Chapter 3 Chapter 3

Back at Songbai Gymnasium, it was around ten o'clock in the evening, Ruobai and Baicao were walking in the quiet courtyard, and met three or four little disciples along the way. "Hello, Senior Brother Ruobai!" "Hello, Senior Sister Baicao!" Seeing them, the little disciples immediately ran to the side of the road, looked at them with respectful eyes, and bowed their heads loudly to salute. Ruobai pale jaw. Baicao bowed slightly, and returned the salute to the little disciples. In the past three years, the disciples of Songbai Gymnasium have changed from batch to batch.Some disciples were admitted to universities in other places, and some disciples no longer practiced Taekwondo. The new disciples gradually became the main force of Songbai Gymnasium. Especially last year, Songbai Gymnasium won the championship of the Gymnasium Challenge. The number of disciples who came to sign up much larger than before.

"You came back later than me!" Xiaoying was washing up and getting ready to go to bed, when she saw Baicao coming in, she laughed secretly, "Hey, are you dating Brother Ruobai again!" "...I, I have never dated Senior Brother Ruobai before." Baicao stuttered a little anxiously.I can't remember when it started, Xiaoying seems to have decided that she is in love with Ruobai, as long as she and Ruobai come back later, Xiaoying will joke for a long time. "Lied to me again!" Xiaoying gave her a white look, what's so great about a date, so nervous.Besides, it's not like I haven't seen her dating Senior Brother Ruobai, the two of them are holding hands on the street, and the picture of them sitting side by side under the moonlight, if it is said that they are not in love, no ghost will believe it.

"However, it's a pity that you came back late." Seeing her anxiously trying to explain, Xiaoying changed the subject, "Brother Chuyuan called from the United States just now." "Brother Chuyuan?" There was a sudden bump in the heart, and the schoolbag that was about to be put down in her hand was tightly held by Baicao. "Yeah, speaking of it, I haven't received a call from Senior Brother Chuyuan for a long time." Xiaoying lay down on the bed and took out a comic book to read, "In a blink of an eye, Senior Brother Chuyuan went to the United States to study as an exchange student. It's been a year, I haven't seen him for so long, I don't know if he has become more handsome and charming."

three years... Thinking about it, the appearance of Senior Chuyuan in Baicao's mind was a bit blurred.I only remember the smell as clean as disinfectant, the warm palm rubbing her hair, and the gentle voice. His decision to study abroad as an exchange student was very sudden. She had just recovered from the blow of losing to Tingyi when he had already flown to the United States. Then he never came back. At the beginning, she thought about writing to him according to the contact information he left behind, but she didn't know until the post office that the postage to the United States would be so expensive.She thought that if Xiaoying sent him a letter, she could put her letter in the same envelope, but Xiaoying laughed at her. In this day and age, no one still writes letters, everyone uses email to contact.

She doesn't have a computer. She also has no money to go to Internet cafes to surf the Internet. In the beginning, she asked Xiaoying to greet her when she wrote an email to Senior Chuyuan.However, as time went by, Xiaoying wrote less and less, and she felt ashamed to bother her all the time. "Brother Chuyuan is really a good person. As soon as my mother told him about my mother's arthritis attack, he called to inquire about my mother's condition, and said that if necessary, he could buy medicine for my mother in the United States." said gratefully Then, Xiaoying suddenly looked at Baicao who was packing her schoolbag absent-mindedly, "By the way, Senior Brother Chuyuan asked about you!"

Baicao's breathing froze for a moment. "Senior Chuyuan... mentioned me?" "Yeah, he asked if you were there and wanted you to answer the phone. Unfortunately, before you came back, I told Senior Brother Chuyuan that you went on a date with Senior Brother Ruobai." "I didn't date Brother Ruobai!" "Hahahaha, ok ok, I lied to you, hahahaha, I'm making you anxious," Xiaoying couldn't catch her breath from laughing, and said after panting for a long time, "Okay, brother Chuyuan and I What the senior brother said is that you went to work and haven't come back yet."

"Oh." Baicao breathed a sigh of relief. "Then, Senior Chuyuan asked," Xiaoying coughed, imitating Chuyuan's voice, "How is Baicao recently?" Baicao held her breath. "I replied, 'Very good, Baicao is in good health, has done well in homework, and played well in games. He participated in a friendly match with a neighboring city last month and won the championship!'" Xiaoying raised her eyebrows proudly Said, "How about it, this answer is very interesting, you come every month, the pain is so painful, I didn't tell Senior Brother Chuyuan."

