In this semi-final, Ji Huai faced Sugar player Jesse.
Players from both sides were already on the court. Jesse served first, and Ji Huai stepped forward to catch the ball in transition. The two sides pulled back and forth and began to stalemate. Suddenly, Jesse took aim at the opportunity, struck first, and retreated to attack the sideline. Ji Huai jumped forward to defend, successfully resolved the situation, and picked the ball back.
"Bang!" Jesse stepped forward again and quickly slashed Ji Huai's backcourt.
In the picture, Ji Huai had already bounced up quickly and returned the ball with his backhand.
"Wow… "
"Oh~~~"
The audience began to cheer and exclaim, and the atmosphere began to heat up.
Faced with Ji Huai's lofted ball, Jesse could not give up this rare opportunity. He jumped horizontally and smashed the ball in the forehand area with great speed.
"boom!"
Ji Huai moved quickly again, stepped forward to resolve the issue, and caught the ball abruptly.
"Oh~~"
"Pap-pap-pap-pap."
Applause kept coming from the scene, and Li Lu was so excited that she almost stood up and clapped her hands vigorously, "That's amazing!!!"
Jesse returned the ball over the net, and Ji Huai turned his passivity into an initiative. He began to pick the opponent's head area, pulled back the big diagonal line, completely took the initiative, and started to attack. He succeeded in a sneak attack and scored the first point of the first game.
Score 1:0
Ji Huai served, and Jesse stared at him with the racket in his hand.
Both sides pushed each other and were patiently waiting for the opportunity to attack. Ji Huai changed his route and started to hit the high ball. The purpose was to suppress Jesse's back forehand position. Jesse attacked and got rid of it. Ji Huai began to pull the diagonal, and the stalemate continued patiently.
The two sides entered into a flat push again. During this period, Ji Huai came up with a slash, Jesse picked up the ball to resolve it, Ji Huai continued to kill the opposite corner, Jesse was forced to hit the high ball, Ji Huai jumped up and changed speed, and came towards Jesse's forehand position. Kill.
The ball hit the ground and Ji Huai scored another point.
Ji Huai served again, and Jesse came up with a continuous attack. He suppressed the area above Ji Huai's head from the diagonal and scored with a powerful smash. Then, he took off vertically and killed the diagonal with a forehand in the reverse court; Ji Huai pulled back with his backhand and occupied the Taking the initiative, a diagonal kill came; Jesse made a mistake and lost a point...
The score came to 11:9, and the pursuit was very tight. Ji Huai was temporarily ahead by two points and took a one-minute break.
Ji Huai walked aside and took the towel to wipe his sweat. The coach was talking to the side. He nodded from time to time and occasionally spoke. The audience was far away and could not hear clearly.
"Awesome." Li Lu hadn't recovered from the exciting duel. She kept holding Yuan Tian's hand and asked her with wide eyes, "Does he know you're coming?"
"No." Yuan Tian stared at Ji Huai's back. He was so tall, thin and tall. When he turned slightly this way, he looked sideways, his nose was straight, his black eyes were clear, and the smile he always showed when he was with her was gone. , but that energy is revealed all over his body.
She has a tough and confident look to her youth, and her hormones are all over her body, but it's too poignant for her.
"So someone came here without telling me. Are you afraid that your presence will interfere with his game?" Li Lu leaned toward her, touched her twice with his shoulder, and spoke teasingly.
Yuan Tian blushed and said stiffly, "No."
After the break, Ji Huai and Jesse both came on the court with their rackets and continued to prepare for the game.
Ji Huai served, Jesse took two shots and then turned to attack, attacking the net continuously. Ji Huai intercepted and resolved. The two sides returned to the lob. Ji Huai took the first step, attacked all the way and then chased the sideline ball and succeeded.
After a confrontation, during which Jesse made a mistake and lost two points, the score reached 17:13. The gap began to widen, with Ji Huai temporarily taking the lead.
After Ji Huai jumped up to intercept the ball, Jesse jumped forward and raised his racket to save the ball. The ball did not pass the net, and Ji Huai won the first game.
"Great!" Li Lu was in high spirits and kept shouting, "Come on~~"
The bald man next to her was even more excited than she was. He stood up, waved the national flag back and forth with his big hands, and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Young man, kill the foreigners and get first place, go ahead!"
Yuan Tian was taking pictures of Ji Huai with his mobile phone. When he saw that he won the game, he quickly put down his mobile phone and clapped his hands. He was so excited that his heart was filled with waves, and he could not restrain himself. He felt happy and proud.
The second game begins.
