Chapter 215 Are you afraid of me?
Baiyun Mountain, Mid-Levels Hotel.
Xu Chen parked the car, turned to Xie Bingran and said:
"Just wait in the car. I'll come find you after checking in."
Xie Bingran couldn't understand Xu Chen's operation, but she still said "oh" and sat in the car waiting with her backpack in her arms.
Xu Chen turned off the car lights, got out of the car with his backpack on his back, and walked towards the hotel lobby.
Xie Bingran looked up at Xu Chen's back, feeling a little lost in thought.
She blinked her big eyes, thinking that Xu Chen had actually changed a lot in the past few years when she hadn't spoken to him.
I seem to have...changed a lot.
Fortunately, after the two started talking again, their past selves seemed to have returned...
After Xu Chen's back disappeared, she looked around again. The surrounding light was dim, and there was a street lamp under the big banyan tree in front. Mosquitoes were flying around, and the light and shadow flickered.
This is a mountain, and there seems to be no one in this hotel.
Fortunately it was Brother Bing and not another girl, otherwise he would have screamed in fear.
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After waiting for a few minutes, Xu Chen walked back from a distance.
He smiled and opened the door and got into the car, then turned the key and started the car.
"We've booked a room. This hotel probably doesn't promote much to the outside world. Many rooms are empty."
He turned to look at Xie Bingran:
"I'll feed you first."
With that said, he turned the car and drove out.
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Half an hour later, the car arrived at Jianshe Sixth Road in the old city.
This is the earliest prosperous area of Yangcheng. Before Tianhe City was built near Tianhe City, it was also the core area of Yangcheng.
At the same time, many foreigners working and living in Yangcheng still live in this area, and there are many bars opened by ghost guys around.
After finding a parking lot underground in the shopping mall, Xu Chen took Xie Bingran to the main road.
It was already after nine o'clock in the evening, but many restaurants and bars were just starting to get busy.
There were many tall foreigners smoking cigarettes in groups on the street, and they smelled of strong perfume as they walked by.
There were also some sturdy black men, arms around each other's backs, talking in an unknown language.
Everything I saw always gave people an unsafe feeling. But it's actually much safer here than near the train station.
Xie Bingran followed Xu Chen and turned into an alley.
It seems to be a residential area, and it doesn't look like there is a place to eat.
After turning around a few times, Xu Chen sighed:
"That means it hasn't opened yet."
It seems that the store he wanted to find had not yet opened in 2006.
Xie Bingran: "It doesn't matter, we can just change places to eat."
Xu Chen smiled: "When I first came in, I saw another restaurant, which was also delicious!"
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A few minutes later, the two of them were sitting in a "Yakitori" Japanese restaurant.
Business is booming, filled with young men and women looking for food at night.
Sake, barbecue, private words.
In the background, I could vaguely hear the store playing old songs by Oda Kazumasa.
Xu Chen did not dare to take Xie Bingran to eat beef, sheep, and pork from outside. The poultry and fish in the bird-roasting shop were safer.
Chicken with scallions, grilled mackerel with salt, butter potatoes, salmon rice...
I ordered two more bottles of Calpis as drinks.
Xie Bingran pointed to a plate and asked:
"What is this?"
Xu Chen: "The lantern is the fallopian tube of the chicken and the egg in the belly. It should burst when you bite it. It depends on whether the store's heat is right."
Xie Bingran was not pretentious. He picked up a bunch and tasted one.
She frowned and chewed: "It's a bit weird, but it's quite delicious."
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Xu Chen drank a drink and looked at Xie Bingran who was eating a lot, with a smile on his face.
I remembered that when I was in junior high school, Xie Bingran sat at the same table with me. At that time, she was introverted and taciturn, and she was wary of Xu Chen, her deskmate. They sat together for several days without saying a word.
The two began to break the boundaries of communication when Xu Chen saw that Xie Bingran had no proper lunch and was chewing on a dry steamed bun without even pickles.
Xu Chen found it incredible, so he divided half of his meal over.
At that time, Xie Bingran's hair was longer than now. She lowered her head to eat what Xu Chen gave her, and covered her eyes with the hair on her forehead...
At this moment, Xie Bingran was sitting opposite Xu Chen, also eating heavily.
Her eyebrows and eyes still look like that of the little girl back then, but her mood and state of mind are completely different.
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Xie Bingran was chewing a piece of salt-roasted wild rice when he looked up and found Xu Chen staring at him, showing a hint of restraint.
She pursed her lips: "What's wrong?"
Xu Chen: "No..."
Seeing Xie Bingran showing a hint of embarrassment, he smiled and said:
"I love watching you eat."
Xie Bingran swallowed what was in his mouth and said:
“I think I will go to Osaka or somewhere else to compete within this year.
It would be great if you could come, I will take you to eat this kind of food locally..."
Xu Chen: "Okay, then I'll wait for your treat."
Xie Bingran took a sip of the drink and looked very happy:
"Then I'll go back and ask the coach when and where he was."
Xu Chen: "You don't even know?"
