Lin Gaoyuan scratched his head and walked away, feeling embarrassed.

Take one step and look back three times.

Blizzard joked, "If you really have a 'fishpond,' someone's going to start draining it."

"Go! Go! Go."

The eel nudged her.

His gaze lingered on the doorway where Qiu Shiyue had left for a moment before he looked away and wiped the sweat from his hair.

"What differences do you notice between Qiu Shiyue this afternoon and this morning?"

Blizzard: "What do you think?"

Eel thought for a moment, put down her water glass and said, "She has indeed improved compared to before, quite a bit. It seems she is serious."

Blizzard chuckled, "Because I was really bad before, now that I'm even a little bit serious, I seem to have improved a lot."

The eel laughed and said, "That makes sense."

"I think the biggest change is in you." Blizzard looked at Eel's face. "You looked like you'd had your life force drained this morning, but you're full of energy this afternoon. What did you eat?"

The eel carefully considered what it had eaten.

Eat in the cafeteria, take medicine.

I've been taking the medicine for several days now, and my condition fluctuates between good and bad every day.

The only difference is that I wanted to lie down for a while today and didn't go to the cafeteria for lunch, so I ate a box of instant noodles instead.

Thinking of this, her eyes gleamed, and she felt she had found the bug:

Instant noodles!

"What?" Her sudden excitement startled Blizzard.

"I mean, a miracle cure!"

"?"

The eel thought about it again and realized it was very likely.

"It must be because you and Sasha often eat instant noodles for late-night snacks, so only the two of you are in a relatively normal state."

Blizzard still couldn't understand; it seemed like the two weren't on the same wavelength.

Eel didn't offer any further explanation, packed his things, and rushed back to his dormitory.

She took her medicine and ate a box of instant noodles that night, and she felt much better.

The next morning, he didn't even take his medicine. Instead, he devoutly bowed three times to the instant noodles.

They even drank all the soup.

Nothing.

She was overjoyed!

Then I saw Chen Meng and Da Di churning out messages during a break in their competition, just like she had before. I managed to sneak in a chat with Da Di for a couple of minutes.

"I went to the team doctor to get my medicine, and he said a lot of people are getting medicine lately," Eel said, looking at her belly. "You got yours too, right?"

"How did you know?" Da Di asked, a little embarrassed. "The medicine didn't help, I felt terrible. I almost lost my first match against Qiu Shiyue this morning. If I had really lost, I would have felt worse than Zhang Fei having his period."

The eel narrowed its eyes mysteriously, "I have a magic elixir."

Da Di gave her a suspicious look.

……

Noon, in the eel dormitory, on the table.

Two boxes of steaming instant noodles.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Meng arrived carrying instant noodles.

Behind her were Xiaozao and Chen Xingtong...

They joined together in the bizarre act of worshipping instant noodles.

Surprisingly, everyone who didn't go to the cafeteria at noon was in much better shape in the afternoon than in the morning!

The women's team thus came to believe in the existence of the "God of Instant Noodles"!

……

The third day of the round-robin tournament has ended.

Qiu Shiyue's record was wildly fluctuating, from a winning streak at the beginning to a losing streak after losing to Eel the next day. She herself couldn't believe the result.

What went wrong.

Aunt Qian confidently declared that she would definitely release them all.

But for some reason, after noon on the third day, many people did not go to the cafeteria for lunch, but the instant noodles in the convenience store were sold out.

Qiu Shiyue was furious.

She dared to say that this was done without anyone knowing.

No matter how cunning Blizzard is, she can't be an X-ray machine, able to see right through people and then forbid them from eating in the cafeteria.

She calculated everything, but she still couldn't figure out why.

I ranked eighth, which is really not a good result.

The coach's expression over the past three days changed drastically, from surprise and delight to indifference.

as predicted.

On the third day, after Qiu Shiyue finished her last match, the coach called her to the office.

"Your results this time have really surprised me."

Before Qiu Shiyue could say that she hadn't performed well, she heard the coach say again, "How did you manage to have such drastically different results in just three days?"

He sighed, "I was thinking that if you do well in this competition, you can go to the competitions in the future to broaden your horizons, and stop sneaking out all the time. When it's time to compete, we can still use you."

But now it seems I shouldn't have given you that chance. There are still young players waiting to join the first team. You're taking up a position and good resources but not producing results. I can't tolerate that anymore. Otherwise, you should pack your bags..."

"coach!"

Qiu Shiyue's voice was high-pitched and shrill, startling Liu Guoliang: "What's wrong? Are you going to eat me?"

Qiu Shiyue reacted quickly, knowing that simply saying she wasn't prepared would not be convincing.

She immediately looked aggrieved: "Coach, this really isn't my true score!"

"Facts speak louder than words. You've repeatedly said that unsatisfactory results don't reflect your abilities. Why don't you show them? Can you lay eggs if you keep your abilities hidden?"

"Coach, I'm like this because I'm not feeling well."

Liu Guoliang paused slightly, "Female team members have special circumstances, and we should indeed be more understanding, but the competition will not give you preferential treatment because of this, which would be unfair to others."

Look at the achievements of our outstanding female athletes throughout history. Did they schedule their matches according to their menstrual cycles? Therefore, I do not accept this reason.

“No, that’s not it,” Qiu Shiyue replied leading the question. “My score on the first day truly reflects my abilities, but since the second day, I’ve been feeling unwell…”

Liu Guoliang narrowed her eyes, as if she had thought of something. "Because you've done the same thing yourself, you suspect that others have done it too, is that right?"

Qiu Shiyue immediately realized what was happening.

Seeing Liu Guoliang bring up the old matter again, she quickly clarified her words to prevent things from escalating further.

"What I mean is, on the first day, I made sure to eat quickly and didn't drink soup because it was too hot. I drank water when I came back to training, and that was fine."

But after I started drinking the soup the next day, I felt unwell, and I noticed that other team members were experiencing the same thing; quite a few of them went to the team doctor for medication…”

Qiu Shiyue cautiously glanced at the coach's expression.

……

Liu Guoliang did not rush to conclusions. He first went to the team doctor to confirm the situation before reporting it to the coaching staff and launching an investigation.

The first person investigated was Qiu Shiyue.

Liu Guoliang asked, "The team doctor said you never went there to get medicine. How do you know there were many people going there to get medicine? Are you crying wolf?"

Qiu Shiyue broke out in a cold sweat.

That excuse was a spur-of-the-moment decision; I was afraid of being sent back to the provincial team, so I didn't make any preparations beforehand.

She cried for a long time, sobbing and unable to speak.

He finally came up with an excuse, saying, "I didn't go to get it because I had my own medicine. Also, because I'm observant, I noticed they were drinking more water and frequently clutching their stomachs, just like me, and they were running towards the team doctor after training, so that's how I found out..."

After speaking, she raised her tear-streaked face and sobbed to the coach:

"How dare you doubt someone!"

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