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The third day after the end of Tokyo was still just an ordinary training day. The trophies and medals were transported back to the national team with the players on the plane, and they were temporarily placed in the warehouse with the coaches of the participating players. , It was not until the third day after the end of Tokyo that they were put into the championship wall specially set up for them by the two head coaches Zhong Zheming and Guo Zhiyuan after the regular meeting in the morning.

The training still had to continue. Ke Zhiyan saw that the words "2014 Tokyo World Table Tennis Championships Team Champion" had been added under his photo on the champion wall, so he took a photo of it and sent it to Wei Cheng with the words: Reward?

Wei Cheng ignored her cheating and cheating, and Ke Zhiyan stopped pestering her after sending out the message, and went to train seriously and diligently.

It is not an easy time after the Tokyo World Table Tennis Championships. There will be two overseas open tournaments and domestic competitions. What's more, the annual Table Tennis Super League, which consumes the most time and energy and the most physical endurance, is coming again.

Ke Zhiyan was so busy that he couldn't care less about the violin and mobile phone for a while. All kinds of competitions flooded in, and the second half of the year was another busy half year.

During the period, the two chatted intermittently only in their spare time, most likely because Wei Cheng was concerned about some trivial matters, and due to the time difference, the reply was often a few hours later.

Ke Luyan accidentally saw the news that Weicheng was not closed, and laughed for a long time in the open-air coffee shop without any scruples, even turning a blind eye to the surprised eyes of passers-by.

But she still saved some face for Wei Cheng, at least she exchanged Chinese: "I can't believe it, it's the first time I've seen you as a couple hahahaha!"

Wei Cheng has a good temper and doesn't care about her. Seeing her exaggerated smile, she just shrugged her shoulders, more as an apology for disturbing others: "Actually, it's normal. Compared with other things, the game is indeed more important."

Ke Lvyan was dumbfounded for a long time, and struggled to escape a sentence: "You two really match each other very well."

Wei Cheng just laughed and didn't explain much to Ke Luyan.She is telling the truth. No one or anything is more important than the game. She can give everything including her life for the championship and medals, because that is all the value of her existence. Wei Cheng was born to play, and table tennis is The existence value of her Weicheng is also a proof of her athlete status.She thought so, and so did Ke Zhiyan.

The second half of the year passed quickly due to the intensive competition, and I don't know when, when Ke Zhiyan felt that just a casual movement could induce a layer of sticky sweat, she realized that summer had arrived.

Summer is here and the World Cup in Linz is getting closer.

Unknowingly, the Rio cycle has gone through most of the process.

During the physical training in the afternoon, the women's team practiced balance on the yoga ball. The young players were not experienced enough and could easily fall from it in various poses. The women's team chatted and laughed in a relaxed atmosphere, which could be heard from far away.

Wei Cheng was standing downstairs with her suitcase in her hand. She went straight here after getting off the plane, and she was so in a hurry that she didn't even go back to the dormitory to put the suitcase.There are many kinds of fitness rooms for the national team. Today, the one where the yoga ball is played is on the first floor. It is a large empty room that has been set aside alone. There are cushioning measures on the floor to prevent the players from suffering meaningless injuries.

But the only downside is that the sound insulation is not good. You can hear the movement inside from a long distance. If the voice is louder, you can hear it standing in front of the building.

At this moment, Wei Cheng heard Sun Yuqing's loud voice: "Hahaha Ke Zhiyan, why are you so stupid, how many times have you fallen?"

Of course, there is also Wang Ying's schadenfreude: "Look, look, the kids who just came to the first team lasted longer than you, Xiao Ke still has to work hard."

And Ke Zhiyan gritted his teeth but had no deterrent counterattack at all: "You two, see you on the table later!" The threat was like a lion cub on the prairie who just learned to roar, trembling and unable to walk well, and How can you expect others to be afraid.

Wei Cheng clenched her fists to cover her smile, and heard Director Zhong beside her sigh: "They, I'm thankful that they can be quiet for even a little while someday."

"Even if you feel too lifeless again, you have to worry about whether they lost again." Wei Cheng put the suitcase on the first floor in a corner out of the way of people, turned a corner and followed Director Zhong Follow him to the office.

"Oh, it's annoying to mention them. But you, how does it feel to be back?"

"Feeling? It's pretty good." Wei Cheng smiled, looking around at the scenery she had been familiar with since she was a child, "It's a bit closer to the nostalgia, and I'm always afraid that I'll miss something if I'm not here for a year, and I'm even more afraid that I will forget It’s a bit embarrassing to spread the word on a familiar road.”

Director Zhong smiled and patted her on the shoulder, "Then go and see for yourself. Many things are always verified by yourself before you can rest assured. After the formalities are completed, you will have a day off to go around by yourself. , and see where it is different from before."

