Back in the coach's office, peng tells the captain that he's going to go back to his training. peng says that if peng continues like this, he'll be exhausted the next day, so they're going to head back to the pool. The captain says that he still thinks they shouldn't be wearing the new uniforms, but peng reassures him that they'll all be fine. . Coach peng asks the captain if he likes swimming, and the captain says no, he doesn't like swimming at all. He's always been a good swimmer, he says, and he overcame all sorts of difficulties in life. The coach says that there are people who enjoy swimming but fail, and that peng is different from them. He promises to help peng if he has a hard time overcoming it. , the coach says, if you can't overcome it by yourself, it's not because of peng, but because of the situation at hand. He says that, even if you've been swimming crazy, it won't help you. He asks if the situation is because of Dongzi, because peng was still happy when he heard about the news that he passed, but the coach points out that the news wasn't broadcasted, so no one would have seen it. The next day peng's name is mentioned in the first round of the preliminsaries, but he barely makes it through.