoying felt extremely depressed. ... "I know that Guangya doesn't have the strength to enter the official team and train with you." Xiaoying, who was holding a bunch of records, was sitting in the corner, looking enviously at Guangya standing in front of the huge glass window full of sunlight.Coach Shen Ning's right hand embraced Guangya who looked a little nervous, and glanced at the team members lined up, smiled, and said, "But, who made me Guangya's aunt? I will open the back door for her. Now, if any of you have dissatisfaction, you can directly mention it to me, but don't embarrass her." ... Just because she is coach Shen Ning's niece, Guangya can go directly to the official team for training!The jealousy in Xiaoying's heart is like the water of the Yellow River. However, the unexpected joy is-- Because Guangya was added temporarily, and there was no training partner, Coach Shen Ning caught her to be Guangya's training partner.Haha, although she doesn't think much of Guangya's kung fu, being a sparring partner is better than squatting in a corner wiping the mat every day! "She's sick, isn't she?" Xiaoying looked up and saw that she was still Guangya. "Otherwise, it's impossible for her not to come now," Guangya glared at her angrily, "I saw her leave after class, and she looked a little distracted, did she go to see a doctor, why didn't you accompany her go?" "She, she, she, who is she?" Xiaoying rolled her eyes, "Since you care about her so much, you don't even want to call her name." She really didn't like Guangya's awkwardness, unfortunately, unfortunately Yes, after entering high school, she and Baicao were in the same class as Guangya. "Who cares about her anymore!" Guangya's face flushed and turned pale, "I...I'm afraid that she won't have enough money to see a doctor, so she reneges on her bill and runs away, losing face to the training base!" "Patter." The door of the practice hall was pushed open. Guangya and Xiaoying immediately opened their eyes wide, and looked towards the door at the same time── The old Taoist uniform that was slightly yellowed, because of the sudden increase in height, the trousers turned into cropped trousers, revealing two slender calves.It seemed that she had come running all the way here. The girl's short hair was drenched with sweat, her cheeks were flushed, and her forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. A little flustered. Isn't it Baicao! "Don't worry, I'm not late!" Without seeing Coach Shen Ning, and hearing Xiaoying calling, Baicao took a long breath, bent down to support her legs, took a deep breath, and let her pulse beating rapidly due to running wildly.It's so dangerous, she didn't expect that it would take such a long time just to get something to go through the formalities. Almost late. "Why did you come here! Ah, yes, Baicao," Xiaoying looked at Guangya and said with a smile, "Someone is very worried about you and has asked many times, worried if you are sick, and complained that I didn't." Let's go to the doctor with you. Why don't you tell her first whether you are sick or not, so as not to worry about her. " Baicao followed her gaze to Guangya in astonishment. Guang Ya blushed in embarrassment. "I... I'm not sick," Baicao was also a little at a loss.Although she became a classmate with Guangya in high school, Guangya still hated her as much as she did when she was a child. Except for sneering at her, she almost never talked to her, "I just went to..." "Who cares where you go, boring!" Guangya straightened her