Chapter 5 Chapter 5

"Before returning to the country, Minzhu made me fight with you once to see how good your kung fu is and why she lost to you." Tingyi walked over and looked at the deer-like girl with a pair of eyes softly in front of her. A girl with black and white eyes and a pair of long legs, "Are you new to Songbai Gymnasium? I haven't seen you before." "yes." Baicao turned her gaze back from Ting Hao, and then looked at the girl named Tingyi again, feeling a little agitated in her heart. Brothers and sisters Ting Hao and Ting Yi have outstanding talents, and they have been hailed as Taekwondo genius brothers and sisters since childhood.The siblings participated in the World Youth Taekwondo Championships in South Korea early last year.Tingyi entered the top eight of her level in the World Youth Taekwondo Championships, while Ting Hao actually defeated players from South Korea, the United States and Iran, and won the championship of his level. This is unique among the taekwondo competitions that China has participated in in recent years victory!

When the news came back from abroad, the names of Ting Hao and Ting Yi were all over the newspapers.She once held a newspaper and read it all night. The newspaper contained a photo of Ting Hao wearing a five-star red flag and standing on the highest podium. smile. At that time, she secretly thought—— If she can also become a champion like him, standing on the highest podium, wearing a bright national flag, listening to the national anthem playing in her ears... Seeing Ting Hao and Tingyi brothers and sisters at such a close distance, Baicao suddenly felt a little dazed again, and didn't even hear what Tingyi was saying to her clearly.She thought that a taekwondo master like Tingyi would be very proud, but Tingyi looked at her very softly and warmly.

"It's a pity that I don't wear Taoist clothes right now," Tingyi smiled elegantly, "But this time I will stay in Songbai Gymnasium for a few days. If there is a chance, let's do a real battle, shall we?" Baicao was stunned for a moment, Xiaoying pushed her, and she said as if awakened from a dream: "Okay." She couldn't believe her ears. Being able to fight against a master like Tingyi was something she couldn't even imagine before. Hearing that Baicao would have the opportunity to fight Tingyi, the young disciples of Songbai Gymnasium were so envious, they surrounded them and asked to fight them once after the trials in the gymnasium, until Ruobai coldly ordered the disciples to start fighting. train.

Because tomorrow is the selection match in the gym, and because Ting Hao brothers and sisters are beside them, the disciples of Songbai Gymnasium practiced extraordinarily hard, kicking forward, kicking sideways, kicking sideways, wishing to use 12 points of strength in every movement!Baicao's kicking movements became a little stiff unknowingly, and she always couldn't help but want to see Ting Hao and Ting Yi, and wanted to make herself behave better in front of them, even better! "You kicked my hand again." Yifeng's voice came to her ears, Baicao retracted her legs and stood up as if awakened from a dream, seeing that his right wrist holding the target was really red.

"Sorry!" She hastily apologized. "As soon as I see an idol, I lose my mind. Is it so easy to get distracted?" Yi Feng yawned, as if she didn't hear her apology at all. Your chances are slim." "Sorry." Baicao blushed in shame.The master taught her to concentrate on practicing, never to be distracted, and not to be slack just because the practice is not a competition.She has always demanded this from herself, but she unexpectedly lost her composure when she saw Ting Hao's brother and sister today. "continue." Yifeng raised the target, Baicao didn't dare to be distracted anymore, she concentrated her breath, listened to Ruobai's command, and kicked Yifeng's high-raised target with flying legs!

After the training, Baicao found out that Ting Hao and Ting Yi had left the practice hall at some point.During dinner, Xiaoying said that the brothers and sisters Ting Hao would live in Songbai Gymnasium for the next few days, and watch the selection competition in the gymnasium starting tomorrow. "Well, the relationship between Xianwu Gymnasium and our Songbai Gymnasium is very good." After dinner, she and Xiaoying came to the practice hall, and the mats were already full of disciples practicing in pairs.Yifeng didn't come tonight, so she practiced with Xiaoying.During the interval between exercises, Xiaoying wiped off her sweat and said to Baicao: "The owner's wife and Mrs. Fang are handkerchiefs, and they are close friends in the boudoir in the legend. When Brother Ting Hao and Sister Tingyi were very young, Mrs. Fang often took them with them. Let them come over to play. They have a very good relationship with Senior Brother Chuyuan and Senior Sister Chuwei, so they came to live with us just after returning from Korea this time."

"That's right." Baicao sat on the mat and patted her legs. She didn't know if it was due to tension, but she felt her legs became a little stiff. "Actually, our Songbai Gymnasium was also very impressive." Xiaoying sighed, waving the target in her hand, "When Brother Chuyuan was still practicing Taekwondo, the Songbai Gymnasium was really beautiful. At the age of fourteen, at our age, he almost won the championship of his level in all taekwondo competitions. Although he has never participated in competitions abroad, everyone feels that as long as Senior Chuyuan participates, he will definitely be the champion. "

"Senior Chuyuan has practiced Taekwondo?" Baicao was very surprised! "Yeah, you haven't heard of it. Maybe many people don't remember it, but I will never forget it," Xiaoying sighed again in frustration, "It was really brilliant at that time, Brother Ting Hao was still Small, I admire Senior Brother Chuyuan very much, and run after him all day long. All other gyms envy Songbai Gym for having such a talented boy as Senior Brother Chuyuan, and Senior Brother Chuyuan is almost in the hearts of all the disciples in the gymnasium idols in Baicao listened in a daze.

That peaceful young man, with clear and gentle eyes, seems to be untouched by the dust of the world, living in a small wooden house isolated from the world. "But at the age of fifteen, it was time to go for the black belt exam. Brother Chuyuan suddenly decided not to practice Taekwondo anymore. No matter how many people persuaded him, he made up his mind not to practice any more, and instead focused on studying medicine. Later, I was admitted to the best medical school.” Xiaoying frowned and continued to sigh, “You don’t know, it was very difficult for Senior Brother Chuyuan during that time, and everyone thought he was crazy. Talking to him, the brothers were also angry that he left everyone alone and ignored him. Brother Chuyuan was completely isolated in the gym."

