You Must Be Good 39p2

Chapter 39p2

Wang Tiantian appeared with an “arrogant” attitude. She was wearing the hottest trendy brand of the season, her baseball cap deliberately worn crookedly, and an exaggerated ring on her finger. The moment she saw Qiao Xiaoxiao, she made an exaggerated gesture. “Hey, what’s up?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao glanced at her. “Did you go crazy from being cooped up at home?”

Wang Tiantian: …

Qiao Xiaoxiao: “Come with me.”

Her time was precious, and she wouldn’t waste another second.

Wang Tiantian had thought that Qiao Xiaoxiao was going to take her to experience some “simulated flight.” She felt a little tasteless. She really wanted to ask Qiao Xiaoxiao how everyone on the track and field team was doing, but she couldn’t bring herself to say it.

“Have you been training well?”

Wang Tiantian now had the mentality of, I can’t do it, so I’ll pin all my hopes on this “child” Qiao Xiaoxiao.

Qiao Xiaoxiao glanced at her. “Have you switched to being a coach? Do you know you’ve wasted thirty minutes of my time?”

Wang Tiantian pouted. “I’m sorry. You have to let me be sad and vulnerable for a while. Tell me, how can I compensate you?”

She knew that with her and Xiaoxiao’s relationship, she would be too embarrassed to ask.

Qiao Xiaoxiao: “Come with me to set up a stall tomorrow.”

Wang Tiantian: …

When they got to the school and entered the sports field again, Wang Tiantian immediately refused. “Weren’t we going for a simulated flight? What are we doing here?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao looked at her as if she were a fool. “Do you think I would spend two hundred yuan to take you to play that deceptive thing? Let’s go.”

Wang Tiantian stood there angrily. “I won’t!”

The sports field was her place of heartbreak. She didn’t want to set foot in it again.

Qiao Xiaoxiao squinted, her fists clenched, and looked at her coldly, clearly angry.

Wang Tiantian pressed her lips together and asked timidly, “Is everyone here? Are they going to throw me a farewell party?”

…

What party? Qiao Xiaoxiao was too lazy to waste her breath explaining to Tiantian and just pulled her to the hidden spot she always sat in in the stands.

The high jump team was holding tryouts. There weren’t many people, just a sparse seven or eight.

Even with sunglasses on, Coach Xue’s face was ashen. He had already lowered the bar to 1.2 meters, but still no one could clear it.

Qiao Xiaoxiao watched for a while and asked in a low voice, “Did you see that?”

Wang Tiantian was dejected. “I saw it. Coach Lu is eating popcorn.”

Although Lu Chen was used to bickering with Coach Xue, she was actually worried that the high jump team would be disbanded. She had come to help select talent, but she wouldn’t admit it. She wasn’t wearing her sportswear and was watching from the side like an unrelated person, holding a bag of popcorn.

Qiao Xiaoxiao was silent for a while. She turned to look at Tiantian, raised her hand, and with fingers like a pair of pliers, forcefully turned her gaze from the track and field team to the high jump field.

Just then, a girl about 1.65 meters tall was on her approach. Her slender figure drew a beautiful arc, and the moment she took off, she was like a bird spreading its wings. Just as she was about to perfectly clear the bar, her calf inadvertently brushed against it.

Coach Xue stood on the sidelines with his arms crossed, his jaw clenched so tightly it was grinding, the veins on his temples faintly visible.

Lu Chen ate her popcorn and smiled happily. “Hey, old Xue, don’t use so much force. Dentures are expensive. You’ll break them again.”

Qiao Xiaoxiao: “Did you see that?”

Wang Tiantian was absent-minded. “I saw it. Coach Xue’s Ray-Ban sunglasses are the limited edition for this spring. They’re already sold out on the official website.”

This is intolerable.

Qiao Xiaoxiao was furious. “I told you to watch the high jump. Why are you watching the coach?”

Wang Tiantian blinked, looking as if she had lost all will to live. “I saw it. They’re all like they haven’t eaten.”

Hearing this, Qiao Xiaoxiao’s anger subsided a little. She asked tentatively, “Have you ever thought of trying high jump?”

Wang Tiantian shook her head.

Qiao Xiaoxiao pressed, “Why?”

Tiantian: “High jump makes your calves fat, which is very ugly. I still want to wear pretty little skirts.”

In fact, when she was little and training on the team, her father’s colleague had observed her for a while and asked if she had any thoughts of practicing high jump. Wang Tiantian was still young then and didn’t know much. It was her father, who was determined to fulfill his track and field dream, who came out. “How can that be? That makes your legs thick. My daughter still has to run.”

