For Love of the Game

The day before the game against the British team, Zhou Jing suddenly fell ill.

Zhou Jing has always had a bad stomach, perhaps because she is not used to Korean food, and suddenly caught a stomach flu, vomiting and diarrhea, and even developed a fever.

Everyone was very worried. Leaving aside the competition tomorrow, Zhou Jing was a thin girl who seemed to be struggling to overcome her illness.

"It's okay, you have a good rest, I'm here for the game, so don't worry." Song Xueyang said.

But in fact, Shen Huai is very clear that Zhou Jing is too important to Fengyue's team battle. They can lack an output, but they cannot lack the only support.Just looking at Zhou Jing's pale and weak appearance, no one could bear to force her.

Zhou Jing looked groggy, but insisted that she was fine, "I often suffer from gastroenteritis, and I will be fine the next day after taking an intravenous drip."

Hai Xing waved his hands again and again, "Sickness comes like a mountain, and goes away like a thread, how can it be cured so quickly! It's not a panacea, you still need to rest more."

Zhou Jing looked at him, an undisguised smile appeared on that always expressionless face, "Thank you, I will."

Hai Xing was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly felt at a loss.

He was originally the type who was not good at communicating with girls. He was able to talk to Zhou Jing usually because he didn't see Zhou Jing as a girl. Now seeing this female devil who always oppresses him sickly, she even smiled at him , My heart skipped a beat and I couldn't speak, I just felt that Zhou Jing had a fever and was stupid, even if I laughed, I would still say thank you to him.

Fortunately, there were so many people in the room and no one paid attention to him. Fan Jingming and Shi Yi also cared a few words, Song Xueyang allowed Zhou Ning to stay and take care of him, and then the rest went back to the training room to continue training.

After everyone left, Zhou Ning came back and picked up Zhou Jing.

Zhou Jing wrapped her arms around his neck and asked softly, "Is it heavy?"

"not heavy."

Zhou Ning put her on the bed, helped her cover the quilt, and sat aside and couldn't help but feel sad.

Zhou Jing is already 20 years old this year, but her weight is not at all what a 20-year-old girl should be.

He and Zhou Jing are four years apart, but Zhou Ning is smart and remembers things early, and he still remembers most of the time when Zhou Jing was born.That day when I was having dinner, my mother suddenly ouched, and before I even finished the meal, the family hurried to the hospital. Repeat one word, premature.

Zhou Jing came to this world before full term. When Zhou Ning saw her for the first time, she was like a little monkey, red and wrinkled, not very good-looking.When my mother woke up, she was not very happy, and everyone in the family was trying to persuade her.

"Girls are fine too. Daughters are mother's caring little padded jackets."

"Yes, we already have Xiao Ning at home, so it would be nice to have another baby girl."

Zhou Ning, who heard his name, turned around in confusion, and his mother smiled when she saw him, and opened her hands to him, "Come on, Xiao Ning, mom hugs."

Zhou Ning stumblingly walked over.

The mother didn't care much about Zhou Jing from the very beginning. No matter what people around her said, she still didn't like her daughter.Zhou Jing was born prematurely and failed to receive the careful care of her mother. She has been in poor health since she was a child, and fell ill from time to time.

Fortunately, his father loved her very much, and always put her on the bed, letting him hug her and kiss her.

"Xiao Ning is your sister, you have to take care of her and let her go, understand?"

Zhou Ning nodded.

"say."

He said in a childlike voice, "Okay."

As a result, after so many years, he felt that he did not take good care of Zhou Jing and let her live well.

He sighed heavily.

Zhou Jing slept for more than three hours, and when she woke up, she found Zhou Ning was still beside the bed.

"elder brother."

"Are you awake?" Zhou Ning stood up and touched her forehead, "How do you feel? It doesn't seem to be burning so much."

Zhou Jing nodded, "I'm a little thirsty."

Zhou Ning poured her another glass of water and watched her drink it, "Are you going to play tomorrow?"

Zhou Jing wiped the corner of her mouth, "I'm fine. I'll be fine tomorrow. It's the same when I was sick before. I'll be fine the next day after I received the drip."

Holding the cup, Zhou Ning wanted to persuade her to rest but was afraid that it would go against her wishes.

Seeing his tangled appearance, Zhou Jing said, "Brother, can you help me pack the peripheral bag?"

"it is good."

Zhou Ning responded, and went to the table to help her tidy up. The mouse, keyboard, and cleaning cloth were all tidied up. When he was about to put them in the bag, he found that there was a white magician's Q on the zipper of the small bag with the data cable on the inside of the bag. The pendant looked familiar, so he couldn't help but take a second look.

Seeing his movements stop, Zhou Jing guessed, "It was given to me by Hai Xing."

