rush to score

The day of the tournament was a Saturday at another fencing hall west of Burping.

I don't know where Bai Xuzhou found out about the competition. On the day of the competition, Liang Xi insisted on taking him there.

"What are you doing there?" Liang Xi half-kneeled on the floor of the room, taking out the equipment for the competition one by one for inspection.Ever since he met Lu Mingchuan last time, it was like a rock was hanging in his heart.

Xu Gaoyi said that Lu Mingchuan came to Boping this time to accompany his girlfriend, which means that Liang Xi is likely to meet Lu Mingchuan's current girlfriend.Just thinking about this scene of three people embarrasses Liang Xi. He doesn't want Bai Xuzhou to cause trouble in the past, and he doesn't want Bai Xuzhou to conflict with Lu Mingchuan... I don't know why, since he returned to China this time, every time he talks to Xiao When Bai talked about Lu Mingchuan, he always showed a kind of resistance.

Perhaps when Liang Xi was not in the country, some other conflict arose between the two of them.

He hasn't asked yet.

Bai Xuzhou shrugged his shoulders: "Anyway, I have nothing to do during the day, and I have never seriously accompanied you to a competition."

"I don't need to accompany you in this level of competition, I just go to earn some extra money." Liang Xi half-jokingly patted the hand he was holding on his arm, and asked casually, "Why do you have nothing to do during the day?"

"Work at night."

"Night shift?" Liang Xi shuddered as soon as the words came out, and he immediately turned to look at Bai Xuzhou, "Shouldn't you be in school?"

Bai Xuzhou was stunned for a moment, then smiled and reached out to pat Liang Xi's back and said, "Brother, did you forget that university is already on vacation at this time?"

"Oh." Liang Xi heaved a sigh of relief, and fixed a glance at him, "It's time to go to school, money matters..."

"Don't worry about the money." Bai Xuzhou interrupted him.

In the end, Liang Xi still couldn't win him over, and agreed to bring Bai Xuzhou with him that day.

The moment Liang Xi nodded, he felt Bai Xuzhou's eyes light up like a puppy. He said that the other contestants had their family members with them, and Liang Xi couldn't go alone.

Liang Xi was taken aback for a while, thinking about what he said, smiled and nodded.

The last time Liang Xi participated in this kind of club league was when Liang Xi was a child. At that time, his only opponent in the league was Lu Mingchuan. In standard competitions, Liang Xi and Lu Mingchuan often apply to participate in a group higher than them, competing for medals with opponents who are one or two years older than themselves.

Usually, though, the gold medal goes to one of them.

At that time, the two always went in and out at the same time, and the coach talked about it, saying that if Liang Xi signed up for a game, he would be able to find Lu Mingchuan's copy in the registration form the next day.

Shu Yongfeng also made fun of them: "Look, I got it for your brothers. Let's not talk about the gold medal. When can one of you retire and give up the silver medal to someone else?"

"Impossible!" Xiao Liangxi answered in this way, he squeezed the sword in his hand tightly, "I will go wherever my brother goes to play."

"Why?" Shu Yongfeng pinched his face, deliberately using a lot of strength.

Liang Xi screamed, escaped from Shu Yongfeng's claws, and rubbed his face: "Because I want to win him, so far he has 16 gold medals, but I only have 9 gold medals, when will my gold medals exceed He's gone, I can consider taking a break."

"Then don't even think about it." With one hand behind his back, Lu Mingchuan tapped Liang Xi's head with the other, "You little idiot, don't even think about surpassing me."

At that time, Liang Xi didn't care much about whether his parents would accompany him during the competition, he only cared about whether Lu Mingchuan was there.

This is the first time that Liang Xi hopes that Lu Mingchuan will not be at the competition, so that he doesn't need to know which of the many girls is his lover, and he doesn't need to know. It turns out that Lu Mingchuan can also give a lot for others...he can also accompany him. With others coming to compete, Liang Xi is not the only one.

What should come will always come. When Liang Xi got into the taxi with Bai Xuzhou, he was still hesitating whether to say hello to him in advance—Liang Xi didn't say anything about Lu Mingchuan and his girlfriend, nor did he mention that the two met. face to face.

Think about it or forget it, such a large venue may not necessarily be encountered.

The first thing to do is the group match, a group of five will go on a round-robin basis, and the game will end when the five swords are played or when the time is up to 4 minutes, and the final calculation will be based on the points.

The scene was even more crowded than Liang Xi had imagined. Boping is a big city with a developed economy, and many people began to choose fencing as a hobby.Parents especially like to send their children to learn sword.

The children's group next door was making a lot of noise, Liang Xi felt a headache, hid in a corner, and did not enter the field until the referee called his number.

Liang Xi put on a mask and looked around the audience through the black grid during the last inspection of equipment before the game.Bai Xuzhou was looking around there, as if he couldn't sit still. As for... Liang Xi didn't see Lu Mingchuan, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

The first opponent was an uncle in his 40s, who played very Buddhist.Although the moves were first-class, the speed couldn't keep up with the young man's pace. It took Liang Xi more than two minutes to end the battle with 5:0.