Baicao's heart suddenly tightened! She understood the feeling of being isolated and rejected, but she never thought that Senior Chuyuan had a similar experience. "You can't blame everyone for being angry with Senior Brother Chuyuan. Since Senior Brother Chuyuan quit Taekwondo and Senior Brother Ruobai became a big disciple, Songbai Gymnasium has gradually failed in the annual Gym Challenge. In the past three years, it has entered the semi-finals at most After one more match, he was eliminated, and he didn’t even make it to the rematch last year, and Songbai Gymnasium has become a second-rate gymnasium in the eyes of other gymnasiums.” Xiaoying lowered her head sadly, “If senior brother Chuyuan continues Lian, the Songbai Gymnasium will definitely be admired by the Taekwondo world, oh..."

"Oh, let's not talk about it, it's useless to talk about it! If you can get a good ranking in this Gym Challenge, Songbai Gymnasium can regain its prestige!" Xiaoying jumped up from the mat, a little dazed to hear Baicao yelled, "Come on, let's continue to practice, tomorrow there will be a tryout in the gymnasium!" Baicao and Xiaoying practiced for more than an hour, and the disciples in the practice hall gradually disappeared, and Xiaoying also went back to sleep.Baicao originally wanted to practice more like the previous nights, but felt that the more he practiced, the stiffer his body became, as if his movements were deformed, and his heart was in a mess.It's like something that I've been waiting for for a long time, it's about to come, and I'm a little worried about gains and losses, for fear that I won't be able to grasp the opportunity. Withdrawing the kicked leg, she stood on the mat blankly. It was quiet all around. Trying to calm down my mind, my distracting thoughts are getting more and more.Taking a deep breath, she gave up the idea of ​​continuing to practice, found a rag and began to wipe the mat.Tomorrow there will be a selection competition in the gymnasium. Only those who win can be qualified to represent Songbai Gymnasium in the Gymnasium Challenge, and there is only one female disciple in the entire gymnasium.Master Yu and Senior Ruobai allowed her to compete for this spot and gave her a chance, but she... Can you win? Can she defeat Chuwei and Xiuqin? The mat had been polished to a shiny shine, but her heart was getting more and more chaotic.After turning off the lights in the practice hall and closing the paper doors one by one, she picked up the broom and started sweeping the floor. The night is as cool as water. Before he knew it, Baicao found himself sweeping the floor near Chuyuan's wooden house.Under the moonlight, the stream was flowing quietly. As soon as she looked up, she could see the windows of the cabin. The lights in the house were warm, and the chatting and laughing voices of the four people were warmer than the lights. Brother and sister Ting Hao are still here. Baicao even heard Chuyuan's soft laughter while cleaning the path next to the wooden house with the moonlight.She couldn't help but follow the laughter, but she couldn't see Chuyuan's smiling face. She could only see Tingyi sitting next to Chuyuan from a distance. Her outline was beautiful and elegant, and she was whispering to him What are you talking about, those two figures look so familiar and intimate. Baicao lowered her head and continued to sweep the floor silently. Ever since she personally asked Chuyuan that she would not disturb his cleanliness by sweeping the floor, she has often come here.Every time she came near the wooden house and gently swept the road with a broom to remove the dust one by one, her heart would become extremely peaceful. Xiaoying said that she is a silent person, and she always thinks she doesn't talk much. But that's what Master taught her. The master said, Baicao, you have a strong personality, if you don't restrain yourself, you might get into trouble.Therefore, you must be extra cautious in your words and deeds, keep silent as much as possible, and think twice about everything, otherwise you are afraid that you will repeat the mistakes of Master and do irreparable things. So she tried to silence herself. The more silent she was, the happier Master was.Gradually, she got used to silence, and her personality became much calmer than when she was first adopted by Master.It's just that sometimes, when the flame in the chest is burning, it is still difficult to restrain, such as the competition with Xiuda, the matter of Master Zheng and the challenge of Jin Minzhu. There must be a dragon living deep inside. Often she would be worried, afraid that if she really couldn't restrain herself one day, she would really do something irreparable wrong on impulse.But now, as long as I sweep the floor quietly here, and watch the broom in my hand clean and tidy the road bit by bit, my heart will be calm and satisfied. She likes to sweep the floor. Repeating the same action again and again, it seems that no matter how tense things are, they can become relaxed. The