Aunt Qian opened her mouth, but said nothing.

Are you going to help me or not?

Qiu Shiyue was extremely impatient.

"I... I'm afraid I won't do it well." She didn't know how to refuse, and she couldn't refuse, so she could only speak vaguely.

"Don't worry. You have your uses, and I won't make you do things you're not good at."

Qiu Shiyue took it as a yes and felt relieved. She took a deep breath of the cold air, which made her mind clearer.

Her parents' divorce was a huge blow to her. Although she knew it was bound to happen sooner or later, she still couldn't accept it when the day came.

I ran home and tried to persuade them for three days, argued with them for three days, and made a scene for three days, but it was no use.

They are too selfish.

Dad said, "I just don't love your mom anymore, it doesn't mean I don't love you. You don't need to worry about food and clothing from now on."

Seeing that they really didn't intend to remarry, Qiu Shiyue stood in the entrance hall with her luggage.

“You’re all so selfish. You made me lonely when I was little, and now you’ve broken me. If I become a single-parent family, Da Tou will only look down on me. Dad, you said you didn’t stop loving me, so why did you stay together for over ten years and now insist on getting a divorce? Couldn’t you have just held on a little longer?”

"You are all so selfish."

Qiu Shiyue left her last words and closed the door, without looking at her mother's devastated expression.

In this matter, she is the victim, the biggest victim.

Her parents are nothing but selfish.

On the plane, Qiu Shiyue thought for a long time.

She knew that her advantage was no longer significant, and she had to return to the competition; otherwise, once others rose to prominence and her parents remarried, everyone could forget about her.

But she was too proud and aloof, and no one could help her.

Driven to her breaking point by the blizzard, she went to the rooftop, and then Aunt Qian appeared—

"Let's go downstairs, okay? You'll catch a cold if you get chilled in the wind."

Qiu Shiyue stopped being stubborn. Her goal had been achieved, and the tragic persona had been etched into Aunt Qian's mind. She no longer needed to endure the cold wind.

Aunt Qian walked in front of her. The top section of the stairs was a bit dark, and Aunt Qian would occasionally turn around to check on her to make sure she didn't fall.

Qiu Shiyue looked at her thinning hair and the marks on her forehead from the chef's hat, and felt contempt.

Do you deserve to treat me like a daughter?

You'll never know why, when you were preparing ingredients in the kitchen, you happened to lift the curtain to let out the steam and saw me running towards the door, covering my face and crying.

To get back to the dormitory, you don't need to go through the cafeteria door at all.

You don't need to know.

*

Blizzard heard a sound coming from upstairs; it was Aunt Qian's voice.

Why did she come down so late? Wasn't she already about to leave?

Blizzard heard Aunt Qian speaking in a low voice, as if someone was beside her.

It wasn't until Qiu Shiyue gave a few lazy replies that it became clear the two of them had come down together.

……

After returning home, Aunt Qian was restless and distracted, unable to eat or sleep properly.

She didn't know what Qiu Shiyue meant.

As Da Tou prepares for the World Team Table Tennis Championships in Halmstad, Sweden, Aunt Qian tentatively asks Qiu Shiyue what she needs to do.

Qiu Shiyue pointed to the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, "I'd like one of these."

Aunt Qian hesitated for a moment, then scooped a full spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes for her, and then saw Qiu Shiyue turn and leave without changing her expression.

Even after she finished her work, Qiu Shiyue showed no intention of speaking to her.

She changed her clothes, took out her phone, and saw that Qiu Shiyue had sent her a message.

The time was when Qiu Shiyue sat down with the tomato and egg stir-fry.

[Don't you even have a brain? There were so many people in the cafeteria, and you just talked to me like that. Don't you know you should avoid suspicion?]

Aunt Qian realized she had made a foolish mistake and replied to her message: "I'm sorry."

Qiu Shiyue was eating scrambled eggs with tomatoes when she began to regret whether she had been too hasty in contacting her.

This person's identity is close to that of the team members, but he's old and not very quick-witted, so it's hard to say whether he'll be of any use.

Blizzard observed both of their reactions.

If Aunt Qian had a falling out with Qiu Shiyue because of what happened on the rooftop, then she shouldn't have filled every dish for Qiu Shiyue so full.

But to say that they were the same as before, Aunt Qian did not take the initiative to bring Qiu Shiyue anything to eat after finishing her chores.

too weird.

*

In the men's team event at the Swedish Open, veterans Xu Xin and Ma Rong led the middle-generation players Xiao Pang and Lin Gaoyuan in the attack, while the younger generation, Da Tou, gained experience in major competitions.

On the 29th, Xiao Pang defeated Yi Si 3-0, and Ma Rong defeated Xi Duo 3-0. In the first match of the group stage, Da Tou, who was not yet eighteen, defeated Tiga 3-0, taking the third point and achieving a winning start.

The morale of the Guoping team soared.

Those at home were thrilled, but Qiu Shiyue remained indifferent.

Wasn't she supposed to be most concerned about Da Tou? Why is she acting like this?

It wasn't until the men's team won the championship that Blizzard realized what she was thinking.

When Qiu Shiyue learned of this information, everyone was training.

I have to say, she's been so honest lately, it's unlike her usual self.

Blizzard didn't even have a chance to use her to get points to redeem cakes for Sasha.

Qiu Shiyue was practicing her serve at the table next to Blizzard's, and across from her was a sparring partner from the second team.

"Sister Shiyue, do you know that Brother Tou won? They won! I was so happy when I saw it," said the girl from the second team.

Qiu Shiyue replied listlessly, "I know."

"Aren't you happy for him?"

"Happy."

Seeing that Qiu Shiyue didn't seem to want to talk, he stopped there and said, "Okay, I just feel that Brother Tou has had a really tough time..."

“What’s so difficult about it?” Qiu Shiyue picked up the ball. “Once he goes, he’ll basically have the world championship in his hands. With so many senior players leading him, it’s hard for him not to win.”

"Hiss—" Qiu Shiyue gasped, covering her mouth as she looked at Blizzard, the culprit who had hit the ball off course.

Blizzard took a few more balls from the net and hit Qiu Shiyue in the face one after another, leaving the sparring girl stunned.

Qiu Shiyue was hit a few more times before she remembered to dodge.

People nearby were already looking over.

"Blizzard, what's wrong with you?!"

“You’re the one talking nonsense,” Blizzard shouted, making sure everyone who gathered around could hear.

"This spot in the World Table Tennis Championships was earned by Da Tou (Gao Yuanping) shot by shot. The two World Table Tennis Championships spots were selected from ten players. In a round-robin tournament with seven rounds over two days, Da Tou and Gao Yuan broke through the ranks and obtained the hard-won qualification. You say that his honor was obtained by other giants, and you deny his efforts in just a few words."

"I don't deny that the team's victory is inseparable from everyone's efforts, whether it's the coach, the athletes themselves, or the logistics and training partners. But if he were you, he wouldn't have made it in the selection process, and all you would see is who he stands next to."

"You think that as long as he participates in this World Table Tennis Championships, he'll be a world champion. According to you, if you go with the women's team, wouldn't you be a world champion too? So you're not going because you don't want to be a world champion?"

Blizzard's eyes flashed with disdain. "And you, you who point fingers, don't even have the right to stand next to a giant."

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