don't force me

After November, Hu Kun called the track and field team to start autumn training. Lin Tingan carried a pocket vocabulary book in the pocket of his sportswear jacket every day, and recited vocabulary to the locust tree sitting on the side of the playground when it was his turn to rest.Song Yang asked: "What stimulated you? From the beginning of school to the present, I think you are more desperate than those two seniors."

The track and field team has two high school seniors. Because they have made up their minds to use special sports skills, they are fighting to the death with the test papers while training to the death.

Lin Tingan said: "I also have to take the college entrance examination, and I don't want to go to a sports university."

Song Yang: "It's okay to go to a comprehensive university. If you take the entrance examination to the University of Technology, you will lose 60 points."

"I don't want to go to Gongda."

Song Yang sneered: "There is also a copy of the University of Technology, which is pretty good. Where else do you want to go? Tsinghua University?"

Lin Tingan gritted his teeth: "You don't care."

Song Yang didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned his head to make trouble with others.Lin Tingan turned a page of the book and felt a little anxious. The midterm exam was two weeks away, and the track and field team training took up too much of his spare time. He had to stay up late every day to finish his homework. Half of his eight classes had to stand up to ensure that he would not fall asleep. He was very worried that his ranking would drop again after the midterm exam.

Hu Kun watched the second group of running laps with a whistle in his mouth. When he glanced over the edge of the playground, he saw Lin Tingan covering his ears, chanting words while staring at a booklet spread out on his lap.He frowned, but said nothing.

The next day, Hu Kun went to the sophomore group.

Teacher Xu got a headache when she saw Hu Kun, because Lin Tingan's performance in class was very poor recently, and she has criticized him several times, it seems that Hu Kun is here as a lobbyist.

Teacher Xu dragged a chair over and asked Hu Kun to sit down politely, ready for a protracted battle.

Hu Kun frowned and sat down, subconsciously went to take out his pocket, waited for the cigarette case to be taken out before he realized it, so he stuffed it back.He coughed and said solemnly, "Teacher Xu."

"Xiao Xu, you can just call me Xiao Xu." Teacher Xu said hastily.

"Xiao Xu," Hu Kun nodded, "I came to you because of Lin Tingan."

Teacher Xu silently rolled his eyes and said, "Mr. Hu, tell me."

"How is Lin Tingan's grades recently?"

"After the summer vacation, I have made great progress. I was able to enter the middle class in the first monthly exam. But... recently, the state of class is very poor, and the situation of homework completion is not good."

"Lin Tingan is very smart and has a good understanding ability." Hu Kun said.

Teacher Xu was a little unhappy, and said in a word: "Yes, he is very smart. But without a serious attitude and enough training, being smart is useless. His grades were so poor that he almost left the experimental class for a while in the first year of high school. , the final exam was pretty good, but it has slipped a bit recently. He said he has no time to do homework and sleeps very late every day."

Hu Kun looked at Teacher Xu and chuckled slightly: "You can directly say that the track and field team training delayed him."

Teacher Xu blushed all of a sudden, blushing, and said dully, "I...I didn't...mean that."

Hu Kun waved his hand: "I have been training the track and field team for more than 20 or [-] years. I know all about this. These children have low grades when they enter the school, and their usual training delays their study time, which is very good for the class."

Teacher Xu blushed and closed his mouth thickly.

Hu Kun: "However, although Lin Tingan is a special student, his high school entrance examination results are enough for admission, right?"

Teacher Xu nodded.

Hu Kun sighed: "That's a step backward."

"His Chinese and English are too poor, and he doesn't have enough training in science. He should do more questions when he has time."

Hu Kun was silent for a while, put down his crossed Erlang legs, and asked solemnly: "Teacher Xu, I want to ask you, if Lin Tingan's training is stopped, he is willing to work hard, do you think he can learn with his ability? To what extent?"

Teacher Xu was shocked when he heard it.Lin Tingan is the trump card of the sprint event. He is the absolute main force in the city competitions in spring and autumn every year. Last week, the school also stated that there will be a "Ten Provinces and Municipal Sports Traditional School League" in April next year. The track and field team of No. [-] Middle School will represent the city in the sprint What does it mean that Lin Tingan stopped training in the competition of the project?

Hu Kun leaned over and asked again: "Can he get into the top [-] in his grade?"