Jesse took the lead in attacking, first slashing the ball, and then continued to attack on the net after Ji Huai returned the ball. At the end, he made a powerful dunk, and the ball fell to the ground to score.
The score is 0:1.
In this game, Jesse's performance was obviously better than in the previous game. He played fast and hard, and wanted to reverse the situation. After Ji Huai served, he changed the line and smashed the sideline, and succeeded again.
Killing the net, smashing high balls, switching from defense to attack and quickly cutting into the gap...
The cheers of the audience became louder and louder each time, and the score reached 8:13, with Ji Huai trailing by five points.
"Come on, don't let him succeed, it pisses me off!" Li Lu looked anxious. This is the semi-finals. If you lose, you will be eliminated. The most you can get is a bronze medal. If you win, you can enter the finals. At least you can Get the silver medal!
Yuan Tian was even more nervous than she was, clutching the corners of his clothes with his hands, his eyes never leaving Ji Huai.
The more Jesse played, the better his touch seemed to get. He found his form and rhythm, and hit the ball harder and harder. He made another smash. Ji Huai caught it but it didn't pass the net, losing another point.
When the score reached 8:14, Yuan Tian was more restless than anyone else, clenching her pink fists tightly.
Ji Huai raised his hand to wipe his sweat and continued to return to the center of the court, his expression still calm and composed.
Jesse served, and after a few rounds of tension between the two sides, he repeated his old tricks. First, he pushed straight to the top of Ji Huai's head, and then rushed to the net during the attack. If Ji Huai returned the high ball, his next move was to kill the opponent.
After one move, Ji Huai jumped forward again, and after catching the ball, he bounced up like a spring. Jesse once again hit the opponent in a straight line, but Ji Huai had already judged it, turned around and rushed over in advance, jumped up and smashed the sideline with his backhand. .
He rushes hard and the ball is fast.
In the end, Jesse missed the catch and Ji Huai scored one point.
Ji Huai served and Jesse transitioned. After a back and forth, Ji Huai got the high point in front of the net and started to hit the high ball. He took the opportunity to smash into the neutral position and scored many times. The score began to catch up.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
…
The atmosphere on the court became increasingly tense, with both sides trying their best to remain in a stalemate.
Ji Huai was expressionless and had no special reaction when winning or losing, while Yuan Tian was tense and his palms were covered in cold sweat. Li Lu was shouting slogans with the bald uncle, and those who didn't know it thought he was a loyal fan.
Jesse began to seize the initiative, and when he stretched the diagonal back and forth, he began to hit the opposite corner. Ji Huai resolved the ball and returned the ball. The two came to the lob again. Ji Huai suddenly scored a point with a slash from the opposite corner.
The score slowly caught up again, reaching 12:15.
When Ji Huai served, he began to speed up, constantly provoke the opponent, and then used left and right routes to suppress the opponent, and finally came up with a smash.
After that, by suppressing the opponent's forehand position, the angle was tricky, and he scored with a counterattack.
The score was tied at 17:17. The two were chasing each other, evenly matched, and the game became more and more interesting.
Jesse kicked the ball, and both sides pushed evenly. Ji Huai was very patient and moved left and right. After guarding Jesse's two attacks, he raised the ball high and pressed it over Jesse's head. Then he hit the net and connected with a backhand smash.
When the score reached 19:17, Ji Huai reversed the situation. After he hit another sideline ball and scored another point, the scene began to commotion, and the tense atmosphere reached its extreme. He went ahead and got the match point. At this time, he held two A match point.
Jesse raised his hand to wipe the sweat, and Ji Huai moved on the spot twice, preparing to serve.
"boom!"
The ball passed the net, Jesse caught the ball, and then shot the ball to the net and pushed it to the opposite corner. He attacked again and again, trying to crush Ji Huai's forehand. Another high ball came from the backcourt, and Ji Huai could only catch it sideways. , before he could turn around again, Jesse had already aimed at the opportunity and gave him another forehand chop quickly and ruthlessly.
He didn't expect Ji Huai to successfully save the ball again with a diving jump. He rushed over without thinking about his own safety, raised his hand and raised a sign to pick up the ball. The ball was not picked up high, and a rolling tennis ball came. Jesse stepped forward and half-kneeled to catch the ball with his backhand. But Ji Huai had already stepped forward, jumped up and came to the net with great force to kill, ending the round.
"Oh~~~"
"sharp!"
"Huhuhu~~~~"
…
"Awesome!" Yuan Tian couldn't hold it back and stood up suddenly to applaud. His heart was beating with joy and his chest was rising and falling. He was very excited just now.
