I will like to tell the wind

Chapter 2
At the end of the long journey is her tomorrow, the freedom she longs for.

【1】

Ringer is different from other children. What she has to do in the early stage is to adapt to the ice skates, so Fang Shizhong personally made her training plan.

After the lunch break, Ringer had just returned to the ice rink when he saw Nie Chi, who had just finished school, skating toward him with a smile on his face and his hands behind his back.

Linge smiled and waved at Nie Chi.

Nie Chi slid closer, and was about to speak, but suddenly noticed something strange about her neck, and stretched out his hand to take a look.

Ringer was alert and pulled up his collar, avoiding his hands.

Nie Chi seemed to understand something, and instead of insisting, he took out two popsicles from behind like a magic trick.

Ringer's eyes widened and his mouth opened twice, not knowing what to say.Is it crazy to eat popsicles in such a cold winter?
"Here, I'll give you one." Nie Chi handed it over enthusiastically.

Linge couldn't help it, and looked at Nie Chi suspiciously with bright eyes: "Aren't you cold?"

"It's okay." Nie Chi didn't understand why she asked such a question.

"Then why do you want to eat popsicles?" Ringer frowned, "Do you still sell popsicles in winter?"

"Of course there is, what's so strange about it." Nie Chi took another step forward, "Do you want to eat?"

Ringer shook his head: "I don't want it, I will have a stomachache."

"No. Try it, it's delicious."

"No." Unable to bear Nie Chi's enthusiasm, Linge slipped and slid out.

Nie Chi followed behind, holding up a popsicle while laughing, "I won't buy it for others, so you can try it."

"do not want!"

"coward."

"I am not!"

……

The two chased back and forth, Fang Shizhong blew his whistle loudly as soon as he entered the arena, and roared angrily, "Nie Chi, what are you doing?"

Nie Chi stuck out his tongue, made a face at Linge, and then turned his head solemnly: "Master, I bought a welcome gift for Linge, but she refused to accept it."

Fang Shizhong glanced at the popsicle he held in his hand, and immediately lowered his face: "Are you here for training or for fun?"

Seeing Fang Shizhong's face changed, Nie Chi pursed his lips in a sensible manner, not daring to play anymore.

"Linger is from the south, and his eating habits are different from ours. Don't bring these messy things to school these days." Fang Shizhong said, and suddenly accelerated to slide in front of him. The shadow flashed, and the popsicle changed hands.

Just like that, Linger watched as Coach Fang tore open the popsicle packaging while sliding, and put it into his mouth unceremoniously.

Nie Chi shook his head speechlessly, then turned to Linge and said, "Then what do you like to eat? Roasted sweet potatoes? Candied haws?"

Linge looked at him calmly: "Are you here for training?"

"nonsense."

"Then can you finish eating the popsicles first? I still have to practice slowly."

"Oh." Nie Chi replied slowly, and slid aside to concentrate on nibbling on his popsicle, but kept his eyes on Ringer, watching her practice.

This girl is really pretty good, she can practice like this so quickly, and it is estimated that she will be able to train with everyone in two days.

Compared with roller skating, the pedaling action of skating requires higher strength, which is the key to grabbing the track and accelerating.Therefore, after finding a good feeling on the ice, Ringer began to carry out strength training step by step according to the training arrangement.

After finishing the onshore training in the afternoon, Linge followed Nie Chi back to the ice rink for practice.

Nie Chi looked at Linge in surprise: "Can your body take it? This one has thin arms and legs."

Ringer's expression was calm: "It's okay, I'm not tired."

Nie Chi: "..." Little sister, if you work so hard, everyone else will be under a lot of pressure, okay?

Fang Shizhong was obviously satisfied with Ringer's progress and voluntary practice, and deliberately slid over to tell her to take it easy, don't rush, take your time, even if you don't get a good result in this competition, it doesn't matter.

Linge smiled with eyes like crescents, and said softly: "Coach, I can do it. I used to be able to skate for hours alone."

Fang Shizhong felt very relieved.Diligence is the most valuable thing. It's rare that this little girl is born with this awareness, so she doesn't need to stare at her at all.

"Eat more in the cafeteria at night, and grow more meat!" Fang Shizhong patted Ringer on the shoulder, and slid away with a smile.

Before Lin Qiang left today, he took Lin Qiang to have a good chat for a while, because he found out early in the morning that the little girl's eyes were swollen and her neck had terrible strangle marks.The pressure was tight, Lin Qiang faltered a few words, but he understood.

Now this sports school is the only safe haven for the little girl.His greatest hope now is to let her practice hard and strive to shine in a month's time, so that she can also apply for a tuition reduction qualification for her.

As soon as he slid to the sidelines, he saw Fang Chao, who had a thick head and a thick head, slid towards him excitedly: "Dad!"

Fang Shizhong was suddenly a little sad.

Compared with "other people's children" like Ringer, what should I do with my son who loves to be lazy and wants to show off?

"Go to practice." Fang Shizhong waved his hand depressedly, pointing in Nie Chi's direction, "follow Nie Chi to practice."

Fang Chao also knew that his father was intensively training the seed players for the "Future Star" recently, and even the practice field was specially set up, so he felt honored, and happily skating and shouting: "Brother Nie Chi, I'm coming!" !"

Nie Chi didn't bother to talk to him at all, and devoted himself to teaching Ringer's skills.

As Nie Chi's brainless fan, Fang Chao has long been used to this kind of treatment, but when he saw the little girl next to Nie Chi clearly, he was stunned: "Linger? Why are you here?"

Linge was also taken aback when he saw Fang Chao.

"You haven't come to school these two days, are you going to drop out and come here?" Fang Chao asked strangely.

Linge pursed his lips: "No. I asked for leave today. I still have to go to school next Monday."

"But don't you know how to skate?" Fang Chao felt that Ringer must have been lying before.Can you learn this in a day without knowing how to skate?fraud!

"I just learned it."

"You don't lie, it's impossible!" Fang Chao shouted unconvinced.

Ringer didn't know how to answer, but Nie Chi slapped Fang Chao on the head, looking like a boss: "Practice hard if you want to practice, and get out if you don't want to practice. Don't delay Ringer's practice. She is going to participate in the "Future Star' people."

Fang Chao: "?"

Can anyone tell him what happened?He felt that his skating was so cool and domineering that his dad didn't even like it, so Ringer, a rookie from the south, just went for it?Just kidding?
But because of Nie Chi's presence, he couldn't talk anymore, so he bent down and started practicing.

After training, it's time to eat.The three of them took off their skates, and Nie Chi asked Fang Chao, "How do you know Ringer?"

Fang Chao raised his neck proudly: "She is my deskmate."

Nie Chi looked at Ringer suspiciously, and Ringer nodded.

Nie Chi wanted to sigh that the world was too small.Unloading his whole body equipment, he stretched out his hand to Fang Chao: "Hand over the homework assigned by your teacher today."

Fang Chao held his schoolbag tightly and looked wary: "What are you doing?"

Nie Chi raised his eyebrows: "Linge hasn't gone to school for a day and a half, so he has to make up lessons."

Fang Chao panicked instantly: "I'm learning countdown, brother Chi! I can't make up this class!"

Nie Chi flipped through Fang Chao's textbook, which was cleaner than his face, and couldn't help but tapped his round head with the spine of the book: "Idiot, I made it up! With your IQ, don't you think too much?"

The days of the sports school are boring and peaceful.Going to school, training, doing homework, it's so simple and repeated every day.Ringer likes this new life very much.

A week passed quickly.

It wasn't until Friday night, looking at the empty school and dormitory buildings, that Ringer felt a little nervous after a while.Although she is stubborn, she is also timid.The dark corridor made her dare not breathe out, she gritted her teeth and walked quickly with her head down.

But I am afraid of something.As he was walking, he suddenly heard the sound of "tat-tat-tat" from behind him from time to time. Ringer subconsciously covered his ears in fright, and instinctively ran away.

But the voice followed her like a shadow, as if it was right behind her.

After finally reaching the door of her dormitory, she was trembling for a long time and couldn't poke the key into the keyhole.

"Ah——" At this moment, Ringe's neck suddenly felt cold. Ringe's legs softened, he closed his eyes and screamed, and fell to the ground in fright.

"Isn't it? Is this too frightening?" Nie Chi looked at Ringe, who had softened from fright, with a funny face.

But after waiting for a while, I found that Ringer was still holding his head, squatting on the ground and trembling.

Only then did he realize that he might have gone too far, and immediately threw away a piece of ice in his hand, bent over to pull Ringer: "Little Junior Sister, it's me, don't be afraid, I'm just kidding with you."

Ringer didn't seem to hear his words at all, and kept holding his head, crying softly.

Nie Chi didn't expect her to be so timid, and he didn't know how to comfort her, so he picked up the key she dropped on the ground and wanted to open the door first.

At this time, the door was opened from the inside, and a tall and beautiful girl poked her head out curiously.

"What are you doing?" The girl looked at Nie Chi strangely as she watched the scene in front of the door.

"I was joking with her, who knew she was so timid." Nie Chi smiled, and stretched out his hand to help Ringe up, "Okay, don't cry, little junior sister, I was wrong, I apologize."

Linge ignored him, shook off Nie Chi's hand, walked around the girl, and went into the bathroom.

She locked the door behind her back, turned on the faucet to the maximum, and splashed handfuls of cold water on her face desperately.

How embarrassing!Shame on the figure skating team!Damn Nie Chi!Let Tang Zheng see the joke now!
Linge calmed down for a while, and when he heard the silence outside, he wiped his face and walked out.

Tang Zheng was already sitting at the desk and continued to read comics. When she saw Ringer coming out, she raised her head and said with a bright smile, "Nie Chi asked me to apologize to you. He didn't mean it."

Ringer pursed his lips and remained silent.

She is not familiar with Tang Zheng.To be more precise, she is not familiar with everyone in this dormitory.The sports school itself is mainly speed skating, and there are relatively few people in other sports.Linger came in temporarily. The dormitory of the speed skating team was already full, so he had to be inserted into the dormitory of the figure skating team.The girls in this dormitory are completely different from the girls in the speed skating team. They are a little older, and they especially love beauty. The topics they usually talk about in the dormitory are weight loss or makeup, which makes Ringer completely unable to get involved. They simply don’t like it every night. The extra practice is to pull Nie Chi and Fang Chao to do homework together in the classroom, and the sense of presence in this dormitory is extremely low.

Now Tang Zheng took the initiative to chat with her in a pleasant manner, which made her very uncomfortable, and felt more and more that she was being laughed at.

Seeing that Linge didn't speak for a long time, Tang Zheng smiled and comforted him: "Boys like to play tricks, why do you care about them? I'll accompany you on weekends, don't be afraid."

