In May, the national team began to call the players for training, and all the main players, including Qin Chunxiao, Li Ling, and Gao Depi, had received the notice. You Ziyu, Xiong Wu, Min Yaoyang, and Mao Xunfeng, who had gone to play in the Japanese league, were the first to return to the country, even earlier than Qin Chunxiao. However, Min Yaoyang was busy with exams, and Xiong Wu was responsible for tutoring him, so they didn’t talk much.
In the players’ chat group, Mao Xunfeng was very active and shared several interesting experiences in Japan. It could be summarized that Xiong Wu’s adventures in Japan were even more thrilling than a novel.
You Ziyu was the superstar of the Japanese league this season. With his towering height, powerful serves, and excellent blocking skills, he was a killer on the court. His team won the Japanese league championship this season, and his salary doubled when he renewed his contract.
As for Gao Depi, he was the one who achieved the best results among them. He won the World Club Championship directly!
Ding Rong, Aizimaiti, and others, who joined Chinese Super League clubs this year, received wild card invitations to participate in the World Club Championship. They gained a lot of experience during the competition.
However, when it came to excitement, no one could compare to Fu Biyang. This guy had saved some important figures while facing bullets and had even been offered a Rolls-Royce by them. If it wasn’t for Fu Biyang’s decisive refusal, they would have given it to him.
Nevertheless, Fu Biyang not only rapidly improved his skills on the court this season, but he also strangely gained favor from several fashion brands. He was even pulled to walk the runway in fashion shows. With his great physique and sunny smile, he ranked high on the list of favorite foreign male celebrities among gay men. When he returned to China, he unknowingly had more than two million dollars deposited in his account, becoming the richest person in the national team.
Qin Chunxiao believed that it was the people he saved who were repaying Fu Biyang, but Xiong Wu seemed to have hit the mark again by predicting that Fu Biyang would encounter troubles when he went abroad, but after overcoming them, he would have good fortune.
Many players expressed their envy for Fu Biyang, but there was no jealousy because, no matter what, he had earned his opportunities through hard work.
Similarly, after Qin Chunxiao signed a three-year contract with the Hamster Club, earning 750,000 dollars per year, everyone envied him for getting the highest salary among underage volleyball players. However, they also acknowledged that he earned it through his own abilities.
Qin Chunxiao, Li Ling, and Gao Depi arrived at the capital airport by plane and hear someone calling their names as soon as they got off.
“Xiaozai! Er Leng! Lao Pi, long time no see!”
Qin Chunxiao turned around and saw Fu Biyang waving at them with a radiant smile. The waving arm was at least two times thicker than before!
Li Ling immediately rushed over and hugged Fu Biyang, and Fu Biyang hugged him back. The two big men, who were almost two meters tall, looked like wrestlers hugging each other, causing the people at the airport to give them a wide berth.
Qiao Mingming ignored them and gestured towards Qin Chunxiao and Gao Depi. “Xiaozai, you’ve grown taller, right?”
Qin Chunxiao blushed. “I grew a few centimeters.”
He took a look at Qiao Mingming and noticed that Captain Qiao had also become more muscular. It seemed that the training on the Red River Battleship was no ordinary experience.
Du Xiaofeng also came over. “Hey, Xiaozai, you look a bit taller.”
Seeing Du Xiaofeng walking freely, Qin Chunxiao was pleasantly surprised. “Feng Ge, is your knee better now?”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. It’s been more than half a year of recuperation. How could it not be better?” Du Xiaofeng replied.
As they were talking, Gao Depi spotted a duty-free shop and wanted to take a look. Qin Chunxiao immediately held him back. This guy was directionally challenged, and if he let him wander around, Qin Chunxiao would have to make a public announcement later.
The group of players left the airport and drove to the familiar Temple of Heaven Restaurant. Many people had already gathered there. After reporting and signing a series of documents, the young men who had fought together in the Asian Championships were reunited in the conference room. In addition to them, there were other outstanding players that Newton had summoned from provincial teams, making a total of 36 players.
Newton stood in front of the conference table, looking at the stronger young men, showing a satisfied expression.