Wei Cheng actually didn’t have anything in particular that he wanted to see, but he was a little melancholy for a while looking at the scenery he was used to seeing along the way.After going out for a trip, I realized how much I miss it. Although the scenery in my eyes has been the same since I was a child, I still miss it very much after not seeing it for a year.

Wei Orange belongs to the national team.She thought in her heart more than once that only the national team is her destination.

After completing the formalities and re-entering the team administratively, she did not leave in a hurry, but turned a corner in the corridor and knocked on Chen Zhi's office.Now the whole women's team is in physical training, Chen Ji managed to get rid of the brat, and happily made a pot of tea in the office for a while.

Seeing the eldest disciple whom he hadn't seen for a year suddenly appear in front of the door, he felt mixed feelings and couldn't even bother to drink tea for a while.

Wei Cheng walked in, poured tea for Chen Zhi and placed it in front of him.

Chen Ji looked at her, and the well-informed old coach of the national team who had trained countless world champions also had red eyes, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

Wei Cheng smiled silently, and finally felt a sense of reality in the midst of the tea atmosphere, that she really went home.

When Ke Zhiyan pushed open the door like a small cannonball and rushed into the room, Wei Cheng was taking out gifts for teammates one by one from the suitcase spread out on the floor and putting them on the table.

She was a little surprised when she saw Ke Zhiyan for a while, and subconsciously looked at her watch, it was still training time.

"You, you're back?" Probably after running all the way back, Ke Zhiyan squeezed out a word out of breath, and then stood there staring at Wei Cheng intently.There was no surprise or astonishment or any words that could express shock at the sudden appearance of another person in the room in his eyes.

On the contrary, Wei Cheng only saw the full and deeply suppressed longing in sight.For example, Watson reunited with Sherlock Holmes after the Reichenbach Falls farewell, Sherlock after the Belgovia scandal saw Irene at an inadvertent moment, and a lost treasure returned to his hands.

It was no different from Ke Zhiyan's return home at Christmas and the parting after New Year's.But there are more complex emotions.

They met in the national team and will eventually take root here.The rest of the places, whether it's London, Paris, Tokyo, Linz, Rio...these places are just passers-by, they are not roots, nor are they places where they can meet.

Ke Zhiyan belongs to the national team, and Wei Cheng also belongs to the national team.No matter where they met one day before, only when Wei Cheng came back to the national team, stood in front of the table, played with Ke Zhiyan or faced each other, Ke Zhiyan could let go of the stone in his heart.

Wei Cheng opened her hands and smiled slightly, her tone unchanged from before.As soon as she opened her mouth, tiny bits of sunlight shone out, brightening the whole winter in Ke Zhiyan's heart. "Not welcome?"

Ke Zhiyan walked over slowly, bypassing the suitcase spread out on the floor that blocked most of the aisle, and opened his arms to hug Wei Cheng's waist, Wei Cheng could feel that she was hugging her so tightly that there was almost no gap.She tilted her head and leaned against Wei Cheng's shoulder, with her forehead against the side of Wei Cheng's head.

Wei Cheng heard a small sob, and the voice was suppressed extremely low, but they were too close, even if it was just a small sound, the other party could hear it clearly.

Wei Cheng's hands on Ke Zhiyan's back suddenly didn't know what to do.After a while, she patted the other person's back lightly.

"Welcome back to China, welcome back to the team." Ke Zhiyan whispered in her ear.

After waiting for too long, after returning home suddenly, there is no sense of reality.Every day in a foreign country is suffering. No one knows how painful she is when she still talks and smiles on the face and quickly adapts to the environment. After the night is quiet, she can only look at her own injuries and the room is deserted.She spent a whole year abroad forcing herself to adapt to a new life, a new language, and new people. Every time she thought about being active in the field and swinging rackets in the past, she didn’t know if she would have a chance in the future. She also forced herself to adapt to the unspeakable pain in her heart.

The moment Paris fell down, her head was completely empty, and it didn't feel superfluous to turn to London to recuperate, it was nothing more than going from one place to another.The difference is that Ke Zhiyan gave her a home.

She never mentioned it, if it wasn't for Ke Luyan's excuses from time to time to ask her to go to Ke's house and various places to play, if it wasn't for the warm fire in Ke's house at Christmas and the violin that was only shared with family members, If it weren't for the red lanterns lighting up the whole yard in the new year and the unreserved love from another person...

Wei Cheng will remain silent in this kind of overseas exile with no end in sight.Compared with the injury on the foot, the future of not knowing whether he can return to the team is what scares Wei Cheng the most.

She wanted to come back every day abroad, but when she breathed the familiar air again, she felt inexplicably strange and depressed.

It is the most unreal that she can stand here.In Wei Cheng's heart, she will never fall to the ground.

Then Ke Zhiyan gave her a hug, murmured, pulled her down, and told her welcome home.

Wei Cheng turned her head sideways, lowered her head, and kissed the other party's lips with a sense of unfamiliarity.

"Akiss, reward."