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On the night of the women's singles final, the sky was overcast, and it seemed that after many days of warming up for the Olympic Games, London finally regained its original appearance

Ke Zhiyan changed clothes in the lounge and went out to breathe. As soon as she left the venue, she saw several layers of dark clouds in the sky, and the temperature was also low. She sneezed twice in a row after leaving the central air conditioner.

That doesn't really look like a good sign.

Ke Zhiyan sniffed, and when he realized it, he cursed himself secretly, bah bah bah, for this day, how long did that person wait, today will definitely have a good result.

It happened that the phone rang, and it was Joanna's text message: "Yan, congratulations, your first Olympic gold medal!"

Joanna, an elite who has only had BBC Three, Four, Congress, and News Channels on TV at home, even watched her game.Watch this time slot, or watch the live broadcast?Ke Zhiyan counted the time, and was surprised to find that Joanna should play chess with her Mensa friends at this time in the near future.

Ke Zhiyan: "Thank you, it seems that my status is higher than chess?"

The other side replied in seconds: "Oh, don't get me wrong, I read the briefing during the intermission."

Ke Zhiyan laughed and didn't reply, but dealt with other text messages, emails, and social messages in the phone.

She didn't know many people well, and most of the people who came to congratulate her were people who had heard of and were familiar with, but couldn't remember.

But judging by the title, the one named Ke is probably her classmate golfer or something when she was young. She hasn't contacted her for 800 years. She wasn't very familiar with her when she was in school.

The person called Xiao Ke or Xiao Yan or his full name should be teammates and coaches of the provincial B team or the national youth team. In fact, he is not familiar with them, and he is not the head coach, and the training is not in the same place.

She replied politely to all these people, and then copied, pasted, and mass-posted, and everything was fine.

There are only a few people whose names are added in her address book. Ke Zhiyan thinks about it, first selects the coaches and elders to reply, and saves the peers to post slowly. As for Wang Ying, Sun Yuqing, Chen Huan, Huang Ziyao, etc., she Just act coquettishly and cute in the group.Anyway, they prefer this to the official reply.

After finishing all this, Ke Zhiyan was about to go back to the auditorium to watch Wei Orange's game, when the phone "ding" again, and the screen lock showed that it was Joanna.

She opened it - "You happen to be in London these few days, come over when you have time."

Ke Zhiyan froze all of a sudden, cold sweat began to break out on his body reflexively.Her expression suddenly became ferocious, and she flicked her right arm quickly, as if she wanted to shake off something terrible covering her right arm.

The phone "ding" again - "You didn't go back to London at the beginning of the year. Although it has improved a lot in the past few years, it's better to come two or three times a year. I need to understand your situation."

Ke Zhiyan stared at the screen, which slowly went black without instructions for a long time.She pressed the button again, and the screen had returned to the unlocked state. Ke Zhiyan stared at the screensaver—a landscape photo of a figure in the corner—and slowly adjusted her breathing to calm herself down.

--"okay, I get it."

"Why did you come here?" Wang Ying looked up and reached out to remove the coat that was used to occupy the seat next door.

Ke Zhiyan sat down slowly, as if looking very tired. After sitting down, he leaned directly on the back of the chair, raised his head and covered his eyes with his hands.

"tired?"

"It feels like it's falling apart."

"That's right, you fought so fiercely in the arena, killing Bai Chuan the whole way,...Speaking of it, that's your peak, right?"

Wang Ying still has lingering fears when recalling the bronze medal final. In that textbook-level match, this kid stood on the field attracting worldwide attention. He was no longer a fledgling in the quarter-finals, nor was he in the semi-finals. The ignorant in the middle.She just stood in front of the table holding the racket, and every posture and every counterattack was wonderful.

When Wang Ying watched the news after the game, the reporters and the media all used the word "unparalleled" to describe Ke Zhiyan's game.

Really, a talented player.

Wang Ying sighed deeply, and reached out to rub Ke Zhiyan's hair.

"Wang Ying, what are you doing!" Ke Zhiyan yelled dissatisfied, with a nasal voice, as if she had returned from an incomparable genius to a coquettish and cute child - even her hair was sticking out.

Wang Ying's heart softened, and she said, "There is still some time before the finals, do you want to sleep on my shoulder for a while?"

Ke Zhiyan shook his head and refused: "I can't sleep."

Wang Ying sighed: "One or two of you... What is this? One doesn't care about the state of the influence, and insists on seeing the scene to be relieved; the other is so tired that he is still holding on to watch the scene..."

"Huh? Did she watch my live broadcast?"

"What do you think? Crying and begging me to take a look, and saying that you don't feel at ease if you don't watch it, you can't play well... tell me, can I not let her watch it?"

Ke Zhiyan's heart warmed up, and he wanted to say a thousand words, but they were all stuck in his throat.There is always a chance to tell her.She only turned these emotions into a long sigh, "Fortunately, I didn't disappoint her."

"Yes, yes, you are the one she is most proud of." Wang Ying actually didn't want to talk to her.

How long have I been waiting for today's game, how long have I been looking forward to?Wei Cheng packed up her equipment, took back the racket after the match inspection, and sat alone in the huge lounge, accompanied by silence.

