Champion’s Heart

After Zhou Yi learned from Cortana that he had the mildest form of muscle strain, he felt his mood suddenly brighten up, and then he wanted to get up from the sofa.

But he was held down by Cortana: What are you going to do?

Go and rest, go and recuperate...

Do you think that if you don't do anything, the slight muscle damage will automatically get better? Cortana asked.

Isn't it? Zhou Yi asked. It's not a serious problem...

No matter how minor it is, you are still considered injured. The next step for minor injuries is muscle fiber tearing. Cortana looked at Zhou Yi coldly and said.

Uh... Zhou Yi didn't dare to get up. Then what should I do?

After yesterday's game, did you apply ice to any areas that felt uncomfortable?

No……

Did you take a cold shower or a hot shower when you came back?

Cold water, this is cold water.

Ever since Cortana suggested that taking cold water baths to help the body recover when he was in the youth team, Zhou Yi has now developed the habit of taking cold water baths. Whether it is the coldest months of winter or the scorching heat of summer, he always takes cold water baths. Sometimes, Even taking a cold shower.

Cortana finally nodded and signaled Zhou Yi to slowly get up from the sofa and sit on the dining chair.

Then she squatted in front of Zhou Yi and asked Zhou Yi to slowly move his right thigh and lift it up like a bicycle.

Stop when you feel pain. Cortana said to Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi did it slowly and stopped decisively when he felt uncomfortable.

Stretch slowly and gently within this range for ten seconds each time, and repeat ten times.

Cortana said, Zhou Yi did.

While Zhou Yi was doing it, Cortana got up and went to the kitchen to open the refrigerator, took out the ice cubes, packed them in zip-keeping bags and tied them tightly.

At the same time, he also took out a roll of plastic wrap from the drawer.

After Zhouyi has been completed ten times,

Cortana knelt down and put an ice pack on the injured area, then wrapped it tightly with plastic wrap, wrapping it very tightly.

During this process, Zhou Yi kept hissing and inhaling, and he would inhale once when Cortana wrapped around her.

Finally, after wrapping up, Zhou Yi felt that he was almost losing consciousness where the ice cube was tightly attached...

How long does this need to be iced? he asked.

Twenty minutes, Cortana replied.

Zhou Yi looked down at the layers of shiny plastic wrap on his left thigh, and suddenly felt like it was wrapped ham...

How do you know this kind of injury should be treated this way? he asked.

I study sports medicine. Cortana replied.

Only then did Zhou Yi remember this, so he became even more curious: I've been wondering, you hate athletes so much, why do you still want to study sports medicine? Don't you have to deal with athletes often?

I like it. Cortana stood up and replied stiffly.

If you don't want to say it, forget it. Zhou Yi curled his lips, and then said to the back of Cortana, who had turned and left. But thank you anyway! If it weren't for you, I might be torn apart.

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During this day of rest at home, Zhou Yi not only rested, but also underwent restorative treatment under the guidance of Cortana.

In addition to pain-free stretches and ice packs, Cortana also massaged Zhou Yi.

For the first time, Zhou Yi discovered that Cortana's massage techniques were very good, not inferior to the physical therapists in the club's team medical team. Only then did he realize that Cortana turned out to be a very powerful person...

According to Cortana, as long as this kind of very minor muscle strain recovers well and pays attention to prevention, it will not become the kind of recurring disease that Zhou Yisou is worried about.

However, although it is minor, Zhou Yi will inevitably miss at least one league game. Because it would take five days for him to start normal training. Before that, he could only do some aerobic exercise, and the exercise should not be of high intensity to avoid pain.

Ice and massage are also essential.

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After Cortana's treatment, Zhou Yi felt that his muscle tightness had been significantly relieved by evening.

This made Zhou Yi simply ecstatic - as a player, the biggest worry is injury. That's why Zhou Yi frowned when he found something was wrong with his muscles. Without Cortana, he wouldn't know anything about it, and he might delay the treatment, and then go to the team to train normally the next day until...the muscle fibers are torn.

