Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

So she entered the replay of the subsequent game.

The score of this game is 7:6.

The opponent is very tough. He is the type who will not spare his energy and will fight you to the end.

You may be able to get this point, but you will never get it comfortably.

When the game was at 6:5, the next ball was served by Zhixian.

The ball was sent out and scored directly. The tiebreak ended with 7:5.

The serve landed without bouncing, looking very much like a Zero slice, but it was actually a serve.

Yumiko replayed the video repeatedly before she discovered the subtlety of the serve. At normal playback speed, it felt like it was over in an instant, but slowing it down and observing carefully revealed that the ball didn't bounce.

Yumiko vaguely remembered that Zhixian once said that he planned to develop a very powerful serve.

But he never mentioned her again and just let the matter go, not noticing that she had actually appeared in the competition.

If I had to name it, I'd probably call it "Zero Serve," right? Yumiko smiled wryly.

The hard-fought victory made Yumiko not pay much attention to the serve. She just thought that her opponent was too tired and distracted that she didn't receive the ball.

As expected, those involved are often confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see things more clearly. She took things for granted and therefore overlooked many things. Some things had actually been hinted at and indicated long ago, but she had not noticed them.

Quarterfinals.

The game we lost.

Yumiko paused the video as it started playing; she needed to collect herself.

After watching several games in a row, she now understood that it was a pipe dream to think that she could comprehend synchronization in her current state.

Doubles miracles, born only in desperate times of crisis, are not easily achieved, even if one wishes to. On the court, complete trust must be placed in one's partner, so that their actions, thoughts, and even ideas are in perfect sync, unspoken and unspoken.

Forget about being in tune, it's totally out of tune.

Yumiko discovered that not only was there something wrong with her playing style, but there were also errors in her coordination with her partner - and all of this happened during Zhixian's special period.

More importantly, she didn't notice that something seemed wrong with Zhixian's arm. At the time, she thought that Zhixian was not in good condition and that was why he didn't handle the ball to the best of his ability.

She even complained a little about this.

Taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly, Youmiko pressed the play button.

This match was a comeback match, but it was her and Zhixian who were reversed.

The first three games went smoothly and the score was 3:0. After all, they were defeated by her opponent last year, so Yumiko once thought that she could advance to the semi-finals smoothly.

I didn't expect that the other two would realize the synchronicity on the spot.

It was a state similar to the state of selflessness, which could not be described in words, but the sudden change in the opponent's momentum could be clearly felt.

Synchronicity is not invincibility; that is not invincibility.

However, the emergence of Synchronicity completely disturbed the minds of the Platinum Group.

Through the replay, Yumiko clearly felt that she was confused at the time and the ball she hit was a bit weird.

At this time, Zhixian once again began to use a lot of skills such as dual sword style and zero-style slicing, which he had used cautiously before.

Maybe she was just trying to win the game by force, Yumiko stared at the screen in silence.

Despite this, some zero-style slices will still bounce because the ball is not perfect; the switching of two swords is no longer as ghostly and elusive as before.

Faced with the synchronization, the two seemed to have run out of ideas and were at their wit's end.

The score was tied and then overtaken, but in the end Yumiko and Chixian lost the game and unfortunately stopped in the quarterfinals.

The outcome of the game was already determined, and watching the replay again a year later is not to reflect on the failure.

Yumiko's goal is to find out the reason why Zhixian is in a low state.

Yumiko rewound the tape and watched Zhixian's ball handling choices after the two opponents synchronized.

Zero-style slicing appeared, two-wielding style appeared, and it seemed like there was nothing special about it.

But if you look closely, you will find that there will always be some problems when hitting the ball with the left hand.

As the video progressed, Zhixian's racket-drawing action had been completely deformed. The zero-style slice he hit at this time was no longer a zero-style slice at all. It not only bounced up, but could also be easily hit back.

Can a seemingly harmonious but inwardly disunited pair defeat a coherent pair? Unfortunately, that's probably not going to happen in doubles.

So the Platinum combination lost to Synchronicity.

The video ended and Yumiko fell silent.

Zhixian's deformed movements were not caused by physical exhaustion, but by an arm injury.

It should be that the problem occurred in the previous accident because the left arm took the weight of Yumiko's body when landing.

Since then he has tried to reduce his left-hand grip as much as possible and switch to using only his right hand.

Although he is an expert in dual-wielding, Chixian is the type whose left hand is stronger than his right hand. Therefore, Yumiko feels that Chixian seems to be a little overwhelmed in the competition.

Although he was aware of it, his body was unable to cooperate perfectly, which must have made Zhixian very struggling.

Yumiko silently packed up all the videos and then sat on the ground alone.

He held his knees in his arms, his face buried by his legs.

She kept doing this until she began to sob softly.

There was no one in the empty Miura house who could comfort her, so she just kept crying, her voice getting louder and louder.

Then it became smaller and smaller and returned to sobbing.

"Idiot! Big idiot! How could I possibly know if you don't tell me?"

"Miura Yumiko, you idiot! Why didn't you notice anything, you idiot!"

