Recap
The Sports Committee squatted beside Yu Sheng’s desk and asked him to be the coach, helping the team members design tactics, and even asked the lifestyle committee to buy a face mask for Yu Sheng.
Duan Lei shook his head: “I’m afraid that’s not possible.”
Basketball is a competitive sport that focuses on the offensive, and it is not the same thing as competing in javelin throws at sports meets.
Duan Lei still remembers what happened last year and scratched his chin: “Not only did the team on the opposite side not dare to cheat, they also didn’t even dare to play the game…”
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Although the rules do not explicitly prohibit Yu Sheng from playing, the students in Class 7 still have the determination not to rely on cheats to prove themselves.
Yu Sheng doesn’t have any particular obsession with playing.
He played basketball a lot when he was in junior high school. If the teachers wanted him to participate in any other games, they would have to go to the basketball court to catch him first. Later, he played less and fought more, and then he slowly started to stop running on the court to cause any trouble.
No one knows how to fight at the beginning. Yu Sheng also lost many times, especially when one-to-many, it is easy to suffer losses if you are not careful.
He didn’t have any special experiences afterwards. It’s just that as time went by, he gradually found the feelings.
Fighting generally doesn’t require too many fancy tactics. After all, anything that can be solved directly does not require taking action. When it is really your turn to roll up your sleeves, as long as you are fast and can move in time, you will never suffer any loss.
“…Sheng-ge.”
Yao Qiang sat on the basketball and couldn’t help raising his hands to complain: “The way you are saying it is like our politics teacher giving us a lecture.”
The sports committee cooperated with him, cleared his throat, straightened his back, and imitated it perfectly: “Children, you must read the questions carefully. As long as you carefully review the questions and understand the intention of the person making the questions, you will be able to write the correct answer…”
It sounds like there is no problem at all, even toddlers can do it.
Their political teacher is a middle-aged female teacher. She is very kind and has a good relationship with her students. The way she teaches is very deep and philosophical, and every time she has to rely on fate to echo the thoughts of the students.
The group of students have experienced this all year round. Watching two people tossing around sentences back and forth, the students hide their laughter in their hearts.
The class monitor had just brought a box of hot almond milk over, and threw each person a can. He came over and asked curiously: “What are you laughing about? What did I miss?”
The student committee pushed up his glasses and omitted part of the topic: “Laughing at the political teacher’s way of teaching.”
“Throw you back a question to understand the question you asked?”
The class monitor accurately grasped the point in an instant: “It’s too simple. Do you really think I don’t understand the intention of the person who asked the question? The person who asked the question just wants me to die.”
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Everyone was sitting on the cement steps next to the playground, swaying with laughter. Several of the team’s main players were holding almond milk, and their stomachs hurt from laughing so much that they couldn’t stand up.
After chatting all for a long time, the Sports Committee finished the can of almond milk, accurately threw it into the empty cardboard box less than three metres away with a hook, and then stood up to gather the other players to continue practising.
High school is a time when the energy is high and there is no place to vent. A group of boys often play basketball. Sometimes they will skip class and sneak into other classes’ physical education classes to play for a while when they don’t want to go to class. There is no need to specially train for basketball.
But the recent pressure of English has made a group of people unable to spare any effort into playing basketball. It has been a long time since any of them have played seriously, and it is inevitable that they will be rusty at it.
The Sports Committee has great confidence in the students in their class and believes that everyone can find their form as long as they practise more. While running, he clapped his hands to cheer up the others: “Lao Duan, run! Although your current job is just a walking wooden stick, you must also have the heart to start a fire…”
Conditions are limited, and basketball training only has meaning in offensive. Most of the people in Class 7 who could run were caught to make up the numbers, but it is not easy to make up enough people for two teams.
Duan Lei and the others are okay at playing games, but their basketball accomplishments are really not high. They just follow the instructions of the sports committee and try to create various obstacles that may or may not happen on the court for the starting players.
On the other hand, the student committee member of their class is very upbeat and calmly opened his arms and followed Yu Sheng’s casual instructions to rush up and hug people as soon as he saw them. This successfully helped the starting lineup effectively improve their ability to dribble the ball in large circles.
Yu Sheng sat on the sidelines to enjoy the open air, opened his can of almond milk, took a few sips, and took the time to reply to Jin Linkun with two messages.
Jin Linkun’s birthday is on Sunday. His parents come back on Saturday morning and will be staying at home until twelve o’clock to celebrate their son’s birthday before leaving.
They have discussed the recipe, and have decided that Yu Sheng will go to Jin Linkun’s house to cook a meal on Friday night, and let Jin Linkun tell Mr. Jin and Ms. Li that this is his work, sincerely celebrating their family reunion.
After all, Jin Linkun’s father and mother were only staying at home for one day, so they would definitely not be able to finish all the food on the table, and they probably would not ask their son to cook another meal for them on a whim.
