News curse - the shorter the content, the bigger the story.
The pushed article only has a total of 500 words. In addition to a brief explanation of Xun Lang's injuries, the rest of the text just lists the honors Xun Lang has won in his career.
Use plain words to write about magnificent achievements.
Starting from the World Short Course Championships, Xun Lang was invincible. He won three gold medals in the National Games and the Asian Games, and fought all the way to the World Championships. He was suddenly defeated. Then he adjusted to his best condition with amazing perseverance and fought back again.
The world's top arena, winning three more gold medals in the Olympics.
In the past two years, Tang Yili had accompanied him to count every medal that Xun Lang had won. Whether it was the salty and humid air in Nagoya or the cold and heavy snow in California, Tang Yili could still remember it fresh.
She will never forget the heartbeat that was affected by Xun Lang in the competitive arena. It can even be said that Xun Lang fought hard for his dreams and was once Tang Yili's youth.
However, the news of her retirement caught her off guard.
Why did Xun Lang retire?
Why didn't she know anything beforehand?
Oh, she was not completely kept in the dark. In the past two months, the books Xun Lang read, the business trips he went on, and the people he met frequently all left clues. It was just that Tang Yili was too careless and never went there.
Thinking about retirement.
When an athlete at his peak has a dream that he has been striving for for eighteen years and can easily get it, who would think of retiring?!
So, why did Xun Lang retire?!
Tang Yili felt as if she vaguely knew the answer, but was not sure about it, so she hurried downstairs.
She had to ask clearly, she must ask clearly, whether it was Xun Lang's own choice to retire, or whether it was some kind of involuntary submission.
…
In the guest room on the second floor.
The small bedside lamp was turned to the weakest setting, but the deep yellow light still split the darkness.
Xun Lang was not sleeping deeply, breathing evenly and slowly. The hangover must have made him uncomfortable. His brows were half-knitted and his thick eyelashes were trembling slightly.
Tang Yili called Xun Lang softly, but he didn't respond, but her tears fell unconsciously.
Slowly bending his knees and sitting on the plush carpet, Tang Yili leaned his back against the side of the bed, buried his head between his knees, and wanted to cry uncontrollably.
There was paper on the bedside table. She raised her hand and pulled out a piece of paper, covering her mouth and nose. She turned on her phone again and searched the entire Internet.
Ji and the General Administration of Sports probably didn't want this matter to spread on a large scale, so they deliberately issued a press release in the middle of the night. The news of Xun Lang's retirement first broke out at 11 o'clock in the evening. I wonder if it wasn't deliberately suppressed.
In order to reduce the popularity, why is the background of the press conference in the afternoon but the news is so late?
The reason is all due to illness and injury.
However, this was no longer the focus of Tang Yili's attention. She found a complete video, turned the sound to the minimum, and watched it slowly.
The previous speeches were all made by the leaders of the General Administration. At 5 minutes and 34 seconds, a female reporter asked: "Is it because I chose to retire and get married during my golden period because I felt too lonely along the way?"
The microphone was transferred to Xun Lang's hand, and he looked straight at the screen.
"I started swimming when I was five years old. In my more than 20 years of life, I have spent most of my time with the swimming pool. Along the way, I have never felt lonely because the water is alive. When I am in it, I feel like I can hear someone in my ears.
Speaking of which, retirement to me is like leaving this friend in the water. I will feel regretful and reluctant to leave."
A female reporter continued to ask: "Since you feel regretful, why don't you persevere? Becoming an Olympic champion is a dream that only few people can realize. As a lucky person, are your injuries so serious that you can't continue to pursue your dream?
What’s the point of persistence?”
This question is not a friendly one, it is even a bit accusatory.
Tang Yili held her breath and looked at the man in the picture.
He remains resolute, facing the camera's gaze unwaveringly.
He said: "The injury is not the reason why I can't persevere, but because my dream has changed. A person can't stay where he is forever, and his dream will also change. Retiring is because there are more important things that need me to go."
Yes, there are more important people who need me to protect..."
The mobile phone on my lap slid silently onto the carpet.
Tang Yili covered her mouth and nose, tears slowly falling down her fingers.
She felt that she was not worthy of the title of "more important person", nor was she qualified enough for Xun Lang to protect her at the expense of her dreams.
The sad tears couldn't stop flowing, but he didn't notice at all that the person behind him had woken up.
A big hand gently touched Tang Yili's cold cheek, and said in a hoarse voice.
"You know it all."
Tang Yili turned her head and paused for a moment. When she realized what she was doing, her tears flowed even more fiercely. She choked with sobs and asked.
"Retirement...is that why you were unusually drunk tonight?"
He laughed dumbly: "The reason why I got drunk was because Wei Ran and the others drank me too hard."
Xun Lang rested his head on the crook of his elbow, freed up his other hand, and used his fingers to catch the crystal tears, his eyes as pure as a child's.
Tang Yili lay on his pillow and cried even harder.
She asked sadly: "Is it because you married me that your family forced you to retire? Is it because in order to raise the 4.5 billion, you sold all the dreams you have held on to for nearly twenty years...
Already?"
In this world, everything has a price, but some people sell it high and some sell it low. There will never be a priceless treasure.
Even Xun Lang can put a price on his dream, just because she asked him for it.
"Xun Lang, can you tell me frankly?"
The strong summer night wind blew away the last clouds in the sky, and the moonlight tilted and fell on Xun Lang's shoulders.
He stared at Tang Yili for a long time and gave her a positive answer with his soft eyes.
"Only when I retire and join the Ji family can my father agree to save Fengtang."
Just as she expected, when he actually said it calmly from his mouth, Tang Yili felt a dull pain in her heart. He twisted her around and her breathing became difficult.
Tang Yili burst into tears.
The verbal comfort was no longer helpful. Xun Lang propped up his body, put his arm around Tang Yili, and lifted the person directly from the ground into his arms.
The faint smell of alcohol and the warm body make a harbor so different tonight.
Tang Yili lay down with him and cried whimperingly.
"But I don't want you to fall into other people's traps for me, and I don't want you to retire."
Xun Lang said softly: "The golden age of an athlete lasts only a few years. A genius like Phelps retired at the age of twenty-seven. For ordinary people like me, twenty-four or five is already the limit. It's just two years of retirement. This
there is nothing."
"You are not an ordinary person, you are my Xun Lang..."
You are not an ordinary person, you are Xun Lang, the Xun Lang whom I admire and love deeply, the unique Xun Lang.
No one in the world has anything to do with her except Xun Lang. If he endures hardship for her, she will suffer even more. If he renounces love for her, she will suffer even more.