In the empty living room, the only sound that could be heard was the girl's sobbing.

48. The sound of the strings about to intersect

The living room was silent for a long time.

Yumiko was still sitting on the ground with her knees hugged, not moving.

The girl's eyes were dull, as if she was thinking about something.

After a long time, Youmeizi suddenly stood up and rushed out of the house.

----split line----

At the same time, the women's singles competition is also coming to an end, and the two girls are about to decide the winner in the tie-break.

Seeing that the situation was almost ready, Zhixian took out a racket from his tennis bag and prepared to warm up in preparation for the game.

Ms. Sato did not follow. She was afraid that she would affect Zhixian's warm-up and lead to some bad consequences, so she sat in her seat and waited obediently.

Zhixian came to a wall and started swinging the racket at it, then hit the bouncing tennis ball back to the same point on the wall.

This can help you develop ball control skills.

Zhixian changed his pace and hitting methods to make every part of his body move and warm up.

He didn't know his opponent in the finals. In fact, he didn't see many familiar faces in the competition here. For example, players from famous tennis schools like Liujiao didn't come to participate.

For Zhixian, this was a bloodless match. As long as he could finish it smoothly and get the prize money, everything would be fine.

While warming up, Chixian thought about Yumiko. Even if she didn't know the cause of her left arm injury, the fact that her parents were divorced alone might make the girl feel guilty.

After all, the two are close partners and each other's most important friends.

After knowing this, Yumiko would probably think about doing something, such as coming to apologize to him.

Although Ms. Sato did not mention the arm injury, Yumiko borrowed a video from the junior high school counselor, which made it easy to see the problem with his arm.

If Yumiko had studied the situation carefully, she would have discovered the truth he was hiding. After all, it would have been hard to avoid being discovered if the matches were played like that.

As the saying goes, those who are involved are often confused, while those who are not involved can see things more clearly.

Yumiko's behavior will inevitably have a great impact on his future campus life.

Zhixian didn’t know whether it was good or bad, but all the hidden secrets were discovered one by one. He felt a little relieved, but what followed was more tension.

He didn't know how to answer when Yumiko came to him and asked him why.

Don't want to involve you because it's your own private matter?

Did I hide it from you to avoid worrying you?

I couldn't even convince myself of this, let alone Yumiko.

......

With a deep sigh, Zhixian reached out, grabbed the tennis ball that bounced back, put it in his pocket and returned to the court.

The men's singles competition is about to begin.

----split line----

"Hello, I'm Yuigahama~"

"..."

"Huh?! Yumiko is missing!!!"

"..."

"Okay, I know!"

Yuigahama hung up the phone.

"What's wrong, Yui?" The one who asked was Totsuka, with a cup of parfait in front of him - and the same cup was placed in front of Yuigahama.

"Hayato-kun called and said Yumiko is missing and her phone is unreachable." Yuigahama looked very anxious, "I want to go find Yumiko!"

"me and you togather!"

"Okay, thank you Xiaocai!"

So the two of them hurriedly paid the bill and left.

On the way, Yuigahama and Ebina contacted each other, and they will go to the place where Yumiko may appear.

Although she couldn't be found, Ye Shan suggested not to call the police right away, but to wait until they could find her. This was because the matter might not be as serious as they thought. It might just be that her phone was out of battery and she happened to be away from home.

As the son of a lawyer, Ye Shan first calmed the girls down, and then notified Tobe Ooka Yamato to search everywhere.

Yumiko's itinerary for today was not completely unclear, as she had mentioned to Ebina that she was going to a store to pick up clothes for her mother.

So Ye Shan went to the clothing store as soon as possible.

The clerk got an answer that she didn't know, because she was on the afternoon shift and there was someone else on the morning shift, and the boss lady who was in the store in the morning did not show up in the afternoon.

At Ye Shan's request, the clerk called her colleague on the morning shift to find out what was going on.

But nothing was found. The person on the other end of the phone said that Yumiko was received by the boss lady herself, so she didn't know much about it.

So the clerk had to call the owner, Ms. Sato, again.

——No one answered.

...Coincidentally, Ms. Sato had muted her phone so she could enjoy her son's game.

So Ye Shan had to exchange contact information with the store clerk and asked her to contact him immediately once the boss lady replied.

On the other side, Totsuka and Yuigahama's search also reached a deadlock.

They didn't even know what happened to Yumiko, so they might not be able to find her in the places where she might appear.

Especially since she often appears in places like shopping malls or dessert shops. If something really happened, how could she go to these entertainment venues?

But with the idea of ​​giving it their all, Yuigahama and Totsuka still went to these places, hoping that Yumiko might be watching a movie and had muted the sound.

However, this idea has been refuted over time.

So Totsuka carefully proposed his idea.

----split line----

In a restaurant, Zhixian and Ms. Sato sat opposite each other with steak on the table.

This was the choice Ms. Sato made after much consideration. Although Kaiseki cuisine is lighter and may be in line with Zhixian's calorie intake theory, she still wanted her son to eat some delicious food in her heart.

So she chose this Western restaurant which had good reviews.