Chapter 10 (1/2)

Chapter 10

The next training camp was at least in the local training centre. So for a while , Mai Wei Zhe could go home every day. Naturally, his mood improved.

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The training camp lasted two weeks and they trained a group of teenagers.

Since almost practically all the team had been selected from such youth groups, it was mandatory to attend these training sessions for each and every player. On the fifth day, in the afternoon, the ice machine broke down. Some maintenance work needed to be carried out. The condition of the skating rink was not good so the scheduled practice could not continue. The players decided to take the rest of the day off.

Mai Wei Zhe refused to go to the bar to relax with his team mates and instead went straight home.

When he reached, there was n.o.body at home.

He found Grandpa gardening in the backyard.

“Why did you come back?” Wearing a sunhat, with a shovel in his hand, Grandpa looked at him in surprise.

“ This is my home. Why can’t I come back?” Mai Wei Zhe asked with a confused expression, “Where is Xuan Xuan ?”

Grandpa looked guilty when he was asked this question. Then he closed his mouth, turned back and continued digging. He refused to speak anymore.

Although Grandpa usually spoke very little, there was something wrong with his expression.

Moreover, what was wrong in asking where Li Yongxuan was? Why wouldn’t he answer this simple question ?

He could just say , “ She went to buy something” or “ she went to the library” or something like that, couldn’t he ?

“Where is Xuan Xuan?” Mai Wei Zhe asked again, “ Isnt she at home?”

“You are an adult, don’t get so involved in your wife’s life like this”, Grandpa decided to advise his grandson, “ Let Yongxuan go where she wants to go, why are you worried about this?”

What Grandpa said was true, but how could he explain how his whole being felt like something wasn’t rightwhen he couldn’t see Li Yongxuan?

She was so defenceless and gullible, what if she met the big bad wolf when she was outside?

After eating , Mai Wei Zhe felt uneasy sitting around in the house. Bored for a long time, he murmured to Grandpa, “The a.s.sociation wants me to become a coach.”

Grandpa heard him and nodded, “ What do you think?”

Twenty five, twenty – six was an embarra.s.sing age.