Teacher Xu stammered a bit: "He, he found out, now he is in the top [-]."

Hu Kun was silent for a while: "Then can you enter the top fifty?"

Teacher Xu was shocked by Hu Kun's attitude, she sat up straight involuntarily, and said very seriously: "I discussed Lin Tingan's problem with the science teacher, and the science teacher said that he has no problems in science, and that he has no problems in Chinese and English. Ke, let me hurry up with the English teacher. I personally think that he can enter the top [-] in the grade."

Hu Kun straightened his waist all of a sudden: "Top [-]? So tall?"

Teacher Xu nodded: "He has a good comprehension ability, but his study habits are not very good."

Hu Kun stopped talking, looking at the leaves that had started to turn yellow outside the window in a daze, Teacher Xu didn't dare to disturb him, but he was a little excited in his heart, if Lin Tingan could concentrate on studying...

After a while, Hu Kun turned his gaze back: "Mr. Xu, don't tell Lin Ting'an about the matter I asked you for today. The team needs to think about it."

Teacher Xu nodded quickly.

On Friday, after training, Hu Kun asked Lin Tingan to stay and pack up the equipment.Lin Tingan had earphones in his ears, and he was packing up the cones and batons while listening to the music. Hu Kun looked at him under the shade of the tree, and when he finished packing, he asked, "Lin Tingan, are you up soon? I want to talk to you. talk."

Lin Tingan shook his head, rolled his eyes silently and thought, "If you have something to do, you have to say it's all right."

Hu Kun asked straight to the point: "Do you like running?"

Lin Tingan: "I like it."

"Are you tired from training?"

Lin Tingan looked at Hu Kun carefully: "Can you tell the truth?"

Hu Kun couldn't help laughing: "You brat!"

Lin Tingan stretched his waist: "Coach, it's too silly for you to ask this question. How can training not be tiring? Besides, you have always been known as 'ruthless'."

"How do you talk, kid!" Hu Kun asked with staring eyes.

"Tsk, didn't you tell me to tell the truth?"

Hu Kun took a closer look at Lin Tingan: tall and slender, with tight but slender muscles, long-term outdoor activities, dark skin, and bright eyes.Love this kid so much!He has great talent, is willing to endure hardships, and although he is poor-mouthed, he is enthusiastic and kind-hearted. Hu Kun sighed: a little bit reluctant.

He asked: "I have noticed since last semester that your academic performance is improving."

"That's right!" Lin Tingan said triumphantly, "Who am I, I can't embarrass you anymore, can I? Or if people say that Coach Hu's favorite student is a scumbag, this should bring your reputation down."

Hu Kun couldn't hold back, and slapped Lin Tingan conveniently: "You are poor."

Lin Tingan touched the back of his head and smiled.

Hu Kun: "Can you keep up with your studies now?"

"No problem, how smart I am."

Hu Kun thought helplessly: This kid has no face.He asked, "Do you want to go to a sports university or a comprehensive university in the future?"

Lin Tingan put away his hippie smile and said seriously, "I want to go to a comprehensive university."

"Don't you like sports college?"

"No," Lin Tingan shook his head, "I...I have a major I really want to study."

"what?"

Lin Ting'an blushed a little and shook his head: "I can't say it now, it's too far away, and you should laugh at me for not knowing what I can do."

"Oh, it's the same as when you measured it." Hu Kun said mockingly, "It's rare for you to know the word 'overestimate'."

Lin Tingan chuckled: "Coach Hu, you're keeping me today just to squeeze me out?"

"Is it a difficult major?" Hu Kun ignored him and continued to ask.

Lin Tingan nodded solemnly: "The exam is very difficult. Du Xuan said that he wants to enter the top [-] of the grade."

"Top thirty." Hu Kun sighed, subconsciously stood up straight, and asked bluntly, "You quit the track and field team and concentrate on studying."

"Ah—" Lin Tingan was stunned for a moment, and only after a while did he tentatively ask, "What... did I do wrong?"

Hu Kun shook his head.

"I...haven't been lazy in training."

Hu Kun: "I'm not talking ironically, I'm talking serious."

Lin Tingan was in a hurry: "Why, what happened to me? Why did you want me to quit?"

Hu Kun patted Lin Tingan's shoulder with a smile: "Don't worry, you are fine, there is only credit and no fault."