Probably.
During the discussion at home, Jin Linkun actually didn’t think his parents would be so considerate: “I think they might take out their mobile phones and ask me to cook on a whim for them and record a short video to post it on Moments.”
Yu Sheng didn’t know much about his parents, so he hesitated and decided to be more cautious: “Okay, I remember not to toss the dishes.”
“Also, don’t do any scoring*.”
*(they called it 改刀花,
which I assume it is scoring: Image source: https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes/cooking/how-to/a33055/best-grill-tip-for-steak-scoring/ )
Jin Linkun thought for a while, then took the menu and continued to apply: “If possible, make the dishes as simple as possible. It’s best to make more soups…”
“…” Yu Sheng took the menu out of his hand, folded it, and put it back in his pocket.
His little friend attached too much importance to family gatherings. Although Jin Linkun’s strength is limited, he is very willing to cooperate.
He even thought carefully about going to the supermarket and buying a bottle of oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar that he doesn’t usually need, and planned to fill up all the empty spice jars at home to make the whole thing more real and convincing.
Two people, one in the stadium and the other at the supermarket, communicated remotely about what they should buy.
While Yu Sheng was watching the game, he had to give him some guidance.
—Thirteen Spice is a yellow box, not a small square piece of paper.
—A bag of aged vinegar will do. No need to choose the good-looking ones since you’ll just fill it into a squeeze bottle back home.
—Then go buy a squeeze bottle.
—Yes, Lao chou* is a type of soy sauce, not a nickname.
*(If you search this up, this is how they call dark soy sauce, for more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_soy_sauce )
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This person has no common sense about life and is completely unreliable. Yu Sheng can even imagine the confused state of the dignified scholar in the supermarket who has lost his sense of direction fumbling around for the life of him.
It’s kind of funny and not at all annoying.
He didn’t know when he got used to it. He just knows between studying together, sleeping together and even doing all this nonsense, it doesn’t seem to be as troublesome and boring as he imagined.
Not boring at all.
Yu Sheng held onto his cell phone and gave him instructions remotely for a while. He vaguely heard the sound of playing on the field turning into a noisy argument some distance away.
When he raised his head, he realised that two groups of people had started arguing at some point.
A group of students in school uniforms came to the court, they were quite arrogant. The leader was holding an unlit cigarette and had his hair combed back, looking like a troublemaker.
Looking at the basketballs in the hands of those people, they probably came to play and compete for space.
There are only a few usable courts, and it’s not enough for everyone to play on. In the past year, almost half of the fights that Yu Sheng had to help calm down in the court were conflicts caused by people fighting for the rights to use the court.
He didn’t pay much attention and put the phone back into his pocket. He was about to go over and take a look when the class monitor suddenly held his shoulder.
“Don’t go.”
Several people from his class came over and blocked him completely. The class monitor lowered his head and looked very deep for no reason: “Don’t let them recognize you.”
The lifestyle committee then backed him up, put their hands on the monitor’s shoulders and pretended to look at the scenery. His hand felt around his pockets for a while and said, “Keep looking at your phone. Sheng-ge, I’ll give you a mask.”
“…”
Yu Sheng couldn’t quite understand the intentions of these people: “What are you doing?”
“We have to rely on our ability to secure the court, we have to play the game based on our ability.”
The school committee pushed up his glasses: “Our class finally has a training partner that comes to our door. Sheng-ge, don’t make a sound. They will run away as soon as you make a sound.”
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Jin Linkun came to pick up Yu Sheng with a large bag of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar. After hearing the general situation, he handed over a squeeze bottle: “Isn’t the general development of this kind of story be that the other party comes to provoke us for no reason, then people on both sides start a conflict?”
Then his little friend took the opportunity to take action, dribbling the ball and dunking in a cool way, so as to wake up the team daring to be provocative.
“You think too much, Teacher Jin.”
The monitor of their class is very sensible: “Sheng-ge doesn’t need to dribble or dunk. As long as he walks past someone, they will wake up.”
They won’t even think about starting a fight.
Thinking about it this way, life as a feared leader is actually a bit boring.
The students in Class 7 also felt that it was not appropriate for Sheng-ge to be bored for them for so long, so they decided to muster up the courage to accompany Sheng-ge to relieve his boredom and satisfy the scene that Teacher Jin just imagined.
Yu Sheng is wearing a mask, and for some reason he became surrounded by a group of people who are just playing with their mobile phones for a long time. He took off his mask when he heard this and raise his eyebrows.
The sports committee had just finished beating up the provocative sophomore team, and they were in high spirits. They came over excitedly with the ball. When they saw Yu Sheng raising his eyebrows, he instinctively softened: “It’s over, class monitor, I don’t think I necessarily dare to stop Sheng-ge if he is dribbling…”
The point guard trembled: “I don’t really want to take control of the ball. Now that I see Sheng-ge, I just want to recite texts.”