Looking at the time, there is still half an hour before the game, and she has already done what she should do and prepare, and now there is nothing to do, and the lounge is isolated from the outside world, so she can only sit down and sit quietly.

In fact, when a person is alone and has nothing to do, his brain will always find something for himself to do, such as the easiest way to recall the past, so as not to make himself rusty.

Wei Cheng uncontrollably flashed his life chronology in his mind: Wei Cheng, played basketball at the age of 5, entered the B provincial team at the age of 11, entered the National Youth Team at the age of 13, entered the national first team at the age of 15, and entered the national team at the age of 17. Overwhelmed teammates Du Xuanya and Wang Ying to win the "Straight to Zagreb" championship and participated in the World Table Tennis Championships for the first time. At the age of 18, he broke into the semi-finals of the National Games singles, and at the age of 19, he broke into the top eight of the Yokohama World Table Tennis Championships. At the age of 20, she entered the main team of the provincial B team and the national team. At the age of 21, she won the World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam and the World Cup in Singapore.

Looking at his career alone, there is actually nothing special about it, but he trains and competes in a regular manner. He has not won more than ten open championships, and he does not have an advantage in domestic competitions. He has won one Asian Cup. The main force in the team did not go to many.

Compared with Wang Ying and Du Xuanya in the same period, they are far behind, and even smaller than Ke Zhiyan.

She is not a very talented player, and her technical style of play is not top-notch. She can enter the main tier because of her tenacity to play ball by ball and score by point on the court.

It's like fighting Wang Ying in the seventh game at the World Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam last year, like playing Zhao Yunhan in the World Cup in Singapore, rolling and crawling all over the field to save the ball.

She has worked hard to get to this position all these years, how much she has sacrificed, how much she has sacrificed, how much sweat she shed, how many tears she shed... Wei Cheng can't count.

She only knows that winners and losers, if she wins, she will step onto the podium that haunts her dreams, but if she loses, she will instantly fall into the abyss.

She had experienced the abyss in Moscow two years ago, and that kind of pain was enough once.

The cheers in the arena were loud, faintly entering the lounge, Wei Cheng could imagine the scene outside, she used to be one of them, at the Beijing Olympic Games four years ago, she pulled Ke Zhiyan together in the auditorium Watching the finals, it was the same as it is now, with national flags waving in the auditorium, and fans from both sides holding banners to cheer for the players.

It was very lively and very eye-catching.

At that time, she had just grown up, rounded up, she was about the same size as Ke Zhiyan now, and the player she was supporting was Du Xuanya, and she was also wearing black robes like herself and Ke Zhiyan today—a player from the B provincial team Probably they all prefer black jerseys, and she is the same as herself today, looking forward to a hearty victory for a long time.

But Wei Cheng doesn't know if she can be like her... At least, she must be able to engrave her name behind her on the wall of the national team's grand slam.

A volunteer knocked on the door of the lounge and wanted to lead her to the arena.When going out, the opposite door was also pushed open. Zhao Yunhan followed the volunteers and walked out. The two met each other and nodded slightly. They both saw the desire for the championship in each other's eyes.

Zhao Yunhan wore a red dragon suit, and Wei Cheng remembered that Sun Jin wore red for the finals four years ago.

Sun Jin is senior sister Du Xuanya and senior sister Zhao Yunhan. The three are under the same head coach of the national team and belong to three levels.Sun Jin won the championship in the Atlanta Olympics in 2000, won the World Table Tennis Championships in the second year, and won the World Cup the next year, completing the Grand Slam; Grand Slam, won it again in 03; now Zhao Yunhan is walking the same path as her two senior sisters, one generation succeeds the other, Du Xuanya inherits Sun Jin, Zhao Yunhan is going to succeed Du Xuanya, I heard that her supervisor last night The coach also called Du Xuanya.

Wei Cheng felt a little regretful about her cowardice.She should have played last night, at least ask Du Xuanya who she supports, at least know whether what she said when she retired to support the B provincial team and the national team was her expectation.

Wei Cheng suddenly remembered what Ke Zhiyan had said half-jokingly and half-lyrically at the moment she entered the court. She said that this was their fate. From the moment they chose table tennis, the web of fate was woven. Who meets whom, writes who and whom bond each other, and also writes who inherits whom.

At that time, Wei Cheng rubbed the child's hair with a smile and disapproval, and told her solemnly that there are so many Mary Sues, and everyone came here to play for the championship.

Now she understands, she understands Ke Zhiyan's last sentence, and also understands her answer.

——"No, Sister Orange, the champion is not the only one. If you win today, you may lose tomorrow. There are also many grand slams. From the rise of women's table tennis in the 90s to now, there are 4. But fate is not like this Yes, it determines how you want to win the championship, and it also determines whether you can win the championship."

Ke Zhiyan's words were still long-winded and illogical because she was not good at Chinese. Now that Wei Cheng understood her words, she naturally understood her so-called "fate".

Just like now, she wants to win this championship because she wants to complete the grand slam and realize her dream. She also wants to inherit Du Xuanya. She wants to tell Du Xuanya that you read the right person. I will support both the provincial team and the national team. Yes, I have lived up to your expectations of me.

Wei Cheng held back tears, greeted the audience, shook hands with Zhao Yunhan, and heard everyone calling her name, "Wei Cheng! Wei Cheng!..."