Table Tennis: Super Grand Slam

Chapter 17: Guanleyuan regains first place, returns home, reports to Lingnan Provincial Team
On November 11th, the 5th round of the Table Tennis Super League was held, which was also the penultimate round of the first phase of the regular season.

Magic City Crown Paradise VS Jiangnan Cable.

And among them.

Su Yan, who just won the doubles championship with Li Ying at the French Open, is the number one star of Jiangnan Cable.

In this match, Shanghai Crown Paradise is playing away.

but.

Participating in Jiangnan Province, very close to the Magic City.

Although it was an away game, in fact, when Chen Daqian, Li Ying and Xu Guinian stepped into the competition venue, almost all the table tennis enthusiasts who came to watch the game were fans of Chen Daqian and Li Ying.

Among them, Li Ying's fans are the majority.

Nowadays, Li Ying is the hottest star of the national table tennis team.

With an undefeated record, he has remained undefeated so far, and as a young talent, he is deeply loved by table tennis fans.

"Li Ying!"

"Li Ying!"

"Li Ying!"

When Li Ying came on the field, the whole audience cheered enthusiastically.

Uniform and full of momentum.

Seeing this scene, Xu Guinian was very envious.

"Aying, you're awesome. It's only been a short time since you joined the national team, and you already have so many fans. It's really enviable!" Although Xu Guinian expressed envy and jealousy in his words, he was optimistic by nature and was just proud of the achievements made by his good brother Li Ying.

There is no jealousy in my heart, but there is definitely envy.

"Gui Nian, that's because Li Ying defeated many foreign superstars this time, plus the live broadcast of Channel C, making Li Ying very popular now!" Chen Daqian certainly would not be envious.

Because he has been through this before and he has a lot of fans.

But now at this age, he no longer cares about these things.

He doesn't even know how long he can stay in the national team.

If you cannot maintain your position as a core player, you should consider retiring.

Li Ying smiled and said, "These are just illusions. As an athlete, we still have to speak with our results."

In the past few rounds that Li Ying was away, Magic City Crown Paradise had some defeats.

So now that Li Ying is back, he is fighting in the last two rounds, hoping to get first place in the regular season.

With Li Ying's return, there will be no suspense in the match between Shanghai and Guanleyuan.

Li Ying won 1 point in singles.

Xu Guinian won 1 point in singles.

Chen Daqian and Xu Guinian won by 1 point in doubles.

Magic City Crown Paradise swept Jiangnan Cable 3-0.

of course.

Because the game was in the evening, it was already late when it ended.

Magic City Crown Paradise did not return to Magic City, but stayed in Jiangnan.

night.

Su Yan fulfilled his promise and treated Chen Daqian, Li Ying and Xu Guinian to a big meal.

"Brother Su, you are really lucky. Li Ying was competing abroad during that time, and you had a bye in the Table Tennis Super League. As a result, you went abroad and picked up a men's doubles championship and men's singles runner-up." Xu Guinian was really envious.

"Haha, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm really lucky. It just so happens that all of you have competitions. Only I don't have a competition. However, I admit that I picked up the men's doubles championship, but the men's singles runner-up was won by me one board at a time!" Su Yan said with a smile.

"After watching you and Aying playing in men's doubles, who in China today doesn't want to play men's doubles with Aying? Even Aqing was shameless enough to come to Shanghai to pick up Aying at the airport, just to play men's doubles with Aying!" Chen Daqian said with a smile.

"Brother Qian, it's okay. In this national championship, our men's doubles will definitely meet Aying and the others. We will just kill Aying!" At this moment, Xu Guinian said with a smile.

Li Ying smiled and said, "Brother Qian, Brother Xu, if I meet you in the men's doubles at the national championships, I won't be polite."

The National Championships can be said to be the best shortcut for table tennis players to become famous.

Every year, table tennis players from the provincial team become famous in the national championships and get a chance to join the national team.

and.

Even the core players of the team cannot take the first, second and third places.

One can imagine how high the quality of the National Table Tennis Championships is.

After eating and drinking, return to the hotel to rest.

……

11 month 8 number.

Li Ying packed his luggage and headed to Lingnan to face the last round of the regular season of this year's Table Tennis Super League.

Because the away game is in Lingnan, and the Table Tennis Super League has to make way for the National Championships after the first phase of the regular season, Li Ying decided not to return to Shanghai after playing the away game in Lingnan, but to stay in the Lingnan provincial team for training.

This is also to communicate with the Lingnan provincial team in advance.

Because Li Ying signed up for four events in this national championship, namely men's singles, men's doubles, team and mixed doubles, the Lingnan provincial team had high hopes for Li Ying.

The opponent in this round is almost the weakest team among the ten teams in the Table Tennis Super League.

Facing the Magic City Crown Paradise, they were swept 3-0.

After the game.

Magic City Crown Paradise regained the top spot in the first phase of the regular season.

It suppressed the clubs of national team superstars such as Mengli, Ma Qing, Liang Long and Kong Fengge.

