south wind into my arms

Chapter 15 Let Me Be You

Both Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao were taken aback by the question.

Nanfeng thought they didn't understand, so he explained, "Professional athletes mean that tennis will become the focus of your life, and you will take it as your career. Training and playing games will become your daily life, and you will have very little vacation time. Both training and competition are very hard, exhausting, and you sweat every day," he said, pointing to a cleaner in the corner, who was carrying a large white plastic bucket, "this bucket can't even hold it .”

The eyes of the three followed his fingers and looked at the plastic bucket together. Xu Zhiyao's expression was exaggerated, and his mouth opened into an "O" shape.

Uncle Xu didn't quite believe it, thinking that adults were scaring children.

Nan Feng shook his head, "I'm definitely not alarmist. What you will experience in the future will only be more exaggerated. So, what is your choice?"

Xu Zhiyao looked at his father and then at Lu Sheng. He remained silent, intending to listen to what Lu Sheng had to say.

Lu Sheng held the glass of juice in front of him and looked at Nanfeng carefully.

He is waiting for her answer.

This awareness made Lu Sheng a little nervous, and the hard and cold touch of her fingertips calmed her down slightly.She looked into his eyes.His expression is calm, his eyes are clean and gentle, like the warm sunshine, or a windless wheat field in spring.It was so quiet, it seemed that he didn't have any fluctuations in his emotions, it seemed that he could start or end all this at any time without any worries.But for some reason, Lu Sheng could feel a little anticipation from his calm eyes, and even... nervousness.

Intuition or illusion?Is this expectation his, or hers?

Seeing Lu Sheng in a daze, Nan Feng was so rare, he raised his hand and gently stroked her head.His palm was warm and strong, and he pressed her head gently, and she nodded unconsciously, like a little chick.

His brows were tinged with a smile: "Lu Sheng, he has returned to his soul."

Lu Sheng swallowed her saliva and said, "Of course I will continue to practice tennis." In order to show her firm position, she deliberately added the modifier "Of course".

Nan Feng suddenly asked again, "Lu Sheng, why do you learn tennis?"

why?
Nanfeng didn't know that he was her idol, her sunshine, and the source of her spiritual power.Without his consent, she had already regarded him as the last person in his life.

She worked so hard to touch the edge of his world, but his world collapsed in an instant.

So she has to persevere, she wants to walk into the center of that world, stand on the clouds, and look down on the scenery of the world for him.

Facing Nanfeng's probing eyes, Lu Sheng heard a voice in his heart saying:
If you can't go down this road, then let me be you.

let me be you.

Lu Sheng's final answer was, "I want to be a Grand Slam champion."

Regarding this slightly whimsical answer, Nan Feng did not show a negative or disapproving attitude, he just said, "Okay, then you will work hard for the Grand Slam in the future."

Then Nanfeng asked Lu Sheng to go back first. He hoped that Lu Sheng would stay at the Shuqing Sports School from tomorrow. First, it would save more time for training. Second, without the oppression of her mother's verbal violence, Lu Sheng should be able to live a lot better .

Lu Sheng left, leaving the Xu family father and son staring at each other.

Xu Zhiyao: "Dad, do you think I should continue studying?"

Father Xu: "Well, this—"

Nan Feng suddenly interrupted him, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xu, I want to hear the child's truest thoughts first."

Father Xu was as docile as a little sheep, "Okay, okay..." Turning his head to face his son, he changed his face, glaring at Xu Zhiyao, "Say it quickly!"

Xu Zhiyao licked his lips, "Since Lu Sheng has continued to practice, then I will continue!"

Nan Feng always felt that this reason was a bit sloppy, "Are you sure? The training is very hard, ten times and a hundred times harder than before."

"I..." Not sure again.

Father Xu interrupted suddenly, "Coach, I want to ask, does this kid have no talent?" I always feel that the coach doesn't want to accept his own children... But then again, if there is a teacher like him If you like to teach, then the teacher must be a shivering M with holy light...

Nanfeng replied: "No. On the contrary, Xu Zhiyao is in good physical condition, flexible in mind, and has a particularly good understanding. However, professional sports cannot be without talent, nor can there be only talent. There are some things that are more important than talent. .”

Xu's father nodded clearly, "Do you mean he is lazy?"

It's true that knowing a son is like a father.Nanfeng thought about the general views of parents, and probably felt that children's sports practice is really just a way out, and has nothing to do with hobbies.If there is a better way out than practicing sports, few parents will send their children to suffer.Thinking of this, Nanfeng asked Dad Xu, "How is Xu Zhiyao's usual academic performance?"

As soon as Xu's father mentioned this, he became angry, "He has never done homework since he was a child, not even once!"

The south wind is a little embarrassing.

Xu's father turned on the complaint mode: "Do you know, I beat and scolded and scolded, and I discounted the rolling pin to teach him a lesson, but he didn't have a shit! I really don't know what to do with this kid." Already!"

Xu Zhiyao listened intently to his father's complaints.

Nanfeng said to Xu Zhiyao, "I know you are lazy, and you are passive during training, which means you don't like that kind of life. Since you don't like it, don't force it. There are many ways in this world, there is no need Be sure to choose one that you don’t agree with.”

Xu Zhiyao: "Coach, what you said makes sense, I decided to continue practicing!"

Nanfeng: "..." Did you really listen to what I said?

Xu Zhiyao said to himself, "If I don't practice, Lu Sheng will be alone, how boring she is."

Hehe, is it dead to be my coach?