Before she finished speaking, she saw Ji Huai put down his racket and glanced here. She quickly lowered her head, her breathing became rapid, her emotions continued to boil violently like boiling water, and she was sweating on her back.
The domestic audience present cheered loudly, and Ji Huai also turned back. While drinking water, he wiped his sweat with a towel and walked to the side, talking and communicating with the coach and team members.
"So handsome!!!" Li Lu's eyes shone with excitement, she danced and exclaimed, "Oh my god, it's so cool. I've only experienced this tough and handsome feeling from an instructor. It's so cool."
Yuan Tian had been looking at Ji Huai, and she could see him at a glance through the crowd. She felt that he was shining in the crowd, and the corners of her mouth also opened and kept rising.
Coach Zhang Huaiming was very satisfied with Ji Huai's performance. He reached out and patted him on the shoulder, smiling so hard that he narrowed his eyes.
Ji Huai wiped his wet hair with a towel, put on his coat, put his racket in his bag, packed his things, and the audience gradually got up and left.
They left quickly, and Yuan Tian reluctantly followed Li out the door.
The two went shopping in the afternoon. Li Lu seemed to be more poisoned than she was. She kept saying, "Many athletes in their team are very handsome. I also checked online, such as Fang Zhong, and Yu." Yu Sheng, Zhang Ya, Ai Lin... are all so handsome, and most of them are not married. Sure enough, all the outstanding and handsome ones have been handed over to the state."
"Well..." Yuan Tian was eating crab meat and put a piece of plump crab leg into her bowl. "The crab meat here is very fresh. Eat more."
Li Lu wanted to say something else, but the cell phone on the table rang. Yuan Tian quickly put down his chopsticks, the smile in his eyes deepened in vain, and picked it up, "Here you are."
Ji Huai's voice came from the other end, "Have you eaten?"
"I'm eating right now. Li Lu and I went out to eat seafood today. How was your game?" Yuan Tian asked knowingly.
"You didn't watch the live broadcast this time?" Ji Huai raised his eyebrows and drew out his voice slightly.
She watches the live broadcast of his games every time, and she always stays there to watch, otherwise she will check online immediately and then send him a message.
Yuan Tian took advantage of the situation and answered, "Look, I know you won, and it was 2:0. I thought you would lose in the second game. I was so nervous."
She was watching it live!
Ji Huai chuckled lightly on the other end, "I won, Brother Zhong also won, we will play the final at noon tomorrow. Eat more and try to grow to 1.7 meters."
This is actually a joke. She is only one centimeter away from reaching 1.7 meters, and she thinks about growing taller every day. At 1.88 meters, he is indeed much taller than her. It is she who complains about being too short every day.
"You dislike me." Yuan Tian snorted heavily.
The deep laughter on the other end slowly rippled out, with a mellow tone and a soft ending, "Don't dislike it, I always like you."
He also had a hint of the north when he spoke, almost making her laugh.
"What's the use of being tall?" she forced herself to ask again.
"The air up there is sweeter, don't you know that?" Ji Huai asked back.
"You're talking nonsense." Of course Yuan Tian didn't believe it and laughed at him.
"You can't smell it, and you still don't believe it when I tell you. Next time we meet, sit on my shoulder and take a few breaths to feel the feeling." Ji Huai said seriously, and emphasized, "Really, what did I lie to you for?"
Yuan Tian couldn't hold back his laughter, and his voice was soft, "Are you lying to a three-year-old child?"
Ji Huai: "Yes, Yuan is three years old."
"You hate~~"
…
"What did you eat?"
"buffet."
"Is it tasty?"
“It’s no better than the ones in domestic canteens.”
…
The two kept talking, Yuan Tian's smile became sweeter and sweeter, his eyes half-lidded.
She wanted to say something to Ji Huai, but she suddenly looked up and saw Li Lu with a melancholy look on his face. When he saw her, he looked over and stabbed a piece of watermelon forward with his fork. She inserted a piece of watermelon and the red juice flowed on the plate. She He took the fork back, took an angrily bite, and said silently to Yuan Tian, "Trouble, you are the one!"
Can you think about how you feel as a single person? Especially the kind who were born single.
Yuan Tian was reluctant to leave and lowered his voice, "Li Lu and I were eating. We just started eating..."
Ji Huai understood and said, "Eat well, I'll give you a call soon. Pay attention to safety outside and go back to school early."
"Okay~~"
"Bye, I'm dead."
…
As soon as she hung up the phone, Li Lu inserted another piece of watermelon, "I understand, participating in the game is not the focus, and watching the game is not the focus, watching someone is the important thing!"
