Chapter Thirteen First Arrival in the Provincial Capital
At three o'clock that afternoon.
An ordinary school bus from Xihe City University, carrying the participating teams from Xihe City, silently set off from the school and drove to the provincial capital - Xidu City in an extremely low-key manner.
In addition to the Su family's special driver Su Zhong, there were four other people in the car.
Su Yunyan is the leader and coach of the Xihe City delegation. She is responsible for the daily management of the entire team during the competition.
There is also Wu Qian, the deputy director of the Xihe Municipal Sports Committee, who is responsible for communicating and coordinating with the event host committee. She is an ordinary-looking woman in her thirties who has a good relationship with Su Yunyan.
Then there is Guo Xingzhi from the swimming team of Xihe City University. She is another athlete competing in Xihe City this time. She has short hair, a well-proportioned figure, and a dashing appearance at first glance. She is a top sports student in her sophomore year and a good swimmer.
, is expected to enter the finals of two swimming events.
Another one is Jiang Xiaoliu, who has high hopes from the entire Xihe City University. His goal is to win the gold medal in all throwing events in the field competition.
Of course, this ambitious goal was not actually set by Jiang Xiaoliu, but by the high-spirited Su Yunyan sitting in the passenger seat.
In order to cancel the engagement with the Ye family, Su Yunyan placed all her hopes on Jiang Xiaoliu this time. She looked ahead with a smile as if she had a chance to win. Whenever she thought of the eldest son of the Ye family in front of her,
After eating, Su Yunyan felt extremely comfortable.
In the back seat of the car, Wu Qian was looking down at the relevant information about the Universiade.
Jiang Xiaoliu was looking at the rapidly reversing scenery outside the car window. He rarely went out by car. As an orphan, the last time he went to Linshi was with Uncle Sun and Sun Yuanyuan two years ago.
Sitting next to Jiang Xiaoliu was the silent Guo Xingzhi. She was wearing school sportswear. She glanced at Jiang Xiaoliu from time to time, but quickly shifted her gaze to Su Yunyan.
Guo Xingzhi watched like this for a while. She found that Su Yunyan gradually focused her eyes on her, and then she quickly closed her eyes and rested.
"Classmate Guo, don't bear too much pressure."
Su Yunyan did not doubt that he was there, and thought that Guo Xingzhi felt the pressure of facing Jiang Xiaoliu, so she advised her: "The school didn't give you a task this time, just do your best, show your style, and show your level."
In fact, what Su Yunyan said was right. She was trying to reduce the pressure on the athletes.
But what Su Yunyan didn't know was that Guo Xingzhi snorted coldly in her heart, and said in her unhappy heart: "Su Yunyan, I know you only care about Jiang Xiaoliu's performance. He represents the interests of the entire Xihe City.
,Huh, dogs look down upon people!"
Guo Xingzhi's heart was dark, but her face was as steady as a dog. Under Su Yunyan's words, she opened her eyes and said with a smile: "Thank you, Dean Su, for your forgiveness. I don't have any pressure. I can represent Xihe City in the competition. I have already
Very happy."
Su Yunyan nodded happily, turned her head and closed her eyes to fall asleep.
Jiang Xiaoliu, however, took a deep look at Guo Xingzhi. He always felt that he had seen her somewhere, but he couldn't remember it. He was sitting next to Guo Xingzhi and saw with his own eyes that just now her fingers secretly tightened, as if Guo Xingzhi
There seems to be some hatred hidden in my heart.
"Jiang Xiaoliu, you have to work hard, the honor of Xihe City depends on you."
Guo Xingzhi pretended to cheer Jiang Xiaoliu and squeezed his fist.
Jiang Xiaoliu smiled and said, "Come on, try your best too." Then he turned his head out the car window again.
Guo Xingzhi slowly closed his eyes, and no one in the car spoke anymore.
Two hours later, the school bus arrived at the host site of the Universiade, Xidu City, the provincial capital of the western state of Wuzhou.
Since the number of participants in Xihe City was too small, the Universiade Organizing Committee did not pay attention to it, so it only sent one receptionist to receive Su Yunyan and his party of five.
The five people were placed in a designated hotel to rest. The receptionist said that hotel rooms were tight during the Universiade and only three rooms were arranged for the Xihe City team.
One room is for Su Yunyan to live alone, one room for Guo Xingzhi and Wu Qian, and one room for Jiang Xiaoliu and Su Zhong.
In response to this cold reception, Wu Qian, who was in charge of communication, originally wanted to go to the organizing committee to reason, but was dissuaded by Su Yunyan. Su Yunyan said that this arrangement was the best, which showed that the organizing committee did not value the Xihe City participating teams and acted in a low-key manner, which was beneficial to Jiang.
Xiaoliu and Guo Xingzhi achieved good results in the competition.
The five of them settled in and found a restaurant outside the hotel where they were staying to have dinner.
During the dinner, Wu Qian was the first to speak.
"Oh, they all blame our Xihe City for being too backward in sports." Although Wu Qian listened to Su Yunyan's dissuasion, she still complained: "Obviously our city is an economically strong city, but the city leaders never pay attention to sports.
You must know that to strengthen a country, you must first strengthen your body, and the prerequisite for strengthening your body is the popularization and promotion of sports."
"Director Wu is absolutely right. The sports level of Xihe City has plummeted in recent years. I remember that the last time I won a medal at the Universiade, it was already time for me to study." Su Zhong also followed suit and said dissatisfied: "If it weren't for us
The Su family stands tall in Xihe City, and Xihe City has long been forgotten by the world!"