moonlight is like water. I don't know how long it took, the herbs swept from the front of the house to the back of the house, and I don't know how long it took, and slowly swept from the back of the house to under the big tree. It was an ancient banyan tree. Thick branches and leaves, dark and thick trunks, countless branches and roots fell to the ground and plunged into the soil.The bright moonlight sifted through the gaps in the leaves, mottled and shining like stars. "...I heard that Eun-soo from Changhai Gymnasium is an outstanding female taekwondo master," Chu Wei's voice came from behind the tree trunk, "Is it really that good?" "Yes, she is very talented and aura." The boy's voice was as clear as sunshine. "I heard that she is also very beautiful?" Chu Wei said hesitantly. "It's very beautiful." Chu Wei seemed to be taken aback, she didn't know if it was because the girl named Enxiu was really beautiful, or because the boy answered without hesitation. "...Then, is she beautiful or me..." Chu Wei seemed to feel that she had said something wrong, and immediately said in a hurry, "...or sister Tingyi is beautiful?" "Hahahaha," the boy laughed loudly, "Why do you care about this? Don't you want to see if your opponent is as beautiful as you when you play?" "Brother Ting Hao!" Chu Wei stomped her feet angrily, but when the voice sounded again, it became a little hesitant and hesitant, as if there was a shy heartbeat and uneasy apprehension. "Brother Ting Hao..." Baicao held her breath and walked away from under the big tree lightly holding the broom, being careful not to trample on the grass and gravel under her feet.It turned out that Chu Wei liked Ting Hao. From the gossip she heard from Xiaoying, it seemed that everyone thought that Chu Wei and Ruobai were a couple. The two were childhood sweethearts, yet equally indifferent and proud. Ah, what was she thinking. Baicao shook her head as she walked, trying to drive away the gossip thoughts that popped up inexplicably. Suddenly, she felt a figure in front of her, and she raised her head. It was Chuyuan and Tingyi. The two walked side by side on the path, the moonlight was bright, and the faint light and shadow shone on him and her, like a pair of people, like walking out of a painting, not stained by the dust of the world. The two were chatting and laughing in warm language. Tingyi smiled at the corners of her lips, staring at Chuyuan with a demure and gentle demeanor.A few steps away, Baicao couldn't hear what she was saying, but felt that her voice was as pleasant as a stream. Chuyuan saw Baicao. With a slight surprise on his face, he looked at the broom in Baicao's hand and said, "Are you still sweeping the floor at this late hour?" "It will be over soon." "Go and rest, you have already cleaned it very well." Chu Yuan said gently. "Yes, I'm sorry." Baicao lowered her head, feeling that she was the intruder who destroyed the beautiful scene just now. "Silly girl, what are you sorry for?" He smiled, reaching out and rubbing her short-haired head like a brother, "Isn't there going to be a tryout in the gym tomorrow, I have been practicing very hard these days, I should go early tonight Just rest." "you……" How did he know that she practiced very hard, Baicao looked at him suspiciously. "Aren't you the last person who stays in the practice hall every night?" Chu Yuan said with a smile.When he was tired from reading at night, he would take a walk in the courtyard. He would always see her figure silhouetted by lights on the paper door, practicing tirelessly, like a stubborn deer full of fighting spirit. "……it's me." She was taken aback. She always thought that she was only practicing alone in the middle of the night, but occasionally his figure flashed by? "I hope you can achieve the victory you want tomorrow." Chuyuan took the broom in her hand, "So, you can go back and have a good rest now, okay?" "No, I'm almost there." Baicao wanted to snatch back the broom, but in a hurry, she touched Chuyuan's hand. His fingers were warm and warm. She let go quickly, and heard Tingyi's voice when she was at a loss. "Brother Chuyuan cares about you, don't fight anymore, go and rest." Tingyi looked at Chuyuan tenderly, and then at Baicao, "I'm looking forward to your performance tomorrow, you should be able to defeat Minzhu Good strength, come on." "……yes." She should be grateful to Senior Tingyi for her encouragement, but Baicao felt a little sour in her heart when she saw the picturesque couple in front of her. Back in the room, Xiaoying had already got into bed and slept.After washing, she also lay down on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep. "Baicao..." In the darkness, Xiaoying's hesitant voice suddenly came. Baicao immediately stopped turning over. "Aren't you asleep yet? Did I disturb you?" "No, I haven't fallen asleep." Xiaoying hesitated for a while, "Baicao, I have something to tell you..." "what?" "...Don't expect too much." "Ok?" "Baicao, I know you practice very hard and work very