MTL - The Gold is Yours, You Are Mine-Chapter 51 National competition (15)

The past and the future collide in the same time and space, and every swing contains the full power of two people.

Jiang Yunli has too many honors on her body. People say that she can't let go of the idol burden and these championship titles, so she refuses to retire for a long time, but only she knows why she is standing here.

What she really can't let go of is the racket in her hand. Decades of persistence have made her life more meaningful than badminton.

For Xie Shi'an, this is even more so. The young man's eyes are only on the badminton flying towards her, tirelessly repeating the actions of serving, swinging, retreating, smashing and flat pushing.

The atmosphere was tense and stalemate.

Jian Chang, who was on the sidelines, was also a little anxious to watch.

"Coach Yan, which one of them is stronger and weaker?"

Yan Xinyuan frowned and analyzed the situation on the field.

"It's hard to say. In terms of physical strength, Shi'an is definitely better, but Jiang Yunli's experience is really too rich. She can see through almost every fake move of Shi'an."

Jian Chang nodded with a vague understanding.

"So, Shi'an's attack is ineffective in front of her?"

"you could put it that way."

"The ball was held by Jiang Yunli again!"

"Jiang Yunli went all out, scored another point, and reached the match point first at 9:11!"

"Xie Shi'an had to make adjustments in the second half. If we continue to play like this, the game will probably be a bit hanging."

Xie Shi'an walked back to the rest area. Although her teammates hadn't played any more, they all came to watch the game and cheer her on.

"Shi'an, come on, don't be afraid of her, it's over."

"Shi'an, in my heart, you are the strongest in our Binhai team."

"Shi'an, Yin Jiayi has fought, and Jiang Yunli will definitely be able to."

Jian Changnian also looked at her expectantly.

"Shi'an, sister Yuchu and I are waiting for your good news."

Yan Xinyuan also put his hand on her shoulder.

"Don't be afraid. If you win this game today, some people will say that you don't respect your seniors, and if you lose, some people will criticize the newcomers. But you just need to know that you are doing your best to play every game well."

"If you want to reach a higher stage, no matter whether it is Yin Jiayi or Jiang Yunli, they are all hurdles that you must overcome."

"Go ahead and use your own strengths. She has a lot of experience, so you can catch her by surprise. That's all I can teach you."

Although it was not a team competition, Jian Changnian stretched out his hand as usual, and his teammates folded their hands together again.

Everyone looked at Xie Shi'an.

A smile floated on the corner of the boy's lips, and he also put his right hand on it.

"come on, come on, come on!"

After three beeps, they dispersed.

She picked up the racket again and walked onto the field. The words "Prime Coast Province" on the back of the blue and white team jersey were so eye-catching.

When the team doctor was doing acupuncture for Jiang Yunli, she put a towel on her head, holding back the pain from deep in her throat.

The coach stood beside her, feeling very distressed and anxious.

"You say that you are already like this, and you still want to fight! You are really anxious to kill me! What if something good or bad happens!"

Jiang Yunli took a few breaths, pulled off the soaked towel covering her head, and threw it on the seat.

"Coach, you know, in fact, I'm also looking for an opportunity, or to choose a suitable opponent for my curtain call. I don't think this person is Yin Jiayi or Jin Nanzhi, but—"

Her gaze was firmly locked on Xie Shi'an who was opposite.

Xie Shi'an was also looking at her fixedly, his eyes met, both of them seemed to understand something, and they were full of fighting spirit.

Jiang Yunli picked up the racket and went on the field again.

The second half of the game officially started.

"Have you adjusted well? If I lose to me in the second half, I will win this time." Jiang Yunli smiled.

Xie Shi'an raised his eyebrows and returned the serve.

"I think you should care more about your body than my state."

"You haven't heard that Lian Po is old, can he still have food?" Facing her fierce offensive, Jiang Yunli gritted her teeth and picked the ball back.

The commentator laughed.

"I don't know why, but I always have a feeling that these two people are friends with the ball and cherish each other."

"In ancient times, there was Boyazi, when high mountains and rivers met bosom friends, and now there is Xie Shi'an and Jiang Yunli. It's a good story that we don't know each other if we don't fight on the field."

