Competing for the Blade of the Sword, Chapter 1

It was a clear day, and the sky was as blue as the man's eyes.

　　Lin Yifei's car was running on the highway to Washington airport, and the car's radio was playing the news he had heard countless times.

　　"The 23-year-old American athlete Chris Ozburn, who just won the Olympic men's saber championship this year, was killed in a car accident yesterday morning. Ozburn was seriously injured in a car accident yesterday morning and died at 12:30 p.m. the same day after being taken to hospital ......"

　　Snap - to turn off the radio, Lin Yifei's shoulders trembled, eyes began to blur up, pressed to stop at the side of the road, he lay on the steering wheel tears could not stop falling. A minute later, he wiped away his tears and continued on his way.

　　When he received a call from Chris' father two hours ago, he thought it was all a joke, just to scare him into returning to New York early. But when the news was on the radio, Lin Yifei knew it was all true.

　　Chris? Ozborne, his best friend, was really gone.

　　Catching the latest flight back to New York, all the magazines and newspapers Lin Yifei did not dare to read, he just closed his eyes in anticipation of the moment of landing.

　　He was greeted at the airport in New York by Kevin K. Phil. Phil, Chris's number one rival on the field, is also Lin Yifei's good friend.

　　"Lin ...... Mr. Ozburn is still in mourning, so I'm here to pick you up." Kevin's always lazy and cynical expression was replaced by a gloomy one, taking the luggage from Lin Yifei's hand and leading him towards the parking place.

　　"What the hell is going on? How could there be a sudden car accident?" Lin Yifei still couldn't accept Chris' departure, "He's a very calm and cautious person! There's no way he could ......"

　　"According to the preliminary judgment of the police, because there were reporters chasing him behind. You know Chris this person is very introverted do not like to be followed by reporters like this would like to lose each other, who knows there is a pair of young people on motorcycles from the opposite side of the illegal driving, Chris wanted to avoid ...... results in the phone booth hit the whole car overturned ...... "

　　Lin Yifei took a breath, "I know ...... can I still look at him?"

　　"You can ...... Mr. Ozburn specially to wait for you did not cover the coffin, delayed the funeral." Kevin smiled helplessly at Lin Yifei, "Because you are the most special."

　　"Do I ......?" Lin Yifei looked out the window and kept receding, just like the constant loss of time.

　　The Ozburn family is very rich, but Chris was not born with the golden key. His mother was originally a music college student, then dropped out of school because she was pregnant with Ozburn, and life became difficult. In order to maintain the lives of mother and son, she had to take to the streets to suffer humiliation, and Chris was not brought back by Mr. Ozburn until the end of elementary school, and his mother did not live a good life because too much hard work lung disease died. The environment has created Chris's sharpness and indifference, and once a friend joked that Chris's only bit of tenderness all gave Lin Yifei. This made Lin Yifei feel funny, that's because he knew more than others about the fragility under Chris's hard shell.

　　Chris's farewell ceremony was held in a very famous church in New York, but those present were all Chris's friends and family, no media and no extra people. His coach sat beside Chris's father and kept his eyes closed. Chris is the brightest of his coaching career. And Chris' father, Mr. Ozburn, looked very stoic. He loved Chris very much, even though the reality made the gap between him and his son like a chasm, and Chris never forgave him for abandoning his mother. Mr. Ozburn, who is over 100 years old and has been through a lot in the business, was just looking at Chris lying there as if his son was just asleep.

　　Everyone took turns to send bouquets, Lin Yifei came to Chris's side.

　　This guy is still handsome, elegant nose bone profound eyebrows, Lin Yifei do not know how envious of his looks, when they used to study together in college attracted many girls, and graduation ball, thanks to this guy's blessing, they do not even have a dance partner.

　　When I called two days ago, this guy also dragged that the World Championships will pick himself off from the top four positions, and said he would not give the opportunity to enter the final and Kevin? Phil one-on-one, really extremely uncomfortable. But if Chris can live, Lin Yifei is willing to be angry with him every day.

　　The dinner after the funeral, Lin Yifei did not want to participate, he did not intend to drink champagne while discussing with others about Chris's life, because he knew Chris's personality, and he did not intend to take out the little bits and pieces between himself and Chris to share with others.