cut the waves

Tao Zebo's plain words caused a storm in Yu Yu's heart.

"But, that training——" Yu Yu stammered, "Will you really...enjoy the training?" As soon as the words came out, Yu Yu felt that this problem was really bad, but fortunately Yan Zheng was not by his side.Otherwise, Boss Yan would be the first to smack his head after hearing this.

Tao Zebo smiled, and continued to eat: "Just answer one question."

Yu Yu: "..."

There was a brief silence at the dinner table.

Soon, Tao Zebo's dinner plate was empty. He finished the last sip of soup, packed up the dishes and got up: "Let's go first."

Yu Yu just came back to his senses and didn't know what he was chewing: "Ah, thank you, brother."

Tao Zebo patted his head: "Come on."

Since the training session, he has been like a fully powered engine, rushing forward without turning back.But now when he stopped suddenly, he realized——

Swimming was no longer what he remembered.

From childhood to adulthood, whenever someone asked him what his favorite thing was, Yu Yu would blurt out without thinking: "Swimming!"

Since when did swimming stop making him happy?

He began to get used to the smell of hypochlorous acid, and when he opened his eyes, he saw snow-white tiles and a black "T"-shaped swimming lane mark.He was locked in a swimming lane two to three meters wide and 50 meters long, and he completed the training goals set by the coach time and time again.Every stroke, every breath, and every heartbeat of his has become a data point on the wearable device.Progress excites him, bottlenecks frustrate him, and the display on the stopwatch toggles his happiness.

Yu Yu can't even remember the last time he swam with no burden - without thinking about his movements, without calculating the frequency of strokes, and without worrying about the final score - just swimming happily and freely, when was it? It's over.

Does he enjoy training?

No.Didn't enjoy it at all.Training is more like a period of pain that must be passed through "to reach the goal".Therefore, once the goal cannot be reached, Yu Yu will only feel double the pain.

Obviously it wasn't like this before...

Maybe it's because he hasn't been in the sea for a long time?

Thinking of this, Yu Yu ran to Yan Zheng: "Coach, when shall we organize open water training?"

"What are you on the nerves?" Yan Zheng pointed out the window, "It's only the end of February, and the sun and the sky and the sea will not exceed ten degrees. You can swim a marathon at this water temperature. I guarantee that you will be sent away from hypothermia in two hours. .”

Yu Yu: "..."

"They went to the south for an outdoor training camp in February," Yan Zheng shook his head, "Ninggang will have to wait until April at the earliest. Let's wait until April, when the weather is good, I will drag you all into the sea."

But when the thought of going to the sea comes up, it grows wildly like wild smoke and weeds.

In Huaxi before, Yu Yu still traveled across the sea in winter.Of course, Huaxihai is much warmer than Ninggang, but the water temperature is only about 3-[-]. He is wearing his father's [-]mm thick diving wetsuit, and he never seems to feel cold.For him, winter swimming is not difficult.

He hasn't been in the sea since last October.Now, he desperately wants to get back to the sea.

An urgency never felt before.

It's just that he can't go alone.Grandpa has told him countless times that he should not rely on his good water skills to disobey the rules of the sea, for example, never swim alone.

Yu Yu asked around in the provincial team——next Thursday, the sun will be particularly good and the wind will be beautiful. The outdoor temperature will be as high as six degrees Celsius, and the sea will be even warmer. It may be ten degrees. Would you like to go to Crescent Moon with me? Have a swim?

Tao Zebo pointed to his ankle, saying that the injury was not healed, and he should not catch a cold.

Cheng Zhefan, who just came back from the winter youth training, spit out two words concisely: "I'm sick."

Some students were very worried: "My fish, your brain must have been damaged by Yan Zheng's training, right? Are you okay?"

Some students also put forward very realistic reasons: "I won't go. When I was young, my mother asked me to try winter swimming, but I caught a cold when I picked it up in the water. The life of our athletes is already very hard. Can't you treat yourself better?"

Yu Yu: "..."

The provincial team asked around but failed, so Yu Yu had no choice but to go back to Su Liao pitifully.

Su Liao first replied with three ellipses, and then a series of question marks.

Little Killer Whale: I didn’t want to bother you, but no one in the provincial team wanted to accompany me

Make a silly pen: Is it strange that someone is willing to accompany you at this temperature?

Little killer whale: It's too dangerous to go alone

Stupid pen: You also know the danger?

Little killer whale: [Little killer whale QAQ is cute.jpg]

Make a silly pen: it's useless to be cute

Little killer whale: [Little killer whale humming and acting like a baby.jpg]

Make up a silly pen: It's useless to act like a baby

Fool's Pen: Don't Try to Use Magic

Make a silly pen: Please use your reason to convince my reason, thank you

Little killer whale: ...

Little Killer Whale: I really want to go

Su Liao was silent for a long time, and replied: Scale from 1 to 10, how much do you think?

