A Ten-Second Life [Sprint]

Check out my upcoming stories: The Feisty Old Lady System Takes Me to Dominate the Volleyball Court and Top-Tier Training Partner [Reborn]

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Lu Yinxing was once a prodigy. Her natural ability to run carried her away from a remote orphanage and into a dazzling, unfamiliar city.

But a sudden "bucket of cold water" poured over her head, making her doubt her abilities and her own worth.

Her inner demons were like a thorn that couldn't be pulled out, buried deep in her flesh.

Lu Yinxing numbed her anxious mind with almost-frenzied extra training. She felt as though she had become an orphan all over again.

"Hey, the sun's tired from running, and I'm getting off work too."

Lin Feng, a middle-aged woman at her school who had once made the national team but now just wanted to coast until retirement, barged into her life.

Lin Feng called Lu Yinxing "Crazy." Lu Yinxing called Lin Feng "Idiot."

Through spending time with Lin Feng, Lu Yinxing escaped her nightmare, running from the school's track to the provincial team.

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Later, a new team member, even more gifted than she was, joined the provincial team and ran alongside her all the way to the national team.

Ning Yihan came from a happy family and had a sunny personality.

Together, they ran beyond Asia and onto the world stage.

Lu Yinxing had once believed she could never be friends with a girl like her.

But the truth was, the little sun shone equally on everyone.

Including her.

During the darkest, most grueling days Lu Yinxing spent on the national team, Ning Yihan was the one who bravely helped her break out of her cage and overcome her difficulties.

Ning Yihan said that perhaps it was time to run for herself for once.

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Later, Lu Yinxing finally became an Olympic champion, breaking a world record that had been monopolized by another country.

In an interview, Lu Yinxing sat before the camera with her gold medal around her neck and said, "It feels like I've spent my whole life running."

A hundred-meter track, just ten seconds long.

Lu Yinxing spent her whole life on it.

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Reader's guide:

A realistic story with a touch of ensemble cast.

Not a typical power fantasy, but don't worry, our girl will definitely succeed.

The heroine's name comes from the line, "A silver saddle on a white horse, dashing like a shooting star."

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The Feisty Old Lady System Takes Me to Dominate the Volleyball Court

In her third month on the school's volleyball team, Lu Yunfei was hit in the head by a spike and knocked unconscious.

When she woke up, another person's voice suddenly echoed in her ears.

The next time Lu Yunfei failed to block a spike, the voice bellowed:

"Straight shot! She always hits it straight from position two! Are your eyes just for decoration?"

When Lu Yunfei hit the ball into the net, the voice bellowed again:

"Jump higher! Use your core and your arms! You're as limp as a noodle!"

Lu Yunfei: Who's talking?

Spring is when mental illnesses are most common. Did that ball give me schizophrenia?!

Lu Yunfei shook her head. The voice seemed to disappear.

But when a match ended, the powerful voice returned, this time less irritable and a little more sympathetic.

"Kid, tell me honestly. Is your family still in the middle of a famine?"

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Later, Lu Yunfei finally accepted that she had acquired a System.

And this System was an eighty-year-old, hot-tempered woman named Wan Tiemei.

Wan Tiemei had joined the national team at eighteen as its starting outside hitter. After retiring in the 1970s, she became the volleyball coach at Lu Yunfei's middle school.

Ever since Lu Yunfei got this hot-tempered old woman as her System, her volleyball skills had improved by leaps and bounds.

Wan Tiemei could spot every little detail about the opposing team during matches.

Under Wan Tiemei's fiery guidance, Lu Yunfei painfully put in extra practice every day, but happily went from the school team all the way to the national team.

Lu Yunfei also helped Wan Tiemei make up for the losses she had suffered while competing for the national team.

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Later, Lu Yunfei's volleyball skills kept getting better, and she needed Wan Tiemei less and less.

Until one day, it seemed that the eighty-year-old hot-tempered woman, Wan Tiemei, had really disappeared...

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Top-Tier Training Partner [Reborn]

Both leads are reborn / The man has a secret crush on the woman / A competitive power fantasy

Lu Xiaofan was once the top training partner for the national table tennis team. She had trained in table tennis since childhood and was a gifted mimic.

But she never made it onto the world stage. Instead, for three consecutive competitions, she could only sit in the stands as a team training partner.

The only international match Lu Xiaofan ever played was a mixed doubles match with Shen Zhe.

She was a substitute, while he was a world champion.

What Lu Xiaofan didn't know was that Shen Zhe had been in love with her for twelve years.

A shooting star streaked across the sky, and Lu Xiaofan and Shen Zhe were reborn, returning to the national youth team where they had first met.

Lu Xiaofan: This time, I won't be a training partner again. I'm going to be a world champion!

Shen Zhe: This time, I'll confess the love I've kept in my heart!

Theme: Those with unwavering hearts will bloom in time