Only then did Linge come to his senses, and looked at Tang Zheng: "Why don't you go home?"

Tang Zheng shrugged: "Practice more."

"Oh." Ringer responded, walked to his bed and began to make the bed.

"Linge," Tang Zheng leaned over and looked at her with a smile, "Are you and Nie Chi related? I always see you with him."

"No," Linge was still a little upset when Nie Chi was mentioned at this time, "We are a coach."

"I see..." Tang Zheng blinked coquettishly, "I haven't seen him treat other girls so well."

Linger heard her tone seemed to be very familiar with Nie Chi, so he turned around curiously and asked, "Are you familiar with Nie Chi?"

"Of course." Tang Zheng stretched her waist and smiled sweetly, "We were in the same class from kindergarten to elementary school, and later practiced skating under the same coach. But in junior high school, I will come here full-time. , to be separated."

"You have the same coach?" Ringer didn't understand.How can speed skating and figure skating be a coach?
"Yes, we are the same speed skating enlightenment coach, but then I switched from speed skating to figure skating."

"Oh." Ringer answered clearly, then returned to silence, and buried himself in making the bed.

Tang Zheng, however, was chatting excitedly: "I think he really takes good care of you, just now he specifically asked me to take care of you more on weekends."

"..." Linge froze for a moment, then turned to look at Tang Zheng.

"The main purpose of his coming here is not to frighten you, but to ask me to come. So for the sake of his concern for you, please forgive him." Tang Zheng said with a smile.

Linge bit his lips tightly, and snorted softly: "He really knows how to meddle in his own business."

Tang Zheng laughed loudly: "Oh, you really don't know how to be blessed, how many people want Nie Chi to take care of you and have no chance!"

Ringer was puzzled: "Why?"

"Because he's handsome, smart, and rich!" Tang Zheng covered her lips with a smile, "But you're still young, so you don't understand these things."

Linger didn't understand, and didn't want to understand what these sisters of the figure skating team who were a few years older were thinking about every day, and they just kept their heads down and did what they were doing.

Tang Zheng chatted a few more words, seeing that she didn't seem to want to say anything more, so she also stopped talking embarrassingly, and each went to work.

【2】

正式比赛分为三个年龄组，7—9岁，10—12岁和13—15岁。林格属于10—12岁年龄组，聂迟属于13—15岁年龄组。

After these days of intensive training, Ringer's basic skills have no major problems. Fang Shizhong took advantage of the weekend to arrange four children of the same age group on the standard track to let her feel the feeling of a formal competition.

When the starting gun fired, Linge started the race vigorously, but she was immediately disappointed to find that she had lost from the start.In terms of starting track experience and skills, she was instantly reduced to a scumbag by everyone.

She had no choice but to follow closely, preparing to speed up.Finally, I got parallel with one of the children, but the child slipped and fell down when he was cornering.Ringer was caught off guard, swayed unconsciously, and fell, and was thrown far away with inertia, hitting his head on the soft baffle around the track.

Linge was covering his head, but Fang Shizhong yelled at her: "Get up! Why are you in a daze?"

Only then did Ringer realize that the girl who fell with her had already slid out half a circle.

She just woke up from a dream and wanted to stand up and continue skating, but at this moment, the whistle sounded and the competition was over.

The other four people had already crossed the finish line, and she was the only one who was still sitting on the ice in a daze.

The children onlookers roared with laughter, Ringer blushed and struggled to stand up.

Nie Chi rushed over to support her: "Is your head injured?"

Ringo shook his head.She was wearing a helmet, and her head was well protected, but she was a little unconscious.

Fang Shizhong's face was very serious, and he began to criticize Ringer with his eyes wide open: "What's the matter, just sleep for a while wherever you fall?"

The children laughed again.

Ringer blushed and lowered his head, not daring to vent his breath.

"Remember, as long as you get on the track, you have to finish skating no matter what! If you give up halfway like just now, it's not you who are being laughed at, but your coach who can't teach!"

"Also, the other person didn't hit you at all just now. It was your own confusion that frightened you! You must remember that the speed on the ice is very fast, and a stable mentality is extremely important at any time!"

Ringer knew that she had made a big mistake, so she had nothing to say in the face of criticism, so she blushed and nodded repeatedly, as pitiful as a cabbage.

Nie Chi couldn't help smoothing things over: "Master, little junior sister is just starting, so don't be too strict."

Fang Shizhong glared at him fiercely: "What do you want me to say about you! Don't you know how to show her to watch more short track competition videos? How come you haven't even figured out the basics of the competition?"

Nie Chi set himself on fire, innocent people were imprisoned, and immediately pulled Ringe away from the battlefield wisely: "Don't worry, Master! Leave the little junior sister to me, and I'm sure things will be different soon!"

In any competitive event, it is not only to defeat the opponent, but more importantly, to defeat oneself.

Time is running out, and Linger knows that the coach is anxious, but she is even more anxious.In today's first simulated game, she knew that her performance was really terrible, she was a complete rookie.She must get rid of the psychological barrier caused by lack of self-confidence as soon as possible, and quickly adapt to the unique competition style and rules of the short track field.

Because Nie Chi is already the strongest of all the children, he only needs to complete the basic training every day, and the rest of the time is for Ringer.

In a blink of an eye, another week passed.

Fang Shizhong found that Ringer's little face had lost a smile in the past week, and he had been practicing hard, so he couldn't help feeling a little worried.The setback training itself is right, but she has always been a child with a lot of worries. He was worried that giving too many setbacks would make the child lose confidence, so he arranged for a few children of average level to compete with Ringer, hoping that she would regain her confidence. a little confidence.

On the starting line, Linge recognized Lin Feng at a glance.

Although she had never seen this younger brother before, the two looked very similar and could be seen at a glance.

Just when the two of them met their eyes, she saw the color of resentment in Lin Feng's eyes, which surprised her inexplicably.The obvious rejection and disgust appeared on another face that was very similar to himself, which looked very strange.

Fang Shizhong blew the preparatory whistle, and Linge quickly looked away to calm himself down.

She must perform well this time.

At least, he must win against Lin Feng.

For some reason, she suddenly took a deep breath in her heart, as if if she beat Lin Feng in skating, she won the whole world.

When the starting gun fired, Ringer started with all his strength and quickly grabbed the position.Drawing on the experience from last time, no matter how chaotic the start, she must ensure her rhythm.There is no time for adjustment in short-distance races. If you lose half a step at the start, you may not be able to catch up later. Therefore, you must do your best from the beginning to widen the gap with others.

Ringer's advantage was revealed from the very beginning, occupying the first place, and the overall state is very stable.

Nie Chi proudly leaned into Fang Shizhong's ear to beg for praise: "How is it? You've made a lot of progress, right?"

Although Fang Shizhong's expression was very gratified, his tone of reply was still majestic and rigid: "What is this? Compared with a group of rookies, she should be at this level!"

Nie Chi was dissatisfied: "Master, Ringer is the one with the shortest training time?"

Fang Shizhong glanced at him: "If I can be selected by me to compete, I should be better than these little idiots. There is nothing to be proud of being ahead!"

Nie Chi was speechless, thinking to himself, since this is the case, why are you still instigating the competition?Duplicity.

While speaking, Ringer had already slid to the second lap, and the distance between him and the two children behind him was nearly two meters. It seemed that the victory was sealed.

Nie Chi clenched his fists and chased Ringer as he slid on the inside of the track and shouted, "Junior Junior Sister, come on! Come on!"

He felt nervous and excited, and for the first time felt what it was like for a coach to watch them play.This is the younger generation brought out by himself, and it feels like his apprentice. If you don't expect the final result, it will definitely be false.

In the final sprint circle, Ringer began to push hard on the ice and accelerate the sprint.

The target is very close at hand, she has already thrown off the two children who were chasing her just three or four meters away, and the rest are basically more than half a lap behind her, and some of them accidentally slipped and fell and got up again, and they were more than a lap behind .

Nie Chi has already started thinking about whether to buy her candied haws or roasted sweet potatoes to celebrate tonight.But unexpectedly, at the last moment of her sprint, the whole person suddenly fell obliquely, her body was thrown out of the track heavily, and her head hit the baffle on the edge of the ice rink hard.

This change was caught off guard, Fang Shizhong hurriedly blew the stop whistle, and at the same time roared angrily: "Lin Feng, what are you doing?"

Because it was not a formal game, the coach blew the whistle to stop, and the young players stepped on the brakes as fast as possible.

Except Lin Feng.

Not only did he not stop, but he also controlled the direction of his fall, lying down and sliding towards Ringer, the ice blade was facing Ringer's face, showing no sign of stopping.

It looked like it was on purpose.

Fang Shizhong was startled, and he yelled "Shut up" twice, but Lin Feng didn't seem to hear it at all.

Seeing that Lin Feng's sharp skates were about to cut Ringer's chin, Fang Shizhong's heart rose to his throat.

Just as he was about to rush over to stop it with his own hands, someone was faster than him. With a flash of a red figure, Lin Feng had already been shoveled away.Because of the force, he was almost shoveled off half of the ice rink, smashing countless obstacles along the way.

"Are you okay?" Nie Chi hurriedly helped Linge up, looking at her face, afraid that she would really be cut by the skates.

Although Ringer fell badly, his mind was much clearer than last time.

She watched Lin Feng intentionally hurt her, and also clearly felt that Lin Feng, who was a lap slower than her, deliberately pushed her when she was sprinting at full speed.

Now, she has no other feelings in her mind, she just wants to rush over and ask her why this so-called real brother is.

Why even a child had to put her to death!

How could this family be so cruel!
Nie Chi followed Ringe's angry gaze and saw Lin Feng, who couldn't get up for a long time, was crying and howling, clutching his ass, and sneered, "This idiot is screwed!"

He has never seen anyone who dared not listen to the coach's whistle to live until tomorrow.

Fang Shizhong officially announced the result of the punishment with a dark face.

"Intentional foul, malicious infringement, severe unsportsmanship, corrupt moral character, immediately pack up and get out!"

Lin Feng didn't expect to be expelled directly, and was immediately dumbfounded.He thought that what he did was quite natural and could be regarded as a normal collision. Why is the coach so strict?
He clutched his buttocks and yelled aggrievedly: "Coach, she bumped into me while accelerating, why did you fire me?"

Fang Shizhong had an expression of "Do you think I'm blind?" He didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, and looked at Ringer with concern: "Are you okay?"

Linger shook his head, his eyes fixed on Lin Feng on the ground again.

Fang Shizhong could somewhat understand Lin Feng's mental activities, and knew that the child must have been brainwashed by the old man after returning home, so he hated Linge so much.But he didn't expect this child to be so courageous, even daring to hurt people with ice skates, such a child must not be kept.