Yu Yu answered "11" casually, but he never expected that Su Liao would agree.

At the end of the winter vacation, the two picked the day with the best weather and took the subway directly to Ninggang City Seaside Park.Crescent Bay often hosts open water competitions, and the supporting equipment is readily available.The Ninggang Winter Swimming Club is also here. Every day, a group of retired men "practices" in the water.

Su Liao had already changed into his swimsuit, but when he stuck out his feet and tested the water temperature, he withdrew his feet back expressionlessly: "...I've changed my mind."

Yu Yu stretched out his finger and pointed not far away: "Look at the grandfather in the water, he may be sixty."

Su Liao gathered his down jacket and sighed calmly: "I'm only sixteen."

Yu Yu: "..."

Su Liao stood on the wooden trestle extending from the sea, pointed to the sea: "I'll just watch from here, you swim to that red buoy, swim back and forth, don't worry, before you drown—"

Su Liao originally wanted to say, I'll jump down to save you, but when the sea breeze blew, he ruthlessly kicked the orange swimming ring under the trestle: "I'll throw this to you."

Yu Yu: "..."

As soon as he plunged in, the water was too cold, and Yu Yu needed to warm up quickly, so he quickly swam to the buoy.He swam back and forth three times around the buoy, wiped the water off his face, and shouted to the shore: "Come down! It's so cool, really, I regret it if I don't jump!"

Su Liao's cheek twitched.Such cold water will be "cool" to hell.He thought he would fucking regret it if he jumped.

He watched Yu Yu's head bobbing with the waves, water dripped from the tip of his hair, and slid down his brow bone.Yu Yu looked up, the corners of his eyes almost raised in joy.The roots of his wet eyelashes were distinct, and the sunlight shattered into his eyes, which were light brown like a handful of clear pools of water.

"I'll count to three seconds, and I'll leave if you don't come," Yu Yu shouted, "Three!"

"two!"

Su Liao's breath stagnates.

He had never seen such an expression on Yu Yu's face——

Such a flamboyant, wanton, wild smile.

He seemed genuinely happy.

Su Liao didn't know what he was thinking.

All reason told him that he would be an idiot if he jumped off.

But he was still bewitched by that smile and took off his clothes.

Yu Yu shouted one last time: "One!"

"Puff" sound.

Yu Yu laughed out loud.

Su Liao didn't know how to describe the feeling at the moment of entering the water. It was like getting an electric shock. He should feel cold, but the skin all over his body seemed to be burning, and his mind went blank.

"Move, move, don't be stupid," Yu Yu waved at him, "It won't be cold after swimming!"

The body memory that has been trained all year round quickly made Su Liao move. After swimming more than [-] meters, the muscles of his limbs finally generated a weak heat, which began to counteract the chill all over his body.

Yu Yu led the tour in front, and he followed behind.

The sun is fine today, but the wind is not too weak. The waves in Crescent Bay are bigger than usual—the dark blue waves are rolling in from a distance. It is a calm and steady force. Yu Yu feels his body being lifted up Push it up, and the icy sea water rushes towards your face.He raised his arm and plunged into the water again, and the waves went behind him... He liked the feeling of walking through the waves, the soul that had been sleeping for a long time seemed to come alive again in his body.

Looking up is the boundless sky, and looking down is the endless dark blue. He takes off and lands in the water waves, and occasionally there are marine creatures passing by.Even though the water was freezing cold, even though every inch of his skin was screaming and protesting, he was still so excited.

He understood one thing - he is different from those athletes in the provincial team - countless long-distance swimmers have devoted themselves to swimming marathon for various reasons.Some, as Cheng Zhefan said, were unable to achieve outstanding results in the swimming pool 1500m event, so they could only choose marathon events with more difficult training and fewer participants, just for that one chance.And some, like Tao Zebo, always bear the national honor on their shoulders, and want to fill the vacancy of the international zero medal in this event.

He is different.

He just likes the feeling of cutting through the waves in the sea!

He has learned to swim in the sea before he has learned to run.When he was very young, he chased dolphins and learned to kick without a teacher.

The sea is his home.

He is invincible in his own kingdom.

Winter swimming for too long may lead to hypothermia and hypothermia shock.Yu Yu was very experienced in this, and took Su Liao ashore after swimming for [-] minutes.The two took a hot shower and changed their clothes.

Yu Yuyou was still full of complacency, and bumped Su Liao with his shoulder: "Are you happy?"

Su Liao cursed in a low voice.

Yu Yu couldn't help bursting into laughter, and comforted him: "It's comfortable at the back, really. Every time I finish winter swimming, after about an hour or two, I will feel a very comfortable feeling, similar to the feeling after aerobic exercise. Comfortable to decompress."

Su Liao looked at him suspiciously: "It's true."

"You'll know in a while."

