Training room - full of snooker tables.
And it's all... acquaintances.
6 red ball snooker is a new type of snooker, which reduces the original 15 red balls to 6 red balls and improves the game speed. So in the Asian Games, it became a women's event.
Because there were no good players in this event, Yin Guo took a spot and was going to fight for a medal.
Lin Lin, who retired, also made a decisive comeback, took another spot, and wanted to fight for an extra medal for China. After all, she played snooker when she was a child, and she is better at it than ordinary female players.
Men's snooker is naturally Lin Yiyang and Meng Xiaodong.
They were also in the team competition, and Jiang Yang was tentatively selected as the third player. Because Jiang Yang had just finished surgery a month ago, it depended on his recovery before the competition, so Li Qingyan was the candidate.
So in this training room, it has been extraordinarily "lively" from the first day.
They are all acquaintances, and they all have complicated relationships.
When Yin Guo arrived, Lin Lin and Jiang Yang were chatting in the rest area, while Meng Xiaodong was sitting alone by the door, resting.
"Yin Guo is here, let's start," Jiang Yang saw her and said to Li Qingyan, "I will practice with you today."
Jiang Yang can't use the cue for the time being, but he can train Li Qingyan, which is also one of his tasks, to try to make Li Qingyan make a qualitative leap in the 70 days of training.
Yin Guo picked up his cue, glanced at his cousin, and then at Lin Lin who was drinking water.
This atmosphere - or I fight with my cousin
Behind her, a hand pushed her towards the innermost table: "You and me."
You don't need to look back to know that Lin Yiyang is here.
"Do you really want my brother to fight Lin Lin?" She asked in a low voice.
Lin Yiyang glanced at her, and flicked her forehead from the angle that others couldn't see: "Take care of yourself."
Lin Yiyang took his cue from the cue rack, it was a custom-made black cue with a whole body.
He bent down, took out the ball, and played a round of 6-ball snooker for her, "You played well in the qualifiers, so you're just getting started."
She is number one in the national budget competition... Getting started?
Well, snooker is his main event, and he, who became a monk halfway through the game, is indeed considered an entry-level level.
"If you practice with me, won't your own training be missed?" She picked up the powder and wiped the club head. While caring about him, she went to peek at her cousin.
"Your brother and I, as well as Jiang Yang, will compete alone, so we can't delay it." He said, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
It was because Yin Guo was still peeking at Meng Xiaodong and Lin Lin, and the ball had already been kicked off. Cousin didn't seem to give in to them at all.
In front of her eyes, the hand holding the white ball waved in front of her: "Girl, look at me."
Yin Guo pointed to the table with a guilty conscience: "You kick off first."
"I'll kick off, and you'll have nothing to do in this game." He handed her the white ball.
It is true. Once he teeed off, he might have collected it all.
As soon as she set up the pole, she heard Lin Yiyang saying: "Snooker, Snooker, obstacle billiards. You have to learn to set obstacles for others." He completely regarded her as a novice, "Even if you are not in good condition, you must have the ability , let the opponent lose the game."
Sure enough, it was all due to the scheming old man...
Lin Yiyang raised his chin slightly and let her start.
With a snap, she dashed away from the table full of balls.
***
The four-hour confrontation is over.
Everyone is resting.
Meng Xiaodong placed a black ball in a tricky position, and suddenly said to Lin Yiyang, "Come on, convince the crowd."
Lin Yiyang smiled.
He leaned over, obviously aiming at the bottom pocket, after a heavy blow, the black ball did not enter the bottom pocket, instead circled half a circle on the table and rushed straight to the middle pocket next to Lin Yiyang. Successfully bagged.
"Go on," Meng Xiaodong said from the side, "let me see how many tricks you have."
The same black ball was placed in the same position, Lin Yiyang did not stop at all, and played more than a dozen routes into the pocket. Some circle the ball bank half a circle, some circle it once, and some circle it half a circle. Six pockets, he can get into whichever he wants.
It looks like a ball, but it has played more than a dozen scoring routes. This kind of solid basic skills amazed those present who did not know Lin Yiyang.
Yin Guo rehearsed silently in her heart. She can play up to six routes, and she may not be able to succeed in all of them.
This requires too much precision.
On the final blow, the black ball jumped up from the table, made a turn after falling, hit the ball bank, and bounced into the bottom pocket.
"Almost." He closed the shot.
"That's almost it?" Jiang Yang obviously didn't see enough, "Look at the ball."
"Let's see how lonely you have been these past ten years." Lin Lin also said with a smile.
"I want to see it too." Meng Xiaodong answered.
…
Lin Yiyang smiled helplessly: "You have to pay for the show."
