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Back at the hotel, hold a summary meeting with Chen Zhi, and rehearse the tactics to be used in the next round by the way.The opponent in the quarter-finals is Bai Chuan Yi Cang, and Director Zhong will do it outside the court. What Chen Zhi has to do now is to help Ke Zhiyan think about everything that will happen on the court tomorrow to prepare in advance.

The meeting lasted for more than three hours, during which the two went downstairs to eat, and they were still talking during the meal, Ke Zhiyan listened carefully, as if eating was just a necessary procedure for her to replenish her physical strength.

Ke Zhiyan's emphasis on this game made Chen Ji really sure, and Ke Zhiyan was all about chasing the championship.If it is said that in the past two years, they still had a passable attitude towards the competition and left the field without winning the championship, Ke Zhiyan from the Suzhou World Table Tennis Championships finally became an excellent athlete in Chen Ji's heart.What Chen Ji saw in her was not the future of the National Table Tennis Team and the inheritance of the champion blood, but the present that must be held in his hands every second.

Going back to the room to wash, tidy up and change into pajamas, Ke Zhiyan held the tablet and watched the game video to prepare for the quarter-finals.The phone screen lit up, and Wei Cheng's reply was only two words: "I won."

Ke Zhiyan ran out to ask the logistics for a plate of fruit and came back to wash and arrange the plates. Wei Cheng went into the room and collapsed on the bed: "I'm exhausted."

Ke Zhiyan rubbed her legs to relax her muscles: "Sister Cheng's physical strength has dropped."

"It's not that I'm tired from the game. I finished four games in half an hour." Wei Cheng turned over and exposed her back, and pointed to her back. Ke Zhiyan knelt on the edge of the bed to help her rub her waist. Didn’t I make a World Table Tennis Newsletter, I was a guest for half an hour in the past.”

Ke Zhiyan frowned, and slowed down his movements.The match is imminent, and this kind of thing will only waste the players' physical strength, "Didn't Director Zhong stop it?"

"The leader let me go." The latter words were not spoken, and both of them understood.

Director Zhong couldn't stop what was decided by the General Administration of Sports.

Ke Zhiyan said "um", didn't say anything more, rubbed Wei Cheng's waist again, and then asked, "Do you want to eat fruit? I washed it." She went over and brought the plate over, and the two of them sat cross-legged on the bed and finished sharing. This plate of fruit.

In the quarter-finals, Wei Cheng went first and faced Singapore's Dong Rong, an old opponent.

The two are very familiar with each other. They have played for more than ten years. When facing each other on the court, they probably agree in their hearts that the other is the only biggest rival overseas.

When encountering this kind of opponent, you must go all out seriously, both physically and psychologically, and even try your best to adjust to the elusive state and luck.You are, and so are your opponents.From the perspective of strength, they are evenly matched, but as long as they make a small mistake, the opponent can catch them tightly and beat them to death.

Wei Cheng entered the game with a lot of energy. In the first game, she was still distracted to pay attention to her injury. By the second game, she couldn't care about it. She had already devoted herself to it, and the rest had to wait until the end of the game. be noticed later.

After the game reached the quarter-finals, the time of each game has been staggered to facilitate the live broadcast of the game.

After Wei Cheng, there was a match between Ke Zhiyan and Bai Chuan Yi Cang.Ke Zhiyan didn't bother to watch the live broadcast. She practiced a few sets of return and attack with a sparring partner in the assistant hall, and then she kept adjusting her state, so that she could neither be too excited so that her stamina was lacking in the second half of the game, nor be too dull. Too bland will affect the performance on the court, and the body will not be able to mobilize.

She asked the sparring partner to pay attention to Wei Cheng's game, and when the two of them reached the final round, the sparring partner asked Ke Zhiyan to go back to the waiting room to prepare.Ke Zhiyan went back and picked up her bag and followed the staff to the field. Wei Cheng, who was 10 minutes after the end of the game, was waiting for her in the middle of the athlete's aisle.

When Ke Zhiyan passed by, Wei Cheng grabbed her hand and whispered, "I won."

He held his hand for less than a second, and let go almost as soon as he touched it.Ke Zhiyan wore earphones and stared ahead, only nodded in response, and someone behind her blocked Wei Cheng's view.

Ke Zhiyan lowered his head to hide the smile at the corner of his mouth, and when he looked up again, he saw the light in the arena in front of him, and the crowd was surging in the light.

She was by the referee's side when she got the right to serve. When the referee asked pros and cons, Ke Zhiyan was startled, subconsciously shivering.

Something is wrong.

Bai Chuan looked at her suspiciously, and he chose the front first.Ke Zhiyan had no objection, but the final result was tails, and she chose to serve.

The two checked each other's rackets again, both of which were held by the referee, Bai Chuan glanced casually and nodded to indicate that it was okay, Ke Zhiyan also glanced and nodded to confirm.The racket was received in her hand, and when Ke Zhiyan took it, he caught a glimpse of his arm from the corner of his eye.

There is a layer of goosebumps on it that will not go away.

The referee's accent was wrong, she had a Manchester accent.

Lena grew up in Manchester before moving to London.

There was cold sweat running down the back of her neck, and the ping pong ball was thrown by the referee. She was supposed to catch the serve, but she stayed where she was, and the ping pong ball bounced to the ground and rolled away.

