The phone was hung up, and Jiang Yanyun was slightly lost in thought. Somehow, she remembered that Gao Wen had just learned tennis when he was a child. Not long ago, he was severely ravaged by a kid three years older than him in a practice match, which was almost humiliating.
Sexually, Gawain understood the huge gap between the two.
At the scene, Gawain showed his grace and shook hands with the older child, and said that he would continue to work hard and would not see anything unusual when he came back. However, at night, Gawain secretly buried himself in the bed and cried hard.
, my eyes were still slightly swollen when I woke up the next day.
Before that day, Gao Wen's tennis training was purely to exert his physical strength. He spent three days fishing and two days drying nets.
Startled——
Because they sent Gawain to learn tennis just to show his talent, and they never wanted Gawain to become a professional player; but seeing Gawain devote himself to training, the light in his eyes was different, and Gao Hongli couldn't help but
Started to worry about Gawain's condition.
Three months later, Gao Wen and the older child faced off again. Gao Wen won by twelve points in a row and beat the child to tears on the spot, so that Gao Hongli and Jiang Yanyun had to apologize carefully to the child's parents.
The memory was already very far away, even a little blurry, but today Jiang Yanyun thought about it again, and for some reason, those details were vivid.
"How about it?"
Lifting his head, Jiang Yanyun saw Gao Hongli's worried eyes. Jiang Yanyun thought for a moment, and then smiled slightly.
"Xiao Wu will be fine."
Jiang Yanyun is confident.
…
In this room, Gao Wen also hung up the phone, his eyes were slightly red, he raised his head and glanced at Sampras, trying to say something, but thousands of words were surging in his chest, and he couldn't find a way to express it for a while.
, was rarely at a loss for words, and just smiled at Sampras.
Sampras couldn't understand Chinese at all. Those languages were like alien languages. He had no idea, but it could be seen from Gawain's expression that this phone call was very important.
"Are your parents okay?"
Gawain didn't speak, just showed a smile and nodded heavily.
"Are they worried about you?"
Gawain nodded silently again, the smile on his lips was a little bitter and a little happy, a little sad and a little relaxed, a mixture of mixed and contradictory emotions.
It's not just because of this phone call.
In his last life, Gawain had to say goodbye to tennis due to a knee injury. In fact, he and his parents had a very serious quarrel because of this incident.
Gao Wen wanted to continue to persevere, go through injury recovery, rehabilitation, practice, and get back on the court; but this time, his parents did not support his choice.
They believe that the impact of the injury is not limited to this one time, but may have an impact on the entire career, but Gao Wen does not have so much time and talent to squander gambling; they hope that Gao Wen can complete his studies and follow this path.
See the future clearly and move on.
Discussion, quarrel, cold war, communication.
In the end, reason prevailed over emotion, and Gawain finally agreed with his parents' ideas.
Gao Wen knew that if he continued to persist, his parents would definitely support him; but the long and arduous rehabilitation and repeated knee water accumulation were indeed the cruel reality before him. After much thinking, Gao Wen made a choice.
.
That was Gawain's own decision, so he didn't blame his parents.
However, life was different after all. After returning to work in China, he stayed in Shanghai. He still had a harmonious relationship with his parents, but there was always a thin layer of separation between them——
His struggles, regrets, and pain never disappeared, and appeared again in his dreams at midnight. However, he could not tell his parents or anyone. He could only silently lick his wounds and bear the burden of life.
the weight of.
Even though they all know the problem, they still have no way to change it. This is precisely the cruelest and most helpless part of real life.
Now.
Faced with challenges and difficulties again, Gawain realized that in fact, for his parents, compared with championships, victories, and wealth, what they care about most is always their own happiness and joy. From beginning to end, everything is
It has nothing to do with tennis, everything to do with him.
Traveling through time and space, breaking boundaries, I never really felt this until now.
The turbulent emotions made Gawain a little embarrassed.
Sampras quietly watched Gawain's surge of emotions. In addition to confusion, there were more and more emotions in his eyes. He was no longer the usual calm and energetic look, and inadvertently revealed a little vulnerability.
, but it makes Gawain more real and more vivid.
The words that came from the bottom of my heart were blurted out before my thoughts started running.
"Don't think."
"Don't try to find the answer, just remember the feeling of this moment, this confusion, this loss, this bitterness and this regret, this feeling of being at a loss and lingering, imprinted in your mind.
Remember it all the time, and then turn it into your motivation to move forward.”
"It is precisely because of the feeling at this moment that we are inspired to keep working hard, making progress, and fighting hard. In the painful lessons of failure again and again, we continue to grow, fight, challenge, and make breakthroughs."
Deeply, Sampras looked at Gawain deeply and pointed at his head with his finger.
"Gawain, remember this deeply."
"Don't forget that you are still young and you still have a long career ahead of you. This not only means that you still have many opportunities to face big winds and waves and countless challenges, but it also means that you still have growth and improvement.
Space."
"Failure is not only the opposite of victory, but also a reminder and a wake-up call. Tell yourself not to stand still. There are challenges and limits waiting for you ahead."
As he spoke, Sampras' thoughts became smoother. He saw himself in Gawain, and in a daze, he seemed to be giving advice to his younger self.
"You know, everyone says that a tennis career should be divided into two parts, one part before you win a Grand Slam and another part after you win a Grand Slam."
"Because winning a Grand Slam is a goal that everyone can see. It's like climbing a mountain. You just need to keep your head down and sprint. But after winning a Grand Slam, it's a process of standing on the top of the mountain and climbing into the clouds. You need to face more challenges.
There are many challenges and you need to accept them. Maintaining the lead is much more difficult than chasing the leader."
"It's more difficult to stay at the top than to climb to the top."
"So, now it has just begun, your career, a brand new world is unfolding in front of you, you still have many, many things to complete, here, you need to start over, you need to continue to learn, you will not want to
Staying where you are."
Then, Sampras watched Gawain's eyes brighten up again little by little, raised his right fist, lightly tapped his chest, and showed a shallow smile.