2013, Hefei. Fifteen-year-old Lin Beichen ran 10.40 Seconds, a national U18 record. But he asked something that made everyone freeze - what is Bolt's best score? Nine seconds fifty-eight. Just 0.82 Seconds off. He could never cross this road of sprinting.
In the same year, the national football team lost to Thailand 1-5 in Hefei. His father, a veteran fan who had been waiting for twenty years, muted the TV and sat in the dark all night.
That night, Lin Beichen typed seven words: quit the track and field team. Go to football school.
This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.
