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Chapter 48 It Has to Be You Again! [5000-Word Long Chapter]

"Wu Jin, I really had no other choice but to come to you!"

Sun Yang's mother, Yang Ming, stood downstairs at the provincial team's dormitory building and spoke to Wu Jin with some apology.

Wu Jin had mixed feelings about the woman in front of her; she couldn't say she disliked her, and admiring her was even more out of the question. Although there was a positive side to her upbringing under Sun Yang, she was mostly negative.

She is probably the most "well-known" mother among athletes.

When she was young, Wu Jin felt ashamed of the term "mama's boy." However, as she grew older, she realized that some of these terms were simply extreme stereotypes about a specific group.

It's natural for mothers to love their children; they just sometimes use the wrong methods.

For example, the person in front of us is a typical example of someone who makes things worse the more you try to help.

"It's okay, Auntie, I've already asked the coach for leave!"

"Okay, thank you, thank you!"

Yang Ming's attitude towards Wu Jin has also changed significantly from before.

After all, she had heard that this young boy had won the 50-meter championship at such a young age.

Otherwise, Sun Yang wouldn't have stayed home and refused to learn to swim; he was truly discouraged.

As an athlete herself, Yang Ming can understand her son's current negative emotions.

Anyone would doubt themselves if they saw a teammate who was not as good as them suddenly make great progress, let alone someone who is only 11 years old.

That's why she came to Wu Jin, asking him to think of a solution.

After all, she was an athlete herself and knew that her son could pursue a career in swimming.

……

More than half an hour later, Wu Jin and Yang Ming arrived at Sun Yang's doorstep.

On the way, Yang Ming also told Sun Yang about his situation.

Wu Jin finally understood why Yang Ming had come to see her. She wanted Sun Yang to continue swimming, but the guy was so provoked by her that he didn't even want to swim anymore.

As expected of you, Poplar!
Chen Jinglun had given up several times before, but Zhu Ying always managed to pull him back.

Children from well-off families are indeed different from those from poor families.

They have many paths in life, so they have the right to be willful.

"Old Sun, this is Wu Jin, who learned to swim with Yangyang from Zhu Ying since they were little!"

"Nine months older than Yangyang!"

"They're already national champions!"

Yang Ming spoke to Sun Quan Hong, who had opened the door for them. Sun Quan Hong clearly knew about Wu Jin's deeds and said very warmly, "Quickly, please come in, please come in!"

"You haven't eaten yet, have you? Perfect, let's eat together!"

Sun Quan Hong smiled and spoke to Wu Jin.

He was also an athlete, and now he is also a professor at the same college, Zhejiang University of Science and Technology, where he also serves as the director of the Sports and Military Training Department.

The two men were sometimes very strict with Sun Yang, and sometimes very lenient in their training.

For example, Yang Ming would pick up and drop off Chen Jinglun every day on her bicycle. Sometimes when Sun Yang didn't behave well, he would have to run home from Chen Jinglun while she rode her bicycle ahead to speed things up. But when he behaved well, she would give him extra praise and affection.

For example, mobile phones, clothing, etc.

"It's alright, Uncle, I'll go check on Sun Yang first!"

Wu Jin smiled and walked into the house.

In 03, being able to live in a four-bedroom apartment in the city center was considered a very good standard of living.

Yang Ming immediately knocked on a room door: "Yangyang, look who's here?"

"Open the door!"

Yang Ming gave Wu Jin a helpless look as she spoke.

There was no sound from inside the room.

"Sun Yang!"

Wu Jin called out directly into the house, and immediately heard a commotion coming from inside.

This guy was clearly startled by his own shout.
"Wu Jin is here to see you! Quick, open the door!"

Yang Ming urged him on, and after a while the door was opened. Sun Yang, with his hair all messy, glanced at Wu Jin and muttered, "Why are you here?"

"Auntie, may I speak with Sun Yang alone?"

Wu Jin said to Yang Ming.

Yang Ming immediately smiled and said, "Sure!"

"You guys chat, I'll go downstairs and buy some cold dishes so we can eat here!"

"it is good!"

Wu Jin immediately went into Sun Yang's room and closed the door.

The guy hadn't turned on the lights, but when Wu Jin turned them on, she immediately saw a wall of honor covered with all sorts of medals.

