I, Yan Jiefang, will live to 2025 in this courtyard house.

Although this girl is getting more and more outrageous, she has been with him for several years after all.

Moreover, this girl does a good job of cleaning and tidying up the room on a daily basis.

Yan Jiefang reluctantly forgave her.

In the afternoon, they won a hundred bottles of Arctic Ocean soda, along with a lot of candy, peanuts, and melon seeds.

That's enough for her to eat for several months!

"Second brother is still the best! Hehe!"

After offering a completely insincere thank you, the child picked up a bottle of soda and gulped it down.

She drank more than half the bottle before letting out a sigh:

"So refreshing! Soda tastes so much better! Plain water has no flavor at all, and it's no fun drinking it."

Neither Yan Jiefang nor Yan Jiekuang paid any attention to her.

Seeing that it was getting late, the third brother took out the various cooked foods that his second brother had brought back and put them on the stove to heat up.

Before long, an enticing aroma wafted out, filling the entire courtyard.

While the three were eating, Yan Jiefang noticed a pretty little girl, about four or five years old, looking in their direction.

My mouth is watering from drooling.

Yan Jiefang recognized the child; she was Liu Lan's daughter, named Zhao Tingting.

He picked up a bottle of soda, shook it, and waved to the child:

"Tingting, come in quickly, Uncle will get you something delicious."

Surprisingly, the child, despite clearly being very hungry, didn't come over. Instead, she turned around and ran back to her own house across the street.

Seemingly noticing his second brother's surprise, the third brother, Yan Jiekuang, glanced at Zhao Tingting's back and explained:

"Second brother, don't let Zhao Tingting's young age fool you, she's very sensible."

He hesitated for a moment before continuing:

"I guess it's because of her grandmother..."

Yan Jiefang understood what was going on when he heard this.

Because Zhao Wu was beaten to death by him, the Zhao family lost its pillar of support and had no grandson.

No matter the era, without a boy, a family has no future.

It will soon perish.

This has been true throughout history and across the world.

Grandma Zhao not only disliked Liu Lan, but also treated her granddaughter very harshly.

The little girl was very sensitive.

At such a young age, she has already perceived things that she shouldn't be facing at her age.

Yan Jiefang sighed inwardly: Any small thing can trigger another thing; this is the complex nature of society.

However, he did not regret killing Zhao Wu; in his eyes, that guy deserved to die.

Even if I hadn't killed him back then, I would still kill this guy if I saw him today.

Whether he knew about Zhao Tingting or not, it couldn't change his decision.

...

In July and August 1965, the Beijing Municipal Sports Commission conducted final centralized tests and closed training sessions to officially determine the list of participating athletes from the Beijing delegation.

Yan Jiefang spent some time involved in this matter.

With his abilities, he easily qualified for the finals in both the 100-meter dash and basketball.

His 100-meter sprint time has once again broken his own record set two years ago, reaching around 9.5 seconds.

(Due to political reasons, international competitions dominated by Europe and the United States do not recognize his sprint records and have not recorded his results.)

The track and field coaches in the training team were stunned by the results.

To ensure the data's authenticity, they had Yan Jiefang test it several more times before confirming that there were no problems with the data.

Yan Jiefang's speed has indeed improved by 0.1 seconds compared to two years ago!

Moreover, his performance has been very consistent, which means that this result reflects his absolute strength.

The coaches can already imagine that he will definitely shine again at this National Games.

However, Yan Jiefang did not take this matter to heart.

Once his physical attributes reach 14, that's his true strength, no explanation needed.

Besides the sprint, another thing surprised him—the head coach of the city basketball team seemed somewhat hostile towards him.

Yan Jiefang could absolutely guarantee that he had never seen this guy before.

There must be a reason for the other party's hostility, but Yan Jiefang doesn't have more information and can't figure it out for the time being.

After returning to Factory 774, he inquired with the factory's basketball team:

"Coach Sun, I have something to ask you. Do you know anything about the head coach of the city basketball team?"

As a key player, it's common for him to inquire about the head coach's information, and Coach Sun didn't take it to heart, directly stating what he knew:

"You mean Coach Zhang? He graduated from the Central University of Physical Education in Beijing. I heard he's a very good coach, but his character..."

Coach Sun didn't continue, but gave Yan Jiefang a look that said, "You should know."

Yan Jiefang rolled his eyes: Why don't you just say that his character is bad!

Upon hearing this news, he already knew the reason.

He had previously utterly crushed this school's basketball team, leaving them demoralized before the game was even over.

Why are all the people at this school so petty?

However, he didn't care. Since he got the Mind Rifle, ordinary troubles couldn't stop him at all.

If anyone tries to do something to displease him, he will make sure that person never sees the sun rise again.

At the end of August, another child was born in courtyard number 95.

He Yuzhu's family has a new daughter.

This month, Yan Jiefang has been shuttling between the factory and the training ground, and has had no time to go home, so he is currently unaware of this matter.

Yan Bugui volunteered to take on the task of naming the children.

As a result, He Daqing and his son completely ignored him.

He Yuzhu felt that Yan Jiefang was the most educated person in the courtyard, so it would be better to ask him for help with naming.

He Daqing and Liu Yuyan both thought the suggestion was good.

August ended before we knew it, and starting in early September, teams from various provinces and cities began to arrive in Beijing.

The second National Games will begin on September 11th.

At the opening ceremony, after Yan Jiefang entered the stadium, he stood with the Beijing team in the inner field of the stadium near the north stand.

This place isn't too far from the podium, only about 100 meters away.

His eyesight was excellent; he could immediately spot the great man, the premier, and many revolutionary predecessors sitting at the front of the rostrum.

Great men would wave to the athletes in the audience and the spectators in the stands from time to time.

If only he had a camera, he would have definitely captured this exciting moment immediately.

However, being able to see the great man in person made the trip worthwhile for him.

(To reiterate, Yan Jiefang's status as a small business owner makes it virtually impossible for him to publish any novels or songs; even severing ties with his family is useless. This was the author's mistake, and I sincerely apologize to all readers. I hope this error won't occur in the next book.)