Just kidding, the game is still going on nervously.

Sitting in front of the desk, Zhou Mu bit the pen holder, staring at the phone nervously, not daring to blink for fear of missing something.

"14:14"

"14:15"

"15:15"

"16:16"

"The score is very tight."

Every swing made Jiang Yunli's current physical condition worse.

She had to grit her teeth, tasted the smell of blood on the tip of her tongue, endured the soreness in various parts of her body, and exhausted all her strength to allow her to complete a take-off smash.

Xie Shi'an never gave up. Her actions were seen through again and again, and she launched new attacks again and again, constantly trying new possibilities, and trying her best to break her defense.

Jiang Yunli fell down again and again, gritted her teeth, and stood up again and again.

The voice of cheering and cheering for them never stopped. Many audience members covered their mouths with their hands and tears filled their eyes.

"Jiang Yunli—"

"come on!!"

"Xie Shi'an—"

"come on!!"

19:20

Jiang Yunli is temporarily one point behind.

The last ball.

Xie Shi'an raised his arms high, the shuttlecock spun rapidly in mid-air, the past and the future converged in the same time and space.

In her body, Jiang Yunli seemed to see her own shadow. When she first stood on the field, she was also at her age, so ignorant, fearless, and high-spirited.

Those were her best times.

Time is turning its gears silently, and the world championship honor will eventually come to an end.

Fortunately, one era is over, and the next era will always come.

No professional player is always at the top, but there are always people who continue to climb the peak.

With a smile on Jiang Yunli's lips, she watched the oncoming badminton without avoiding it, and fought back with all her strength.

The audience stood up.

Zhou Mu pinched his thigh nervously.

The ball is getting closer and closer to the net.

two meters.

one meter.

fifty centimeters.

forty centimeters.

Thirty centimeters.

…

Seeing that the ball was about to pass the net, the ball did not receive full force from Jiang Yunli, and it still fell like a shooting star.

The white feathers are so beautiful, gorgeous and short-lived, just like she burned all her youth and fought hard in this game.

Jiang Yunli closed her eyes contentedly, and fell to the ground.

The audience was silent.

Xie Shi'an, who won the game, did not raise her hand to signal to the audience as usual, but threw the racket immediately, lifted the net and ran over to check her injury.

"Senior, senior, are you okay! Team doctor, team doctor!"

The team doctors of the two teams ran over and helped her into the wheelchair. Jiang Yunli smiled and took her arm.

"It's okay, I'm just...too tired, and I should take a rest. I had a great time playing against you today, thank you."

Xie Shi'an froze in place.

Jiang Yunli sat in a wheelchair and was pushed away by the coach around the crowd.

"Let's go, hurry up and go to the infirmary."

The commentator was also a little emotional when he saw the picture sent back by the on-site director.

"Veterans and newcomers, past and future, this seems to be an eternal proposition. Although Jiang Yunli lost this game, in her career of more than 30 years, compared to the Olympic World Championships, this is just a game. It’s nothing more than an insignificant national competition, I hope you will always remember her as the world champion, Jiang Yunli!”

"Today's Jiang Yunli deserves applause and flowers from all of us, and I wish her a speedy recovery and return to the game."

"As for Xie Shi'an, there is still a long way to go as a teenager."

After the game, the reporter found Xie Shi'an for an interview.

"Is there any pressure against Jiang Yunli today? Or have you ever thought that because the opponent is a veteran and has injuries, you should show mercy, because I think you also lost a game."

This question was indeed a bit sharp, but the young man faced the camera without avoiding it, with an open and generous expression.

"There is pressure, but there is no intentional handicap, because going all out is the greatest respect for the opponent."

"Then how do you feel about your next match against Kim Nam-ji?"

The reporter chased her and asked, but Xie Shi'an's heart had already flown to the sidelines. She noticed that the Sichuan team was about to leave.

"Sorry, excuse me."

The boy turned around and ran away after finishing speaking. Jian Changnian behind him waited for a group of teammates to understand and help her block the media from the bee pupae.

Xie Shi'an finally caught up with Jiang Yunli in the corridor.