They are all half-grown children, the treasures of the family, no matter who they are, no matter what happens, the school has an unshirkable responsibility.

It was only then that Lin Feng felt scared—was he fired just like that?How should I explain to my father when I go back?Must not be beaten to death?
Seeing the coach's concern for Ringer, he felt even more that grandma was right.She is indeed a evil star, specially restraining him.

Thinking of this, he looked at Ringer with even more hatred: "It's all your fault! You evil star, you should be strangled to death by grandma!"

Ringer was too angry to speak, his eyes were red.

Nie Chi couldn't stand it anymore, so he kicked him over, "Is it reasonable to take it upon yourself? Do you dare to say that you didn't reach out to push Ringer?"

"No, she hit me!"

Nie Chi stared at the sky speechlessly, he dared to treat this child as if everyone in the world was blind.

"Let's go," he held Ringer's arm, "you've already won anyway, let's not argue with idiots."

Linge pursed his lips and slid slowly after him.

"Don't be sad, it's no big deal, you don't need this kind of family." Nie Chi looked at her lonely expression, raised his hand and patted her on the shoulder, and comforted her, "From now on, I, the coach, and Fang Chao will all be your family. Chinese New Year You will come to my house when you are young. My mother likes girls, you are so cute, she must like it very much, maybe she will accept you as her daughter..."

Nie Chi babbled non-stop, trying to comfort Linge.

Linge had never seen Nie Chi talk so much before, and his heart gradually warmed up.

Yes, that kind of family, don't worry about it.In the past, her family was mom.From now on, her family will be the coach, Nie Chi, and everyone who treats her well.

She must be promising in order to be worthy of these people who treat her well.

must!

Because he did not slide to the finish line, Fang Shizhong could not accurately measure Ringer's final score.However, judging from the performance of the first three laps, Ringer has jumped out of roller skating and found the feeling on the ice. In the end, the strength of the ice sprint was very good. This result made him quite satisfied. He brought back a big The roast duck was shared with the three children in the cafeteria.

Seeing how generous his father was to Ringer, Fang Chao couldn't help feeling sorry for himself: "Oh, Dad, am I your own? Ringer is yours, right?"

Linge burst out laughing, but Fang Shizhong glanced at him in disgust: "If you are so upbeat, I will buy it for you too."

Fang Chao was quite dissatisfied. He gnawed on the duck leg and still yelled: "Why don't you let me come to the sports school if you want me to have good grades? If I train every day, I will definitely not be bad!"

Fang Shizhong slapped him across the face: "Isn't Ringer your deskmate? Why are you so embarrassed?"

Nie Chi couldn't help but make up the knife: "That's right, my junior sister has good cultural and training results. If you can compare with one of them, Master will definitely buy it for you."

Fang Chao couldn't even gnaw on the duck's legs, and made a pitiful heart-shaking gesture: "Where's the conscience?"

"When the duck leg is eaten." Nie Chi smiled, pulled the other duck leg and handed it to Linge, "Come on, junior sister, eat it quickly, or you will be robbed later."

Fang Chao: "..." What about brotherly love?
On the following Monday, Linge and Fang Chao went to the sports school together after school as usual.When she was about to reach the gate, she suddenly reached out and pulled Fang Chao's clothes, signaling him to look forward.

Fang Chao looked around and found that Lin Feng was blocking the school gate with a few half-sized boys looking around the school, and he immediately understood in his heart.The school has a grudge against him, and it's just the two of them.

"You wait," Fang Chao held Ringer, and whispered, "Don't run around, I'll call someone."

Ringer bit his lip and nodded nervously.

About 5 minutes later, Fang Chao came back majestically, followed by several tall boys, all senior members of the school speed skating team.

Fang Chao looked like a boss, with his head held high, and when he walked out of the school, he gave Lin Feng a provocative look.

Lin Feng didn't expect them to appear in such a formation, he was a little stunned, and unconsciously took two steps back, then kicked out a plastic bag from under his feet, turned around and ran away with a group of younger brothers.

The plastic bag rolled to Ringer's feet, she glanced curiously, her expression changed immediately, and she staggered back two steps, covering her eyes.

Seeing that Ringer reacted strangely, Fang Chao also bent down to look at the contents of the plastic bag, and suddenly found that it was a little tabby cat that had been tortured and killed, bleeding from its seven orifices, which looked frightening.

He hurriedly threw the cat's body into the trash can, and couldn't help cursing: "What a pervert!"

It was Ringer's little cat, who was beaten to death by Lin Feng.The miserable face of the kitten kept flashing in front of Ringer's eyes, and he couldn't get rid of it no matter what.

Fang Shizhong was a little dissatisfied with Ringe's trance state, and shouted: "Linge, what happened to you today?"

Fang Chao quickly explained for her: "It's understandable that I was frightened by Lin Feng."

"Scared?" Fang Shizhong frowned, "What's going on?"

Fang Chao briefly explained the matter.

Fang Shizhong held his breath, and couldn't get through it for a long time. Finally, he called Linge to stop and asked her to rest for a day. In a fit of anger, he took out his mobile phone and called Lin Qiang.

Nie Chi came late today, and was startled when he saw Linge's pale face and no blood on his lips.

Knowing the cause and effect, he didn't know how to comfort Ringer, so he simply slapped Fang Chao on the back, causing Fang Chao to stagger and almost fall to the ground.

"Hey, Brother Chi, what are you doing?" Fang Chao stared fiercely, with a puzzled expression on his face.

Nie Chi looked at him with squinted eyes, half a smile but not a smile.

Fang Chao was terrified by him: "What do you mean?"

Nie Chi finally sighed: "Bajie, what use is there for you as a teacher?"

Fang Chao: "?"

"From next week, I'll pick up Junior Sister from school." Nie Chi said, his face became gentle again, and he looked at Linge, "Junior Sister, it's rare to have a rest today, shall I take you out to play?"

Ringer shook his head: "No, I want to sleep."

Before Nie Chi said anything, Fang Chao had already grabbed Ringer's shoulders excitedly, and began to lobby, dancing, "Why do you want to sleep? You must not be able to sleep now, why don't we go out and relax, okay?"

"No." Ringer was really not in the mood, and just wanted to be alone.

Nie Chi thought for a while, and finally took out a third-order Rubik's Cube from his schoolbag: "Little Junior Sister, can you play with this?"

Ringer glanced at it with little interest, and shook his head.

"Then I'll show you a unique skill." Nie Chi said, quickly messing up the third-order Rubik's Cube with his fingers.

Linge looked at his astonishing hand speed with some surprise.

Nie Chi looked at her expression that finally came alive, and knew that her attention had been attracted, so he curled his lips and put the Rubik's Cube in Ringe's palm: "Come on, guess how long it will take me to solve this Rubik's Cube?" time?"

Linge carefully observed the six faces, then turned his hands around twice, and finally shook his head honestly: "I don't know."

"Boldly guess, if you guess right, I'll treat you to a big meal." Nie Chi encouraged.

Linger looked at Xia Chao in a blink of an eye: "What do you think?"

As Nie Chi's super fan, Fang Chao raised his head proudly: "10 seconds!"

"10 seconds?" Ringer looked at the Rubik's Cube in his hand in disbelief.Six sides, 54 grids, playing in such a mess, even if you tell her how to turn now, she will not be able to recover quickly, are these two people teasing her?

"Believe it or not, this is still Brother Chi's average level. If you perform supernormally, you will be fine within 8 seconds!"

"Then you come!" Linge still felt that he was bragging, and shoved the Rubik's Cube into Nie Chi's hand, "I'll find a stopwatch to count time."

With Ringer's "start", Nie Chi's slender fingers seemed to be hanging open, and they turned at a speed that was completely overwhelming, which made Ringer dumbfounded.

When the Rubik's Cube returned to its original shape, Ringer pressed the stopwatch in his hand, and was shocked to find that it really took less than 10 seconds!
"Oh my God!" Linger felt his IQ being crushed immediately, and took the Rubik's Cube and looked left and right, "Is this a magic prop? Is there a mechanism?"

Nie Chi smiled and said nothing, Fang Chao had a contemptuous expression of "you have never seen the world": "What are you talking about? This is trivial to Brother Chi! As far as the second, third, and fourth-order Rubik's Cubes are concerned, Quick screwing is no problem, Brother Chi is best at blind screwing!"

"Blind twist?" Ringer didn't understand.

"Just close your eyes and twist it," Fang Chao said, taking the Rubik's Cube and twisting it twice in his hand, "That's it, you can mess it up however you want, he can close your eyes and restore it to you after observing it for a few seconds." .”

"Really?" Ringer felt that this was an impossible task.She couldn't find the way with her eyes open, but Nie Chi could do it with her eyes closed?These color blocks have no concave and convex feeling, and they are all based on memory.Although after the moment just now, her understanding of Nie Chi's IQ has reached a new level, it's still unbelievable how much she screwed up blindly.

"Come on, let Brother Chi show you one!" Fang Chao, a super fan, couldn't bear the suspicion in Ringer's eyes at all, twisted the Rubik's Cube into a mess, and then handed it to Nie Chi confidently, "Brother Chi, take one in 30 seconds !"

Nie Chi wouldn't be bothered to play this with Fang Chao if it was normal.But today it was mainly to distract Ringer's attention, so apart from anything else, after Ringer announced the start, he quickly observed all the color blocks on the six sides, and then closed his eyes, he really screwed up.

Ringer's eyes widened, and he watched him quickly and slowly restore the messy Rubik's Cube with a hand speed no less than that of Su Twisting, as if each finger had eyes.

"Okay." Nie Chi spread his hands, the Rubik's Cube lay firmly in his palm, and he opened his eyes with a smile, "How long?"

Ringer stared blankly at the stopwatch: "25 seconds..."

"It's okay." Nie Chi moved his wrist leisurely, "Average level."

At this time, Linge looked at Nie Chi with an expression that was not only admiration, but also super brain-dead fan No. [-]: "But how did you do it?"

She took the ordinary Rubik's Cube and looked around in her hand, but she still couldn't find a way to complete it so quickly.

"There's a formula, it's not difficult." Nie Chi smiled.

"But even if there is a formula, how do you know when the recovery is successful with your eyes closed?" Ringer still felt amazing.

"Here." Nie Chi pointed to his forehead, "Want to learn?"

Although Linge always knew that Nie Chi was good at homework, and always listened to the sisters in the dormitory discussing how Nie Chi could learn how to master, but he didn't expect him to be so smart, so he shook his head resignedly: "No , I definitely can't."

"It's really not difficult. Even he has learned it, can you still learn it?" Nie Chi glanced at Fang Chao.

Fang Chao was not happy when he heard it: "What do you mean I have learned it? Am I stupid?"