Xie Bingran: "It's all arranged by the coach and the team. I basically don't have to use my brain. I just train every day and follow the coach's arrangements to participate in the game.
Last time I heard Coach Cheng mention that there was another competition going to Osaka or somewhere, but I didn’t ask in detail at the time. ”
Xu Chen: "Besides training and competing, do you usually do anything else?"
Xie Bingran: "There are also some cultural classes. Teachers will come to the team to teach us, but there will be no exams."
Xu Chen: "I heard Chen Dahai say before that there are cases where senior players bully younger players in sports teams..."
Xie Bingran sneered: "I have already taken care of you."
Xu Chen: "..."
Xie Bingran: "Can you accompany me to find a place for a run later? I haven't finished my daily classes yet."
Xu Chen: "What are the venue requirements?"
Xie Bingran: "Playgrounds, basketball courts are fine, and open space is fine too."
Xu Chen thought for a while: "Then let me take you to the University of Technology. It's not far from here. There is a plastic playground there."
Xie Bingran: "Yeah."......
After the two of them finished eating, they came out and walked around the street a few times to relax.
Xu Chen and Xie Bingran walk side by side:
"Why do I feel like you have really grown taller again?"
Xie Bingran said coldly:
"Oh...it seems to have grown one or two centimeters taller."
"..."
Xu Chen: "Brother Bing, don't you want to be taller than me? Then it will be too shameless for me to stand next to you."
Xie Bingran turned around and looked at the top of Xu Chen’s head:
"That's not the case."
Xu Chen suddenly showed a hint of alarm:
"Aren't there many tall, strong, handsome boys in your national team?"
Xie Bingran: "There are many, and we sometimes train together."
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Xu Chen narrowed his eyes: "The men's team and the women's team train together, isn't the coach afraid of affecting your results?"
Xie Bingran: "The management is very strict. The coach is actually very afraid that the players will fall in love, especially girls. Once they fall in love, their performance will decline."
Xu Chen: "Brother Bing is so charming, there must be a boy in the team who likes you, right?"
Xie Bingran showed a hint of disdain: "They have no brains."
Xu Chen: "Huh?"
Xie Bingran seemed to suddenly realize something and turned to look at Xu Chen:
"What if a boy likes me?"
Xu Chen: "Ah?!"
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On the playground of the University of Technology, there are many people running at night.
In addition to students from the University of Technology, there are also some residents nearby, and there are also old men and women who come out for a walk at night.
Xu Chen squatted on the lawn to rest, while Xie Bingran was doing simple running training on the track.
She looked inconspicuous, and her speed and intensity were not very high. She was just running at ordinary speeds.
There were people running and walking around at night, and they passed by Brother Bing.
They didn't know that this inconspicuous, tall girl had just won a national championship in Yangcheng.
With a population of 1.3 billion, including half of them being girls, there are 600 million.
And she is the number one in six hundred million miles...
Think about it this way, Brother Bing is really amazing.
Xu Chen couldn't help but smile, he really found a treasure.
Who would have thought that that pitiful deskmate who had to feed himself lunch would later achieve such great success?
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Xie Bingran didn't train for too long. He came over within half an hour and sat down next to Xu Chen.
Xu Chen reached out and handed over a bottle of mineral water:
"Is this good?"
Xie Bingran was slightly out of breath, took the water and took a sip:
"The intensity doesn't have to be very high, as long as it can maintain body functions outside."
There was not much light in the playground at night.
Beads of sweat oozed from Xie Bingran's slender and beautiful neck...
She had already downed a bottle of water and looked very generous.
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When the two returned to the hotel, it was already past eleven o'clock at night.
After parking the car, Xie Bingran followed Xu Chen towards the light.
Their room was halfway up the mountain, through a winding corridor and up two stairs. On a gentle slope, there were four or five guest rooms surrounding a pool.
"It's so quiet." Xie Bingran said.
"Because there are no other guests." Xu Chen said with a smile.
"Oh."
"Are you afraid?"
"Besides you, there's nothing to be afraid of here." Xie Bingran muttered.
"Then are you afraid of me?" Xu Chen showed a wicked smile.
Xie Bingran seemed to think about it seriously:
"Not afraid."
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Opening the door to the guest room, it turned out to be a small suite.
Outside is a small living room, and inside is a standard room with two beds.
"You go take a shower first, I'll watch TV outside." Xu Chen said with a smile.
Xie Bingran pursed his lips and suddenly realized that the atmosphere seemed a little strange.
She blinked her big eyes: "Then you can't come in."
Xu Chen: "I promise."
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Xu Chen was half lying on the sofa, looking lazy.
He fiddled with the remote control and yawned absently.
But I just happened to turn to the National Games event review, the sports channel of the local TV station in Yangcheng.
But what a coincidence, it was Xie Bingran on the screen.
Long legs and stuff...
The sound of the TV is very low.
I could vaguely hear the sound of running water coming from behind me.
Xu Chen scratched his head, thinking that there was something wrong with being reborn.
This young age is really a test of a person's determination.
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"Xu Chen!"
There was a sudden cry from inside.
"Huh?"
"Come here and help me dry my hair."
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(End of chapter)