Who would still play tennis after being reborn?

Chapter 86 What a coincidence (23)

3pm.

Home.

Gu Cheng dragged his weary body open the door and said weakly, "Finally back."

He thought no one was around. He had just changed his shoes when he saw his parents sitting on the sofa, chatting about something. At that moment, Yuan Hongxia was looking at him with a surprised expression: "Are you thirsty? Shall I get you a glass of water?"

Gu Cheng quickly waved his hand, tossed his things aside, and lay down on the sofa next to him: "No need, no need, I'll rest for a while."

Although Gu Cheng said he didn't need it, his mother still got up, poured him a glass of water, and handed it to him, saying, "Why are you so late? Didn't you get off the plane around 1 a.m.?"

"I got off the plane at 1 o'clock."

"but……"

Gu Cheng took a big gulp of water, then said with a helpless expression, "The problem is, I was ambushed shortly after I got off the plane!"

"what?"

"Are you OK?"

Yuan Hongxia thought her son had been bullied, and she became extremely anxious. She rushed over and checked Gu Cheng over, asking, "Are you hurt anywhere? Did you call the police? Ningbo is a safe city! How could something like this happen at the airport? Is nobody doing anything about it?"

"Mom, that's not what I meant."

Gu Cheng helplessly blocked his mother's outstretched hand: "Fans, they are fans. There were so many of my fans at the airport, and they all asked me for autographs. I didn't even know what was going on when I was surrounded by hundreds of people. My hand was almost numb from signing so many autographs."

As she spoke, she didn't forget to show off her slightly trembling right hand: "Look, it's still shaking."

I'm sick of signing.

Who would have thought that there would be a day when writing one's own name would become tedious?

So much so that he now feels somewhat apprehensive when he sees his own name.

"You have fans?" Mom's eyes widened in disbelief.

"No, Mom, what kind of eyesight do you have?!"

Seeing his mother Yuan Hongxia's questioning look, Gu Cheng immediately objected: "Why can't I have fans? He's won two championships now, it's normal for him to have a few fans, right?"

"You brat, you... I mean, they didn't even know which flight you were on, so how did you get blocked by them?" Mom asked, looking puzzled.

Sitting on the sofa, the father said leisurely, "Fans these days have a lot of influence. Getting Acheng's flight information isn't that difficult."

Yuan Hongxia seemed to be thinking about something, and immediately looked at Gu Cheng: "Then you won't refuse to sign?"

"Those celebrities have millions of fans. If they signed autographs like you, they wouldn't need to work. They could sign them all even if they didn't eat, drink, or sleep!"

Mentioning this, Gu Cheng almost cried: "How was I supposed to know there would be so many people, and more and more people signed up, and some passengers from behind also came to join in the fun."

Gu Zhenhai turned his head: "Aren't there security guards at the airport? Isn't anyone coming out to maintain order?"

"Yeah!"

Yuan Hongxia nodded quickly: "Your dad is right, why don't we just get rid of them all?"

"Yes, I have!"

Gu Cheng said angrily, "Those guys at the airport are so mean. Not only did they not kick people out, they also set up several security guards to maintain order and make everyone line up in an orderly manner so that I could concentrate on signing autographs. When many people saw that there were so many people queuing up and airport security guards, they also came to line up. What was originally less than a hundred people turned into several hundred."

"The last few security guards even asked me for my autograph, saying that although they hadn't heard of me, everyone wanted one, so it wouldn't be a loss for them to get one."

Gu Zhenhai: "..."

Yuan Hongxia: "..."

After a moment of stunned silence, Yuan Hongxia suddenly became indignant: "That's outrageous! How can they do things like that! I have to complain about them, I'm calling 12345 right now to complain about them."

As he spoke, he even took out his phone.

Seeing his mother's serious expression, Gu Cheng quickly stood up and snatched the phone: "Mom, you really called? Never mind, never mind, this is the last time. I won't do it again."

Just as Gu Cheng finished speaking, Gu Zhenhai suddenly said, "Wow! Hongxia, you know what, your son is really famous now. It seems that his autographs are already being sold online, and one autograph is selling for several hundred yuan."

Gu Cheng was stunned after hearing this.

Yuan Hongxia almost jumped up: "How much? Does that mean my son signed contracts worth tens of thousands today?"

Seeing his wife's greedy look, Gu Zhenhai shook his head and said, "You're overthinking it. Just because someone lists it for a few hundred doesn't mean someone will buy it. Besides, these things are often signed, so they're not worth much. Rich people aren't stupid. Do you really think those few hundred signatures are worth tens of thousands?"