hard," Xiaoying said cautiously, "but there is only one place for qualifying among the female disciples. Although you are very good at kung fu, senior sister Chuwei and senior sister Xiuqin may be even better." Awesome...you are my good friend, of course I hope you can win and participate in the Gym Challenge...but...but if you lose to Senior Sister Chuwei or Senior Sister Xiuqin, will you be very sad... " "Maybe." Of course it would be sad to lose to others, but she couldn't understand what Xiaoying wanted to express. "Ah, I knew you would be sad," Xiaoying felt as if she had been punched in the face, and curled up in the bed sadly. Awesome... I really think your kung fu is very good... But if you can't beat Senior Sister Chuwei or Senior Sister Xiuqin tomorrow... you will be very disappointed... If I don't speak so exaggeratedly... If it wasn't for me Let you be full of hope... If you lose tomorrow, you won't be so disappointed and sad..." Baicao finally understood what she was saying. "Hehe," she couldn't help laughing, looking at the ceiling in the dark, "how could it be? If I lose in the trials, it can only mean that my skills are not as good as others, and I will be disappointed and sad, and then continue to work hard, no It's going to be as serious as you think." "Huh, that's good." Xiaoying breathed a sigh of relief, as long as Baicao is mentally prepared for it.During the time in Songbai Gymnasium, the smile on Baicao's face was unknowingly more than before, and she talked more. She was afraid that if Baicao was hit, she would return to her original taciturn appearance. "But, Xiaoying..." After a long time, Baicao pulled the quilt higher, wrapped herself tightly, and said in a daze: "I really want to win, I really want to win, I want to participate in the Gym Challenge, I have never participated in a formal competition... ..." Xiaoying fell asleep, breathing evenly. Baicao closed her eyes. She really wants to win tomorrow's game. In another dormitory. "I don't know if the women's competition in the gymnasium tomorrow will be interesting." Yifeng lay on the bed, yawning and said, "No wonder you asked me to practice with Baicao, and you thought you were revenge for my kick in the actual match last time." As for your chest, now it seems that you have also noticed the potential of this girl." A faint fragrance of ink. Ruo Bai concentrates on writing with a pen, the snow-white rice paper is filled with flowing clouds and flowing water, he seems to be immersed in another world, and cannot hear Yi Feng's voice. "Her physical strength is really good. She is supposed to be in the same class as Xiaoying, and she should be fourteen years old. Chuwei and Xiuqin are two or three years older than her, but they are not as explosive as her when kicking." Yifeng was lying under the covers. Lying in the bed is extremely comfortable, "And this girl is very hardworking, and her basic skills are also solid, but she lacks on-the-spot experience." It is as silent as drizzle. Xiuyi's running script stretches across the rice paper. "In this year's Gym Challenge, is it possible for Baicao to replace Chuwei or Xiuqin? Anyway, she and Jin Minzhu played really well that time." Yifeng yawned and fell asleep. In order to encourage women to practice taekwondo, the challenge requires each gym to have at least one female player among the three entries.In the past few sessions, including when Senior Brother Chuyuan was playing a long time ago, after entering the semi-finals, the female contestants in Songbai Gymnasium have almost never won, and the pressure to advance is all concentrated on the male disciples who participated in the competition. "Let's see her performance tomorrow." Staring at the newly written words on the rice paper, Ruobai frowned, pushed it to the side, and spread out a piece of rice paper again, "Taekwondo is not only about brute force, nor is it only about Just practice hard." The actual battle with Jin Minzhu was beautiful, but the biggest reason why Baicao was able to kick her away was because Jin Minzhu was too conceited and always used the same move to kick her.As for tomorrow's gym trials, including the gymnasium challenge a month later, Baicao's opponents will never be the same as Jin Minzhu. next morning. All the disciples gathered in the practice hall wearing snow-white Taoist uniforms, and paper doors were opened on both sides, and the bright sunlight shone on the polished mats.Baicao stood upright in the line, and heard everyone breathing more excitedly than usual, and her heart couldn't help beating wildly. She took a few deep breaths, but still couldn't restrain her blood from gradually starting to rush. Get up excited. "Baicao, are you nervous?" Xiaoying stared at Ruobai's approaching figure outside the door with sweaty palms, knowing that with his order, the selection competition in the hall would officially begin.Although she knew that the chances of her being able to represent the Gym in the Challenger League were very, very small, but she still had some