There's also a very large bed. This bedroom is at least 30 square meters, quite spacious, with bookshelves, a computer desk, and of course, a desktop computer.

This kid is really living a good life!
"What are you doing? You haven't been to training these past few days?"

Wu Jin didn't stand on ceremony and walked over to Sun Yang, who was lying on the bed again.

"I don't want to go!"

Sun Yang was speaking with his neck stiff.

Wu Jin smiled and suddenly pulled a "Detective Conan" comic book from under his pillow: "Is this your reason for not wanting to go?"

"Give me back!"

Sun Yang stood up and snatched the book from Wu Jin's hands.

"Do you think your project conflicts with mine?"

"If you train for the 400 or 800 meters, and you happen to become a great swimmer in the future, it will be easier for us to coordinate in the 100 or 200 meter relay!"

Wu Jin continued talking to herself.

Sun Yang remained silent.

"Didn't you already tell Coach Zhu before you started practicing?"

Wu Jin got up again and looked at the medals on the wall next to the bed.

"I told him, I asked him for leave!"

"I didn't even make it to the next round, so he wouldn't care at all!"

Sun Yang opened the "Detective Conan" book in his hand, but Wu Jin leaned closer to him. Kids are actually easy to handle.

"Do you know what I thought when you first beat me in the 100m, Chen Jinglun?"

Sun Yang: "..."

"I didn't want to swim anymore!"

"But then I thought, why not just swim over? I can just swim past you, right?"

“But you’re really good. The gap between us is getting bigger and bigger. If I don’t make it past 50 meters, I’ll probably be sent back to school. Coach Zhu even called my mom!”

"What did you say?"

Sun Yang was indeed listening, and suddenly turned his head around.

"What else can I say? Their scores are constantly declining from 100 to 200. It's enough to discourage them from pursuing their goals!"

"Just like the others who left before them!"

"No way? Such a thing exists?"

Sun Yang clearly couldn't understand this, because it was only him who had the right to refuse Chen Jinglun, not the other way around.

This kid has rejected Chen Jinglun four or five times already.

Talented students can be so willful, and schools usually turn a blind eye.

"That's it!"

That's why I work so hard in the 50-meter dash!

"Because this is the only thing I can do to be kept!"

"You're much luckier than me. You can do the 200 meters, and you're even better at the 400 meters. And what about the 800 and 1500 meters...?"

"How can there be..."

Sun Yang was clearly pleased to hear this, but he still said, "You were eliminated in the first round, you couldn't even make it to the semifinals, while you won the 50-meter championship!"

"You know nothing, kid!"

"?"

Sun Yang suddenly raised his head, his innocent eyes filled with astonishment. Clearly, hearing these words from Wu Jin's mouth had shocked him greatly.

Who is the strongest active 400-meter runner in the world?

"Thorp!"

"You know it's Thorpe. He was 17 when he won the 400m, making him the youngest winner in this event!"

You're only 11 years old!

"But he won the national championship when he was only 12 years old!"

"You think you're Thorpe? Thorpe didn't win a championship until he was 12, a year older than you!"

"..."

Well, Sun Yang was once again rendered speechless by Wu Jin's retort.

"Back then, I swam slower and slower in the 100 meters and 200 meters, without making any progress at all, but you at least kept improving in the 400 meters!"

How do you know you won't make it to the finals of the next championship?

"Go back to Chen Jinglun, the provincial team isn't right for you!"

Wu Jin waved her hand dismissively, and Sun Yang retorted defiantly, "Why should I?"

I got into the provincial team based on my own merit.

"You're so disobedient, leaving whenever you want, you have absolutely no sense of discipline!"

"I...I took leave!"

"In my opinion, you were provoked by me!"

"Who...who was provoked by you?!"

Sun Yang looked unconvinced, but his voice grew softer and softer.

"That's the truth!"

"Don't be so quick to make excuses!"

"What am I trying to argue about? I can't be bothered to talk to you..."

Sun Yang was somewhat disoriented, so he pulled a pillow over his head, and of course, his ears were also pressed tightly against the pillow.

"Alright, I'm not on the same project as you!"

"If you're going to do something, do it in Yucheng!"

