The white moonlight that makes us cry

These have been the toughest years in history for the British fencing team.

European fencing is famous far and wide, and they were once world-class strongmen.

But in 2013, the double-sword king Scottby retired due to injury.

In 2016, Ali Otis, the world's No.14 male player, unfortunately missed the top three in the Rio Olympics.

In 2017, the British Sports Federation announced that it would no longer provide financial allocations for fencing to prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

It can be said that the level of fencing in Britain has plummeted in recent years and is no longer as brilliant as it used to be.

But Ali Otis still did not give up, persevered, founded a fencing training institution by himself, privately found an excellent coach who had trained Olympic champions to hone his fencing skills, and trained his own related team.

In the previous year's World Championships, Ali Otis achieved good results and regained financial sponsorship at the national level.

And his world ranking also rose - became No.13.

As a strong British swordsman, Ali Otis is currently preparing for the next Olympic Games and did not participate in the London Invitational Tournament against the Chinese team.

Of course—even if he was free, Ali Otis would not be able to participate.

After all, the difference in strength and experience between him and the two young rookies of the Chinese team is too great. Just like Violet, who is ranked seventh in the world, private discussions are fine, but competitions between non-world-class countries like the Invitational Tournament , will definitely be criticized by the media for bullying the small.

So this time the British men's fencing team sent two outstanding young athletes, the descendants of Ali Otis-Maud Hunt and Plain Clifford.

The day before the invitational game, the coach will organize a mobilization meeting.

"You have to know—the Chinese fencing team will become your strongest opponent this time!" Coach James said in a deep voice, "Especially the young man named Cui Youji, left-handed, 1.8 meters tall, capable of both offense and defense. , with the same coach as Violet. Maud Hunt, Polan Clifford, you have to be careful."

Maud Hunt and Plain Clifford nodded in agreement.

Both of them are handsome British gentlemen, about [-] years old, but they are a little bald for some reason.

At this time, everyone in the British foil team was pointing to the relevant reports about Cui Youji on the Internet and whispering.

"He was a debut actor before he came to China!"

"It's really good-looking."

Another member surnamed A said: "There are a lot of Cui's photo albums on Twitter, as well as clips of movies and TV dramas he acted in."

"There are also reports that he came from a wealthy Chinese family!"

Everyone couldn't help being curious.

They have heard of celebrities changing jobs to start companies, live broadcasting fashion shows with beauty makeup, etc., but this is the first time they have seen a career-changing athlete... There is a huge gap between the two.

Moreover, Cui's fencing strength is still so strong.

All kinds of rumors seem to have shrouded this beautiful oriental man with a veil of mystery.

"Hurry up." Maud Hunt urged, "click on it, I want to watch the movie that Cui used to act in."

The leading gossip player A fiddled with the phone and turned up the volume.

A few seconds later, the golden dragon that appears in the titles of Chinese movies flashes.

Everyone stretched their necks and stared at the small screen.

James couldn't help but leaned over to look at it.

Cui Yuji is now famous in various European countries because of his successive victories in the invitational tournament.

This Chinese youth movie with a score of 2.1 on Douban was also imported and made into English subtitles.

"The Day I Loved You?" Plein Clifford repeated the name.

At first everyone was mobilized by curiosity and watched with gusto, but they really couldn't stand Cui Youji's clumsy acting skills after appearing on stage, and retreated one after another.

James looked at it and shook his head.

"No wonder he wants to turn into an athlete. His acting skills are really bad." Maude Hunt shrugged.

Player A, who was holding a mobile phone, shook his head and said, "You don't know how popular Cui is in China. Even if his acting skills are poor, he still has millions of diehard fans in China..."

He is young, but his career achievements have far surpassed those of his peers.

"By the way, there is also a clip of him acting in a fencing TV series, do you want to watch it?" A asked.

"Look!"

Everyone is obviously more interested in this.

At present, there are very few videos of Cui Youji's game circulating on the Internet.They couldn't judge his actual fencing level from it.

But James predicted it.

Leaving Asia aside, Cui Yuji's most prominent record so far is his 4:1 defeat of German foil player Bowen Richard, who ranks No. 30 in the world.

Although it is well known that Cui tied with Violet in the public sparring, this is not an official match after all, and it is not universally representative.

