"But few people can do what he does. If you like it, you like it, if you don't like it, you don't like it. You won't cover up your thoughts because of some hypocritical things such as etiquette and worldliness." Rex raised the corner of his mouth and looked at Lin Yifei , "It's not good for the whole world, but only good for some people or a certain person."
Lin Yifei did not expect that Rex could see these qualities of Chris.
"Why do you have to put on such an expression? Chris is my opponent in the field of competition and in the field of love. If you want to win him, you must know him more than yourself."
At this time, Chris saw Lin Yifei chatting speculatively with Rex, and was about to come over, but Elizabeth continued to stand in front of him unwillingly.
"Are you going to stay in Chinatown during the winter vacation!"
Chris turned sideways to go around her, but Elizabeth hugged him.
Now, it is difficult for everyone to ignore them both.
"Why? Uncle wants to send me to a girls' middle school, neither letting me go home nor letting my mother come to see me! You ignore me! Why on earth!"
Chris broke away from Elizabeth's hand, "Go back to school."
Elizabeth still looked at Chris's back, and then stared at Lin Yifei over his back, as if she was accusing him of taking away her cousin.
"Let's go, go change your clothes." Chris came to Lin Yifei's side, his eyes swept over Rex like a cold front, with a hint of warning.
Elizabeth gritted her teeth, she would only be more ashamed if she stayed like this. But the tears still couldn't be restrained from streaming down, she held back her sobs and left the fencing gym.
Lin Yifei sighed, and caught sight of the pair of high heels placed beside Chris's seat just now.
"You go to the restaurant and wait for me first." Lin Yifei took off his protective gear, pressed it into Chris's arms, then picked up the pair of high heels and ran out.
He didn't mean to sympathize with Elizabeth deliberately, and he also understood that Chris' indifference was due to being too real and not embellishing his likes and dislikes, but Lin Yifei didn't want Chris to offend all those who cared about him and had a good impression of him. One day he will enter this society, and at the same time that he stabs others undisguisedly, he will also be stabbed by others one day.
After walking out of the fencing hall, tears finally fell down Elizabeth's face, and the makeup on her eyes also blurred. After stepping down the stairs, she realized that she had left her shoes in the fencing gym, but she didn't want to go back. The eyes of those people and Chris' attitude hurt her self-esteem too much.
"Liz." Lin Yifei stopped her.
Elizabeth didn't look back, but walked down the stairs even more resolutely.
"Liz, if you don't put on your shoes, more people will look at you when you walk in the school." Lin Yifei knew that she had lost face, so she didn't want to face herself.
Elizabeth stopped in her tracks, turning her head or not.
Lin Yifei squatted down beside her, put the shoes near her feet, and lifted her ankles to help her put them in.
"Actually, you shouldn't be wearing such high-heeled shoes."
"What? Are you afraid of stepping on the floor of your fencing gym? Chris hates me, so everything I do is wrong!"
"It's not about the floor of the fencing gym, but you're not yet sixteen. Wearing high heels too early will prevent you from growing taller."
Lin Yifei stood up slowly, "Go back early. I believe that Mr. Osborne sent you to the girls' high school to give you a better education. If he finds out that you skipped class and came here, he will be disappointed."
"Lin, do you know how much I hate you!" Elizabeth raised the corners of her mouth helplessly, her brows furrowed in pain.
"I know."
"I'm his cousin, the one who lives in the same house with him. No matter what method I use to approach him since I was a child, I will always get nothing but indifference!"
"Actually, why do you care so much? Mr. Osborne is Chris' father, and they are not very close, are they?"
"What about you? Chris did a lot of things for you that he wouldn't do at all!" Elizabeth suddenly grabbed Lin Yifei's shoulders. He never thought that a girl's fingers would be so hard.
"Tell me! What method did you use! Tell me, okay!" Elizabeth asked in a crying voice.
"Don't be like this, Liz! I didn't use any method, maybe I just met Chris when he was poor, and I just stayed with him through the difficult days!" Lin Yifei frowned, and took away Elizabeth's hand.
Elizabeth took a step back and looked at Lin Yifei, "No matter what method you use, Chris belongs to the Ozbon family, and so do I."
At that moment, she seemed to think of something, and she returned to her proud princess appearance, and left with her head held high.
Lin Yifei knew that he could not control what Elizabeth thought, so he smiled and went to the restaurant, where Chris was already waiting for him.
Looking at the dinner plate, it was full of things I liked and vegetables I didn't like.
"Chris...do you know what my favorite fruit is?"
"watermelon."
"My favorite book?"
"You don't like reading."
"...and my favorite star?"
"My favorite female star is Julia Roberts, my favorite male star is Matt Damon, and my favorite fencing star is Giulio Gaudini."
