[Competition] The Road to Champion of the Seventh Prince of the Dragon Palace

Time passed quietly in the tense training, and soon came to late July, the day before departure for Q City, the team members would call home.Ao Ling heard Shen Fei say to the other end of the phone: "We are not at home, you have to take good care of yourself alone."

After thinking about it, he also took out his mobile phone - a low-end smart phone that was stuck to death.

He seldom uses this thing. First, there are strict requirements during the training camp, prohibiting players from affecting training and rest due to excessive use of electronic products. Second, he has no dependence on this thing, and there is no one to call, often Every three days, even a week forgot to charge.

Ao Ling remembered that the last time he had contact with the woman who should be called "mother" was more than a month ago. When he first came to the provincial team, the other party hurriedly told him, "Listen to the coach and don't add to others. Trouble, save your money" and hung up the phone to go to work.

Ao Ling was brought up by his father, the Dragon King, and his six elder brothers since he was a child. He has no concept of the term "mother" at all, and he doesn't know what to say. Don't make trouble, play well...

Ao Ling hesitated for a long time, and just when the other party was about to hang up, he imitated Shen Fei's tone just now, and said very reluctantly: "I'm not at home, you have to take care of yourself."

The woman on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment, a little bit in disbelief that the words came from her son. Over the past few years, his son's attitude towards her was not only perfunctory, but this was the first time that he showed concern for her!

Where Ao Ling couldn't see, the woman's eyes were red, and her tone was mixed with joy and smile: "Okay! Mom understands, you have to work hard and bring back a medal for Mom."

Ao Ling was stunned, and the other party was actually asking him: "What should I do if I can't get it?"

"It doesn't matter if you can't get it, let's train hard, and we will have a chance in the future."

The Seventh Prince bit his lower lip, and it sounded like he said something harsh: "Just wait!"

On the plane to Q City, dozens of children, big and small, seemed to have endless conversations. The coach's persuasive words and stern voices could not reduce their excitement in the slightest.

In the end, it was Fu Xingtu who came out and said lightly, "Whoever makes noise from now on, cancel all the competitions" to deter this group of extremely energetic brats.

Although Coach Fu looks pleasing to the eye, everyone knows that he is the toughest coach in the team. The children love, hate, and fear him. Even if he says something pleasantly, no one dares to take him as a joke.

When going out for competitions, the provincial team wears uniforms, blue sweatpants, white T-shirt and sportswear of the same color, the sleeves are also blue, and the name of Province C is printed on the left chest.

Except for Shen Fei and his few old team members, the other children were wearing this outfit for the first time, and a sense of pride spontaneously arose from the bottom of their hearts.

In addition, the coach repeatedly emphasized to them: "Put on this suit, and when you arrive in City Q, you are no longer yourself, but represent the entire swimming team of Province C. In addition to athletes from various provinces and cities, there will also be a National Swimming Center Coaches from all over the world came to select young players with potential, perform well and show the best results, only then will you have the opportunity to fight for a better future for yourself."

These words are undoubtedly a shot in the arm for these young players who have just stepped into the swimming world. In one situation, when they heard that a coach from the national team came to select talents, everyone clenched their fists and held back their energy, wishing that they were the lucky one in a million.

Fu Xingtu looked at Ao Ling, this silly boy couldn't see the excitement before the big competition, but was very quiet.

He has seen Ao Ling's files. The last time he participated in the competition was in the provincial youth swimming competition more than two years ago. At that time, his coach was not Yu Xiaoyu, and he was in the 12-meter and 50-meter freestyle competitions of the 100-year-old group. Got 3rd and 4th.

Since then, the name Ao Ling has never been seen in various competitions or training camps, whether in the province or in the city.

It can be seen that he was indeed delayed in the city sports school for the past two years.

"What are you thinking about?" While Shen Fei was going to the bathroom, Fu Xingtu sat down beside Ao Ling.

This kid has a shy personality and a simple mind. He is very worried that the opponent looks calm on the surface, but in fact he is very nervous inside. He even couldn't sleep all night before the game, so that he was in a lot of situations on the field the next day.

Such examples are not without exception, even those who have entered the second national team, or even the national team, have poor psychological quality and make mistakes in competitions everywhere.

Ao Ling actually didn't think about anything. Compared with other players, he didn't have such a strong sense of gain and loss. He had no idea about national team coaching or talent selection. He didn't want to go anywhere, but just wanted to go home. If you can't go home, it's not bad to stay with the brothers.

Ao Ling raised his head and smiled at Fu Xingtu, and said bluntly: "My mother asked me to bring him a medal back. I was thinking, what event does she like?"