Yuan Hongxia immediately deflated, then suddenly looked at Gu Cheng: "By the way, son, I still don't understand. Your father and I have never seen you play tennis, and you've never asked us for money to buy a racket or anything. How can you play tennis so well? You've already won two championships."

"Did you enroll in any training courses or anything like that outside?"

Gu Zhenhai clearly knew more about this than Yuan Hongxia, and quickly said, "The level of tennis your son plays can't be taught in ordinary training classes. You need to hire a professional coach, and a top-notch one at that."

"And that level of coach, I'm not kidding, our family's resources aren't even enough to afford your son learning tennis for a year."

Yuan Hongxia was taken aback: "Playing tennis is so expensive?"

Gu Zhenhai shook his head: "It's not that playing tennis is expensive, it's that playing any sport is expensive. Football and basketball, if you really want to play well and become a professional, you'll spend even more money, especially football, ha... never mind."

Gu Zhenhai is a long-time football fan, but when it comes to men's football, the fire in his heart bursts out.

Yuan Hongxia turned to look at Gu Cheng, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Gu Cheng immediately laughed: "Back in junior high, some of my classmates liked to play. They often brought their rackets to school and would learn and play whenever they had free time. They got the hang of it as they played."

Yuan Hongxia wasn't stupid; she wasn't going to believe such nonsense. Just as she was about to press for answers, her phone suddenly rang.

Yuan Hongxia looked down and saw that it was Zhou Jie, the vice president in charge of personnel, who was a leader in the hospital. She immediately swallowed the words that were about to come out, then glanced at her husband and son, signaling them not to speak, and quickly went to the balcony.

After a while, Yuan Hongxia returned to the living room with mixed feelings, glanced at her son, and hesitated to speak.

Upon seeing this, Gu Zhenhai hurriedly asked, "Who is it? What's wrong? Why are you so agitated after answering the phone? What happened?"

Remembering the conversation that Vice Dean Zhou had just had with her, Yuan Hongxia quickly pulled Gu Zhenhai back into the room.

"what happened?"

"Did we really have to come to the room to talk about this?"

"It was Vice President Zhou on the phone."

"That Vice Dean Zhou Jie, who's in charge of personnel?"

Gu Zhenhai, a doctor at the top-tier hospital where Yuan Hongxia worked, often heard Yuan Hongxia mention her, so he knew a little about her.

"Correct."

Yuan Hongxia nodded: "It's him."

"What's up with him?"

Yuan Hongxia repeated Zhou Jie's words to her husband, Gu Zhenhai, verbatim. Gu Zhenhai immediately laughed and said, "Promoting you to head nurse is a good thing, isn't it? Your salary will increase by several hundred yuan, and there are other benefits too, which are incomparable to what you had before."

Yuan Hongxia said helplessly, "You don't know the situation in my hospital. Several people were vying for the position of head nurse of this department. I wasn't even considering it, but now the position has fallen to me."

Gu Zhenhai frowned: "Is something fishy going on?"

"if not?"

Yuan Hongxia rolled her eyes at Gu Zhenhai: "Although Vice Dean Zhou didn't say it explicitly, I'm not stupid. It's obviously related to Dean Qi. I'm not very familiar with Dean Qi. Dean Qi is not someone we can get close to. The position was already decided, but now it's fallen to me. I don't think it's because I have any great ability."

"Ha, there are plenty of capable people out there."

"There are so many head nurses, who am I, Yuan Hongxia, anyway!"

Gu Zhenhai seemed to understand what was going on: "Your hospital staff know that your son won the championship?"

"It's not just that tournament. The Australian Open wildcard tournament that ended yesterday, the one that was featured on CCTV, is now being talked about all over the hospital. People are saying that I gave birth to a good son."

"Now when people see me, they are so enthusiastic that I feel like I'm not a head nurse, but the department director or even a hospital leader."

"Oh, by the way, let me tell you something else. Dean Qi likes to play tennis, and I heard he's quite good at it."

Gu Zhenhai understood completely this time.

So, Yuan Hongxia's promotion had little to do with her personally; it was mainly because she had a son who could play tennis very well and even got on CCTV.

Yuan Hongxia showed no excitement about the promotion and raise; instead, she was somewhat depressed: "What do we do now? Last time, Dean Qi mentioned in the group chat that he'd like to invite Acheng to play ball sometime. I just said it casually, but I didn't expect Dean Qi to actually take it seriously. Now..."

"Sigh, I don't know what to do."