“Everyone, in order to prepare for the Men’s National Volleyball League and this year’s World Championship, the Volleyball Association has called you together for a 15-day training camp.”
The Men’s Volleyball National League also known as VNL, was the event that Qin Chunxiao was supposed to participate in when he was summoned to the national team in his past life. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it to the competition alive but now he finally had the opportunity to step onto the VNL court again!
Newton explained the general situation of the event. “A total of 16 teams will participate in VNL, and each team will play 15 matches. This means we will play against all the other teams once. The 15 matches will be completed in five weeks, at five different venues. The final will be held in Lille, France.”
“France is the host and has a spot in the final. If we want to reach the final, we must ensure that we are in the top five of the standings. This requires us to be one of the top five teams with the most victories. Understood?”
Everyone excitedly shouted, “Understood!”
Their first station to participate in was the China, Ningbo station. From May 25th to May 27th, they would face three teams: Bulgaria, Argentina, and the United States.
At this moment, it was already May 7th, and there were only 18 days left until VNL. Time was tight, and three days after the training camp, their VNL journey would begin.
Gao Depi shook Qin Chunxiao and said, “Xiaozai, the days when we’ll face the top players from around the world are coming!”
Li Ling also shook Qin Chunxiao and exclaimed, “Xiaozai, what should we do? I’m so excited!”
Qin Chunxiao was feeling dizzy from being shaken. “Let go, let go quickly!”
Jiang Xiaohai looked at this group of big boys and exchanged a glance with Chang Xiaole. Both of them had a smile in their eyes, but Jiang Xiaohai also felt a little worried.
In the past eight months, the members of the men’s national team had undergone various enhancements, and several of them had received big contracts from foreign clubs with Newton’s introduction and help. While the players naturally grew during this process, they could also become arrogant and hard to manage.
In the past, there had been incidents where some players achieved fame outside, and when they came back, they became overly proud and even bullied other young players.
In general, the stronger the athlete, the more cautious the coach needed to be in managing them. Jiang Xiaohai felt that the upcoming training camp would be a challenge for the coaching staff.
However, it turned out that Jiang Xiaohai was overthinking things.
The captain of this team, Qiao Mingming was an honest person and the vice-captain Ding Rong had a military background. Their mentality and self-discipline were probably even better than the coaches. Qin Chunxiao, who had secured the biggest contract as an underage player was focused on training respected the coaches and then there was Wang Chuntian in the coaching staff. Where she went, Fu Biyang could be better than a chicken boy.
If the captain and the three best players were so well-behaved, how could the other players be arrogant?
Jiang Xiaohai suddenly felt as if he was playing on easy mode.
For Qin Chunxiao, this training camp was of great significance because it was the first time in his two lifetimes that he had encountered the peak period of his national team teammates.
In his past life, Zhao Youde stepped down too late, and Qin Chunxiao also entered the national team when he was in his twenties. At that time, many old players were getting older and had various injuries and even Qin Chunxiao had his own injury problems.
The peak period and the decline of an athlete could be seen as two different periods. For example, Ding Rong used to dislike landing on his feet after attacking at the net because his leg joints couldn’t handle the force. He could only land on his hips to cushion the impact. Now, Vice Captain Ding was very healthy and when attacking, he could land on his feet.
For the first time, Qin Chunxiao truly realized that the Chinese men’s volleyball team could be so strong, as long as they were healthy, united, and had good coaches.
On the second day after he entered the training camp, Meng Yuqing sent him a text message.
Meng Yuqing: [Chunxiao, I won’t participate in this year’s VNL, but I will watch your matches with Yuling. I hope you achieve good results. If you make it to the final, wear those wristbands.]
Qin Chunxiao: [Okay.]
At ten o’clock at night, Newton was still working overtime, and Chang Xiaole knocked on the door panel. “Coach Newton, I’ve finished the physical test results. Take a look, if there are no problems, I’ll submit it to the Volleyball Association.”
Newton replied, “Good, show me.”
Chang Xiaole handed over the documents, and Newton looked at the rows of numbers and laughed, “These kids are no worse than those European and American players just based on their data.”
Chang Xiaole said matter-of-factly, “Volleyball doesn’t care about race. Regardless of skin color, the top athletes have similar physical qualities.”