face, coldly left her a back, and walked away. Staring blankly at Guangya's back.Although she had long been used to her attitude, Baicao still felt a little sad. "Don't pay attention to her, she's just super awkward." Xiaoying comforted her, then suddenly looked at her again, and said doubtfully, "Hey, why do I think you are weird, it seems that something is wrong." was found. Baicao nervously grabbed the corner of the Taoist uniform, quickly took the rag from Xiaoying's hand, and said, "Take a rest, I'll wipe the mat." "I've finished wiping, okay, I'm exhausted!" Xiaoying wailed, "Why are you here so late today? What are you doing?" Turning her eyes, she squatted beside Baicao and whispered, "You don't answer I must have a secret, hehe, let me guess, are you, hehe, dating Brother Ruobai again, hehe..." "No, don't talk nonsense!" Baicao was anxious. "Why are you so nervous?" Xiaoying said triumphantly, "Don't think I don't know anything. Last Sunday, I saw that you and Senior Brother Ruobai were secretly dating on the street, and Senior Brother Ruobai was still holding you hands are walking!" Baicao's face turned red into an apple, and he stammered, "That... that's not a date, Brother Ruobai took me there..." "Wow, Baicao!" Lin Feng, who was pressing his legs, looked up and saw Baicao, his eyes lit up suddenly, and he walked over excitedly, pulled her up from the mat, looked at her belt, and said with a smile, "You have passed the black belt exam!" "Ah! Yes──!" After staring stupidly at the black belt on Baicao's body for two seconds, Xiaoying opened her mouth wide and screamed, "I told you something was wrong! Your white belt is gone, you are wearing it today. Yours is a black belt! You got a black belt!" Yifeng who was dozing off was disturbed by Xiaoying's voice, he looked up at Baicao who was blushing with embarrassment, and lazily shouted: "Hey, not bad, you have finally become a master black belt!" Shi Zong, Kou Zhen, and Mei Ling stopped warming up and came over to congratulate her. Shen Bo also came over, solemnly extended his hand to Baicao, and said, "Congratulations." "thanks." Baicao shook hands with him in embarrassment, but she heard Guangya say coldly from the side: "It's really shameful to get a black belt at the age of seventeen." "I didn't get it until I was seventeen, I took the test when I was seventeen!" Xiaoying Hengguangya glanced, "Our Baicao was better than many black belt masters three years ago, she just didn't bother to take the test! It’s better than those who got the black belt earlier, but still can’t beat the non-black belt players!" "Who are you talking about!" Guangya was angry. "Who am I talking about, whose heart..." "Xiaoying!" Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Baicao hurriedly pulled Xiaoying to stop talking.She knows that Guangya is very sensitive and has a strong self-esteem. Since entering the training base, Guangya's training intensity is sometimes even worse than her own. "Humph." Being pulled away by Baicao, Xiaoying had no choice but to shut her mouth sullenly.It's really depressing, even if Guangya's father used to be Baicao's master, Baicao doesn't have to be so accommodating to Guangya. She stared at Baicao, and said angrily: "Then you have to tell me why you suddenly lost your mind. I have persuaded you so many times before to take the black belt exam, but you just don't want to go, and you would rather go out every time." I was ridiculed for wearing a white belt in competitions. Why did I go to get a black belt in such