cut the waves

Yu Yu and Su Liao, Liangzi, can be traced back to four months ago.

It was the May Day holiday, and Yu Yu took a bus from Huaxi, a small seaside county, to Ninggang City alone to participate in the "Crossing Crescent Bay" open water swimming challenge held by Ninggang City Seaside Park.

Crescent Bay has beautiful scenery and calm water, spanning 1500 meters.

The challenge is open to all swimming enthusiasts over the age of 14 in the province, and there are rich prizes.Among them, the champion can not only get a year cartoon of the seaside park, but also a super big and super cute 150cm UmiUmi killer whale pillow——Yu Yu rushed to the killer whale pillow.

Yu Yu grew up soaking in the sea since he was a child. He was trained in the Huaxi City Swimming Team at the age of five. He was rated as a national second-level swimmer at the age of nine. At the age of 11, he gave up competitive sports because of an accident at home.However, leaving the pool does not mean giving up swimming.He has swum more seas than he has run.

Without any suspense, Yu Yu won the championship in 7 minutes, leading No.2 by more than a minute.Satisfied with holding the big killer whale, he thought happily that he could make a fortune by reselling the park annual card later.He will be in high school in the second half of the year, and he plans to use the money to buy himself a mobile phone.

That day was originally perfect, until a certain runner-up stopped him in the locker room: "Little classmate, what grade are you in?"

The boy's voice during the voice change period is seven points curious and three points lazy.

Yu Yu looked at the other party warily.Su Liao was taller than him, the tips of his hair were dripping wet, and his wet eyebrows were black and thick.The boy has a strong sense of facial contours, but his smile is not aggressive, like the sunshine in early summer, refreshing, enthusiastic, black and white.

Yu Yu instinctively doesn't like this person very much.Perhaps, he didn't like strangers talking to him so "familiarly".Or, he doesn't like the smile on the other person's face, which is so sweet that it seems that he lacks social beatings.It may also be because——Yu Yu glanced at the flamboyant pink sequined swimming cap and Pai Daxing swimming trunks held in the opponent's hand—this aesthetic simplicity is daunting.

However, Yu Yu was really in a good mood at the time, so he still gave the other party a little face: "The third day of junior high school."

"Huh? I'm also in the third year of junior high school!" Su Liao's eyes lit up, "Why haven't I seen you on the field before? Next week, will you participate in the National Middle School Swimming Championships?"

Yu Yu shook his head.

"Don't you have a participating team?" His eyes were filled with surprise, "Do you know that your speed—"

Yu Yu's 1500m performance today, in the swimming pool, is already at the level of a national first-class athlete.What's more, this is not the result of swimming in the pool, but at sea. Each player dragged a safety float.

"Do you want to participate?"

Yu Yu shook his head again.

"Why?" Su Liao wondered, "I think your speed can be the champion."

Yu Yu laughed shortly: "There is no prize for the champion."

Su Liao glanced at him in disbelief, and unconsciously mixed with a trace of anger in his tone: "You participated in the competition just for the prize?"

"Yes. The prize can be exchanged for money." Yu Yu blinked innocently, not knowing why the other party was suddenly excited, "By the way, do you want this park annual pass? The original price is 1888, and I will sell it to you at a discount of 998?"

Hearing this, Su Liao slammed the locker door heavily with a "bang" sound: "Then what about this killer whale, how much do you sell it for?"

Yu Yu subconsciously tightened his elbows: "This is not for sale."

"Compete with me again." Su Liao put away his smile and took another step closer, "Swimming pool competition."

Yu Yu felt that this person was really sick, so he turned around and left: "No time."

Su Liao jumped in front of him in three steps at a time, and blocked his way again stubbornly: "Don't go."

Yu Yu was also annoyed, and his tone was quite aggressive: "Compare to what, don't you agree?"