"Senior!" She called out to her.

The members of the Sichuan team looked at her with some vigilance.

"What are you doing again?"

Jiang Yunli also turned the wheelchair around.

"Is there a problem?"

The boy took off his team uniform jacket, handed it over with both hands, and lowered his head slightly.

"Can you please sign me?"

With a smile on Jiang Yunli's face, she pulled off the pen cap with her teeth, and wrote her name on the back of her uniform.

"I heard that you are going to fight Jin Nanzhi tomorrow, please work hard, don't embarrass Guo Yu, and be careful of her fake moves."

Xie Shi'an was taken aback, Jiang Yunli was mentioning her.

When she came back to her senses, the person had already gone far.

Holding the team uniform, the boy bowed deeply to her back.

"Senior, thank you."

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At the end of their match, Qiao Yuchu's surgery was also coming to an end, because she was afraid that the anesthetic would affect the results of the doping test, so she insisted on not asking the doctor to administer the anesthetic during the final suture, so she just endured it With piercing pain, being pressed by four people, gritting his teeth, sweating profusely, he completed the stitching of the wound.

When she was pushed out of the operating room, she was about to collapse, her face was pale and listless.

Jin Shunqi followed, worried, looked at her test report again, and gave instructions to the nurse.

"Go back to the ward and prepare for the intravenous infusion of penicillin."

Hearing this, Qiao Yuchu raised her eyes, as if she wanted to speak, but she really didn't have the strength to speak.

Jin Shunqi understood what she meant.

"Don't worry, penicillin will not affect the doping test. You need to de-inflammatory your surgical incision."

Only then did Qiao Yuchu reluctantly nodded, and when she pushed him into the ward, she grabbed his sleeve with her free left hand and turned her eyes to the TV.

Jin Shunqi gently tucked her hands into the bed: "After the operation, you should have a good rest."

Qiao Yuchu was concerned about the result of Xie Shi'an's match. If she remembered correctly, today is the semi-finals, and her opponent is the world champion Jiang Yunli.

Seeing her staring at the TV with a bit of reluctance on her face, Jin Shunqi had no choice but to pick up the remote control.

"Okay, okay, what do you want to see?"

When tuned to the sports channel, Qiao Yuchu finally nodded his head, with a pale and fragile smile on his face.

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Jiang Yunli was interviewed by reporters while sitting on a hospital bed.

She faced the camera and talked eloquently, with a relaxed expression on her face after the dust had settled.

"Although I was very reluctant, after this game, I decided to retire. At my peak, I won medals in the World Youth Championships, World Championships, All England Championships and even the Olympics, but unfortunately, there is still no big player. Grand Slam, I have been working hard for this goal over the years, but years of fighting and getting older have made my body overwhelmed. I broke my knee joint the year before last, and that is when I withdrew from the national team train."

"Beginning this year, my cardiopulmonary function has been a bit bad, and it is difficult to continue to maintain high-intensity training, but I still decided to participate in this national competition, to give myself an explanation, and also give an explanation to the fans and friends who like me."

"I had a great time playing today's game. I haven't been so excited for a long time. It seems that I have found the feeling of standing on the field for the first time. Although the result was not satisfactory, Jiang Yunli did not lose."

"She was just lost to time."

"I am also very grateful to my opponent Xie Shi'an, thank her for going all out and giving me an unparalleled and memorable curtain call."

"I think until I am old and the moment my life stops completely, I will remember this game. I remember that badminton has given me all the happiness and excitement, and it has painted the most intense strokes on my barren life."

"Thank you everyone." Jiang Yunli bowed towards the camera.

"Please continue to support Xie Shi'an in tomorrow's game, and look forward to the future of our Guoyu, and there will be a Grand Slam player."

Qiao Yuchu looked at it, and for some reason, she also burst into tears.

Jin Shunqi pulled a tissue, saw that her left hand was connected to the infusion tube, and her right hand was wrapped in gauze, which was inconvenient, and wanted to wipe her tears.

Who knew that before he could move, the door was knocked open.

Before he could make a move, he was pushed from the side of the bed to the wall.

