that summer

"Do you think Xiangyang is very strong? Do you think it's not so easy to get tickets for the national competition?"

After searching and finding the lounge in Lingnan, when Weiyi was about to knock on the door, Weiyi heard the voice of her father Moichi Tiangang from behind the door that was not closed tightly.

"not yet……"

"Shh-"

Subconsciously, Ayako Kobayakawa, who was about to say something, tilted her head behind her, made a gesture of silence, turned her eyes nonchalantly, and paid attention to the words coming out of this door.

"If you have such thoughts, then you will lose half of this game!"

"Listen well, our Lingnan is no longer the old Lingnan! It's not the weak team that couldn't even make it to the final week! We've made it here, and we've won here! If you say something arrogant, even if it's against the king Hainan In comparison, we are not inferior!"

"In terms of the amount of practice, we are the most important! We practice more frequently than Hainan and Xiangyang! Besides, the Xiangyang team does not have an exclusive coach, and Fujima has two jobs, so it is impossible to really do everything. This is our advantage and our winning chip!"

"I don't care how Fujima trains those members, and I don't care if he was strict as a coach! Because... I am definitely stricter than any coach!"

"During the years I have been the coach of Lingnan, this year's team has given me hope! I have seen the hope of entering the national competition!"

"You have worked so hard these days! Now, it's time for you to reap the rewards! Defeat Xiangyang! Participate in the national competition! Believe us, we are the strongest!"

"Yes!!!"

Hearing the words here, Weiyi smiled subconsciously, smiling, she seemed to think of something suddenly, and her eyes dimmed for a moment.

"What's the matter, Weiyi? Why didn't you go in?" After a short pause, Ayako saw that Weiyi hadn't opened the door to the Lingnan lounge, so she felt a little strange looking around.

"No need..." Stretching out his hand, he gently closed the open door in front of him tightly, Weiyi turned around and forced the corner of his mouth to Ayako, and said in an erratic tone, "Because Dad...he already has the best amulet... ..."

"The best amulet?" Ayako was at a loss, followed Weiyi, followed the memory of when she came, and returned the same way.

"It's self-confidence! Self-confidence is the best amulet in Lingnan. As for this..." Weiyi took out the amulet her mother gave her, and sighed silently: "Just treat it as a spare."

"Backup?" Ayako was still confused.

"Backup is to prepare with both hands!" Weiyi patiently explained to Ayako: "Confidence is the best amulet in Lingnan, because it will make them sure that they can win! Go all out and have the last laugh! But, that is the most optimistic After all, there are no absolutes in the world, and the reality cannot really follow our expectations, smooth sailing..."

"Just now at the door, I heard my dad was lecturing his players, and from his tone, I felt that he was very confident in today's game! Or, it was the coaching responsibilities on his body that forced him to Not confident... But, that's not important anymore! What matters is the final result."

"If he wins, then I can hand over this amulet to him again as the amulet for his next match, congratulations on his victory; if he loses..." Then, Weiyi can fight Tian Gang The coach put it this way:

"It doesn't matter, this failure is not Lingnan's failure, but Dad, your bad luck! Hey! Why is your luck bad? Who told you to forget to wear the amulet your mother gave you? That's luck Goddess' punishment for you! So, from now on, carry it with you! Carry it with you, and accumulate luck. When next year, the goddess of luck will bring the goddess of victory, let Lingnan replace Hainan and become the NO. 1!"

People should not rush forward blindly, and it is necessary to leave more retreats for themselves at the right time-this is the perception that has accumulated slowly in every game of not following her father.

"So it's like this..." Hearing this, Ayako nodded suddenly, "No wonder you didn't do anything outside the door just now..."

Weiyi just smiled and said nothing, although she was smiling, but after having known her for many years, Ayako could still smell Weiyi's true mood at the moment from her clear eyes.

Turning her eyes, Ayako suddenly took a step forward and hooked Weiyi's arm, and said in a brisk tone: "Ann! Weiyi! Although your idea of ​​'preparing for a rainy day' is very good, I still think you are worrying about nothing! I admit that I read a few reports in magazines saying that Xiangyang is very strong, and put their handsome captain together with Mu Shenyi from Hainan, and called it "Kanagawa Double Wall" or something, But, don’t forget, there was no immortality in Lingnan at that time! So, today’s finals, everything is still unknown! Moreover, I have a hunch that today’s Lingnan will definitely receive the double favor of the goddess of luck and victory! After all, Goddesses are women too!"

"Of course, Xiangyang's vine is really good-looking! But, don't you think he is too beautiful? Such a beautiful boy will make the goddesses feel very inferior, so the goddesses will definitely abandon the vine. Really, it looks like a tall, handsome and masculine Xiandao! Both the goddess of luck and the goddess of victory fell in love with Xiandao at first sight, so they all wanted to win Xiandao's favor, so, naturally, your father's Lingnan team is also like this With the glory of Xiandao, he got the right to participate in the national competition! Ah! Although it seems a bit bad for Xiandao to sacrifice his appearance, but for the sake of the team, I think he should be happy too!" The more I talked, the more I felt that it was so What happened, Ayako struck each other with both hands, her excitement was beyond words.

"Ayako..." Weiyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, she was completely defeated by her good friend's unrealistic imagination—but, knowing the true intention of Ayako's words, Weiyi's heart was full, is warm.

