[Han Zhang] One thought

47.

Under Zhang Jiale's personal supervision, Zhang Xinjie's rehabilitation progressed fairly smoothly, and his studies were not delayed much - he applied for an exemption from the linear algebra teacher, but with the help of the "mutual aid group", professional courses did not. Falling too much.

"I don't think you need to be too nervous-you are in a good state now, and we will give you a tutorial on linear algebra at the end of the year..."

"That's right, there's Brother Kai!" Another person in the group immediately echoed.

"Leave it on me!" The boy called "Brother Kai" snapped his fingers, and his tone was very brisk, "Don't pay attention to those strange people, what age are they..."

Zhang Xinjie naturally knew who he was referring to by the "strange person" - in fact, Zhang Xinjie attracted a lot of pointing and pointing as soon as they entered the cafe - before he could speak, another boy said first: " Probably all the foot-binding cloths made before the founding of the People’s Republic of China have become refined!”

A group of people were amused by his words, and even Zhang Xinjie laughed along with him - during this period of time, he seldom smiled easily, even when he was with his "brother" Zhang Jiale, he was much more silent. Yu laughs.

In a flash, several boys were already discussing where to eat at noon. Before Zhang Xinjie had time to express his opinion, the cell phone on the table rang.

He thought that Zhang Jiale had come to pick him up again, but when he looked up, he found that the caller displayed on the screen was Song Qiying.

He answered the phone in a daze, until Song Qiying's familiar voice came through the receiver, and he was sure it wasn't his hallucination.

"Team Zhang, I'm Qiying...I'm in City B now, shall we have dinner together?"

"Okay... well, I'll be there in a while..."

Zhang Xinjie hung up the phone in a daze, suspecting that his cervical spine was in so much pain that he was hallucinating.

After saying hello to his friends in the mutual aid group, he packed his things and left the cafe, heading for the school gate.Song Qiying was already waiting at the door, not wearing team uniform, wearing a white shirt and jeans, with his back against a tree, at first glance he thought he was waiting for the girl he liked.

"Captain Zhang." He greeted Zhang Xinjie a little cautiously, but he didn't expect that the other party looked even more cautious than him.Zhang Xinjie smiled at him solemnly, and asked, "Why come here when you're free?"

Zhang Xinjie's question obviously had other meanings - Tyranny's away game against Tiny Herb had already been finished, and the away game against Huangfeng and Heavenly Swords was still far away, Song Qiying's appearance at this time obviously had another origin.

Song Qiying was also very frank: "The alliance called a meeting for the captains of each team."

Zhang Xinjie's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.

Song Qiying didn't intend to hide anything, and on the way to the hotel, she simply told him the purpose of his trip.

After Tyranny chose to continue the "cold treatment", the alliance directly called all the captains of the 30 teams to the headquarters, held a "closed meeting", and directly criticized Team Tyranny by name at the meeting.Song Qiying calmly listened to the chairman's scolding, nodded, and said: "Tyranny has caused trouble for the alliance, I'm sorry; but if the alliance wants to punish Tyranny, please come up with a legitimate reason." Come."

The meeting scene was dead silent, all the captains and staff members were dumbfounded, and the chairman was dumbfounded for a long time, but he couldn't utter a word.

Of course he didn't have any "justifiable reasons" - he originally held this meeting just to shake the mountain, but he didn't expect to be turned into an army by the opposite side, and now he became an alliance instead of making trouble for no reason.

When the meeting was over, the captains of each team were whispering, Song Qiying walked forward with her head buried, and was patted on the shoulder unexpectedly.

He turned his head, only to see Blue Rain's captain Lu Hanwen standing behind him, grinning at him.

"You really don't give the chairman any face?"

Among the captains of the same generation as Song Qiying, Lu Hanwen has the most cheerful and outgoing personality, and he is also the most outspoken in front of him, but Song Qiying also maintains a straightforward style: "The chairman uses the private life of retired players to judge Tyranny. Are you doing me a favor?"

Lu Hanwen was not annoyed when he hit a snag, but he laughed loudly instead: "Not bad, not bad, you Tyranny are really as bloody as ever."

Song Qiying was noncommittal, and called Zhang Xinjie as soon as he left the alliance headquarters building. After making an appointment to meet, he booked a hotel with the mobile app, and hurried to his destination.The phone rang once halfway, he took it out to take a look, hung up immediately, and put the phone back in his pocket.

Zhang Xinjie felt obvious impatience from Song Qiying's narration, and even a trace of anxiety. It was obvious that the current mess of things had made him burnt out.But he still maintained a calm face, and even made fun of the restaurant's decoration when he handed the menu to Zhang Xinjie.

"I seem to have caused you a lot of trouble."

Song Qiying's hand that handed the menu paused, but Zhang Xinjie had already taken the menu steadily, flipping through it as if nothing had happened, as if it was just a casual greeting.

This made Song Qiying feel like he was sitting on pins and needles. He poured tea for the two of them, put his hands on the table, interlocked his fingers, and his knuckles turned white.Without raising his head, Zhang Xinjie flipped through the menus, and said casually, "I don't mean anything else, now Tyranny is your team, any decision you make has your reasons, and you don't need to explain anything to me."