Now Cortana has helped him solve most of the problems. Although he still can't participate in normal training the next day, he doesn't have to miss it for too long.

So in order to express his gratitude to Cortana, Zhou Yi specially made a special gift to give to her.

Then before going to bed, he knocked on Cortana's door.

What? Cortana asked looking at Zhou Yi standing at the door.

Well, I'm here to express my gratitude to you. Zhou Yi put his hands behind his back.

You already said it this morning.

I know, so it's not just thanks. After saying that, Zhou Yi took out the hand behind his back. In his hand, he held a piece of paper, an A4 paper cut into an isosceles triangle, with two waists. The edges are also covered with many small triangles, which are jagged.

There is a small hole on each side of the upper end of the paper, and the two small holes are pierced by a rope.

Two lines of words were blackened out with a pen on the white paper, and they were...German.

The words on the right actually translate into Chinese as wonderful hands to rejuvenate, while the words on the left mean the doctor's benevolent heart.

These two sentences are the most eye-catching. At the same time, there is a line of small words written in German in the upper right corner: Given the miracle doctor Cortana.

Written in the lower left corner is the giver's signature and date.

What the hell is this? Cortana stared at the paper in Zhou Yi's hand for a few seconds, and then asked with a confused look on her face.

This is a pennant, a custom in China. Zhou Yi said to Cortana seriously, holding his homemade pennant. When their illness is cured by a doctor, the patient will give the doctor such a pennant. However, my conditions are limited, so I can only use paper instead. The real pennant is made of red velvet, and the words on it are also Golden……

Cortana looked at the piece of paper in Zhou Yi's hand again. It was really hard for her to imagine what the so-called pennant should look like just relying on Zhou Yi's verbal description...

But if it was what she saw now, she felt it was more like a primary school student's handiwork.

That's just the mildest strain. Without me, if you go to the club tomorrow, the team doctor will help you deal with it. And the treatment will be the same as mine. Cortana felt that Zhou Yi was making a fuss, and she didn't think so. Determine if Zhou Yi is playing a prank...

Of course, but who knows what will happen if I delay it for one more day? In short, you helped me. So I want to thank you. Zhou Yi handed over the banner, but Cortana took it back if he didn't want it.

Seeing his resolute attitude, Cortana reached out and took the piece of paper.

Okay, I accept your thanks, she said.

Okay, good night. Zhou Yi also said goodbye to Cortana very simply, turned around and returned to his room.

Cortana turned to watch him go back and close the door again. She was still leaning against the door frame thinking about what had just happened.

Next, he wouldn't rush out with his cell phone to take a photo of himself caught off guard, right? A photo of myself holding this pennant looking pitiful and funny...

But Cortana waited for a minute, and Zhou Yi didn't come out again.

Could he be serious?

Cortana looked down at the pennant in her hand. It was really... very simple.

She picked up the thank you gift and turned around and entered the house. Sitting at the table, she put the so-called pennant on the desk.

At first, she just put it there casually, but after a while, she picked it up and looked at it again under the yellow light of the desk lamp.

Although the materials are very crude, it seems like child's play. But if you look carefully, you can see the pencil marks on the white paper, faintly visible along the jagged edge. It is obvious that Zhou Yi drew the outline in advance and then cut it according to it...

Looking at the bold characters again, they have been carefully outlined and then filled in black.

The material is really simple, but every part of this simple material is not simple. In other words, Zhou Yi has put a lot of effort into it, and it is not just a random drawing to play a prank.

So he really wanted to thank himself.

Thinking that the Chinese boy would make this pennant stroke by stroke on the table just to thank himself... It felt like the first birthday card drawn by a child for his mother.

Extremely childish.

But it's also a little cute...

Cortana looked at the pennant in her hand and smiled.

Cutely silly.