"Brother Qian, Guinian, then you should return to the Magic City to prepare for the war. I will stay in Lingnan. I want to go home first. I haven't been home for several months since I came to Beijing in the middle of the year!" Li Ying said with a smile.

"Aying, then you should prepare well and look forward to our match in the national championship!" Chen Daqian patted Li Ying on the shoulder.

After going to the airport to see off Guan Leyuan, Li Ying did not immediately report to the provincial team.

First return to where my parents work in Lingnan.

Dalang City!
An inconspicuous rental house.

Li Ying did not tell his parents in advance, but wanted to give them a surprise.

In the evening, even if Li Zhenguo and Ying Shimei had worked overtime, they had already left work.

I just got back to the rental house and haven’t started cooking yet.

At this moment, Li Ying was knocking on the door.

"Who is it?" Ying Shimei went to open the door.

As soon as she opened the door, she immediately saw her beloved son Li Ying, standing outside the door.

"Ah Ying!"

Ying Shimei was excited.

"mom!"

Although Li Ying's two souls merged into one, they are actually one person, because on Earth, Li Ying's parents are also Li Zhenguo and Ying Shimei, but the time scale is different. Li Ying only regards them as copies of a parallel time and space.

There is even a career panel, I don’t care about these at all.

"Son, come in quickly. Why are you carrying so many things?" Ying Shimei then noticed that Li Ying's hands were full of various bags.

"Dad!" Walking into the rental house where he had lived for many years, Li Ying looked at Li Zhenguo and shouted.

"Aying, you're back!" Li Zhenguo is a man. Unlike Li Ying's mother Ying Shimei, she doesn't reveal too many emotions. However, the feelings between Xia Guo and his son are like this, hidden deep in their hearts.

"Dad, Mom, here are things I bought for you. There are clothes and cell phones. Dad's favorite watch and cigarettes, and Mom, I bought you a set of cosmetics." Li Ying put the bag on the bed.

"Huh? Why is there still a fragrance?" Ying Shimei smelled a fragrance.

"I know you just got off work and haven't eaten yet. So I bought a lot of braised dishes outside, including pork elbows and braised large intestines. It's a pity that I can't drink, otherwise I could have a drink with dad!" Li Ying said with a smile.

"How old are you? You can't drink. You're not even an adult yet." No matter how much Ying Shimei doted on Li Ying, she forbade Li Ying to smoke and drink.

So, in this small rental house, Li Ying accompanied his parents to eat, and then talked about the fun and interesting things in the national team, as well as his experiences in competitions abroad.

In most cases, Li Ying was talking, while Li Zhenguo and Ying Shimei were listening.

Li Ying usually didn't talk about these things on the phone.

Now that I'm home, I can talk to my parents about it.

The meal lasted until almost dawn. After taking a shower, Li Ying found that his mother had already made new sheets and quilt covers in his room.

The next morning, Li Ying had breakfast with his parents.

"Mom and Dad, I have to report to the Lingnan provincial team. I will soon represent Lingnan in the national championships. I can't spend too much time with you. After the national championships, I should have a vacation and I will come back then!" Li Ying felt a little apologetic.

"Aying, a man should have great ambitions. Just go play the game and don't worry about your family!" Li Zhenguo said with a smile.

Li Ying said goodbye to his parents and took a car to the Lingnan Provincial Team’s training ground in Yangcheng.

As soon as they stepped into the training base, an athlete from the provincial team who knew Li Ying exclaimed loudly.

"Li Ying is here!"

In an instant, the entire training base was alarmed.

At this time, Ma Qing and Wang Xianlan heard the noise and came out.

Of course, they were accompanied by the head coach of the Lingnan provincial team, Meng Enming.

"Aying, welcome back!" Meng Enming can be considered Li Ying's mentor, because he was the first to discover Li Ying's talent in table tennis, then brought Li Ying to the Lingnan Provincial Team, and then recommended Li Ying to the National Second Team.

"Teacher Meng, Brother Ma, Xianlan, hello!" Li Ying greeted them very politely.

"Our general is back!" Ma Qing said with a smile.

"Aying, you have to start training now. As for men's singles training, according to your current strength, the Lingnan provincial team can no longer provide you with any training. But for men's doubles, you should practice cooperation more with Ma Qing. For the men's team, the competition rules are the same as those of the Table Tennis Super League, which is a best-of-five system. For mixed doubles, you have to train as much as Xianlan. I hope you can win at least two gold medals for the Lingnan team in this national championship!" Meng Enming said in a deep voice.

"Teacher Meng, in the men's team competition, are Brother Ma and I going to participate in doubles?" Li Ying asked.

Meng Enming shook his head and smiled, "No need. You are the trump card of our team. You have to play two singles matches out of five games. If our Lingnan team wants to win the men's team championship, we must rely on your two singles matches. Then, for doubles, Ma Qing and Yu Xuejian will cooperate, and each of them will have a singles match."

"In the men's team competition, there can only be three athletes, and each person can only play two games. Therefore, you cannot afford to lose in your two singles games!"

"Anyway, the men's team competition will be finished first. After the men's team competition, it will not affect your participation in the individual events!"

(End of this chapter)