"Xiaoying!" Baicao blushed in embarrassment. "Besides, I also told Senior Brother Chuyuan that you were admitted to the black belt. Hehe, Senior Brother Chuyuan asked me to convey his congratulations to you. Now, I have finished conveying it!" After chattering, Xiaoying continued to read the rented comic book with relish.Sitting on the chair, Baicao was a little dazed. If she had come back a little earlier, she might have heard Senior Chuyuan's voice. Shaking her head and not thinking about it anymore, she packed tomorrow's textbooks into her schoolbag and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and wash her face.When the faucet was turned on, cold water gushed out.

"The kettle is right below, please use hot water." Xiaoying's voice came from behind, and Baicao looked back at her in astonishment. "Ok?" "Brother Ruobai ordered me to keep an eye on you. You are not allowed to use cold water for washing your face or clothes these days. This pot of hot water was specially boiled for you just now. How about it? Be touched! Ah, and there is a bag of brown sugar on the table, you can drink a glass of sugar water later, but this bag of brown sugar was brought by Ruobai, so you don’t need to thank me.” Xiaoying raised her head from the comic book and said, "Let's just say that you are dating, but you still don't admit it. Yesterday you came on the first day, and your face turned pale and you were sweating during training. Brother Ruobai came to ask me, are you It's not sick. I just told him that every time you come here, you will have a stomachache on the first day, and it was because of this that you almost lost in the finals last time. As a result, Brother Ruobai brought the brown sugar over today, You also asked me to help you recuperate. You are so nervous, you still lie to me, you really don’t treat me as a friend, hehe.”

"No, you really misunderstood." Hot water was mixed in the washbasin, and it was hot. I covered my face with a wet towel for a few seconds, and felt that the fatigue of the day was gradually dissipating.After hanging up the towel, Baicao walked back to the table and saw the bag of brown sugar. "Senior Brother Ruobai wants me to take good care of my body." The brown sugar water in the cup was steaming up, she hesitated, and she said, "Participate in this World Taekwondo Championship." The pen follows the heart, and the handwriting in light ink blooms like flowing clouds and flowing water. Although it is written on an old newspaper, it does not damage the style of the font at all.Waiting for the ink to dry a bit, Ruobai looked at it for a while, moved it aside, and took out an old newspaper to write on.

"The rice paper is gone, and the ink has been replaced with the worst one, which smells bad." Sniffing his nose, Yifeng yawned on the bed, "After Baicao knew that you paid the black belt examination fee for her, you are so poor. Yet?" Ruo Bai remained silent. The ink-soaked brush rested lightly on the inkstone. He stared at the old newspaper, thought for a while, and then began to write. "It's for this year's World Taekwondo Championships, right?" Yifeng said lazily, "I've also read the regulations and rules of the competition. Contestants must have a black belt or higher to register. However, you have spent so much energy Is it worth it for her? In the past year, you have spent more time training with her than you have trained yourself." "She doesn't need to know these things." Ruobai wrote the beautiful and powerful Chibi Fu on an old newspaper, "Besides, I didn't do this for her." Yifeng raised his sleepy eyelids and looked at him: "Don't you think it's a pity?" Ruobai didn't answer him until the whole Chibi Fu was written.Sighing, Yifeng grabbed the cattail fan and fanned it, and it started to heat up just after entering the summer. After fanning for a while, Yifeng said again: "Ruobai, don't say I'm breaking your cold water. I don't think she has much hope of participating even if she is eligible to participate." "This year's World Taekwondo Championships..." Staring blankly at Baicao, Xiaoying didn't know what to say. She thought about the words for a long time, but she still didn't know what to say.Finally, she had a flash of inspiration and shouted happily: "Yes, Baicao, you can gain some weight and go up a level! This way you don't have to talk to Tingyi..." hiss! Very hot. I forgot that the brown sugar water was washed out with boiling water, and as soon as I drank it, it was so hot that Baicao covered her mouth. "What's the matter, is it burnt!" Xiaoying immediately ran down from the bed and pulled her hand away, "Open your mouth and let me see, oops, it's all scalded! Let's go to my mother's room and let her Find some medicine for you to use!" "No need," Baicao hurriedly pulled her back, "Aunt