Newton: “Yes, as coaches, we need to identify talents and provide them with appropriate training. We can’t waste such good potential.”
When he came across Qin Chunxiao’s information, Newton hesitated, “Little Qin’s physical test data is good this time. Nikolai still cares for the athletes. Unfortunately, the upcoming schedule means this kid won’t have it easy.”
Chang Xiaole said, “So we must make him stop using the turning acceleration technique. It was effective in restricting Roman when he faced Beluga Club, but it’s too hard on the knees.”
However, in this edition of VNL they would be facing all the strong teams, and the beasts from various countries and URs would all make an appearance. Could China’s men’s volleyball team’s guardian and defensive core, Qin Chunxiao hold his ground without using the banned move?
Time passed like flowing water, and at the end of May the national teams from the United States, Bulgaria, and Argentina all arrived in Ningbo by plane.
The captain and main attacker of the U.S. team, Caddy led his teammates exuding a sense of free spirit as they boarded the bus and arrived at the designated hotel for this VNL China station.
His teammates included those who rap, those who were already inquiring about nightclub addresses before the plane even landed, and even someone watching SpongeBob SquarePants on their phone.
The 22-year-old setter, William was still lying on his car seat excitedly muttering, “I heard that this time China has a tough player who restricted Roman in the Russian Super League. Caddy, will he target me during the match?”
Their coach was an old man with white hair who bore a resemblance to Colonel Sanders. Without even looking back, he said, “If there really is a Chinese player who can restrict Roman, then when we face them he will definitely come to bother you, William. Sit down!”
William sat down but was still restless.
Unlike other athletes who claimed to have ADHD and took medication for it, William had genuinely been diagnosed with ADHD by several authoritative hospitals.
Standing tall at 2.15 meters, he was big and strong but couldn’t sit still on the bus. After watching SpongeBob SquarePants with his teammates in the back, he stood up and started pacing back and forth ignoring the coach’s calls.
When the bus finally arrived at the hotel with great difficulty, William was the first one to jump off and disappeared in a flash.
Caddy carried his and William’s suitcases off the bus but couldn’t catch up to him. He could only helplessly shout, “William! Come back here!”
The coach was already preparing to ask the hotel reception for the local police number.
However, not long after a black-haired, blue-eyed young man led William out of the elevator and directly brought him to the front of the U.S. team.
William was dripping wet, as if he had just been fished out of the water. No one knew what he had gone through.
Qin Chunxiao said, “This kid ran to the hotel pool just now and knocked all of my friend’s Wenchang chicken and coconuts into the pool. Then, they got into a fight, and he said he got lost. So, I brought him here.”
Caddy quickly thanked this kind person, “Yes, thank you, kind-hearted… citizen of Ningbo? How much do we need to compensate?”
Qin Chunxiao dropped the line, “Forget about compensation, and by the way, I’m from Guangzhou, not Ningbo,” confidently leaving the scene.
Watching his elegant figure, the coach whistled, “Woo—cool guy! What a handsome young man.”
Caddy didn’t want to comment on the coach’s lecherous tone and simply pulled William aside, asking, “Hey, didn’t we agree not to cause trouble? Why did you get into a fight with someone? Also, why are you all wet?”
William finally snapped back to reality and grabbed the captain’s hand, excitedly recounting his recent experience, “Caddy, I just wanted to find a cool place, so I went to the hotel pool. But I ran too fast and accidentally knocked over a black guy’s chicken and coconuts. He got angry and glared at me. You know I can’t stand that kind of look, so we ended up fighting. That cool guy told us to stop, but we didn’t listen, so he kicked both of us into the pool and even pulled my hair to ask who I was. Then he brought me back here.”
Caddy was shocked, “Are you saying you got into a fight with a black guy and a guy who’s less than 1.8 meters tall?”
William said, “Yes!”
At that moment, their teammate the setter Tom reminded them, “Hey, that guy who’s less than 1.8 meters tall seems to be the genius libero from the Chinese team who can restrict Roman.”
Caddy and William turned around simultaneously, “What?”
