Love Guide for Childhood Sweethearts

"I know, I know. The important thing is to participate! Gaining competition experience." Lin's mother sniffed and said uncomfortably, "If I hadn't checked, I wouldn't have known how few gold medals swimming has won in international competitions." She turned her head slightly and looked at her and said, "Look, when I was on the phone with Nannan, when did I ever mention medals? She always brought them up herself."

"Here it comes, here it comes." Lin's mother patted his arm excitedly and said, "Hurry up and set up the cannon. We can't miss any shots of Nannan."

"It's been set up a long time ago." Father Lin smiled and said, "Just waiting for our daughter to come out." Then he said, "I looked at the schedule, and our daughter came out earlier." Seeing his daughter come out, the camera was pointed at her.

"Her dad, her dad has made it to the semi-finals, right?" Lin's mother patted his arm excitedly.

"It's in, steady." Father Lin breathed a sigh of relief.

"You are more nervous than I am." Lin's mother looked at him with amusement.

"How can I not be nervous? In Nannan's previous preliminaries, our athletes didn't even make it to the semifinals." Father Lin said, clutching his heart. "My heart is about to burst out, it's in my throat."

"The difference in strength is huge." Lin's mother couldn't help but say, "I remember the names of those athletes. They performed very well in the Asian Games. I didn't expect..."

"That's normal. This is the World Championships, and masters from all over the world are here." Father Lin looked at her gently and said, "There's still the finals!"

"Ding-ling-ling..." The phone rang. Mother Lin hurriedly took it out of her bag, looked at the caller ID, shook her head and chuckled, "It's my son calling."

"I'm anxious and want to know the result." Lin's mother pressed the answer button and reported the situation.

"We've made it to the semi-finals. Our daughter is pretty good!" Lin Xingzhi said happily, jumping up from his chair.

"Don't get excited! There's still the finals! You may not get first place even if you make it to the finals." Lin's mother said calmly.

"I know. Tell me once you make it to the finals!" Lin Xingzhi said with his calm eyes shaking.

"Okay!" Lin's mother said with a smile.

"Then I'll wait for your call," Lin Xingzhi said with his eyes flickering.

"Why are you so anxious?" Lin's mother said jokingly, "It will be reported on TV later."

"The reports on TV are too slow, and there's no live broadcast. Asking you for the results is the fastest," Lin Xingzhi said anxiously.

"You have to be mentally prepared! Although Nannan has entered the semi-finals, I can't guarantee her chances of making it to the finals." Mother Lin said, pursing her lips.

"I know, I know! I just want to know the result. We will accept it whether it is good or bad." Lin Xingzhi said in an unusually gentle voice.

"Okay then! I'll call you after the game." Lin's mother said with a smile, "Hang up, no more words."

"Mom, goodbye." Lin Xingzhi hung up the phone after hearing the beeping sound in his ears.

"What are you doing hiding here?" Shen Ze looked at his furtive friend with dark eyes, then looked at the phone in his hand and asked, "Who are you calling?" He smiled slyly, "My girlfriend."

"What girlfriend? You're stuck in the lab all day, how could you have a girlfriend?" Lin Xingzhi glared at him and said, "Call my mom. My daughter has a competition today." He swayed his body excitedly and said, "She made it to the semifinals."

"Wow..." Shen Ze looked at him in disbelief and said, "This is the World Championships."

"Yes!" Lin Xingzhi said with a very gentle smile and starry eyes.

"Very good." Shen Ze said as he looked at him with his deep and bright black eyes.

"Yeah!" Lin Xingzhi nodded like a chick pecking at rice. "What do you want me to do?"

"Oh!" Shen Ze suddenly remembered and urged, "Come with me in, there's a new discovery."

The two hurried back to the laboratory.

&*&

Compared to the happiness of the Lin family, the atmosphere at the base where the teammates participating in the competition were staying was filled with low pressure.

On the first day of competition, only Lin Jingzhe entered the semi-finals, while the other teammates were eliminated in the preliminaries.

Lin Jingzhe looked at Zina worriedly, opening and closing his mouth, not knowing how to comfort her.

"I'm fine." Zina looked at the anxious woman with her round eyes and said, "Congratulations." She added with a gentle look, "I knew the result earlier." She smiled and said, "I've already swum my best time. I'm doing well. As expected, it's because you're catching up that your results improve."

"It's best if you can think positively." Lin Jingzhe looked at her gently with his eyes as bright as glass.

"They are really strong! I've really learned something new." Zina looked at her seriously with her bright round eyes, "I will prepare for the next preliminaries."

"Just don't be discouraged, and become more courageous as you fight." Lin Jingzhe stretched out his fist and said to her.

Hearing this, Zina raised the corners of her lips and smiled slightly, then raised her fist to meet hers.

"Knock knock..." There was a knock on the door. Lin Jingzhe stood up and said, "I'll open the door." He opened the door and saw Lian Ximei and Ye Zhenzhen standing outside. "Why are you here?"

"Congratulations on making it to the semifinals." Ye Zhenzhen stared at her with foxy eyes and said, "You must avenge me!"

"What do you mean? Come in and tell me." Lin Jingzhe stepped aside.

Lian Ximei and Ye Zhenzhen entered the room and pulled up chairs to sit down.

"What's wrong?" Zina asked, looking at them both with concern.

"Nothing. I really didn't like the way they looked in the locker room." Ye Zhenzhen said with a rare coldness in her fox eyes. "Damn it, when have we ever been treated like this?"

"They scolded you." Lin Jingzhe looked at her worriedly.

"That's not the case. They still have to maintain their dignity in public." Ye Zhenzhen puffed out her cheeks and said angrily, "It's just that they ignored you directly. You nodded and said hello, but they turned a blind eye."

"Don't say hello to them next time. What the hell." Lian Ximei said angrily.

"It's out of politeness. I didn't expect them to be so unreasonable." Ye Zhenzhen said in surprise, "This is the first time I've encountered this. They've always been very friendly."

"This is also the first time we fight against Europe and the United States." Lin Jingzhe said, looking at them with eyes like black grapes.

"That's right!" Lian Ximei said after thinking about it.

"You can ask your old teammates. They must have encountered more and more bizarre things than us." Lin Jingzhe looked at them with eyes as bright as pearls and jade and said, "I remember when we were in sports school, I asked Coach Zhu about it."

"I remember now. We should have the same expression as them." Ye Zhenzhen said as she looked at them with her fox eyes shining.

"How come they don't even have the most basic manners?" Lian Ximei looked at them in surprise.

"They are not good people to begin with. This is Britain's place of exile, the descendants of the prison. Can you expect them to know any propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame?" Lin Jingzhe said bluntly.