Fan is already asleep, don't wake her up, it's just a little burnt, it doesn't hurt anymore." "My mother watches Central Eight's mother-in-law Korean dramas every day, and she won't sleep until one o'clock at night." Xiaoying ignored her and shouted into the next room, "Mom──! Did you sleep──? " "Didn't sleep, watching TV!" Aunt Fan's voice shouted out, as loud as Xiaoying's. "Is Dad not home?" "Not here!" "Then I'll go over with Baicao!" "bring it on!" "Exactly, come and watch the ad!" Seeing Xiaoying dragging Baicao in, Aunt Fan sat by the bed and waved to them, smiling and telling them to watch TV quickly.What is broadcasting on TV is a shampoo advertisement, a very famous shampoo brand.A girl in a white taekwondo uniform kicked in the air, turned around in the air, her long hair was black and smooth, shining with a charming brilliance. The final frame of the ad is the girl's smile. Elegant and gentle like a lily. That's Tingyi. Baicao stared blankly at Tingyi's smile on the TV screen. This advertisement had never been seen before, and it should be Tingyi's new endorsement product.She knew what Xiaoying didn't finish saying just now. If she gained some weight and moved up a level, she could avoid Tingyi and not compete with Tingyi. Because as long as Tingyi exists, she has no chance. "I thought it was some great advertisement, what's so interesting about it." Xiaoying said impatiently, since that year's Gym Challenge, seeing Tingyi kicking Baicao so hard, she can no longer be like her when she was a child. I love and admire Tingyi so much. "You child, this is Tingyi's advertisement!" Aunt Fan couldn't help saying, "I counted, and there were three Tingyi advertisements on TV in one night, including biscuits, cosmetics, and this laundry detergent." You're so hot. Xiaoying, look at her Tingyi, the longer she grows, the more beautiful she is, and she's so capable." "Tingyi! Tingyi! Are you annoying?" Xiaoying rolled her eyes, "I really like her so much, you recognize her as your daughter, anyway, I'm not pretty, and I'm not capable." "I would like to, but it's a pity that I don't have that kind of luck." Aunt Fan said leisurely. "Please!" Xiaoying was half-dead in anger, "Look at her, she still has such long hair when she practices Taekwondo, she is not cumbersome during competitions, and she is not professional at all. Also, look at her, she is just like a star in the entertainment circle , shoot commercials all day long, participate in activities, don’t train for half a year, what’s the point!” "Even so, as long as they participate in the competition, they will win the championship." Aunt Fan continued to watch TV, and the Korean drama began to air again, "I have nothing to say." "Baicao is too!" Xiaoying was angry, "Since last year, Baicao has also won the championship as long as it participates in the competition!" Aunt Fan froze for a moment, looked at Baicao, patted her palm with a smile, and said, "Well, Baicao is also a good boy, and she is also very outstanding." Aunt Fan's hand was very warm, but Baicao felt a little sad in her heart. Since last year, she has won championships in all domestic competitions she participated in.However, those were all competitions that Tingyi did not participate in, and they were all small-scale competitions.For those major national competitions, the training base has always had only one place to participate. Coach Shen Ning has always sent Tingyi directly to play, and Tingyi has lived up to expectations and won the championship every time. And after the Gym Challenge that year, the Xianwu Gym announced that in order to give more gyms the chance to compete for the championship, Ting Hao and Tingyi, who had led Xianwu to three consecutive championships, would no longer participate in the Gym Challenge.So last year's championship was won by Xianwu who was absent from Ting Hao and Ting Yi. All her victories came from competitions that Tingyi disdained to participate in. For three years, she has been training hard every day, hoping that one day she will be able to avenge her shame and defeat Tingyi.However, in the past three years, she has never had the chance to play against Tingyi in the competition. Xiaoying took out the medicine from the drawer and carefully sprayed Baicao on the wound. The two left Aunt Fan to watch TV by herself and went back to the room. Lie back on the bed, flipped through a few pages of the comic book, Xiaoying was not in the mood to read any more, sighed and said, "I'm really frustrated, look at Tingyi, she doesn't train all day, but she can still achieve such good results in the competition .Could it be because she was born in a family of Taekwondo, her innate genes are particularly good, she is a genius, and everyone else is just an ordinary person?" "If you are not a