a sudden silence? There must be something strange! Tell me!" His fingers stroked the black belt around his waist. After wearing a white belt for so many years, changing to this black belt now is like leaving an old friend, Baicao feels a little uncomfortable.However, the feeling of wearing a black belt seems to be really different, like being recognized and empowered. When she goes to play games in the future, she won't be the same as before, because she is wearing a white belt, and she will be pointed at by others, like a different kind. "It's Senior Brother Ruobai..." "Slap!" The hall door was pushed open again. Seeing the person who came in, Baicao and Xiaoying immediately didn't dare to chat anymore, and ran to the center of the training hall like other team members, and stood in a straight line. "Good morning coach!" The team members shouted in unison. "Hello everyone." Shen Ning, who was dressed in a snow-white Taoist uniform, came over. Even in the training class, she wore simple and delicate makeup, with a low bun, revealing her white and elegant neck.A hairpin was inserted obliquely on the low bun, which was made of suet white jade, and a string of white jade beads spewed out from the orchid carved on the top, warm and beautiful, swaying lightly with her footsteps. Ruobai walked behind her. He had just finished training with the public class, his Taoist uniform was slightly damp with sweat, and his hair was also a little wet.In the past three years, his height has also grown a lot, and he looks more and more slender and handsome.It's just that his face is even more stern, and if he just glances over, the students who are joking around will be horrified. He did not report to the training base that year. A year later, Coach Shen Ning even invited him for the second time. So Ruobai joined later than other players in the official class.But as soon as he came, he won the trust of all the team members in a short period of time, replacing Ting Hao who often did not participate in daily training, and became the captain. Coach Shen Ning also discovered this characteristic of Ruobai. Although he looks cold and cool, he has an inexplicable affinity that can make people around him involuntarily respect and trust him.So Coach Shen Ning first sent him to be the teaching assistant of the public student class, and found that he was doing very well, so gradually, he almost handed over the daily basic training of the public student class to him.Now every time he finishes the leading training of the mass class first, and then rushes to the formal class for his own practice. Ruobai walked into the team. The smell of sweat hit her face, when Baicao raised her head to look at him, he had already silently walked to her side.He and she are training partners, and the position on her right is his.Ruobai stared intently at Coach Shen Ning in front of him, as if he didn't notice any difference in her. Standing in front of the team, Shen Ning did not start to announce today's training content as usual, but walked up to Baicao, looked down at the black belt tied around her waist, and said, "Finally going to take the black belt exam?" "yes." Baicao's cheeks were slightly red. "Then, if you go to participate in competitions in the future, no one will underestimate your opponent because you are a white belt, understand?" "yes." In the past, she did play games with a white belt, causing her opponents to underestimate the enemy, and thus won several victories easily.Some people even joked that she wore a white