Tom raised his phone, “It’s true. His teammate, Tu Lengchika, posted it on Twitter.”
The whole U.S. team gathered around Tom, and they saw a post from an account called Two_leng. The picture showed a tall, dark and strong man with a sour expression.
Two_leng:
“My unfortunate teammate Fu Biyang not only knocked over the ingredients for someone’s coconut chicken but also got into a fight with them.”
The comments section was filled with people asking Tu Lengchika, “When did you get a black teammate?” Tu Lengchika replied one by one.
Two_leng: “He’s a born-and-raised Chinese, named Fu Biyang. We’ve been teammates since the Youth World Championship.”
Tom, who was black, exclaimed, “Wow, isn’t this guy in the picture black? I didn’t know Asia had people this dark.”
Real black people would almost mistake Fu Biyang for one of their own!
The libero of the U.S. team, Maddie, came over, “Hey, he’s Biyang F! He’s the hottest new-generation male model this year!”
Biyang F?
Everyone in the U.S. team looked at Maddie, and he blushed, “He’s ranked third on the European gay men’s favorite list.”
Maddie was openly gay, and seeing his expression, everyone realized, “Oh, this is another one of your dream guys.”
After the misunderstanding with the U.S. team, with the arrival of May 25th, the VNL China station officially kicked off.
This time, Newton included Qin Chunxiao in the starting lineup as the opposite. Qin Chunxiao put on the yellow jersey just like his teammates, with the bright red “China” and his jersey number 8 printed on the front and back.
Their first opponent was the Bulgarian team!
“Qiao Mingming, Ding Rong, Fu Biyang, Aizimaiti, Li Ling…”
As the coach announced the names of the starting players, Qin Chunxiao hesitated for a moment, then put a red wristband into his bag. It wasn’t the time to wear it yet. He would wait for the finals…
“Qin Chunxiao!”
Qin Chunxiao stood up, “Here!”
He exchanged handshakes with his teammates and coaches, and with his teammates, he stood on the court. On the other side of the net were unfamiliar opponents, and the stands were filled with fans from all over the country.
The 2018 VNL had begun.
In May, the national team began to call the players for training, and all the main players, including Qin Chunxiao, Li Ling, and Gao Depi, had received the notice. You Ziyu, Xiong Wu, Min Yaoyang, and Mao Xunfeng, who had gone to play in the Japanese league, were the first to return to the country, even earlier than Qin Chunxiao. However, Min Yaoyang was busy with exams, and Xiong Wu was responsible for tutoring him, so they didn’t talk much.
In the players’ chat group, Mao Xunfeng was very active and shared several interesting experiences in Japan. It could be summarized that Xiong Wu’s adventures in Japan were even more thrilling than a novel.
You Ziyu was the superstar of the Japanese league this season. With his towering height, powerful serves, and excellent blocking skills, he was a killer on the court. His team won the Japanese league championship this season, and his salary doubled when he renewed his contract.
As for Gao Depi, he was the one who achieved the best results among them. He won the World Club Championship directly!
Ding Rong, Aizimaiti, and others, who joined Chinese Super League clubs this year, received wild card invitations to participate in the World Club Championship. They gained a lot of experience during the competition.
However, when it came to excitement, no one could compare to Fu Biyang. This guy had saved some important figures while facing bullets and had even been offered a Rolls-Royce by them. If it wasn’t for Fu Biyang’s decisive refusal, they would have given it to him.
Nevertheless, Fu Biyang not only rapidly improved his skills on the court this season, but he also strangely gained favor from several fashion brands. He was even pulled to walk the runway in fashion shows. With his great physique and sunny smile, he ranked high on the list of favorite foreign male celebrities among gay men. When he returned to China, he unknowingly had more than two million dollars deposited in his account, becoming the richest person in the national team.
Qin Chunxiao believed that it was the people he saved who were repaying Fu Biyang, but Xiong Wu seemed to have hit the mark again by predicting that Fu Biyang would encounter troubles when he went abroad, but after overcoming them, he would have good fortune.
Many players expressed their envy for Fu Biyang, but there was no jealousy because, no matter what, he had earned his opportunities through hard work.
