If there is an instrument in this world that can detect the embarrassing level in the air, Li Cheng believes that the index on that instrument must have been reported by now.
Faced with the document announcing that he was the captain of the swimming team, Li Cheng couldn't feel any happiness at all. He just wanted to jump into the water immediately and swim to the Pacific Ocean in one breath! ! !
His scalp was numb, his ten toes were curled up in embarrassment, and his entire face was flushed red.
"Yu... Coach Yu..." Li Cheng didn't know what to say, and what he said now was wrong.
He just contradicted the head coach of the swimming team in public and questioned her for her favoritism, but it turned out that it was he who saved the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain...
The eyes of other classmates also changed. In the beginning, it was sympathy for his being "robbed" of the spot; then, it was admiration for his courage to stand up; now, it has turned into a deep envy!
In each competition, a team leader must be selected. This person will become the backbone of the team and embody the hope of the team. Li Cheng has the most eye-catching results, and was selected to participate in the key events of the men's and women's medley. It seems that coach Yu really has high hopes for him.
The most important thing is that Li Cheng is an omega - this is the first omega in the history of so many years to become the captain of the swimming team!
It can be expected that when this appointment is announced to the public, it will definitely cause an uproar.
However, Li Cheng, who is the party involved, was not so happy...
Li Cheng cried and thought, he will definitely become the captain of the shortest swimming team in history! It took less than a minute from taking office to being dismissed...
Li Cheng was so ashamed that he couldn't lift his head up, so he could only repeat "I'm sorry" over and over again.
Coach Yu said coldly: "As the captain, you openly contradicted the coach and questioned the coach's decision. If I don't punish you today, what's the use of the team rules?"
Li Cheng: QAQ
Li Cheng: "Then, what do you say?"
Coach Yu pointed to the swimming pool next to him: "Ten kilometers."
Li Cheng breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the coach could forgive him, how could he dare to bargain? ! Their team usually swims five kilometers in the morning training, and he swims while taking a rest for ten kilometers, and he will definitely finish the swim if he slows down.
He was about to take off his clothes and go into the water immediately. He never thought that Coach Yu would not say the second half of the sentence.
Coach Yu: "I'm talking about ten kilometers for each stroke."
Li Cheng: "..."
Li Cheng: "Actually, I'm not capable enough, I'm ashamed of your expectations. I thought about it carefully, I'm really not competent for this captain..."
Coach Yu gave several assistants a wink, and the four assistants rushed forward. One took off his clothes, the other took off his shoes, and Li Cheng screamed wildly. Unfortunately, his fists were no match for eight hands. Li Cheng was stripped naked in a few minutes. Fortunately, he wore a pair of swimming trunks underneath, otherwise he would have been seen by the women's team today!
Then, Coach Yu raised his foot and kicked Li Cheng's butt mercilessly. Li Cheng flew out and fell into the pool with a thud.
"Li Cheng, listen carefully, you are not allowed to go ashore until you have finished swimming these 40 kilometers." Coach Yu called Dai Yujing, who was not dealing with Li Cheng, and instructed, "Dai Yujing, you are responsible for watching Li Cheng, If Li Cheng can't swim 40 kilometers today, then the captain will be replaced by you."
Dai Yujing: ! ! !
He immediately stood at attention and saluted: "Coach, don't worry!"
Li Cheng, who was thumping in the swimming pool, heard this, and with a slam on his feet, all the waves hit Dai Yujing's face.
Gan, even if he died in the pool today, he would have to swim forty kilometers first! !
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"So you really finished 40 kilometers?" Xiao Yiheng held back his smile and asked the boyfriend on the other end of the phone.
"If you can't finish swimming, how can you finish swimming?" Li Cheng lay on the bed, her hands drooping like soft noodles by the bed. Lying on his side on the pillow, he lingered on the phone and said, "I don't know how much I've swum. At first I counted it, but I can't count it at the end... I should have swam more than ten kilometers, Coach Yu let me go ashore and rest."
However, the kilometers Li Cheng owed were not written off. Every day in the future, his morning training and evening training will be two kilometers longer than others, and he will slowly make up for the 40 kilometers.
Xiao Yiheng asked: "When you contacted me before, you had to secretly avoid your roommate even when sending messages. Why did you call me today?"
"They all went out." Li Cheng sighed, "Isn't the final list announced today, there are three diving teams in our dormitory, only Chen Miao is on the list. The other two roommates are leaving tomorrow. , they are in a bad mood, and Chen Miao accompanies them to the playground to relax."
Sports competition is so cruel, as Coach Yu said, you are eliminated not because you are not good enough, but because other players are better than you.
If they want to stay and stand on the glorious podium, the blood and tears they have to pay is unimaginable for ordinary people.
Li Cheng specially exchanged contact information with the other two roommates, and made an appointment to go to their city to play with them in the future. But everyone knows in their hearts that the more than a month in the training team may be the only intersection in their lives. Once some people say goodbye, they will never meet again.
Xiao Yiheng listened to Li Cheng's heavy tone, and quickly changed the subject, chatting about Yuyou and Little Lemon.
After Li Cheng left Huacheng, Xiao Yiheng would visit Youyou every once in a while. Youyou likes Xiao Yiheng very much, and often shares with him about her and her five little boyfriends. Xiao Yiheng is always amazed at this little girl's ability. Youyou's mouth is extremely sweet, and it is "sister-in-law" and "sister-in-law" when she opens her mouth and closes her mouth. Xiao Yiheng corrected it several times, and finally accepted this title by default.