Qiao Xiaoxiao: …

There’s no other way.

She can only resort to violence.

Qiao Xiaoxiao directly took off Wang Tiantian’s flashy jacket and took off her stupid hat. “You have to live up to your initials.”

Wang Tiantian was stunned for a moment. “What initials?”

Qiao Xiaoxiao: “WTT, Wang Tiao Tiao (Wang Jump Jump)!”

Wang Tiantian: …

While the two of them were fooling around, they had no idea that in a corner not far away, Yang Feitang and Chu Xinrou were watching this scene intently.

Yang Feitang “tsked” a few times. “See? I told you she was up to something. I don’t know what she’s been busy with these past few days. It’s the holidays, and she hasn’t even stuffed any small ads into my music room.”

Chu Xinrou crossed her arms and looked at the two girls. “That must be the girl she said was a pity.”

Yang Feitang was not interested. “I told you she was in a puppy love! And it’s with a girl. I say, Xinrou, you have to do something about it.”

Chu Xinrou rolled her eyes at her. “She probably learned it from her Sister Yang, right?”

A fatal blow to Yang Feitang: …

Chu Xinrou looked at Xiaoxiao intently, her eyes sparkling. “Have you noticed that Xiaoxiao has changed?”

The figure that used to habitually curl up in a corner can now stand tall in the sun.

She exuded a brilliant light, like the first peach blossom of early spring, making people unable to help but stop and stare, unable to look away.

Yang Feitang looked closely. “Does she have a double chin? Hey, the world is still fair. This little brat has finally gotten fat!”

Chu Xinrou: …

Wang Tiantian was pulled by Qiao Xiaoxiao to the tryout area. The moment he saw Qiao Xiaoxiao, Coach Xue’s eyes behind his sunglasses lit up, and his voice trembled. “You’re here?”

Seeing this, Lu Chen clenched her fists. Sure enough!!! She has indeed betrayed me!!!

Qiao Xiaoxiao looked at him in confusion and pushed Tiantian forward. “Coach Xue, she wants to try.”

Coach Xue: ???

He knew Tiantian. In his impression, she was the one on the track and field team who couldn’t improve her performance no matter how hard she trained. Hadn’t she retired?

Tiantian lazily swayed to the starting point, her whole body as if boneless. Her approach was slow, but she suddenly exerted force when she jumped, her body drawing a beautiful arc in the air. Just as she was about to successfully clear the bar, she suddenly turned in mid-air and gave Qiao Xiaoxiao the middle finger. As a result, her calf hit the bar with a smack.

Coach Xue immediately took off his sunglasses.

Seeing her behavior, Qiao Xiaoxiao’s first curse in her life came out. “You suck.”

???!!!

How can an athlete tolerate such a taunt?

Wang Tiantian’s eyes were on fire. She gritted her teeth, went back to the key point, and with all her might, jumped. 1.2 meters, easy.

Coach Xue: Holy shit?

Lu Chen was also stunned. Qiao Xiaoxiao was amused. She walked over to Coach Lu, took the popcorn from her hand, and ate it with relish.

After all, she was in sports. She didn’t even need Coach Xue to say anything. She just raised her hand and ordered, “Raise it to 1.3 meters for me! I’ll shut this Xiaozhu’s (Xiaoxiao pig’s) mouth!”

The sun was particularly fierce that day, plating the entire track and field in a golden light.

Wang Tiantian would never forget, as sweat dripped from her forehead and her body flew into the air, under the stunned gazes of everyone, amidst a chorus of “wow,” she, who had practiced hard since she was a child and had always been at the bottom, experienced the feeling of being a “genius” for the first time.

Wang Tiantian landed lightly, the dust she kicked up dancing in the sun. She turned to look at the motionless bar.

At that time, she was still young and didn’t know that her world had been turned upside down at this moment.

Amidst the cheers of the crowd and the shining gaze of Coach Xue, Wang Tiantian turned to look at Qiao Xiaoxiao. Qiao Xiaoxiao walked over to her with a smile, a layer of light enveloping her. She held out a hand. “Come on.”

She pulled her up.

At that moment, Tiantian’s tears flowed uncontrollably. Qiao Xiaoxiao stroked her hair. “Alright, genius, stop crying.”

“I’m not,” Wang Tiantian wiped away her tears and sniffled. “I… I…”

This sports field, the place where her dreams took flight, the place where her sweat had soaked countless mornings and evenings. Was it possible that she didn’t have to leave?