Similarly, after Qin Chunxiao signed a three-year contract with the Hamster Club, earning 750,000 dollars per year, everyone envied him for getting the highest salary among underage volleyball players. However, they also acknowledged that he earned it through his own abilities.
Qin Chunxiao, Li Ling, and Gao Depi arrived at the capital airport by plane and hear someone calling their names as soon as they got off.
“Xiaozai! Er Leng! Lao Pi, long time no see!”
Qin Chunxiao turned around and saw Fu Biyang waving at them with a radiant smile. The waving arm was at least two times thicker than before!
Li Ling immediately rushed over and hugged Fu Biyang, and Fu Biyang hugged him back. The two big men, who were almost two meters tall, looked like wrestlers hugging each other, causing the people at the airport to give them a wide berth.
Qiao Mingming ignored them and gestured towards Qin Chunxiao and Gao Depi. “Xiaozai, you’ve grown taller, right?”
Qin Chunxiao blushed. “I grew a few centimeters.”
He took a look at Qiao Mingming and noticed that Captain Qiao had also become more muscular. It seemed that the training on the Red River Battleship was no ordinary experience.
Du Xiaofeng also came over. “Hey, Xiaozai, you look a bit taller.”
Seeing Du Xiaofeng walking freely, Qin Chunxiao was pleasantly surprised. “Feng Ge, is your knee better now?”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. It’s been more than half a year of recuperation. How could it not be better?” Du Xiaofeng replied.
As they were talking, Gao Depi spotted a duty-free shop and wanted to take a look. Qin Chunxiao immediately held him back. This guy was directionally challenged, and if he let him wander around, Qin Chunxiao would have to make a public announcement later.
The group of players left the airport and drove to the familiar Temple of Heaven Restaurant. Many people had already gathered there. After reporting and signing a series of documents, the young men who had fought together in the Asian Championships were reunited in the conference room. In addition to them, there were other outstanding players that Newton had summoned from provincial teams, making a total of 36 players.
Newton stood in front of the conference table, looking at the stronger young men, showing a satisfied expression.
“Everyone, in order to prepare for the Men’s National Volleyball League and this year’s World Championship, the Volleyball Association has called you together for a 15-day training camp.”
The Men’s Volleyball National League also known as VNL, was the event that Qin Chunxiao was supposed to participate in when he was summoned to the national team in his past life. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it to the competition alive but now he finally had the opportunity to step onto the VNL court again!
Newton explained the general situation of the event. “A total of 16 teams will participate in VNL, and each team will play 15 matches. This means we will play against all the other teams once. The 15 matches will be completed in five weeks, at five different venues. The final will be held in Lille, France.”
“France is the host and has a spot in the final. If we want to reach the final, we must ensure that we are in the top five of the standings. This requires us to be one of the top five teams with the most victories. Understood?”
Everyone excitedly shouted, “Understood!”
Their first station to participate in was the China, Ningbo station. From May 25th to May 27th, they would face three teams: Bulgaria, Argentina, and the United States.
At this moment, it was already May 7th, and there were only 18 days left until VNL. Time was tight, and three days after the training camp, their VNL journey would begin.
Gao Depi shook Qin Chunxiao and said, “Xiaozai, the days when we’ll face the top players from around the world are coming!”
Li Ling also shook Qin Chunxiao and exclaimed, “Xiaozai, what should we do? I’m so excited!”
Qin Chunxiao was feeling dizzy from being shaken. “Let go, let go quickly!”
Jiang Xiaohai looked at this group of big boys and exchanged a glance with Chang Xiaole. Both of them had a smile in their eyes, but Jiang Xiaohai also felt a little worried.
In the past eight months, the members of the men’s national team had undergone various enhancements, and several of them had received big contracts from foreign clubs with Newton’s introduction and help. While the players naturally grew during this process, they could also become arrogant and hard to manage.
In the past, there had been incidents where some players achieved fame outside, and when they came back, they became overly proud and even bullied other young players.
In general, the stronger the athlete, the more cautious the coach needed to be in managing them. Jiang Xiaohai felt that the upcoming training camp would be a challenge for the coaching staff.
However, it turned out that Jiang Xiaohai was overthinking things.