But after Su Liao came up from the sea, he talked very little.For a while, Yu Yu wondered if the child had been fooled by Dong.The heating in the subway is very good, Su Liao is wrapped in a down jacket, his face is still not very good-looking.

Yu Yu became a little worried: "Are you okay?"

Su Liao retracted his chin into the neckline, and said in a sleepy tone, "It's okay."

Yu Yu looked at his slightly bruised lips, touched his hand, and couldn't help frowning: "Why is it still so cold? It's been so long since I've been ashore."

Su Liao pushed his hand away angrily, but Yu Yu refused to let it go, and wrapped his hands into his palms: "You hold it. I'm warm."

I have to admit that classmate Yu Yu, who has been in the sea since he was a child, is very talented, and he didn't wear much clothes when he went ashore, but a well-washed sweater and a down jacket made his whole body hot like a small heater.

But Su Liao didn't know why, the heat from Yu Yu's palm couldn't be transmitted to him no matter what.The coldness seemed to come from the depths of his bones, the down jacket, the heater in the subway, the hot water he just drank... nothing could warm him up.He didn't feel the "comfortable" Yu Yu said, but the muscles all over his body were sore, and he was a little dizzy.what happened?He won't faint on the subway, will he?

Su Liao looked up at the station list, put on a down jacket hat, and leaned back: "There are still eight stations, I'll take a close look for a while."

Why did he follow others into the water?

Su Liao felt that he must be crazy.

When he was very young—since he could remember, every time he encountered damp and cold weather, his chest would always feel congested and painful—later, after returning to China, his father arranged for him to study with Yan Zheng in order to strengthen his health. Swimming, I haven't felt such dull pain for a long time.Su Liao pressed his chest subconsciously, thinking, is it because the sea water is too cold?

Soon, Yu Yu found that Su Liao's palm was cold, but his head on his shoulder was very hot, and he felt a "thud" in his heart.He helped Su Liao up, touched his forehead with his forehead, and made sure that Su Liao must have a fever.

It wasn't a low-grade fever, it was the kind that he didn't even need a thermometer to know.

Yu Yu was dumbfounded: "No way, why is your body so weak?"

Su Liao laughed feebly: "...Don't just say that the man is physically weak."

When Yu Yu sent the person home, the first thing he did was to force Su Liao to take his temperature. When he saw 40.1 degrees Celsius, Yu Yu was so scared that he almost smashed the mercury thermometer.

"Should I—send you to the hospital?" Yu Yu reached out to get his mobile phone, "Tell your family, who is it your sister-in-law? Are you going home? Can any of them come over and take care of you?"

Su Liao pressed his hand: "Don't say it."

"Don't say it?" Yu Yu shook the thermometer in front of Su Liao's eyes, "Fuck, you're already fucking 40 degrees, is this a joke? Have you burnt out your brain!"

"I'll drink more hot water." Su Liao ignored him, opened a drawer in the living room, took out a small bottle of VC, ate one piece himself, and handed another one to Yu Yu, "It's good to sleep. It's okay, In our winter vacation competition class, everyone is coughing, it should be a bad flu that spreads in the class. I usually have immunity, and when I catch cold, my immunity weakens, and I catch a cold."

He emphasized it again: "Don't say it first. Yan'er is not allowed to say that either."

Yu Yu: "..." I really don't understand this person.

"Lie down, take a rest first." Yu Yu pushed Su Liao into the bedroom, "I'll make you a bowl of ginger soup. Fuck."

Su Liao's mind seemed to be half a beat behind, he glanced blankly at the other party: "I don't have ginger."

"Wait."

Yu Yu picked up the keys and mobile phone, and ran downstairs to buy ginger like a gust of wind.

In the past in Huaxi, when he swam in winter to Wangxianyu, his grandfather would cook a bowl of thick ginger soup for him.When the pungent entered his throat, his body warmed up. For so many years, he had never caught a cold and fell ill.

Su Liao obediently climbed onto the bed, touched his forehead, and sighed in his heart.In fact, he was really "frail and sickly" when he was a child, but after he started swimming at the age of six or seven, his health gradually improved.To be honest, he can't even remember how old he was when he had a fever last time.

He touched his chest nervously again, but it wasn't as stuffy as before.

Su Liao still didn't dare to tell his family members that once his aunt heard about this, she would definitely blame Swimming, and she might even sue his father, explaining this and that, it's all a matter.In the past few years, his health has been maintained very well, maybe he will get through it, maybe the fever will subside tomorrow?

Su Liao lay on the bed for a while, as if he had just fallen asleep in a daze, and was woken up again by someone.

Su Liao opened his eyes, only to find that the strong and spicy smell of ginger filled the room. Yu Yu was sitting on his bed, holding a bowl of hot ginger soup.Yu Yu scooped up a spoonful, put it under his lips and blew it, and after making sure the temperature was right, he passed it to Su Liao's lips: "Come on, drink this."

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