C12 Xiong Xin

Xiong Xin's eyes suddenly opened.

Am I late? She muttered as her heart thumped. But Xiong Xin turned her head to look at the window. The curtains were not pulled tight, and a beam of bright moonlight shone through the gaps of the curtains. Obviously, it was not yet dawn.

Xiong Xin sighed deeply. It was hard to tell whether she was relieved or still depressed. She reached out and touched the phone on the bedside table. At 2: 45, the time displayed on the lit phone screen.

Another 2: 45 PM!

It has been three consecutive nights, Xiong Xin thought with a frown. For three consecutive nights, she had just woken up at 2: 45 and was unable to continue sleeping.

Xiong Xin gently turned her head to look at her roommates in the same dormitory. Cheng Ruiqi was sleeping soundly on the pillow, and she didn't even feel half of the blanket falling off her body.

Xiong Xin carefully sat up from the bed, got off the bed, and helped Cheng Ruiqi pull the blanket up. He walked to the window and looked out the window aimlessly through the gaps of the curtains.

The moonlight sprinkled on Xiong Xin's white melon seeds face, making her frown and bright eyes look a little more graceful.

Not far from the window was the oldest and oldest building in the female platoon base in Huan City.

In the training centers that no one had used since long ago, the former generation of China female rehearsal athletes and coaches were undergoing arduous and extraordinary training there.

Xiong Xin had once heard a story from a senior of the club:

At the end of the 1970s, the Asian female volleyball was still the world of the Japanese female racers, the "East Asian Witches. " However, the older generation of women's volition was already showing signs of rising. In the 1977 World Championship of the female volleyball, although China's female volleyball had won the Japanese female volleyball by 3: 2, With the hope of getting third place, they stood on the stage of the World Championship for the first time. However, in order to prevent the China female volleyball from getting on the stage, the Japanese female volleyball won the World Championship for the first time. However, in order to prevent the China female platoon from getting on the stage, In the end, she won fourth place. In the award ceremony after the competition, the China female rehearsals had to follow the requirements of the organizers. Standing below the stage, they congratulated the Japanese, Cuba, and Korean teams who had won the top three. Facing such humiliation, the China female volleyball soldiers wiped away their tears. After returning to China, they threw themselves into the arduous training of forgetting themselves. Finally, four years later, they won the first World Championship golden cup in the history of China's female volleyball World Cup.

Xiong Xin looked at the old training center not far away. The lights seemed to have lit up again. It was as if the figures inside were flashing. The team members were busy with their training.

But in a trance, the old training center was still as empty as before, without a trace of people.

That's right! The older female racers from China who came out from there wrote down the proud results of "five consecutive championships," and their successors polished a new championship in the new training center of this base. Now, this base belonged to Xiong Xin and her young teammates, but Xiong Xin sighed. She didn't know how far away she was from becoming the world champion.

She had happily talked to Cheng Ruiqi about her dream of the World Championship for women under the age of 23, but after Cheng Ruiqi encouraged her, she still said the truth: "Xiao Qi, we are only the second team in China's female platoon. Even if we win that championship, we will only win the World Championship under the age of 23. "

That's right. We are only the second team. . .

Xiong Xin left the window in disappointment and tiptoed back to her bed.

The mattress made a very slight squeak and Cheng Ruiqi snorted, making Xiong Xin, who was afraid of disturbing her teammates because of her insomnia, worry.

Fortunately, Cheng Ruiqi only turned around and did not leave her sweet dreams. Only then did Xiong Xin's heart calm down.

She understood why she had been unable to sleep for the past few days.

As the most outstanding all-rounded support for the second generation of the same age group in the country, Xiong Xin had been continuously selected from the National Young Women's Row and National Youth Female Row. He quickly occupied the main position. A few of the country's ranking elders who had seen her competition even evaluated her as "Little Deer Tea. " One had to know that Lu Tea was the undisputed main force of China's female ranking to receive the second pass. It was famous for its comprehensive and solid skills. This evaluation of "Little Lu Ming" was to Xiong Xin, who was 22 years old. It was already a great honor.

However, it had been more than a month since she came to China's second female platoon. Xiong Xin realized that the head coach, Wei Xindi, did not "trust" her like the previous head coaches. In the past few days, Wei Xindi had even arranged for her to work with Li Xuantong, Lin Yan, Liu Qin, Huang Yimeng, and Zhang Yingnan.

These players were either substitutes in their respective clubs, or there was a clear difference in height and skill between them and their teammates in the same position.

