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The night before departure, Ke Zhiyan suffered from insomnia.

In fact, it can't be regarded as insomnia. After she lay down at ten o'clock, she still slept for three or four hours, but she was woken up by the nightmare again.

It was 45:[-] in the morning, and she had been lying upright on the bed for an hour or so.

Still not sleepy.

Ke Zhiyan sighed softly, feeling that he was really scared, that he could be so frightened by a nightmare that wasn't a nightmare.She turned over slightly, and saw that Wei Cheng, who was in the same room as her, was fast asleep.

Ke Zhiyan turned his body over again, lying on his back, silently staring at the ceiling in a daze.

Tomorrow morning...well, it's the daytime today and I'm leaving for London.

Every athlete dreams of being on the stage of the Olympic Games one day, and for table tennis players, the Olympic Games is one of the three major events, which is closely related to the "Grand Slam", the honor that every table tennis player dreams of.And when you are in a country where table tennis is regarded as a national sport, it is even more difficult to be an Olympic candidate.

In the national table tennis team that gathers the best table tennis players in the country, there are countless people who fight for the main position every year, and in the main team composed of only a few people, there are the best players in the world. Athletes have sharpened their swords for four years for three Olympic places.

Being able to enter the Olympic squad is the dream of every table tennis player, and Ke Zhiyan is no exception.

Even when she started to practice table tennis, she had dreamed of being able to participate in the Olympics one day and win the Grand Slam.It’s just that Ke Zhiyan, who was still in an ordinary arena in London and could only play after school every day, did not expect that one day in the future, she would really be able to make it to the Olympic stage, still as a member of the Chinese National Table Tennis Team.

It is of course good to be able to fulfill childhood expectations, but this expectation comes at the cost of an accidental injury to a sister who took good care of her.

It's a bit sad.

Wei Cheng on the next bed turned over, Ke Zhiyan looked sideways, confirmed that she was still sleeping soundly, and then rubbed her sore eyes with her hands.

That accident happened before the National Table Tennis Team confirmed the Olympic list for the last time.The original quota for three people, after winning the World Table Tennis Championships and the World Cup double championship the previous year, Wei Cheng became the person closest to the Grand Slam, so it is natural to lock a quota in advance.The next second place is undoubtedly won by Zhao Yunhan, the eldest sister who participated in the Beijing Olympics four years ago as a P card and is also ranked first in the world.The last place should have been Wang Ying. As a new and old team, she is the only one in the national women's team who has participated in the Beijing Olympics. She has rich experience in participating in the Olympics, and she is also at the top level among the main players.

The third singles ticket for the London Olympics should belong to Wang Ying, but she, including the entire coaching staff, did not expect that Wang Ying would be accidentally injured in a training session in April this year. A few days later, the national team should report to the Olympic Committee and International Table Tennis The Federation has submitted the final women's table tennis entry list, and half a month later, the national team's Olympic players will also enter the last closed training before the Olympics.However, Wang Ying was injured. Although it was not possible to undergo surgery and be hospitalized, it affected the level after all. The national team did not dare to take this risk, so Wang Ying had to withdraw from the Olympic squad and only used P cards as a substitute.

Ke Zhiyan will always remember that day, Beijing was not very hot throughout April, and suddenly the sun shone brightly on that day, making the entire training base a dead white scene.

Ke Zhiyan, who had just finished his daily training, was wiping away his sweat and preparing to practice with Wei Cheng when their two head coach Chen Ji and the head coach of the women's national team Zhong Zheming suddenly appeared in the huge national team training hall, against the light It made Ke Zhiyan unable to see the expressions of the two of them clearly.

Seeing that Ke Zhiyan was still standing there in a daze, Wei Cheng bumped her and greeted the two coaches.Ke Zhiyan wondered why Director Zhong, who was so busy on weekdays, would suddenly show up during the extra training time, and he still came with Chen Zhi.

Wei Cheng leaned over and whispered in her ear, "Have you not violated discipline recently?"

Ke Zhiyan glared at her: "I'm with you every day, don't you know if it's against discipline or not?"

"Hmm..." Wei Cheng still thought about it seriously, and then asked: "Guess what they are here for?"

There are only the two of us in the entire training hall. If we are either looking for you or me, it is still a question.

Seeing that the two coaches had already arrived, Ke Zhiyan didn't answer, but said hello obediently: "Hello Chen Zhi, Director Zhong."

"Okay." Director Zhong nodded and motioned to her: "Xiao Ke, come with us, I need you if I need something."

Ke Zhiyan glanced at Chen Zhi, his expression was serious and he couldn't see what was going on.

Ke Zhiyan looked at Wei Cheng subconsciously again, and Wei Cheng signaled to Ke Zhiyan based on years of tacit understanding: You can go boldly, and I will help you pack lunch and go back to the dormitory.

For a long time after that day, Ke Zhiyan always wondered if he would have felt less guilty when facing Wang Ying if he hadn't gone to his office with Director Zhong that day.

