Star of tomorrow

It's almost the end of the year and everyone is busy.

The owner of the supermarket on Xiaowutong Street counted the purchases for the new year and the products to be returned. He held a pile of receipts and pressed the calculator. He was so dizzy from hard work that he rubbed his neck and raised his head to take a break.

Looking from the shelf, outside the glass window, the man in front of the door across the long street was still standing motionless, with a bag in his hand, and his head bowed, as if he had turned into a stone sculpture on the spot.

The boss looked at the time. The man had been standing there for at least an hour and a half.

Xiaowutong Street is considered to be a very old neighborhood in the inner city. It is surrounded by old neighbors who are familiar with each other. The other side of the alley is scheduled to be demolished. There are suddenly many "invisible rich people" around, and luxury cars have followed suit in the past two years. too much.Many people are looking forward to the demolition of this street, but there has been no movement. In the past year, it has been rumored that some kind of comprehensive gymnasium will be built nearby. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but there are indeed a lot of sports shops nearby. .

The boxing shop across the street just opened recently. The owner of the supermarket doesn't know much about boxing, and he hasn't heard of the brand, but he thinks it's pretty cool just looking at the decoration.The shopkeeper is a young guy, usually a nice guy, he often goes to the supermarket to buy food and drink, the supermarket owner is quite familiar with him.

But for some reason in the past few days, I don’t know if the young man got into some trouble. There is a tall man who comes to guard the door all day long, but he doesn’t make trouble. Others ignored him when they talked to him, and he was as stubborn as a bull.

The neighbors around were frightened and wanted to call the police, but in the end they were stopped by the young owner of the boxing shop.The other party only said that it was a little personal matter, but he refused to say what was the specific reason. When asked how to deal with the men outside, the other party simply said: "If you love standing, let him stand. Someday you can't stand I will go back by myself.”

For several days in a row, this man would come and stand for more than three hours every morning and afternoon. It was like clocking in at work. The supermarket owner also started to see it. He guessed that he might have some personal grudges, or wanted to borrow money?

But the situation changed today. The man stood there for less than two hours, when suddenly a black car drove over, and one person got out of the car. He was a middle-aged man, wearing a sports suit and a hat. He looked very energetic. He said a few words to the man outside, and led him into the door.

"Oh, there's a joke." The supermarket owner squinted his eyes for a while, and said in his heart, "This is the attitude you need to be sincere when borrowing money."

In the boxing shop, the heating was turned on and it was very warm. The young man was wearing earrings and chewing gum and set up a tablet behind the counter to watch videos. When he heard the bell on the door, he said without looking up, "Just watch it."

A man's majestic voice said in a low voice: "I gave you money to open a store, so you can watch the video here? Then you might as well go home and watch it, because you don't want to waste your mother's breakfast."

Hearing this sound, the young man immediately jumped up from his chair, and said with a smile, "Hey, Dad, why are you..."

He caught sight of the man following behind the middle-aged man, frowned and said, "Qi Chen, did I let you in?"

The man who blocked the door for several days was none other than Qi Chen.

Qi Chen's face was haggard, with bruises around his eyes, but he seemed to be in good spirits. He put the fruit in his hand on the counter, and said in a low voice, "Master, Junior Brother."

"Who is your younger brother, don't shout." The young man raised his eyebrows, "If you can't see my dad in the club, you will come to me to block the door. Look at what you are doing now. You need thirty people. Like a wagging tail..."

"Wang Chengzhi!" The middle-aged man said angrily, "Shut up!"

The young man spit out his chewing gum, picked up the fruit on the counter, snorted and went to the back room, muttering dissatisfiedly.

Qi Chen yelled that "Master" was the former coach Wang Haiyang.

For him, Wang Haiyang is both a coach and a master, more like a second father.When he was sent to the boxing gym by the village party secretary, he didn't know that these ups and downs would happen in his future, but life seems to be like this. If the front doesn't go well, the back won't go well. Occasionally, if you go smoothly, it's like winning a big prize , making people subconsciously cautious.

He was still young when he was in the boxing gym, but he came into contact with boxing later, and everyone didn't take him seriously at first.Fortunately he

He already had vigor and talent in his heart. When he was young and rebellious, the last thing he lacked was the aura of desperately fighting with others. His shots were very fierce, so Wang Haiyang fell in love with him.