"Su Zhong, what are you talking about?" Su Yunyan glared at Su Zhong: "Without Xihe City, there would be no Su family. Don't talk nonsense all day long."
After being glared at by the second lady, Su Zhong immediately said yes and stopped talking during the next meal.
The five of them ate for a while. Su Yunyan took out a form and talked about the situation on the night of the opening ceremony. She was asking who would hold the sign to enter the venue?
As we all know, at the opening of any large-scale sports meeting, there will be an entrance ceremony for the athletes. Generally speaking, athletes who raise flags or signs are the faces of their delegations.
But this time, when Guo Xingzhi proposed that Jiang Xiaoliu hold the placard, Su Yunyan vetoed it. She was worried that the incident of Jiang Xiaoliu's rescue video had not been completely resolved, and she was afraid that someone would recognize her when holding the placard, which would cause an uproar.
In the end, after discussion, it was Guo Xingzhi who held the placard on behalf of Xihe City, and Jiang Xiaoliu did not even need to attend the opening ceremony.
Su Yunyan decided to hide Jiang Xiaoliu until the start of the field competition on the 7th!
After making a series of arrangements, the five of them returned to the hotel to rest.
Jiang Xiaoliu and Su Zhong lived in the double-bed room. Before nine o'clock that night, Su Zhong said he had something urgent to do, said hello to Jiang Xiaoliu and left in a hurry.
When he first arrived in the provincial capital, Jiang Xiaoliu seemed a little excited. He tossed and turned in bed and couldn't sleep, so he had to leave the room and walk to the garden rest area upstairs of the hotel.
The provincial capital was brightly lit at night. Jiang Xiaoliu stood in the garden area and looked downstairs. He saw busy traffic and people on the roads everywhere. The pace of life of the people in the provincial capital was obviously much faster than that in Xihe City.
After standing for a while, Jiang Xiaoliu saw Guo Xingzhi approaching. Under the light at night, the slender Guo Xingzhi looked unique. She was a good swimmer and exuded youthful vitality.
Originally, Guo Xingzhi was looking at her phone with her head down. When she looked up and saw Jiang Xiaoliu looking at her, she put her phone in her trouser pocket, walked to Jiang Xiaoliu, put her arms on the garden fence, and asked
He said: "What's the matter? You can't sleep either?"
Jiang Xiaoliu said: "This is my first time in Xidu, so I'm so excited that I can't sleep. Senior Sister Guo, is this your first time in the provincial capital too?"
Guo Xingzhi shook his head and said: "I have been here several times, mostly to participate in various swimming competitions. But this time, it is the first time to represent Xihe City in a national sports meeting, so I am a little nervous."
As she spoke, Guo Xingzhi turned around and leaned against the fence. She was still wearing sportswear, the same as Jiang Xiaoliu.
She put her right foot on the wall of the fence, folded her arms across her chest, faced Jiang Xiaoliu, blinked her eyes and said: "I don't have as good an athletic talent as you, and I don't have that much strength, so I'm very worried. If I can't take it,
If I get a good ranking, my graduation will become a problem."
Jiang Xiaoliu asked confusedly what was going on, and Guo Xingzhi sighed and explained that her academic performance was very poor, and if she could not make a breakthrough in the physical education course, she would most likely not be able to graduate successfully.
Therefore, Guo Xingzhi placed all her hopes of successfully obtaining her diploma in this competition. If she failed to achieve good results in the competition, she would not be able to obtain her diploma and would not be able to go home and face her mother.
"My parents divorced early, and my mother raised me by herself. Over the years, my mother has worked hard to raise me. If I am ineffective, how can I be worthy of my mother..."
As he spoke, Guo Xingzhi's eyes became moist.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoliu hurriedly approached, rummaged through his pocket and took out a tissue, handed it to Guo Xingzhi, and said comfortingly: "No wonder in the car when we came here, I noticed something was wrong with you. I thought you hated someone. But I never thought.
, you are under so much pressure. Sister Guo, just do your best, I believe Dean Su can see your hard work."
Guo Xingzhi wiped her eyes with paper and forced out a smile: "Thank you, classmate Jiang..."
Wherever she looked, she saw a beautiful figure walking over. Guo Xingzhi curled up into a sly smile, then suddenly stretched out his arms and took Jiang Xiaoliu, who was standing very close, into his arms.
"Thank you, classmate Jiang, thank you very much!"
Guo Xingzhi's constant thanks and her hugs made Jiang Xiaoliu's whole body tense up. This was the first time he felt being hugged by a mature woman. As soon as the warmth appeared in his chest, he heard something behind him.
The sound of footsteps rushing away was heard.
Jiang Xiaoliu has become familiar with the sound of high heels hitting the ground recently. It belongs to Su Yunyan's footsteps.
Knowing that Su Yunyan was coming, Jiang Xiaoliu hurriedly pushed Guo Xingzhi away and looked behind him. He only saw Su Yunyan's back walking away quickly.
What Jiang Xiaoliu didn't know was that when he turned to look at Su Yunyan's back, a ghostly smile appeared on Guo Xingzhi's face.
Guo Xingzhi thought that no one saw this scheming smile, but she didn't know that Ling'er on Jiang Xiaoliu's shoulder witnessed this scene.
Ling'er's purple-red eyes blinked several times, and the look she looked at Guo Xingzhi was full of disgust!