Lin Ting calmed down: "What's the matter?"

Hu Kun said: "We all know that special students have poor grades. There are no exceptions, but very few, even fewer like you. You were in my team in the second year of junior high school, and I know you very well. I didn’t study much, but I was able to pass the line and enter the third middle school by playing my life before the high school entrance examination, and my current grades are not bad. I was thinking that we will prepare for the competition before April next year, which will definitely take up a lot of your time. It’s almost the end of the term, and you will be in the third year of high school when school starts again. The college entrance examination is no better than the high school entrance examination, and it’s not enough to rush for a year or so before the exam. Besides, you have a very lofty goal, and it’s too late if you don’t work hard now.”

"I can..." Lin Tingan said in a hurry, "I can study while training, it's ok."

Hu Kun shook his head: "I have been in school all my life. I know exactly what the third year of high school is like, and what the college entrance examination is like. Unless you take the road of lowering the score for special students, it is really difficult, and you have to take the exam before the grade Thirty, the top [-] in our school's grades are all seedlings from Tsinghua University, Peking University and Fudan University of Technology."

"But……"

Hu Kun interrupted Lin Tingan: "This is not urgent now. You should think about it carefully. Go home and discuss it with your parents and the two senior students in the team. In addition, you have a good relationship with Du Xuan. He is currently in the third year of high school. , You also ask him, listen to his opinion, this kid is quite reliable. After the mid-term exam is over, maybe in November, then you can give me an accurate answer."

After Hu Kun left, Lin Tingan circled the playground alone, circle after circle, until it was completely dark, and all the lights in the teaching building were turned off, leaving only the lights in the self-study room on the fourth floor still on .Lin Tingan's feet were numb, and when he looked up, he saw Du Xuan standing at the side door of the playground. The light reflected his worried expression.

"Du Xuan." Lin Tingan walked over and said in a low voice.

"What's wrong?" Du Xuan took a step back, hiding from the light.

"Are you nervous in the third year of high school?" Lin Tingan followed Du Xuan's footsteps, and the two disappeared into a dark corner of the campus together.

"It's tight, I'm exhausted. What do you want to ask?"

"Isn't it too late to work harder in the third year of high school?"

"Look at what I said, if you just take the second and first exams, you should be in time. If you take the Beihang University...it's too late."

"I quit the track and field team to concentrate on studying. What do you think? Should I be more confident?"

Du Xuan didn't speak. In the dark, he gently touched Lin Tingan's face, leaned over and kissed him on the lips: "Do you want to quit?"

Lin Tingan said a little irritably, "I'll just ask you, is it better to quit?"

Du Xuan was silent for a while, then held his hand: "I'll just ask you, do you 'want' to quit."

Du Xuan put the stress on the word "think", Lin Tingan sniffled and didn't say a word.Du Xuan waited for a while, then asked softly again: "Do you want to?"

"Is there any difference?" Lin Tingan asked a little frustrated.

"Yes." Du Xuan said firmly, "You want to take the Beihang University because you 'like', and you run because you 'like'. I hope you can do what you like and don't let yourself regret it."

Lin Tingan tightened his fingers and held Du Xuan with his backhand: "But I'm afraid it will delay my entrance exam for Beihang University."

Du Xuan: "If you want to learn aviation, there is not only Beihang University."

"But Beihang is the closest to you."

"No matter where you go to university, the closest to me must be you."

Lin Ting'an tightly held Du Xuan's hand: "I don't want to disappoint Coach Hu. He was the one who let me join the track and field team in the second year of junior high school. He gave me all the honors I got. I know that every time before the big exam, He would go to the grade group to intercede with us a few times, and he would always say hello to us in front of the parents..."

Du Xuan gently pulled him into her arms: "I know."

Lin Ting'an put his chin on Du Xuan's shoulder: "Next year there will be a 'Ten Provinces, Cities and Schools League'. I want Lao Hu to shine again. He said at the flag-raising ceremony last time that we are the best."

"He didn't say 'best'."

"That's what it means, you know."

"I understand." Du Xuan tilted his head and kissed Lin Tingan's ear.

Lin Tingan gently pushed Du Xuan away, and stood up straight: "He is the best coach, I want to get him a gold medal."

Du Xuan nodded: "You remember. No matter where you go to university, the person closest to me must be you."