The decision made by Xu Zhiyao, his father raised his hands and feet in favor of it.In the cognition of Xu's father, Xu Zhiyao is a bundle of useless wood, no matter what way out he chooses, it is useless, as long as someone can watch him and not go to prison in the future.Count on him to be successful?Damn, why don't I have another one while I'm young, so I hope it's bigger...

So it was so happily decided.

Nanfeng didn't say anything anymore.Although I feel that Xu Zhiyao made this decision hastily, but in the future, he will retreat in spite of difficulties.

Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao moved into the student dormitory of Shuqing Sports School the next day.Shuqing Sports School built two large dormitory buildings in its glory days, but now they are in decline, and the occupancy rate of the dormitory buildings is less than half.As the only Miao Miao in the tennis club, Lu Sheng was able to occupy a dormitory by himself.Xu Zhiyao was also treated like this, but he was restless and lonely, so he took the initiative to apply for a change of dormitory, and lived with a few children who practiced table tennis.Those children were only seven or eight years old, and when Xu Zhiyao went, he would be automatically promoted to the boss, not to mention the prestige.

After everything was settled, Nanfeng announced to the two Miao Miao that they would participate in the T City Youth Tennis Tournament to be held ten days later. Both of them were in the amateur group, Lu Sheng was in the U12 age group, and Xu Zhiyao was in the U14 age group.

Hearing the news suddenly, Lu Sheng was a little nervous, but more excited.

Xu Zhiyao's focus is always fresh and refined: "Coach, can I play mixed doubles with Lu Sheng?"

"No, you belong to different age groups."

"Oh, next year, right?"

"Prepare for this year first."

Next, Nanfeng conducted a one-week pre-match training for them.Because Lu Sheng's foundation is relatively shallow, Nanfeng will not force her too many skills, but just let her keep repeating what she has learned.As for Xu Zhiyao, well, the young man is about to grow taller, he needs to increase his physical training, and he has to do some jumping every day, which will help him grow taller.

Xu Zhiyao felt that he was about to turn into a frog.

July 7th was the day when Xiaoshengchu's exam results came out, and it was also the day when the lottery was drawn for the youth tennis competition in T City.Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao agreed that they would get their grades together in the morning and draw lots together in the afternoon.Xu Zhiyao accompanied Lu Sheng to get hers first, and then went to his school to get it.

Nanfeng did not accompany them. He had two exams today, which were also the last two exams of this semester.

Lu Sheng's report card, Chinese, Mathematics, and English, all three subjects were in the 60s, very average.This result is neither good nor bad, just normal performance.She doesn't care much about her grades now, she is the one who wants to win a grand slam!

Then she saw Xu Zhiyao's.

28 points for Chinese, 100 points for mathematics, and 16 points for English.

Lu Sheng felt that he might have read it wrong. Either the machine that printed the grades was broken, or the computer that recorded the grades was broken, or the teacher who graded the test was out of his mind... Mathematics, 100 points? !

She was incredulous, "Xu Zhiyao, why did you score 1 in math? No.98 in our class only scored [-]!"

Xu Zhiyao: "Well, because I'm smart!"

Lu Sheng: "..." The admiration that had just risen in my heart shrank back inexplicably.

Even if she believed that Xu Zhiyao could get [-] points in the test, she couldn't believe that a person who got [-] points in mathematics could only get [-] points in English, and he couldn't pass both Chinese and Chinese. It was too miserable.So she asked, "Why did you only take the English test so little? Chinese is also very little."

"Oh, English and Chinese are too much brain work."

"Mathematics doesn't take your brains?"

"No fee."

Lu Sheng felt that she and Xu Zhiyao probably used two kinds of textbooks. For her, mathematics is the most brain-intensive thing, okay?

Normal children would face the problem of choosing a school after getting their grades. Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao didn't bother about it. The two elementary school scumbags had already made up their minds not to take their grades seriously.

But Xu Zhiyao still has some ideas: "Lu Sheng, it would be great if we could both go to a junior high school, so that I can protect you."

Lu Sheng didn't take it seriously, "Who will use you as a cover."

Then they went to the gym together and the lottery was drawn.This tennis match adopts the format of single elimination, that is to say, every match is a promotion match, as long as you lose one game, you can go home.

The way of drawing lots is that many round number plates are put in the box, and each person puts his hand in to draw a number.The position of the numbers on the draw is determined. In the first round, No. 1 and No. 2 will play against each other, and No. 3 and No. 4 will play against each other... In this way, there will be some bye numbers in the middle.

Someone at the scene used a computer to register the results of the lottery draws for the players, and today's final draw will be sent by email to the e-mail addresses of the players when they registered.

Lu Sheng smoked with Xu Zhiyao first.Xu Zhiyao got the number 28, which corresponds to a bye number on the draw.

In other words, he didn't have to play in the first round, and could advance directly.

Xu Zhiyao laughed loudly, "Brother is really lucky!"

Lu Sheng said, "Didn't you come here just to play the game? If you can't play the game, it's fine?"

Forget it, the two of them have different views everywhere in their lives...

Then Xu Zhiyao accompanied Lu Sheng to smoke. Lu Sheng fumbled and fumbled from the number box, and found a number 65.

No. 65's opponent is No. 66.

The two went to the registration office to register together. The beautiful sister saw Xu Zhiyao's number plate and said with a smile, "Are you feeling lucky?"

Xu Zhiyao groaned and patted his head, "Hey hey hey."

Then it's Lu Sheng's. My sister said, "Well, the No. 66 contestant has been confirmed."

"Really? Who?"

"She's one year younger than you, her name is Nan Ge."

(End of this chapter)