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She was one of the \"Six Fairies\" in national artistic gymnastics.
He was the first \"Mr. Ten Thousand Points\" in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA).
Unfortunately, these two once-perfect partners, celebrated in sports circles, turned from a tale of glory to a heartbreaking story of divorce. Her innocence led her through the tumultuous journey from trusting love to witnessing betrayal, and finally to a phoenix-like rebirth.
The betrayal by her husband might have been forgettable, but the humiliation of losing custody of her son and being unfairly left with nothing, despite her ex-husband's culpability, remained etched in her memory forever.
Nowadays, how does this woman, known as the unluckiest goddess in the history of Chinese gymnastics, fare?
At the closing ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympics, the crowd roared like a tide.
Seventeen-year-old Hu Mei had just finished taking photos with her teammates when she turned around and saw a tall figure behind her. Zhu Fangyu, a basketball player, stood quietly. Hu Mei smiled brightly, \"Let's take a photo together!\"
As the camera shutter clicked, flashes danced on the faces of the two young athletes.
Zhu Fangyu later admitted that he had eagerly awaited this \"chance encounter\" at the closing ceremony after hearing about a fellow athlete from Guangxi on the gymnastics team.
Back in China, Zhu Fangyu's pursuit was passionate and straightforward.
Initially, Hu Mei found him average-looking, but she was quickly won over by his attentive and considerate nature.
When Zhu Fangyu's fans spewed hateful words at Hu Mei online, this seemingly rough man silently defended their love.
During their years of separation due to training and competitions, Hu Mei could only steal moments with Zhu Fangyu when he returned to Dongguan. Their promise to marry after the 2008 Beijing Olympics became a beacon through the distances they endured.
At their wedding four years later, a procession of luxury cars lit up the night in Dongguan like a galaxy, with Porsches, Land Rovers, and Mercedes-Benz vehicles forming a two-meter-high human wall courtesy of Zhu Fangyu's Guangdong Southern Tigers teammates.
He had prepared 100 red envelopes and even planted a \"mole\" in Hu Mei's bridesmaids to ensure he could smoothly take her hand. As Hu Mei walked through the shower of flowers in her white gown, the cheers of the guests nearly brought down the roof.
In that moment, Zhu Fangyu saw his wife's figure and all of Hu Mei's previous anxieties melted away in the warmth of her husband's hand.
Their post-wedding days were as sweet as honey. Hu Mei held their two sons in the front row of Southern Tigers' home games, and Zhu Fangyu would glance towards their exclusive area whenever he scored.
Cameras followed this family, with Hu Mei raising her younger son's hand to wave, their elder son imitating his father's shooting pose, and Zhu Fangyu throwing kisses to the crowd when wiping his sweat, causing laughter throughout the arena.
Among the admiring eyes in the audience, no one noticed the occasional shadow in Hu Mei's smile.
Her husband started setting new passwords on his phone, and the faint scent of perfume on his collar upon returning late at night became unspoken doubts lingering in her heart.
In April 2012, a viral photo of Zhu Fangyu kissing underwater shocked the internet, showing a tall figure resembling Zhu Fangyu relaxing in New Zealand.
What was more damning was a synchronized update on a microblog account: \"I and Big Brother Pig are off to New Zealand!\" The accompanying picture of boarding passes and a cartoon pig toy made a splash.
Internet sleuths quickly connected this \"Third Sister\" to a background rich with European travel photos, and even Zhu Fangyu's teammates like Liu Xiaoyu were already following her.
In March 2013, when Hu Mei appeared with her children at the stadium, she looked pale as paper in the stands.
While their elder son cheered for his father running on the court, Hu Mei gripped the railings tightly. The excuse of his not returning home the previous night still lingered on his phone. Each time he soared for a dunk, it felt like stepping on her shattered heart.
Afterward, Hu Mei's presence was absent from the stands, replaced by Zhu Fangyu's father.
Former lovers became parallel lines.
Their divorce became a naked struggle: Zhu Fangyu's legal team presented meticulously prepared evidence, and the agreement Hu Mei was forced to sign blurred property division so ambiguously even she wasn't sure if it amounted to half.
During the custody battle for their elder son, the opposing counsel subtly suggested Hu Mei lacked stable income. Leaving the courtroom that day, Hu Mei stood on the steps with her younger son, watching her elder son being carried into a luxury car by his father.
In a later interview, Hu Mei shook her head, \"He once said he wouldn't let me go hungry after the divorce, but I never wanted charity.\"
Left with nothing, she squeezed into a rental with her younger son, even having to carefully budget for milk formula during the toughest times.
Late at night, after the children had fallen asleep, she curled up on the balcony using a leg press bench as a makeshift desk. Tears soaked the textbooks from Sun Yat-sen University.
During her toughest moments, her senior sister's words, \"Enduring hardship will illuminate your path,\" became Hu Mei's only beacon. When she hung the sign \"Artistic Gymnastics Public Welfare Class\" on her rental, the first batch of students consisted of only three children.
Until one dusk in 2018, Hu Mei corrected the posture of young students in a makeshift training ground.
The setting sun through broken windows stretched their shadows long. A parent watching from the sidelines suddenly burst into tears, \"Teacher Hu, you're even more beautiful than on TV.\"
Those words struck like lightning, dispersing the clouds over the former gymnastics goddess. From every firmly planted foot, her shattered pride began to grow anew.
At the 2022 Guangdong University Cheerleading Championship, when the host announced Guangzhou Xinhua College's victory, students threw Hu Mei into the air.
Ribbons fell like rain as she watched her younger son waving glow sticks from the stands, suddenly recalling that noisy night in Athens.
The carefree girl frozen in time eighteen years ago returned through fire, her name shining brightly on trophies labeled \"Coach Hu Mei,\" more dazzling than any bridal gown.
It's worth noting that shortly after divorcing Hu Mei, Zhu Fangyu married Tang Ziqiao, rumored to be the daughter of a wealthy Guangzhou businessman. Not long after their marriage, she bore Zhu Fangyu a son.
One wonders, during their moments of bliss, did Ms. Tang and the instigator of this marriage betrayal ever feel a moment's guilt towards Hu Mei?
If love fades, it's perfectly fine to admit it openly rather than resorting to infidelity within marriage, let alone scheming against a bedmate.
One could say Zhu Fangyu's achievements in basketball may be undeniable, but as a person, he certainly leaves much to be desired. What do you think?