Wu Jin leaned closer to Sun Yang: "Want to hear some gossip?" "What gossip?"

Sun Yang immediately showed half of his ear, his eyes filled with curiosity.

"You'll be back in the team tomorrow, and I'll tell you something that I guarantee you'll be interested!"

"..."

Sun Yang started to struggle with this.

"Are you even a man? Stop whining! Go if you want, or I'm leaving!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go!"

Sun Yang grabbed Wu Jin, who was getting up, and grinned shamelessly, "So, what gossip is it?"

It's not that this guy doesn't want to swim, he's just been discouraged. Now that the real person is here, he obviously feels much better.

To put it bluntly, she's just easily hurt.

"Yu Cheng is your opponent, isn't he?"

"Ok!"

These are indeed opponents, both of them are mid-to-long-range competitors.

"He's more conflicted than you are right now. You know Zhang Lin from the Beijing team, right?"

"Zhang Lin...is faster than him?"

Sun Yang certainly knew Zhang Lin; they were even in the same group for the 800-meter race, and Sun Yang had been outpaced by Zhang Lin for two straights.

Compared to Wu Jin, this guy actually dealt him a bigger blow.

"Correct!"

"So what are you worrying about? Captain Yu is the one who's most worried. His speed... probably won't improve!"

"Zhang Lin just turned 16 and has passed the puberty stage. He's your biggest rival now!"

"In the future, Zhang Lin will be able to compete domestically, and even in Asia and the world!"

"Who said that?"

Sun Yang was clearly not one to be provoked, and said with a displeased look, "Who said that?"

It definitely can't be the Wu Jin in front of me.

This tone is clearly that of a coach. He doesn't know that Wu Jin is a reborn person and only treats her as a peer.

"Who else could it be?"

"We only have one 400-meter coach on our team!"

"Old Zhu!"

His own coach, Zhu Zhigen, actually praised other people like that?
"He...he really said that?"

"Why do you care what Coach Zhu said? You can't even surpass Yu Cheng, hahaha!"

"Get lost! I'll show you!"

Sun Yang was making threats, but then something occurred to him, and he asked with some doubt, "Wait, you...you want me to go back and wash your underwear and socks for you?"

"How did you know?"

"Wow, Comrade Sun Yang, you've gotten smarter!"

Wu Jin grinned, and Sun Yang threw the pillow in his hand directly at him.

Damn it, I knew it.

Sun Yang is depressed.

Seeing his constipated appearance, Wu Jin couldn't stop laughing: "Are you going or not? If you go, you have to do it, since you lost the bet!"

"go with!"

Sun Yang slammed his fist on the bed viciously: "One month is one month. I'll settle this score with you sooner or later!"

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you~~~"

Wu Jin laughed even harder.

Yang Ming, who was eavesdropping outside the door, finally felt relieved when she heard laughter coming from her son's room.

"Old Sun, look, they have to be people the same age as you!"

Yang Ming spoke to her husband, praising the good idea she had come up with.

Sun Quan Hong laughed and said, "Of course! The two of them have been playmates since they were little. They were with Zhu Ying when they were five or six years old, right?"

"Yes, it's been six or seven years!"

"Good thing!"

As someone who has been through it all, Sun Quan Hong understands the competitive mentality among athletes: "It's a good thing for Yang Yang to have such a friend!"

"Well, that's what I thought too!"

"Wu Jin is a good kid; she's much more mature and composed than Yangyang!"

"And they're reliable; I heard they've already secured a spot in the World Championships!"

"It's definitely possible at this stage, but for swimmers, development is a big issue!"

Sun Quan Hong sighed, but then he heard the sound of Sun Yang's room door opening, and the two of them immediately fell silent.

"So, are you coming tomorrow, or are you coming back with me now?"

Wu Jin suddenly spoke to Sun Yang.

"Now, I'll have my mom call Coach Zhu!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Ming, who was standing next to him, was overjoyed and quickly picked up her phone: "Yangyang, are you back to the provincial team for training?"

"Yes, I have to surpass Zhang Lin!"

"Zhang Lin?"

Sun Quan Hong raised his head. Who is this Zhang Lin...?

Didn't we talk about Wu Jin and Yu Cheng before?
Yang Ming was already on the phone with Zhu Zhigen.