Xie Shi'an rushed in murderously, and stopped in front of the bed like a patron saint, followed by a huge group of people from the Binhai Provincial Team.

"What do you want to do to her?!"

Um, I seem to be regarded as a disciple.

Jin Shunqi couldn't laugh or cry.

"I... I'm a doctor, lady, please calm down first, I have a work card."

Jin Shunqi pointed to the badge hanging on his chest.

Qiao Yuchu also pulled Xie Shi'an's wrist, and said in a hoarse voice.

"Shi'an, he is the doctor Jin I told you about."

Xie Shi'an looked him up and down a few times, and then let go of his guard, but he didn't apologize to anyone. He just nodded his head as a greeting, and lay down beside the bed to ask about her situation.

"How is your surgery? Is it better?"

"Sister Yuchu, are you okay? Does your hand still hurt?"

Facing everyone's inquiries, Qiao Yu didn't know which one to answer for a while, so Jin Shunqi coughed in a timely manner.

"That...everyone, this is a hospital ward, there is a limit on the number of visitors, so many of you are crowded here..."

Yan Xinyuan also came in and said: "Let's go out, let Shi'an talk to Yuchu here alone, Dr. Jin, I also have something to ask you."

Jin Shunqi made a gesture of please and went out the door first.

"Sister Yuchu, let's go out first, you should have a good rest." Seeing that everyone had left, Jian Changnian said.

Qiao Yuchu nodded, a smile appeared on his pale face.

"Okay, thank you for coming to see me, I'm fine, I'll be back in a few days."

After everyone left, Xie Shi'an took out the team uniform from his bag and handed it to her with great interest.

"Look, what is this, Jiang Yunli's signature, you like her the most."

Qiao Yuchu's eyes lit up when she saw the three characters flying and dancing on the back of the team uniform, and she wanted to sit up and touch it.

Xie Shi'an rocked the gurney a little for her.

Qiao Yu was leaning on the bed for the first half of her life, her fingers gently stroked her name, and there was some emotion in her eyes.

"When I first started playing, she was already active on the world stage, and she was the belief of our generation."

"It's a pity, I didn't see her with my own eyes, and I didn't have time to play a game with her, so she retired."

"I thought so too, so I went to ask her for an autograph, and thought of giving it to you. You...should like it."

The young man said every word carefully.

Although her complexion was not very good-looking because she had just finished the operation, Qiao Yuchu still had a big smile on her lips, holding the uniform with satisfaction.

"Xian, thank you."

"By the way, I came out after the operation, and the games are over. Tell me, what kind of person is she? What does it feel like to play against her? Do you feel a lot of pressure?"

A series of questions were thrown over his head and face.

Xie Shi'an also had a smile in his eyes.

"Okay, I'll tell you everything, she is very powerful, she sees through almost all my fake moves..."

The young man spoke in detail, and Qiao Yuchu listened carefully.

After listening, she touched the signed team jersey in her hand again, with a hint of envy in her eyes.

"That's great. Before I retire, I must have a good fight."

"He retired at the age of forty-five, it's still early for you." The smile on the boy's lips faded.

"And, didn't you say you wanted to win the championship with me? You haven't won the championship yet, so you're thinking of retiring?"

The operation was successful, and Qiao Yuchu felt like a big stone fell from her heart. She generously embraced Xie Shi'an, and pressed her into her arms.

"Sis, when did I lie to you? I said I would win a championship with you, and I will definitely do it."

After today's match with Jiang Yunli, she was also a little afraid that Qiao Yuchu would retire due to injury, so she went straight to the hospital immediately after signing the autograph without going back to rest.

She wanted to meet her, to see if she was okay? Hearing from her personally that the operation was successful, she will not lie to her, and will continue to fight with her.

Having received the promise from his heart, the young man slightly bent his lips, raised his hand little by little, and slowly hugged her back.

After Jian Chang read it, he put his pocket on the corridor and watched the scenery boredly. Not far away, Yan Xinyuan and Jin Shunqi were talking softly.

Her eyes glanced downstairs inadvertently, and saw a purple-haired girl entering the outpatient building, her back looked familiar.

