[Han Zhang] One thought

31.

As soon as Zhang Xinjie returned to school, he was caught off guard by the sudden and heavy classwork. At this moment, he suddenly realized that his academic career, which scored twice, seemed to be much more difficult than he imagined.

And two other members of the "support group" told him that sophomore year is usually the peak of academic pressure for college students.

The three people in the group are not from the same academy, but they have become rare confidantes at this time. It's just that as the course gradually gets on the right track, the time they can play Glory together is getting less and less. faded out of their conversation.

But they still occasionally get together to watch the live broadcast of the game, and then go to self-study together after watching the laughing and cursing. Zhang Xinjie started to stay up late again without restraint. He found that compared with the financial and management professional courses at this time , the calculus that floated at low altitude last semester and the linear algebra that died gloriously are not any obstacles.

However, Zhang Xinjie, who was in dire straits, also had an unexpected harvest—old teammate Zhang Jiale seemed to have made up his mind to settle down in City B, bought a house in a decent manner, and called Zhang Xinjie over for a small gathering from time to time on weekends.

Therefore, Han Wenqing also had the opportunity to often see group photos of Zhang Xinjie, Zhang Jiale, and Sun Zheping in his circle of friends. Occasionally, the faces of Ye Xiu, Wang Jiexi, Lou Guanning, and even Guo Ming, whom he hadn't seen for many years, appeared in the photos. Yudu showed his head in a corner of the photo, which made him feel as if he was in another world.

It turns out that these old guys are still there.

Gradually, Han Wenqing also changed the habit of "only watching but not posting" in the circle of friends, and became a "senior cat posting contestant". Zhang Jiale was very envious.

"Whenever I have a cat, I must go to Haidilao and pull up a banner to celebrate."

Zhang Jiale commented jealously under Han Wenqing's photo, and in exchange for Han Wenqing's categorical "no prospect", he was so angry that he almost blocked the former captain.

Zhang Xinjie, who was about to turn off the lights and go to bed after washing up, obviously noticed Zhang Jiale's comment. He chuckled, clicked on the photo posted by Han Wenqing, and carefully observed Xiao Han's posture on all fours on the beanbag sofa. Can't help but laugh.

Suddenly, his heart moved, as if he suddenly remembered something, he quit the circle of friends, opened Han Wenqing's chat window, and typed a sentence: "You bought that sofa?"

"Which sofa?" Han Wenqing, who was on the opposite side, obviously hadn't recovered yet.

"The one occupied by Xiao Han."

"Yes, what's wrong?"

"Why do you suddenly want to buy that?"

"Recently, my waist is not feeling very comfortable. Let me lean on it softly."

really.Zhang Xinjie sighed, typed a long string of words in the dialog box, and then hesitantly deleted them all.

"Do you want to go to the hospital to check your lumbar spine?"

"No need," the other side quickly turned back, "I reckon it's a strained lumbar muscle, it's okay."

"Lumbar muscle strain is not a trivial matter, let's go check it out."

Han Wenqing knew that he couldn't hold Zhang Xinjie back, so he had no choice but to agree, but the other party didn't intend to let him go easily: "You go to check tomorrow, and tell me the result when you come back."

Zhang Xinjie held his mobile phone and made several calls before he closed his eyes and went to sleep peacefully, but all kinds of churning thoughts in his mind made him restless for a while—this was the second time he realized that Han Wenqing was getting old, and the last time was the first time The ups and downs in the seventh season - being together day and night always makes people blind. When the distance is widened, many problems surface like shells under the tide.

In fact, it is common for professional players to suffer from lumbar muscle strain after retiring. Cervical spondylosis and tenosynovitis are also two major "killers" that go hand in hand. Zhang Xinjie himself suffered from cervical spine diseases, often causing dizziness and nausea due to nerve compression, but at this moment His anxiety reached an unprecedented peak—he was worried that Han Wenqing would suffer from a herniated lumbar intervertebral disc, and that would not be a "small matter".

Of course, thinking wildly by yourself can't solve the problem, but once the thoughts start to run wild, they can't be taken back like a wild horse. He rolled on the bed for most of the night, and the more he rolled, the more he couldn't sleep. At three o'clock in the morning, he finally suffered. Having had enough of this torment, he simply got up, tiptoed out of bed, turned on the lamp on the desk, and began to review professional courses.

In the evening of the next day, he finally received a call from Han Wenqing. He was told that Han Wenqing's long-term lumbar muscle strain had recently worsened. Remind Han Wenqing not to sit for a long time.

The person on the other end of the phone seemed to be impatient, and Zhang Xinjie could understand that - Tyranny's performance this season was even worse than last season, so that he might fall out of the playoffs at any time.

This was precisely what Zhang Xinjie couldn't help the most.

After the beginning of spring, City B entered a state of flying catkins all over the city-Zhang Xinjie had never seen this scene before, and he was allergic almost on the same day. In desperation, he had to go to the school hospital to prescribe some loratadine, and started to wear hats, On the day when he was fully armed with scarves and masks, Zhang Jiale laughed at him: "You didn't have such a big scene when you went out before you retired, did you? If you don't know, you think it's a big star rushing to make an announcement!"

