hand over talents to the country

The Olympic Games lasted for sixteen days.

Ji Ke originally wanted to stay and continue to watch the competition, but due to financial problems and time problems, he only stayed in Brazil for seven days in the end. When the swimming event was almost done, he returned to China with his teammates.

Many swimmers knew the date of their return to China in advance, and held support signs in advance and squatted at the airport. When the athletes got off the plane, they felt the enthusiasm from the fans.

Some senior seniors have gotten used to this scene and seem to deal with it calmly, but some first-time Olympic athletes seem very nervous.

For example, Gao Guowei and Li Jiayang.

A few of them looked at the gifts from the fans in a daze, and bowed to say thank you while receiving the gifts, but they moved too much and knocked the fans away, and then hurriedly apologized.

Saying goodbye to the fans in a hurry, several newcomers stared at Ji Ke closely, "Why are you not nervous at all when facing the fans, even calmer than people like Guo Yiming who often participate in competitions?!"

Ji Ke thought about the end of his first two worlds, he would be recognized almost when he was out, smiled, and said, "Probably because I am not afraid of life."

other people:"???"

What does this have to do with being afraid of life?

After returning to China, these athletes who went out to compete got a short vacation for a few days, and then devoted themselves to training again.

During the few days of vacation, Ji Ke went back to his hometown.

It is naturally impossible for Ji's father and Ji's mother to miss the moment of witnessing their son winning the Olympic gold medal. In fact, not only did they not miss it, the couple have been watching that video every day since Ji Ke finished swimming 200 meters again.

If you have enough time, not just once, but three or five times.

Ji Ke's first meal back home was not the meal carefully prepared by his parents at home, but was directly abducted by Ji's father to the hotel.

It is said that relatives who have a relationship with their family were invited to celebrate him winning a gold medal.

Ji Ke keeps a low profile, and doesn't like Ji's father and Ji's mother's way of telling the whole world about a little honor, but he can understand their happy mood, the proud mood of all sons who are promising.

Even though he was a little embarrassed, he still cooperated with his relatives to have a meal, and at the dinner table, he tried to answer in the direction that Ji's father and mother liked.

But what Ji Ke didn't expect was that after having dinner with his relatives on the first day, he thought he would find peace, but he didn't expect that there would be more banquets waiting for him.

Ji's father's friend, Ji's father's colleague, Ji's mother's friend, Ji's mother's colleague...

A total of one week's vacation was taken, and I spent five days eating banquets.

Ji Ke: "..."

Suddenly feel that being too proud of your parents is not a good thing?

After the vacation, Ji Ke returned to the provincial team for training.

This year's Olympics is over, and we will be preparing for next year's World Swimming Championships.

People like them who have participated in international competitions and won awards, if nothing else happens, will basically enter the national team again in the next competition, so the coach trains them more strictly.

Domestic leagues and championships are held once a year, the World Swimming Championships are held every two years, the Asian Swimming Championships are held every four years, and the Olympic Games are held every four years...

Ji Ke has participated in these events, large and small, all over his career.

He has left his figure in every arena, and has won a ranking that satisfies him in every game.

Ji Ke swam until he was 28 years old.

The first international competition in his life was the Olympic Games, and the last international competition was also the Olympic Games. In the 2028 Olympic Games, he won No.400 in the men's 3-meter freestyle and won the last medal in his career. announced his retirement.

Before he retired, some teammates who had a good relationship with him had already retired and changed careers.

For example, Gao Guowei, due to physical reasons, he retired at the age of 25 and went back to inherit his family property.

Another example is Li Jiayang, who retired at the age of 26 and started a small business after that, and his life is not bad.

There are also athletes who insist on staying on the field after he retires.

For example, Song Jingzhao, the impulsive boy who was sent back by the national team because of his temper, has become a very mature athlete. He loves swimming. Even though he has suffered many injuries due to training, he is still reluctant to leave the field.

However, whether they retired first or later, these athletes have dedicated their youth to swimming and earned honor for the country.

After retiring, Ji Ke did not change his career, but returned to the provincial team as a swimming coach.

Liu Ping also retired this year, and Ji Ke's return happened to be his replacement.

The coaches of the provincial team have changed round after round, and the athletes have also changed batch after batch.

But in this place, there is no end to sports, and the passion to win glory for the country will never die.

