cut the waves

"Hey—" Su Liao stretched out his hand to stop him, but it was already too late.

As early as last year, Su Liao had experienced the power of that punch by "defying it by himself". Coupled with this year's professional training, Yu Yu's upper body strength continued unabated.The other party was punched, and the nosebleeds came down immediately. Boys of this age are prone to impulsiveness. Seeing that he was about to fight back, the teammates of Eighteenth Middle School were quick and fast, and held him back: "Don't fight! Do you want to suspend the game together? ?”

Su Liao also held Yu Yu back, keeping a certain distance between them.

The two groups of students made a lot of noise, causing the two leading teachers to come over.

"What's going on? Hey, why is there so much blood on Dayong's face?"

"Teacher, he hit me!" Seeing the leader of the team, the boy immediately began to behave miserably, wiped the blood on his face, and began to cover his head again, "I think I may have a concussion. Residual appraisal."

Half of Yu Yu's body was pulled by Su Liao, and he pointed at the tip of the other's nose: "Come on, let me punch you again, and I will cure your concussion!"

Su Liao couldn't hold back a laugh on his shoulder.

Zhang Yanming frowned: "Why did you hit someone?" After all, the students in the Eighteenth Middle School were hit with nosebleeds, so it didn't make sense for them.

Yu Yu glared at the other party viciously: "He spread rumors first, and then cursed at others."

"I didn't spread rumors! I'm telling the truth—if I tell half a lie, I'll kill my whole family!" The boy pointed at Su Liao again, "If you don't believe me, ask your teammate, where was he last Sunday morning? Yes Are you looking for a heart attack? You ask!"

One sentence immediately caused the students in Eighteenth Middle School to start whispering.Taking heart medications is a very sensitive topic, and the drugs are known to improve performance in athletes.The Challenge Cup is said to have random drug tests, but as a non-professional competition, it is not as strict as a professional competition.

And the students in No. [-] Middle School looked at each other in blank dismay——

Everyone is familiar with Su Liao, but no one knows what kind of heart problem he has.

So more than a dozen pairs of eyes all fell on Su Liao in unison, with curiosity, worry, and malice.Su Liao lowered his head slightly, stared at the clean and reflective marble floor in front of him, and smiled helplessly: "Yes, I did go to Ninggang No. [-] Hospital that day."

"I was born with tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital malformation of the cardiovascular system, so before I was two years old, I underwent radical surgery to correct it." Su Liao's voice was very calm, as if he was telling someone else's story, "There hasn't been any problems with the heart since then."

His eyes fell on the boy in Eighteenth Middle School again: "Because I participate in high-intensity physical exercise every day, I will go for a very comprehensive heart examination every six months, including exercise stress test, to ensure that I am healthy during exercise. Safety—you are right, I have indeed made a lot of orders—if you want, I can also show you my test results—” Su Liao clicked on the hospital’s APP on his mobile phone to find out the test results directly , handed it over, "Everything is normal, so I don't need to take medicine."

"It is a very serious accusation to say that an athlete took drugs in a competition." Su Liao smiled gently, "I hope you will think about it before you say something like this next time, and it is best to have sufficient evidence .”

The other party read the inspection report, and suddenly lost three points in arrogance.

"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." The team leader of the Eighteenth Middle School reached out and knocked on the head of his troublemaker, "Let you talk nonsense!"

Coach Zhang disciplined his team members without pain or itching, and it was a face for the other party: "Look, this is a good talk, can't you explain things clearly? Next time, don't do it directly."

Yu Yu: "..." Judging from Coach Zhang's calm expression, she should have known about Su Liao's physical condition a long time ago.

The teacher who leads the team always hopes that the big things can be turned into small things, and the leader of the other side takes the students from the eighteenth middle school away.A few children in No. [-] Middle School felt that Su Liao was in a bad mood, and no matter how curious they were, they didn't dare to ask questions.When everyone got their luggage, they dispersed and went back to their respective homes.

When they finished walking, Su Liao stretched out his hand to hold Yu Yu's right hand, gently stroked the protruding bone at the root of his finger with his thumb, and said in a low voice, "Don't hit someone if you disagree with me in the future." With three points of pride, seven points of pampering.

Yu Yu felt that Su Liao's hand was a little cold, so he subconsciously held it tightly.From the moment Su Liao started to explain, he felt a little dizzy, and countless memory fragments rushed in his mind——

He once asked Su Liao what the white line on his chest was, and Su Liao said it was a birthmark.Yeah, how come there are birthmarks so neatly formed?It was clearly the scar left after the thoracotomy; Su Liao said that his mother would be at risk of pregnancy because of the detection of congenital heart disease, and many congenital heart diseases are hereditary.