Yuan Hongxia sighed, feeling a deep sense of guilt, as if she had sold her son to secure her future.

Having been married for decades, Gu Zhenhai knew exactly what his wife was thinking, and immediately comforted her, "It's nothing serious. Didn't Dean Qi say that we should go with A-Cheng's schedule? It's not like we need a son for anything. I think Dean Qi just wants to find a playing partner. He couldn't find one before, but now he has one, and he plays quite well, so of course he's interested."

"As for the position of head nurse..."

Gu Zhenhai suddenly laughed and said, "Comrade Yuan Hongxia, do you think you are worse than others or that you are not good enough?" "No, in terms of professional ability, I, Yuan Hongxia, believe that I am no worse than anyone else." Yuan Hongxia was very confident in her professional abilities.

"That settles it?" Gu Zhenhai spread his hands: "Actually, this is easy to understand. Your son must have a lot to do with you, Yuan Hongxia, to get promoted. But your son just helped you connect with Dean Qi. Dean Qi didn't notice you before, so he naturally wouldn't consider you for a position."

"But now that you have this rope and the ability, it's just a matter of helping him."

Although Gu Zhenhai's words made a lot of sense, Yuan Hongxia was still somewhat conflicted, saying, "But what about our son..."

Gu Zhenhai laughed and said, "You're embarrassed about your own son? If you're too embarrassed to say it, I'll talk to him later, and I guarantee he won't refuse."

"That's what I'm saying now."

Seeing that his wife still looked hesitant, Gu Zhenhai walked out of the room and briefly mentioned the matter to Gu Cheng.

Upon hearing that his mother had been promoted and given a raise to become the head nurse of the department, Gu Cheng immediately agreed happily: "Great! I don't have any competitions right now, so have Mom ask Dean Qi when he's free, and we can make an appointment."

Gu Cheng showed no resistance to playing tennis with Dean Qi.

Dean Qi is a magnanimous person, while he acts all high and mighty, which is just plain stupid.

The most important thing is that my parents are happy.

At this moment, Yuan Hongxia came out of the room, her eyes reddening as she looked at Gu Cheng: "Son, you... ε=(ο｀*))) Sigh!"

"Mom, what are you thinking? We're a family, why are we dividing ourselves into 'yours' and 'mine'?"

Gu Cheng put his arm around his mother, who was almost half a head shorter than him, and said, "My mom got a promotion and a raise, and as her son, I'm overjoyed."

Hearing this, Yuan Hongxia felt much more relaxed, and a smile appeared on her face.

……

A top-tier tertiary hospital.

director's office.

Qi Yuanchun blew on the tea leaves floating on the surface, took a sip of the fragrant tea, and looked at the distribution of cases in various departments over the past month. Just as he was about to turn the page, his phone suddenly vibrated.

I glanced at the incoming call and saw it was from an old friend. I immediately picked up the phone and answered, "What? If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."

"Can't I call you if I'm busy?"

"Qi Yuanchun, there's no need to be like this after losing the doubles match last time, is there? We've been friends for decades, can't you even make a phone call to check on our relationship?"

"Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious!" Qi Yuanchun said irritably, "Feng Song, Dean Feng, just say what you want to say, stop beating around the bush. You've said we've been friends for decades, do you think I don't know what you're thinking?"

Feng Song chuckled sheepishly, "I can't hide it from you, Lao Qi!"

"Hey! It's nothing big. It's Old Wang's birthday this weekend, right? I was thinking we guys should throw him a birthday party or something. We all like playing tennis, so we can team up for a doubles match and have some fun."

"To be honest, it's been a long time since I've played, and I really miss it."

Qi Yuanchun almost cursed when Lao Wang was mentioned.

The old Wang that Feng Song mentioned is named Wang Honglang. He used to be a coach at a sports training institution, and he mainly taught tennis. The two met while playing tennis, and he later became Feng Song's tennis partner. When they first started playing together, they practiced and learned from each other. Gradually, they developed a better understanding of each other. Now, in the medical community of Ningbo, their doubles skills are famously good.

Ordinary people are no match for them.

In fact, because the two of them work together so well, not to mention these old guys, even young people with some skill have a low chance of winning against them.

In fact, apart from professional players, he had never seen anyone beat these two old guys.

Last time, he and another person teamed up for doubles, but they were thrashed 6-2 and 6-1 by these two old guys, getting completely crushed.

Ever since that incident, he hasn't gone to play ball with Feng Song when Feng Song invites him.

Losing is nothing to him; he doesn't care about winning or losing, but he also doesn't want to suffer.

