Ping-Pong Life
Chapter 85

New Partner

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Everything in the outside world has nothing to do with Wang Chao.

Spade Q celebrated happily that night. In addition to winning prizes, Fan Xiaoxian also kept his promise and gave out additional prizes, shaving his head 10,000 yuan, Wang Chao directly received 40,000 yuan, and Lu Jia also received 10,000 yuan.

After the excitement subsided, Fan Xiaoxian announced a piece of bad news.

Geng Shuai will be absent from the next week at least.

Yes, no joke.

The seemingly calm Brother Geng was really traumatized this time, suffering from psychological trauma. He needs to go to treatment, and his return date has not yet been determined.

According to the provisions of the player classification system, Lu Jia has temporarily become a single player, and one of the two substitute players will be selected to play. In addition to the previous singles game, this person will also temporarily cooperate with Wang Chao in doubles.

The news about Fan Xiaoxian has been limited to this point, but it is not in-depth, but everyone knows in their hearts that the test standard for this substitute member is not singles, but doubles.

You can't get points in singles, but if you play doubles with Wang Chao, you have a great possibility of getting points.

So after dinner, Fan Xiaoxian called Wang Chao alone and asked for his opinion.

She thought Wang Chao would choose Gao Ming, because Gao Ming and Wang Chao were obviously closer and even lived in the same dormitory, while Tian Zhengguang had always been lukewarm towards Wang Chao, with a strange attitude. He was neither an enemy nor a friend, but like a stranger.

But after careful consideration, Wang Chao recommended Tian Zhengguang.

"Why?" Fan Xiaoxian was curious.

"I want to win Sister Xian." Wang Chao smiled bitterly, "I signed a betting agreement with Boss Fan. For the extra bonus of one million, of course I have to choose the person who is more likely to win."

Wang Chao bid farewell to Fan Xiaoxian and came out and returned to the gym to continue practicing physical strength.

During this time, he no longer practiced return running, but instead practiced strength training, starting with the most basic weight lifting.

An hour later, Wang Chao, who was lying on the machine lifting the iron, saw his eyes darken, and there was another person above his head.

Tian Zhengguang.

Wang Chao let go of the barbell, maintained his lying position and looked at the face above his head quietly.

"I told Sister Xian that I don't want to play three singles."

Tian Zhengguang's tone was very strange, filled with some inappropriate awkwardness, stiff, like a angry child. "I told her that Gao Ming is more suitable because he is more familiar with you and is more comfortable to work with."

Wang Chao sat up from the ground, looked into Tian Zhengguang's eyes, and said seriously, "Are you sure you don't want to play, you just want to be a substitute?"

Tian Zhengguang hesitated for a moment and still said, "Yes."

Wang Chao said, "Are you afraid of losing?"

Three simple words, but they brought enough impact to Tian Zhengguang that his dark face turned slightly red. He gritted his teeth and said, "Wang Chao, don't look down on others. I admit that I used to be afraid of losing, but since that time... I'm not that fragile now anyway."

"Then why don't you want to play doubles with me?"

Wang Chao laughed, "I have better skills than you, more experience than you, and know more about doubles than you. I have already chosen you to be my partner, why do you still go to Sister Xian to refuse?"

Tian Zhengguang remained silent. He pursed his lips, craned his neck and looked at Wang Chao. He tried his best to keep his eyes wide and determined not to blink, otherwise his momentum would be weakened.

Wang Chao was a little helpless and could only explain, "You don't have to worry about Gao Ming, I will explain it to him tonight. I chose you because you are stronger and more offensive than him, and you have the courage to take action... As for the roughness of your technical details, it doesn't matter, because I will create good enough offensive conditions for you."

Wang Chao is telling the truth.

He really wants to get the maximum bonus from the betting contract.

Originally, Geng Shuai was guaranteed to score one point. He felt that this goal was not too difficult, but now that Geng Shuai was suddenly absent, his pressure suddenly became extremely great.

Even if he could secure two points himself, he would still be one point short.

So these days, in addition to practicing doubles with a new partner, Wang Chao also has to find ways to help Lu Jia improve, so that Lu Jia can try to win one of the two singles.

