The days of the training team were as boring as ever, and this time it was even harder than the first time.
After finally breaking through to the last level, there are only nineteen people left. No one wanted to be the one to be eliminated, so everyone worked hard and rushed forward with all their strength.
Jing Ci's work and rest time is from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm, with an hour and a half lunch break in between. But in reality, almost no one rests.
Even before going to bed at night.
Even if you are exhausted, after washing, your body will still subconsciously sit at the desk and automatically enter the learning state.
Jing Ci only slept less than six hours a day, and the average study time reached almost sixteen hours. In just a few days, he lost a lot of weight.
The body is tired, but the spirit is excited and satisfied.
Because Yingjiao has been with him all the time, no matter how late he learns, as long as he calls on the phone, he will always get a response.
"Jing Ci, does your brother study with you every day?" During lunch, Wang Qiong asked him curiously while stuffing chicken chops into his mouth.
At first, when he heard Jing Ci's occasional sentence or two, Wang Qiong thought he was stupid in learning, and started talking to himself. It wasn't until he saw the wireless headset on his ear that he realized that he was on the phone.
Jing Ci immediately choked, covered his mouth and coughed vigorously a few times: "Mmm."
"Look at you, why are you so excited?" Wang Qiong didn't know why, and pushed the soup bowl in front of him: "Your face is blushing, take a sip of soup."
Jing Ji thanked him vaguely, picked up the soup bowl as if trying to cover up something, and drank half of the bowl in one go.
"Being so kind to you," Wang Qiong still didn't give up, and continued to ask: "Is that your brother?"
"… no."
"God," Wang Qiong dared not say it: "It's not that my brother can do this, isn't it great?"
He shook his head and sighed: "Why don't I have such a brother, I envy you."
It's really good, it couldn't be better.
Jing Ci involuntarily touched the phone in his trouser pocket with his fingertips, thinking of Yingjiao, his whole heart was warm.
After the separation, Yingjiao has been using his methods to reassure himself. Even though they are now separated from each other, even if they can't meet each other, he can feel Yingjiao's existence every moment.
Or it's the phone call every night, or a small bookmark in the book, or the bracelet on the wrist that hasn't been taken off since it was worn.
He did everything he could for their relationship.
Jing Ci swallowed the last mouthful of food in his mouth, sent the plate to the recycling place, and hurried to the classroom.
So leave the rest to him.
So, in the next few days, Wang Qiong discovered to his horror that Jing Ji was working so hard that he could almost be called desperate.
He was still thinking, anyway, the training camp is only a few days, and there is not much point in temporary struggle, or it will be broken. But every time I turn my head and see Jing Ci, this kind of thought will disappear immediately.
Not only Wang Qiong, but also a roommate like Jing Ci, the other two people in the dormitory also felt a sense of crisis involuntarily.
Especially Cen Hai, who entered the reserve team with the first place, was also selected as the representative of the players to speak at the opening ceremony. The pressure was much greater than other team members, and now being stimulated by Jing Ci, he almost stayed up all night.
In this way, a miraculous scene appeared in the dormitory of 2007——
Every night late at night, the four people in the dormitory would hold books in their hands and sit motionless at the desk to study hard, as if whoever got up first would lose.
The nine days were stretched infinitely, and after finally surviving the last exam, everyone slumped on their seats as if exhausted.
Although Wang Qiong and Jing Ci have a good relationship, they are also competitors. There are some things that are hard to say during the training camp, but it’s okay to say it now.
He sat next to Jing Ci and sighed, "You worked hard this time."
Jing Ci finally took a look around the classroom where he stayed for nine days, put his things into the schoolbag one by one, and zipped it up: "After all, this is the last level."
"You don't know what you have forced Cen Hai into." Wang Qiong picked up her things, and walked out with Jing Ci, while whispering: "He was originally thin, but now he looks like a numb It’s the same as a pole. Fortunately, it’s not winter, otherwise it feels like it’s going to fall if the wind blows.”
Jing Ci was stunned: "Forced by me?"
He spends all his energy on studying these days, and sometimes he even forgets that he is on the phone with Yingjiao, and falls asleep with headphones on. I didn't find out until I went to wash up the next day, let alone pay attention to the state of other people.
"You still don't know about feelings?" Wang Qiong was speechless, and gave him a hammer on his shoulder with a smile: "You learned so hard that even we became nervous. No, you didn't realize that the lights in our dormitory are turning off more and more late ?"
Jing Ci laughed: "Not really."
"Convince you." Wang Qiong rolled his eyes at him, then looked around, saw no one around, and whispered: "How is it? Are you sure?"
"I don't know." Jing Ji shook his head and gave a very official answer: "Wait for the results."
Wang Qiong clicked his tongue, knowing that he couldn't ask anything, so he didn't force him anymore.
In addition to them, the parents, friends, teachers and others of the training team members are also waiting for the results.
According to the time when the first selection list came out, many people in the outside world were speculating that the results this time would also be announced at the closing ceremony, so there were not many people waiting that day.
However, Xu Shi was going to catch them by surprise. This time, the efficiency of the judges was extremely high. After lunch, the selection results were announced.
Under the title of the short "IMO Huaguo National Team List", the first one is—
Donghai Province Experimental High School Jing Ci.
No one expected that in the end, Jing Ci would overwhelm Cen Hai and enter the national team with the first place.
"Fuck! Awesome!" After reading the list, Wang Qiong threw himself on Jing Ci and hugged him vigorously, excitedly saying, "Congratulations! This result is amazing!"
Jing Ji was staggered by his bump, took a few steps back before standing still, and said with a smile, "It should be Tongxi."