"Yeah, I'm not convinced." Su Liao raised his chin, stared at him condescendingly, and raised his eyebrows, "I don't want to lose to someone who participates in the competition just to sell prizes for money."

Yu Yu once again stamped his heart - that's right, this is a silly white sweet who lacks social beatings.purebred.

The corner of Yu Yu's mouth curled up, but there was no smile in his eyes: "I don't care if you accept it or not? After entering the water, each depends on his ability."

"If you lose, you lose." Yu Yu bumped away from his shoulder, striding forward.

Su Liao refused to let go: "If you win, I will buy your card. I will also give you the shark pillow from No.2."

When Yu Yu heard Qian, he was a little shaken: "Then what if I lose?"

Su Liao pointed to the killer whale pillow in his arms: "This one belongs to me."

Yu Yu thought for a while, the speed of Su Liao 1500 in the open water was about 1 minute slower than him, in the swimming pool, no matter what, there is nothing to fear.It's impossible to lose. It seems pretty good if you can sell the park annual card quickly.Thinking of this, Yu Yu readily responded: "Okay. Where can we compare?"

Su Liao called and took him directly to the Ninggang City Youth Sports Swimming Center.

The swimming pool is divided into Hall A and Hall B. Hall B is a professional training venue, and Hall A is open to all members.When the two arrived, the coach Su Liao contacted helped them clear two swimming lanes.

Su Liao asked him: "What kind of competition?"

Yu Yu made up his mind to convince him to lose: "Whatever you want. Choose what you are best at."

When Su Liao proposed the 200m freestyle, there were only two words in Yu Yu's mind - massacre.However, he never expected that he would lose in the event that he had won the provincial championship in his childhood, and he was still a few seconds short.

苏燎游了1分57秒23，他游了2分02秒12。

When Yu Yu touched the finish line, he was in a daze.

How can it be?

There are several adults around the swimming pool, including members and coaches, chattering——

"Who is this kid? It looks about the same age as Xiao Su, right?"

"These two results are both national first-class athletes. The kids nowadays are too good..."

Yu Yu didn't seem to hear it, and it took a while to come back to his senses: "I haven't had a swimming pool for several years. I'm not used to turning around."

Su Liao tilted his head on the buoy, and deliberately imitated his previous tone: "I don't care if you accept it or not? After entering the water, each depends on his ability."

Yu Yu seemed to be choked: "..."

He really wanted to say "two wins in three games", but before Yu Yu opened his mouth, Su Liao saw through it contemptuously: "Little classmate, you won't regret it, will you?"

Isn't it?I regret so much that my intestines are green.

But Yu Yu wants face.

He vomited three liters of blood from the bottom of his heart, while pretending to be indifferent: "You look down on me? I'm willing to bet and admit defeat."

"The killer whale is mine, thank you." Su Liao pushed himself out of the swimming pool with a "crash", "Hey, do you want my shark?"

Yu Yu said with a dark face, "No."

He doesn't want sharks.He's kind of like a "shark" guy.

Su Liao stood by the pool, looked down at him, and suddenly said, "Will I meet you again in the arena?"

Yu Yu glanced at the other party silently, without answering.He didn't want to look into the person's eyes, so he turned his eyes away, but happened to notice that there was a white mark about eight centimeters on the man's chest.The other party stretched out his hand again: "Let's go. If we meet again——My name is Su Liao, the Liao of Xinghuo Liaoyuan."

Yu Yu lazily raised the corner of his eyes, showing a lack of interest: "Oh."

Su Liao: "..."

In the locker room, Yu Yu deliberately took a long shower, just to let someone Su go out first.But when he walked out of the swimming pool, he still saw Su Liao at the door——with his family.

The woman in a white cheongsam should be Su's mother. She was carrying a delicate leather bag, so young that she couldn't tell her age at all.The man next to her is also a suit of shirt and trousers, with shiny leather shoes, and looks like a successful person.Behind the two of them stood a little girl in a princess dress, seven or eight years old.Su Liao squatted down and stuffed the big killer whale into her arms.The little girl was both surprised and happy, and shouted: "Thank you brother!"

