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| “There’s a powerful vitality about you that draws me to follow you with all my heart.”
| An optimistic, big-hearted sweetheart vs. a jealous, tsundere puppy of a guy
| Badminton national team player vs. swimming team’s rising star
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What could be more depressing than failing to qualify for the Olympics?
Your ex-boyfriend winning Olympic gold.
After a day of training, Xia Yanyan checked Weibo as soon as she got back to the dorm, and felt the sky come crashing down.
#Shen Qingyue Breaks 200m Medley Record!
Xia Yanyan gritted her teeth, recalling the breakup two years earlier. She’d sworn she was going to win Olympic gold, and that men would only slow down her racket swings.
She hadn’t expected that kid to get there first.
Then, a new message popped up on WeChat from a profile picture she hadn’t seen in ages.
Shen Qingyue: You said if I won Olympic gold before you, you’d take my surname. Hello, Shen Yanyan.
What a jerk.
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New champions always attract plenty of attention, especially when they’re on the swimming team, famously known as the male-model squad.
For a while, Shen Qingyue was riding high, with interviews, magazine features, and endorsement offers coming at him from every direction. Xia Yanyan was going crazy. How was it possible to scroll Douyin and still run into her ex?
Wow, his muscles are still great. Like.
Wait, Xia Yanyan suddenly realized that after reposting an Olympic promo last time, she might have forgotten to log out of her verified main account!
The yellow V in the upper-right corner was blindingly bright.
Unlike wouldn’t help now. Sure enough, ten minutes after she’d interacted with Shen Qingyue, the hot search blew up: #Shen Qingyue Xia Yanyan Relationship
Xia Yanyan buried her face in her pillow, feeling the injustice of fate. Heaven, it’s bad enough that you let me get injured. Do you have to take away my dignity too?
The next second, her phone rang. Thinking it was her coach, Xia Yanyan put it on speaker, only to hear Shen Qingyue’s voice. “The hot search says we’re dating, but I’ve already clarified that we aren’t.”
“Thanks, ex-hubby. But you were only telling the truth.”
“Mm. I told the truth. We’re not dating now. We dated before.”
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2032. Xia Yanyan is still shining bright.
“I’d like to ask: after winning the Grand Slam, what do you most want to do next, Xia Yanyan?”
“Keep winning medals. Win even more medals.” Xia Yanyan gave the camera a sweet, perfectly serious smile.
Then she’d rub it in someone’s face.
That night, Xia Yanyan cornered Shen Qingyue on the narrow single cardboard bed in the Olympic Village, holding up a gleaming gold medal. “Do you even know what a Grand Slam is?”
Shen Qingyue quickly turned the tables and pulled Xia Yanyan into his arms. “Looks like Xia Yanyan hasn’t watched my match today. My gold medal has a serial number that matches yours. So who’s rubbing what in whose face?”
Xia Yanyan was about to struggle free when she realized Shen Qingyue’s embrace was growing hotter. He even guided her hands to his abs. “Shh, we’re still in the Olympic Village. Keep it down. The cardboard bed won’t hold much weight.”
“Oh, right…” Xia Yanyan had never been able to resist Shen Qingyue’s abs.
In her haze, Xia Yanyan suddenly realized something was off. The cardboard bed wouldn’t hold much weight because it was a single bed in the first place. She should be running away…
Whatever. Xia Yanyan resigned herself to wrapping her arms around Shen Qingyue’s neck. It was too late to run now.
It had been too late to run for a long time.
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A few rambling thoughts from Blueberry:
1. Although Xia Yanyan’s name follows the A-B-B pattern, I really didn’t just slap something together! It suits her sunny, energetic, optimistic personality perfectly, and she’s not some delicate little flower either, QAQ!
2. It’s a sweet romance. (Devil’s whisper) This is so sweet, you might die!
3. This is just a sweet, female-perspective romance novel. The male lead has to be hopelessly in love. Please don’t criticize him for thinking about nothing but romance, okay…
-Preview starts here: The Table Tennis World’s First Love-
Blurb
| “Even the most competitive kid found her way into my arms.”
| Table tennis prodigy, the rising star on the women’s side vs. a Super Grand Slam champion
| A pure-hearted girl who’s a little maniac on the court and a bit of a ditz off it vs. a ruthless guy who looks cold but washes his wife’s training clothes
When Sui Fengran joined the national first team at fourteen, the first person to greet her was Shen Dingcheng, who had just won the men’s singles title at the World Cup.
Later, Sui Fengran often wondered when she had started liking Shen Dingcheng.
She had plenty of answers, but somehow none of them felt right.
The muddled feelings of adolescence, a girl’s heart she couldn’t quite put into words, a gaze that would guiltily dart away after lingering only on his back.
Until she turned eighteen, when Shen Dingcheng came to find her. “Sui Fengran, I’ve watched you play for a long time. How about we try teaming up in mixed doubles?”
And the coming-of-age gift she received at eighteen was a mixed doubles gold medal that belonged to her and Shen Dingcheng.
From then on, the gaze that had looked up to him became level, and their level gazes met.
They walked together through the snowy days at the Temple of Heaven apartments, through training halls strewn with balls, through stands roaring with spectators, and all the way to the highest podium.