Zhou Ning smiled, "No wonder they look so familiar. This is a gift Xiao Ming brought back from his travels. There are various professions and branches. He is a treasure. He is really a child."

Zhou Jing also laughed, "He's naive."

Zhou Ning rarely sees Zhou Jingxiao, she is always calm and resigned, although she said that not smiling does not mean she is unhappy, but Zhou Ning still thinks that she is the happiest when she smiles.How can a girl of this age not love to laugh?

Today he saw Zhou Jing laughing twice, and it was all because of Haixing. A strange thought suddenly came to him, "Xiaojing, how do you feel about Haixing?"

Zhou Jing looked at him without speaking.

Zhou Ning's heart was pounding, and he felt that his guess should be right.Boys and girls of this age, who stay together all day long and form partners, it is inevitable that some feelings will develop. Didn't he also chase Guan He without hesitation when Zhou Jing was this age?

The more Zhou Ning thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. Otherwise, why did Xiao Jing secretly hang the pendant that Hai Xing gave him in the bag?So he boldly asked, "What do you like about him?"

Zhou Jing got out of bed, walked to the table and took her peripheral bag, "I like his carefree and happy appearance."

"I joined Fengyue in the same batch as him. He is very popular, and everyone in the training camp likes him very much. One night he didn't come to training. When I went back to the dormitory to pick up things, I saw his mother driving him to the door. , he was holding a lot of food, and he couldn’t lift it with one hand. He kept saying that he didn’t want to take it, and there was no place to put it in the dormitory, but his mother still stuffed two bags of mooncakes into his bag. Then I remembered that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival Festival."

Zhou Ning lowered his head silently, a little afraid to look at Zhou Jing.

"There are not many local people in Shanghai in the training camp, and Fengyue is not a good team. Most of them come here to try after hearing that Fengyue's appearance can add points after hitting a wall in the top eight teams. But Haixing is different. , he was in my previous interview. When I went in, I heard that the interviewer thought he was a baby face, but he was retained because of the extra technical points. Later, I heard from him and his friends that he only tried the Maple Moon team. Because his mother is worried that he will go too far, and he also wants to go home for dinner often."

Zhou Jing chuckled lightly when she said this, but couldn't tell if it was joy or ridicule.

"What a carefree little fool who doesn't know the sufferings of the world."

Zhou Ning gently embraced her shoulder, "Xiao Jing, Hai Xing is indeed different from you. But you just envy him and want to be like him, not like him."

Although he is very happy to see his sister meet the boy he likes, he doesn't want Zhou Jing to misunderstand this feeling.

"Isn't being attracted by a quality that you don't have in yourself the beginning of a relationship?" Zhou Jing asked rhetorically.

Zhou Ning was at a loss for words for a while, and he thought of Guan He again.

When he saw Guan He for the first time, Guan He had everything he yearned for but never had.

Power, stability, money, and status made him feel so small.

Zhou Jing went on to say, "Seeing him will make me happy, and let me know that there are so many people living happily, and I will definitely be able to live as happy as him in the future. If I have my own family in the future, I will Hopefully it's like his family."

Zhou Ning felt that his heart was extremely heavy, and he didn't even have the joy of his younger sister having the person he liked. He felt very uncomfortable, the uncomfortable feeling that he couldn't breathe.

He thought that his strength alone was too small, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make Zhou Jing as carefree and happy as her peers.

Zhou Jing was immersed in her own memories, turned her head and saw Zhou Ning's expression froze for a moment, and then she reacted and grabbed his hand, "Brother, everyone has troubles, and there are always people who live in dire straits who feel that you are Minor worries. We're fine now."

Zhou Ning gave a "huh".

Zhou Jing opened the door and wanted to send him back to his room, but as soon as the door opened, he saw Haixing standing at the door in a daze, holding a large box of fruit platter in his hand.

Looking at each other, Hai Xing was already dumbfounded. He hurriedly stuffed the fruit platter into Zhou Jing's hands, "I, I'll call Brother Ning back, and I'll give you this box of fruit to eat!"

After speaking, he turned his head and ran away. The sound of hasty footsteps echoed in the corridor, and soon there was the sound of the door closing with a bang.

After a while, Zhou Jing closed the door, and nothing seemed unusual, as if nothing had happened, and nothing seemed to matter.

She put the platter on the table, took out a fork and handed it to Zhou Ning, and said softly, "Let's go after eating."

Zhou Ning also knew that going back now would only embarrass Starfish, so he sat down and ate with Zhou Jing.Zhou Jing's stomach is still weak, and she can't eat too much fruit, so she picked a few favorites to eat. Zhou Ning ate a lot by himself. He may be aggrieved and panicked, but he eats emotionally.