genius, you can only work harder." Sitting at the desk, Baicao took off the strawberry hair band from the back of her head, and combed her hair slowly with a comb.When she was defeated by Tingyi back then, she also had such shakes. She doubted that if she worked a hundred times harder, she would not be Tingyi's opponent. "But geniuses are born, not by working hard to become geniuses!" Although I admire Baicao's tenacious will, Xiaoying thinks it is better for her to recognize the reality.She doesn't want to see Baicao get hit because of Tingyi again. It is impossible to participate in the World Taekwondo Championships. Coach Shen Ning will only send Tingyi there and will not consider Baicao at all. Touching the strawberries on the hairband with her fingers, Baicao's memory returned to the cabin three years ago. ... "People often like to call the winners of the competition geniuses, thinking that they are very talented..." Chuyuan lowered his head and helped her rub the bruises on her arms with medicinal oil. She was depressed. His voice is gentle. "...If one day you can defeat all your opponents and become the strongest, then people may think that your talent is the best." ... Every day in the following days, after the daily training, Ruobai will give Baicao another hour of special training on cowhide bands.As long as she had any extra movement before the leg came out, he would forcefully pull her foot back. After a few days, her ankle was strangled red and painful.However, it was precisely because of the subconscious reaction to the pain that her legs became more and more clean. "Ah-ah-ah!" The spinning and kicking in the air seemed as if the air around her was stirred into a vortex. In the powerful vortex, her body jumped extremely high, as if in slow motion, she kicked her two feet out with such force that she pulled her like a vortex. The cowhide band in Bai's hand also flew out. Ruobai was startled. That kind of power, and the height she flew out... If she after those two kicks... Falling from mid-air, Baicao stopped her footsteps panting, adjusted her breathing a few times, and brushed away the hair sticking to her face.This time she kicked out directly, and today she has not been pulled back by him with a cowhide band. She was so happy that she couldn't help saying happily: "Senior Brother Ruobai, I seem to have found the feeling! As long as the legs are out You don’t need to think too much about the movements, just move your mind at the moment when you move your legs, and you can..." "Don't be too happy, this is just training, there is no pressure. The key is during the game." Ruobai said lightly. Baicao blushed. Yes, she's seemed to get over her jump-first problem in practice before, but it's only when the pressure is on that she'll do it again. "Then—Brother Ruobai, let's continue!" Without bothering to wipe the sweat off her forehead, she clenched her fists and got ready again.She doesn't believe it, she won't be able to get rid of this problem. "Coach Shen told you last time, why hasn't your hair been cut yet?" After looking at her, Ruobai said with a frown, threw her a towel, and didn't let her continue training. "what?" She froze and stroked her hair.Although the hair was tied with a strawberry scrunchie, the hair in the front was so broken that it always flew out and blocked her eyes. "Cut it as soon as possible, it will affect the training." "..." For some reason, she hesitated for a moment before replying— "yes." The next day was Saturday, thinking of getting a haircut, Baicao deliberately left the house two hours earlier in the afternoon.Hastily rushing to the small barber shop that she had frequented for several years, she found that the door of the shop was closed tightly, and a piece of paper was pasted on the glass window, with the words "this shop is for sale" written on it.The people in the nearby shop told her that the daughter-in-law of the barber shop proprietress had a baby, and the proprietress went back to her hometown to take her grandson. Baicao was dumbfounded. This barbershop is the cheapest around. It only costs two yuan for a haircut. Other barbershops cost at least five yuan.This month the teacher asked them to buy supplementary textbooks. They couldn't make ends meet, and they had to save money to pay back Senior Brother Ruobai. What should they do? While walking on the street, Baicao looked around depressedly, hoping to find another cheap barber shop. There are many small jewelry stalls on both sides of the street, hanging up in a dazzling array, colorful and sparkling in the sun, there are earrings, necklaces, hair clips, hair ties, and many small jewelry that she can't understand what they are for. accessories. while walking. Suddenly, as if her eyes were dazzled by a ray of light, she stopped. On