Yuan Tian ate again, brought her some food, and admitted frankly, "What's wrong? I haven't seen him play live yet. How good is he playing? Aren't you very excited when you watch it?" How great is that?"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Li Lu kept shaking his head.
Who understands the pain of being single? She could only order two more cheese-baked lobster dishes to calm down the pain, no matter how painful it was.
Yuan Tian paid the bill quickly and booked a high-rise luxury suite in the city center. After the meal, the two went shopping and bought some clothes before returning to the hotel.
Li Lu tried on some clothes and saw the necklace on Yuan Tian's neck after she came out of the shower. "This necklace looks really nice. Let me see what brand it is."
The necklace is small and simple, and beautifully accentuates the collarbone.
"Ji Huai bought it for me and I've been wearing it for a long time." Yuan Tian lowered his head and pulled the necklace forward, recalling, "It seems that he won the award last time. He..."
"Forget it, I'm not worthy." Before Li Lu reached out, he retracted his hand and said through gritted teeth, "I'm so mean-mouthed, I deserve to die!"
Yuan Tian: “…”
She shut up, dried her hair, and went to bed.
After a while, Ji Huai sent her a message, and then a video. She didn't dare to answer the video, and revealed her secrets every minute. She directly switched to voice and made up an excuse, "Li Lu said she was sleepy and the dormitory was already there." Turn off the lights."
Li Lu, who was opening a bottle of red wine and standing on the balcony admiring the night view of the city, couldn't help but sneeze. He glanced back at her and tasted the snacks brought by the waiter.
She doesn't care about anything, she just comes to enjoy life.
"The weather is a bit cold and a bit rainy." Yuan Tian is quite good at talking nonsense.
"Take the quilt tightly, otherwise you will catch a cold." Ji Huai warned.
"Yeah." She nodded obediently.
Ji Huai suddenly said: "If she wants to sleep, will chatting like this disturb her? How about you go to bed early too?"
"I don't." Yuan Tian refused, "I want to listen to you."
"I want to see you." He also requested.
"The lights are turned off in the dormitory. It's pitch dark and no one can be seen." She said, leaning on the bedside and pulling up the quilt. In order to sound more serious, she also lowered her voice and whispered. .
Ji Huai also followed her example and lowered his voice, his mellow voice low, "Where did you go secretly behind my back? I'm going to arrest someone."
"No." She denied.
His voice was still low, his tone was neither serious nor angry, and he asked gently, "You are still lying, are your wings stiff? Where did you and Li Lu go? Huh?"
Yuan Tian struggled to no avail, but he broke through his defense again. He said with a smile, "How do you know I'm not in school?"
"Isn't Li Lu staying up late every day playing games and watching TV shows? How could he go to bed so early? Something's not right." After Ji Huai finished speaking, he added, "There's something wrong with you too. I just called you and I could tell that something was wrong with you. You were so excited. Seriously, are you going to find another man behind my back? You didn’t even call me via voice or video chat before, but today you actively refused. You have something wrong with me.”
"What excitement?" Yuan Tian smiled again.
"Look at how excited you are." Ji Huai said solemnly, "Start the video immediately and let me see where you are. Be good and don't make me worry."
After he finished speaking, he hung up and called the video call. Yuan Tian answered it and saw Ji Huai on the other side leaning on the bed. A handsome face appeared in front of her, squinting at her end. She suddenly put that Zhang's charming and pure face came closer, and her beautiful eyes that seemed to be smiling and angry looked at him.
His eyebrows also rose, and he asked with indulgence, "Where did you go?"
"Luo Ya." Yuan Tian didn't hide anything. After speaking, he added, "We are here to participate in the competition."
Ji Huai was stunned for a moment, and then he felt helpless: "Are you at the scene today?"
Although this sentence was a question, he said it with some certainty.
She didn't answer, which was her acquiescence.
Ji Huai: "Running away again."
"When I was competing, I was running around. What does this mean? I'm not a child. I like it." She retorted.
"Lock the hotel door when you sleep, don't run around..." Ji Huai gave a lot of earnest instructions there, and emphasized, "Let's go back together after I finish the game tomorrow."
"We bought tickets for the same flight as you." Yuan Tian took the opportunity to finish, and then flattered him, "You played very handsomely today. I took a lot of photos and showed them to you when I went back. It was amazing. Watching the game live and live broadcast It doesn’t look the same, my nerves are tense…”
Maybe she was too excited, so Ji Huai said she was a little excited.
Ji Huai looked at her as she kept talking, maybe she was so excited that she didn't notice that her own cheeks were flushed. His eyebrows were raised, and he looked at her intently, his eyes becoming more gentle and caring.