Chapter 25
The Sealed Genius Youth
Xu Jie returned to his office and pulled out a folder from the drawer.
On the cover of the folder, large characters read: "Liu Yunfei's Training Plan."
Indeed, this was a training plan tailored specifically for the Class 9 student, Liu Yunfei.
In total, Xu Jie had created 45 such training plans, one for each student in the class.
This was a plan he drafted based on the unique talent and personality of each student.
As he understood his students more deeply, these plans would be updated periodically.
But to this day, having taken over Class 9 for more than a month, Xu Jie had never once opened this single folder belonging to Liu Yunfei.
There was no helping it; Liu Yunfei's situation was truly too unique, so unique that previously, Xu Jie had no way to even begin.
Xu Jie still remembered clearly how ecstatic he had been when he first saw Liu Yunfei's talent.
Liu Yunfei's talent was sprinting!
And it was a top-tier, peerless talent!
What did this mean?
This meant Liu Yunfei had the potential to become the world's "100-Meter Flying Man"!
National Student Games, City Games, Provincial Games, Asian Games, Olympic Games, IAAF Diamond League...
In all sports meets big and small, what was the grand finale?
The clash of the "100-Meter Flying Men"!
On the track and field, the 100-meter sprint was the absolute crown jewel event.
Repeatedly shattering the limits of human speed, with victories decided in mere fractions of a second, it always delivered a powerful visual impact, leaving people thrilled and their blood boiling.
This was humanity's most primal excitement and passion.
And Xu Jie's class actually had a student with such an extraordinary gift?
How could this not make Xu Jie ecstatic?
That "100-Meter Flying Man" title—never mind that he was originally in sports, practicing the long jump—even if he were an ordinary person, he would know the gold standard of these words.
But after taking over Class 9 and actually interacting with Liu Yunfei,
a bucket of cold water was poured straight over Xu Jie from head to toe, chilling him to the bone.
Xu Jie had never expected that while heaven had granted Liu Yunfei the most heaven-defying talent, it had also, like a cruel joke, sealed this peerless talent in the strangest way.
Yes, it had sealed his peerless talent!
After the first weekly exam, Xu Jie and Liu Yunfei once had a conversation.
Liu Yunfei had a timid personality, always fearful in front of others, and appeared extremely passive and shy even when interacting with his classmates.
This was his personality, and how it was formed, Xu Jie did not know.
Liu Yunfei's academic talent wasn't too bad either.
His Chinese talent reached the excellent level.
His math talent, originally mediocre, had reached a good level after Xu Jie used the "Shared Favor" card.
And English, politics, history, geography had all gradually improved to a good level recently, thanks to his running-based memory technique.
With such academic talent, even if he didn't pursue sports in the future, he wouldn't do too poorly.
Whether it was his shy personality or his improved academic talent, neither was the factor preventing him from unlocking his strongest gift.
The thing sealing his peerless talent was something Xu Jie could never have imagined.
Liu Yunfei actually suffered from a rare condition.
This condition—if Xu Jie hadn't bound with Li Xiting during his trip to Chunshan Lake National Park some time ago—he might never have been able to break the "divine seal" on Liu Yunfei!
When he first heard Liu Yunfei say those words to him, Xu Jie's first reaction was to not know whether to laugh or cry.
It turned out that when Liu Yunfei was very young, he had been severely startled.
From then on, he became extremely sensitive to sound.
The sound of firecrackers during holidays, or the honking of horns in heavy traffic, would cause Liu Yunfei a kind of anxiety and fear.
Coupled with the fact that Liu Yunfei had been very introverted since childhood, such a personality made him suppress his emotions excessively.
During holidays, when other children were happy, it was the most painful time for Liu Yunfei.
Such an experience, while perhaps not unique, was absolutely rare in the world.
Xu Jie had once tested Liu Yunfei.
On the 100-meter track, he could easily run under 12 seconds.
And this was with Liu Yunfei having never received any professional training or advanced scientific coaching.
His talent could only be described with the word "heaven-defying".
What did running under 12 seconds casually mean?
This meant that without training, Liu Yunfei could already reach the standard of a National Second-Class Athlete.
If other sports professionals knew about this, wouldn't their jaws drop in shock?
But for such a naturally gifted sprinting monster, the moment he heard the starting gun,
Click.
Completely finished.
Panic, anxiety, headaches, losing focus...
Liu Yunfei would instantly transform from a peerless genius who could become a "100-Meter Flying Man" into a useless person who couldn't even outrun a girl.
Such a bizarre situation, seen with his own eyes for the first time, left Xu Jie dumbfounded and utterly unable to believe what he was witnessing.
Just now in Wang Zhanjun's office, Wang Zhanjun had said that it was impossible for someone to have a talent for sprinting and go undiscovered all the way until their sophomore year of high school.
Indeed, sprinting was an event practiced in PE class from the very first year of primary school.
How could someone with a talent for sprinting go unnoticed for ten years?
This was simply unrealistic.
If Xu Jie hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed it was true either.
Reality was often more exaggerated than one's imagination.
Xu Jie had once had Liu Yunfei try stuffing tissues in his ears, using cotton plugs, and wearing ear defenders, testing various methods.
However, the result was always the same.
Without sound disturbance, he could run like lightning on the track.
But once there was sound disturbance, he was simply like a wild animal in the city encountering "thunder".
Xu Jie had once thought, perhaps Liu Yunfei was just not suited for the competitive arena?
A person's level of education and experience determines their vision and height.
Before taking the Class 9 students on the field trip, Xu Jie was still troubled by Liu Yunfei's issue.
But since binding with Li Xiting at Chunshan Lake,
heh, Xu Jie's mind had become clearer and clearer.
Where hills bend and streams wind, the pathway seems to end; past dark willows and festive flowers, a new village comes in sight.
With medical capabilities now in hand, Xu Jie finally knew that Liu Yunfei suffered from severe phonophobia.
This condition, in essence, was a psychological disorder.
And it was not untreatable!
Furthermore, there was more than one treatment method!
This made Xu Jie even happier than winning a championship himself.
Because of this, Xu Jie dared to confidently promise Wang Zhanjun that he would deliver three athletes to the City Games without any cheating.
As long as Liu Yunfei's strange illness could be cured, he wouldn't just be avoiding cheating.
He was going to soar to the heavens in a single bound!