The captain of this team, Qiao Mingming was an honest person and the vice-captain Ding Rong had a military background. Their mentality and self-discipline were probably even better than the coaches. Qin Chunxiao, who had secured the biggest contract as an underage player was focused on training respected the coaches and then there was Wang Chuntian in the coaching staff. Where she went, Fu Biyang could be better than a chicken boy.
If the captain and the three best players were so well-behaved, how could the other players be arrogant?
Jiang Xiaohai suddenly felt as if he was playing on easy mode.
For Qin Chunxiao, this training camp was of great significance because it was the first time in his two lifetimes that he had encountered the peak period of his national team teammates.
In his past life, Zhao Youde stepped down too late, and Qin Chunxiao also entered the national team when he was in his twenties. At that time, many old players were getting older and had various injuries and even Qin Chunxiao had his own injury problems.
The peak period and the decline of an athlete could be seen as two different periods. For example, Ding Rong used to dislike landing on his feet after attacking at the net because his leg joints couldn’t handle the force. He could only land on his hips to cushion the impact. Now, Vice Captain Ding was very healthy and when attacking, he could land on his feet.
For the first time, Qin Chunxiao truly realized that the Chinese men’s volleyball team could be so strong, as long as they were healthy, united, and had good coaches.
On the second day after he entered the training camp, Meng Yuqing sent him a text message.
Meng Yuqing: [Chunxiao, I won’t participate in this year’s VNL, but I will watch your matches with Yuling. I hope you achieve good results. If you make it to the final, wear those wristbands.]
Qin Chunxiao: [Okay.]
At ten o’clock at night, Newton was still working overtime, and Chang Xiaole knocked on the door panel. “Coach Newton, I’ve finished the physical test results. Take a look, if there are no problems, I’ll submit it to the Volleyball Association.”
Newton replied, “Good, show me.”
Chang Xiaole handed over the documents, and Newton looked at the rows of numbers and laughed, “These kids are no worse than those European and American players just based on their data.”
Chang Xiaole said matter-of-factly, “Volleyball doesn’t care about race. Regardless of skin color, the top athletes have similar physical qualities.”
Newton: “Yes, as coaches, we need to identify talents and provide them with appropriate training. We can’t waste such good potential.”
When he came across Qin Chunxiao’s information, Newton hesitated, “Little Qin’s physical test data is good this time. Nikolai still cares for the athletes. Unfortunately, the upcoming schedule means this kid won’t have it easy.”
Chang Xiaole said, “So we must make him stop using the turning acceleration technique. It was effective in restricting Roman when he faced Beluga Club, but it’s too hard on the knees.”
However, in this edition of VNL they would be facing all the strong teams, and the beasts from various countries and URs would all make an appearance. Could China’s men’s volleyball team’s guardian and defensive core, Qin Chunxiao hold his ground without using the banned move?
Time passed like flowing water, and at the end of May the national teams from the United States, Bulgaria, and Argentina all arrived in Ningbo by plane.
The captain and main attacker of the U.S. team, Caddy led his teammates exuding a sense of free spirit as they boarded the bus and arrived at the designated hotel for this VNL China station.
His teammates included those who rap, those who were already inquiring about nightclub addresses before the plane even landed, and even someone watching SpongeBob SquarePants on their phone.
The 22-year-old setter, William was still lying on his car seat excitedly muttering, “I heard that this time China has a tough player who restricted Roman in the Russian Super League. Caddy, will he target me during the match?”
Their coach was an old man with white hair who bore a resemblance to Colonel Sanders. Without even looking back, he said, “If there really is a Chinese player who can restrict Roman, then when we face them he will definitely come to bother you, William. Sit down!”
William sat down but was still restless.
Unlike other athletes who claimed to have ADHD and took medication for it, William had genuinely been diagnosed with ADHD by several authoritative hospitals.
Standing tall at 2.15 meters, he was big and strong but couldn’t sit still on the bus. After watching SpongeBob SquarePants with his teammates in the back, he stood up and started pacing back and forth ignoring the coach’s calls.
When the bus finally arrived at the hotel with great difficulty, William was the first one to jump off and disappeared in a flash.