belt on purpose, a tactic to confuse opponents.She bit her lip, but she really never wanted to use such a tactic to win the game. "Well," Shen Ning looked her up and down, smiled again, and said, "Yes, this black belt suits you very well, and you are very handsome. It's just that your hair is a bit too messy. If you tidy it up, it will be more beautiful. " "..." Hearing the snickers from the team members, Baicao blushed even more embarrassingly, and subconsciously stroked her hair.It seemed a little too long, snuggling around her neck, and some strands of hair often slipped down her forehead, blocking her view. "Okay," Shen Ning clapped her palms twice to make the team quiet again, and said, "Let's train next, let's start!" "Yes—!" The orderly and loud voice resounded through the practice hall, and the daily routine training began.Although coach Shen Ning will conduct some special training and guidance according to the different physical conditions and technical characteristics of each team member, the practice of basic skills is still a must for each training session. "Forward kick!" "Yeah!" "Side kick!" "Yeah!" "Chop down!" "Yeah!" In the spacious and bright practice hall, the team members were divided into two groups, one of them held the foot target, and the other shouted in unison following Shen Ning's passwords, doing the movements over and over again.Twenty minutes later, alternately attacking and taking the target, every team member was already dripping with sweat. "Spin and kick!" "Yeah!" Among the row of figures spinning in the air at the same time, as before, Shen Ning's eyes were once again attracted by that whirlwind figure. That spin. that speed. So light. But with a force like thunder, the air was stirred into a vortex in an instant, as if you could see the swirling airflow like an ink painting, and the shadow of the leg was accompanied by the sound of the cracking wind, so it was a full beat faster than all other team members. Speed──a loud bang! Baicao's right foot kicked hard on the target held high in Ruobai's hand! Sweat wetted her hair, and with the whirling wind, it stuck to Baicao's face.Coach Shen Ning announced the end of the basic movement practice and took a five-minute rest. Baicao bent down, supported her legs, and gasped for breath. After a while, she straightened up covered in sweat, walked to her backpack in the corner, and took out the canister. A water glass full of boiled water. Gudong Gudong drank a few mouthfuls. Her heartbeat gradually calmed down, and she brushed away the hair sticking to her face with her hands, but it was still uncomfortable when the hair stuck to her neck.After hesitating for a while, she opened her backpack, unzipped the zipper of the hidden pocket on the inside, reached in carefully, and took out a hair tie. Black scrunchie. There is a red plastic strawberry on it. After staring at it for a few seconds, Baicao bowed her head, breathed lightly on the strawberry, and wiped it with her fingers.The sun shone on it, and it was very red and attractive, shiny and shining, and it looked like it was brand new. Pulling her hair into a small ponytail, Baicao put on the strawberry hair tie, her heart suddenly felt full, and she couldn't help smiling.Turning around, she was about to go back, but she saw Coach Shen Ning talking to Ruobai. Before Ruobai had time to wipe off his sweat and drink water, the Dao uniform stuck to his back was wet and sticky. "Senior brother Ruobai." Watching off Coach Shen Ning who had finished speaking, Ruobai