The spectators noticed that there was something wrong in the field, and there was gradually a commotion. The referee was calling her name, with a strong Manchester accent, and there was a warning. If she didn't serve the ball in a few seconds, she would be given a yellow card for deliberately delaying the game.

Bai Chuan stood opposite and shouted in Chinese: "Hey, Ke Zhiyan!"

She woke up with a start, her hands hanging by her legs shaking.Bai Chuan shouted: "Xiao Ke, are you asleep? Serve the ball!"

Ke Zhiyan moved her eyes, as if she had just realized where she was.The ping-pong ball rolled to the side of the assistant referee. She walked over to pick it up, her breathing was messed up, and when she passed by the assistant referee, she took out her own towel and wiped her face.

The first game was muddled. Ke Zhiyan knew where she was and the importance of this game to her, but she couldn't control it. The tears and trembling were subconscious reactions of the body, and there was no way to deal with stress and trauma in a short period of time. cured.

Wei Cheng said it was nothing, she would stay with her.

Joanna said you are recovering well.

Then why, why is she still afraid, why is she still crying?

Why is the referee from Manchester?

Why so many years!After all these years, she still lives in Lenna's shadow!

Why she just won't let her go!

The ping-pong ball was kicked away by her with great force, and suddenly there was a commotion in the auditorium opposite her, which was some distance away from the court.The ball went there.

"11:4, Bai Chuan Yi Cang." The referee signaled Bai Chuan to score, and the first round ended, and the assistant referee came over with a timer to count down.

Ke Zhiyan gripped the racket tightly, took the towel and walked towards Director Zhong step by step.

She didn't want to listen to any side coaching.There was a bad breath in her heart that she couldn't vent.

Ke Zhiyan wanted to pinch his wrist.Didn't Luna pick her wrist bone to attack? If she pinched it and exposed her bones, would Luna dare to touch her?

She was almost annoyed and grabbed her right wrist, trying to tear off the wrist guard, grabbing the skin and scratching it open.

But it is not rough cloth, nor delicate skin.It's a string of cold beads.

It's the string that Wei Cheng sent.

Oh, by the way, Wei Cheng also said, "Nothing can keep you trapped, if you are afraid, then I will protect you from now on."

Will Wei Cheng protect her?

Most definitely.

She must be watching herself somewhere.

Ke Zhiyan stopped in front of the baffle, Director Zhong offered her water, she shook her head and refused, unfolded the towel and covered her face.The towel was huge, and the tails covered the entire face.Ke Zhiyan closed her eyes and waited for Director Zhong's blatant accusation, but no, Director Zhong just patted her on the shoulder: "If there is any problem, we will talk about it after the game. Treat this as a loss and fight hard."

There were tears running down her face and being absorbed by the towel. She never knew that the 1-minute intermission would be so long.

Director Zhong gave her a firm hug: "Go."

She returned to the field, took a deep breath to calm her emotions.

At the beginning of the second game, Bai Chuan served.Ke Zhiyan lowered his body and waited for the serve, holding his breath to try to calm himself down.

Nothing can hold her back.

Not Lenna, much less with a damn Manchester accent alone.

Won.

Ke Zhiyan raised his head and wiped his eyes. Director Zhong was so excited that he stepped over the fence from the sidelines and came to hug her.

Ke Zhiyan couldn't help laughing, "Director Zhong, Director Zhong, I won."

Wei Cheng, who had been staying in the athlete's aisle to pay close attention to the movements on the field, was relieved when she heard the winner's name, and stepped back a few steps, leaning against the wall and waiting for Ke Zhiyan to come over.

What was waiting was an aggrieved child who stopped laughing after seeing her, and rubbed it into her arms step by step, with red eyes and tears.Looking at it this way, the smile just now must have been forced.

Wei Cheng was busy coaxing people, first patted the back of her head and then patted her shoulders, and finally hugged her waist with both hands and stroked, "What's the matter? Did you get scolded by Director Zhong for your poor state in the first game?"

Ke Zhiyan sniffed in her arms and shook his head.Wei Cheng felt that the other party's snot might be on her jersey, but she still had to coax the child she spoiled: "Why is that? Do you think you are in a bad state?"

She shook her head in her arms again, her black hair rubbed against her neck and chin, a little itchy, and Wei Cheng vaguely heard the other party hiccup. "There must be a reason for crying so aggrieved, right? Or don't you want to talk now? Then you can vent it and let's talk tonight, shall we?

Ke Zhiyan's hand holding onto Wei Cheng's clothes suddenly let go, and wrapped it around Wei Cheng's waist.She let go after just a few seconds. She still hadn't forgotten that although there weren't many people walking here, it was a public place after all, and ITTF staff were everywhere.In fact, it's nothing to be seen, anyone would think that she was crying in front of her teammates just because she didn't perform well today, but Ke Zhiyan wanted to save face, and no one could see her except Wei Cheng.

Ke Zhiyan withdrew from Wei Cheng's arms, his nose turned red from crying.

It looks really wronged.Wei Cheng sighed in her heart, planning to find time for a chat.

Then she paused, she saw Ke Zhiyan lower her head, and took off the wristband she had been wearing all along.She looked up at Wei Cheng, as if she was going to give her the wristband as a gift.

It's a big deal.

Wei Cheng thought.