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At a training hall in X Province in 2016, Duan Nanzhou mechanically practiced returning serves. The coach across the table watched her, plainly distracted, and shook his head helplessly before calling out,

“All right, all right, Nanzhou. That’s enough for today. Go get some rest.”

The coach turned and left as soon as he finished speaking, muttering to himself as he went. How could she still return every ball perfectly while daydreaming like that? Comparing people really could drive you mad. Still, she truly was the talent he had discovered. It was just a pity he would soon have to let her go—the national team had been hounding them relentlessly.

It had already been a week since the National Youth Table Tennis Championships. Ever since Duan Nanzhou had first appeared at a nationwide competition and swept her way to the championship, she had quickly caught the national team’s attention. If Duan Nanzhou and the provincial coaching staff had not firmly refused, the national team would have taken her away the moment the tournament ended.

In the end, after some “friendly discussions” between both sides, they agreed to give her another month to adjust. After that, she would pack her bags and promptly report to the national team for training.

Thinking of this, Duan Nanzhou’s coach felt both comforted and reluctant to part with her. After all, she was a genius he had discovered with his own hands. He dared say that, in the entire world of table tennis, Duan Nanzhou was one of a kind.

Recalling how he had first encountered her,