"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up." Jiang Yang didn't have time to tease him poorly.
Lin Yiyang sighed, picked out 9 balls, and placed an equilateral triangle on the table.
This is a common problem of professional players - playing with the ball for self-entertainment.
Usually practice is too boring, this can be regarded as a way of entertainment, put the ball into a nice shape, and then close it all in one shot. It is highly entertaining and highly performative.
With a bang, the equilateral triangle was knocked open, and there was no suspense for 9 balls, and all shots were collected in one shot.
Yin Guo also likes to play like this in private, arranging the balls into various shapes, her limit is 9 balls.
So when Lin Yiyang hit 10 balls, she held her breath...
Everyone in Dongxin City has seen Lin Yiyang's strength when he was a child. He can collect up to 12 balls at a time and arrange them in a quadrilateral.
After reaching 13, Jiang Yang and Lin Lin also looked at it more seriously.
At this time, Yin Guo was already thinking, how lonely he was during the past ten years of practicing alone? Can do so many tricks...
13 balls are an ellipse.
14 balls are two symmetrical arcs.
When 15 balls were placed, everyone involuntarily surrounded them.
The 15 balls were coded by Lin Yiyang into a very regular wave shape, double waves.
Lin Yiyang aimed at a certain position, and in the silence of the room, he hit a shot, and the waves were knocked away in an instant, all the balls were flying around the table "unorganized", 1, 2, 3, 4, 5... Finally, the 15th ball stopped at the mouth of the pocket at an extremely slow speed, and then, with a soft sound, it successfully fell into the pocket.
Yin Guo was excited and applauded with everyone.
Lin Yiyang didn't stop, took out another 16 balls, and placed a four-pointed star on the table.
"I've only played this one once," Lin Yiyang said, correcting the position of the four-pointed star to make the shape more perfect. "It didn't work last time, try today."
Lin Yiyang picked up a powder and wiped the club head.
After setting up the white ball and leaning over to aim, he suddenly twitched his arm and slammed out—
The room was silent.
Yin Guo held his breath, hearing the sound of balls falling into the bag, and the number of balls on the table became less and less... All of them really went in!
16 balls in one stroke, so beautiful!
Everyone couldn't help applauding for him, and their ears were full of laughter.
Li Qingyan, Nitro and the two people from Beicheng had mixed feelings. They all thought about last year when they met Lin Yiyang for the first time. No one knew the name of this strange man, where he came from, and they were thinking about how to give him an impression. A profound blow to the horse... But looking at today, I am really convinced.
Not only did they play well in the game, but they even entertained themselves with absolute crushing existence.
Just like what the coach said back then—they were just playing for Meng Xiaodong's face and teasing them.
***
The welcome banquet began in the evening, and the female players and the male players were divided into two tables.
Lin Yiyang was whispering to Jiang Yang, the moment he picked up the chopsticks, he glanced over and caught her gaze. There were two long tables with dozens of people, and the leader was giving an enthusiastic speech there, but he was looking at her.
Afraid of being seen by others, Yin Guo walked away for a few seconds guiltily, and then came back to find Lin Yiyang still looking at him... Behind him, a coach patted Lin Yiyang on the shoulder and called him away.
Yin Guo looked away, only to find that Lin Lin had been watching with a smile for a long time.
"You two look like puppy lovers, sneaking around." Lin Lin whispered.
Yin Guo was embarrassed, and explained softly: "This is what was agreed before coming here. He is the captain, and he can't fall in love blatantly."
Lin Lin smiled and gave her a piece of food with chopsticks: "Do you know about your brother quitting the game when he was 13 years old?"
"Um."
According to Meng Xiaodong's public information, he won the championship at the age of 14, but he entered the competition at the age of 13, but his performance was not ideal, and he withdrew halfway through the competition, which did not count as a result.
"I guess there is something you don't know," Lin Lin said softly, "They all signed up for the competition at the age of 13, and your brother lost to Lin Yiyang in the group stage, so he gave up. If you win the championship, you will be officially famous.”
…
No wonder my cousin has a "special liking" for him and "never forgets". The frustration of abandoning the game in the first year is probably remembered for a lifetime. No wonder, the coaches in the club always said that Lin Yiyang and Meng Xiaodong were players in the same period.
Lin Lin glanced at Jiang Yang and Meng Xiaodong who were facing each other, and said with emotion: "Jiang Yang also started playing in the national competition at the age of 13. In the years when they met, your brother retired in the first year, and Lin Yiyang retired in the last year. Sai is also really interesting."
Born in the same year, Lin Yiyang was a few months older than Meng Xiaodong, and he was also ranked sixth, all talented players.
