Film and Television Variety Show: The Jade Girl's Love Affair

Chapter 44 Tennis Entertainment

The couple's photos on Weibo went viral, reaching the top of the trending searches in less than half an hour.

#Tang Yu and Zhang Ruoyun summit Mount Everest#

Fans and onlookers left numerous comments after seeing the photos.

"When I saw the headline on the website, I thought it was fake news. I came to Weibo to check it out and I was dumbfounded. Sister Yu and Brother Yun, are you two serious?"

"Holding hands and embracing each other at the top of the world is like saying we're conquering the world side by side. Nature is truly amazing."

"I no longer believe the nonsense from these marketing accounts. Can a couple who are just pretending to be husband and wife really climb Mount Everest together? What a joke!"

"Embracing amidst magnificent snow-capped mountains and seas of clouds is more touching than any love words in the world."

"Other couples stroll along the beach and have candlelight dinners, but these two are doing something else—they're showing off their love right on the roof of the world! Their romance is simply out of the ordinary!"

"I could feel the chill of Mount Everest even through the screen, but the sight of them embracing brought tears to my eyes. The contrast between the majesty of nature and the warmth of love is simply breathtaking."

"I'm blown away. This is truly a love story that reaches its zenith."

Amid the shock of netizens, some dug up the widely circulated rumors about childbirth from marketing accounts.

"I don't know if Yu Yun is sweet in private, but Sister Yu's personality is really not that of a pitiful little cabbage. Why do you always make up some sad rumors about her?"

"When Sister Yu saw this rumor, she must have rolled her eyes. She and her husband went to climb Mount Everest, and then the marketing accounts spread rumors that she retired to have a baby for love. Do you understand the sense of contrast?"

"I understand, I understand. The haters are having a blast while Sister Yu is crying in the hospital doing IVF, but Sister Yu has already gone to challenge the limits of human endurance and climbed Mount Everest and came back."

Silence speaks louder than words; it's like a series of slaps across the faces of these marketing accounts and trolls!

"How could those idiots understand Sister Yu's life? She is a living legend."

"Now I completely understand why Sister Yu and Brother Yun got married in their early twenties. They are a perfect match!"

"Although Sister Yu has retired, she still lives a wonderful life."

Just like she said when she retired, she would be as free as the wind, she would love life, she would explore endless possibilities, and she did it!

Tang Yu didn't even bother to give a formal response to this controversy; she simply instructed her lawyer to preserve the evidence and sue the marketing accounts.

The couple was actually very tired over the past month or so, after all, climbing Mount Everest is no easy feat.

So after resting at home for a month, Zhang Ruoyun went to film Joy of Life.

Tang Yu accepted CCTV's invitation to record an episode of "Let's Talk".

"Dear students! Welcome to today's 'Let's Talk'! In the tennis world, there's a saying called Grand Slam, another saying called Complete Grand Slam, and above the Complete Grand Slam is the Golden Slam."

Winning a Grand Slam is already very difficult, but there is a legendary athlete who not only won 30 Grand Slams, but also won three Olympic gold medals, achieving multiple Golden Slams!

She is the only one in the entire history of tennis to have achieved this, creating a new chapter in history.

That's right, she is Tang Yu, a legend in women's tennis who is unprecedented and perhaps will never be repeated!

Amidst Sa Beining's applause, Tang Yu made her entrance with a smile.

The big screen played footage of Tang Yu winning several championships, and Sa Beining laughed out loud beside him.

"This short film was edited by your husband at his retirement ceremony back then, and it has now been viewed over 100 million times online. What are your thoughts every time you see these scenes?"

"While admiring the view, I secretly praise myself in my heart, thinking how amazing I am, and then reward myself with a delicious meal."

After Tang Yu finished speaking, Sa Beining laughed.

"You retired at your peak and have been away from the tennis court for more than half a year now. Do you ever miss the court? Have you ever regretted it?"

"I have absolutely no regrets, because I have won all the championships in the world, and I have no regrets on the field."

Tennis has become a form of exercise for me. Even though I'm eating and drinking excessively every day, I still enjoy dragging people to the court for a few hours to burn off some calories.

After Tang Yu finished speaking, the audience laughed, and Sa Beining asked a very direct question.

"Some people say you left the competition to enjoy good food. Is that true?"

"Of course, that's one of the reasons. Since I became a professional tennis player, I haven't eaten meat outside, for fear of accidentally consuming certain types of meat and then being diagnosed with doping problems."

For a full decade, I lived a very disciplined life, achieved success in my career, and became an athlete loved by many fans.

But I don't want my life to continue like this for the next ten years. I want to live a freer life, so I chose to retire.

Sa Beining burst out laughing after hearing that.

"Have you won too many championships and lost your competitive edge?"

"That's the feeling. The competition can no longer bring me passion, so I started a new journey in my life to explore something meaningful."

After Tang Yu finished speaking, the audience immediately brought up Mount Everest, and Sa Beining also asked about it directly.

"So you chose to climb Mount Everest this year, was it to challenge your limits?"

"Actually, I didn't think that much about it. I was narcissistic and thought that with my physical abilities, this kind of thing wouldn't be difficult for me."

I wanted to experience more of life's possibilities and explore more wonders, so I went.

After saying this, Sa Beining asked gossip-lovingly.

"So this idea came to you first. How did you persuade Zhang Ruoyun to agree?"