Thank you... Ayako...

It's great to have you as a friend!

"Hey! Weiyi! Weiyi! Look over there!" In a trance, Ayako beside her seemed to have discovered something, pulled Weiyi's arm, and lowered her voice, a little excited.

Following Ayako's gaze suspiciously, there was a boy in a dark coat in front of the vending machine not far away.

Tall and straight, with cool hair turned towards the sky, laughing, that's the way of immortality!

At this moment, he put one hand in his trouser pocket, and held the drink in the other, drinking it one after another, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Xiandao!" Weiyi called out to him, and Kobayakawa Ayako beside her, for some reason, suddenly made an excuse, left Weiyi, and went back to the auditorium by herself.

Just before leaving, Ayako patted the back of Weiyi's hand meaningfully, pointed ambiguously in the direction of Immortal Dao with her chin, mouthed "Come on" to Weiyi, and walked away.

Looking at the direction Ayako left, Weiyi who was left in the same place couldn't laugh or cry - she remembered that she had explained to Ayako many times that she and Xiandao were just very ordinary friends, but judging by the current situation, Ayako Obviously don't believe it.

Hearing her voice, Xiandao turned his head intuitively, and the moment his eyes touched her, he bent the corner of his mouth in a good mood.

"We're going to enter the arena soon, doesn't it matter if you don't hurry back to the waiting room?" After a simple polite greeting, Weiyi stepped up to his side, looked up at him, and reminded him with a smile.

"After drinking this can, I'll go over there." Shaking her the little drink left in his hand, Xiandao smiled, with a lazy expression, without the slightest sense of nervousness about going to the game.

"My dad gave a 'speech' in the lounge just now, I thought you were there too!" It seems to be like this every time, when everyone's nerves are tense, only Xiandao is alone, calm and unhurried, with a leisurely expression Yazai, it seems like I'm just a simple outsider...

"Oh, that's really nerve-wracking!" Rubbing his brows, Xiandao seemed to have a headache.

"Yes! It's really nerve-wracking! Lingnan's trump card!" Spreading his hands, Weiyi's helplessness was also very fake.

He had a headache, she was helpless, her eyes met, and she paused for half a second. The two of them said "Puchi!", looked at each other and smiled, and tacitly put away their pretending.

"In a few minutes, the final will start. Today's opponent is very difficult!" After the joke, Weiyi remembered the reality, and the curve of the lips could not help but fade a little.

"A team member and coach... Heh! It seems a bit tricky!" Nodding, Xiandao solemnly...talked to chicken and duck.

Did not follow, silent.

After taking the last sip of the drink, he squashed the empty can and threw it into the trash can on the side. Xiandao put his hands in his trouser pockets, turned to face Weiyi, raised his eyebrows, and smiled: "Stop thinking about it! Do you know? The competition Before it even started, the audience began to worry that the team she supported would lose, which is a very shocking thing!"

"Xiandao..." Hearing the words, Weiyi subconsciously looked up at him, opened his mouth, but couldn't answer half a word.

His smile was as gentle as ever, lazy and careless.

"What's more..." He bent down his tall body, looked into her eyes, and smiled: "Didn't you say before that as long as there is immortality, Lingnan will not lose? I took this compliment seriously If you say now that you want to take it back, then I will really have a headache!"

"..." Weiyi didn't know what to say.

At this moment, the distance between them was very close, his breath was blowing warmly on her cheeks, faintly, there was a cool mint smell, if there was nothing there.

Weiyi quietly looked back at Immortal Dao, and after a long time, he seemed to have figured something out, and raised the corner of his mouth in relief: "That's right! Because Immortal Dao is Lingnan's trump card! Therefore, he will not let Lingnan lose to 'Troublesome' 'The Xiangyang! Immortal Dao... is the pillar of Lingnan!"

"Hmm! Hmm!" Straightening up, Xiandao nodded in satisfaction and smiled childishly.

Weiyi knew that it was his only comfort.

At this time, a first-year student wearing Lingnan team uniform hurried over and reminded Xiandao that Yunyun was going to gather.

So, after greeting Weiyi, Xiandao followed the first-year student to the lounge in Lingnan.

Watching Xiandao's back, recalling the conversation with him just now, Weiyi couldn't help calling him.

Hearing this, Xiandao paused, turned his head to look at her, puzzled.

"Hey! Although immortality is the pillar of Lingnan, what the audience wants to see is the confident, calm, and unrestrained immortality when playing ball! Like a fish in water, this is the most handsome trump card in Lingnan!" Weiyi smiled sweetly, taking advantage of the trend He made a V gesture, and after the comparison, he didn't look at his reaction, blushed, turned around and hurried to the auditorium.

Seeing her behavior similar to "running away", Xiandao unconsciously deepened the smile on his lips, and then, he turned his eyes to the side with a pair of confused eyes, and looked back and forth between him and Wei with a little curiosity. Yi's first grader said: "Let's go." After finishing speaking, he took the lead.

Lingnan VS Xiangyang——

The final is about to begin...

The author has something to say: Sakuragi has Haruko, and Xiao Dai is a good friend~~

Look to the sky...

PS: I just received a notification from my mother that I will go to the World Expo tomorrow. I guess I will get home very late and have no time to type. The next chapter will be updated the day after tomorrow... Mo...