south wind into my arms

Chapter 16 Showdown
Nanfeng came to Shuqing after the exam in the afternoon and saw Lu Sheng and Xu Zhiyao fighting.Xu Zhiyao's level is much higher than Lu Sheng's, so it doesn't take much effort for him to train her.

It was less than five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun was still high. Nanfeng watched the little girl running around under the hot sun, tirelessly.

Nanfeng suddenly said, "You two stop practicing, come and talk to me about the draw."

Xu Zhiyao walked over happily holding the racket, "Report to the coach, I have a bye in the first round, hahahahahaha!"

Nan Feng was a little helpless, turned around and asked, "How about you, Lu Sheng?"

Xu Zhiyao answered for her first: "She got one year younger than her, so it should be fine."

Lu Sheng was not as confident as Xu Zhiyao, she just touched her head embarrassedly and said, "What a coincidence, Coach Nan, her surname is also Nan, and her name sounds nice."

"Huh? What's it called?"

"Nan Ge."

Xu Zhiyao shook his head and complained about the name: "How can a woman be named 'Brother Nan'? Do her parents really want to have a son!"

Lu Sheng has been paying attention to Nan Feng's expression. Seeing that he frowned slightly when he heard the name "Nan Ge", she asked with some doubts, "Coach, do you know Nan Ge?"

"Well, she is my father's illegitimate daughter."

"..."

"..."

Suddenly hearing such explosive gossip, the two children were immediately stunned.After all, they have just graduated from elementary school, and their acceptance of this kind of blood is still shallow.

"Of course, it has become a regular now." Nan Feng added.

Xu Zhiyao stammered a bit, "Just, that is to say, she, is she your sister?"

Nanfeng nodded.

Xu Zhiyao looked terrified, swallowed his saliva, and continued to ask, "So, coach, in this match, are you on your sister's side or Lu Sheng's side?"

Nan Feng looked down at Lu Sheng, and found that she was also looking at him, with clear eyes, a little... nervous.

Is she worried about this problem too?

Nan Feng was a little funny, he folded his arms, and looked very leisurely, "Of course I'm standing on my side—" He paused on purpose, watching Lu Sheng's expression change from nervous anticipation to disappointment, he endured He continued with a smile, "Apprentice."

Lu Sheng: Huh huh... Huh? !
Isn't she his apprentice?
Her eyes suddenly lit up, and she looked at him with a bright smile.

That's great, Coach Nan!
Xu Zhiyao felt very strange, "Coach, don't you like your sister?"

Nan Feng asked back, "If your father gave birth to a daughter with another woman outside—"

Xu Zhiyao: "My mother will break his legs."

"...Well, then your mother broke your father's leg, and then, will you like this daughter, your sister?"

Xu Zhiyao thought about it for a few seconds, and finally shook his head, "I won't like it."

"So, I don't like it either."

Before eight o'clock in the evening, Lu Sheng and the others stopped training.

Because Qiao Wanwan made it to the Wimbledon Junior Women's Singles Finals.Although the influence of the youth competition is much lower than that of the adult group, the talented girl Qiao Wanwan is the new hope of the Chinese women's tennis. Star, not too much.

Therefore, domestic fans paid close attention to Qiao Wanwan's final.

The final will start at 13:[-] local time and [-]:[-] p.m. BJ time. Lu Sheng and the others sat in front of the TV early and waited for the live broadcast.

Also watching the live broadcast were Coach Nan, Principal Wei, Director Ding, and some fans.

In this game, Qiao Wanwan was in very good condition. He fought fiercely with the young Ukrainian player for two hours, and finally won the championship trophy.

Lu Sheng heard someone cheering outside.

Nan Feng sat beside her, seeing her in a daze, he lightly touched her arm, "Why are you in a daze?"

"She..." Lu Sheng came back to his senses, looking for a suitable adjective, "She is perfect!"

Nan Feng shook his head lightly, "There is no perfection in this world. Everyone has weaknesses."

"Does Qiao Wanwan have any weaknesses?"

"Of course. You practice hard now, and you will find it by yourself when you encounter it in the future."

Lu Sheng's expression was dreamy and confused, as if he heard something incredible, "Will I have a chance to fight her?"

Nan Feng raised his eyebrows, "Aren't you going to win the grand slam?"

Confusion turned into determination, she pursed her lips forcefully, "Yes! I will definitely defeat her!"

Then Nanfeng sent the two children to bed, and Principal Wei and Director Ding went to eat supper, drink and brag.

After returning to the dormitory, Nanfeng opened the e-mail box that he hadn't used for several months. The e-mail box was full of mails, and several of them were sent by Qiao Wanwan.

He didn't check any of them, but just sent Qiao Wanwan a congratulatory email.

Then, this mailbox will never be used again.

7 month 10 day.

Lu Sheng's game is at 10:30 am.The venue is dedicated to the competition, there are many, and the competition can be played on multiple lines at the same time.The venue where Lu Sheng is located is the smallest, with only more than 100 seats around the tennis court.

There are so few seats and I am still dissatisfied with it. After all, it is only the youth, amateur group, and the first round.

After warming up, Lu Sheng entered the arena, and she saw Nan Ge.A girl with sculpted eyebrows and phoenix eyes, has a bit of aura, and she doesn't look like Nan Feng at all, no matter in appearance or temperament.

Is it really Nanfeng's father's own daughter?