heard Baicao's voice, and when he turned around, he saw that she was holding his towel and water glass in her hand.When he took the towel and water glass without saying a word, she sat cross-legged beside him. "After the training is over, you can train for another hour." After wiping off the sweat, Ruobai put the towel by his hand, and his eyes lightly swept over the strawberry scrunchie on her hair. "it is good." Baicao nodded, but didn't ask the reason for the extra training. "I'm going first, I'll leave it to you here!" After the training session, as soon as Coach Shen Ning walked out of the practice hall, Xiaoying hurriedly grabbed her things and ran out. After running a few steps, she turned her head and shouted at Baicao , "If my mother asks, just say that I went to a classmate's house to get tutoring materials that are hard to get. Don't let it slip!" "..." Baicao opened her mouth, and before she could speak, Xiaoying's back disappeared. "Xiaoying has a boyfriend again?" Lin Feng packed her things with a smile, and stuffed towels and the like into her backpack, "It's been a while since I saw her leave in such a hurry." probably. Baicao gathered together the foot targets scattered on the mat, and remembered that during recess, the boy in the next class secretly slipped a note to Xiaoying, and then Xiaoying smirked all afternoon with her cheeks on her hands.I hope Xiaoying won't come home very late today. In fact, like Aunt Fan, she is worried that Xiaoying will be unsafe if she returns home too late. "Are you born to be a servant? You work for her all day, is it you or she who works!" A disdainful voice came from beside her, before Baicao raised her head in astonishment, Guangya had already walked away with Mei Ling with a straight face go out. Soon, only Ruobai and Baicao were left in the training hall. The sun gradually set in the west, and the sunlight became reddish, and large expanses of golden light were reflected on the glass of the floor-to-ceiling windows.Baicao's eyes widened in surprise, seeing that Ruobai actually took out two thick cowhide bands from his backpack, similar to those used by children for jumping rubber bands. When Ruobai squatted down and tied one of the cowhide bands around her right ankle, she subconsciously took half a step back and asked inexplicably, "What is this for?" "Before you throw your legs, you will always jump first before you throw your legs consciously or unconsciously. Coach Shen Ning has pointed out this shortcoming to you for a long time, but you have never been able to get rid of it." Ruobai said lightly, continuing to pull the two cowhide The tendons were fastened to her left and right ankles. Baicao rubbed her ears embarrassingly. It was Coach Shen Ning who discovered her problem. Whenever she made a leg, she would definitely make a small jump first.Once an experienced opponent catches it, it's easy to time her kick.She has practiced for a long time trying to get rid of it, but it seems that her body has developed an inertia. Once she is too tense or too relaxed, she will revert to the old state. "If you still have those useless little moves before you kick out, I will use these two rubber bands to hold you back." This method came to him suddenly before going to bed last night, and he just talked about it with Coach Shen Ning in the training class After a while, coach Shen Ning also thought it was possible to try. "All the basic movements, according to the order of the training session, do each ten times." After waiting for a