Su Liao smiled and patted her head.

Yu Yu watched the family of four leave the gymnasium coldly, a trace of sourness suddenly pierced through the internal organs, as if to tear the entire abdominal cavity open.Yu Yu walked a few steps towards the station, and finally couldn't bear the tumbling emotions in his chest, so he took a step and ran all the way.

It was his first swim meet since his father's death.

Yu Yu's father loves free diving and is obsessed with exploring the physiological limits of human beings underwater. He has won many international championships.However, when Yu Yu was 11 years old, his father had an accident while challenging the 100-meter underwater without equipment, and he died.

Since then, every time Yu Yu saw the six big red characters "higher", "faster", and "stronger" on the wall of Huaxi City Swimming Pool, he felt ironic.

Regardless of the obstruction of his coach and mother, he resolutely gave up competitive swimming.

This time, he participated only for the killer whale pillow.

On Yu Yu's 12th birthday, his mother took him to a new department store in the county town and asked him to choose a birthday present.Xiao Yuyu fell in love with the 1.5-meter-long killer whale at a glance, and hugged it on the sandbag in the specialty store without letting go.

Among the big animals in the sea, he likes killer whales the most.

Mother Yu never expected that a doll, which is just a puppet, could be sold for 798 because of an international brand.

Seeing her hesitation, the clerk at the counter suddenly became less enthusiastic, and said that if she didn't plan to buy it, the child should not be hugged.

Mom quickly pulled Xiao Yuyu off the killer whale.She looked at the price list and discussed with her son: "Yu'er, let's buy a smaller one? It's so big, there's no place to put it at home."

Yu Yu is a sensible child, obediently chose the cheapest mini killer whale, and never mentioned this to his mother again.

After my father died, the family was supported by my mother alone. It wasn't that I couldn't afford that much money, but I really didn't have enough money to spend hundreds of dollars on a plush toy.

He wanted a big orca he could cuddle in his bed.

hell.How could he lose?

As the saying goes, if you lose your horse, you will never know it is a blessing.After Yu Yu returned home from Ninggang sullenly, his mother Xu Qinglan received a call unexpectedly, saying that there was a place for swimming special students in Ninggang No. [-] Middle School, and asked Yu Yu if he was interested in taking the exam.

Yan Province is a major swimming province and has produced many Olympiad champions.In Yan Province, it is as common for parents to send their children to learn swimming as to enroll in piano and English training classes.The top swimmers of each session are booked early by strong traditional sports schools in the province.Since this was the first time that Ninggang No. [-] High School recruited swimming talents, they missed the time to squat, so the quota was not full.

Xu Qinglan was very excited, but Yu Yu was quite resistant to this matter.

Ninggang is very far away, unlike Huaxi, where the sea is just outside the door.Moreover, the family has a financial burden. I don't know if going to a big city will be stretched, and will I be laughed at by my classmates?More importantly - because of his father's death, Yu Yu always felt that it was a foolish thing to work hard for a sport.

He doesn't want to go.

Xu Qinglan had a rare moment of toughness: "Yu Yu, please wake me up. No. [-] Middle School, the best Ninggang No. [-] Middle School in the province! There is no need to discuss this matter. Mom will take you to the exam."

Yu Yu's freestyle has reached the standards of national first-class athletes in several events. The only problem is that he missed the normal sports student enrollment timeline.

Xu Qinglan was worried about her family's "problem boy", so she simply moved and brought her son to Ninggang to supervise his study and training.

Yu Yu didn't expect to meet Su Liao here again.

The "enemies" were extremely jealous when they met.

"200m freestyle, get ready—"

As soon as Zhang Yanming blew his whistle, the two of them plunged into the water like arrows flying off the string.

The author has something to say: Thanks for your support, bow.