Transmigrating into a Book: Beating Up the Little Tyrant Today

When it's time to toughen someone up, toughen them up; when it's time to give them confidence, give them confidence. Constant criticism won't lead to good results.

In early February, he went to Doha, Qatar for training. Whether it was her words that had an effect, or his willingness to confront his own feelings, he no longer deliberately avoided sitting next to Sasha on the plane.

Sasha was just across an aisle and a blizzard.

After getting off the plane, we waited for someone to pick us up. Sasha was like a little sun, chatting and circling around in the crowd. It seemed like there was never a dull moment when she was around.

Blizzard just stood on the outside watching her laugh and make a scene.

Big Head approached, dragging his luggage, and suddenly handed her a completed jigsaw puzzle. It was about two palms wide and was a photo of him and Sasa winning the mixed doubles gold medal at the Asian Games.

"These are two jigsaw puzzles you gave me for my birthday last year, and this is one of them."

"Is that one finished too?" Blizzard touched the puzzle pieces and realized that there were no seams, so he applied glue.

"I finished the puzzle. That one is a photo of me and Sasha at the Youth Olympic Games."

He didn't move for hours under the desk lamp. When the last piece of the two pictures fit together perfectly, the images of him and Sasha fighting on the field, bypassing the podium, and biting the gold medal appeared one by one in the halo of light.

He added, "I've finished the giant jigsaw puzzle you gave me as a birthday present two years ago; it's One Piece."

"I don't know when I started to become restless. You gave me puzzles twice, and I only played with them for a while before losing interest. I didn't expect that I would only finish all three puzzles during my suspension."

"But I like them all, and I think... you put a lot of thought into it."

"I'm glad you like it." Blizzard finished looking at the puzzle and was about to return it to him.

Big Head waved his hand, "Give this to Sasha for me."

Her eyes questioned his intentions.

He joked, "At the time, I was thinking, if you wanted to harm me, you could have just sent one with more One Piece pieces, why send two? Now that I think about it, you gave us two because there was also one for Sasha."

Blizzard: "You're overthinking it. We simply forgot to stitch the two images together before customizing, so it ended up with two separate images—but that's fine too."

She unzipped her suitcase, put her things in, and stood up. She noticed that Big Head's eyes were unfocused as he stared at the crowd in front of him, where Sasha was always smiling.

He said softly, "I'm starting to believe you now. You really can tell fortunes."

"How to say?"

"One Piece and Sasha, one is my favorite, and the other is my dream, you know that."

Blizzard was on edge. She glanced at the reporter interviewing Xin Ge and Sasha, and then remembered the noise at the airport. He was wearing a protective mask, which made his voice even quieter, so she felt a little relieved.

Big Head didn't think much of it and kept talking like he was pouring out beans:

"When I was feeling most down, I was holed up in my dorm room, feeling listless and not knowing what to do. In the end, I worked on it for several hours under my desk lamp. When I saw the finished product, it wasn't my desk lamp that was shining, it was them."

Do you know what I was thinking back then?

"I'm thinking, this is a really nice gift."

He lowered his head, looking at Blizzard with sincere eyes.

"Therefore, I will definitely try my best to catch up, even if the road ahead is full of thorns."

The lost, "sub-adult" lion chose to turn back and return to his rightful path. His words stirred her blood, making her so moved that she couldn't resist raising her hand to pat him on the shoulder:

"Teacher...I believe you!"

"..." The inspirational scene immediately turned into a dialect channel, "Who did you learn this from?"

Blizzard awkwardly lowered his hand, "Anyway, once you've made up your mind, just keep going. I'm here to cut down the dead branches and rotten leaves blocking your way."

“No,” Big Head said seriously, “You don’t need to do anything for anyone; you need to love yourself.”

“Of course I love myself.” Blizzard turned her head to the other side. “I even put two braised eggs in my instant noodles.”

Big Head smiled faintly and looked away, then took out his special nasal spray from his bag and handed it to Blizzard.

She took the tissue and wiped her eyes while saying that she didn't have a runny nose. "Well, it's fine to use it to wipe eye boogers."

Being stubborn but soft-hearted is a characteristic of northerners.

*

When Blizzard gave the drawing to Sasha, she saw the signature and completion date on the back of the puzzle, but said nothing and put it in her luggage.

During their training camp in Qatar, to outsiders, Sasha and Datou's initial coldness seemed inexplicable, but their current closeness was equally inexplicable.

The difference between before and after she arrived is too great; she keeps going on and on.

The fun competition on the 18th involved hitting a ball for fun, with no scoring. Sasha was hitting the ball in front, while Big Head was laughing behind.

The two overcame their initial misunderstanding, and their game became smoother and smoother. Blizzard saw a different kind of smile on Sasha's face.

The reassuring smile on her face as her former partner emerged from the shadows and walked firmly toward her again.

Da Tou and Sasha were practicing with great ease when Liu Guoliang suddenly called them over to greet some foreign friends.

Liu Guoliang explained, "The ITTF is also paying close attention to you. The Chinese Table Tennis Association suspended you for three months, and they kept asking you if you had been reinstated yet. They really have high hopes for you, and they are very happy that you have made a public comeback."

Big Head crossed his arms and smiled shyly, realizing how impulsive he had been back then.

As the director of the Athletes' Committee of the Chinese Table Tennis Association, the first thing Long did upon taking office was to discuss with Xiaozao and everyone else before the Qatar Open that all the prize money won in the competition should be donated to the front line of the fight against the epidemic in Wuhan.

Unexpectedly, the proposal was passed unanimously.

Blizzard went from being someone who only saw photos of meetings on a screen to becoming a member of the team, and that sense of pride welled up inside them.

……

In the mixed doubles tournament, Xiaozhao withdrew due to health reasons, leaving only Shatou and his partner in the mixed doubles, putting them under immense pressure.

They fought their way from the qualifiers to the finals, and were in great form. Although they ultimately lost to Ito and Fuji, Da Tou's excitement was still palpable in the post-match interview.

"I think I played better than I expected today. Because I haven't played in an open tournament for a long time, I was worried that I would lose control or become disjointed when I stepped onto the court, but I played quite steadily in this match."

The reporter asked, "Sasha, tell us, it's been three months since you last played against him, how does it feel?"

Da Tou handed the microphone to Sasha, who reached out to take it. Taking the microphone triggered her laughter, and the two of them suddenly burst into laughter, for reasons unknown.

Sasha said, "It feels pretty good. Anyway, he kept telling me before the match that I hadn't had a match in three months, so maybe my feel for the match was a little off, but I still trust him."

"He played very well today. We've been playing together for a while, but we haven't had many international competitions in the last six months. However, we still felt a lot of chemistry from the start today."

The reporter added, "They're old partners..."

“Yes,” Sasha affirmed, “He said he hasn’t competed in a long time, but I still believe in him. That’s good.”

Reporter: "Were you excited when WCQ came on stage?"

Big Head laughed: "I'm quite excited."

"How exactly did you get excited?"

He blurted out, "It's been so long since I've worn clothes with traditional Chinese clothing."