Naturally, Zhang Xinjie didn't bother with him about this harmless joke. He received even better news——Han Wenqing was finally willing to go home.

To be precise, he would carry Xiaohan back to his parents' house for two days every weekend. From Monday to Friday, he continued to stay in his rented house with the excuse of "working for Tyranny".

When the Ching Ming Festival was approaching, he received another call from Han Wenqing. The other party tentatively asked him if he was free to go back to Q City. The reason was that Han Wenqing planned to buy a house and wanted him to come back to look at the house.

"What? Lao Han hasn't bought a house yet? Why did he earn so much money?"

Zhang Jiale was stunned by the news, and what surprised him even more was that Zhang Xinjie spread his hands and answered frankly, "I don't know."

"I thought Lao Han's bank card was handed over to you..."

Zhang Xinjie was confused by him: "How can I be so free?"

Zhang Jiale still clung to him relentlessly: "Speaking of which, you are studying management now. After graduation, can you help Lao Han manage accounts?"

"Do you have some misunderstandings about management?"

Zhang Jiale "hehe" scratched his head with a smile: "I don't understand—come on, tell me, what exactly do you learn in management?"

This can almost be said to be the question that Zhang Xinjie is most afraid of, but he still patiently told Zhang Jiale about the curriculum setting and talent training direction of his college. It was patted on the back of his head: "That's how you understand it. After Zhang Xinjie graduates in the future, he can return to Tyranny to work in the management team. Do you understand?"

"Oh!" Zhang Jiale patted his thigh excitedly, "You should have said it earlier! I think you are quite suitable."

Zhang Xinjie smiled wryly, and had to turn around and face the issue of "Tyranny" again—in fact, he was already too "far" away from Tyranny.

Tyranny has been gradually withdrawn from an indispensable part of his life, and now he has become a team that only appears on the TV screen, a symbol that only flashes in Han Wenqing's mouth, as if it is close in front of his eyes, but also far away. in the sky.

But in the impression of Zhang Jiale and others, he seemed to be the vice-captain of Tyranny back then, never changed, only he himself could perceive the traces of the slush claws left on him by the years.

In the end, Zhang Xinjie still failed to return to Q City during the Ching Ming Festival and May Day holidays. To be precise, he didn't want to go back and "add confusion" to Han Wenqing.

In the second half of the season, Tyranny's situation became more and more difficult, and he was almost struggling on the edge of the playoffs. If he couldn't bottom out and break out, he might be completely squeezed out of the playoffs.

For the 20 teams in the alliance, such a result is really not "poor", but for Tyranny, this is an unprecedented predicament.

Zhang Xinjie clearly sensed that Han Wenqing's temper became more and more irritable from the few phone calls, and he even got angry several times because of some minor quarrels - "Caring for chaos" is almost a habit engraved in Han Wenqing's bones, Zhang Xinjie instinctively I want to persuade you a few words, but I can't find any suitable reason.

After all, his own situation is not good—his professional mid-term exam results are faltering, and he has not yet reached the point of failing a class, but against the backdrop of a group of "heavenly favored children" in the class, it seems to be stretched.

Whether it's ambition or vanity, once upon a time, he himself was a talented player whose hand speed never fell out of the top ten in the league, but at this moment, he had to work harder than ordinary people to catch up with his classmates. A sense of gap is inevitable.

The most terrible thing is that it is not uncommon for people around him to have a similar mentality.

He returned to the state of being excluded by the whole class, especially when it was related to his "special channel" for admission, rumors spread all over the place for a while, and he became more and more out of place in the class.

He has sufficient ability to adjust his mentality, but his anxiety has not been relieved by his mature mind. Coupled with the problem of his cervical spine, he began to have frequent headaches and insomnia. When he was in the library, he suddenly remembered the joke that had been circulated on the Internet for a long time——

Perhaps this is the legendary "midlife crisis".

In the blink of an eye, he and Han Wenqing were already "middle-aged".

He began to care about Han Wenqing's lumbar spine and shoulders tactfully, but the other party didn't intend to accept his affection—Tyranny, after facing Linhai and miraculously regaining two cities, was miraculously defeated by his reborn old opponent— — New Excellent Era.

Today, Qiu Fei and Song Qiying seem to have become a replica of Ye Xiu and Han Wenqing back then, and this match has also been played up by the media as a new generation of "rival rivalry" - but compared with the thriving New Excellent Era, Tyranny is completely different The sun was declining, and for a while, the media and experts couldn't find the reason.

"I don't know what's going on...fuck—"

Han Wenqing cursed on the phone, Zhang Xinjie had to interrupt his swearing: "Calm down, anger can't solve the problem?"

"So? What's the use of telling me this? You're the one who can't help the most now, right?"

Zhang Xinjie hung up the phone dumbly, holding the phone, and stood on the balcony dumbly, unable to recover for a while.

For the first time in so many years, he felt that he and Han Wenqing were like two driftwood on the sea, being pushed further and further apart by the tide.

TBC