Su Liao is a swimmer, but his favorite athlete is a skier. Yu Yu curiously searched for the athlete named Shaun White. He had a disease when he was a child—that’s right, Tetralogy of Fallot—just the name. It's too complicated, Yu Yu, an illiterate man with one eye and ten lines, didn't notice that it was a kind of congenital heart disease.He simply thought that Su Liao liked inspirational sports stories... So, he specifically told Su Liao that the swimming marathon officially became an Olympic event for the first time in 2008. At that time, the champion of the men's swimming marathon was a Dutch athlete. cancer.Su Liao just smiled and said "hmm", not too interested.At that time, Yu Yu felt like a child who failed in offering treasures.

He once asked Su Liao, why do you think about how to breathe every day after eating and having nothing to do, Su Liao replied - yes, he still thinks about every beat of his heart.Yu Yu thought that this person was just an avid biology lover.Also, when Su Liao got sick and had a fever, he insisted on hiding it from himself, and refused to tell his family...

Yu Yuxin said that he should have suspected it earlier.

Whether he guessed it or Su Liao took the initiative to tell him - no matter what, the secret carefully protected by Su Liao should not be released to the public in this way.If he hadn't hit people impulsively, maybe he wouldn't have attracted so many people, maybe it could have been private...

Yu Yu felt like a terrible friend: "I'm sorry."

"What are you sorry for?" Su Liao laughed, "Infected by Mao Mao?"

Yu Yu didn't respond.After a long while, he stared at his chest with some worry: "That's great?"

"That's great. The disease was surgically intervened when I was a child. If it succeeds, it will be cured. If it's not cured, do I dare to do this? Don't worry, I will be checked twice a year."

Only then did Yu Yu feel relieved: "Okay then."

The two of them took the subway back to No. [-] Middle School from the airport, just like on the plane, without talking all the way.In a sense, Yu Yu could understand that Su Liao didn't want to talk about it, probably because he didn't want to be treated as a patient by his classmates, but it also meant that Su Liao's journey was more difficult than any of them.Yu Yu couldn't help frowning: "You had a bad heart when you were young, why did you still swim?"

Su Liao smiled, showing an expression of "what should come will always come".

"It may be due to premature birth and thoracotomy. I was in poor health when I was a child. I was always sick, and my heart and lungs were not good. I was short of breath after running a few steps." Su Liao said softly, "At that time, my father and I lived in Boston. , Touer Yan was also there at the time, studying for a sports-related degree."

Yu Yu's eyes widened.

"Hahaha, you didn't expect that Touer Yan actually went abroad to study." Su Liao smiled, "Anyway, my father and Touer Yan met at a Chinese party for some reason, maybe it was Ning If you’re from Hong Kong, you’ll chat very speculatively.”

"Because I have undergone heart surgery, the doctor always advises me not to exercise, even when I return to my country. I have to tell my teacher at school and emphasize again and again. My aunt is afraid that I will get sick and raises me like a glass doll. It’s getting worse and worse. Uncle Yan said that’s not good, why don’t he teach me how to swim.”

"Who knows that swimming makes my body really feel better." Su Liao's eyes slightly curved when he said this, "Actually, I didn't really like swimming at first—but I like that—when I stand On the playground, I am the same as all my classmates, what they can do, I can do too—the feeling.”

The subway was swaying, Su Liao narrated the story, and Yu Yu was fascinated for a while.

"I have always been good at studying, but I know that it's not because of how hard I work. I grew up abroad. After returning to China, my dad continued to let me go to one-on-one foreign teachers. What else is 500 yuan for 45 minutes? As long as I am interested in books, the family will buy them for me in a complete set.” Su Liao chuckled, “How could my grades be bad? I just grew up on a box of treasures. Just a gold coin."

"Swimming is the only time I have achieved what I want by myself - so I am very proud."

Yu Yu stared at him blankly, the idea of ​​"standing shoulder to shoulder with Su Liao on the podium of the national relay champion" grew wildly in his heart like a magical vine.

"Withdrawing the application for professional registration?" Yan Zheng stared at Yu Yu in surprise, "What kind of crazy are you doing?"

"We didn't perform well in the relay this year, and I want to do it again next year." Yu Yu blinked and spit out all his thoughts, "I thought about it, this year is the Olympic year, and the next training cycle will be after the summer vacation. Start. I am only 16 years old, and it will be the same to participate in the championship game next year. I want to experience the championship game this year without remembering the results."

Yan Zheng let out a heavy breath from his nostrils: "Have you thought about participating in the competition without recording the results?" He paused, and threw the training manual on the table with a "slap", and said louder: "You It’s a beautiful idea!”

Yu Yu: "..."