Ji Ke swam desperately in his early years, and suffered from many physical problems. Before he was 60, he retired due to physical reasons.

He had saved his protagonist level to 100 when he was an athlete, and he stayed here because he wanted to continue to do something for the Chinese swimming team.

Even if I can no longer be a talent, I can be a coach who transports talents.

Now that he's retired, he can think about leaving.

On the day of his retirement, the athletes he led spontaneously organized to invite him to a meal, and those children even invited the athletes who had a good relationship with him and competed with him.

It is impossible for those who practice sports to not have any injuries on their bodies. These old men reunited after decades, and everything is different from before. The only thing that remains the same is that their bodies are not very agile.

During the meeting, an athlete who won the gold medal in the last World Championships asked Ji Ke: "Coach Ji, sometimes I feel pain when I over-train. Shouldn't it be doubled?"

Ji Ke moved the injured place, couldn't help taking a breath, and replied: "It hurts."

"Then have you ever regretted it?" the student asked, "Have you ever regretted your choice of this path after being so ill?"

"Regret? How could you regret it?" Hearing this, not only Ji Ke, but also retired athletes like them all laughed.

Ji Ke said: "I have nothing special about me, I just have a bit of talent in swimming, what would I choose if I didn't choose swimming?"

"If you want to open a swimming pool, or be a useful teacher, it should be easier than being an athlete."

"Yes, it is easier, but it is a very honorable thing to hand over one's talents and talents to the country." Ji Ke said: "Being an athlete is the most correct decision I have made in my life. It hurt my body, but I'm still proud of it."

Back home after dinner, Ji Ke didn't go to take a shower, but dug out the previous match materials and sat on the sofa to watch quietly.

He watched it all night, until the sky turned white, and then slowly moved his body and stood up.

He put the medals he had won before on the coffee table, spread them out, and touched them one by one lovingly, just like treating his own children.

After a while, he said to the air: "520, we should go."

The surrounding picture was still, gradually blurred, and then turned into a blue halo, with numbers floating in the air.

He also felt obvious changes in his body, from old and weak to full of vitality in an instant.

520 said: "The host is great, I am here to show that because you have completed the tasks in the fast travel world very well, the original owner of each world has given unprecedented praise, so I will reward you with doubled points. Your current points Enough to go back to the real world."

"Would you like to continue to experience the next world or return to the real world?"

If it was Ji Ke who just entered the fast time travel world, he would definitely choose to continue to the next world, but after experiencing other people's lives, he also gradually understood that other people's lives belong to others after all, not his own.

And when making decisions for others to change their lives, he often thinks about his own life and has some ideas.

Don't be bound by feelings.

The people he traveled through were bound by love, so they lost their heads for love in the end.

And he himself was bound by family affection, so he hesitated and couldn't make a cruel decision.

He took over the lives of those original owners and lost the shackles of love, so he realized his ideal of life.

And he needs to go back and throw away the shackles of family affection to meet his future.

Ji Ke said: "Go back, I know what to do."

What's more, there is a wish promised to him by 520.

"Okay, I'm about to bring you back to the real world..."

A dazzling light flashed, time and space were replaced, and Ji Ke slowly opened his eyes.

The surrounding furnishings are extremely familiar, and the small space is full of books.

This is the small bedroom he lived in for 18 years.

Ji Ke asked 520: "You promised me a wish before, and you can achieve anything you say. Is this true?"

"Of course, host, you can tell me your wish, I'll go and report it, and it will be approved within 24 hours at the latest."

"My wish is that my mother can live well."

520:"???"

"Ah? To live well means..."

"It is not death due to impulsive suicide and intentional injury of others."

520 didn't quite understand, but Ji Ke heard a crackling sound of typing on the keyboard, he should be annotating some application.

"Although I still don't quite understand your request, host, but I have reported it, and the people who review the wishes will definitely understand."

"Okay, thank you."

After Ji Ke finished speaking, he stood up from the bed, took out his schoolbag from the closet, and put important things and personal documents into the bag.

He has no suitcase, only three schoolbags, all returned by his younger brother when he got tired of using them.

But three schoolbags are enough for him to pack his things.

It was two in the morning, and his mother and his stepfather and stepbrother were asleep.

Ji Ke packed up his things, glanced at his sleeping mother's back through the bedroom door, and left the house without thinking.

He is now off to pursue his future.