illusions after all. "Well, kind of." Subconsciously tightened the belt around the waist again, Baicao took a deep breath again, calmed down, don't be nervous, don't be nervous, nervousness is useless to the game. She continued to take a deep breath, and suddenly she found that all the disciples around her were also tense. Some disciples clenched their fists tightly, some disciples stared straight at their eyes, and some disciples kept taking deep breaths like her. Xiuqin also tightly pressed her lips together, the air was so tense that it seemed to be stagnant. Only Chuwei who was diagonally forward was different. From Baicao's angle, one could see that Chuwei's face was extremely pale, her lips were chapped and bloodless, her eyelashes were drooping, and she was looking at the ground in a daze. are you sick? Baicao remembered the conversation she heard next night next to the big tree.Senior Chuwei must have been talking to Senior Ting Hao until too late and didn't have a good rest, so she was not feeling well, maybe she was sick. Ruobai walked into the practice hall. Ting Hao and Ting Yi followed behind him and found a corner in the practice hall to sit down.When Chuwei walked past, Chuwei's eyelashes trembled slightly, as if they were about to lift towards the two of them, but finally they still drooped down. "In the morning there will be an in-house trial for the women's group, and in the afternoon for the men's group." Ruobai's voice diverted Baicao's attention away from Chuwei, and listened intently to his explanation of the arrangement and rules of today's game. "Currently, there are twelve female disciples in the whole hall, and they are divided into two groups for selection. Chuwei and Xiuqin had the best results in previous competitions in the hall, so they were divided into different groups, and the rest The draw will determine whether to enter the red group or the blue group competition. The competition system adopts the elimination system, and the two disciples who win from the red group and the blue group will compete for the qualification to represent the Songbai Gymnasium in this year's Gymnasium Challenge." Ruobai was wearing a snow-white Taoist uniform with a black belt around his waist, his expression was indifferent, his eyes swept over the disciples who were standing upright, and he asked, "Do you hear clearly?" "Yes—!!" "Okay, if there are no other questions, let's warm up for fifteen minutes and the women's competition will officially begin." "Yes—!!" The disciples answered loudly in unison, and while the voice was still echoing in the practice hall, Chu Wei walked out of the team, stood in front of Ruobai, bowed her head to salute him, and said with a pale face, "Senior brother, I Get out of this game." The disciples looked at each other, dumbfounded, and stared dumbfounded at Chu Wei who had said such incredible words. "Why?" Ruobai sized Chuwei up and frowned, "Are you sick? Persevere and rest after today's competition in the gymnasium. Also, don't say such unambitious words as quitting the competition. Return to the team! " Chu Wei remained motionless. She clenched her hands around her tightly, her dark eyelashes still drooping. "Brother, I withdraw from this competition." She repeated it, remained silent for a few seconds, and said decisively: "And, from now on, I quit Taekwondo practice and will not participate in any competitions." "Do you know what you're talking about?" Ruobai stared at her, his eyes suddenly became icy cold, and the temperature in the training hall suddenly seemed to drop to freezing point. "I know." Chu Wei took a light breath, her voice echoed in the room woodenly, "Actually, I never really liked Taekwondo, it was just because the boy I liked since childhood liked Taekwondo, so I also wanted to practice it. "She just wants his eyes to see her, wants to stand by his side, and wants to have a common topic with him. In the corner of the practice hall, Tingyi couldn't help but glance at Ting Hao beside her. "But, I know now that no matter how hard I try, he won't like me." Chuwei's lips were pale and chapped, and she smiled bitterly, "It's embarrassing to say that..." "So, I don't want to practice Taekwondo anymore, I want to do things that I really like!" Chu Wei's body was stiff and motionless, "I'm sorry, Senior Brother Ruobai." Ruobai was silent for a few seconds, and said expressionlessly: "If taekwondo is just a means to you to pursue boys, then you really don't need to practice anymore. You can go." After finishing speaking, he didn't even look at her anymore, and said in a deep voice to the stunned disciples in front of him, "Disband! Warm up! In fifteen minutes, the women's group's in-house trials will officially begin!" "Yes—!" The disciples responded blankly in unison, and stared blankly at Chu Wei slowly walking past Ruobai. Her pace was unusually slow, but she never looked back and walked out of the practice hall. No way, is it true that Senior Sister Chuwei won't participate in this competition? How