Fu Xingtu was amused by him: "Do you think that getting a medal is going to the mall to choose a gift? There are others for you to choose?"

Ao Ling shrank her neck: "Pick an easy one."

Fu Xingtu corrected him: "Competitive sports, nothing is simple."

Ao Ling nodded ignorantly, but actually didn't quite understand what he meant, won't winning a medal mean swimming into the top three.

Is this difficult?

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When the flight they took was landing at the Q City International Airport, they happened to meet another provincial team arriving at the same time.

There were more than 100 people walking out in a mighty way from the opposite side, all of them were wearing red T-shirts or sportswear, white sweatpants, and the name of Province R written on the chest. In the bustling airport hall, it was very shocking to look at.

"I'll go, what a coincidence?" Liang Fan put his backpack strap on one shoulder, and put one hand on Ao Ling's shoulder, "I ran into them as soon as I got off the plane."

A child next to him raised his head and asked, "Who are they?"

"Province R is known as the domestic swimming dream team. It is said that half of the national team members come from their provincial team. Some of the male and female players have won prizes in international competitions. What we see now is only their 8-18-year-old youth group. It is equivalent to the sum of the number of people in several western provinces."

Li Sichen was doing voluntary science popularization on the side, looking at the opposite side without blinking, his face full of longing: "It is said that as long as you can enter the provincial team of R, it is almost equivalent to entering the national team, and the second national team is also given priority. Selection among their small players."

A teammate next to him teased him: "Then why don't you hurry up and ask your mother to buy a house, so that you can transfer your household registration there."

Li Sichen pushed the other party, and said half-jokingly: "If it is useful to change the hukou, is it my turn?"

Ao Ling looked at the two of them, and then at the entire Provincial R team who seemed to be walking with the wind, wondering what they were talking about: "Isn't that our opponent?"

The subtext is, what are you bragging about here?

Xiaolong Cub made it clear that he was not only a competitor, but also a competitor with very different strengths. The more than 40 players of different levels in Province C were really ignored.

But Ao Ling still noticed that there were several team members looking at them non-stop, there were men and women, as if deliberately looking for a specific target among the crowd.

Liang Fan tilted his head, hooked Ao Ling's shoulder and sneered: "God damn swimming dream team, our President Fu can kill them alone."

As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped on the back of the head, and Fu Xingtu's cold voice sounded behind him: "You talk so much, hurry up!"

The topic was forcibly interrupted by Fu Xingtu, but Ao Ling still remembered Liang Fan's last words in his heart.

Just when they were about to walk out of the airport gate, a jumping figure suddenly appeared from the side. It was a girl about the same height as Ao Ling. The red T-shirt on her body was particularly eye-catching.

She walked over to Fu Xingtu's side. Although the height of 175 centimeters was very outstanding among girls, standing next to Fu Xing still had a sense of being a little bird.

"Brother, I told you just now that you ignored me for a long time, why are you pretending not to know me?" The girl spoke in a clear and melodious way, with a bit of coquettishness, and the eyes of the boys next to her were straightened.

Fu Xingtu raised his hand, patted her on the head, and said only two words: "See you later."

Coincidentally, the hotel arranged by the event organizer for Province C happened to be the same as Province R. This hotel was not big, and it happened to accommodate the two teams and some other staff members.

Ao Ling was arranged to share a room with Shen Fei, Qi Yi and Liang Fan lived next door to them, and Fu Xingtu and Shen Xingguo lived opposite.

As the head coach of Province C, Director Shen is also the top leader of the team this time. When he arrived in Q City, he was so busy that he couldn't see anyone every day. Except for sleeping, he hardly stayed in the room.

Ao Ling could always hear the sound of the door opening and closing in the opposite room. Later, as long as Fu Xingtu stayed in the room, he simply didn't close the door. Someone always came to him, called him senior brother affectionately, and told him he hadn't seen him for a long time.

Ao Ling watched these people coming in and out, coming and going, their relationship with Fu Xingtu was different from that of players and coaches, it was completely equal, similar to the relationship of teammates, talking and laughing, occasionally chatting about the game, more It's about a fun time we used to train together.

From their tone, it's not hard to hear that the players from Province R don't take this competition seriously at all. To them, this is equivalent to a practice match, and they can win the championship with just a casual swim. The attitude of earning points for the provincial team is very contemptuous.

In contrast, other provinces paid much more attention to this competition. Ao Ling heard the coaching staff more than once discussing how to assign players and which events to fight for in order to get as many points as possible and strive to be ranked in the competition. The top eight in the group.

Ao Ling, who was as dull as he was, felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, as if the team members of province R were gods aloof, and no matter how hard they tried, other provinces could not hold a candle to them.