Chapter 29 — Medals Are Not For You

"Say I can only suffer together, I can't stand having someone else around you." "Tong Han is not the reason we divorced." "It's not a gold medal, it's not a documentary either. So what is it all about?" He put his hands on the edge of the bed to sit up straight, but the injury in his back made his movements stiff. "You always said you lost your job. Now I've forced the club to compensate, forced them to give you back your title, and your office has reopened. All problems have been resolved, I still want a divorce." “The results came too late.” “How late?” “Two years.” Luc Thua Da was stunned. I played the recording of the meeting that Tong Han gave me. His voice came from the phone: “She is too conservative.” “When it comes to work, listen to the team.” “Whenever she behaves emotionally, I will go home and deal with it myself.” The recording ended, and in the hospital room there was only the steady beeping of the machines. Luc Thua Da's face turned gray. “That day I was just asked to stop practicing, I was in a very bad mood.” “I know.” “After that, I also accepted your plan.” "But when I got home, you said that the coaching staff also approved of stopping practice. You didn't tell me, during the meeting you pushed all the responsibility to me." “You don't push the responsibility.” "Everyone knows that the solution was because you insisted on doing it. If a problem occurs, blame it on you for working on your emotions; if you recover successfully, attribute it to my steadfast will." He opened his mouth to speak. “At that time, I just wanted to quickly get back to playing.” “I'm back already.” I put the divorce agreement back on the table. “You should go too.” Luc Thua Da stared at that agreement. “Can you wait until I recover before deciding?” “The decision has been made.” “Then wait until you can walk into the Civil Affairs Bureau yourself.” I grabbed the handle of my bag. "Okay." Finally, he reached out and took the agreement. When he turned to the last page, his eyes stopped for a long time at the signature. “The gold medal is still with you.” “You just keep it.” “It should have belonged to you.” “What I need, I got it today.” “What?” I gently held up the professional achievement evaluation application form in my hand. “Your name.” ### 11 While Luc Thua Ye was in the hospital, Tong Han submitted the full risk report of the commercial challenge tournament. The report does not use the “sudden injury” scenario that the club has prepared. She wrote clearly: Three days before the tournament, a grade two right lumbar muscle strain was diagnosed. The medical team recommended stopping training for a week. The athlete refused to wear a handheld tracking device. After showing signs of compensatory training in the warm-up, she twice advised him to withdraw from the match. Luc Thua Da himself and the club's Commercial Department are determined to continue playing. The day after she filed her report, she was suspended from team duty. The reason is that they have not gone through internal communication and arbitrarily submitted sensitive documents to the industry governing body. When she came to the office to find me, she was only wearing a small backpack on her back. “Temporarily suspended work, pending investigation.” She spoke very softly, but her fingers kept playing with the straps of her backpack. “Did the club force you to change the report?” “Make me change 'recommend withdrawal' to 'recommend close monitoring'.” “You don't fix it.” "If I fix it, this time it will be bad luck. Next time someone will bring an injury to the field." She sat next to the therapy bed. "In the past, I thought that if athletes are willing to risk their lives, we should also help them risk their lives. On the day of the tournament, I watched his movements deform and thought to myself, there are only 20 meters left, I'm sure he can make it if he tries." “A lot of injuries happen in the last 20 meters.” “That's why I wrote the report.” She raised her head.