is this possible! The female disciples in Songbai Gymnasium are already weak. If Senior Sister Chuwei quits again, wouldn't there be no chance of winning this year's Gymnasium Challenge? ! Baicao also stared at Chuwei's back gradually disappearing into the courtyard in a daze, remembering the conversations next to the big tree that she heard last night, she couldn't help but look towards where Ting Hao was.Seeing that he was listening to Tingyi's words, there was no trace of emotion in his expression, as if the person Chu Wei said was not him. "What exactly did you say to her yesterday? Otherwise, Chuwei would not have decided not to practice Taekwondo anymore, and would even be so cold-hearted that she would even withdraw from the gymnasium challenge that is about to start. Brother, do you have to be so cruel to Chuwei? Do you understand?" Know how much she likes you." Seeing Chuwei's figure completely disappear, Tingyi couldn't bear it. She always thought that Chuwei would one day touch her brother's heart. "Isn't it more cruel to keep her holding on to impossible hopes?" Sitting cross-legged on the tatami, Ting Hao looked at the disciples of the Songbai Gymnasium who were doing warm-up exercises, and said casually: "Besides, she actually gave up the competition at this time, regardless of how much her partners valued this year's Gymnasium challenge Sai. If her love for taekwondo is not as good as my rejection, then there is nothing to regret about her giving up." "elder brother……" These words seem to make sense, but they always sound cruel.Tingyi looked at him. His handsome and handsome brother was always shining like the sun. No matter where he went, girls were attracted and fascinated by him.She is also a girl, and she can see that many girls really like her brother, but his heart seems to have been fully occupied by Taekwondo, and there is no more room for him. "...Then do you have a girl you like?" "Ok?" Ting Hao answered absently.The warm-up was over, and the female disciples of Songbai Gymnasium began to compete in groups, with Ruobai and Yifeng serving as referees for the two groups respectively.There were not many female disciples in Songbai Gymnasium. As soon as Chu Wei withdrew, there were only eleven students left. It would not take long for the selection of the women's group to end. "Brother," Tingyi repeated again, tentatively, "Actually, you like Enxiu, right?" Maybe only a girl as outstanding as Enxiu can make my brother admire and win his heart. "Are all these boring questions in your head? Watch the game carefully." Ting Hao's tone became a little impatient. Ting Yi stuck out her tongue, but suddenly found that her brother's eyes seemed to be fixed on a certain point. She followed her brother's gaze-- "The girl looks fine." Tingyi carefully looked at Baicao, who was competing in the blue group, and smiled. When she heard that Minzhu came to China for an exchange and was defeated by a girl named Baicao in Songbai Gymnasium, she was a little surprised.One is that she is very familiar with Songbai, and she has never heard of an outstanding female disciple named Baicao, and the other is that she knows Minzhu's strength.Although Minzhu is only ten years old, she is very talented and savvy. In Changhai Daoist Hall, the female disciples who are usually fourteen or fifteen years old are not Minzhu's opponents. The beads flew out. Now watching Baicao's few matches in the blue team today, she found that this girl's leg strength and speed are really good, and in time she might be able to make a name for herself in the taekwondo world. "Well, the physical fitness is very good, but too nervous." The match of the red team was over, Xiuqin won without any suspense, Ting Hao's eyes turned to the match that was still going on in the blue team here, seeing that Baicao was attacking extremely fiercely, without sparing any physical strength, and made a fierce attack, Already covered in sweat, he still maintained a high offensive momentum. "She seems to be very energetic." It was completely desperate Saburo's style of play, Tingyi pursed her lips and smiled, feeling amused.In the past, I often saw male players adopting this kind of reckless brute force in competitions, but it was rarely seen among female players. Xiuqin wiped the sweat off her face with a towel, while receiving the compliments from the young disciples in the hall for her competition just now, while secretly observing Baicao's ongoing competition.It seems that Qi Baicao will win the blue group. She is not surprised by this result. As early as in the battle of Jin Minzhu, Qi Baicao showed strength beyond other female disciples in the gym. only…… Such a style of play. Looking at Baicao's back that was drenched with sweat, Xiuqin smiled mockingly and put the towel aside.In fact, how much she wished to have a showdown with Chu Wei today, instead of Qi Baicao who only had brute strength. She is already seventeen years old, and next year will be her third year in high school. She will have to