Tian Zhengguang's expression softened somewhat, obviously being touched by Wang Chao's words, but he still refused to let go and didn't know what he was insisting on. He stood in front of Wang Chao dully, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

Wang Chao sighed and decided to take a different approach, "Tian Zhengguang, how come you are so much older than me? Why do you act like a child? Yes, we had some minor conflicts before, but when you left the city team, didn't you take the initiative to reconcile with me? Now that we are teammates, we should work together to help the team win. Of course I chose you because you are more suitable than Gao Ming. Do you think I am trying to please you?"

Tian Zhengguang can't hold it any longer. He pursed his lips for a long time and said dullly, "That's not what I meant."

Wang Chao said, "Then what do you mean?"

Tian Zhengguang stopped talking again.

He has never read any books and is naturally stupid. Most of his talents are in real person PK. If you ask him to have such a heart-to-heart and in-depth communication with Wang Chao, he can't do it.

When he was a child, he would fight with his peers and would not speak for at least a month after the fight.

But other friends are different from him. They fight in the morning and make up in the afternoon.

Tian Zhengguang envies these people very much, feeling that they seem to have two faces that can be exchanged easily. He also tried to be like others, but in the end he found that he really couldn't do it.

Although more than ten years have passed, he still has not learned to easily reconcile with himself.

Let him fight side by side with Wang Chao, and he will feel uncomfortable all over.

The atmosphere in the gym was a little strange for a while, until Geng Shuai appeared at the door and broke the silence.

"Wang Chao, so you are here. I have been looking for you for a long time. I will treat you all to a drink."

Geng Shuai leaned against the door frame, arms folded across his chest, looking the same as usual. "It's just you two, hurry up and pack up and go out."

Wang Chao was a little surprised and said, "Shouldn't I be the one to treat you today?"

"No, keep your bonus for now." Geng Shuai's attitude was very insistent. "I'm leaving tomorrow, and I have to treat you tonight... Wang Chao, you can't refuse, because the person I want to invite the most today is you."

As a result, the conversation between Wang Chao and Tian Zhengguang came to an end. Half an hour later, everyone went out in a hurry.

Logically speaking, you shouldn't go out the night after a game. You should close the door and make a summary, but today is an exception.

Geng Shuai's unusual calmness made Fan Xiaoxian a little worried, so when he insisted on inviting Wang Chao to drink, Fan Xiaoxian made an exception for him.

Nanjing City is very lively at night.

Brother Geng obviously understands life. He did not take everyone to a fancy hotel, but to a famous food street near Jianglong Stadium.

The real delicacies of any place are hidden in the streets and alleys and the fireworks of the world.

Although it was only around eight o'clock in the evening, the streets were already crowded with people. There were endless stalls on both sides of the streets. Various aromas floated in the air, and then mixed together and poured into the nose, making people appetite.

Drink a bowl of hot duck blood vermicelli soup, order a Jinling salted duck with white skin and tender meat, fat but not greasy, a box of sweet and sticky sweet-scented osmanthus and taro sprouts, add an assorted tofu with many condiments, and finally nibble on the duck fat sesame pancakes that foreign tourists must not miss. Everyone's belly is full.

But it's not over yet, Brother Geng said today that he will not come back until he is drunk.

We still sat down at a street stall on the roadside that was said to be very famous in the area. We ordered three cages of chicken soup dumplings and ten pounds of crayfish, as well as a box of Jinling beer that the locals often drank, and everyone was ready to start brewing.

Wang Chao doesn't drink because he thinks drinking will numb his nerves and affect his reaction speed when playing ball. He uses drinks instead of alcohol.

The others were not so particular, especially Brother Geng, the oldest, and Tian Zhengguang, the drinker, who drank three bottles straight away.

Then Lu Jia suddenly and quietly poked Wang Chao on the back, signaling Wang Chao to look in a certain direction.

At an adjacent stall two or three meters away, the baby-faced Yoshikawa Hiroshi was sitting with several other unknown teenagers, chatting and laughing in a low voice while eating.

Obviously, Sakura Country foreign players have been in China for many years and have been conquered by Chinese food. During the party, they chose to do as the locals do - except for the bottle of sake on their table.

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