I don't know if it was Pei Zhihui's words that left a deep shadow in the heart of the hedgehog student. In short, he tossed and turned in his seat during the entire Chinese class, but didn't say a word.

What made him even more sad and angry was that the suicide happened after class.

The bell rang for the end of class, and Li Shu packed up her textbooks and hugged them to her chest.

Although she hadn't said the class was over, the whole classroom was in an uproar. All the students craned their necks, especially Matt Zheng.

Matt Zheng sat upright, as if as long as Teacher Li gave the order, he would immediately rush out of the classroom and kill the enemy.

Pei Zhi was reading a book, and seemed to suddenly realize something. He looked up and glanced around the classroom, somewhat puzzled by the strict atmosphere in the class after class.

“Competition comes first, friendship comes second.”

At this time, Li Shu spoke.

Lin Chaoxi nodded subconsciously, then felt like something was wrong?

"Knock down Group 1 for me!" This was the second sentence.

"Good! Good! Good!"

Like a general issuing an order, the soldiers were enraged and the boys in the class shouted out at the same time.

"Brothers, let's go!"

In the back row, classmate Zheng Matt slammed the table and stood up, startling Lin Chaoxi.

A boy took out a basketball from under a chair and threw it into the air in an arc. Zheng stretched out his long arm to grab it, and with a "snap" sound, Lin Chaoxi finally understood what was going on.

Originally, the next class was English, but because of the school's basketball game, their classes were rescheduled and two physical education classes were combined to play a game against Class 1.

Lin Chaoxi had no interest in the basketball game, but when she thought of Huajuan and Lu Zhihao in her class, she suddenly wanted to see their jaws dropping when they saw Pei Zhishi.

Li Shu: "Zheng Tianming, take the students to the playground and take care of the new students. I'll go down after I put my things away."

She left the classroom after she finished speaking. Zheng Tianming was about to run away at that time. Hearing this, he patted Pei Zhi reluctantly and said, "Follow me, don't fall behind!"

Pei Zhi closed the book, not very excited, nodded to her and greeted her, then stood up.

Zheng Tianming had already run a few steps and called to him in the corridor: "Hurry up, hurry up, why are you so slow!"

——

In the southeast corner of the Experimental Junior High School playground, there is a standard outdoor basketball court.

Pei Zhi was dragged away by classmate Zheng Mate, and Lin Chaoxi followed the group downstairs. When they arrived at the basketball court, she found that not only their class attached great importance to the basketball game, but a group of students were even more concerned.

Not only did Class 1 arrive earlier than theirs, they had even put up the banner.

Looking at the shameful slogan "Class after class, tigers descending from the mountain" on the opposite side, Lin Chaoxi felt that the desire to win might be directly proportional to academic performance.

The two groups sat on the east and west sides of the stands, facing each other across the basketball court.

After sitting down in the stands, the student in charge of the riot began to distribute cheering sticks and command the whole class to practice slogans for spraying against Class 1, and they looked very impressive.

"Bang bang bang" "Bang bang bang" the students began to practice hitting the cheering sticks to the rhythm, feeling excited and thrilled.

Lin Chaoxi placed the bright red inflatable stick on her knees and did not move. She sat alone in the last row of the stands, feeling a little awkward.

She had a small quarrel with Bao Xiaomeng yesterday, so Bao Xiaomeng deliberately ignored her and went to look for other girls. She couldn't find anyone for a while and just sat at the back quietly.

Like her, Pei Zhi also sat in the last row of the stands, but he was much more popular than her. He arrived earlier than her, and there were many boys and girls around him, trying to chat with him.

The sun was scorching and he had the hood of his sweatshirt pulled up, so his expression couldn't be seen clearly. But Lin Chaoxi saw that he was quite busy and decided not to go over to say hello for the time being.

The sunlight was glaring and the stadium was hot. Lin Chaoxi covered his eyebrows with his hands and tried to find Huajuan and Lu Zhihao first in the stands.