Nie Chi suppressed his laugh: "Not stupid, but the difference in IQ between you and your junior sister is only the first in the class and the last in the class."

"Hey!" Fang Chao suddenly felt extremely humiliated, "Let me tell you, academic performance doesn't mean everything! Ringo, if you can surpass me today, you will be my boss in the future!"

This afternoon, Ringer experienced for the first time the taste of doubting life.

Not to mention the blind twist, even the speed twist, she stumbled and spent two hours to play all kinds of combinations.Before he had time to be happy, he had a PK with Fang Chao, and he was instantly shattered.

Fang Chao finally won the game in front of Ringer, dancing and dancing, so proud that he almost couldn't remember his last name.

Ringo was irritated.I emptied everything in my head, except for a few minutes when I was eating, I kept holding a Rubik's Cube and buried myself in the rest of the time.

Roommates came back one after another.Tang Zheng was the first to notice the abnormality, and said with a smile, "Linger, you didn't do your homework today?"

"No." Ringer responded casually without raising his head.

"What are you doing?" Tang Zheng leaned over curiously, "Hey, you can turn the Rubik's Cube too? Did Nie Chi teach you?"

"Ah."

"This is Nie Chi's Rubik's Cube, right?" Tang Zheng saw the mark on the corner of the Rubik's Cube, his eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand, "Can you show me?"

"No." Ringer answered very simply, without a single leeway.

Tang Zheng was a little embarrassed, she withdrew her hands to wipe her pants, moved closer and continued to smile, "You are so smart, you can turn so fast."

Ringo ignored her.Two or three seconds later, there was a "snap", and the recovery of this round was completed.She exhaled, looked at the time, and frowned, still a little slower than Fang Chao.

Tang Zheng felt more and more embarrassed, but she persisted.

"Nie Chi is really good at this. He can advance to 7 seconds at the fastest, and this is his grade in elementary school. At that time, a TV station asked him to perform on TV, but he didn't go."

"..." As if he didn't hear anything, Ringer picked up the Rubik's Cube again, watched the time, and continued to spin.

"It's good for a little girl like you to play so fast. You don't need to compare with him. Nie Chi's IQ is not human at all. He is a super student, a genius at Mathematical Olympiad, and a small inventor! You just came from other places and you must not know it. , He is very good at robot programming. He represented the province in elementary school to participate in international competitions, and won awards every time. The best time was when he participated in the National Open and came back with a world championship. I heard that he is now He has applied for several patents for light robots, and several university junior classes have been contacting him, but I don’t know why he hasn’t been there..."

"Okay!" Linge jumped up excitedly from the chair suddenly, which startled Tang Zheng, who held back halfway through his words, and took half a step back.

"It's done!" She blushed with excitement.Finally turned into 10 seconds!She will definitely challenge Fang Chao tomorrow!
Tang Zheng's fair and beautiful face also gradually turned red, but it was because of embarrassment - I spent a long time trying to get close, but he didn't listen to a word at all, completely immersed in his own world and unable to extricate himself, it was really embarrassing.

She smiled embarrassingly, and turned around silently, trying to regain a little dignity.

At this moment, Linge suddenly said behind her: "Is what you just said true?"

"Ah?" Tang Zheng was taken aback.Dual purpose?so awesome?
"Then why didn't he go?" After this afternoon, no matter how unbelievable Nie Chi's resume as a god of learning was said by others, Linge had no doubts.Nothing hits her harder than a blind screw.

"I don't know." Tang Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, happy to bid farewell to the one-sided awkward chat, "Who knows what a genius is thinking? It's like no one understands why a god of learning like him insists on learning from us." It’s like practicing skating together with scumbags. The world’s No. 11 unsolved mysteries.”

"..."

Linger finally understood why Nie Chi seemed to have a halo no matter where he went, and outsiders looked at him with a little admiration.Now it seems that it is indeed a bit inhuman.

She couldn't help thinking of the lazy smile he always had on his lips.

That smile looks like a hidden martial arts master, calm and unrestrained, full of confidence at all times, as if there is nothing in the world that can hinder him, and always brings stability to those around him. , solid strength.

Thinking about it now, self-confidence comes from strength.

Because he has this ability.

It is these extraordinary abilities that he possesses that endow him with a distinctive calm temperament exuding from his bones.

This temperament seemed to have extraordinary magic power, which made her inexplicably trustworthy, enough for her to go to the strange place of the sports school just by meeting him once.

amazing.

"You're getting close to him, why don't you ask him another day?" Tang Zheng interrupted Ringer's distraction with her long eyelashes flashing and her big beautiful eyes blinking, "Anyway, we don't believe that he will choose to be a professional athlete. Although he is super talented."

"Yeah." Ringo responded softly.

Although she really wanted to say, no matter what the reason is, what does it have to do with others, but she felt that it was impolite, so she raised her eyes and smiled, which ended the chat.

【3】

Lin Feng didn't go to school to make trouble anymore, even if he was transferred to the fourth grade of Coal Mining Elementary School, he turned a blind eye to Linger.Ringer's life began to become peaceful, and time passed quickly.

"Future Star" arrived as scheduled.

The city is not big, and skating is the most representative sport, and every school has contestants.After several rounds of knockout matches, 12 players from each group will be left for the semi-finals.

Ringer is in the second group in the 10-12 age group.After several real competitions, Ringer knew that his time on the ice was indeed too short, and his speed in the back course was still not good. In the final analysis, he was still lacking in strength, which could not be solved in a short period of training.Fortunately, she had an advantage at the start and was relatively stable throughout the whole process, but she also stumbled into the semi-finals.

None of the semi-finalists had skated for five or six years. Ringer's mentality was not good at first. The first time the gun was fired, she actually snatched away.

It's a shame!
There were boos all over the court, and amidst the referee's stern warning, Ringer returned to his position with a blushing face, tried hard to adjust his mentality, and bit the bullet to prepare for the second start.

The second time the starting gun fired, she didn't make a run for it this time, but it was half a beat too late, and her usual chance to grab the position was gone. From the very beginning, she was the last in the group.

Most of the other five people are older than Ringer, have a long ice age, and are proficient in technology, so although Ringer tried his best to speed up the outer circle and surpass, he still has more than enough energy.

She knew that this was the gap in strength.

Every time he came to the corner where Fang Shizhong was standing, Linge heard Fang Shizhong's loud voice shouting at him all the time: "Hold on, don't worry, hold on!"

Ringer's feeling of anxiety gradually dissipated.

In any case, it is already very lucky to be able to slide to the semi-finals by chance, and it is already very good.Yes, it's really good.She could only silently say this to herself repeatedly in her heart, trying to stabilize her mentality.

In the last lap, the sprint lap, everyone's speed increased, and the competition among the first five people was so fierce that it was indistinguishable. On the contrary, Ringe seemed to be a little different. Moody and the other five were automatically divided into two legions.

In the last half lap, the five players in front all desperately wanted to slide to the top three, and the competition became even more stalemate.According to the rules of the competition, only the top three in the group can enter the finals, otherwise it means stopping here, and naturally no one is very reconciled.

So, less than 20 meters away from the finish line, the final ranking competition is underway.But at this critical moment, a dramatic scene happened.I don't know who bumped into whom, or who pulled whom. In short, the five people who were sticking together suddenly fell down and were thrown out of the track.

There was an inconceivable exclamation in the arena.

Just before the exclamations came to the ground, Ringer, the only remaining upright skating athlete on the track, slid across the finish line smoothly and became the undisputed No.1 in this group!
Anything can happen on the rink.

Ringer heard the coach say this sentence countless times, but he didn't expect it to be so shocking when it happened before his eyes.

Her head was a little dizzy, and she couldn't remember what happened in the end.All she knew was that she watched all the people in front of her get thrown out, and then she slipped to the finish line inexplicably.

After the stage, Fang Shizhong quickly greeted her, hugged Ringer, and congratulated her.

Ringer is still in a state of confusion, and his little brain has not yet been able to accept the result: "Does this count as my victory?"

Fang Shizhong put her down, patted her shoulder with his big hand, and said with a smile: "Of course! You deserve it!"

"But I'm obviously the slowest one in this group..."

"You are wrong." Fang Shizhong said, "The real winner is the one who skates to the finish line. This is the charm of short track speed skating. The higher the level of the arena, the less speed is the only indicator for assessing athletes. Skating well Being fast is important, but skating steadily is even more important in high-speed collision competitions. Being able to stand and cross the finish line is the top priority of every athlete!"

Ringer nodded half-understanding.

"Do you think the girl who leads the skater is already fast?" Fang Shizhong asked.

Ringo nodded.

Fang Shizhong shook his head: "But she is still not fast enough."

Linge was at a loss, the girl was obviously fast enough.

"Her speed is not enough to guarantee her a championship. A real champion should have absolute speed that is not affected by anyone's foul! If she can be faster, everything behind her will not bother her. Remember , if you want to avoid being 'fouled', you must skate faster than others, so that others will not have the chance to touch you! The real strong person does not rely on luck, but on undisputed strength!"

The competition schedule is very tight, and the official final will be held in one hour.

The final track will be ranked according to the results of the previous race, the best track will occupy the best track, and so on.

Ringer, who was definitely the slowest, stood on the outermost track.

The arena was full of people. As the most important annual event in this city, the small ice rink was full of seats. The relatives and friends of each young player cheered enthusiastically, hoping that the children's efforts this year would not be in vain.

Ringer didn't need to judge which shouts belonged to him, because he had no relatives at all.

She tried to adjust her breathing, trying to calm herself down.She knew that it was unexpected for her to get this result.Next, you just need to let go of the burden and give it a go.

As the only player in the age group of the sports school to reach the finals of Group A, her results in the semi-finals have already earned her countless ridicules and doubts in just one hour.Although the coach persuaded her not to care, telling her that those people didn't understand the game, and that in the real field, there were no people who made it to the end by luck alone, but she couldn't care less in her heart.

Now, there must be a lot of people waiting to see her jokes.It doesn't matter if she makes a fool of herself, but she can't let the coach and the sports school embarrass herself, so she must do her best.

Inhale, exhale.On the freezing ice, Ringer's palms were sweating, and he couldn't feel the slightest cold.

Athletes have a short period of time to adapt to the ice.Because of the frequent competition in the past two days, the ice surface has been severely damaged. Just before the finals, the ice truck had just repaired the track, and the ice surface was extremely hard and slippery at the moment.According to the coach's reminder, Linger knew that as long as this kind of ice surface is not careful, the same situation as the semi-finals may occur. Therefore, while adapting to the ice surface, she relaxed and breathed, hoping that she could slide steadily to the finish line .

"Little Junior Sister!"

A familiar voice with a smile sounded nearby.

