King Of Sports

At this moment, Song Feng"s smile was somewhat uncontrollable. It was because of Li Lao and Shao Ping"s strong recommendation and influence that the provincial team had recruited Tang Yan. So he hadn"t paid much attention to him, seeing him as just another one relying on connections to get into the team.

Which is why, when Pan Yu provoked Tang Yan, he didn"t interfere.

But now, it turns out that this was entirely his prejudice.

Li Lao"s vision was correct. Tang Yan was a true archery genius. A star bright enough to make the Zhejiang Province s.h.i.+ne.

Tw.a.n.g!

Boom!

Right on the bull"s eye.

10 points!

"Wow!"

Some archers couldn"t help but exclaim.

Tang Yan continued to perform exceptionally. Most of the shots were concentrated in the 9th and 8th ring though from time to time, a 10-pointer appeared which attracted a burst of exclamation from his teammates.

After his final arrow, his score left everyone stunned.

655 points!

Ten points higher than Pan Yu"s. If he had partic.i.p.ated in the last year"s trials, his score would have been high enough to enter the top three!

Pan Yu"s face became pale: there was no trace of blood. He couldn"t accept what was happening in front of him.

A newcomer had just shot 10 more points than him, and the ridiculous thing is that he had even bet with the other party with just 620 points.

He had come seeking revenge only to suffer another blow.

Emotions were infectious, and it seemed that Tang Yan"s excellent state also diffused out into his group. In addition to him, there were 3 more people who had performed well, scoring around 620 points;, compared to the previous group, this was quite a qualitative improvement.

Song Feng couldn"t restrain his excitement. Before, he had a hunch that Tang Yan"s results would shock him, but he had never imagined that it would be to this level. Tang Yan had actually scored better than Pan Yu.

Beating him by an additional 10 points!

The Youth Olympic and even the Asian Games: these were things that the Zhejiang Province could never dream of before, but now, hope and thoughts of glory began to sprout in his mind.

When Tang Yan saw his final score, he let out a sigh of relief and put down his bow and arrow. He couldn"t help but feel excited and anxious.

Because the provincial team was full of talented archers it wasn"t an easy task to take the initiative and stand out.

The conflict with Pan Yu was unexpected, but it had caught everyone"s attention. This included Song Feng. Seeing such an opportunity, he leapt for it.

If he failed his time, his archery career would come to an end, but success meant making it onto the team lineup for the national trials.

When Tang Yan came down, Song Feng immediately went over and ordered, "Pan Yu, Tang Yan — both of you come with me."

Tang Yan frowned slightly. When Pan Yu had provoked him, Song Feng had chosen to remain silent.

This time, he was ready to force Pan Yu to fulfill his bet.

But now Song Feng was interrupting between their wager. At this, he couldn"t help but feel slighted.

However, Song Feng was the head coach, so he quickly put away his dissatisfaction and followed him out.

Pan Yu also strode out like a lost soul.

When they reached Song Feng"s office, he turned to them after closing the door and said, "Pan Yu, what do you have to say for your actions just now? As a senior and captain of the team, how can you be so cruel to your juniors? On account of all of your service to the team, I won"t pursue it this time. But I don"t want to see this type of behavior in my team from now on."

When Song Feng opened his mouth, he spewed out a tirade of condemnation.

Pan Yu looked up and stared at Song Feng in shock; this was his first time being reprimanded by Song Feng.

"Now, apologize to Tang Yan at once, and apologize to all the team members when we return." Song Feng said unceremoniously.

Pan Yu"s shock intensified, he immediately said, "What... Coach, he started it. He shot an..."

"Shut up!" Song Feng shouted, interrupting him directly. "I don"t care what happened before. Now I"m giving you a choice: either apologize or leave the team."

Pan Yu"s body trembled unconsciously.

Tang Yan couldn"t help but stare at Song Feng. The character of this coach was truly "special".

Whether it was Pan Yu or the older archers, their arrogance and overbearing att.i.tude all stemmed from his indulgence in their behaviors. He had created an atmosphere of intense compet.i.tion within the team leading to their attempted suppression.

Pan Yu looked up at Song Feng and after seeing his face, he knew that there was no way out of this matter. He gnashed his teeth and nodded. He turned to Tang Yan and offered his apology: "I"m sorry."

Tang Yan looked at Pan Yu who was gnas.h.i.+ng his teeth. He was just about to speak–

"Sincerely." Song Feng reminded.

"Tang Yan, I"m sorry, I was in the wrong… I apologize for my behavior, and I hope you can forgive me." Pan Yu apologized again with a slightly trembling voice. Finis.h.i.+ng a wave of discomfort, bitterness and hate surged through him.

Tang Yan didn"t speak for a while; he was lost in thought.

If he had lost the bet, he knew Pan Yu would have tried to force him out of the team using the bet, and most likely, Song Feng wouldn"t have intervened. But he had won.

Seeing that Tang Yan hadn"t responded, Song Feng stood up and looked at him. He said with a smile: "Tang Yan, Pan Yan has apologized, and I will make him apologize again in front of the team later. So let bygones be bygones, okay? You know that the national trials are coming up, we don"t have a lot of people. If the lineup isn"t complete..."

Song Feng explained but seeing Tang Yan still not responding, he followed up and announced: "And I have seen your potential. I will give you a spot on the main team for this compet.i.tion."

Song Feng"s tone of speech was very kind, completely different from just a moment ago when he was yelling at Pan Yu. This also revealed his intentions to make peace.

Although Tang Yan had shown his skill, this was only a team selection trial after all.

But Pan Yu, who had proved himself on a national stage was obviously a more stable choice. But he still wanted Tang Yan as well.

Tang Yan faced two choices: either push forward and forcing Song Feng to make a choice or choose to accept the conditions given by Song Feng.

At this time, Pan Yu looked up to Tang Yan nervously since the bet was set by him.

If Tang Yan really wanted to take a gamble and try to force him out the team, based on Song Feng"s att.i.tude, it wasn"t impossible for him to be driven out of the provincial team.