Lu Sheng was a little confused.Seeing Nan Ge waving at a few people on the sidelines, she looked along and saw a man who looked very similar to Nan Ge.

Well, it must be biological.

Lu Sheng turned his head and looked at the other side of the venue, where Nanfeng and Xu Zhiyao were sitting.Xu Zhiyao held a sign with colored lights wrapped around it, and Lu Sheng's name was written in the middle.He wrote the name himself, and the calligraphy is a bit... horrible.

He lifted the sign up and shook it sharply, while shouting as if no one was there: "Lu Sheng! Come on! Lu Sheng! We must win!"

In the empty arena, his voice seemed so magical, like a large cloud covering the entire arena, lingering.

So everyone looked at him, including Nan Ge.

Nan Ge also discovered Nanfeng.As if a surprise gift had been unwrapped at the birthday party, Nan Ge was so excited, he danced and waved to Nan Feng, "Brother! I knew you would come to my game!"

Xu Zhiyao kindly reminded her: "Play the game honestly, he didn't come to see you!"

Nan Ge: "It's none of your business, get out!"

The referee came up and warned Nan Ge for his uncivilized language.

Nan Ge finally calmed down. Under the witness of the referee, she and Lu Sheng decided the server of the first game by guessing coins.Luckily, Lu Sheng got the right to serve.

Formal women's tennis matches generally use a best-of-three set system.At least six games are played in each set, with at least four balls played in each game.

The standard for judging the outcome of a game is "full four wins and two", that is to say, you have to win four goals and then lead your opponent by more than two goals to win this round.If you don’t lead that much after winning four goals, sorry, you have to keep playing until you lead by two goals to be considered a victory...or you are accidentally tied by the opponent and overtake by two goals, so You will lose the game.

Winning a game is just the beginning, and then you have to keep playing until you win the whole set.The standard for evaluating the outcome of a set is generally "the first to win six games + tie to decide".

Winning six rounds is similar to "full four wins two". You have to win six rounds and lead your opponent by more than two rounds in order to win the set.If you win six rounds and your opponent wins five rounds, then I’m sorry, there will be an extra match. If you can win the next round, then "7:5" wins. If the opponent wins, the two of you enter " 6:6" draw mode...well, continue to playoffs.

However, if there is a rematch at this time, only one more game is needed-of course, it is impossible to keep adding more games like this. Human physical strength is limited and cannot be used as an animal.

Therefore, after a "6:6" draw, a game will be adopted to determine the winner or loser. This is the "tie-break system", commonly known as "tie-break".

The rules of the "tie-break" game are more cumbersome and different from the previous ones.

Well, anyway, with the "tie-break", you took the set the hard way.Don't get too excited, there are still two sets waiting for you...

Therefore, the professional tennis game is a severe test of physical strength. If physical strength is not good, it is equivalent to a building without a foundation, so no matter how good the building materials and scientific building design are, it will be useless.

Of course, the young amateur players in front of us don't need to go through such a severe physical test - Lu Sheng and Nan Ge's competition rules have been simplified, they only need to play one set, and the winner will be determined in one set.

Holding the tennis racket, Lu Sheng imitated Nan Feng's usual appearance, threw the tennis ball on the ground and patted it a few times, looking for the feel.

She was a little excited, as if she heard the sound of her heart beating faster.And the snapping and peeling of the blood surging in the blood vessels, like dry pine branches burning.

Standing behind the serving line, he glanced sideways at Nan Feng who was sitting on the sidelines.He was looking at her with no expression on his face.

Lu Sheng remembered what he said to her yesterday: "You are my apprentice, and the apprentice is the face of the master. So, Lu Xiaosheng, you have to give me face."

She withdrew her gaze, took a deep breath, and unconsciously added some strength to the hand holding the racket.

Throwing the ball, taking off, swinging the racket, the movements are all done in one go, the ball is hit smoothly, crosses the net and falls into the effective area.

Nan Ge patted it back lightly and deftly.

Her expression was so relaxed that Lu Sheng's heart tightened unconsciously.He quickly ran to the predicted location and hit the tennis ball back hard.She holds the racket with her left hand, and when she uses her forehand, it is equivalent to attacking the opponent's backhand, which is very advantageous.

A strong forehand counterattacked towards Nan Ge's backhand. Lu Sheng felt a bit of anticipation, but Nan Ge sneered. The falling point rushed to the other side far away from Lu Sheng, and she hurried to save her, but it was too late.

"Good!" Nan Ge's family and friends applauded her.

0 to 15, Nan Ge took the lead by one goal.

Tennis originated as an entertainment activity for the French aristocrats, and the scoring method has always followed the ancient tradition-dial style.Winning a goal is not 1 point, but a quarter of an hour, which is 15 points.Winning two balls counts for 30 minutes and 45 points.Originally, 40 points should be scored for winning three goals, but the nobles are too lazy and like to use abbreviations when speaking. "45" is more convenient to pronounce than "40", so it is counted as [-] points.

There is only one round of the dial, and if you win more, you can’t use the watch, otherwise it will be easy to memorize it, so after that, you will remember who is ahead, and you will win if you lead by two goals.

Such a scoring method is somewhat painful in modern times.

Now, Nan Ge took the lead by one goal, and it was a very beautiful proactive attack. Lu Sheng was a little sad. She quietly glanced at Nan Feng on the sidelines. He was still the same, expressionless.

He must be disappointed in her, she thought, even though he didn't show it.

The thought is so depressing.

(End of this chapter)