Linge turned his head subconsciously, and realized that at some point, Nie Chi had already stood beside Fang Shizhong, waving at her with a smile.

Linger frowned instantly, and waved his hand at Nie Chi with a smile.

Nie Chi's competition was held at another ice rink, and it should be over by now, so I don't know how he fared.

"Junior sister, come on! You are the best!" Nie Chi yelled, holding up a super big cotton candy, "Come and eat the candy when you're done playing!"

Ringer raised the corners of his mouth and smiled uncontrollably.

The handsome boy with his own radiance is holding a huge cotton candy that doesn't match his style at all. The picture is indeed a bit "beautiful", which attracted several other girls on the field to look at it unconsciously, and couldn't help laughing.

Probably Coach Fang felt ashamed, turned his head and pretended "I don't know him", and walked aside coolly.

After such a small episode, Ringer's tension dissipated a lot.

Nie Chi said it was "playing". Indeed, it was just a game with winners and losers.

As long as you do your best, there is nothing to regret.

Linge let out a breath, waved to Nie Chi for the last time, and then slowly slid to the starting line to make final preparations.

With the firing of the starting gun, Ringer started at full speed and tried his best to grab the position. At the first corner, he even grabbed the third place.

This position is already very good for Ringer.Compared with her weak back end, the only thing she has to do is to maintain her speed and physical strength, and keep the interference advantage of this position, and the final result should not be too bad.

But she still underestimated the strength of other players.It is impossible for those who can enter the final to rely on luck.

After the end of the second lap, the two contestants behind him overtook her and passed her in the blink of an eye, and the speed continued to increase.

Maybe it was because everyone knew about the peculiar scene of the semi-final an hour ago, so everyone was more careful in skating this time.

It's just that once competition exists, it is inevitable to do everything possible to win or lose. Therefore, these finalists unreservedly showed their highest level, relying on their strength in the future, all of them far surpassed Ringer.

In the midway, two players fell down during the final sprint and affected their rankings. Among the players who slid across the finish line standing up, Linge was the fourth, which means she was lucky to get No.4.Although this result has far exceeded Shizhong's expectations for her before the game, Linger is not happy.

She is too far away from others.A little scary.

"What are you doing?" Fang Shizhong patted Ringer on the shoulder with a smile, "No.4 in the finals, it's great!"

Ringer wrinkled his nose and his eyes were a little red: "I think I'm far behind them. If two of them didn't fall down, I would be the last one."

Before Fang Shizhong said anything, Nie Chi had already forced his way in with a cotton candy, and said with a smile, "Junior Sister, do you want to know how many seconds you skated this time?"

Linge froze for a moment, turned his head to look at the electronic screen in a daze, and held his breath for a while.

58.5 seconds!
She actually slipped out a good result that she had never had before!

Linger stared at the red electronic display numbers in disbelief, and didn't come back to his senses for a long time.

"So, why are you discouraged?" Nie Chi stuffed the marshmallow into her arms, "If you meet the strong, you will be strong. You have achieved the best in your history, so let's celebrate."

Marshmallow touched the lips, sweet.Ringer couldn't help sticking out his tongue and licking a big mouthful.

"It's so sweet!" Linge sniffed, his voice was a little wet, he smiled embarrassedly, and looked at Fang Shizhong.

Fang Shizhong waved his hand, pretending that he hadn't seen it, and bent down to help Ringer pack his things.

Fang Shizhong selected eight players to participate in the competition this time, but only Nie Chi and Linge were left to advance to the finals, which can be regarded as the lowest point in the past few years.

However, the absolute results of these two children were impressive enough. He was both melancholy and happy, so he found a barbecue restaurant with mixed feelings, and took the two children to celebrate.

He knew that it was not up to Nie Chi to decide whether Nie Chi would take the professional path, so he had nothing to say about this kid, so his conversation focused on Linge.

Ringer is relatively young and has not received systematic training before. His physical fitness and endurance are his major weaknesses, but his starting explosive power and mental stability are not bad.Han Bing, the head coach of the speed skating team at the Ice and Snow Branch of the Provincial Sports School, has already taken a fancy to this girl, so he doesn't know if he can take her away.He now knows that this girl has good grades in cultural subjects and also values ​​her studies. I don't know if she has changed her mind after practicing for this period of time. After all, compared with studying, sports are much more difficult.

After the two children had almost eaten, Fang Shizhong told them about Han Bing's desire to leave them.

This result surprised both children.Nie Chi was No.1, so it was only natural for him to be asked to leave.It's a bit unbelievable that Ringer's grades are so controversial, and he was taken in by him.

Linger has been in the sports school for so long, and he already knows something about the ice and snow branch of the provincial sports school.It is the most professional youth ice and snow school in the province. It has good conditions, strong coaches, and is directly under the Sports Bureau. Entering it is equivalent to entering the gate of half of the provincial team.What's even more attractive is that it is a public nine-year compulsory education school, which belongs to the category of compulsory education just like normal public elementary schools and junior high schools, and students have no financial pressure.What interested Linger in particular was that the combination of sports and education in the Ice and Snow Branch School was different from that of the sports schools here. There they attached great importance to cultural lessons, and the teachers were all drawn from key schools in the provincial capital. Road, but also to ordinary high school to continue college entrance examination.No matter how bad it is, there is a corresponding sports secondary school as an export, study related majors, and engage in sports-related occupations in the future.

All in all, this choice is perfect for Ringer.Not only can she leave here, but she can also study and train properly.

When hearing other people talk about this school before, Linge always felt that this matter had nothing to do with him.If she, a rookie who has just been skating for more than a month, can be selected, is there any reason?

Now it seems that it is really unreasonable.

"What, are you stupid?" Fang Shizhong joked when he saw that Ringer hadn't reacted for a long time.

Linge rubbed his face, still in disbelief: "Is what you said true?"

"of course."

"But why?" Ringer hadn't recovered yet, "On my level..."

"She likes you, of course you have merit, and you don't need to question Coach Han's vision." Nie Chi smiled and rubbed Ringer's hairy head, "Congratulations, little junior sister. Practice hard when you get there. , we are waiting for the day you enter the provincial team."

Fang Shizhong also smiled and said, "Yes. So if you have no other questions, I will make an appointment with Coach Han."

Linger nodded quickly.It's too late for her to be happy, what's the problem?
But after the ecstasy, she suddenly discovered that there was still a problem.

"Aren't you going?" She looked at Nie Chi, "Don't you want me too? Why only talk about me?"

Nie Chi cleared his throat: "I'll forget it."

When Linge was about to ask why he still participated in the competition since he didn't want to be selected, he suddenly remembered Tang Zheng's words and seemed to understand his decision.He has so many options, each of which is better than being an athlete, his decision is very normal.

"Oh," Ringer replied disappointedly, "then I'm the only one."

"Don't worry," Fang Shizhong immediately explained, "Coach Han is my old friend, and she will take good care of you."

"Yeah." Ringer lowered his head and ate the meat.

"Yes, we will also visit you often." Nie Chi put a pile of roasted meat into the Ringer bowl, and said in a gentle voice, "Eat more, build up your strength."

Ringer couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

Her dream of leaving here has been realized so quickly, and she is certainly happy, but at the same time she will lose the friends and teachers she wants to cherish.

After the heavy loss and ecstasy were offset, the mood was indescribably calm.

When we got back to the dormitory, it was already late.After a few days of relaxation after the competition, the students basically left the school, and the school became empty again.

I thought Tang Zheng wouldn't be here tonight, but as soon as I opened the door, I saw Tang Zheng wiping tears secretly alone.

Ringer probably guessed the result of her match, so he didn't even dare to breathe too loudly for a while, walking on tiptoe.

"Linger, congratulations." Tang Zheng sniffed, and actively talked to Ringer with red eyes.

The result of the game is not a secret. Ringer pursed his lips uncomfortably: "Thank you...how about you? How are you?"

Tang Zheng smiled wryly: "I have no hope."

Linge didn't know how to comfort her, so he walked up to her and said sincerely: "It's okay, the future will last forever, practice hard, and there will be another chance next time."

However, Tang Zheng loosened her shoulders, as if the breath that had supported her for many years suddenly let out, her whole body was loose, and she had long lost her former high spirits.

"I don't have a chance," she said. "I'll be 14 after New Years. I'm too old."

The dullness in her tone made Linge feel sad.

Age is a hurdle that is difficult to bypass in competitive sports.Ordinary people may have just begun at the age of 25, but for athletes, they are already veterans, may already be suffering from injuries, may have reached a decline in their status, and have to face retirement at any time.

For ice sports such as speed skating and figure skating, it is even more cruel. The competitive age of athletes starts earlier than that of ordinary sports, and the age of [-] or [-] is already the age to embark on international competitions.If you have not stepped out of the grassroots at this age, you should give up.

Ringer was relatively late on the ice, so when it came to her age, she felt a little stressed. She only felt her scalp tingling and her heart felt sympathetic.

The sadness of the death of the rabbit and the fox came ahead of time.

There is not much time left for her.

The Ice and Snow Branch of the Provincial Sports School is not the imaginary paradise.Fang Shizhong specifically emphasized this point today, demanding that she never be eliminated in the first semester.

The purpose of that school is to train the successors of skating sports for the provincial team and the national team. Even though sports and education are combined, good skating performance is the last word.Once there, there will be big and small competitions waiting for her.If the performance is not good, it is likely to be directly expelled from school and sent back to the place of origin.If you really fell into that situation, it would be better to never go in.

"I went to the ice at the age of five, and I have been practicing for more than eight years." Tang Zheng's tears rolled down again, "In the past eight years, my mother was reluctant to buy a new dress for herself, and all the money was spent on me. , but I am so unlucky..."

Ringo was at a loss.She could understand Tang Zheng's mood very well, and understood that all the hard work and sweat of so many years was wasted and painful, but she searched through all the inspirational words and phrases she had recited, but she still couldn't find a word that could comfort Tang Zheng.

Competitive sports are like this, cruel as a knife, forcibly poking a hole in the chest of each energetic teenager, leaking the vitality that has supported them for several years, allowing them to experience the cruelty and despair of life in advance , the young eyes reveal the burnout and oldness that do not belong to teenagers at all.

Terrible.

She rubbed her hands awkwardly, and opened her mouth with difficulty: "You have worked very hard. Look, you haven't even returned home for so long..."

Before this sentence was finished, Ringer realized that he might have said something wrong.

Tang Zheng cried even more sadly.

"Do you know why I didn't go home?" Tang Zheng cried.

Linge was dumbfounded, afraid of saying the wrong thing again.

"Because my mother won't let me go home!" Tang Zheng cried, "My mother said that if I don't get selected this time, she won't recognize me! What should I do, my mother doesn't want me anymore!"