Seeing Yan Zheng's attitude, Yu Yu felt that he didn't agree with it.The little kid rolled his eyes and pulled Su Liao out: "Su—that—Su Liao asked to swim with me for another year, and win a championship with him—I, I, I promised him."

Everyone in the team knew that Su Liao was not Yan Zheng's real son, and he was almost there.Every time Yan Zheng mentioned Su Liao, the corners of his eyes would be raised three points, he was so spoiled.Sure enough, when Yu Yu mentioned Su Liao, Yan Zheng fell silent.He was silent for a long time, and sighed: "Okay, I'll help you withdraw your application first, and then I'll see how I can get you a place without scoring to participate in the championship."

Yu Yu's eyes lit up: "Thank you coach!"

Yan Zheng waved his hand impatiently, with "Hurry up, kid, don't annoy me in front of me" written all over his face.

As soon as Yu Yu left the office, he saw Cheng Zhefan.The other party was sitting on the ground with his back against the wall, his long legs bent and his elbows resting on his knees.He raised his head and looked at Yu Yu very puzzled.Yu Yu felt goosebumps all over his body when he saw it: "...do you see wool?"

Cheng Zhefan continued to stare at him like that, and repeated what Yu Yu said in the office earlier, with a hint of disbelief in his tone: "Su Liao begs you to swim for another year, and win a relay championship with you?"

Yu Yu became angry when he heard that tone: "Yes, are you envious?"

Cheng Zhefan: "...I envy farts! I really don't know what you two are doing."

Yu Yu rolled his eyes, not wanting to talk nonsense with him, he strode past him.But after walking a few steps, he turned his head again and sighed: "I'm lying to you. He didn't ask me. I think I want this trophy more than he does."

Cheng Zhefan: "..."

He made a gesture of "Get out of here", and Yu Yu quickly got out.

Cheng Zhefan has been stuck in his bottleneck for the past six months, and people in the bottleneck period always think about a lot of things.

For example, Cheng Zhefan couldn't understand why Yu Yu gave up professional competitions, just to pursue a trophy that was meaningless to his personal development.If Yu Yu participates in the championship game, he will be able to participate in the National Games this year if he enters the top [-].He also couldn't understand why Su Liao, a god of learning, wanted to waste time swimming in his sophomore year of high school.When Su Liao was swimming, his real competitors were all learning how to solve problems.

But Cheng Zhefan also had an inexplicable intuition—he felt that the key to breaking through his bottleneck might lie in those things he couldn't figure out.

In fact, Cheng Zhefan always remembered how he was when he first met Su Liao.It was a skinny little boy with a white streak on his chest, and his lips turned purple when he got in the water.This kid was incompatible with Yan Zheng's youth training team, couldn't keep up with any training, and was always the last one to swim to the finish line, panting as if he was about to drown.

Cheng Zhefan has never seen the weak.He thought, this kind of child is probably the kind that will disappear after being sent by parents and trained for a period of time.The children in the team come and go, and "disappear" almost every two months.But the strange thing is that the boy who always swims in the last place persists.Cheng Zhefan only found out about Su Liao's name at the commendation meeting of their primary school's flag-raising ceremony—he won the first prize in the Provincial Mathematical Olympiad.

For the first time, Cheng Zhefan took the initiative to talk to a classmate who was not as good at swimming as him: "You are so good at math, why do you still want to swim?"

Little Su Liao gave him a strange look, and said seriously: "There is no logical relationship between mathematics and swimming."

Xiao Cheng Zhefan was very shameless: "...I mean, you are such a bad swimmer, why do you still swim?"

So Xiao Su Liao didn't give face anymore: "Because the Olympiad is too simple, I have to find some difficulties for myself."

Xiaocheng Zhefan: "..."

When he was in the sixth grade, Su Liao's swimming level finally improved significantly.At the very least, it has reached the level of winning medals in the city's elementary school swimming competition.Therefore, Cheng Zhefan, who was in the same school, took the initiative to invite Su Liao: "Shall we swim the 4*100 freestyle relay together?"

I don't know if Su Liao still hated him when he said "You're such a bad swimmer", but rejected him: "I don't swim relay."

"Why? With you and me, we can win another gold medal in the relay."

Cheng Zhefan still remembers the wet eyes of Su Liao when he first came ashore and looked up at him: "I am not interested in competing with other schools. There is only one person I want to win, and that is myself."

It was a sentence that Cheng Zhefan couldn't fully understand until now.

The author has something to say: Cheng Zhefan: I am not Sister Li.

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 44 bottles of OvOcx; 10 copy of memory for Dulong, [-] bottles of Yilu Nikuang Lu;

Thank you all so much for your support, bows.