focus more on her studies then, and will not have such ample time to practice Taekwondo. This year's Gymnasium Challenge may be her only chance.Every year in the past, she lost to Chu Wei in the last round of the trials in the gymnasium. Although she was convinced of the loss, she was always unwilling.After failing again last year, she practiced hard for another full year. Every time she practiced, she used Chuwei as her imaginary opponent. She had already studied every detail of Chuwei's legs. This year, she is very confident to challenge Chuwei! But Chu Wei actually withdrew. Xiuqin looks at Yifeng indifferently and announces that Baicao has won the blue team.Although it has always been her dream to participate in the Gym Challenge, but she was qualified to represent Songbai without a duel with Chuwei, the sense of loss and loneliness that was invincible was so strong. "It's amazing! Baicao! You actually won the blue team!" After listening to Senior Brother Ruobai announcing that after a 15-minute break, there will be a final match between the winners of the red and blue groups, that is, the final match between Senior Sister Xiuqin and Baicao, Xiaoying excitedly rushed up to hug Baicao tightly, and hugged her away from her. fly up. won... It wasn't until Baicao was sitting on the tatami, Xiaoying forcefully stuffed a bottle of water into her hand, and drank it in a daze, that her heart started beating again!Is it true, did she win from the blue team?This victory seemed to come too fast, which made her feel a little like in a dream. Every time she faced each other, she was so nervous that she felt in a trance, and she couldn't even remember how she beat her opponent! This is the first time she has participated in a competition since she practiced taekwondo. Did she really win? she…… She only needs to win one more game to participate in the Gym Challenge, right?Master, master, is it true that what Master has always expected of her is not an illusion, but something she can really achieve?Victory, she tightly held the mineral water in her hand, and heard the rumbling sound of blood rushing in her ears. She wanted to laugh foolishly, so this is the taste of victory. "Baicao, Baicao!" The repeated calls brought Baicao back to her senses, and she saw Xiaoying was massaging her legs while turning her head to look at her, and said, "Baicao, are you okay, why are your muscles so tight?" "Ok?" Baicao touched her leg and was taken aback for a moment, only to find that the muscles on her leg were as tight as a rock. "...Are you too nervous?" Xiaoying massaged her vigorously with both hands, "Relax, being too nervous will only make your muscles stiff and technically deformed! Oh, you think so, you can win from the blue team This is already a remarkable victory, whether or not I can defeat Senior Sister Xiuqin depends entirely on luck!" Is it already a great victory to win from the blue team? But- no! She still wants to win! Just like a child who has never eaten sugar, he was pleasantly surprised to find that the taste of victory is so good, as if the blood in his whole body is boiling, and his chest is full of excitement and fulfillment that he has never had before. As long as we can defeat Senior Xiuqin again... She couldn't help looking up, but she saw Xiuqin who was not far away seemed to sense her gaze, and turned her head to look at her, but turned her head back as if she was not interested after just a glance. that look... Baicao was stunned. Fifteen minutes later, the final match of the women's group of Songbai Gymnasium began! Ruobai served as the referee.The sun shone brightly from the courtyard on Xiuqin and Baicao who were confronting each other, shouting loudly one after another, and the sound of kicking legs, the figures of the two girls alternated from time to time in the light of spring overlapping! All the other disciples sat around the field and watched intently, although this was actually a match without any suspense. "Why is it still playing like this?" Tingyi felt a little sorry. Same as the few games in the blue team just now, Baicao attacked with all his might, as if his whole body was burning with flames, and kicked Xiuqin with his legs like shooting stars.On the other hand, Xiuqin was calm and calm, not in a hurry to attack, she just dodged every kick she made, waiting for an opportunity to counterattack. "It seems that she only knows this style of play." Ting Hao watched the battle with great interest, "Like a savage little beast, without any skills or strategies at all, it just desperately wants to pounce on the prey's throat." "I thought she was a calm and introverted person." Tingyi shook her head, wondering how Minzhu was defeated by her at the time, and was she also beaten so brutally? The offense was impetuous and disorganized." "You think she is a calm person?" Ting Hao laughed. "how?" "Look at her eyes," Baicao's face was covered with hot sweat during the non-stop series of kick attacks, the sun was shining brightly, and the sweat beads on her body were even brighter than the sun, "It seems that she once被压制过太长的时间，将她所有的血气和激烈都沉淀了下去，好像要比常人冷静克制得多，但是其实就像一座休眠的火山，只需要一个小小的火苗，就可以把她完全点燃。” 