Lin Yifei tilted his head, thought for a while and asked again: "Chris, why can you remember my preferences so clearly?"
"Did Elizabeth say something to you?"
"Yeah," Lin Yifei propped his head and fiddled with the vegetables on the dinner plate, "You know almost everything about me, but you can't be nice to your cousin. You are so kind to me, so good that other people are jealous. "
"It won't be long before the holiday." Chris didn't want to continue this topic.
"Well, I want to go home and spend time with my mother." Lin Yifei chuckled and added as if thinking of something, "We still need to practice hard, because the national competition is in the next semester."
"Yifei, I will be strong enough, so you just need to look at me."
"Um."
Lin Yifei paused, and looked up at Chris, his expression was calm and calm.
Fool, I've long been used to just looking at you.
In the Washington regional finals on the weekend, the men's saber event is naturally the battlefield between Chris and Rex. The battle was extremely fierce. Compared with the impulsiveness during the qualifying match in the team, Chris appeared calm and sharp. He kept pushing Rex to reveal himself, and Rex responded patiently. The two were testing each other, both waiting for the chance of a fatal blow.
At the end of the first round, the unexpected two only scored 3 to 2, which shows that Chris and Rex were very cautious in their defense in this round.
At the beginning of the next round, Chris's attack was more violent. Although everyone broke into a cold sweat because of his wildness, Lin Yifei knew that Chris would not leave a gap for Rex. Sure enough, a knocking sword attack, followed by a change of position, and a half-step long stab suddenly, which made Rex unexpected.
Lin Yifei clenched his fists and applauded in his heart.
Where would Rex be a fuel-efficient lamp, and he would pay back immediately. He slashed and split the sword, which quickly stunned the audience, but Chris reacted quickly, sniping with the sword, and Rex jumped over the opponent's sword tip to change sides and slashed at Chris's shoulder in an instant. superior.
Taking a breath, Lin Yifei had to admit that if it was him, he would not be able to escape the sword.
The battle situation intensified, and the score also rose alternately. When he was in middle school, he had never met an opponent like Rex. For the first time, Lin Yifei realized that he was so lucky to stand in the international arena. He was ranked seventh in the world, although he was still far away from the top. , But for those who are still working hard silently, they are also the target of others.
As time elongated, the game gradually came to an end. The last fifteen seconds became the crucial moment to decide the outcome.
Chris took a drastic step from the bottom of the pot, and made three consecutive transposition attacks, quickly and decisively. Rex coped and prepared to counterattack, the frequency of blocking was dizzying. With five seconds left, Lin Yifei's breathing stopped in his chest. Suddenly, with a swirling sword, Chris separated Rex, and then he slashed at a sharp angle, hitting Rex's arm.
At that moment, Lin Yifei opened his mouth slightly.
The referee announces the time is up.
The light came on just now, which means Chris hit it.
The champion of the regional competition belongs to Chris, Lin Yifei laughed.
Coach Smith's expression was relaxed at first, because no matter who won, it represented Ghosn, and then he became serious because of the high-level performance of the two players on the court. At this moment when the game ended, he was obviously relaxed. Take a breath.
"Lin, and Pan, against Griffith this afternoon, you will have a wonderful victory."
Pan smiled slightly, "Of course, this is also the last time I participated in the fencing league competition in high school."
It was only then that Lin Yifei realized that Pan, who had been replaced by Chris in the singles competition, might feel very lonely in his heart. He needs a good performance to win the favor of a famous fencing school.
"Pan, you seem to be fighting Andrew Patrick this afternoon, right?"
"Yeah, I heard that he is a very powerful opponent."
"Yes, he is very good at destroying the opponent's fencing line and often uses feints. I think you should be careful with his feints, especially the movement from the upper part to the lower part."
"Ah, I forgot, Lin, you and Andrew once had a confrontation in middle school!"
Chris and Rex came back, Lin Yifei reached out to give Chris a high-five, "It's a beautiful win!"
"Ah... ah..." Rex pressed his temple, looking very sad, "Then I lost beautifully?"
"You lost wonderfully!" Lin Yifei's words were sincere, but the people around him laughed softly.
Half an hour later, Rex had to go back to prepare for the second and third place finals. He had to get the second place to have the right to compete. On the contrary, the match against Griffith in the afternoon is even more exciting.
If Andrew played in the first round, it meant that the level of the next two players was at least on par with him. Thinking of this, Lin Yifei faintly became excited.
At the end of the morning competition, Rex won the second place as expected. In this way, Ghosn has taken the place in Washington DC to participate in the National Men's Saber Singles Competition. What an honor it would be to win the team competition again. .
Pan really became nervous, and even rubbed his hands together and asked Lin Yifei, "Do you think I am stronger, or Andrew Patrick is stronger?"