“Comrades, give me some face.”
Yao Qiang played centre in the starting lineup, and he thought about Yu Sheng’s aura when he brought the ball: “If you find me suddenly standing at attention while playing, please don’t take a picture and post it on WeChat Moments…”
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But playing basketball like this is obviously not interesting.
It would be better to let Yu Sheng hold the ball by himself, pass it casually into the air, and then perform a three-step layup.
Duan Lei thought carefully on the side: “There may be a way.”
The students in Class 7 didn’t want Sheng-ge to lose the fun of playing, so they quickly came over, “What can we do? Come on, let’s see if we can do anything about it…”
“There is something we can do.” Duan Lei touched his chin, “Teacher Jin, can you play basketball?”
Five minutes later, Jin Linkun also took off his jacket, put his things on the sidelines, and rotated his wrists twice.
Class 7 simply re-divided the teams. The main starters were divided into two teams, and a few more people were gathered together. One group followed Yu Sheng and the other Jin Linkun. The momentum seemed much stronger than before.
“I didn’t expect that Lao Duan is actually pretty smart.”
The sports committee followed Jin Linkun this time, and suddenly felt his confidence doubled, and he was doing warm up exercises vigorously: “You may not believe it, but now I am suddenly full of confidence to compete with Sheng-ge.”
Yao Qiang firmly stood on the team of their Sheng-ge, dismissing his arrogance: “What’s the point of a showdown? It’s more fun to win while lying down. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Sheng-ge control the entire stage all by himself.”
The two groups were highly motivated and exchanged harsh words for a long time. Looking up after a while, they found that the two big bosses leading the team are still having fun together.
“Isn’t it cold in this?”
Jin Linkun pulled Yu Sheng to stand on the sidelines and talked to him in a low voice: “It’s better to put on your coat. The wind is a bit cold today, so it’s best to avoid catching a cold.”
Yu Sheng took off his glasses and wiped them twice with the hem of his clothes: “No, wearing them will get in the way.”
Just as Jin Linkun nodded, Yu Sheng had already stood up and took off his coat neatly.
He was wearing a white hoodie today. It was a bit thin and didn’t look like it could hold up well in the wind.
Jin Linkun was worried and pulled the person over again, holding the cloth and feeling it carefully.
“It’s not that valuable.” Yu Sheng poked the cleaned glasses back, “Are you really good at playing basketball?”
It’s not that he doesn’t believe it.
It’s just that this person has a dark history of playing games and claiming to be good at it. Yu Sheng is not quite sure what he means by “playing basketball pretty well”. Considering that the students in Class 7 have been blindly worshipping their tutor recently, if Jin Linkun’s level is not as good as his teaching skills, he will have to think about how to make it easy for him.
Jin Linkun opened his mouth, met his child’s gaze, and couldn’t help but laugh: “It’s true… I used to play a lot, and my three-point shots are very accurate.”
The provincial school also had special admissions for sports. When he was a sophomore in high school, the courses were too easy. He got a lot of leave because he had to do experiments, and he often snuck into their sports team to play basketball together.
“It’s mainly because it’s cool.”
Jin Linkun is very open-minded and did not deny it: “When I was young, I learned whatever I saw and tried many different ways of playing…”
Yu Sheng raised his eyebrows: “Did you finally order a black shirt in the end?”
“…” Jin Linkun was speechless, opened his mouth, coughed slightly and smiled: “Actually -“
Yu Sheng: “It really is cool.”
Not realising that his boyfriend is actually praising him, Jin Linkun was stunned for a moment and didn’t react immediately.
The corner of Yu Sheng’s mouth raised, then he tugged on the straps of his hoodie of different lengths, and pulled the two straps to the same length: “He’s very cool. Boyfriend, do you want to have a round?”
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The sports committee held the ball in the howling cold wind, stood on tiptoes and waited for a long time, watching the two people walking over: “I don’t know why, but I suddenly had a feeling.”
“Yes.” Their class monitor nodded, “This game should have nothing to do with you.”
In fact, at the beginning, the two teams in Class 7 still got a certain chance to perform.
Both of them haven’t touched the ball for a long time, so it’s inevitable that they will be rusty when they first play it again. Jin Linkun couldn’t even remember all the rules, so he asked the sports committee to give him a few temporary reminders.
On the other hand, the members of Class 7 who had just played a game with the cannon fodder training team, were able to move around skillfully. Their hands, which were rusty, had completely returned, and they were all in good condition.
An ordinary practice match came to a climax. Yao Qiang played his best assists. Their sports committee even got excited and found an opportunity to try a windmill slam dunk.
“And then? Nothing. We’ll just stop here.”
