【Gao Qiao Gao all】Youth

After the All-Star weekend, Gao Yingjie finally got the chance to play for the first time.

The opponent is Lan Yu, Tiny Herb's old enemy, including Yu Wenzhou and Huang Shaotian's Lan Yu, and he is already extremely nervous.

It was only at the pre-match preparation meeting in the afternoon that he learned that he would be the first to appear in the group arena for tomorrow night's match. This responsibility was unexpectedly heavy, and the expectant eyes of the captain and seniors made him even more stressed.

When eating dinner with Qiao Yifan in the restaurant of the club, he used a fork to drink the soup several times, and accidentally dropped the fruit after the meal into the seasoning dish.

Qiao Yifan saw it all, but as if he didn't notice it, he chatted with him about the topics he often talked about.

Gao Yingjie gradually calmed down, and asked casually, "Yifan, what are you doing at night?"

"Just take a look and take a break. How about you?" Qiao Yifan actually planned to study the video of the game in the void, but of course he couldn't tell the truth to Gao Yingjie, so he had to be perfunctory.

"Me? Before the game..." Gao Yingjie suddenly realized, blushing, "Additional training before the game..." The last few words got lower and lower, almost inaudible.

After all, both of them had never played before, even though the reasons behind it were different.Now he started to participate in the competition, but the opponent was still on the sidelines—Gao Yingjie deeply regretted his slip of the tongue, lowered his eyes and stared at the table, not daring to speak anymore.

Suddenly feeling that someone patted his arm lightly, he raised his head full of doubts, and saw Qiao Yifan on the opposite side looking at him with a smile, his eyes were clear and warm.

"Is that so? Yingjie, come on for the game."

Like a ray of light shining into the bottom of his heart, at that moment Gao Yingjie suddenly had a small heartbeat.

The defending champion Team Tiny Herb finally fell at the feet of the subsequent championship team Samsara in the playoffs, but the results of the semi-finals are still reasonable for Tiny Herb in the transition from old to new.

At the same time, Gao Yingjie has rocketed from a rookie to a frequent main substitute. Both inside and outside are unanimously optimistic about his future in Tiny Herb.

And his friend had to find another way out.

That day, Gao Yingjie met Qiao Yifan in the corridor on the fourth floor.This floor is full of offices for various departments of the club, a place where ordinary players rarely set foot.

He was a little surprised: "Yifan, why are you here?"

"Nothing. What about you?"

Gao Yingjie said, "I'm here to find the captain."

"Captain...in the office." Qiao Yifan said.I was notified just now that the team "unfortunately" does not plan to renew my contract.Although he was already mentally prepared, when the day came, the boy's mood would inevitably fluctuate.

To be more precise, he tried his best to resist the urge to cry, and stumbled and said something like thank you for taking care of him during this time.

The manager responded with a few words of encouragement on the scene, but the captain never said a word, and only said at the end: "Let's go."

Gently closing the door of the manager's office, Qiao Yifan almost bumped into Wang Jiexi's back when he walked forward with his head bowed.

He stopped and looked up in a little surprise.

But Wang Jiexi didn't respond, and only threw him a straight, motionless back.

The sky was gray and the rain was annoying.The window at the end of the corridor was not closed properly, and the tidal wind made Qiao Yifan's eyes sore, he had to lower his head, staring desperately at his toes.

At the edge of his narrow field of vision, the captain seemed to turn around.A hand landed on his shoulder, stayed there for a moment, and patted it lightly again.He didn't understand the meaning of the captain's move.This rare brief attention at such a delicate moment made him feel a little burned.

But Wang Jiexi didn't explain any more, he didn't even say a word, he just left Qiao Yifan and went into the captain's office next to him.

Probably due to keeping his head down for too long, Qiao Yifan suddenly felt a little dazed.

A year ago, when he became a member of Tiny Herb, it seemed like this was the same rain.The feeling of looking forward to Senior Deng Fusheng calling his name is still fresh in my memory.

"Qiao Yifan."

"Yifan."

It wasn't the gentle and mature voice of Senior Deng Fusheng.With a slightly green voice, it was Yingjie.

"Yifan, why are you here?" Gao Yingjie looked at him a little strangely.

Qiao Yifan came back to his senses, shook his head to get rid of those messy sentiments.It's just that I haven't honed it enough.

He adjusted his breathing and replied, "Nothing, what about you?"

Gao Yingjie came to look for the captain.He told him the captain was in the office.

"Oh, thank you." Gao Yingjie replied nonchalantly, "By the way, shall I go find you at night?"

"...Okay." Qiao Yifan smiled.