No wonder even though they are rivals, they also cherish each other.
When the dinner was over, Lin Yiyang didn't come back.
Yin Guo deliberately stayed until the end, hoping to see him before going to bed, and left the cafeteria disappointed when everyone was gone.
She walked out of the cafeteria gate, and by the moonlight, she saw a few girls who came out first in front of her, just about to catch up, when she heard his voice behind her calling herself: Yin Guo.
Not only was she the one who stopped, but the girls also subconsciously turned their heads.
"Send you back to the dormitory." He walked to her side.
The girls immediately turned their heads and went back, trying hard to hold back their gossip, but the laughter couldn't be stopped.
"You came here specially?" She felt guilty when she was laughed at.
My own boyfriend, I don't know why I feel guilty...
Lin Yiyang didn't deny it, hinting that she was walking towards the playground, and Yin Guo followed his footsteps.
In the end, the two walked around the playground twice, basking in the moonlight for a while, and Yin Guo thought it would be good to take a walk like this, so Lin Yiyang dragged her to find a hidden shade under a tree and hid.
Yin Guo stood under the tree, looked up and said, "Wouldn't the bugs fall down?"
Lin Yiyang covered her head with his hands: "Are you still afraid of bugs?"
Yin Guo said "Yes": "I was bitten by insects when I was a child, and I was bitten by standing under the tree in the playground." She put her hands behind her back and touched a spot, "Haven't you seen it? There is a scar here."
He laughed and said in a low voice, "I really didn't notice it, so I'll take a closer look next time."
She ignored the old hooligan's "hint", pretending she didn't understand, and played with the zipper on the front of his training suit.
"What's wrong, you pull the zipper as soon as you meet?" He chuckled softly.
But since the old hooligan gave a hint, of course he wouldn't do nothing, and finally found a place to carry someone. Lin Yiyang propped his hands on the tree trunk, bowed his head and kissed her.
Suddenly something jumped out of the grass.
Yin Guo's heart skipped a beat, and she saw a small black shadow running out, but she couldn't tell what it was... Her heart was still beating hard, the shadow had already blocked her eyes, and it was Lin Yiyang who kissed him again.
…
When they separated again, he was still kissing her lips slowly. But she thought about the dinner: "Lin Lin said that my brother retired because of you? I only admitted after hearing this. You are really better than my brother."
He nodded: "Your brother admitted it when he was 13 years old."
"...It's really immodest."
"In the arena, there is no such word as humility," he said.
The two of them didn't have time to date, and after ten minutes, he sent her back to the dormitory.
After Yin Guo took a shower, the lights were turned off at eleven o'clock. She groped in the dark and blow-dried her hair for two minutes like a thief, took the makeup bag to the bed, and chatted with Lin Lin while applying skin care products.
Being able to live in the same room with Lin Lin is the biggest surprise, because I can hear a lot about Lin Yiyang's childhood from her mouth. However, there are also disadvantages. Lin Yiyang's family background cast a layer of gloom on those years no matter how publicized they were. No matter what Lin Lin said, she felt sad.
At about half past eleven, Lin Lin fell asleep.
Yin Guo turned off the notification sound, and wanted to send him a WeChat message to say good night. With the mobile phone in hand, Lin Yiyang got news at the same time.
Lin: Enough talking
Lin Liguo: ... how do you know we are chatting.
Lin: I can guess.
Fruit in the forest: Can you guess what we were talking about
Lin: Most of them are selling me badly.
Lin Liguo: ... The guess is so accurate.
Lin::)
Lin: Open the window.
Yin Guo was startled when he saw these two words, and thought he was outside the window.
After thinking about it, it's impossible. It's a rule to rest at eleven o'clock. As the captain, he will definitely not violate it. But still with an unsteady heartbeat, he quietly got out of bed and opened the curtains.
The window opens slightly, pushing to the left.
Outside the window are green bushes, the leaves of which are slightly shaken by the early morning wind. There was no one outside, but there was an unopened piece of dark chocolate on the windowsill.
When did he let it go? When you take a shower by yourself
Yin Guo quietly took the chocolate back, closed the window, and locked the lock.
Fruit in the forest: When did you release it
Lin: Go forward.
Lin: I stood outside the window for two minutes.
She guessed that it was probably because he considered that this row of rooms was a girls' dormitory, and he was afraid that someone would see him if he stood for a long time, so he didn't call her, but just put the dark chocolate he had with him on the window sill. When it was a little surprise.
Fruit in the forest: If you wanted to chase someone in the past, you probably could catch them all.
This is a sentence from the heart.
Lin:
Lin: Ask Lin Lin more about what I was like in the past.
Lin: It's impossible to chase anyone except you.