Everyone could see that the team they were in was gradually becoming the "substitutes second team. " Besides, the other main attacker of this team was Liu Xiyu, the coach. Their mission. . . Their mission was to play the role of "opposing" of Xia Zhi, Wang Xiaoqing, Fang Han, Xiao Xiao's, Gu Weiyang, Yuan Jun, and Li Mengxi's "main force" group!

Although Xiong Xin would sometimes try to persuade herself to join "group one," Wei Xindi had arranged for Yuan Jun to join the battle, but it was just a new type of tactical experiment and experiment. After all. . . Yuan Jun, who was good at offense, wasn't good at spreading her knowledge. In Wei Xindi's new tactical experiment, Yuan Jun didn't need to participate in any of the messages. Then, Xiong Xin felt that. . . Perhaps after this sort of tactical experiment ended, Wei Xindi would switch back to the China female platoon's usual tactical system. She, Xiong Xin, would still be able to return to the position of the main force.

However, how many days had passed, how many teams had been divided into groups to fight against each other, Xiong Xin had not waited for such an opportunity.

Even so, when Xiong Xin trained every day, she still buried the depression in her heart deeply, and then used her signature smiling face to face every team member and every coach. Xiong Xin always told herself not to spread the unhappiness to other teammates and never let her worries disturb the other teammates.

Since childhood, she has always been such a child. She was cheerful and lively in front of others, and loved to talk and laugh. She would silently bear the unhappiness behind her back.

Therefore, no matter which team he was in, Xiong Xin could win the love of many people. The other teammates also gave her the nickname "Ghost Kick Seven" based on the name of "Ghost Kick Seven" in Huang Feihong's series. Xiong Xin gladly accepted it. Fortunately, gradually. . . Everyone understood the matter and felt that the nickname "Ghost Kick Seven" was not suitable for a sunny, beautiful, and smiling girl like Xiong Xin. Thus, they changed the cute nickname "Xiao Qi" to her. Instead, it was the same as her jersey number 7.

Sometimes, Xiong Xin's close friend also advised her not to always put unhappy things in her heart, always holding it in like this, and not to hold it in. But Xiong Xin still smiled.

In fact, she also found a way to vent her anger. That was to turn all the unhappiness into motivation when she went on stage, and to become the strength of every trigger.

So, Xiong Xin really, really wanted to play the game.

If she couldn't play the game, sometimes it would really make her feel worse than anything else.

Xiong Xin put down her phone, looked at the sleeping Cheng Ruiqi, and tried to close her eyes.

When she woke up again, the sky was already bright.

. . .

Today's training was just like the training in the past few days.

Xiong Xin, who could not sleep well, tried her best to focus and smile as she faced every difficult training subject. However, the double exhaustion in her body and mind still significantly reduced her efficiency and caused her to make mistakes.

Xiong Xin knew that Wei Xindi had been staring at her many times during the training.

Even if the young head coach saw her making mistakes, he would not point out the mistakes like the other coaches that Xiong Xin had experienced. He would even scold her for failing to meet her expectations. Wei Xindi would only walk to her side and kindly and kindly answer her questions. Even when he helped her correct her actions, his hands were so gentle.

However, Wei Xindi's strict attitude towards training was no different from that of all high-level coaches. He even had a better grasp of the technical details than others.

Xiong Xin felt that as a young athlete, She was lucky to be taught by Wei Xindi. But because of this, she was more and more troubled by Wei Xindi's "distrust" towards her. Xiong Xin also knew that. . . This so-called "distrust" was not because Wei Xindi did not trust her character and how she handled things. Instead, he felt that her technical style did not conform to her tactical thinking.

Looking at Wei Xindi's smile that had been reporting to her and every athlete on the team, Xiong Xin could only suppress the depression and unhappiness in her heart, as usual.

Time flew by, and the sun was setting.

"Today's training has been done well. Let's give Yuan Jun a special compliment. " Wei Xindi stood by the side of the field and gave a summary of the training that had been going on for the whole day.

Xiong Xin looked at Yuan Jun, who was standing not too far away. The girl's face was bright red, and the dopamine that had been stimulated from her exercise prevented Yuan Jun from showing any signs of exhaustion after high-intensity training.

"Junjun is getting used to her new position, which means she's working hard. " Wei Xindi said. "But, Yuan Jun. . . You still have to train when it's time to train. Make the best use of all possibilities. If you can improve your first pass, you can improve it a little. When it came to the International Competition, The opponent won't stop looking for you just because you play support. Do you understand? "

" I understand! " Yuan Jun replied loudly.

"The other person to be praised is Xiong Xin. " Wei Xindi said as he looked at Xiong Xin.