Click A to open the tubing link.

This is the Chinese competitive TV series "Attack, Boy!" " clip.

In a flash, two young men in white fencing uniforms were probing on the track and backing away.

The blogger who made the edit marked Cui Youji's English abbreviation above the head on the left.

Judging from the number and steps of the sword, he still reveals a little youthfulness.

The British team members stared at the video for a while and concluded that Cui's strength did not seem to be as strong as they thought.

Those small media in Europe are evil, and these days they describe him as a genius-like character.

A said weakly: "This is a TV series, maybe it was acted in..."

Polan Clifford sneered, "Do you think it's possible for his acting skills to be so bad?"

A is silent.

It seems so.

"What about Cui Youji winning Violet?" someone asked back.

In this regard, the European sports media also has its own analysis.

Except for the Germans, most of them do not believe that Cui Zhen has the strength comparable to Violet.

Polan Clifford said casually: "Maybe Violet let the water go, maybe they come from the same coach, the fencing style is similar, and they can easily get acquainted with each other and find out each other's flaws..."

This is also very possible.

Like Polan Clifford and Maude Hunt, they have been training with James for a long time with Ali Otis. Although the world rankings are dozens of places behind, they are not so strenuous when they compete with each other.

It's just that they don't know that the production and filming of this domestic drama was at least half a year ago.

That was just when Cui Youji decided to switch careers and step into the field of fencing.

at the same time.

The London fencing base is temporarily assigned to the training ground of the Chinese Men's Foil Team.

Cui Youjizheng and Wu Taihe were sweating profusely among all kinds of sports equipment.

Looking at this scene, Xia Dang was relieved, but at the same time felt how lucky he was.

Once upon a time, he was disheartened, retired and returned to China to work in his son's university to plan to retire.

The French fencing team paid him well, and his annual salary was also high.

But it is still not my own country, and in a foreign country, it is inevitable that I will suffer some discrimination.

Xia Dang once thought that he would never be able to realize his dream of bringing out an outstanding Chinese fencing athlete in this life... Who knows that he met Cui Youji in college after going around.

He has served as a coach in France for many years and brought out the Olympic champion Violet, but he is still unknown.

But now relying on Cui Youji, his reputation spread throughout Europe overnight.

During this period of time, although he traveled to various European countries and was jet-lagged, Xia Dang looked radiant and much younger now.There are fewer white hairs, and the physical feeling has returned to the previous spirit.

As soon as the mid-term training was over, Xia Dang stepped forward and handed Cui Youji a bottle of functional drink.

"Thank you." Cui Youji raised his head and gulped.

Xia Dang then bent down and took a towel to wipe the sweat off his forehead like an old father.

As for Wu Taihe...he can only watch enviously.

Today is Christmas and the British team is on holiday.

Only they still insist on fighting on the training ground.

According to Xia Dang's words, we Chinese don't celebrate foreign festivals.

"By the way, Coach Xia, can I take time off to go out with my brother at night?" Cui Youji asked.

Xia Dang thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes."

Although the match will be held in a few days, he believes that the opponent has the certainty of winning.

Wu Taihe: "Then I also..."

"You can't do it!" Xia Dang turned his head and glared at him, and said angrily, "Do you have an older brother in England?"

Wu Taihe was silent.

difference.

This is discrimination.

Before four o'clock, Xia Dang let Cui Youji go.

Wu Taihe watched helplessly as Cui Youji rushed out of the base to take a taxi without even taking a shower, tears streaming down his heart with envy.

After finally coming to England at Christmas, he also wanted to go out and experience the atmosphere.

At this time Xia Dang received a call from his son.

"Hey?"

"What?! You came to England?" Xia Dang was very surprised.

Wu Taihe pricked up his ears.

He had heard that coach Xia's son was a famous professor of criminal investigation psychology, and he was currently teaching in the Police Department of X University.

Knowing that his son made a special trip to England to watch the Chinese Team Invitational, Xia Dang didn't understand much, but he didn't think too much about it.

In his opinion, Xia Rubing has nothing to do with Cui Youji.

Influenced by him, his son has been fencing since elementary school, and he probably has some interest in it.