就算她是一座火山，毫不停歇的进攻也让她渐渐吃不消了，百草焦急地发现自己的体力被消耗得所剩无几。汗水湿透她身上的道服，仿佛整个人泡在水中一样，每一次出腿变得越来越吃力，而最可怕的是，她的进攻没有效果！ 出了什么问题？ 明明前面几场她这样的进攻都取得胜利了啊，怎么现在忽然不行了呢？那种说不出的感觉，就好像进攻中的她是秀琴戏耍的对象，每一次出腿都会被轻巧地避开，似乎她的每一个动作都在秀琴的预料之中！ 百草使劲浑身气力飞身直踢，却又一次踢了个空，重重落下来，那力量反噬在她自己身上，一阵血气翻涌。正这时，秀琴一脚踢在她胸口的护具上，紧接着就是一连串的进攻，她险险闪开，勉强一个回身横踢才将秀琴这轮凌厉的反攻挡回去。 “秀琴，一分。” 若白面无表情地宣布，然后做出手势，沉声说：“继续！” 百草摆好姿势，脑子却有点懵了，盯着面前的秀琴，不知道自己是不是应该继续像先前那样的猛攻。为什么，明明是她一直在进攻，秀琴一直在后退，为什么处于劣势比分落后的却是她呢？究竟是哪里出了错？ 身影交错的一瞬。 “嗤！”秀琴轻轻嗤笑了声。 百草的身体僵住，她能听出这嗤笑声中的轻蔑和不屑，就像在全胜道馆时那些弟子们对她的嘲笑。 这种打法也太业余了吧。 看着一味进攻中的百草，围坐观战的松柏道馆弟子们无语极了。之前百草一味进攻的打法，在日常练习和对阵实力相近的对手时还看不出太大的弊病来。可是现在，她这样一成不变的打法在对上经验丰富的秀琴师姐以后，简直像小儿科一样的可笑。 可怜呢，秀琴师姐摆明了是在玩弄她，就像猫捉老鼠一样，引得她不停地进攻出腿，浑身大汗淋漓，秀琴师姐却几乎还一滴汗也没有出，完全以逸待劳。等她将全身力气拼完，累得连腿都踢不起来的时候，秀琴师姐就可以直接一脚将她KO踢飞出去吧。 还是如刚才一样，她的每一次进攻几乎全都落空，每一脚都踢在空气里，体力似乎已经被消耗殆尽了，双腿沉重得像被灌了铅，连呼吸都是火辣辣的，胸口和喉咙干涩疼痛。 wrong! 这样下去她会输的！ 挫败感像狂涌而上的潮水，她觉得自己就像落入陷阱的猎物，而秀琴就是耍弄她的猎人。calm!戚百草，冷静下来！用力地喘气，在秀琴反攻的腿影中，她拼命让自己从即将失败的恐惧中清醒过来，看清楚究竟是哪里出了错！ 为什么她的每次进攻都会落空？ 满天的腿影中，她却分明可以看见秀琴不屑的眼神，就像在嘲笑她的愚蠢，嘲笑她的每一次进攻和出腿都在她的预料中…… 如同被冷水兜头浇下，百草猛然间浑身一寒，避闪不过，肩膀重重吃了秀琴一腿！是的，是因为她的每一次进攻都在秀琴的预料中，所以每次秀琴都能准确地先行防守然后反击，她的每个动作和意图都早已被秀琴看穿了！所以，她是在被秀琴像猫捉老鼠一样地玩耍着！ 她已经意识过来了吗？ 看着忽然僵立在场中的百草，廷皓挑了挑眉。可是，即使她明白了问题出在哪里，一时之间能有办法解决吗？或许只会让她的落败来得更快些。 场上的局面陡然发生了变化！ 百草似乎被什么困扰着，束手束脚般的不再连续进攻，秀琴却一改刚才防守反击的局面，展开了霹雳般的进攻！ "Snapped!" "Snapped!" "Snapped!" 一腿腿重击在百草头上、肩上、胸前，她被打得步步后退，身子颤抖着仿佛再也站不住了！看着被打得这般狼狈的百草，围坐在垫子旁观战的松柏道馆的弟子们心生同情，她是已经完全没有体力了吧，所以没有办法继续进攻，虽然从一开始这场对决就是毫无悬念的，可是眼见着百草将要这样的惨败，还是不由得有些怜悯她。 "Crack! Crack!" 胸口和脸部又受了两记重击！ 脑中一片空白，那种挫败感使她甚至感觉不到疼痛！为什么，原本看准了秀琴是要横踢，结果却是虚晃一腿，落在她身上的是双飞踢！她不想再盲目地进攻，她想要像秀琴对付她那样，先看出秀琴的进攻意图和方向，再进行反击！可是为什么她看不出来？为什么她的判断总是错误！为什么她反而落到了更差的局面！ 是要败了吗…… 她是要败了吗？ 这个念头紧紧地攫住她，冰冷和恐惧从她体内的最深处升起，她慌乱地大喝一声，“啊──！！！！！”拼尽全力重新向秀琴发起猛攻！既然她看不出来，那她就不要看了！贸然的进攻是漏洞百出，是全在秀琴的预料中，是可笑，是愚蠢！可是，如果进攻像闪电一样快速，如果进攻像暴风雨一样紧密没有缝隙，如果进攻猛烈到让对方找不到喘息和还击的机会── 那么，是不是还有一丝胜机呢！ 天哪，百草是疯了吗？ 看着场中的百草突然大吼一声，又开始像受伤的野兽一般向秀琴疯狂进攻，松柏道馆的弟子们全都看傻了眼，说真的，他们还真没见过这样的比赛，这简直完全不是跆拳道的对决，而是──就像是── 不要命的决斗！ 一点点章法都没有，如果不是百草进攻的腿法还是标准的跆拳道腿法，这简直完全就是拼命嘛！ 哪有人这样比赛的！ 浑身破绽，一直进攻，毫不防守，就像在战场上杀红了眼的武士，丝毫不知道停一停或者缓一缓，好像只要能将对手打倒，哪怕玉石俱焚也毫不在意！ 晓萤心里很难受。 虽然比起刚才来，这样的进攻可以使得百草落败的速度减缓一些，但百草也要付出巨大的代价，那就是体力迅速地消耗殆尽！她能看出来其实百草早已是强弩之末，流了那么多汗，百草整个人好像是泡在水里，胸口剧烈地起伏，每一下呼吸都在拼命地喘气，却还在暴风雨般地进攻！attack! !attack! ! ! 就算意志力再坚强，身体毕竟也是血肉做的，能坚持多久呢？百草真的不是秀琴师姐的对手，腿部力量再厉害、速度再快有什么用，她就像一个完全不知道比赛该怎么打的小孩子。遇到初出茅庐的新手还行，可是遇上像秀琴这种富有经验的对手，就完全无法施展了。 极度消耗的体力使得百草耳膜轰轰作响，眼睛也有些不再能看得清楚，每一次出腿她的身体都有即将倒塌般的疼痛，甚至连移动步伐都变得艰难异常！ 还是── 要败了吗…… 明明只要再战胜这一场，她就可以取得道馆挑战赛的参赛资格，怎么可以，在这最后输掉呢？恍惚中，她忽然不记得这是第几局，这不是第三局对不对，她还有机会，她还有反败为胜的机会对不对！她还落后几分？是三分吗？还是五分？七分？刚才的进攻有没有把比分挽回来一点？她慌乱地扭头去看比分牌，几滴汗水却淌到眼前，遮住了她的视线──“砰──！” 一声巨响重重在她胸前的护具上爆炸开！ 那力道强大得如同一把巨锤狠狠砸上她的胸口，体内先是一阵麻木，然后轰的一下，疼痛由内而外地爆发出来，五脏六腑有种被飓风摧毁般的疼痛！ 双腿再也支持不住…… 像一只终于被扎破的气球，苦苦支撑的力量轰然散去，她的身体重重跌落在垫子上，眼前漆黑一片，黑洞般的眩晕和恍惚中，口鼻里感觉到的是垫子的气息，她每天要擦好多遍的垫子，尝起来就是这样的味道吗…… “1、2、3、4……” 练功厅里鸦雀无声，众弟子们屏息地看着若白师兄半蹲着身体对面朝下倒在垫子上的百草读秒，如果喊到10还不站起来，那秀琴师姐就要以击倒对手的KO方式取得女子组的胜利了。 晓萤死死用手捂住嘴巴。 百草她…… 是不是伤得很重呢，为什么她看起来竟像是没有呼吸，那趴倒在垫子的身体也如死去了一样毫无气息。 没想到这场比赛会这么难打，秀琴弯腰拿起场边的毛巾擦汗，忽然发现自己也已是满身汗了，默默打量一眼依旧倒在垫子上的百草，见那女孩的手指正在颤巍巍地用力。 她居然没有昏厥过去？ 那种打法就算累也要累死了吧，她该不会还想爬起来继续打吗？ 以前和初薇比赛，她有时就如这个女孩子一般被初薇踢倒在垫子上，每个人都欢呼初薇的胜利，却不知摔倒在垫子上挣扎着爬不起来的她，心里是怎样的屈辱和痛苦。 “5、6……” 若白的读秒仍在继续，那双瘦弱得只有骨节的手正颤抖挣扎着试图撑住垫子。 婷宜叹息一声，把目光从那个爬不起来的女孩子身上移开，抬眼望向练功场外的庭院。春日中，庭院的草坪绿茵茵的，旁边的小路上有一个少年走过。 “初原哥哥！” 婷宜心中一喜，快步走到外面，轻声喊他。听到她的声音，行走在小路上的少年停下脚步。 秀琴听到了婷宜喊出的那个名字。 她的眼睛忍不住循着婷宜的喊声从练功厅追出去，小路上的初原正望向婷宜，手中厚厚的一叠医学书籍，看到婷宜，他露出一个微笑，笑容干净得就像沐浴在他周身剔透晶莹的阳光。 “7、8……” 练功厅里的弟子们吃惊地看着百草竟然在最后一秒惊险万状地从垫子上爬了起来，她的身子有些摇晃，仿佛吹一口气就会再倒下去。胸口依旧是翻腾的血气，百草拼命站稳身子，比赛还没有结束，她还有机会…… “……我要继续比赛……” 虽然视线模糊得只能看到大约的人影，可是，她还能站起来，只要她还有能站起来的能力，那么腿上就一定还有残余的力量！ 就算能爬起来又怎样呢？以往在和初薇的比赛中她也不是没挣扎着爬起来过，可是身体已经被完全击垮，站起来的目的只不过是维持最后的尊严罢了。 不屑地看一眼虚弱得简直无法组织出一波有效进攻的百草，秀琴的眼睛再次不由自主地瞥向了外面。 庭院的草地上。 绿草如茵。 婷宜站在初原身边，温柔地仰头凝望他，细声低语着什么，他含笑听着，神情中也有种说不出的柔和。 他……好像完全没注意到这边。 若白停止读秒，打量百草片刻，才面无表情地说：“好，比赛继续！” 耳边轰轰地响，比赛继续开始的口令却如一道闪电将百草全身的血液再度引爆！纵使她已经虚脱得接近无力，连视线都模糊得几乎看不清秀琴的动作和表情，可是──这是她最后一个机会了！ ... “……师父希望有一天你能成为了不起的跆拳道选手，站在最高最耀眼的位置上……” ... 积聚她全身的力量── 不敢浪费时间去调息，也没有体力再去找最好的出腿机会，她只能将全身最后残余的所有力量彻底凝聚在这一击上！她厉声大吼，右腿飞踢而出，倾尽身体每一寸肌肉能爆发出的最后的潜能，对着面前影影绰绰的人影，凌空下劈而去远远地望着庭院中的那两人，秀琴的心骤然苦涩起来，初薇是因为喜欢的男孩子而开始练跆拳道，她又何尝…… “秀琴师姐！！！” 四周忽然迸发出一片惊呼声，秀琴惊疑地扭过头来── “呀────啊────！！！！！” 雷霆万钧的大喝恍如一道霹雳，轰然炸开，练功厅的屋顶也被震得仿佛剧烈摇晃了起来！那一瞬，时间恍若凝固住了，仿佛是极慢极慢──当秀琴回过神来时── 那灌着风声下劈而来的腿已经如泰山压顶般笼罩下漆黑的深影── 那一瞬── 一切都被定格了── 好像是很慢很慢，慢得如同已在眼前的胜利只不过是做了一个短暂的梦── 那下劈而来的腿从空中劈落── 眼睁睁看着向她的头顶劈下来── 拼──！尽──！ !全──！ ! !力──！ ! ! ! 这是她最后的机会了────！ ! ! ! ... “……师父希望有一天你能成为了不起的跆拳道选手，站在最高最耀眼的位置上……” ... 她要赢，她一定要赢！ 仿佛也感受到练功厅气氛的异样，庭院中的初原和婷宜一齐向练功厅看过来。 “砰────！！！！！！！” 那一腿如万顷巨雷般重重劈在秀琴的头顶，秀琴来不及有任何闪避的动作，好像不置信般瞪向百草，然后──轰然倒地！ “秀琴师姐────！！！！！！” 松柏道馆的弟子们大惊失色地扑围过来，晓萤也被那下劈时重重的风声惊到，吓得钻进最前面去看，惊吓地看到秀琴师姐竟是一动不动地仰躺在垫子上。 若白脱下秀琴的头部护具，检查了一下，见并无大碍，冷静地说：“她昏过去了，无法再继续比赛。” 百草站在场地一角。 她勉力支持着身体，不让自己虚脱地坐倒。调息了几口气之后，她的体力终于恢复了一些，眼前疲倦的雾气渐渐散去，看到众弟子们都焦急地围在秀琴身边，初原也从外面赶进来，俯身检查秀琴的伤势。 仿佛被所有人遗忘了一般。 她独自孤零零地站着。 直到初原掐住秀琴的人中，使她悠悠醒过来，众弟子们才逐一地从秀琴身边散开。秀琴苍白着脸从垫子上站起身，若白立在秀琴和百草中间，满场寂静如死，只有他淡淡的宣布比赛结果的声音回荡在练功厅内──“本场馆内选拔赛女子组最终赛，戚百草KO胜！” 备注：在跆拳道比赛中，如果将对手一招打倒，10秒内对手没有爬起来，比赛随即终止。之前比赛的分数全部忽略，站着的一方直接获胜，这叫KO胜。