"It's okay, brother. I didn't want to be with Hai Xing at first, he just misunderstood, just talk about it later."

Zhou Ning raised his head, "Why don't you want to be with him?"

Zhou Jing pondered for a long time, "Without me, he can continue to be happy."

When Zhou Ning left, he took the garbage away. He didn't understand why he had to carry a pile of garbage. Obviously, the hotel was cleaned up on time every day by cleaners.

He threw the rubbish into the trash can downstairs, hid on the side of the building and called Guan He.

Guan He quickly picked it up. He seemed to be training, and he could vaguely hear the sound of typing on the keyboard.

"Wait for me." Guan He's deep and gentle voice came from the other end of the phone, and Zhou Ning's boredom seemed to have suddenly found an outlet.

There was a soft door closing sound and the sound of walking. After a minute, Guan Hecai asked, "What's wrong, Ningning?"

Zhou Ning didn't speak, and didn't know what to say or where to start. He didn't intend to talk to Guan He, but felt that he needed someone to talk to himself.

There was also silence for a while, "Uncle's condition has deteriorated again?"

"No."

"..."

"What happened to Zhou Jing?"

Zhou Ning didn't want to mention these things, so he diverted the topic away from himself, "Are you going to leave this year?"

After a pause of two seconds, Guan He said, "I'm not leaving."

"Huh? Didn't you say that you made an agreement with your parents before, and it has been postponed for a year, so you have to leave this year?"

"If you don't want me to go, I won't go."

Guan He misunderstood, he thought that Zhou Ning's call was so abnormal, he didn't want him to leave.

Zhou Ning took a while to figure it out. For some reason, the haze in his heart was suddenly swept away, as if the freshest air in the morning breathed into his nasal cavity and reached his lungs.

He laughed twice, his voice was loud and not fake, Guan He was relieved.

"Guan He, do you have any troubles?"

Guan He's voice relaxed, like lovers whispering when they snuggled together, "Yes."

"Tell me."

"I don't want to be separated from you, I'm afraid you won't want to be with me, I'm afraid your parents won't agree with us..."

"Hey, stop." Zhou Ning stopped in time, "I want you to talk about troubles, not to let you take the opportunity to confess to me. Do you understand troubles? It bothers you, the kind you will think about before going to bed."

"I am serious……"

"Don't mention it sincerely, change the direction, other troubles."

Guan He thought for a while, "I'm leaving, Tang Wenlang is about to retire, Xiaolang has no suitable captain. Jin An is too impulsive, An Lu is too young and inexperienced, Bu Ping and Bu Fan have difficulty communicating with his teammates, and Wu Sheng is not enough. Enthusiastic, but not good at commanding. Both of us will leave. With the loss of two of the Three Swordsmen of Xiaolang, the overall combat style of the team will have to change. Next year, the domestic competition may be very difficult. Xiaowolf is a veritable giant team, I've been here for eight years and don't want to see it go downhill."

This is indeed an annoyance, and Zhou Ning doesn't know how to solve it.The difficulty was that Tang Wenlang was one year older than Guan He, and since Guan He had retired, he had no reason to stay.Especially when Tang Wenlang knew that the second year would be very difficult, he was afraid that he would lose his life if he stayed.

Zhou Ning said awkwardly, "I don't know what to do..."

Guan He laughed, and his deep laughter was mixed in the cool night wind, "You can't help me with this trouble, I want to know your trouble."

"Me? I'm not bothered."

"Everyone has troubles." Guan He said patiently.

Zhou Ning suddenly thought of Xiao Jing again, but he quickly let himself relax, "Well...my trouble, do I want to count as the champion?"

"Calculate."

"Then I want to win the championship trophy, and I want Fengyue to become China's first world champion team since the start of "City of Despair"!"

Guan He smiled, "Then you have to ask me if I agree."

"Can't you give it to me?" Zhou Ning asked deliberately.

"No."

"Why? Give it to me!"

"Because this is not my dream alone." Guan He said.

Zhou Ning laughed. He stood up and kicked his feet that were numb from squatting. It wasn't until now that he heard Guan He's words that he truly adjusted his state.

Kwan Ho added, "But if you can take it away, I'd be very proud."

Zhou Ning suddenly felt that his heart was full of strength, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help raising his voice again and again, just because of the word "proud".

"Really? Don't envy me? Don't envy me?" he teased.

He wanted to be Guan He's pride.

He didn't want to look at Guan He's back anymore, walk the path he walked, and look up at the top of the mountain where he stood.He also wants Guan He to look up to him once, even just once, even if it doesn't mean that he is better than Guan He, he still wants to give it a try.

This even concerns him more than winning the championship.

Guan He was giggling when he heard him talking, and couldn't help curling up the corners of his mouth, coaxing him, "I envy you, I'm jealous of you."