the right hand side is a jewelry booth, densely packed jewelry is hung on a pair of dark blue velvet cloth, among them, a strawberry hairpin is extremely dazzling under the sunlight.The little strawberry, red and sweet, is set on the stainless steel hairpin with long legs. It seems to match the strawberry scrunchies in her hair. Heart pounding. Knowing that she shouldn't go there, she should go to a cheap barber shop. She didn't have the money to buy these things, but her footsteps seemed to be out of her control, and she stood in front of the stall in a mysterious manner.Stretching out her finger, she touched the strawberry hair clip. It had a smooth texture. Upon closer inspection, it was indeed in the same series as her strawberry hair tie! "Try it if you like it." The stall owner, whose hair was dyed blond like a chicken coop, greeted her without raising his head, watching the MV playing on a nine-inch ultra-small color TV with relish. "I... I don't have money to buy it, can I try it?" Baicao said awkwardly. "It's okay, try it first and see if you like it," the young stall owner hummed along with the TV nonchalantly, "And this hair clip is very cheap, you can afford it!" "Oh." Unable to resist the temptation, she carefully removed the hairpin from the blue flannel.The young stall owner handed her a mirror with a handle. She took the mirror and tried to compare strawberry hair clips on her hair. "Just not in your bangs." The young stall owner saw her clumsily comparing each other, so he decided to do it himself, combing her forehead hair slightly to the right side, and pinning her long and broken bangs. "Look, how beautiful it is." The stall owner, the young man, admired it. In the mirror, Baicao discovered for the first time that her hair can be so soft and docile.In the past, it was either short hair, or short hair that became long and messy with bangs. Never before, the hair fit her face smoothly like this. Hong Jingjing's strawberry hairpin reflected her black hair. She discovered that her face shape was a thin oval face, not the round face she had always thought.Also, she always thought she looked like a boy, but at this moment, she looked like a real girl in the mirror. Looking at the mirror in one hand, you can still see the strawberry hair tie on the ponytail behind her head.The two of them are reflected together, flashing and flashing, like a pair... After fighting between heaven and man for a while, Baicao bit her lip, and quietly grabbed the two yuan in her pocket that was originally prepared for a haircut.Maybe, maybe she can find a cheaper barber shop, maybe she can get her hair cut for a dollar, maybe she can save the next dollar to buy this barrette. "How much is this hair clip?" As soon as the words came out, Baicao immediately regretted it.Whenever she becomes vain and loves to dress up, even if she can save a dollar, she should save it and return it to Senior Brother Ruobai, right? "You little girl doesn't have much money..." The young stall owner looked her up and down, thought for a while, "...just give me ten yuan!" "ten bucks?" Baicao was blindsided and couldn't believe her ears. "Yeah, ten yuan. It's cheap. I haven't sold it for this price before. I'm willing to sell it for at least fifteen. But since you're a little girl, and you look good on it, that's why I sold it to you so cheaply." The young stall owner said while watching TV. It turns out that a hairpin is so expensive. Baicao felt sad. Reluctantly touching the red strawberry hairpin pinned to her bangs lightly, she looked in the mirror again before taking it down carefully, lest she break it and would have to pay for it. "Haha, you actually buy these things too!" Suddenly, like a ghost behind her back, Xiaoying's voice came out from behind her, making her hands tremble in fright, and the strawberry hairpin almost fell off. "Don't pick it up yet, let me see." Regardless of Baicao's refusal, Xiaoying put the hairpin on her hair again, looked left and right, opened her eyes wide in surprise, and shouted: "Wow, it's so pretty, it's completely different from your usual look, look It looks cute and ladylike, not bad! Brother Ruobai, what do you think, isn't it pretty?" As soon as she shouted, Baicao noticed that Ruobai was there! He was wearing a light blue shirt, washed white jeans, and carried a schoolbag on his shoulder.Standing two steps away from her, his eyes lightly fell on the strawberry hairpin on her head. Her face suddenly turned red. I don't know if he saw her looking around with the mirror just now, but he dislikes her spending time on things other than training. "It looks good, let's buy it! Just now you asked how much it was?" Xiaoying said excitedly, it was rare to see Baicao like these trinkets. "I'm not going to buy it." Baicao