"Come over tonight and let's have dinner together." Xia Dang said.

Xia Rubing, who had just received Cui Youji's "I'm leaving" text message, said to her father, "Sorry, I'm going to visit some old friends who were originally in England tonight."

"Ok."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Dang murmured in his heart, didn't he study in the United States?How come I never heard that you have friends in England...

Actually, Xia Rubing really has friends in England.When I joined FBL that year, I met many international friends due to business trips.

But he was too lazy to contact it.

He is actually a person with a very narrow social scope.

Now that he is in a relationship, he only wants to stay with Cui Youji.

As soon as she walked out of the hotel room, Xia Rubing received a call from the police officer Wen.

"The Kate Norton incident you asked us to investigate last time has a clue..."

The elevator door ding-dong opened.

He took half a step back.

"Has anyone been found?" He lowered his eyes, his long and thick eyelashes concealing the emotion in his eyes.

"No. At present, we can only confirm that he left the country through the Yunnan smuggling route and went to the Golden Triangle."

Wen Qiu's short sentence revealed a lot of information.

Obviously, this murderer who came all the way from the United States also had informants in China.

Otherwise, he could not have escaped arrest so easily and left from the border.

"Okay, I see, thank you."

Xia Rubing's hand holding the phone rested on the side of her trousers.

Visible to the naked eye, his mood deteriorated.

Thinking of seeing Cui Youji soon, Xia Rubing twitched the corners of her mouth, trying to adjust a normal expression.

But the smiling face reflected by the steel elevator door was still extremely stiff.

the other side.

Cui Youji received a call from Cui Jiayou in the taxi:

"I'll pick you up later for dinner."

Cui Youji: "No, no, no."

Cui Jiayou frowned, "Do you still have to train today?"

"No, I asked the coach for leave." He said honestly.

"Then why didn't you come to me?"

"Uh... I have an appointment with that friend you met yesterday."

Cui Youji scratched his head.

Cui Jiayou: "..."

He smelled a hint of danger.

Not normal, absolutely not normal.

"Where are you going?" Cui Jiayou asked.

Cui Youji: "I haven't figured it out yet, I should find a restaurant or something."

Cui Jiayou followed up: "Can I join?"

Cui Youji: "Uh...not very good."

In fact, it was embarrassing to reject Cui Jiayou like this, but Cui Youji was even more unwilling to let the other party disturb the two-person world between herself and Xia Rubing.

This is their second day together.

"Fine……"

Cui Jiayou felt a trace of loss and sadness.

The son is too big to stay... Pooh, my brother has grown up.

But there was still a lump in his heart.

That Professor Xia doesn't look like a good person even if he attacks the students.

Youji won't be cheated again, right?Cui Jiayou thought worriedly, after all, that Ruan Shu last time was a complete scumbag.

……

Cui Youji walked downstairs to the hotel.

When he got closer, he saw Xia Rubing and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong with you?"

The other party seemed to be in a bad mood.

Xia Rubing shook her head and said, "It's fine."

He asked again, "Do you have anything to eat?"

Cui Youji thought for a moment, "I think the Mexican restaurant yesterday was good, and the burritos were delicious."

Xia Rubing: "Then go."

He stopped the car on the side of the road.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the two ordered food and sat down.

Cui Youji deliberately asked him about the usage of the robot yesterday.

Xia Rubing said indifferently: "Don't get close, you will become unlucky."

Cui Youji: "...?"

"Isn't it easy to use?" He was a little puzzled, obviously he had recorded the voice himself.

Xia Rubing felt that she was suffering too.

Hey, don't mention it.

He decided to skip the subject and asked, "How is your game preparation?"

The corner of Cui Youji's mouth curled up: "It's pretty good, I think it's okay to win another championship."

Seeing the young man's complacent look, Xia Rubing's bad mood just now suddenly disappeared.

He touched the other party's hand, thinking that he should find an opportunity to order the ring first when he returns to China.

What Shen Hang said was right, opportunities wait for no one.

Once he's made up his mind, he won't let it go.

The burritos are here.

The bearded Mexican waiter gave them a second look.

I forgot yesterday, today Cui Youji pretended to be full of words, and asked Xia Rubing while eating:

"By the way, when did you fall in love with me?"