"Xiao Qi's training today is very serious, and during group fights, he can take the initiative to make up for his teammates' lack of defense. This kind of united and cooperative attitude is very valuable. It is worth learning from all of us. " Wei Xindi said.

Xiong Xin was very surprised when she heard Wei Xindi's praise. She smiled embarrassedly and gained a rare happiness in the past few days.

"Okay, girls, let's disband now. After dinner, they went to the small meeting room on the second floor of the apartment to gather. We've arrived at our new season's competition uniform. Please accept it all. " Wei Xindi said.

Wei Xindi's few words aroused everyone's new excitement and excitement.

. . .

After dinner, everyone went to the small conference room one after another.

As soon as they entered the room, Xiong Xin and her teammates saw a stack of folded boards on the table in front of them. The new competition uniform was in the bag.

The new competition clothes had a total of four colors: red, yellow, white, and blue. The main color of the red one was the national flag red that everyone was familiar with. Naturally, it was the "home court uniform" of the female rows in China, and also the "first uniform. " The yellow one. It was born from the five stars on the five-star red flag. Together with the pure white, red, and yellow competition uniform that was decorated in detail, it was the optional "away competition uniform. " The blue one. The color was deep and calm. It was often the fourth set of "backup competition uniform. "

Seeing the team members sitting in rows on the chairs, as if they were children waiting for apples in kindergarten, Wei Xindi's eyes were full of expectation. He did not keep them in suspense and gestured to his assistant coach, Jin Sheng, to announce the number of the team members and start distributing the competition uniform.

"Summer's Day, No. 1. " Jin Sheng was the first to say Xia Zhi's name.

When Xiong Xin saw the usually introverted and steady Summer's Day, she could not help but cheer in surprise. She ran forward and took the competition uniform from the coach. She held it tightly in her arms as if she was afraid that it would slip away.

"Fang Han, No. 2. "

Han Fang clenched his fists and secretly said, "Yes!"

"Wang Xiaoqing, Number 3. "

This was the number that Wang Xiaoqing had been assigned to when she had been training with the older members of the China female platoon. This time, Wei Xindi had specially reserved it for her. Wang Xiaoqing looked at Wei Xindi gratefully and smiled foolishly.

"Xiao Xiao, number 5, Yuan Jun, number 6. . .

Xiong Xin suddenly felt her heart beat so fast.

Ever since she entered the professional team, her number had never changed. She was even used to using number 7 as her lucky number.

"Gu Weiyang, 7. "

Xiong Xin was stunned, not believing her ears.

Not far from her, Gu Weiyang was extremely happy, and she waved her arm. Like a little rabbit, she bounced forward and took back her competition uniform.

"Lin Yan, number 8, Huang Yimeng, number 9," "Li Xuantong, number 10," "Cheng Ruiqi, number 11, Liu Qin, number 12. . . " "Lin Yan, number 8, Huang Yimeng, number 9," "Li Xuantong, number 10. . . "

Xiong Xin didn't even hear his name as he read out a series of names. Until Jin Sheng called out "Xiong Xin, number 15. "

How could it be. . . Number 15. . . Xiong Xin thought, With such a number at the back, could it be that I really am going to play an unassuming substitute role in this team?

The last two numbers were given to the freemen as usual. Li Mengxi and Zhang Yingnan received the 16th and 17th numbers respectively.

"Okay, this is everyone's number for this season. By the way, I would like to announce that Gu Weiyang will be the captain of the team, Xia Zhi and Fang Han will be the vice-captain. " Jin Sheng said, "Each person will have four sets of competition clothes. Everyone will pick them up according to the number. After that, you can go back to your dorms to rest. There are no other arrangements for tonight. "

"Director Wei!" Xiong Xin suddenly raised her hand.

"What's wrong, Xiao Qi?" Wei Xindi asked.

"I want to know. . . How did you confirm this number?" Xiong Xin said.

Xiong Xin, who usually had a smile on her face, now had a lonely expression on her face. The questions she raised were also somewhat strange.

Wei Xindi's heart skipped a beat. He knew that this girl must have had a knot in her heart.

"The team members' numbers have been discussed by the coaching staff. I came to finalize it. " Wei Xindi softly asked, "Xiao Qi, do you have any ideas?"

"Director Wei, I think. . . I want to change the number, is that okay?" Xiong Xin said.

Before Wei Xindi could reply, Jin Sheng said first, "Xiong Xin, the number and name of our jerseys have already been printed. It will be very troublesome to change it now. It's just a number. Look, shouldn't we overcome it? "

Xiong Xin stood there and did not nod.

Wei Xindi asked, "Xiao Qi, what do you think? What number?"