Yao Qiang held the ice cream in his mouth and squatted in the cold wind on the sidelines to wipe his sweat: “After a little editing, I can post it to our school’s post forum. By the way, I will also casually mention that I am still single and I really want someone to study hard with me.”
Their sports committee squatted beside them, very interested in this topic: “Is it easy to use? I want to try it too. I also really want someone to study with me. I can also teach her English. I think my English is now perfect…”
The two of them chatted for a while, and more people came down one after another and squatted in a neat row at the edge of the playground.
Although each basketball team theoretically only needs five players, for the two big bosses, it would seem that one person is enough to form a team.
Yu Sheng’s speed and strength is impeccable. After finding his touch, he never lost the ball in his hands once. Jin Linkun’s speed is slightly inferior to him, and he is more focused on shooting from outside the three-point line. The score cards on the sidelines are often turned over.
At first, Duan Lei and the others tried to hang around by the side, but later they found that they didn’t seem to be needed.
Neither of them held back, both of them fought extremely cleanly, and both were faking moves to fool the other. For a moment, it was hard to tell who was stronger.
Yu Sheng held the ball and faced off Jin Linkun’s defence. He made a rare fake move and dribbled the ball for a fadeaway jump shot.
The basketball hit the board with a thud, shaking the old basketball stand. It circled around the hoop and fell through from the centre.
There were faint cheers from the sidelines.
A row of people were squatting at the edge of the playground watching the game. When they heard the cheers and turned around, they discovered that people had started to gather on the sidelines at some point.
After the first evening of self-study, it happened to be the time when the boarding students went out for a walk to relax.
The court is open and it is located just next to the playground. There is a lot of movement here, and many students walking around are quickly attracted to the game.
There were boys too, but most of them were girls. They suppressed their excitement and watched quietly, gathering together in twos and threes while talking in low voices.
The sports committee felt that this great situation could not be let go, so he stood up suddenly and rolled up his sleeves: “Quickly, Lao Yao, let’s go together!”
In high school, few boys played basketball not for the girls on the sidelines to watch.
The sports committee was ready to rush up, but Yao Qiang stopped him in time: “Can we touch the ball? I think they may not want to see us running around with empty hands.”
“You have to know how to be flexible.”
The sports committee’s eyes flickered: “At this time, are we still going to be on different teams?”
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The boys felt that the sports committee was right.
Jin Linkun hadn’t played ball and enjoyed it so much for a long time. He wiped the sweat that was about to fall on his glasses off in time and was about to shoot another three-pointer when he suddenly saw the lively Sports Committee of Class 7 blocking him: “…”
Jin Linkun carefully recalled the grouping: “Aren’t we in the same team?”
“This is a special case.”
The sports committee led a group of people on the stage with high spirits, grinned confidently at him, and smiled: “Teacher Jin, do you want to cooperate with our Sheng-ge?”
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Two members of the same team dribbled the ball face to face twice and reached a consensus.
Yu Sheng watched helplessly as a group of people suddenly came up to surround Jin Linkun. When he reacted, he had already caught the basketball passed by Jin Linkun’s fake move.
The two people moved from offensive to cooperation seamlessly. Yu Sheng sidestepped past the sports committee and threw the ball back to Jin Linkun while running: “What’s the situation now?”
“The two of us will fight against them.”
Jin Linkun raised his hand to shoot the ball. He smiled at Yu Sheng and said, “Are you coming, boyfriend?”
Yu Sheng didn’t reply, the corner of his mouth raised and he passed by two people to grab the rebound, and the ball went straight into his hand without hitting the ground.
There was a circle of little girls on the edge of the court, and the remaining eight people also worked hard, putting aside their usual awe of their Sheng-ge, and launched a full-scale offensive of these two people.
A football match is unpredictable, from 5v5 to 1v1 to 2v8. The student committee relied on fate and finally made it through four quarters, it was almost coming to an end.
With a few seconds left, Jin Linkun was surrounded by several people, stepped on the three-point line and took two steps back.
Seeing that Yu Sheng had already run under the backboard, he kept moving and shot the basketball in his hand with a strong momentum.
The distance was too far and it was impossible to hit the basket just like that. The Sports Committee ran back quickly: “Quick, stop the ball, pass -“
Before he finished speaking, Yu Sheng had already jumped up.
The boy’s figure is clean and neat, and his leaping movements are so effortless that he can bring up gusts of wind.
When he jumps, the corners of his clothes lift up a little with his movements, and a narrow waistline with smooth and beautiful abdominal muscles can be seen.
The basketball was thrown from Jin Linkun’s hand, and before it even had time to hit the ground, Yu Sheng caught it in the air and sent it flying towards the basket.
The crisp sound of the whistle cut through the air.
Yu Sheng knew what he was doing and didn’t even look back when he landed. Facing Jin Linkun who was running towards him, he raised his eyebrows and the corners of his mouth raised uncontrollably.
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Update: 2 days later~
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