"..." Ringer moved his mouth, but he never made a sound.

She wanted to say, how is it possible, how wonderful it is to have a mother, how can there be a mother in the world who does not want her own children?Children like me who lost their mothers are truly pitiful.

But she didn't say anything in the end, she just sniffed, forcefully suppressing the bitterness in her heart.

She wondered if her mother would be disappointed to learn that she had given up school for sports so soon.She refused to think deeply about the question.

She stared blankly at Tang Zheng, who was immersed in sadness, and suddenly felt that Nie Chi's behavior was very hateful.

Since you don't want to be elected, why take someone else's spot?
Behind every numerator, there are countless denominators that have been strangled.

Knowing that he is very capable, why not give other ordinary children a chance?

He is so willful, doesn't he know that he has indirectly hurt someone like Tang Zheng who gave everything just for a chance?

This is more abhorrent than him abandoning her and not going to the provincial ice and snow school with her.

【4】

The days are gradually returning to calm, and the children in the whole city are entering a tense atmosphere due to the final exam.

Linger's final exam went well, and he walked out of the exam room in a very clear mood, chatting and laughing with Fang Chao along the way.

Until, seeing Lin Qiang standing at the school gate.

Lin Qiang still had the same dark face, with a low-quality cigarette dangling from his mouth, he couldn't stop puffing, but he was staring at the school gate intently.

Ringer shrank subconsciously and stopped.

But Lin Qiang quickly found Ringer from the crowd, and shouted loudly: "Linger, come here!"

Ringer had no choice but to move over step by step.

Lin Qiang was carrying a bag of things in his hand, and a rare smile appeared on his face when he saw Linge.After she and Fang Chao got closer, Lin Qiang recognized Fang Chao, and said with a smile, "Isn't this from Coach Fang's house? Don't go home for lunch, uncle treats you!"

As he said that, before Fang Chao could react, he waved again and shouted: "Lin Feng, come here!"

Fang Chao and Linge turned their heads quickly, and found Lin Feng standing not far away holding his schoolbag.He still had an expression of undisguised disgust towards Linge on his face, even if he heard Lin Qiang calling him, he refused to take another step forward.

Lin Qiang waited for a few seconds, seeing that he had not moved, he became a little angry.

He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, strode over, grabbed Lin Feng by the ear, and dragged Lin Feng to Linger regardless of Lin Feng's howling.

"Look, this is your sister! Your own sister! Brat, are you out of your mind!" Lin Qiang slapped Lin Feng on the back of the head, and roared, "I'm surprised, you and your sister are in the same stomach. After ten months, why don't you kiss at all?"

Lin Feng grinned from the beating, but his eyes remained stubborn, and his mouth kept holding back, he refused to beg for mercy, and refused to bow his head to Linge.

Lin Qiang taught him a lesson for a long time, but seeing that Lin Feng didn't react at all, he could only announce angrily: "I want to take your sister out to eat delicious food. If you want to eat, just go together. If you don't want to eat, just go home!"

Although Lin Feng was still stubborn on the face, he was still seduced by the words "going to the restaurant", and silently followed the three people with his schoolbag.

Lin Qiang found a small restaurant, generously ordered several hard dishes, and even ordered a bottle of old yogurt for each child.

The dishes on the table were full of aroma and steaming hot, and the three hungry children were drooling a little, but the atmosphere was a bit deserted after all. The children had their own concerns, and they all ate with their heads sullen, without making a sound.

Only Lin Qiang was in a good mood.He drank a big gulp of beer, let out a sigh of relief, lit another cigarette, and squinted his eyes through the smoke to look at Ringer opposite him with satisfaction for a long time.

These days he can see clearly.This kid is really good, Fang Shizhong didn't miss him.Can bear hardships, do things well, perform well in school, and perform well in sports school.How long has it been since she was able to skate to the provincial sports school? He felt that his face was full of face.

He now tells everyone that his daughter has been selected by the big coach in the province and she is going to go to school in the province.

Looking at the envious expressions of those people, he felt comfortable from the inside out, as if all the grievances he had suffered all these years had been swept away.

He has always felt that his life is miserable.The family is poor, with little literacy, finally bought a daughter-in-law, and was scared away by his own mother, and has been living under the guidance of others for so many years.It never occurred to me that I would still have a day to be proud in front of people.

A daughter is promising, so naturally she can't forget her son.The two of them happened to be a little unhappy because of the competition in the sports school before. He had to ease the relationship between the siblings before Ringer left.

For this purpose, Lin Qiang was extraordinarily patient today.

When the three children were almost finished eating, he said to Ringer: "Winter vacation is coming soon, when will you go home for the New Year? Lin Feng and I will pick you up."

Ringer paused slightly with the hand holding the chopsticks, biting his lip, not knowing how to answer.

She has been thinking about this question too.The winter vacation sports school is going to be on vacation, so she definitely can't stay there.But when she really wanted to go home, she was a little scared.The shadow of that home was too great for her.Almost strangled her grandma, Lin Feng who tortured and killed the little cat...everything made her terrified.

But, besides going back to that home, where else could she go?
She was terrified, but had nowhere to run.

Lin Ge hadn't expressed his opinion yet, but Lin Feng was the first to shout: "No, grandma said, she is a disaster star and cannot enter the house!"

"You bastard!" Lin Qiang stared angrily, and yelled, "It's a shame that you have studied, and you learn all kinds of nonsense from grandma all day long!"

Lin Feng shrugged his shoulders frightened by his father's aura, but he still gave Linger a disconvinced look in his eyes, which made her tremble all over.

Although Lin Feng looks a bit like her, but he was pampered and lawless since he was a child, and he grew up in a sports school. There is a hostility in his eyes like a young man in society who is not afraid of anything, and Linger unconsciously wants to avoid it.

Lin Feng's small movements failed to escape Lin Qiang's eyes.He knew that it would take some time for Lin Feng to accept Linge, and the most important thing right now was to appease Linge and bring her home.

"Girl," Lin Qiang tried his best to suppress his temper, and said to Linge with a pleasant face, "after you go back, you will live in my room, and I will live with Lin Feng. Later, I will take you to buy some new clothes. It's Chinese New Year, Eat, drink, play, as long as you want, Dad will satisfy you..."

Lin Qiang felt that he had never been so kind and amiable in his life, but the strange thing was that this girl was like a gourd, no matter what you said or said, she just kept silent and had no idea what was going on in her heart .

He was very frustrated.When he first took this girl home, she was like this, and she didn't make a sound along the way, which made him wonder if she was dumb.Later, I finally kissed him a little bit, and now it's like this again, which really made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Lin Qiang had no choice but to give up temporarily.This girl is stubborn and has her own opinions. If Lin Feng is winking here, she might not be able to say anything.Since she respected Fang Shizhong the most, she had no choice but to turn around and ask Fang Shizhong to persuade him.

Thinking of this, Lin Qiang felt relieved.After paying the bill, he handed a package of things in his hand to Ringer: "This is the snack that Dad bought for you, and there is a little pocket money, you take it."

Linge hesitated for a moment, but finally accepted under Lin Feng's jealous eyes.Not for these things, but simply to see Lin Feng's envious and jealous expression.

She hates Lin Feng very much.Very very annoying!I just hate it!
The junior high school exams were all over in the afternoon.As soon as Nie Chi rushed over, he saw Fang Chao and Linge, like mice that had fallen into a rice bowl, gorging on a pile of snacks, with red potato chip scum on their mouths, and the two little flowers. catlike.

"Promise!" Nie Chi snorted softly, but honestly took a bag of potato chips away.

The three of them clicked and enjoyed, and Nie Chi couldn't help but bluntly said, this is the holiday.

But just after sighing, he couldn't help being curious: "Who bought these things?" It's really not like Ringer's style.This girl usually saves money.

"Father Ringer bought it." Fang Chao said quickly, "He invited us to a restaurant at noon."

Nie Chi glanced at Linge: "Your dad finally thinks of you?"

Ringer bit the seaweed and nodded sullenly.

"Her father wants her to go home," Fang Chao was the first to explain, "but Ringer didn't agree. In fact, I don't want Ringer to agree. I get annoyed when I see Lin Feng."

"That's unacceptable." Nie Chi nodded in agreement.Besides Lin Feng, there was also a terrible grandma in that family, and he didn't want Linge to go back to be angry.

However, he immediately thought of a question—the sports school will be on holiday in a few days. Where will Ringer live then?
This is indeed a problem.

"Forget it, let's not talk about them." Ringer frowned a little irritably, "Do you want to go skating later? I want to play."

"Together, together." The two boys naturally raised their hands in agreement.For the final exam, everyone has not skated for a while, and they are itchy all over.

Linger was thinking about where to live in a few days, so he slipped a little absent-mindedly.

Nie Chi saw it, took out a small thing from his pocket as if by magic, and handed it to her.

Linger was taken aback for a moment, and after a closer look, it was a very delicately assembled little robot.Unlike the general engineering robot in the impression, this little robot looks more like a round person.

She suddenly remembered what Tang Zheng said, and looked at Nie Chi with admiration.Needless to say, it must have been assembled by him.

"Would you believe me if I said this villain could skate?" Nie Chi had his usual lazy and confident smile on his lips.

Of course Ringer believed it.But the more this happened, the more she thought of Tang Zheng's tears.With such a great IQ, it is indeed too much to grab the spot of ordinary sports students.

The day Tang Zheng packed up her things and left the dormitory, she looked very lonely.She stood at the window and looked at the campus, looking deeply for a long time, like a kind of farewell, which made Linge feel very sympathetic.

She remembered the question Tang Zheng asked her to ask, and her expression was slightly cold.

"Can I ask you a question?" She looked seriously into Nie Chi's eyes.

Shocked by her expression, Nie Chi didn't stop smiling: "What's the problem? So serious."

"Since you don't want to be a professional athlete, why do you still have to participate in the trials?"

Nie Chi was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face was rare.

"Do you know that many people are waiting for this opportunity? You won No.1, but you didn't go, how does this make others think?"

Nie Chi didn't expect Linge to ask such a righteous question. He paused for two seconds before hooking the corners of his mouth and showing a habitual lazy smile: "I won No.1, does it have something to do with other people's selection? You are not No.1, but you were also selected away, so it can be seen that the selection of coaches is not only based on results, but on comprehensive conditions."

Ringer was speechless, speechless.

Nie Chi smiled and raised his hand to knock her on the head: "Take care of yourself, okay?"

Linge rubbed his forehead aggrievedly, and was about to say something when Fang Shizhong called her from the sidelines.

She slid over quickly, and Fang Shizhong gave her a notice.It is the official admission notice of the Ice and Snow Branch of the Provincial Sports School.