From training to winning awards, from calling the coach anxiously to becoming a master and father later, he became dependent on Wang Haiyang, and then the master and apprentice became strangers. All kinds of complicated experiences made Qi Chen more mature and vicissitudes than his peers.After being kicked out of the Black Lion, Wang Haiyang once wanted to take him to start again, but he was disheartened and failed his master's wishes. In the end, he ended up like this, like a puddle of mud that couldn't support the wall, which really made him ashamed to see him again Wang Haiyang.

But this is the person who knows him best, is most familiar with his style of play, and is also the person who is most likely to let him win. Their tacit understanding is not comparable to ordinary people.Qi Chen had no choice but to take this step, and took the initiative to find Wang Haiyang to find a solution.

It's just that Wang Haiyang was completely disappointed in him. He tried his best but couldn't see anyone, so he had to come to the small shop opened by Wang Haiyang's only son, Wang Chengzhi.He knew that Wang Haiyang would occasionally come to see the business in the store, because he didn't know when he would come, so he could only watch in front of the door every day like going to work.

Fortunately, people came after only standing for a few days.

Wang Haiyang took out his mobile phone and put it on the table, pointing his fingers: "This is the result you want? I don't know, but you didn't learn anything else in the Golden Triangle, but you played this trick very well? What's the matter? Use public opinion to suppress me?"

Qi Chen didn't know what he was talking about, so he looked down and saw the news from the marketing account.

"No!" Qi Chen frowned, his voice was a little hoarse, and he coughed, "I don't know who sent this, I just went to find you that day, and Junior Brother Wu said you wouldn't see me, so I had no choice..."

"I asked you to go with me before, but you didn't go." Wang Haiyang put his hands behind his back and looked at his most proud and favorite apprentice with complicated eyes. You don't implicate me. Okay, what do you think of? Huh? Take it out and let me see?"

Qi Chen lowered his head and clenched his fists.

"Young and arrogant, anyone can do it, but how long can you be young?" Wang Haiyang hates iron and steel, and every time he thinks of this, he gets angry, "Waste two full years! You really think I don't know what you are doing in the Golden Triangle." ? If you want to rot, you can rot yourself, I don’t have you as an apprentice!"

"Master... Coach Wang." Qi Chen took a step back and bowed deeply, "I was wrong, I know I did wrong, I shouldn't disappoint your original intentions, I shouldn't give up on myself. I'm sorry, you want me to do it Anything is fine, I..."

Qi Chen took a deep breath, raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot and determined: "I want to get back what belongs to me, I want to win."

Wang Haiyang looked at him, didn't speak for a long time, and said for a while: "You fought with Xiao Dong, what did you fight? You still want to win because of this? Are you daydreaming?! Don't look down on MMA !"

"I know, I know everything!" Qi Chen breathed heavily, afraid of missing this opportunity, he said quickly, "I've never underestimated anything, and I can't underestimate it, otherwise my persistence is meaningless! There are so many jobs, why do I have to hold on to this one? I did something wrong before, and I admit it, I just want you to give me another chance, I want to win, I just want to win!"

"Okay, then tell me." Wang Haiyang turned his back to him, stood in front of the shelf, picked up the cuff and weighed it in his hand, "Why do you want to win?"

Qi Chen straightened up and looked at the other person's back. Wang Chengzhi peeled a plate of fruit and looked at him too.

"I want to take back my life." Qi Chen pressed his fingers to the seam of his trousers and slowly clenched them, "I want to pursue the person I like with my head held high, and I want to live a fair and honest life. Whenever there is any opportunity, I want to To catch."

Falling from a height sucks, it's hard to go from hopeful to nothing and start all over again.

The hardest part is that as I grow older, I no longer have enthusiasm and drive, and slowly wear away all persistence and perseverance in self-deception.

But there are only two ways to go in life, either face it or escape.

Most people's anxiety about life is just entangled and swaying between the two, unable to make up their minds.When you come back to your senses, a lifetime will pass.

Qi Chen wants to face it, he wants to

You must stand under the spotlight, stand on the ring that makes you bloody, stand on the ring that once redeemed yourself, let yourself find your belonging, and face it squarely.

