34.Watching the two players speeding out of his view，Pierre thought to himself，"You two guys belittle me.You must know who I am.I am an all-round athlete well-known in Europe，always aching to challenge any winners.Well，how dare you challenge me to climb the Snow Treasure Mountain？I welcome it！"
35.Then he shouted loudly，"I will play with you！And I will win！" He stepped on the gas and shot out after them.
36.As the game was drawing near，Pierre assigned more tasks to the players every day，making a 150-kilometer trip from and to in each of the remaining five days.The large amount of exercises left the whole club over-exhausted.When the athletes returned to the base after training，they rushed through their dinner，went straight to their dormitories，lay heavily on the bed and at once began snorting.No chatting or heavy steps were heard as usual.Before he went to sleep，Pierre would run an additional 1，500 meters despite his tiredness from a days work.
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37.Very early in the morning，people would see Pierre doing exercises as usual.He turned his eyes around as if searching for somebody as he jogged on the road.Several days passed and he saw nothing of the person he was expecting.He couldn't wait any longer，so he went straight to the Haichu's dormitory at the medical center.No sooner had he knocked at the door than it opened and revealed Haichu，dressed up，as though she had expected his coming.Pierre said eagerly，"Haichu.We haven't seen each other for a long time.Oh，no，not a long time，only a few days.Haichu，why don't you come to do the morning exercises with me？Why don't you answer my telephone？Are you trying to hide from me？Yes or no？" He was so nervous that he spoke incoherently."No，no，no." Haichu denied in a gentle voice.But this only made Pierre more impatient.He asked repeatedly，"So why？Why？Please tell me，Haichu.Come on." Haichu didn't make any reply，trying to hold her feelings back.She was more than happy inward，"The French guy actually falls in love with me." But she pretended to be angry with him，"Pierre，I want to tell you that ..." "So tell me，tell me，please." Pierre interrupted her，which annoyed Haichu.She said to him loudly，"Mr.Pierre，you don't have good manners.You often interrupt me.I won't talk with you anymore.I must go to work." With these words，she turned to leave.Momentarily Pierre lost his wits.In the confusion of mind he grabbed Haichu's hand to stay her，"I am sorry，Haichu.Don't go.I won't interrupt you again.I apologize and will listen to you carefully." He wouldn't let go of Haichu's hand in fear that she would otherwise disappear from him.Haichu almost burst into laughter but she managed to hold it back.She said to him，"Take your time，Pierre.Take time." "Ok，ok，but don't go please." Pierre answered.Haichu said to him with a smile，"To tell you the truth，I am angry only because you take a fancy to me..." "Yes，yes，I am in love with you，Haichu." Before Haichu finished，Pierre argued impatiently.
38."I said that long ago.Will you be angry about being loved？..." "Please hear me out，Pierre." Haichu said.When he was silent again，Haichu proceeded，"You said you love me，you will marry me and you will bring me to your parents in France.But I don't quite understand why you should bet with my brothers on me.I am a living human being，not an object，an animal，or even a slave.How can you regard me as something you can bet on？And I must tell you something.My grandparents used to be slaves before the liberation of China..." "Haichu，" Pierre said，"Please listen to me.Kama has told me about it long before.Haichu，it is my fault.Yes，it is.I apologize.I shouldn't have expressed my love for you in that way.I shouldn't have bet on you，although the bet represents my entire inner world.It is something… something you call，you call...ah，yes，heart and soul.Haichu，do you understand？Do you understand？" He placed his hand upon his heart while he said that.
39.Haichu listened to Pierre carefully with her eyes fully open，nodding her head gently.Then she heard Pierre claiming，"Haichu，I won't cancel the bet with your brothers，Kama and Gongbun.But please believe that I love you and respect you very much.For your sake，I will try to beat them and win the bet whatever difficulty I would meet with，and whatever risk I may run.Oh，Gongbu，he wants to ...nah，no，no way." Haichu was so moved by what Pierre said that she couldn't help throwing herself into his arms.They held each other tightly.
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40.The Qinghai Lake was picturesque in July with flowers blooming everywhere.Tow days before the tournament，Pierre was heading his team from the training base at the lake back to Xining，the capital city of Qinghai.They took a rest in the middle of their journey.After their coach，the athletes rushed up a hill by the road，from the top of which they could sweep the landscape below with their eyes.Under the crystal sky，wild flowers were clustered around the glimmering lake.Sheep and cattle were grazing upon the extending prairie like milky clouds.The team was so fascinated by the beauty of nature that they couldn't help cheering with great glee.Pierre winked at Kama and the latter caught his message immediately and exclaimed，"Snow Lake Team Go！Snow Lake Team Win！" At once he was joined by Gongbu，Fat Feng and later Pierre.Soon the whole team exclaimed at one accord.Pierre turned up the thumb to Kama.
