It was 5:30 PM on the 28th in the capital city.
At Zhang Jing Yu's house, a classmate of Chen Shu's.
“The Chinese women’s swimming team is in lane three!”
“The women’s 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay is officially starting!”
“The first leg is Yang Jun Xuan, our top 100-meter freestyle swimmer in the country!”
“……”
It was dinner time. Zhang Jing Yu was watching the Olympic Games live broadcast on CCTV 5 with his parents while eating.
“Dad, one of my classmates is also at the Olympics!”
Zhang Jing Yu suddenly said to his dad.
Zhang Dad was slightly stunned, not quite understanding.
“Your classmate?? Participating in the Olympics??”
Zhang Mom also curiously looked up at her son, even touching his forehead: “No fever, right? Why are you talking nonsense?”
It wasn’t that Zhang Jing Yu’s parents didn’t believe their son. It was simply that the word “classmate” was too shocking.
Classmate, meaning 13 or 14 years old?
At this age, participating in the Olympics, do you think your parents haven’t watched the Olympics?
“Really, Mom, I don’t have a fever. My classmate, you know him… the one who plays really well with me, Chen Shu!”
“He went to the Olympics!”
“You kid…...you’re joking, right?”
Zhang Dad said, somewhat amused.
He thought his son was joking.
But he had actually met this Chen Shu a few times.
Just as his son said, they played very well together.
He often came to their house as a guest and had even eaten dinner a few times.
His academic performance was pretty good, but… he was often in extra classes.
He seemed to also be practicing skateboarding… a pretty hard-working kid. He heard his mom was a teacher and was strict, with various training classes, tutoring classes, and sports institutions all lined up.
“Really?!”
“He competed last night, early in the morning.”
“First place in the preliminary rounds!”
Zhang Jing Yu, afraid that his dad wouldn’t believe him, quickly took out his phone and showed Zhang Dad the chat history from his class group.
There was a video of Chen Shu’s preliminary round on it.
“Everyone in our class knows, he’s super hot now!”
“Look at his Pengyouquan, and his WeChat messages to me…”
Zhang Jing Yu talked excitedly.
Even though the women’s 4 x 100-meter freestyle final was playing on TV, Zhang Jing Yu’s dad still snatched his son’s phone.
Zhang Jing Yu’s mom also leaned over to look.
They didn’t watch the video, but looked at the chat history.
Inside, there were screenshots of Chen Shu trending on Weibo.
The words 13-year-old young athlete Chen Shu… were very eye-catching.
“Damn, is it really that Chen Shu?”
“Participating in the Olympics?!”
Zhang Jing Yu’s dad was dumbstruck.
He looked up at his son… Zhang Jing Yu nodded his head like a pestle, repeatedly.
“I never thought, that kid, I didn’t see anything special about him.”
“He’s the same age as you, right?”
“But he does look better than Jing Yu, and he’s taller…”
Zhang Jing Yu’s mom couldn’t help but say.
Now, he’s an Olympic athlete… the two of them couldn’t even focus on their meal, flipping through the chat history from their son’s class group.
The more they looked, the more excited they got.
“Haha, Zhang Jing Yu, you little rascal, you actually have a classmate like that?”
Zhang Dad teased.
But Zhang Mom scolded with a smile: “Your classmate is at the Olympics… you, look at you, your summer homework is like a ghost story, I can’t even say anything to you!”
Other kids are excellent, mothers will definitely feel unhappy.
But Chen Shu participating in the Olympics, this level is too high.
She could only vent her frustration on her own son.
“Mom, watch TV, what are you asking me for!”
I knew I shouldn’t have told them.
Zhang Jing Yu thought gloomily.
However, pointing at the TV in the living room: “My teacher said Chen Shu is going to have the finals later.”
“It should be after the women’s race, the men’s relay.”
“I don’t know what event it is, just swimming relay, it starts at 5 o’clock!”
“Then we have to watch, what if he wins gold…...”
“Aiyo, you actually have a classmate who’s an Olympic champion!”
“You can walk with your head held high when you go out to brag!”
“My son’s classmate is an Olympic champion, hahaha!”
Zhang Dad was a fun person and was already looking forward to such a beautiful thing.
Zhang Jing Yu watched TV and rolled his eyes.
“It should be very difficult to win gold.”
“My teacher said, he should be able to get a medal…”
“A medal is pretty good, he’s only 13, who cares?”
“How many people in the country have won medals at the Olympics?”
Zhang Dad snorted and stopped eating, watching the women’s 100-meter freestyle relay on TV.
At this time, Zhang Yu Fei jumped into the water for the fourth leg.
He recognized this swimmer, she was the current queen of the swimming team.
The first person in the history of Chinese women’s swimming, she won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
“Go! Go! Go!”
Zhang Dad shouted.
The commentator on TV was also very passionate.
After all, they were currently in second place.
“Zhang Yu Fei, our butterfly queen Zhang Yu Fei!”
“She’s chasing the Australian athlete in first place, and the American team is beside her!”
“Actually, going up against the US, we’re not completely without a chance to win.”
“We’ve been neck and neck with them several times at the World Championships…”
“Okay, Zhang Yu Fei has started to accelerate!”
“She’s now neck and neck with the American team!”
“The last ten meters… Zhang Yu Fei is still pushing herself!”
“Go! Go! Go, Zhang Yu Fei, hold on!”
Whoosh!
The TV clearly showed that the Australian athlete was the first to reach the edge.
And the US and China were second.
At least, the audience couldn’t tell who was ahead.
But the TV instantly displayed the ranking and the national flags of the lanes.
China, second!
The bright five-star red flag and the second place symbol appeared in lane three.
“Silver medal!”
“It’s okay!”
Zhang Dad laughed.
The commentator on TV also announced the results of the women’s 100-meter freestyle relay.
It broke the Asian record again!
“Awesome!”
“Breaking the Asian record and getting a medal… comparable to gold!”
While Zhang Dad wasn’t a hardcore sports fan… he still watched the Olympics often.
“The swimming in our country is amazing now, winning medals like it’s nothing. In the past, where could we see this.”
“When I was a kid, it was all the Europeans and Australians… even the Japanese swam faster than us!”
Zhang Dad said to Zhang Jing Yu who was eating.
And at this time, the athletes for the men’s 100-meter freestyle relay had already emerged from the tunnel one by one.