while, seeing that she was still staring at the cowhide band on her ankle in a daze, Ruobai frowned, raised her voice and said— "start!" night. In the night market, which is only two streets away from Songbai Gymnasium, the business of Fat Zhou's food stall is still booming as usual.The side dishes are delicious, clean and cheap. The dozen or so tables placed in the open air are all full of customers. A TV series with high ratings is broadcasting lively on the TV. The owner, Fat Zhou, is cooking stir-fried snails himself. ，夜风中弥漫着田螺和啤酒的香气。 “再来一扎啤酒！” “9号桌一盘盐水花生！” “2号桌要餐巾纸！” “毛豆煮好了没有，15号客人催了！” "..." 端着整整一大托盘刚煮好的毛豆出来，听到胖周的吆喝声，百草顾不得擦头上的汗，急忙盛出一盘来，送到15号桌上。 15号桌的客人是三个头发染成奇怪颜色的青年人，其中一个人胳膊上还有纹身。那个纹身青年把啤酒杯往桌子上一顿，瞪圆眼睛对百草吼：“这么慢，等很久了！” “毛豆要多煮一下才比较入味。”百草解释说。 “是不是骗人啊！” 纹身青年怒哼了声，抓起几颗毛豆塞进嘴里大嚼起来，觉得味道确实不错，又吆喝着大声喝酒划拳起来。手臂一挥，他的手肘撞到桌边的啤酒杯，咣当一声，啤酒杯从桌上摔下去，慌乱中他还没来得及躲闪，眼看着啤酒就要泼出来弄脏他的裤子，一只手凌空抓住啤酒杯，稳稳地又放回桌上。 纹身青年目瞪口呆地看着百草。 难道是他眼花，他怎么感觉啤酒杯被碰到之前，这女孩子就已经伸手去接了。 “……若白哥哥，我们高考准备报你的学校，想请教你一下，哪个专业比较好呢……” 百草走回柜台的时候，又看到了7号桌那几个高中生女孩子，她们正拉着若白说话，一个个兴奋得面若桃花。这个星期见过她们好几次了，每次来都是不停地找各种借口让若白过去，惹得同样在大排档打工的阿英、阿建都开始打赌，看若白到底会不会最终跟她们中的哪一个出去约会。 见若白只是沉默收拾被啤酒弄脏的桌子，完全不理会那群女孩子，百草觉得阿健应该会输。 电视机在柜台前面的高柜上轰轰烈烈地响着，百草看了一眼，发现居然还是那部电视剧。真奇怪，为什么一部电视剧可以播三百多集，为什么剧里那些人纠缠了那么多集还是纠缠不清，为什么还有那么多人喜欢看。她摇摇头，趁这会儿没事，从书包里拿出课本来做作业。 下学期就是高三了。 她究竟要不要去参加高考呢？ 写着英文老师要求的作文，她有些茫然。自从进入松柏道馆，她几乎再没有拿过师父给她的钱，师父的经济条件并不好，何况光雅跟她一样，也要高考。 喻夫人曾经提出过，每月给她一些钱，作为对她打扫道馆的卫生、帮范婶做饭洗衣的酬劳。然而她怎么可以收呢？这三年来，她吃住都是在松柏道馆，喻馆主和夫人是好人，从来没跟她提过食宿费的事情，她的那些劳动，根本不足以报答。 要感谢若白。 如果不是他帮她介绍了到这里打工的机会，上了高中之后的学杂费就很难支撑了。可是上大学的话，需要很多钱吧，她暗暗叹了口气，还有，为什么这一年她身高长了这么多，许多衣服都穿不下了，需要重新再买。 或者如果她的身材跟晓萤差不多也好啊。晓萤有很多不穿的旧衣服，为什么她要比晓萤高了足足十几公分，根本就穿不上。 胸衣看起来也必须再买一个。 现在这个太紧了，训练的时候常常勒得她喘不过气。 默默地看着作业本上一个个的单词，有时候她真的很羡慕晓萤，范叔范婶那么疼爱晓萤，恨不能将世间最好的东西都给晓萤。如果她的父母还在，她应该不会这么辛苦吧…… “7号桌结账。” 高高的身影笼罩住她，若白的声音响起。她急忙赶走心头的那些乱七八糟的思绪，接过他手中的钞票，打开收款机，结算应找的零钱。 若白结完帐回来时，大排档每晚的营业高峰期已经过去了，只剩下一两桌客人还没走。并肩同她站在柜台前，他也拿出一本英语原文书，看了半晌，忽然淡淡说：“每个高校都有助学贷款。” "Uh?" 她惊讶地抬头。 “不过，也许你功课太差了，根本就考不上。”手指落在她的英语作文上，他皱眉说，“这一句的语法是错误的……” 在若白的纠正下，百草面红耳赤地修正了好几个句子。 两年前，当若白高考进入大学的英语专业时，她才发现她对若白的了解真的很少。他用了那么多时间在跆拳道上，学业却还是很优秀。 “10号桌买单！” 正在扫地的阿健高声喊，百草放下笔，找出10号桌的单子准备去结账，若白将单子接过去，漠然地说：“继续写完它。” 将修改完毕的英语作文重新誊写了一遍，百草再次抬起头来，发现若白正在收拾几张杯盘狼藉的桌子，将一堆碗碟放进塑料盆，用抹布擦拭桌面。的“我来！” 急忙跑过去，她去抢他手上的抹布。这些都是她应该做的活儿，若白其实只要负责点菜、传菜和帮客人结账就可以了。 “作业写完了？” 若白没理会她，径自将桌面擦干净，抱着那盆装满脏碗碟的塑料盆到一旁的水龙头处，开始洗碗。 “嗯，写完了。我来洗。” 她蹲下来，挽起袖子就从塑料盆里拿脏盘子。若白左臂一挡，格开她的手，拿出一块干净的布扔给她，看也不看她，说：“我洗，你擦。” “我一个人就可以了，”她还是试图将整个塑料盆抢过来，“若白师兄你去休息一会儿吧。” “你今天不能碰凉水。” 他将塑料盆重新拉回来，旋开水龙头，仔细地清洗碗碟。百草的脸“刷”地红了，傻傻地看着他，他、他指的是…… 可是他怎么可能会知道！ “往后每个月的这几天，在道馆你也不要再用凉水去洗衣服洗菜，”细细的水流淌落在盘子上，若白的声音平板无波，“必须把身体调理好，否则如果正好在这样的日子遇到打比赛，怎么办？” 她的脸快要红透了。 她记得，在第一次月经来潮的时候，初原曾经告诉过她，特殊的几天不要碰凉水。可是她怎么可能因为这个就不去洗衣服洗菜洗碗洗抹布，而把事情推给别人去做呢。 慢慢的累积下来，几乎每个月她都是痛的，而且每一个月都比上一个月更痛。上次出去打比赛，正好是她那个来的时候，小腹里闷痛难受得到第二局都还落后两分。 可是，若白怎么会知道的？ 想问又觉得很尴尬，百草的耳朵也像烧了一般的红，她死死地低着头，僵硬地接过若白洗完递过来的碗碟，用干净的布一只只擦干净。 夜晚的风很凉爽。 大排档基本上没有客人了，老板胖周和阿英、阿健忙碌着把桌椅收起来，电视机还在高柜上热闹地响着，阿健又送过来两大塑料盆脏盘子，水龙头中的水流哗啦啦地流淌下来。 若白沉默地洗着碗筷盘碟。 他洗一个，她擦一个，渐渐的，干净的碗碟叠成了一座小山。 “我……我今天拿到黑带了。”在持续的沉默中，终于还是她先局促地开口说话。 "Ok." 若白无动于衷。 “……谢谢你。”需要花钱的地方太多，考黑带的钱总是列在她预算支出的后面几位。如果不是他强逼着她去考试，又事先替她交了各种费用，她不知道什么时候才能成为黑带。 若白将最后一塑料盆的脏碗筷搬到水龙头下面，仿佛根本没有听见她在说什么。 “我会尽快把考黑带的钱还给你的。” 等下个月拿到在大排档打工的钱，她就有钱可以还给他了。至于文胸，也许还可以再坚持两个月。 “我说过了，考黑带的钱由我来出。”若白皱眉，往塑料盆里倒了一点洗洁精，双手一搅，白色泡沫从盆里涌出来。 “不，我下个月就还你。” 百草急忙说，她知道若白的经济条件也不是很好。 若白沉默起来。 直到那只塑料盆中的碗碟全部洗完，他才肃声说：“什么时候去考黑带，是你的自由。既然是我强迫你去考，那么所有的费用理应由我承担。” "no……" “你所要做的，”打断她的话，他抱起被她擦干净的那高如小山的盘子，走到放碗筷的高柜前，“是取得参加世界跆拳道锦标赛的资格。” 世界跆拳道锦标赛…… 百草怔怔地看着若白将盘子整齐地放入高柜，是的，世界跆拳道锦标赛将于今年秋季在香港举行。前几个月国家体育总局的领导前来视察的时候，特意说起过，因为岸阳训练基地战绩辉煌，所以拥有和国家队的队员们同等竞争参加这次世界跆拳道锦标赛的资格。 “这一次，我要你战胜婷宜。” 将所有的碗筷都放进柜子里摆好，在初夏的夜风中，若白对她说。