It didn't matter if the uncle lost, he took off his helmet with a smile and shook hands with Liang Xi: "You guys played really well." He patted Liang Xi on the shoulder.

Liang Xi whispered a thank you and walked back to the waiting area.

The next two people are young people, about the same age as Liang Xi. They play aggressively but are full of loopholes. After the game was 5:0 in one game and 5:1 in the other game, Liang Xi only broke out in a thin layer of sweat, and he was not panting.

The easy victory did not make him happy, on the contrary, he became more and more anxious.

To be honest, participating in this kind of competition made him feel a little bored. The boredom here does not come from the competition itself, but from Liang Xi himself.

This feeling is like a sports car with an explosive speed on a trail with a speed limit of 20km/h, and there is nowhere to vent the boiling blood; it is also like a high school student who deliberately came to the elementary school playground to find fault, relying on his own level to do something Nothing difficult.

"Liang..." The boy sitting next to Liang Xi suddenly said, he pointed to the printing on the back of Liang Xi's metal jacket, "What's your name?"

"Liang Xi."

"Oh, hello!" The boy has dyed bright yellow curly hair, like a college student who catches up with the trend, "You fight really well, I've been watching you from below."

Liang Xi was not very good at dealing with such familiar people, he rubbed the tip of his nose: "Uh, it's okay."

"Brother, you are too modest!" Huang Mao chattered.

He and Liang Xi were divided into a group, and each of them had to play four games in the group stage. This yellow hair was Liang Xi's last opponent. It seemed that this opponent was a chatterbox. In response, the golden retriever can still talk non-stop by himself.

"Guess." He moved closer to Liang Xi, "Guess how many swords I can get from you?"

"There's nothing to guess about it. You'll know when you finish playing." Liang Xi avoided his question.

Huang Mao didn't care too much: "I hope I can beat you." He told Liang Xi seriously.

"..." Liang Xi looked at him, not knowing what to say for a while.

"Just kidding, I know the possibility is very small!" Huang Mao smiled, "Because I found that your way of fighting swords is very similar to my idol! My biggest wish for four years in college is to have a match with him, but I know that my amateur level is definitely not up to his level."

"Who is your idol?"

"You may not have heard of it. He hasn't developed in Boping in recent years, but he came to our university fencing team once." Huang Mao glanced at Liang Xi and introduced him very enthusiastically, "His name is Lu Mingchuan, a newcomer to the fencing world. The seed player, let me tell you that he will definitely be a dark horse in the future..."

Huang Mao talked about his idol very enthusiastically, but Liang Xi didn't care to listen any more.

Lu Mingchuan, Lu Mingchuan...everywhere is Lu Mingchuan!Since he returned to China, these three words have been mentioned by different people, intentionally or unintentionally, they are all reminding Liang Xi: Your past is imprinted with the traces of that person.

There is no way to escape, just like a destiny in the dark.

Liang Xi stood up irritably, stroked the hair in front of his forehead, and hooked his hands at the yellow hair: "The referee has called." After speaking, he put the mask on his head, as if this would make him Huang Mao's endless praise to Lu Mingchuan was isolated from the eardrum.

In this round, Liang Xi played particularly fiercely.

In the previous rounds, in order to take care of the emotions of the opponent, Liang Xi chose to score points in a roundabout way as much as possible. He did a lot of technical moves, defensive counterattacks, defensive transfers, etc. The rhythm was not fast enough to ensure that the amateurs would lose. I also have some experience in losing.

However, during the round with Huang Mao, the air that had been suffocating in Liang Xi's heart seemed to suddenly expand and explode. After the referee called to start, he quickly crossed and jumped in front of Huang Mao. There was no extra movement, it was simple. A single stab hit Huang Mao's chest.

His attacking speed was too fast, before Huang Mao's subordinates had time to react, the single colored light of the referee was already on, a whistle sounded, and Liang Xi scored a point.

It took less than five seconds from the start to the first point. The coaches watching their game and the players waiting on the field all subconsciously let out an exclamation.

In the next few strikes, Liang Xi also decided not to wrong himself, and used his usual offensive style to complete the match.

Huang Mao is tougher than he imagined, and his level seems to be higher than that of Liang Xi's previous opponents. With the experience of the first sword, Huang Mao tried to delay the time with strict defense, hoping to delay the time limit of 4 minutes Don't let Liang Xi hit all five swords.

Liang Xi attacked several times, but was blocked by him. The tip of the sword only hit the invalid part, and did not score.

However, under such circumstances, Liang Xi felt more and more excited, the long-lost competitive desire seemed to return to his body.

There are more and more movements under his hands, and the rhythm of changing steps is getting faster and faster.

Gradually, in such a huge sword gym, people's eyes began to be attracted to this boy.Liang Xi on the field was like a luminous body, which suddenly raised the atmosphere of an amateur game. Some people in the audience clapped their hands when he scored, and several female players shouted at him. whistle...

"Liang—"

On the viewing platform on the second floor, Wei Chengyi rested his chin in thought: "Lu Mingchuan, is this the kid who always followed you when you were young? What's his name, Liang... Liang Xi?"

Lu Mingchuan's eyes fell on the figure in the center of the field, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Well, I have returned to China every year."