Linge put it away carefully, and when Fang Shizhong turned to leave, he hurriedly stopped him: "Coach, I want to rent a house..."

Fang Shizhong frowned and turned to look at her, thinking he had heard wrong: "What?"

"I want to rent a house," Linge continued courageously. "I have no place to live during the winter vacation. Can you rent a house for me? I have money."

Fang Shizhong looked at the little girl in disbelief: "What do you mean? Want to live outside alone?"

"Well," Linge said, "I'll only live there for a month, and I'll go to the provincial capital after school starts."

Fang Shizhong realized that the little girl didn't want to go back to Lin's house, so he said: "You are young, what kind of house do you want to rent? Clean up and live in my house."

"No need, I..." The New Year is coming soon, and Linge also knows that it is inconvenient to interrupt like this.

"That's it." Fang Shizhong interrupted her, "Go back and pack up, and go back with Fang Chao." After finishing speaking, he turned his head and left.

Ringer's nose was sour, and he wanted to cry.

At this moment, she felt very happy.

The father she imagined should look like this, tall, reliable and safe like a mountain.

Recalling this incident many years later, Linge realized that he was born to Fang Shizhong at that time.

In the sports world, the relationship between coaches and students is completely different from the relationship between teachers and students in ordinary schools.The fate of Bole and Maxima, the days of tears and sweat on the training ground, the same passion for the common goal, let the coach and the disciple have a relationship that is not father and son, but father and son.

We share weal and woe, we stand together through thick and thin.

It's intimate, it's subtle, it's precious.

From the moment Fang Shizhong accepted her, he had devoted all his efforts and enthusiasm to her, but as a recruit, she was still a little belatedly ignorant.

Seeing Linge standing still for a long time, Nie Chi slid over curiously and asked, "What did Master tell you?"

Linge lowered his eyes, took out the notice, and handed it to Nie Chi.

Nie Chi unfolded the notice and read it word by word, as if he was dyslexic. His eyes wanted to make holes in the paper, and he didn't finish reading it for a long time.

Linge looked at him strangely: "Are you going to memorize it?"

Nie Chi groaned, closed his hands, returned it to Linge, turned around and wanted to slide away.

"Actually, you want to go too, don't you?" the little girl said faintly behind her.

Nie Chi turned around suddenly with complicated eyes.

Ringer was startled.She suddenly felt a little regretful.If Nie Chi didn't really love skating, why would he waste so much time here?With his aptitude, he has already learned what he should learn. He doesn't even have a friend with these scumbags. Is he really happy?

Why pretend to be smart?Linger wanted to bite off his tongue.

"That..." She tried to change the subject, "Can that robot of yours really know how to skate?"

Nie Chi slowly slid back in front of her, lowered his head, took out the robot again, and handed it to Ringe.

Linge held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, but found nothing unusual.

Nie Chi then pointed to the bottom of the villain: "There are built-in programs here."

"Did you program it?" Linge knew that he had upset Nie Chi just now, so he deliberately pretended to be extra worshipful.

Nie Chi really benefited, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"You are so amazing!" Ringer raised his voice, exaggerating slightly, "Can you demonstrate it to me?"

"Okay." Nie Chi was a teenager after all, and he was an age who couldn't help but feel a little flustered after being praised. Just now, his emotions were swept away, and he took out the remote control from another pocket and started to control it by hand.

The villain really started to move.Different from ordinary toys, the action of the villain is actually a standard skating action.

Linger was really shocked by this.

"The robot is very simple now," Nie Chi said, "I am now learning how to enhance its learning ability. When its learning mode is smart enough, it can completely clone any athlete's technical movements, and it will continue to think. Upgrade. In this way, the sparring partners can be laid off in the future, and there is no need to waste so many people's youth for a championship."

"..."

Ringer felt that he probably had gone crazy in his study of robots, so he said such incredible words.

But geniuses are lunatics, so she began to look at him with a strange sympathy.

She believes that a robot can do movements, do housework, and even talk and sing.

But it is absolutely impossible to say that a robot can have the ability to learn by itself.Don't they all say that learning and thinking ability are the biggest difference between humans and robots?
His idea is really a fantasy.

Fang Chao skated alone for a long time before realizing that the other two hadn't played for a long time.

Howling dissatisfiedly, he rushed over, and at first glance at the robot gliding on the ice, Fang Chao's eyes lit up: "Brother Chi, this is so cute!"

Nie Chi moved the corner of his mouth, a little proud.

"Can you give this to me?" Fang Chao reached out and wanted to get it.

Nie Chi picked up the villain first, "I can't give this to you."

"Why?" Fang Chao's eyes widened, "When did you become so stingy?"

"This is for Junior Sister." Nie Chi said, and handed it to Linge.

Jealousy made Fang Chao completely unrecognizable, he yelled, "Brother Chi, you are treating me badly!"

Nie Chi sneered: "Is it still too little for you?"

Fang Chao had no choice but to shut up.

Ringer happily accepted the gift, looked left and right, and couldn't put it down.

Fang Chao snorted coldly: "Don't look at it, it's nothing unusual. There is a room in Brother Chi's house dedicated to these things. There are many more fun things than this!"

"I just like this!" Ringer looked at it and suddenly discovered the mystery, "Huh?"

Nie Chi raised his eyebrows and his smile deepened.

"Here is my name!" She found the letter "GE" made up of different color blocks vaguely on the side of the villain, which seems to be the pinyin of "Ge".

"Is that my name?" she confirmed excitedly.

Fang Chao looked over his head.Jealousy made him pan sour again, like eight years old sauerkraut.

"How did you know that this is your name? You're being passionate." He hummed.

However, Nie Chi cruelly poured cold water on his head: "It's the name of Junior Sister. This is my gift for Junior Sister to enter the Ice and Snow Branch School. Do you have any comments?"

"..." Fang Chao gritted his teeth.

Ringer's heartbeat suddenly accelerated.

"Practice hard when you get there." Nie Chi turned to Ringer and said, "When I develop a more intelligent robot in the future, I will customize a training partner for you and help you win the world championship. How about it?"

Linge felt that not only his heart was hot, but even his limbs were hot.

The small robot in the palm of his hand seems to carry a great power.

This is the most special gift she has ever received in her life.Tailor-made, unique in the world.

She was sure that Nie Chi's love for skating was by no means trivial, and she questioned him like everyone else, it really shouldn't be.

What should she say?It seems that everything is superfluous.

"Okay." She took a deep breath, looked at Nie Chi, her eyes seemed to be misty, "as long as you can do it, I will definitely win the world championship."

"Deal!" Nie Chi laughed loudly, "Let's work hard together!"

Raising hands, clapping hands, with the ignorance and fearlessness of young people, aroused crisp echoes in the ice rink.

It's always so easy for young people to boast in Haikou, they can not be afraid of the future and not think about the past.

No one needs to promise that what they say will be realized, so this kind of high-spiritedness appears pure and unscrupulous, and even thinking about it many years later, I can't help but smile knowingly and feel infinitely emotional.

【5】

It wasn't until the day when the sports school was completely closed that Linge packed his things and went to Fang Shizhong's house.

Tang Zheng suddenly appeared when the things were packed halfway.She looks a little thinner.

Linger looked at her not knowing what to say.

Tang Zheng seemed to have calmed down, and smiled generously and said to Linge: "I'll get something, and I'll give it to you by the way."

Ringer smiled: "Thank you."

"Going to the provincial capital, let's work hard," Tang Zheng held her hand, "You must get your grades early, we are all your backing."

Linger was a little overwhelmed by her enthusiasm. They didn't seem to know each other that well, did they?
When she was hesitating whether to withdraw her hand, Tang Zheng had already let go of her, and hooked her shoulder with one hand: "Do you want to go to the playground? I'm treating you, so I'll see you off."

"No, it's expensive..."

"It's okay, my aunt works in the playground, so she can go in for free."

Ringer seemed to find no reason to refuse.

"That's okay, we have an appointment, let's do it tomorrow, it's a sunny day." Tang Zheng happily made the decision for her, "I'll wait for you at the gate of the playground at nine o'clock in the morning. By the way, remember to ask Nie Chi to come with you when the time comes." .”

Ringer was stunned.

Before she could find the right words to tell her that Nie Chi would not return, Tang Zheng was already ready to leave.

"Remember, you must call Nie Chi, for sure!"

"..."

"Oh!"

Linger looked at the door that was closing quickly, with a helpless expression on his face, and sighed silently.

What is this all about...

Fang Chao is the most welcome to stay with Ringer.The reason is very simple, his winter homework is finally settled.

Nie Chi looked at Fang Chao speechlessly, with an expression as if he was mentally retarded.

Each of the two boys had a piece of luggage, carrying all of Ringer's belongings on their shoulders.

The boy who practiced sports has an unusual physique. Even with heavy burdens on his body, he is as light as a swallow and can talk and laugh freely.

"Junior Sister, I noticed that your face has become very chapped recently, don't you usually put on moisturizer?" Nie Chi had nothing to say, and started teasing any topic.

Ringer subconsciously blocked his face.

The ice rink is dry, and the weather here is also dry and cold. Her skin is thin, and it is easy to get plateau red.

"I really guessed right." Nie Chi said "tsk", "You have lived with Tang Zheng and the others for so long, don't you know how to learn?"

Ringo bit his lip.

Yes, Tang Zheng is good-looking, tall, with a pretty face and fair skin.Compared with her, he was indeed similar to an ugly duckling, no wonder he laughed at him.

Logically speaking, she could retort, but for some reason, she felt very uncomfortable.Unprecedented discomfort, like swallowing a sour lemon raw, twisting all kinds of sourness.

She suddenly hated Tang Zheng a little bit.

Originally, she wanted to talk to Nie Chi about going to the playground together, but now she didn't want to mention it.

With her current mood, she really, really doesn't want to play with Tang Zheng.

Nie Chi was just sneezing when he was idle, but when he saw the little girl's face suddenly changed, he stopped talking in good time.

Along the way, the atmosphere was a little dull.

Fortunately, Fang Chao's house is just behind the sports school, not far away.As soon as they entered the house, the cheerful atmosphere of the Fang family diluted everything.

Mother Fang had already prepared meals, and everyone ate very happily.

During the dinner, Fang Shizhong asked Nie Chi, "How is everything settled?"

Nie Chi nodded: "It should be, but I didn't ask for details."

Fang Chao's ears were sharp, and he asked gossipingly, "What's the matter?"

Fang Shizhong tapped his forehead with chopsticks: "Eat your meal well!"

Nie Chi smiled, and turned his gaze to Ringe, who was eating sullenly: "Junior Sister."

Ringer snorted softly, but she still remembers the grudge.

"I'm sorry." Nie Chi said.