Gao Yingjie was very worried about this forced smile that he hadn't seen for a long time.After the conversation with Wang Jiexi was over, he hesitated again and again, but he mustered up the courage to ask the question.

"Qiao Yifan? Unfortunately, he is no longer in Tiny Herb's plan." Wang Jiexi answered very simply.He believed that after this period of tempering, Gao Yingjie could bear this answer.

"...Ah." Gao Yingjie couldn't say anything else for a while.

All along, he felt that as long as he worked hard, everyone would see the good in Qiao Yifan because of him.But it didn't happen after all, he was him, Qiao Yifan was Qiao Yifan.

Wang Jiexi looked at him expressionlessly.Sensing the captain's gaze, Gao Yingjie lowered his head in a panic and muttered, "I see, captain." Then he left the office.

Still a little too hasty?Wang Jiexi reflected on himself.Forget it, it doesn't matter if it's just to encourage growth, the professional circle is like this, Gao Yingjie will have to learn how to deal with all this sooner or later.

His expectation for this boy is to shoulder Tiny Herb's future.

However, Gao Yingjie did not go to Qiao Yifan that night as promised.

After tossing and turning, he silently accepted the club's decision.With his current status, it's not that he didn't think about blackmailing the club to let Yifan stay, but he felt that was not something he could, let alone something he should do.

He watched Qiao Yifan diligently participate in the team's training after that day, without any anxiety or impetuosity.

He secretly hoped that there would be a miracle, that Yifan would be able to shine, stay in Tiny Herb, or be taken away by other teams, grow up, and then return to Tiny Herb.

But there is no news until the day of NO.30 in June.The deadline for league professional contracts.

Gao Yingjie stood in the corner, silently watching Qiao Yifan who was busy packing his luggage.He wanted to help, but he wanted his friend to stay for a while, so he had no choice but to stand still like this.

Before, Qiao Yifan simply told him that he would not stay in Tiny Herb next season, but did not mention his future direction.Gao Yingjie didn't dare to ask more questions, but at this point, it would be too late if he didn't ask.

"What are your plans?" Gao Yingjie asked worriedly.

"Me?" Qiao Yifan took the last T-shirt off the hanger, folded it neatly and put it in the box, with no trace of anxiety on his expression, "Let's find an Internet cafe first."

He was going to, of course, "that" Internet cafe.

Qiao Yifan didn't struggle for too long in the sadness of not being able to renew the contract and being ignored.With a kind of boldness that didn't match his age, he sent a message to Master Ye Qiu.And the great god who woke him up when he was most confused and helpless simply said, come on.

Not knowing the ins and outs, Gao Yingjie was at a loss.He thought he might have heard wrong.Then he saw Qiao Yifan looking towards him, and even nodded with a little smile.

"Okay." Qiao Yifan bent down and zipped up the suitcase.He doesn't have many things, so he can fit in one box.

"Where did you say you were going?" Gao Yingjie asked worriedly.

"It's going to a place, continue training, and improve yourself." Qiao Yifan's explanation was a bit vague.

This explanation is just the tip of the iceberg, but the meaning of comforting the other party is very obvious.Gao Yingjie didn't know what to say.After a long time, he responded sullenly: "Oh..."

what is that placeHe really wanted to ask, but every similar question before was easily prevaricated by Yifan.They didn't get to the point where they had nothing to say, and he was so clumsy that he couldn't get any words out.

As if to dispel his doubts, Qiao Yifan gently put his shoulders on his shoulders.

"It's just that we won't be teammates by then. It's a pity that I haven't had the chance to play side by side with you."

This is probably the first time since he officially joined Tiny Herb, he has spoken out his heart like this.Gao Yingjie's nose was sore, but he still pretended to be relaxed and responded: "It's okay, we are still friends!"

"That's right." Qiao Yifan withdrew his hand and smiled at his friend.

There was no helplessness or bitterness in the smile, it was as natural as when he said "My name is Qiao Yifan" when we met for the first time.

But now, it's time to say goodbye.

Not wanting to let go of his sad thoughts, Gao Yingjie said, "Shall I see you off?"

"it is good."

Standing at the door of Tiny Herb Club, Gao Yingjie watched his friend board the bus.

There were not many people, Qiao Yifan found a seat by the window, waved to Gao Yingjie, and shouted: "Don't worry, I will be back."

This simple sentence hit Gao Yingjie.The summer sun was so fine that he couldn't stop the sweat from flowing into his eyes, so he could only wave his hands vigorously in response, until the car drove away, and he could no longer see Qiao Yifan's figure.