Song Qiying was silent. Zhang Xinjie's words almost blocked everything he was going to say. He watched quietly as Zhang Xinjie finished ordering and handed the menu to the waiter before slowly opening his mouth: "I didn't either. Nothing else... just want to see you."

Zhang Xinjie nodded logically: "Then let's have a good meal and ignore other things."

The atmosphere at the dinner table became much more relaxed. Song Qiying asked about Zhang Xinjie's studies, but his words made Zhang Xinjie look like a junior. He could only carefully inquire about Tyranny's current situation—there has been a periodical improvement in Tyranny's record recently. Fluctuations, but in Song Qiying's view, these ups and downs are a normal response to the running-in period.

"That's good, win steadily - regular season wins are not that important."

Song Qiying nodded, aware of the "strangeness" in Zhang Xinjie's words, and explained to him: "I think so too, sacrifice some regular season wins, and work harder in the second half of the season—as long as we can steadily After entering the playoffs, everything is easy to talk about. The fans have no unrealistic expectations. We have already fallen out of the playoffs before, and it will not be worse in the future."

"I don't understand the current situation of the alliance," Zhang Xinjie confessed to him frankly, "but I think there is nothing wrong with your thinking."

"It doesn't really matter how the situation of the alliance changes." Song Qiying shook his head, his expression was very calm, "Tyranny's defensive system can still respond to all changes without change. I still remember your sentence - attack remembers the game , the defense remembers the champion."

"Did I say that?" Zhang Xinjie was a little dazed, "It seemed like a basketball star said it, so I borrowed it."

Song Qiying was amused by his bewildered appearance, and finally let go of his tightly clenched hands, and rubbed one side of his cheek: "I don't watch basketball."

"Toothache?" Zhang Xinjie caught his slightly abrupt movement.

"It's a little hot."

"Oh..." Zhang Xinjie showed a look of astonishment, "I knew I should order some light dishes."

"It's all right..." Song Qiying quickly waved his hands and joked, "I'm not picky about food."

Zhang Xinjie also laughed at himself: "Yes, I am the pickiest eater."

After a few jokes, both of them relaxed a lot, and Song Qiying also took the opportunity to "complain": "Team Han's back is not flat, and he refuses to go to the hospital desperately. We can't persuade him, otherwise you will give him Make a call?"

"What's the use of my calling?" Zhang Xinjie shrugged, "I'll call his parents directly, he needs someone to watch him."

At the end of this meal, it turned into aimless chatting. Zhang Xinjie revealed Zhang Jiale's random recognition of his brother, and Song Qiying mentioned that he went to Han's house to play with cats. "It's not big or small", Zhang Xinjie insisted on sending Song Qiying to the airport, but Song Qiying insisted that he would just go back and told Zhang Xinjie to go back to recuperate.

"How can I be so weak?"

"But I'm not a child either!"

Zhang Xinjie smiled helplessly. Song Qiying is indeed not a child anymore, but the captain of Tyranny who can play his own role, a new generation of "tactician master", an old player who dares to challenge the chairman of the alliance, and was ridiculed by his juniors as the new "Demolition Office" Director's team ace.

He could only take a step forward, and exchanged a hug with Song Qiying, wishing him all the best, and we will meet again next time when he plays an away game in City B.

Song Qiying teased that he must meet Zhang Jiale next time, and also said that he would bring him a gift.Zhang Xinjie thanked his "brother" for his kindness, called a taxi for him, and watched the taxi drive away.

After returning to the dormitory, he received a call from Han Wenqing. The other party asked, "Did Qiying look for you? I didn't answer my calls."

"He was having dinner with me just now, you should be able to pick him up if you hit him now."

"What's the situation in City B? I went home on the weekend, and when I went to work on Monday, I heard that he was called to the alliance headquarters. What's the reason?"

"What do you say?"

Han Wenqing on the opposite side choked, and after hearing Zhang Xinjie describe the "frontal conflict" between Song Qiying and the chairman, he was so shocked that he didn't make a sound for a long time.

"This brat...the wings are hard..."

Zhang Xinjie couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Don't keep treating me like a child, a person at 27 or [-] can be considered a veteran in the alliance."

Han Wenqing was choked again, and the other end of the phone was silent for a while, before slowly saying "It's been so many years".

"That's right... the alliance has been in operation for almost 20 years, the degree of commercialization is getting higher and higher, the various mechanisms are getting more mature, and it is getting farther and farther away from my life—" Zhang Xinjie paused, and gently He sighed deeply, "But Tyranny is still the original Tyranny. This is all the wealth you left behind. One day, it will finally benefit yourself. Even us retirees will be honored..."

"What are you talking about?" Han Wenqing on the other end of the phone also frowned, chewing Zhang Xinjie's words over and over again.

"It's nothing..." Zhang Xinjie sat down in front of the desk, took off his glasses, and rubbed the corners of his red eyes, "What I mean is, no matter what difficulties Tyranny faces, we can face them together. Let's solve it together, no matter if I'm still in Tyranny or not, and no matter where I am, I'm still a Tyranny player and your partner..."

"Well, I see—"

"Also," Zhang Xinjie interrupted him, took a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, "I love you."

TBC