"There's no need to persuade us; my husband and I enjoy spending time together."

He said he would accompany me to any place in the world, whether it's fun, thrilling, or exciting, and he would be there for me to be carefree for the rest of his life.

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience below applauded enthusiastically, and Sa Beining also laughed.

What did you feel when you reached the top of the mountain?

"It was very impressive. I didn't feel like I was conquering nature. Instead, I felt even more awe for life and nature."

I do not recommend that ordinary people follow the trend to climb Mount Everest. It is a dangerous journey with a real mortality rate, and there are many corpses around the summit.

Life deserves respect; don't treat this as a trendy photo opportunity.

After Tang Yu finished speaking, Sa Beining asked about some of the difficulties encountered during the mountain climbing.

After finishing that topic, the two returned to the topic of tennis.

"You are already a legend in the tennis world, but I imagine you must have felt nervous when you first stepped onto the court. How did you overcome those difficulties over the years?"

"Poverty and hunger, I think when I first started playing tennis, it was really for the prize money."

The power of money is quite strong, and given the opportunity presented to me—a legal way to make money—it's hard for me not to be tempted.

With that topic in mind, Sa Beining moved on to today's main event.

"From the age of fourteen when you first started playing tennis to the age of twenty-seven when you retired, you have experienced so many stories in these ten-plus years of your life. Today, this stage is yours. Let's give a round of applause to welcome Tang Yu to tell us about it!"

Chapter 45 Tennis Entertainment

"After I accepted the invitation to the show, my husband asked if I should write a speech in advance. I laughed at that moment. I'm the joke teller in the tennis world, a famous nonsensical athlete."

For ten years as a professional tennis player, I spent 300 days a year giving interviews. When I won, I had to give a post-match speech, and when I lost, I had to explain why I lost.

Even when there are no matches, she still has to hold pre-match press conferences to explain how well she's prepared. Occasionally, she'll be asked by reporters why she dyed her hair, and when she goes out for a meal, she has to explain why she met a young man, as if having a meal together means they're dating.

I've lived a life of constant anxiety, spending ten years dealing with journalists. I thought things would calm down a bit after I retired.

I never imagined that after a few months of traveling, someone would spread rumors that I was secretly crying in the hospital because I couldn't have children.

Tang Yu finished speaking and then showed a speechless expression, which made the audience applaud and laugh.

"In the past twenty years, my grandmother disliked that I was not a boy, my father disliked that I was a money-loser, and my mother disliked that I was not sensible and obedient enough."

After becoming an athlete, some reporters said I was too arrogant, some said I was a genius, and others said I always won and didn't give other athletes a chance to stand out.

In some people's eyes, winning a game is arrogance, and losing a game is even more of a mistake; it's as if your very existence in this world is a mistake.

So I understood one thing from a very young age: life cannot be defined by others.

At this point, the audience applauded, and Tang Yu continued.

Why do I say this? Because many of us are bound by the opinions and expectations of others. Sometimes pressure can become motivation, but sometimes the judgmental gaze can bring us pain.

You can't be a perfect person and please everyone in the world. In fact, if someone's personality is too perfect, netizens might say, "This person is so fake."

They might even think you're not real enough, not genuine enough.

Of course, I live a somewhat arrogant life and am very genuine, but that only brings me more criticism.

As soon as Tang Yu finished speaking, the people below burst into laughter.

"When I was little, my grandma looked down on me because I was a burden, and I thought to myself, she's a woman too, is she sick? Later, my parents also looked down on me, and I wondered if I was sick, why I didn't fit in with this world? I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of about being a girl."

After I started studying, I discovered that the books promoted fairness, justice, and gender equality. Suddenly, I realized that it wasn't me who was sick; it was my family who were sick.

Although they live in modern society, their ideas are still outdated and feudal. They have not kept up with the times, so they were eventually eliminated by the times.

Once I stopped caring about my family's opinions and expectations, I also stopped caring about the critical eyes of others. Because from that moment on, I understood that the choices I made could never satisfy everyone, so I just needed to be myself.

"So over the years, I have been a controversial athlete. Some people say I am not humble and gentle enough, some say I have a bad influence on teenagers, and some say I am too arrogant."

Perhaps in their eyes, I should be a simple person with no hobbies, someone who, apart from playing on the court, is gentle and without any sharp edges in private.

She obediently accepts external criticism, apologizes to the public, corrects her mistakes, and becomes a perfect moral role model in their eyes, or a good girl.

This is the life that some people have set for me, but real life is not like that. Joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness are the normal parts of life.

Everyone has different personalities, hobbies, and dreams, and naturally, everyone pursues different futures. It is precisely because of our diverse personalities that we make up this complex society.

If everyone in the world wore the same clothes, had the same hairstyle, spoke the same words, and lived according to a predetermined routine...

I don't think anyone would find such a world wonderful; their first reaction would be, "Are we being ruled by aliens?"

After Tang Yu finished speaking, the audience applauded again.

"In my more than 20 years of life, my father hated me, my grandmother despised me, my mother was afraid of me, and I also have some distant relatives who resented me for not giving them money."

After I became an athlete, when I won a competition, they said I was too arrogant, and when I lost, they said I wasn't hardworking enough.

After getting married, my husband and I lived our lives happily, but these outsiders still complained that I didn't have children.

Look, I'm the world's number one female tennis player, and so many people still look down on me. How can you possibly please everyone in your life?