"I. . . " Xiong Xin looked at Wei Xindi, Jin Sheng, and then Gu Weiyang, and said, "I want number 7. "

At this moment, it was Gu Weiyang's turn to be stunned.

Wei Xindi smiled and walked to Xiong Xin's side. He said sincerely, "Xiao Qi, the matter of setting the number. I didn't ask for your opinions before, and it was indeed because I didn't do my job well. I'll apologize to you first. But. . . Just as Instructor Jin had said earlier, the competition uniform had already been printed and delivered. If you and Gu Weiyang's numbers were to be adjusted, perhaps you two would have to find sponsors to customize these eight sets of uniforms. It would definitely be quite troublesome. Look. . . "

Xiong Xin suddenly burst out with an unprecedented stubbornness. She still stood there, unwilling to nod her head.

The straightforward Jin Sheng was a bit angry. After all, Xiong Xin was also a small member that he had once taught at the River Female Racing Club. At this moment, Xiong Xin did not give Wei Xindi any leeway, which gave Jin Sheng a feeling of "the son does not teach the father" and the son does not teach the father.

"Xiong Xin!" Jin Sheng increased his tone and said in a commanding tone, "This is the decision of the coaching team. It has nothing to do with Director Wei. Take your competition uniform and go back to your dorm. "

Cheng Ruiqi saw that Jin Sheng, who was usually honest and friendly, was angry and quickly pulled Xiong Xin over. Only then did Xiong Xin pick up the stack of jerseys with her name and number 15 printed on it from the table. She sadly turned around and left the small conference room.

Feeling the awkward atmosphere, the other team members no longer joked around. They each took back their respective uniforms and quickly left the place.

Sitting in the empty meeting room, Wei Xindi sighed deeply.

"This child, it wasn't like this in the past. . . " Jin Sheng thought that Wei Xindi was unhappy. He softly advised and even helped to mediate the situation for Xiong Xin. "Maybe she's not feeling well these few days. I saw that she was a little listless from training early in the morning. Maybe she caught a cold. When I have time, I'll go and talk to her. "

Wei Xindi shook his head and said, "I am not angry with Xiong Xin. I just feel that there must be something wrong with her reaction. Instructor Jin. Let me handle this matter. But. . . Tell me again. What kind of child did you know about Xiong Xin when you were at the Jiang women's rehearsal. . . "

. . .

Returning to his room, Wei Xindi sat down by the bed.

She gradually understood what kind of girl Xiong Xin was, but she still did not understand why Xiong Xin was so obsessed with the number 7.

Just as she was thinking hard, the door was lightly knocked.

Wei Xindi opened the door and saw Cheng Ruiqi standing at the door.

Wei Xindi knew that Cheng Ruiqi and Xiong Xin were roommates, so he knew that Cheng Ruiqi was probably looking for her about Xiong Xin, so he quickly let her into the room.

"Is Xiong Xin alright?" Wei Xindi went straight to the point.

"Yes, she went back to her room and laid down. " Cheng Ruiqi said, "Sister Wei, don't be angry with Xiong Xin. Actually, she's also quite sad. "

"Why?" Wei Xindi asked.

"Sister Wei, when I was at the National Youth Stadium, I was her teammate for two years, on the field. . . I'll play a substitute for her. On the field. We live in the same dorm. Although Xiao Qi is usually cheerful and lively, she is very strong. She's a kind person. " Cheng Ruiqi looked at Wei Xindi and said with a heavy heart. "In the past two years, Xiong Xin has performed very well in some competitions abroad and abroad. Not only did she play the main role in the River Women's Row, but she was also the starter for the National Young Women's Row and National Youth's Row. This time, she was selected as the second team of the China Female Racing Team. At first, Xiong Xin was really looking forward to being able to perform well. However, later on, you asked Yuan Jun to switch to the backup position. Xiong Xin was under too much pressure. Her personality was unwilling to express this kind of pressure, and she was afraid of affecting everyone. She was just suppressing it in her heart. Over time, perhaps the matter of allocating numbers today. . . She finally couldn't take it anymore. Moreover, ever since she entered the professional team, She's been wearing the number 7 jersey, her feelings for this number are very deep, very deep. . . "

Hearing Cheng Ruiqi's words, Wei Xindi somewhat understood.

Cheng Ruiqi continued," These few days, I discovered that Xiong Xin often has insomnia and is unable to sleep well. She was afraid of disturbing me and waking me up. She is still holding it in and holding it in. Actually, sometimes I would wake up too. But I still pretended to sleep soundly, not wanting her to blame herself even more. Sister Wei, I think you can help her. Let her get out of this kind of pressure earlier. "

Wei Xindi nodded. She immediately understood.