Although it was the last place, Wang Qiong also squeezed into the national team.
In July, the two will represent the country together and go to foreign countries to participate in international competitions.
"I almost thought I was wrong just now." Wang Qiong waited for a while before saying: "You actually overwhelmed Cen Shen!" He shook his head and sighed: "It's terrible, it's terrible."
Jing Ci was also overwhelmed with excitement, his first reaction was to call Yingjiao. But after dialing out, he realized that Yingjiao was taking a lunch break at the moment. He quickly hung up the call and opened WeChat instead.
His fingertips were trembling, and he clicked several times before poking into Yingjiao's name and sending him the list.
Seeing this, Wang Qiong on the side understood: "Announce the good news to your brother?"
"Um."
"You still calm down, I'm so happy and stupid, I didn't remember this at all!" Wang Qiong took out her mobile phone and said to Jing Ci: "Wait here for me, I'll go and call my mother."
Jing Ci nodded: "Okay."
After Wang Qiong left, he really couldn't hold back, and excitedly walked around the spot several times while holding his mobile phone.
After he entered the training team last time, when he saw Qiao Anyan again, his headache didn't hurt so much.
What about this time? He has become an official member of the national team, will it completely offset Qiao Anyan's influence on him and Yingjiao
The more Jing Ji thought about it, the more excited his mood became. I wish I didn't even participate in the closing ceremony and ran back to Donghai Province directly.
The phone buzzed and vibrated at the right time, and he froze for a few seconds, barely retracting his thoughts, and looked at the screen.
The caller turned out to be Yingjiao.
"Brother?" Jing Ji pressed the call button in doubt: "It's lunch break, why do you..."
"I've been waiting for your news." In the corner of the corridor, Yingjiao leaned against the wall, with a smile in his eyes: "Baby, congratulations."
Watching Jing Ci come all the way, only Yingjiao knew how difficult it was for him.
Facing not only powerful competitors, but also the influence from Qiao Anyan. Fortunately, all the sacrifices have paid off.
Donghae Province's first-ever competitor to the national team...
Yingjiao's heart beat hard a few times, such a powerful Jing Ci was the one he liked.
Just thinking about it like this, the pride and pride in his heart almost overflowed.
"When are you coming back?"
"Tomorrow afternoon," Jing Ci said with a little shortness of breath, he couldn't wait: "I will buy the earliest ticket! Brother, wait for me, we will try again when I go back, just in case... what if it works this time!"
The fool.
Yingjiao's throat was a little blocked. After entering the national team, the first thing he thought of was not honor or prestige, but him.
How could Jing Ci be so painful
Yingjiao took a deep breath, not daring to tease Jing Ci, fearing that he would come back even more anxiously, and said in a hoarse voice: "No hurry, don't hurry. Be obedient, just come back normally, don't make me worry about you."
"Okay." Jing Ji also realized that his emotions were a little too much, he tried his best to calm himself down, and said into the microphone: "Brother, don't worry, I will pay attention to safety."
The two talked for a while, and then hung up the phone until Wang Qiong came over.
The next morning, the closing ceremony of the training team was held on time.
As one of the selected team members, Jing Ci needs to take a photo on stage. His face was indifferent, and he looked very serious and calm, but in fact, he didn't know where he was flying.
Cooperate with the staff to go through a whole set of procedures, and take photos with various teachers. When the closing ceremony was over, he didn't even eat lunch, bid farewell to Wang Qiong in a hurry, and set foot on the train back.
During this period of time, he was already very tired, coupled with the sudden ups and downs of his emotions. Originally, he just leaned against the window and closed his eyes to rest his mind, but somehow fell asleep and had a dream for the first time.
This time, Jing Ji finally dreamed about the cause of his death in his previous life.
It's not death in the traditional sense, but disappearing from reality, entering the space of the so-called life-changing system that Qiao Anyan said, and becoming his golden finger.
Day after day, life, wisdom, and everything that can be squeezed are extracted by him.
"God blessed me and let me get this thing when I was dying." Seeing him weakening little by little in the space, Qiao Anyan's eyes were full of pleasure: "So what if you are the protagonist of this world? It's not in my hands yet."
"When the life-changing is successful, the protagonist of the world will become me, and you... no one will remember you anymore."
Jing Ci's head hurts, and his consciousness is getting blurred day by day, but he always remembers that Ying Jiao is waiting for him.
He wanted to escape and break the shackles in the space, but he couldn't do it no matter what, he could only watch Qiao Anyan leaning on him, the better he could get over.
The traces of his past existence were gradually erased, his teachers, his classmates, his friends... everyone gradually forgot about him.
Except for one person—
Win pride.
From the beginning to the end, his boyfriend has always remembered him clearly.
Jing Ci saw Yingjiao trying his best to find his whereabouts, and saw him asking everyone around him.
At first, the answer he got was—
"I don't know, are you not in the dormitory for something? You can call him later in the evening."
later-
"The name Jing Ci sounds familiar. Is it from our class? Sorry, I don't know why I suddenly forgot it. I didn't see it."
at last-
"Jing Ci? Who is this? I don't know him. There is really no such person in our dormitory. That empty bed? It will be empty as soon as school starts."
Although Jing Ji was in the system space, he could see all of this. He shouted desperately inside, almost oozing blood——
Brother, look at me, I'm here!
Please look at me!
But Yingjiao can't see or hear.
How many times, he passed by Qiao Anyan, and also... passed by him.
Day by day, week by week, month by month. Yingjiao has been looking for him, never gave up, and never found him.