As for Little Lemon, it has grown more plump (crossed out) in a month, it is plump and plump, with white fluff covering its body, like a toy made of snow. Youyou takes it to the lawn downstairs for a walk every night. The little duck sways when it walks, and the tip of its little white tail sways to the left and right. No matter who sees it, it will be rua twice.
Li Cheng recalled the touch of Little Lemon, and he was very itchy, but it was a pity that he and it had been together for more than a thousand kilometers! He decided to eat the Cantonese-style roast duck provided by the cafeteria tomorrow at noon to express his thoughts on Little Lemon.
After talking about ducks and ducks, the topic turned back to Xiao Yiheng.
Li Cheng asked, "Are you going to take the final exam?"
"Yeah." Xiao Yiheng replied, "The final exam next Monday or second, this time is the city's unified exam. It will take about three days to get the results. After the city's ranking is released, it will be a holiday."
When Li Cheng heard this, he immediately became excited: "So, you are coming to Huacheng after your holiday? Can we meet?"
"No, I'll go after the exam." Xiao Yiheng's light laughter was transmitted through the radio waves, "It's a waste of time to stay and wait for the city's ranking. I'm definitely the first in the city."
"… "
Li Cheng quickly searched the Internet to search the number of candidates in Huacheng this year, one, ten, one hundred, one thousand, ten thousand... Come on, seventy thousand!
What kind of self-confidence is this to get the first place in the city among the 70,000 candidates
Li Cheng murmured to himself: "When someone finds a partner, it's 'one in ten thousand'; and my boyfriend is "one in seventy thousand"..."
"Choose 1 in a thousand miles?" Xiao Yiheng deliberately misinterpreted his meaning, "Then really have to choose carefully."
Li Cheng heard what he meant and blushed again.
Li Cheng coughed and changed the subject: "But if you come to the capital ahead of time, can your parents agree?"
Li Cheng can experience the power of Xiao's mother. Xiao Yiheng has such a controlling parent. It is really not easy to live tenaciously and not grow crooked.
"They can't take care of themselves right now, and they don't have time to take care of me." Xiao Yiheng said lightly, "My father had 'a little problem' at work because the two of them had a big quarrel. At school. All my mother's focus is on him now and there is no time to 'manipulate' me."
Xiao Yiheng used the word "manipulation" directly. Li Cheng felt a lot of emotions when he heard it, so he quickly comforted him.
Li Cheng thinks that although his parents died young, he has always lived in an environment full of love; on the other hand, Xiao Yiheng is the opposite. Although his parents are still alive, he has never experienced the warmth from his parents for a second in his life.
The two chatted for a long time. Li Cheng swam more than ten kilometers in one breath today and was on the verge of reaching the limit.
But Li Cheng cherished the hard-won call opportunity and was reluctant to hang up.
"Actually... I have one more thing to worry about." Li Cheng rubbed his eyes and yawned.
Xiao Yiheng asked what was the matter.
"It's about the coach!" Li Cheng said distressedly, "She is the coach, and I am a student. As a student, I don't trust the coach, and even question her in public... In the end, everything was just my imagination, and she even promoted me to be the captain... Although She made me swim 40 kilometers, but I think she must still be angry."
"No, I think it's the exact opposite." Xiao Yiheng said, "I don't think Coach Yu was angry with you from start to finish."
"what?"
Xiao Yiheng helped him analyze: "Although I haven't been in contact with coaches, I can see from your description that she is a highly professional coach who seems indifferent but actually cares about athletes. Orange, I have always felt that you There is a burning flame in your body, and the flame contains your shortcomings, impulsive, aggressive, and straight; but at the same time, it also contains your various advantages, you are ahead of everything, unwilling to compromise, unwilling to be left behind … And what athletes need, isn’t that your characteristic?? I believe that coach Yu must have seen this, so he will choose you as captain, hoping to lead other players through you. As for your doubts about her, it is very In line with your character, she should expect something, so I'm sure she won't be angry."
Li Cheng couldn't understand: "Then if she's not angry, why did she fine me 40 kilometers?"
"Because she wants to give other players an explanation." Xiao Yiheng analyzed, "The coach must maintain absolute authority. If she doesn't punish you today, other players will follow you and defy her request in the future."
Li Cheng said "oh", feeling that these rules and regulations are really complicated.
He just wants to swim happily, why is it so difficult!
Fortunately, thanks to Xiao Yiheng's detailed analysis, the big stone in Li Cheng's heart was finally put down, and the embarrassment that was like a shadow disappeared.
Brother Li is now the captain of the upright national swimming team! Maybe, there will be many, many interview opportunities, and he will be on TV, so that people all over the world can see him holding a gold medal on the podium!
Hehe, he wants to tell the good news to the people in Dahuang, and let them envy them; and Youyou, who will definitely be happy for him; and Brother Hu, and...
When the psychological pressure dissipated, Li Cheng felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier...
He whimpered and the phone slipped from his palm and fell beside the pillow.
The steady breathing sounded along the radio waves to Hwaseong, thousands of miles away.
Xiao Yiheng listened to Li Cheng's breathing quietly, and his heartbeat gradually became more peaceful along with the gentle breathing.
The lamp cast a bright light on the desk, Xiao Yiheng got up and took out a thick sketchbook from the depths of the bookcase, and spread it out on the table.
If Li Cheng was here, he would find this sketchbook very familiar - when he modeled Xiao Yiheng, Xiao Yiheng was using it. Only that time, the sketchbook only drew a few pages, and now the thick book has been turned to the end.
With the sound of breathing on the phone, Xiao Yiheng picked up the pen and dropped a gentle ink dot on the sketchbook.