hurriedly said, not daring to look at Ruobai again. "Why don't you buy it? It's very beautiful! Besides, didn't you say last night that there were too many broken hairs, which got in the way during training, so you had to cut your hair? If you bought this hair clip, just pin your bangs up, then You don’t need to cut your hair! Hey──” As if discovering a new continent, Xiaoying turned behind her and said in surprise: "This hair clip matches your hair tie, and there are strawberries! It's fate, buy it, buy it, how much is it for the boss? " "Ten yuan." Said the young stall owner. "Ten yuan? Can it be cheaper?" Xiaoying began to haggle over the price. "I really didn't plan to buy it, I just... just tried it..." Baicao said anxiously, holding her arm. "Please, can I not understand you? Unless you like it very much, you will never come to try it." Ignoring her, Xiaoying continued to flatter the young stall owner, "Boss, it's cheaper!" "I go first." On the other side, Ruobai frowned, interrupted Xiaoying's bargaining with the young stall owner, and said to the two of them. "yes!" Baicao hastily bowed down to salute him.She knew that Ruobai was also an assistant teacher of the mass class and needed to arrive at the training center early. "See you again, Senior Brother Ruobai, we won't be late!" Xiaoying waved vigorously at him. Watching Ruobai's leaving back, Baicao was a little dazed, she could hear the impatience in his voice.Was he disappointed in her?I think she likes to dress up like other girls, and she doesn't concentrate on training. "Still watching?" Xiaoying said jokingly, blinking at her, "Are you wondering why Senior Brother Ruobai appeared with Xiaoying? Haha, don't worry, I didn't talk to Senior Brother Ruobai Date, I just met him on the previous street!" "I-I wasn't thinking about this!" Baicao stuttered a little anxiously. "Okay," Xiaoying said perfunctorily, and continued, "Do you know what Senior Brother Ruobai is doing? There is a translation company at the intersection in front of him. He took a batch of translation manuscripts to do. I heard from Yifeng that, Recently, Senior Brother Ruobai has worked several more jobs, so he goes to bed very late every day." My heart tightened. Baicao held the two yuan in her pocket, and felt something heavy in her chest. She was stunned for a moment, and when she came to her senses, she heard that Xiaoying was still arguing with the young stall owner—"Who can give me a price?" , It’s ten yuan if you say ten yuan, it’s cheaper!” "It's already very cheap. I only need ten yuan for this hair clip. You can go to a specialty store and see that the same thing costs hundreds of yuan!" "Please, yours is not the same thing as the one in the specialty store, okay! Look, the one on her hair should be a famous brand in the specialty store," Xiaoying pulled the strawberry hair tie off Baicao's hair with one hand, very quickly Expertly said, "The strawberries on this hairband are inlaid with Swarovski crystals, so shiny and so bright. What about your hairpin? You can see for yourself. They use ordinary rhinestones, although It looks pretty good too, but how dare you compare the price with someone else's counter!" "..." The stall owner was speechless. Xiaoying's fingers twiddled the strawberry hair tie, worried that it would accidentally fall to the ground, so Baicao hurriedly took it back.Lowering her head, she wanted to tie up her hair again, when she suddenly found that a talk show was playing on the small TV on the stand. "Hey, isn't that Tingyi?" Xiaoying also found out, and came over to watch together. It was a talk show with high ratings in China. The host was a popular host. The guests who came to each episode were celebrities from all walks of life. Tingyi was sitting on the sofa with a gentle smile, dressed in milky white silk long hair. skirt. "It seems that she is really a star..." Xiaoying murmured, otherwise why would she appear on TV all day long.When I saw her advertisements, I didn't think so. I always thought that the advertisements were all PS, and ordinary people can look beautiful.But now watching her on the talk show, she has bright eyes, bright teeth, sweet smile, outstanding temperament, and natural grace, she is really more beautiful than many female stars in the entertainment industry. What Baicao noticed was Tingyi's hair. Her hair was long to below her shoulders, black and soft, with some waves from the perm, slightly curving, revealing laziness and charm in demureness. "On the field, you are so heroic and domineering, and your opponents will be frightened when they hear your name," the host asked curiously on the TV, "However, it is said that you are a small bird in front of your boyfriend. Same, very good at acting like a baby, isn't it?" Tingyi smiled and said: "Every girl