Zhou Ning giggled, "For this, I have to work hard."

"Well, come on."

The phone call ended here, Zhou Ning went back to the dormitory with ease, and bought some yogurt from the supermarket downstairs.

As soon as he entered the door, Hai Xing was startled by him. She froze and didn't know what to say. Zhou Ning took out two bottles of yogurt and put them in front of him, "Do you want to drink yogurt? I bought it from nearby. I drank a little on the way. I feel that Korean yogurt looks beautiful, but the taste is still not as good as Mengniu Yili.”

After hearing the conversation between Zhou Ning and Zhou Jing, Hai Xing was worried all night. She didn't think about what to say until Zhou Ning came in. Now that he was making trouble like this, she didn't know where to start.

"Brother Ning..." Hai Xing held the yogurt bottle with a bitter look on his face.

Zhou Ning pinched his face, "What's wrong?"

When Hai Xing raised her head, her eye circles were red, "Brother Ning, you are so kind to me, I'm sorry for you..."

Zhou Ning was stupefied, and then laughed again. The more he watched, the more interesting he felt, "Xiao Jing said that you are a carefree little idiot who doesn't know the sufferings of the world. You really didn't use a single adjective wrong."

Now Hai Xing feels uncomfortable whenever Zhou Jing is mentioned. He never thought that the female devil would like him. If he hadn't heard it with his own ears today, judging from Zhou Jing's usual attitude, he would have thought that Zhou Jing hated him the most.

"I, Zhou Jing is fine, but, I just treat her like a younger sister."

Zhou Ning corrected, "She is your sister."

"..."

"I, I mean, she is like my own brother and sister! Rabbits don't even eat grass by the side of their nests. We should compete hard and train hard, and we shouldn't waste our great youth on illusory love!"

Zhou Ning let out a chuckle, "Hey, where did you get it from Baidu? We Xingxing also have love troubles?"

Hai Xing typed the draft all night and was judged useless by Zhou Ning, feeling extremely depressed, "Brother Ning, why are you acting like nothing is wrong, you are not worried at all."

"I have nothing to worry about."

Zhou Ning took off his clothes and hung them on a hanger, "Xiao Jing is older and more mature than you. She has her own judgment and knows what she should do when she wants to do it. I never need to worry about it."

Hai Xing agrees with this very much, but feels a little ashamed.

He knew very well that he was the only one who was troubled now. Zhou Jing probably didn't take this matter to heart at all. She was the type of soldier who would cover things up and deal with anything that happened calmly.

This is even a little irritating.

Zhou Ning said again, "No one can say for sure about feelings, and no one can force it. Looking back in a few years, they were all stupid things done when they were ignorant. Hey, I have to remind you, adjust your mood as soon as possible. The state, there is still a game tomorrow, don't let this matter affect your performance."

The second half of what he said was very serious, and Hai Xing also felt a chill in his heart.

"I won't! Tomorrow's game I will definitely play seriously! Uh, how is Zhou Jing? Can I play tomorrow?"

Zhou Ning gave him a meaningful look, and Hai Xing's face turned red immediately, "I don't care about her, no, I don't care about that kind of thing, I'm worried about the competition, and she's also a member of Maple Moon, I just care about her teammate!"

"Then thank you," Zhou Ning ironed the team uniform to be worn tomorrow, "Do you want to iron yours?"

"Ah, thanks."

"Xiao Jing just got up and feels better. Whether she can play or not depends on her condition tomorrow. She said it's okay."

Hai Xing began to think about it again, "What can she say? She just likes to be brave in everything! What should I do if I faint on the field? Rest when it's time to rest so as not to get sick. How about a game, you persuade her."

Zhou Ning smiled and said, "Tell her yourself."

Starfish shut up immediately.

He didn't dare, he didn't even know how to face Zhou Jing tomorrow.

The two were silent for a while, and Hai Xing remembered the conversation he had heard. It sounded like Zhou Jing's family was not very happy, but he had never heard of such a thing before, and Zhou Ning was so gentle that he didn't look like that. A child who came out of an unfortunate family.

He was afraid of exposing Zhou Ning's scars, so he dared not speak.But she really cared about it, so she couldn't help but ask, "Zhou Jing... is she doing well?"

Zhou Ning paused for a while while ironing the clothes, and then smiled, "No, it's all troubles that ordinary people will have."

He and Zhou Jing look completely opposite on the outside, but they have many similarities on the inside.He thought, Xiao Jing would not want others to know this, and they didn't need the love obtained by pity.

What's more, everything is indeed developing in a good direction now. This road can be very long. Ten years or 20 years, one day, he and Zhou Jing will realize their dreams and live the lives they want.

He added, "Same as you and me."