She still remembers standing in Director Zhong's office, listening coldly to Director Zhong telling her that Maya Wang was injured during training, and the injury was not enough to support the entire Olympic Games, and the coaching staff and the General Administration of Sports were preparing to replace her on the field.

She was fighting for Wang Ying at that time, and tears of sadness rolled in her eyes.She thought with some chills, what is this decision?Playing hard for decades, you can give up everything for an Olympic dream, but in the end, just because the leaders above feel that the injury can't show their strength, they have to change?

She usually has a good relationship with Wang Ying, and Wang Ying also took good care of her, so she knew how dazzling Wang Ying was as the youngest world singles champion after the Zagreb World Table Tennis Championships in 07; , Wang Ying, who only won the singles bronze medal, has fallen under the light of the two Grand Slam predecessors.

Wang Ying made her debut early, and was recognized as her successor at the age of [-] or [-]. She fought in the table tennis world for many years and was dubbed a "genius girl". Until she met Ke Zhiyan, who was also called a genius in the national team.

On the night when Wang Ying won the World Table Tennis Championships in Zagreb, Wei Cheng, who had not yet become the main force, took Ke Zhiyan to the lounge to ask her to borrow the gold medal and Ji Geist Cup to take pictures. Ke Zhiyan had just entered the national team at that time, 11 Tong Yan, a [-]-year-old kid, pointed to the Ji Geist cup and said that my name would be engraved on it in the future.The other teammates and coaches around were like coaxing children, praising her for her lofty ambitions. Only Wei Cheng and Wang Ying said seriously that you can do it.

Ke Zhiyan returned to China to train in the provincial team B because he participated in the summer camp. At that time, Wei Cheng was already a member of the provincial team B, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was the successor.Ke Zhiyan was transferred to the B provincial team during the training camp and shared a dormitory with Wei Cheng. After entering the national team, he was under the same head coach as Wei Cheng. It can be said that he grew up with Wei Cheng.

She has a good relationship with Wei Cheng, and of course she is not surprised that Wei Cheng said that.But Wang Ying also said with confidence that she could do it, which was a bit like a hero cherishing heroes, even though Ke Zhiyan was still a rookie in the talented national table tennis team at that time.

Both are geniuses, Ke Zhiyan and Wang Ying have always cherished each other, so when Director Zhong finished describing Wang Ying's injury, he informed her with a serious face: "After discussing with the coaching staff and the General Administration of Sports, it is up to you, Ke Zhiyan, to succeed Wang Ying as the One of the Olympic athletes", Ke Zhiyan was stunned for more than ten minutes, not even knowing how to get back to the dormitory.

Wei Cheng, who was waiting in the dormitory, was taken aback by her loss of soul. Ke Zhiyan looked at her concerned and worried face, pulled out a stiff smile, and said to her, "I got the Olympic singles ticket." Then he jumped Went into Wei Cheng's arms and cried loudly.

Every member of the National Table Tennis Team wants to play in the Olympics, especially the main players, and Ke Zhiyan is no exception.

But she entered the Olympic list in this way, and before she had time to celebrate, she was overwhelmed with sadness.

In the next few months, she was forced to push forward. During the busy Olympic preparations and closed training, she had no time to take care of other things, but the guilt in her heart was getting bigger and bigger. Finally, today, after the closed training was over and the rare relaxation was over, she completely burst out.

Ke Zhiyan stared at the pale ceiling, thinking of the huge table tennis hall in his dream, the pale incandescent lamp stretched out the figures under the lamp, Wang Ying looked ferocious, with resentment in her eyes, she pushed her down on the table, pinched her hard with both hands Clinging to her neck, the nails were about to sink into the flesh.

"You snatched my quota, give it back to me! Give it back to me!"

She struggled, but in vain, her larynx was pressed so painfully, she wanted to call for help, but her voice was choked in her throat.

"Go to hell! You superfluous freak, go to hell! No one will rob me after you die, go to hell!"

no no please...

The oxygen in her chest was getting less and less, her eyes turned black, and the bright spot of the incandescent light above her head was infinitely enlarged in her pupils.

The dream was supposed to end abruptly, but recalling this, Wang Ying's face instantly changed into another face, pale complexion, high cheekbones, slightly curly brown hair that used to be fixed with pink Minnie headbands, now messy, blue eyes Flashes of madness and destruction.

There seemed to be something sharp between the bones of his right wrist, Ke Zhiyan could hear the blood gurgling out, flowing down the lines of the skin, tick-tock along the fingertips, and dripping to the ground.

Reflexively, she threw her right hand far away, and the mattress was hit with a "pop" by her right hand.

Wei Cheng turned over with a lot of movement, as if muttering something.Ke Zhiyan didn't dare to move anymore, and lay on his back, feeling cold all over.

Lie upright like this for a while, and when his emotions gradually calmed down and his body gradually warmed up, Ke Zhiyan sniffed his nose softly and wiped away his tears with the pillow towel.

She twitched the corners of her mouth, covered her neck and lay down for a while, before finally falling asleep.