will act like a baby in front of her boyfriend, and of course I am no exception." "Oh?" the host joked, "No matter what, he will never dare to make you angry, otherwise if you get angry, he will be kicked badly by you, haha." "No, I dare not provoke him," Tingyi said softly, with a happy smile on her lips, "He used to be a taekwondo player, and he is very talented. Although he hasn't practiced for a long time, I am definitely not his." opponent." "This trip to the United States is to visit him?" "Well, yes." "I heard that you will fly to the United States to see him every once in a while. Why are you so nervous about training, isn't he flying back to see you?" "He is studying medicine in the United States, and his studies are too tight, but I can have time to rest and recover every time I train." "Haha, I heard it, our Tingyi is not only an excellent taekwondo player, but also an excellent girlfriend!" The host laughed jokingly. Looking away from the TV screen and returning to the strawberry scrunchie in his palm, Baicao took a light breath to suppress the inexplicable sour taste in his chest.She held up her palm and stuffed the strawberry hair tie into her schoolbag. "Let's go." She pulled Xiaoying up and dragged her away from the TV on the stand.It's getting late and the hair must be cut before training starts. "Little girl, don't you want to buy hair clips?" The young stall owner shouted holding strawberry hair clips. "It's cheaper for you!" Xiaoying shouted back. "I'm sorry, we won't buy it." Baicao said apologetically to the young stall owner, holding Xiaoying's arm tightly with one hand, and hurriedly dragging her away with big strides to prevent her from continuing to bid. "You can think about it again, and come back if you like it!" The voice of the young stall owner came from behind. "Oh, I think he's going to let go soon, maybe eight dollars can do it, why are you dragging me away?" Xiaoying said depressingly as she walked. "I don't want to buy..." And eight yuan is still very expensive. "But you look good on it. Besides, you don't need to cut your hair if you have a hair clip. Look at Tingyi... Oh, how beautiful Tingyi's hair is..." "That way you have to comb your hair every day." Short hair doesn't need to be combed, which saves time. "Tingyi is talking about Senior Brother Chuyuan." Xiaoying suddenly said again. "...Well, it should be." Baicao walked silently. She studied medicine in the United States and had practiced taekwondo before. She was very talented. Among the people she knew, Chuyuan was the only one. "I know that Tingyi often flies to the United States to see senior brother Chuyuan, but I don't know, they are actually in a relationship." Scratching her hair, Xiaoying felt depressed again. Baicao remembered the few times she met Tingyi in the cabin before. Tingyi should have liked Senior Chuyuan very much at that time. Since Senior Chuyuan arrived in the United States, Tingyi has flown there at least two or three times a year, staying for at least a week. And she never had the chance to meet Senior Chuyuan again. In the past three years, she has cleaned the surroundings of the cabin every day, but, maybe, maybe Senior Chuyuan can't remember her appearance clearly. training base. storage room. Because they didn't have to go to school on weekends, Lin Feng, Guangya, and Shen Bo all came early, and they chatted one after another while putting things into their lockers.Lin Feng heard that Tingyi was going back to China soon. Shen Bo said that it would be about a day or two. Guangya said that she saw Tingyi's interview on TV just now and thought Tingyi had come back. Shen Bo said that it should be recorded before. aired programs. Just as she was talking, there was a sound of footsteps, and Xiaoying's mournful voice came— "Please don't say you know me until your hair grows out, it's a shame." Guangya turned her head to look, and saw Xiaoying covered her face with her bag with a depressed face, slipping in like a thief, and looking back, it was Baicao who walked in. Like an electric shock. Guangya's eyes widened suddenly! what is that? "Oh my god, Baicao, what happened to your hair?!" Lin Feng was the first to shout out. She walked over in shock and looked at Baicao's head in disbelief. "Uh, I went to get my hair cut." Seeing everyone's reactions, Baicao patted her head in embarrassment, so she must be really ugly.Xiaoying was screaming during the haircut, and continued to scream all the way after the haircut, even refusing to walk with her, saying it was embarrassing. "Who made it up to you!" Looking carefully at her hair again, Lin Feng was heartbroken. What happened, why did Baicao's hair seem to be chewed by a dog!It's okay to have shorter hair than a boy's, but there's still a bunch of hair here and there, some