Of all the people she's ever met, the only one with such a blatant hair color is—

She shook the arm of a teammate beside her.

"Look, that one, the one with purple hair, isn't it Jin Nanzhi?"

"Where is it?" The teammate stretched his head and poked out of the corridor, but he didn't see anyone.

"You must be dazzled."

"Hey, it's already in, it was there just now."

"You were beaten so badly that you had hallucinations, didn't you think it was Jin Nanzhi when you saw a person with purple hair?"

The teammates teased, Jian Changnian scratched his head and whispered.

"But, I really feel like it."

On that side, the conversation between Yan Xinyuan and Jin Shunqi also came to an end.

"Since the operation was successful, I am relieved."

When Jin Shunqi was about to turn around and leave, he stopped him again.

"Coach Yan, I regard Ms. Qiao as a friend, so I must say something. If possible, please don't arrange high-intensity training for her. This will put a great burden on her wrists and bones. For this kind of thing, once the damage is irreversible, any medical treatment will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause.”

"I can't persuade her, so I have to ask you."

Jin Shunqi lowered his head slightly and said.

Yan Xinyuan sighed.

"I see, I'll see to it, I'm sorry for your trouble."

The group went back to the ward to say goodbye to Qiao Yuchu.

Xie Shi'an was feeding her water, holding the bottom of the cup firmly with one hand, holding her head up, watching her sip in small sips, even the water stains that accidentally overflowed from the corners of her lips were wiped away with a paper towel. Wipe away.

"Shi'an, we should go back." Yan Xinyuan knocked on the door and said.

Xie Shi'an put down the water glass and stuffed her hands into the bed, with reluctance in her eyes, she still stood up.

"Then let's go first, you take care of yourself, don't let the wound see water."

Qiao Yuchu smiled and nodded.

"Hey, I see, let's work hard for tomorrow's game."

"it is good."

Jian Changnian also waved goodbye to her.

"Goodbye, Miss Yuchu, we will wait for your return."

"okay bye bye."

"Bye bye."

After the whole room was gone, the nurse changed her medicine. Jin Shunqi looked at the water glass by her bedside and the signed team jersey next to her pillow, and remembered that when the girl rushed in just now, he dared to hurt Qiao Yu. At the beginning, he wanted to fight him to death, thoughtfully.

"She seems to care about you."

Qiao Yuchu was taken aback for a moment before realizing that he was talking about Shi'an.

"Although we are not biological sisters, we grew up together, and the friendship between us is far deeper than that of sisters. If she were hospitalized today, I think I would be more anxious than her."

Qiao Yuchu had a slight apology on his face, and smiled at him.

"So, Dr. Jin, please forgive her for being reckless today. She is not usually like this. Although she is indifferent, she is also very polite."

Jin Shunqi shrugged.

"Of course, I wouldn't be angry with a little girl."

As soon as the voice fell, the mobile phone in his pocket rang.

As soon as he answered the phone, a bright female voice came out.

"Uncle Jin, didn't you say you wanted to invite me to dinner? I've already arrived in your office, where are you?"

Jin Nanzhi sat on the leather chair in his office, turning around, playing with his pen while holding the phone between his shoulders and head.

Jin Shunqi smiled.

"I just finished the operation and I'll be there soon. You can wait for me in the office for a while. If you're hungry, ask the nurse to bring you something to eat first."

It is rare for him to speak so softly, it is a different tone from the business-like attitude towards patients.

Qiao Yuchu was a little curious.

"Doctor Jin, aren't you... single?"

Jin Shunqi thought she had misunderstood, and hung up the phone.

"No, my niece. She is studying in Beijing alone. My brother and my sister-in-law are very worried about her, and please ask me to take care of her. I had a dinner appointment with someone a few days ago, so I won't come here to collect debts."

The expression on Jin Shunqi's face was quite helpless. It seems that his little niece is also very domineering.

Qiao Yuchu burst out laughing.

"Then Dr. Jin should go and accompany her quickly."

Before leaving, Jin Shunqi said again.

"By the way, she is also a professional badminton player. I can introduce you to each other another day. There should be a lot of common topics."