Regardless of any difficulties in the future, he will never run away again—he doesn't want to be a deserter in life, and there are certain things that cannot be escaped no matter how painful they are.

Wang Chengzhi whistled and looked at his father. Wang Haiyang put down his gloves and turned to ask him, "What if you fail?"

Qi Chen remembered what Ji Xing said to himself before he left - I don't have any expectations of you, you choose your own path, and it's your own business if you want to give up.You're right, the Golden Triangle is not for me, I can learn anything, but the only thing I can't learn is backing down and giving up.

Qi Chen's eyes overflowed with tenderness, and he said in his heart: Ji Xing is the best.

He stood up straight, looked at Wang Haiyang seriously and said, "I will never fail. No one expects me. The only thing I want to win is myself."

Wang Haiyang looked at him for a long time, threw out a business card for a moment, snorted, and said: "Keep this momentum, if one day you don't have this momentum, don't wait for me to chase you, get out of here yourself."

……

Ji Xing was delayed for a few days because of checking the marketing account, and did not return to Ji's house until the second weekend.

As soon as he got out of the car, he saw a man wearing a black suit and sunglasses, standing decently under the big umbrella of the security booth. Seeing Ji Xing get off the car, the man's tall body froze slightly, and then strode away Come over - the clothes seem to be rented from somewhere, and they smell cheap, but Ji Xing doesn't care about them at all.

He is so familiar with this person, even if he covers his entire face, he can recognize him from the way he walks.

How many days have they been gone?The breakup seemed like yesterday, but it also seemed like a long time ago.

Seeing the stranger approaching, the driver of the Su family immediately took a step forward to block Ji Xing. Ji Xing's fingers trembled slightly, his lips turned pale, and he seemed to have lost a lot of weight. He bit his lower lip patiently, Controlling his facial expression, he slightly raised his jaw and said proudly, "What are you doing here?"

Qi Chen took off his sunglasses, looked greedily at Ji Xing, lowered his head slightly and said, "I'm here to perform bodyguard duties, young master."

Su's driver: "??"

The driver hesitated and said, "Master Ji, is this your bodyguard?"

Just as Ji Xing was about to say no, Qi Chen took out the contract and said, "Master, you won't forget this, right? Our contract hasn't expired yet, and I'm your bodyguard right now. I'm sorry I was absent earlier, just treat it as if I invited someone Take sick leave, I am willing to accept the punishment of deducting wages."

What does "Just pretend I'm on sick leave?"

Ji Xing stared, his eyes fell on the scribbled contract, and he was speechless for a moment.

It was a joke he made with Qi Chen later, and the terms and conditions were very shameful, including "you can't have sex in XX during the mission", "you must wear a condom", "when the young master wants it, Qi's bodyguards must not refuse", etc. Wait for a series of very interesting and shameful things.

It is something that must not be seen by outsiders.

The driver wanted to take a closer look, Qi Chen had already folded the contract and put it in his pocket.He clasped his hands in front of his lower abdomen, stood with his legs slightly apart, and his back was straight, very much like an experienced bodyguard.

Ji Xing gritted his teeth, dismissed the driver of Su's family, and walked towards the villa area without looking at Qi Chen.

The villa area here is not big, the security guard recognized Ji Xing and immediately opened the door for him.

Ji Xing walked in and said, "I haven't seen you for a few days, and I've seen it with admiration."

Qi Chen didn't speak, just followed behind him.

Ji Xing said again: "I can fire you at any time!"

Qi Chen looked at him, and said, "Master hasn't paid me the wages I paid before."

Ji Xing heard it in disbelief: "You...?!"

Qi Chen said: "Arrears of wages, dismissal without reason, I can apply for labor arbitration, and then this contract will have to be placed in front of everyone. And you still owe me rent, utilities, and food."

Ji Xing: "..."

Ji Xing stopped and looked back at him: "Are you threatening me?"

"Don't dare." Qi Chen looked at him deeply

, his eyes fell on Ji Xing's lips, recalling the soft and sweet taste, he said dryly, "I just found an excuse to stay by your side. I'm sorry, I don't want to break up, can you forgive me?"