"Then... let's eat first!"

"Have your meal first, then head back to the provincial team. I'll take you back!"

Sun Quan Hong was there to greet them, and Wu Jin didn't stand on ceremony. The food at Sun Yang's house was definitely better than the food at the provincial team's canteen.

"Wu Jin, who is this Zhang Lin?"

While Sun Yang was in the restroom, Sun Quan Hong secretly asked Wu Jin a question.

"The capital team's 400-meter middle-distance star almost beat Yu Cheng in this championship!"

"Only 16 years old..."

Wu Jin sat down next to Sun Quan Hong. After Yang Ming finished her phone call with Zhu Zhi Gen, she went to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

"Oh, that's the opponent!"

"He's not much older than Yangyang!"

Sun Quan Hong frowned. After all, Yu Cheng was much older than Sun Yang. If Sun Yang were to make it into the national team in the future, he might not even be in the same batch.

But Zhang Lin is in the "same position," which is a direct competitive relationship.

In the eyes of these veteran sports figures who have already joined the system, there are specific reasons behind the selection of national team starters and substitutes.

Because Wu Jin and Sun Yang don't have a direct "competitive relationship," Sun Quan Hong and Yang Ming are so enthusiastic; if Wu Jin had won the 400m freestyle this time, the nature of the event would be different.

Even if Yang Ming hadn't come looking for him, Sun Yang would probably have gone to other provincial teams, such as Anhui Province, where Sun Quan Hong is from.

This is a misallocation of resources, just like the saying "two tigers cannot share one mountain."

The competition between the top two leaders in the domestic system is particularly fierce.

Unless you have exceptional talent that breaks through all unfairness, all resources will definitely be given priority to those with good results, including coaches, arrangements, and so on.

"Yangyang, you'd better train hard this time you're going to the provincial team!"

"You're a threat now, aren't you? This Zhang Lin is only a few years older than you!"

As expected, Sun Quan Hong started talking about this matter at the dinner table; Wu Jin, who was eating next to him, felt immense pressure and was sweating profusely.

Being in a sports family like this must be really suffocating.

Old Sun has probably been taught this kind of lesson by his parents a lot over the years.

After the two finished their meal, Wu Jin hurriedly prepared to go back, ostensibly to return to training, but in reality, she didn't want to stay a moment longer.

Sun Quan Hong drove the two of them back to the provincial team.

After watching Sun Yang's father's car drive away, Wu Jin couldn't help but ask, "Is your dad like this at home?"

"What do you think!"

Sun Yang looked completely nonchalant, probably already tired of hearing it.

"Okay, let's go back to the dorm and wash my swimsuit and underwear!"

"I've been piling this up for a week, just waiting for you to come and wash it!"

Sun Yang: "..."

"Wu Jin, go to hell, I want to go home!"

Sun Yang made a move to leave, but Wu Jin grabbed him and said, "You have to accept the consequences of your bet. Also, your mother told Old Zhu that you have to come back today!"

"Do you still want to surpass Zhang Lin?"

Hmm, that's a rather ambiguous statement.

"Have you forgotten what your dad said at the dinner table?"

Finally, Sun Yang, looking utterly dejected, punched and kicked Wu Jin before following him into the dormitory.

The people in the dormitory weren't surprised by his arrival, after all, they were all Chen Jinglun's people and knew about Sun Yang's countless outrageous actions in the past.

"Where's your swimsuit? Give it to me!"

Sun Yang, however, spoke to Wu Jin.

Yes, he's an honest person.

"Just kidding, I'll wash you later. I'll do it for the next month!"

"It'll be this month, next month I'll be joining the national team!"

"Keep a close eye on Zhang Lin for me. I need to know his stats every day!"

Sun Yang spoke with great enthusiasm.

Of course he knew Wu Jin was going to the national team. Wu Jin's surprise attack on him during dinner was also a chance to show off in front of his parents.

"Sure, no problem, just top up my phone credit every month!"

"You're just going to die from being so stingy!"

Sun Yang went to make the bed without looking back, while Wu Jin went to do her evening recovery training.

Yes, that's how simple and boring an athlete's life is!

　This is a transitional chapter; the story will now move on to the World Championships...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)