Qi Yuanchun immediately retorted irritably, "You still have the nerve to talk about teaming up? Fine, I'll go if you want, but you can give me Lao Wang and team up with someone else. Otherwise, it's no fun if you're always teaming up with Lao Wang and we get wrecked."

Feng Song said, "Old Qi, what you're saying is a bit pointless! Old Wang and I have been working together for so many years, isn't it normal to have some tacit understanding?"

"Whether or not I'm on the same team as Lao Wang has something to do with it, but it's not as important as you think. It's mainly because we've played together for a long time. To put it simply, we're on the same wavelength."

"That's the key to our strength."

"Besides, I didn't say you can't team up with other people. You can team up with anyone you don't know if you want."

"Didn't you say you have a nephew who plays tennis? I heard he's pretty good at it, why don't you just invite him over?"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuanchun immediately said in an annoyed tone, "I would like to, but the key is that it's just a hobby for them. They usually work in other places, so they can't possibly make a special trip back for something like this, can they?"

"How about we make an appointment during the Chinese New Year? My nephew will definitely come back during the New Year."

Feng Song immediately said, "It's still a long way from the New Year. Besides, I was talking about Old Wang's birthday party, not a party before the New Year. These are two different things. If you really want to have one before the New Year, then let's make an appointment."

Qi Yuanchun felt an urge to curse, but looking at the wide-open office door, he held back and just gave a soft, cold laugh: "I can go, but it's still the same thing, either you can't team up with Lao Wang, or we'll talk about it before the New Year."

Upon hearing this, Feng Song smiled and said, "Old Qi, this isn't like you! You used to be the type to fight back without hesitation when faced with something like this. How come you're getting more and more timid now that you're in a higher position?"

"It's just a game between friends, why take it so seriously?"

Qi Yuanchun sneered: "You would have done the same if you were the one being abused."

"You probably already asked other people and got rejected before coming to me, right? You think you can persuade others just because I agreed?"

"Old Feng, do you really think we're all fools? Like I said, either..."

As Qi Yuanchun was speaking, his WeChat account on his computer suddenly popped up. He opened it and saw that it was a friend request. The message read, "Dean Qi, hello, I am Gu Cheng, Yuan Hongxia's son."

"Wait a minute!" Qi Yuanchun shouted into the microphone, then quickly accepted the friend request: "Hello, young friend Gu Cheng."

"Hello, Dean Qi!"

"I heard about playing ball from my mom."

"There's no rush to play ball; we'll go with whatever time you have."

Despite saying that, Qi Yuanchun still looked at the computer screen with anticipation.

"There are still more than two weeks until the ITF Junior Championship. If you are free this weekend or any evening, we can meet up. You can decide the time and place, I'm fine with anything."

Upon seeing this, Qi Yuanchun's earlier gloom vanished. What a coincidence!

"Old Feng, I was too hasty just now. I'm so sorry, it was my fault. Send me the time and place, and I'll definitely be there." Qi Yuanchun said gently, repeatedly apologizing.

Feng Song was a little confused. He had reacted so strongly just now, how come he was suddenly so easy to talk to?

"You weren't possessed, were you?"

"You're the one who's been possessed."

Hearing this, Feng Song breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that I wasn't possessed. But Lao Qi, since you've agreed, you can't go back on your word. I've already arranged the place and notified everyone. If you stand me up, then we can't be friends anymore."

Qi Yuanchun glanced at the screen, almost swearing an oath.

"Don't you, Feng Song, know who I, Qi Yuanchun, am?"

"That's fine."

"other people……"

As soon as Feng Songhua spoke, Qi Yuanchun immediately said, "I'll go and inform them."

Feng Song was stunned again.

This is... way too easy to talk to!

"you sure?"

He started to panic; something was wrong!

Old Qi has a very strong competitive spirit. He had lost so many matches before and never won, and he was even utterly humiliated. He hasn't challenged them to matches for a while now. He holds grudges incredibly well.

He was just saying he only agreed because he didn't want to team up with Lao Wang, but his attitude has completely changed in the blink of an eye. To be honest, he wouldn't believe there wasn't something fishy going on.

But he had no clue what was going on.

"Old Qi, you haven't been drinking, have you?"

Qi Yuanchun said irritably, "Go to hell, I'm at work right now. If you want to organize this gathering, then organize it; if not, forget it. You're wasting my time."

That's the right tone.

Feng Song's doubts vanished instantly, but he was already thinking about how to team up with Lao Wang to crush these guys.

Haha, Lao Qi, you guys really don't learn your lesson!

(End of this chapter)