Caddy carried his and William’s suitcases off the bus but couldn’t catch up to him. He could only helplessly shout, “William! Come back here!”
The coach was already preparing to ask the hotel reception for the local police number.
However, not long after a black-haired, blue-eyed young man led William out of the elevator and directly brought him to the front of the U.S. team.
William was dripping wet, as if he had just been fished out of the water. No one knew what he had gone through.
Qin Chunxiao said, “This kid ran to the hotel pool just now and knocked all of my friend’s Wenchang chicken and coconuts into the pool. Then, they got into a fight, and he said he got lost. So, I brought him here.”
Caddy quickly thanked this kind person, “Yes, thank you, kind-hearted… citizen of Ningbo? How much do we need to compensate?”
Qin Chunxiao dropped the line, “Forget about compensation, and by the way, I’m from Guangzhou, not Ningbo,” confidently leaving the scene.
Watching his elegant figure, the coach whistled, “Woo—cool guy! What a handsome young man.”
Caddy didn’t want to comment on the coach’s lecherous tone and simply pulled William aside, asking, “Hey, didn’t we agree not to cause trouble? Why did you get into a fight with someone? Also, why are you all wet?”
William finally snapped back to reality and grabbed the captain’s hand, excitedly recounting his recent experience, “Caddy, I just wanted to find a cool place, so I went to the hotel pool. But I ran too fast and accidentally knocked over a black guy’s chicken and coconuts. He got angry and glared at me. You know I can’t stand that kind of look, so we ended up fighting. That cool guy told us to stop, but we didn’t listen, so he kicked both of us into the pool and even pulled my hair to ask who I was. Then he brought me back here.”
Caddy was shocked, “Are you saying you got into a fight with a black guy and a guy who’s less than 1.8 meters tall?”
William said, “Yes!”
At that moment, their teammate the setter Tom reminded them, “Hey, that guy who’s less than 1.8 meters tall seems to be the genius libero from the Chinese team who can restrict Roman.”
Caddy and William turned around simultaneously, “What?”
Tom raised his phone, “It’s true. His teammate, Tu Lengchika, posted it on Twitter.”
The whole U.S. team gathered around Tom, and they saw a post from an account called Two_leng. The picture showed a tall, dark and strong man with a sour expression.
Two_leng:
“My unfortunate teammate Fu Biyang not only knocked over the ingredients for someone’s coconut chicken but also got into a fight with them.”
The comments section was filled with people asking Tu Lengchika, “When did you get a black teammate?” Tu Lengchika replied one by one.
Two_leng: “He’s a born-and-raised Chinese, named Fu Biyang. We’ve been teammates since the Youth World Championship.”
Tom, who was black, exclaimed, “Wow, isn’t this guy in the picture black? I didn’t know Asia had people this dark.”
Real black people would almost mistake Fu Biyang for one of their own!
The libero of the U.S. team, Maddie, came over, “Hey, he’s Biyang F! He’s the hottest new-generation male model this year!”
Biyang F?
Everyone in the U.S. team looked at Maddie, and he blushed, “He’s ranked third on the European gay men’s favorite list.”
Maddie was openly gay, and seeing his expression, everyone realized, “Oh, this is another one of your dream guys.”
After the misunderstanding with the U.S. team, with the arrival of May 25th, the VNL China station officially kicked off.
This time, Newton included Qin Chunxiao in the starting lineup as the opposite. Qin Chunxiao put on the yellow jersey just like his teammates, with the bright red “China” and his jersey number 8 printed on the front and back.
Their first opponent was the Bulgarian team!
“Qiao Mingming, Ding Rong, Fu Biyang, Aizimaiti, Li Ling…”
As the coach announced the names of the starting players, Qin Chunxiao hesitated for a moment, then put a red wristband into his bag. It wasn’t the time to wear it yet. He would wait for the finals…
“Qin Chunxiao!”
Qin Chunxiao stood up, “Here!”
He exchanged handshakes with his teammates and coaches, and with his teammates, he stood on the court. On the other side of the net were unfamiliar opponents, and the stands were filled with fans from all over the country.
The 2018 VNL had begun.