places are normal, and some places are actually close to the scalp, which looks like a dysentery head! "Fan Xiaoying, did you play tricks on her?" Guangya glared at Xiaoying angrily. "Me?" Xiaoying threw her bag into the locker dejectedly, "I don't have the talent to be able to make such ugly and creative things, it's not something I can do as an ordinary person, okay?" "How could it be like this..." Lin Feng felt extremely distressed.She touched the few places on Baicao's head where her hair was shaved. If the razor was deeper, her hair might bleed. "Which barber shop is it? I will accompany you to find them after today's training! How can this be? How can you go to school like this?" "Is it ugly?" Baicao asked nervously.After finishing her haircut, she only took a quick look at the front in the mirror, knowing that it didn't look good, but she didn't know how ugly it was. "It's ugly! It's ugly!" Guangya rolled her eyes. Shen Bo put his shoes in, took out his Taoist clothes, and when he walked past Baicao, he pushed his black-rimmed glasses and said, "That store should at least give you back the money for the haircut." "They're free," Baicao said shyly, then smiled, "It's okay, the hair will grow back after a while." "Free?" Guangya was puzzled. "Yes, it's free," Xiaoying weakly took off her shoes and put them in the locker. "It's the kind of event organized by the elderly activity center, learning from Lei Feng, and giving passers-by a free haircut." On the way, Baicao ran over as soon as his eyes lit up when he saw the slogan of Lei Feng's free haircut put up by the elderly activity center. She clearly told Baicao that many of those elderly people learned to cut hair as a hobby after retirement, and they had no hair cutting experience at all, so they would definitely get ugly haircuts.But Baicao didn't listen at all, and was completely fascinated by the word "free".She had no choice but to comfort herself and say, well, maybe it's just not pretty, anyway, Baicao never cares about being pretty or not. But the old man who cut Baicao's hair, heard that Baicao's requirement for hair is "the shorter the better", so he took the razor and pushed it hard.She dared to swear that it was definitely the first time for the old man to cut someone's hair. The hand holding the razor kept shaking and shaking. With one shake, a piece of snow-white scalp was shaved, and another piece was shaved after shaking again. She was so angry that she was about to vomit blood. The old man looked guilty after finishing Baicao's haircut, but the idiot Baicao didn't seem to notice it at all, and even excitedly asked the old man how to find them next time he wanted to get his hair done. "Sure enough, you get what you pay for." After the commentary, Guangya didn't bother to look at Baicao anymore, and went into the training hall alone.林凤还在绞尽脑汁地研究有没有什么办法可以弥补，陆续到来的寇震、梅玲、石综、亦枫也纷纷被百草的发型惊到。 “你是在赌气？” 百草跪在地上擦垫子的时候，若白的身影被阳光拉得映在她身上。 “嗯？”她抬起头，没听懂。 “如果不想剪头发，可以直接说，用不着故意把头发剪得这么丑。”若白皱眉审视她的脑袋。 究竟是有多丑。 百草忍不住都想对着镜子好好照一照了。擦完垫子，做完热身，集合站在队伍里等待沈教练进来的时候，她悄悄看一眼身侧，若白依旧板着脸。 用手摸一摸自己的后脑勺。 呃，好像是有的地方有头发，有的地方秃秃的，她心中沮丧，暗叹口气。然而转念一想，头发剪得这么短，能坚持的时间一定会很长，不由得又有点开心。 只是，沈教练一向注重仪表，也喜欢队员们打扮得干净漂亮，如果看到她这个样子，会笑话她的吧。 训练厅的大门被推开。 是沈教练要进来了，百草一慌，立刻将头低得低低的。 大门一开。 却是浩浩荡荡的人群涌进来！ 刺眼的光芒，闪光灯白花花地闪成一片，涌进来的十几个人都是记者，他们拥挤着，高举着摄像机和照相机边倒退着走，边高声喊，“看这里！”“对，很好，笑一个！”“沈教练，麻烦你也笑一下！”“ok！再来一张！” 这样的阵仗。 队员们诧异地面面相觑，然后很快就都心里有数了，这并不是他们第一次见到如此的场面，应该是婷宜回来了。婷宜跟他们不同，他们只是跆拳道选手，而婷宜是明星，是媒体的追逐的目标。 果然，在拥挤的摄像机和照相机之后，百草看到了婷宜。与小饰品摊子上电视机里的模样不太一样，她乌黑的长发扎成长长的马尾，穿着一身簇新的雪白道服，领口和肩缝处有别致的黑色条纹绣花，衬得她更加乌眸皓齿，温婉俏丽。 沈教练同婷宜一同走进来。 闪光灯如暴雨闪电般，“咔嚓”、“咔嚓”对着两人狂拍，婷宜温柔美丽，沈教练优雅出众，两人站在一起如同姐妹花似的。应记者们的要求，沈教练搂住婷宜的肩膀，拍了几张师徒情深的照片。 摄像机镜头逼近两人。 记者手持话筒对着婷宜，问：“回到训练场地，又要开始紧张的训练了，你的心情如何？” “就好像回到家里的感觉，有将近一个月没有训练，浑身都不舒服，”婷宜望向沈柠，微笑说，“希望教练对我严加要求，帮助我把这个月拉下的训练全部补上。” 沈柠含笑点头，拍拍她的肩膀。 记者又将话筒对准沈柠，问：“沈教练，婷宜这次归队，是要开始为世界跆拳道锦标赛做准备了吗？” “对，接下来这段时候，训练会围绕着世界跆拳道锦标赛进行。” “您估计婷宜在这次锦标赛中成绩上会有什么样的突破，有可能进入前四名吗？” “那要看她的状态，以及对手的状态。” “您觉得有可能吗？”记者追问。 "Probably." 记者们满意了，又拍了几张婷宜走入队伍，同其他队员一起练习的照片。就在他们摆出一副要将全部训练过程拍摄下来的模样时，婷宜走过去，低声说了一些什么。 记者们终于离开了。 训练厅里恢复了宁静，队员们纷纷松了口气，被那些摄像机和照相机围绕着总是觉得很不自在。婷宜眼中满是歉意，对沈柠说：“对不起，我影响了大家的训练。” 沈柠笑了笑，说：“你是目前国内最优秀的女子跆拳道选手，长得又漂亮，媒体喜欢追着你，并不是你的错。只是，如果下次再有记者跟着你来，记得提前通知我，我们也好打扮得隆重一些，上镜会更好看。” 婷宜连忙再次道歉，然后嫣然一笑说：“刚才好几个记者都说您又美丽，又是国家十佳功勋教练，问我能不能请您做个专访。” “你呀，一个月没有训练，腿法不知道退步了没有，嘴巴倒是更厉害了。”沈柠似笑非笑瞟她一眼，“好了，归队吧。”沉吟片刻，她的目光一一掠过面前的队员，最后落在若白身上，“你跟若白一组练习，百草和光雅一组。” "yes." 婷宜向若白走去。 见婷宜走过来，晓萤只得慢吞吞地走出队伍，到角落里呆着，心里嘀咕开。 每次都是这样，如果是婷宜和廷皓一起归队训练还好，他们两人正好一组。可是如果婷宜一个人回来，就会不得不将其他队员的组合拆开重组。最初沈柠教练比较经常让申波与婷宜搭档，拆出来林凤与光雅搭档，她恢复到打工小妹身份。但是最近几次，沈柠教练总是让婷宜与若白搭档，拆出来百草去配光雅。 太不公平了吧。 为什么婷宜就能一直得到最好的？看到若白已经全然超过申波，成为全队除廷皓之外实力最强的队员，沈教练就开始把若白配给婷宜，牺牲掉百草去跟光雅配对。 以前也就算了，可是如今是要为世界跆拳道锦标赛备战了啊！把若白给了婷宜，让百草跟实力那么弱的光雅一起练习，百草会很吃亏的啊！虽然很不愿意相信外面那些乱七八糟的传言，但是晓萤不得不有点怀疑，沈柠教练和婷宜所在的贤武道馆之间真的有某种交易。 百草没有像晓萤一样想那么多，听到教练的话只是怔了怔，没有多说什么，抬步向光雅走过去。 这时，若白的声音却自她身边响起── “沈教练，我想继续和百草搭档。”