-Not-so-serious little scene-
“I really should’ve gone for that shot today.” Sui Fengran was still reviewing the day’s final, even though she’d won.
Shen Dingcheng lowered his head, his warm breath brushing her ear as he gently nipped her earlobe. “Fengran, it seems my service isn’t quite good enough. You can still get distracted at a time like this.”
Sui Fengran quickly clamped her mouth shut. “Okay, okay, I’ll stop talking.”
In the midst of their tender embrace, Sui Fengran suddenly felt a pang on her shoulder. When she opened her eyes, she saw a row of faint teeth marks there.
Shen Dingcheng didn’t stop moving. “That’s your punishment for getting distracted.”
Theme: Youth
After the Paris Olympics, I was immersed in the visual feast brought by various sports, uncovering honors one after another. I got to know many athletes from video news reports, and learned that behind the honors are persistence, hard work, and dedication of blood and sweat, and gradually began to read some fan fiction. . . Late one night, I saw the push of this article on Xiaohongshu. I opened this article on the website out of curiosity. I haven't followed the serialized article in many years. After I entered V, I downloaded the APP specifically to follow the article. This novel gave me a long-lost sense of satisfaction in writing. Through the characters, I seemed to see the epitome of my favorite athletes. Like the characters in the author's works, they had injuries, performance, and bottlenecks, but they persevered in the face of national honor. . . Two or three months have passed, and I am grateful to Sihuo for making me realize that late bloomers are worth perseverance, Xiao Shen, a talented young man, faced setbacks and started anew, Pistachio Yuanverse brought laughter and laughter, and Liu Ma's sincere teachings reflected the respect that seniors cherish for the talents of younger generations. . It's over. Finally, I would like to thank the author for his great output [rainbow fart] [come on] [spread hands] [lop-eared rabbit head] [red heart] [rose] [heart comparison]
[Spreading Flowers] The story has really come to an end, the text stops here, but happiness and joy continue forever. . The two families in the parallel world, Shenyan Kaixin, will always be happy, and I also wish our parents and those of us who are pursuing the article happiness in our current lives [shy][shy]
Throw flowers! An article full of laughter, tears, growth and gain!
I read it in one go, it was great, I liked it
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh good looking! ! !
Wow, it took me an afternoon to read this book! It's really, really beautiful! ! ! It's been a long time since I skipped chapters in reading a novel [EYE][EYE][EYE]
Twin! You two deserve it ogg [Let me be healthy] [Lemon]
I like it, looking forward to the next one
I almost cried [ burst into tears ], it is really a wedding documentary, funny and heartwarming. . . Hahahaha, looking forward to the next episode, the two children are childhood sweethearts.
Goodbye Dandelion [Essay]
Yuexing [Reunion]
The Queen of Hong Kong Desserts [90] Next Chronicles
The First Love in the Table Tennis World [Open in the Next Volume]
He Who Knows Food Is a Hero [Gourmet]
It's All Easy to Say, but Please Give Me the Money First.
A Little Koi Came Down from the Foot of Tianshan Mountain [70]
A Little Peach Blossom Came to the Family Home [80]
After the Paris Olympics, I was immersed in the visual feast brought by various sports, uncovering honors one after another. I got to know many athletes from video news reports, and learned that behind the honors are persistence, hard work, and dedication of blood and sweat, and gradually began to read some fan fiction. . . Late one night, I saw the push of this article on Xiaohongshu. I opened this article on the website out of curiosity. I haven't followed the serialized article in many years. After I entered V, I downloaded the APP specifically to follow the article. This novel gave me a long-lost sense of satisfaction in writing. Through the characters, I seemed to see the epitome of my favorite athletes. Like the characters in the author's works, they had injuries, performance, and bottlenecks, but they persevered in the face of national honor. . . Two or three months have passed, and I am grateful to Sihuo for making me realize that late bloomers are worth perseverance, Xiao Shen, a talented young man, faced setbacks and started anew, Pistachio Yuanverse brought laughter and laughter, and Liu Ma's sincere teachings reflected the respect that seniors cherish for the talents of younger generations. . It's over. Finally, I would like to thank the author for his great output [rainbow fart] [come on] [spread hands] [lop-eared rabbit head] [red heart] [rose] [heart comparison]
[Spreading Flowers] The story has really come to an end, the text stops here, but happiness and joy continue forever. . The two families in the parallel world, Shenyan Kaixin, will always be happy, and I also wish our parents and those of us who are pursuing the article happiness in our current lives [shy][shy]
Throw flowers! An article full of laughter, tears, growth and gain!
I read it in one go, it was great, I liked it
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh good looking! ! !
Wow, it took me an afternoon to read this book! It's really, really beautiful! ! ! It's been a long time since I skipped chapters in reading a novel [EYE][EYE][EYE]
Twin! You two deserve it ogg [Let me be healthy] [Lemon]
I like it, looking forward to the next one
I almost cried [ burst into tears ], it is really a wedding documentary, funny and heartwarming. . . Hahahaha, looking forward to the next episode, the two children are childhood sweethearts.
Finally married! Really moved to tears??