Because his talent was limited, even though Wang Liang trained as desperately as Wang Yi had told him to, over the past few years he had still only been able to play in county-level competitions, and at most city-level ones. He had never even played in a provincial competition.
But he had never given up.
He still got up at six every day and trained like his life depended on it.
If anyone at Huali Basketball School had trained the hardest over the past two years, it was undoubtedly Wang Liang.
Sometimes, even the coaches and teachers couldn't help feeling sorry for him.
He had clearly worked so hard, yet with his lack of talent, his progress over the past few years had been unimpressive. He hadn't even played in a provincial competition.
How could anyone not feel sorry for him?
But Wang Liang didn't give up because of that. He even felt that he hadn't been working hard enough.
So he set his daily wake-up time to 5:30, half an hour earlier than before;
and his bedtime to 10:30, an hour later than before.
Aside from training, the other students sometimes went off campus to shop or stroll around. But during the years Wang Liang had attended the school, other than going home or leaving campus to play in competitions, he had hardly ever stepped outside the gates.
Over the past few years, all he did besides eating and sleeping was train.
No one knew how a teenager could keep it up.
But he had.
This year, his coach decided to let him play in some city-level competitions in the fall.
It wasn't because he was truly good enough to compete at that level. It was simply that his coach felt sorry for him.
At the same time, he