Love Guide for Childhood Sweethearts

"We don't know all this!" Lian Ximei said to Lin Jingzhe with wide eyes.

"I checked it online. The official website doesn't publicize it much." Lin Jingzhe looked at them with his deep brown eyes and said.

"I only knew about the embassy bombing and the student demonstrations," Lian Ximei recalled. "I was still young then, so I didn't know why."

"This is one of the three major hatreds. The other two are the Galaxy incident and the Taiwan Strait crisis. You can go online to check the whole story." Lin Jingzhe looked at them with his ink-black eyes and said.

"Well... this has nothing to do with sports! We're in peacetime now," Lian Ximei whispered. "Isn't it said that sports have no borders?"

"Don't you want to be number one in the world?" Lin Jingzhe said to her with innocent eyes.

"Of course I did. We train so hard just to be the best in the world!" Lian Ximei said, looking at her with a firm gaze.

"Our current slogan is: Friendship first, competition second, participation is what matters." Lin Jingzhe said in a gangster-like tone, looking at him with his peach blossom eyes curved.

"That's what I said to others. I will be angry with anyone who prevents me from winning the gold medal." Lian Ximei said calmly after hearing this.

"Sports have no borders, but gold medals do." Lin Jingzhe looked at them innocently and said, raising his eyebrows slightly, "You two both won the gold medals in the end. Why?"

"Because the second place was the Japanese, we couldn't lose to them." Zina said with a fierce look in her eyes.

Lin Jingzhe smiled and said, "There are national boundaries."

"But this is different." Zina looked at her with watery eyes and said.

"The same." Lin Jingzhe looked at her and said with a smile.

"I am very motivated against the Japanese, but if I were in another country, I might..." Zinat said honestly.

"Haha..." Zhu Youlin chuckled and shook her head, "Gold medals have national boundaries."

Lin Jingzhe looked at them with his light brown eyes and said slowly, "The gold medal list is based on nationality. Every country wants as many gold medals as possible. They compete fiercely on the field, each showing off their unique skills. They even resort to unscrupulous means."

Zhu Youlin shook his head and laughed, "You saw what happened on the field. They appealed for a medal, slammed the table, blew their beards, and glared at the referee."

"I've seen it, I've seen it." Zina nodded hurriedly after hearing this, and looked at Coach Zhu in confusion and said, "We've been treated unfairly, so why don't we appeal?"

"It's no use appealing." Zhu Youlin looked at her with dim eyes, devoid of any brilliance. "But you have to appeal if you need to. You can't just sit there and suffer in silence."

"We did file a complaint!" Zhu Youlin said, looking at them tenderly with her almond-shaped eyes. "But it wasn't handled fairly and impartially."

"The referees and officials have the final say." Lin Jingzhe said calmly, "It's nothing. The rules are made by them."

"What do you mean?" Zina looked at her, not quite understanding.

"Swimming has so many sub-events: 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m... that's a total of 35 gold medals. It's because they're the dominant team, so they can win so many gold medals." Lin Jingzhe looked at them with his clear amber eyes and added, "Track and field is the mother of all sports, with a total of 48 gold medals."

"These two events are the biggest winners of gold medals." Zina looked at them with her wide eyes and nodded vigorously. "The modern Olympics were created by the West, so it's normal for them to make their own rules."

Lin Jingzhe's eyes turned slightly cold, and he continued slowly, "Can people change the rules at will?"

"How do I change this?" Lian Ximei blinked and said in confusion.

"For example, the national sport, table tennis! We always win all of them, but the national sport has only a few gold medals. Just because we are strong, the scoring system has been changed again and again." Lin Jingzhe said, looking at them with his deep brown eyes.

"I remember now, I remember now." Zina nodded hurriedly. "It was originally 21 points, but it's changed to 11 points. So, at most, there are only five gold medals in table tennis."

"This is too... Just 5 gold medals, why make such a fuss?" Lian Ximei said in a speech that was difficult to explain.

"Just because we handle most of the cases, we can change the rules at will." Lin Jingzhe stroked his index finger across his brow and said, "It's just a urine test. I tell you when to test it, and I'll test it when you want. Using the rules, even if I knock on your door in the middle of the night when you're sound asleep, you have to open it. I can test you anytime, anywhere, and you have to pee even if you don't have any."

"This is too exaggerated!" Zina swallowed and said.

"If you don't believe me, just ask Coach Zhu and you'll know." Lin Jingzhe said as he looked at Zhu Youlin.

"Jingzhe is right." Zhu Youlin frowned and looked at them. "We need to be careful about external factors. How can we swim well if we don't eat or sleep well?"

"We'll know at next year's World Championships." Lin Jingzhe said as he looked at them with his light brown pupils flickering.

"This..." Lian Ximei scratched her ear and said, "No one has said anything about it, and it hasn't been reported in the newspapers."

"It's no use talking, just say whatever you want to say." Lin Jingzhe looked at them with his ink-black eyes.

"I'm telling you to be prepared, not to scare you!" Zhu Youlin said, looking at the children with her deep, penetrating eyes. "I'm clearly aware that we've come a long way, and the road ahead won't be smooth either."

"When we get back, let's practice falling asleep anytime and anywhere." Zina looked at them and smiled.

"Hehe..." Lin Jingzhe was stunned when he heard that, then shook his head and laughed.

"What are you laughing at? Am I wrong?" Zina said coquettishly, and gave Jingzhe a cold look.

"I laugh at you because you are right. If the mountain is not me, I am the mountain. We have to adapt to the rules." Lin Jingzhe looked at them helplessly and said.

"I understand!" Lian Ximei looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "Born in this era, we can only adjust ourselves."

"Be mentally prepared and face it positively." Zhu Youlin encouraged the child.

"Yes!" Zina and the other three said in unison.

"I think you will be selected for the national team when you go back this time. The results are there!" Zhu Youlin said happily for them, her almond-shaped eyes narrowed into slits with joy.

"Haha..." Zina laughed foolishly, "I can't even imagine it."

"The training conditions on the national team will be better than on the provincial team," Zhu Youlin said, looking at them with her gentle almond-shaped eyes. "There will be more opportunities to train abroad."

"Going abroad!" Zina and Lian Ximei said excitedly.

Zhu Youlin's almond-shaped eyes gently moved to the uninterested Lin Jingzhe and said in surprise, "You are not in a good mood?"