Perhaps because the World Table Tennis Championships had concluded, everyone felt a wave of relief. Perhaps because the team's overall performance in the tournament had been quite good, everyone had something to show for it.
Although the flight back home was a long and tiring journey, the players all wore smiles and joked around with one another, a stark contrast to the heavy, solemn atmosphere before their departure.
During the half-month in Durban, Wang Datou had once again become Shasha's exclusive guardian deity—training together, eating together, heading back to the hotel together, and playing matches together.
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