Linge was startled, looked up, and found that his expression was very serious.

She didn't know how to react for a while, she bit the chopsticks in her mouth, and said vaguely: "What?"

"I can't go to school in the provincial capital with you."

"?" Ringer was taken aback.This person's thinking jump seems a bit too big.

This apology was indeed from Nie Chi's heart.

After the initial ecstasy, when the little girl mentioned going to the Ice and Snow Branch School, her eyes flickered and felt uneasy, which made him feel inexplicably guilty.She has just arrived in this strange city from other places, and she is not yet familiar with it, so she has to go to an even more unfamiliar provincial capital alone. Facing completely unfamiliar coaches and teammates, anyone would be a little nervous and anxious, but she was stubborn. He refused to speak out, so that he didn't even have a chance to explain it.The more she was like this, the more guilt he felt in his heart.He knew how naively she had hoped that he could go with her, but unfortunately, he let her down.

Especially that day at the ice rink, after she was as serious as a little adult and questioned him in outrage on behalf of the eliminated players, he felt even more like a sinner.

He suddenly regretted that he had given his all to the race.Why do you have to end your skating career with a perfect game?This stupid sense of ritual psychology is indeed too selfish.This is true for Ringer, and it is also true for other players.

So he sincerely apologized while still having the opportunity to say it in person.

"Also, I shouldn't say that about you this afternoon." Before Linge could react, Nie Chi added another sentence.

This sentence is also sincere.This girl is emotionally sensitive recently, if he teases like that, any little girl will be upset, and she deserves to show her face to him.

"It's okay," Ringer's depressed mood was aroused again, and he replied sullenly, "I'm not unhappy."

Nie Chi couldn't help laughing.The little girl is really angry.

After dinner, Nie Chi said goodbye, and Linge went back to his room to do his homework.

About an hour later, a familiar whistle was vaguely heard outside.

She paused at the tip of her pen, and subconsciously wanted to poke her head out to look, but she gave up the idea again.

It couldn't be Nie Chi's.Didn't he just leave?
Besides, even if it was him, she didn't want to talk to him.She is still angry.

After a few whistles, it stopped.About 10 minutes later, Fang Chao opened the door and came in.

Seeing that he just came back from outside, Ringer couldn't help laughing at him and said, "Aren't you doing your homework, why did you sneak out to play?"

Fang Chao put his hands behind his back in a mysterious way, and winked and said: "Guess, what is in my hand?"

Linge was not interested in knowing. He lowered his head and continued to write his homework, and continued to tease with his mouth: "What else can it be? It must be used to bribe me to copy my homework, right?"

"Oh, boring!" Fang Chao sighed, walked over shaking his head, and put the things in his hand under Ringer's nose.

It's a small bag.

Ringer opened it curiously, and there were six Rubik's cubes inside.Second-order, third-order, fourth-order, two of each.

She wondered: "Why did you give me the Rubik's Cube?"

Fang Chao poured out all the Rubik's Cubes, divided them into two groups of three, and then, like the God of Gamblers pushing chips in a Hong Kong movie, pushed them majestically in front of Ringer: "These three are yours, and these three are yours. Mine. Brother Chi gave it to us, let us practice hard during the winter vacation."

It was really Nie Chi just now.

Linge pursed his lips: "Why did he suddenly give us this? It's not like we can't afford it."

Fang Chao picked up his three Rubik's Cubes and laughed happily: "This is different."

Ringo snorted softly.Aren't they all Rubik's Cube, what's the difference?Brainless fans are terrible.

She lowered her head and continued to do her homework, when she heard Fang Chao say again, "Brother Chi is gone."

Ringer said with a casual smile, "Let's just go."

Fang Chao pulled the chair and sat down, clasping his hands behind his neck, looking at the sky like a hero Qiong Yao: "Oh, it's a long way now, I'm going to Beijing."

Ringer's heart trembled, and he suddenly raised his head: "Where are you going?"

"Beijing." Fang Chao glanced at her, his eyes really sad, "So this is his parting gift for us."

"What is he doing in Beijing?" Linge couldn't imagine that the people who were sitting together for dinner just now went thousands of miles away in a blink of an eye.She couldn't accept it, and her voice was a little anxious.

"Go to school." Fang Chao sighed, "I knew he had to leave here sooner or later, but I didn't expect to leave as soon as I said it, really."

Linge suddenly remembered what Nie Chi and Fang Shizhong said during the meal, got up suddenly, and strode out.

Fang Chao jumped up from his chair and followed, "Why are you going?"

Linger ignored him, rushed to Fang Shizhong who was watching TV, and asked eagerly, "Coach, do you know that Nie Chi is leaving?"

Fang Shizhong was amused by her turbulent aura: "Yes. What's the matter?"

Ringer's eyes were red: "Then why don't you tell us?"

"Didn't he just come downstairs to say goodbye to you?" Fang Shizhong said, waving his hand, motioning for her to go to the side to order, blocking him from watching the game.

"..."

Linge stopped, paused, took a breath and said again: "You knew he would leave when you were eating, didn't you?"

"I know, I know, but I didn't expect it to be so urgent. His mother suddenly booked a plane ticket for this afternoon, and finally told him." Seeing that the little girl didn't intend to move her body at all, Fang Shizhong had to move a little to the side before staring at her. The TV screen continued, "But isn't it a matter of time before he leaves? This kid is extremely smart, and he will definitely have a lot of promise in his studies. It would be a waste to stay here."

Ringo bit his lip.Of course she also understood, but he left so suddenly, she was not prepared at all... At least she had to wait until she forgave him before leaving.

She recalled his two apologies at the dinner table, and realized belatedly that at that time, he might have known that he would be leaving soon, but he hadn't set the exact time yet.

What an idiot, she thought.Why don't you know to go downstairs and have a look?

Turning his head to look out the window, the sky began to become gloomy again at some point, and a new round of heavy snow was brewing.

Ringer didn't know if the plane to Beijing had already taken off, and he didn't know if there would be a chance to meet in the future.But didn't he promise her to help her make a robot that can be used as a training partner?Is he going to break his promise?

Suddenly she thought of her mother.Nothing in this world is eternal.

Gathering and scattering, it seems that everyone is just a passer-by in each other's life.If you want to leave, you can't stay.

Ironic.

The winter vacation is over soon.

On the tenth day of the new year, Linge embarked on his way to report to the provincial capital.

The bustling railway station is a unique scene of Spring Festival travel in China.Linge followed Fang Shizhong, carrying large and small bags, and was submerged in the crowded crowd.

Just two months ago, also at this train station, she set foot on this land for the first time in a panic.

Now that she was about to flee, she should have been crying with joy, but her heart was inexplicably as calm as water.

In just two months, her heart seemed to have been honed to reveal a layer of skin, and she was old.

"Ringer!" An unexpected voice came faintly from the mixed crowd.

Linge turned his head subconsciously, and saw Lin Qiang panting, pulling Lin Feng with a reluctant face and waving at her.

"Go," Fang Shizhong patted Ringer on the shoulder and encouraged, "Say goodbye to your father."

Linge looked at the father and son indifferently, without moving.

Fang Shizhong understood her feelings, but he still persuaded: "Go, the ticket check is about to happen, and you won't see it often in the future."

Linger remained stubbornly motionless.

Fang Shizhong had no choice but to wave to Lin Qiang.Lin Qiang understood, dragged Lin Feng, rummaged through the large and small bags of other passengers, and rushed over in a stumbling manner.

"Linger." Lin Qiang's forehead was dripping with sweat, his face was flushed, and he seemed to be in a hurry, "I just got off the night shift at the mine, so I managed to catch up. Come on, here's food, you and Coach Fang will eat on the way With that said, he handed over a medium-sized plastic bag, which was filled with beverages, instant noodles, melon seeds and the like.

"Go on." Seeing that Linge was still not moving, Fang Shizhong persuaded her.

Only then did Ringer slowly reach out to take it.

"And this." Lin Qiang took out a red envelope and handed it to Linge, "Ge'er, this is 1000 yuan. You take it and use it as living expenses. When you get there, you should eat, drink, and wear clothes. You can’t let people in big cities look down on you. If it’s not enough, you can talk to Coach Fang, or call me directly, and I’ll send it to you.”

"No need," Linge looked up at him with a cold gaze, "I have money, so I don't need these."

Lin Qiang couldn't help but frowned and said, "Do you think it's too little?"

"No." Linge stared straight at Lin Qiang with a pair of clear big eyes.She thought, after leaving here today, she probably won't come back again in the future. She wanted to make it clear, "Leave this money to Lin Feng. I will use the money my mother left me. Thank you." You brought me back, if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be able to practice skating."

As she spoke, she bowed seriously to Lin Qiang.

This shocked Lin Qiang for a moment: "Linge, are you blaming Dad?"

Ringer looked up: "No." No wonder, it's all over, isn't it?
"I asked you to go home for the New Year years ago, but you refused to come back! Didn't I also buy a cake to see you on your birthday?" Lin Qiang was anxious, vaguely understood the little girl's determination, and hurriedly explained Said, "I know you have been wronged, but Dad is also trying his best to protect you. Your grandma has the old feudal thinking, even I can't help it. You can read and write. Can't you be as knowledgeable as her?"

Ringer smiled: "I don't blame you, really."

"Then why didn't you continue?" Lin Qiang stared.

"I'm really rich."

"..." Lin Qiang wanted to say something else, but Lin Feng suddenly grabbed the red envelope and shouted: "She said no more, why give it to her? You didn't even give me so much lucky money during the Chinese New Year!"

Lin Qiang was so angry that he raised his hand and was about to slap him.

Linger turned his head expressionlessly.

Fang Shizhong smiled and stood up to smooth things over: "Okay, the school over there is compulsory education, so it can't cost that much money. The child is young, so it's not a good thing to keep so much money on you. I'm really short of money later, I'll find you, okay?"

As he said that, he looked at the time: "It's time to check the ticket, there are too many people, you collect the money, go back first."

Lin Qiang looked at the agitated crowd behind him, and then at Linge who was so stubborn that he refused to turn his head. He could only sigh, put the money in his bag, and dragged Lin Feng away.

Linge kept holding his breath until he confirmed that Lin Qiang was gone, then he closed his eyes and spit it out.

She knew that Lin Qiang had been showing kindness to her all the time, but she knew that this kindness was only because he wanted her to be tied to this family in the future and let her help Lin Feng.

Therefore, the nicer he was to her, the more disgusting she felt.

Fortunately, it was finally broken.

At the end of the long journey is her tomorrow.Good or bad, it's all in her own hands.

Although the pressure is great, the breathing is smooth.

This is the freedom she longs for.

Just like the feeling of flying on the ice rink, she was instantly filled with new strength.

(End of this chapter)