Huajuan is not here, maybe he is a member of the participating team, and Lu Zhihao...

The Zhonglu student had a book on his knees. He closed his eyes and thought from time to time, as if he was memorizing words. He didn't even raise his head to look at them.

Well, I don’t know when he will find out?

Suddenly, there was a burst of "bang bang bang" sounds of cheering sticks from the stands on their class's side. Lin Chaoxi's eardrums hurt, and he squinted his eyes, then he realized that everyone was there to welcome the main team members led by Zheng Matt.

The athletes had just changed into their sportswear, ran out of the locker room, and were warming up.

Student Zheng Matt stretched out his long legs and ran at lightning speed under the sunshine.

"Come on, Brother Tian!"

"Fuck them!"

Matt Cheng ran and waved, enjoying the crowd's enthusiastic cheers.

Because of his face, he is very popular among the girls. The sunlight shining on him is like a filter, making his wheat-colored skin sparkle. Therefore, all the girls in his class and even Class 1 are infatuated with him on a small scale.

——

This was the scene that Hanamaki and the members of Team 1 saw when they came out of the locker room at the other end.

The other side of the basketball court was very lively, but their side seemed very calm.

Squad leader Chen Chu clapped his hands and called all the players who had changed into their jerseys to come in front of him. He was not only the captain, but he also seemed to want to be the coach: "We will still use the full-court pressing tactics. Huajuan, be careful to guard against Zheng Tianming..."

"Give me the hardest one?" Huajuan sneered.

Chen Chu put on a hypocritical and apologetic smile: "I know you have a prejudice against me, but basketball games are a time to fight for collective honor. I hope unity comes first."

"Is it because I don't unite?" Hanamaki pointed at the field. "We've practiced 1-2-1-1 several times. Don't use it on us just because you watched Slam Dunk and thought it worked. We don't have as much stamina as them!"

Chen Chu was still very gentle: "They are also junior high school students, and their physical strength may not be that good. We train more seriously than them, and we have been persisting in physical training. I think we can give it a try. What do you think?"

Chen Chu pretended to be democratic and looked at the other people in the team. He usually had high prestige and was kind to others, so the others nodded subconsciously.

"Yes, Brother Juan, I think we can give it a try."

"We are definitely stronger than them."

"If you can't defend against Zheng Tianming, I'll be there to help you."

Upon hearing this, Hanajumi was too lazy to say anything: "Okay, then you guys just wait to lose."

After saying that, he turned around and went jogging to warm up.

Although the venue was very hot, he felt lonely and deserted as he ran.

In fact, he didn't want to play basketball. It was troublesome to partner with Chen Chu, but most importantly, he felt that the mentality of their entire team was wrong and they were too competitive.

Everyone thought that losing to Class 13 was a shame, and they wanted to crush them not only in grades, but also in sports and other aspects.

Isn't it tiring to win everything?

The field was so small, and he was running around bored, and happened to run past the group of students from Class 13.

The atmosphere of Class 13's team was more like that of a normal junior high school team. The boys were laughing and joking while warming up.

"Brother Tian, ​​is Lin Chaoxi really not pursuing you anymore?"

"Fuck, how could she not chase me!"

"I see she's always looking at the transfer student!"

"Oh no! Brother Tian is about to be pried off the corner of the wall!"

Never mind, it's still garbage.

After hearing this, Hanamaki decided to take back what he had just said about praising Class 13.

He glanced at the girl sitting at the top of the Class 13 stands. She was grinning at him and waving a cheering stick, trying to call him over.

But he was in a really bad mood and was too lazy to say hello. He just pointed at Zheng Tianming, mouthed the word "idiot" to her, and continued to warm up.

——

Looking at the lonely back of Huajuan running alone, Lin Chaoxi was confused.

She thought she had shown it clearly enough, but Huajuan seemed to be so caught up in her temper that she didn't even notice Pei Zhi in the stands.

Has Pei Zhi changed too much, or is he not as handsome as he was when he was a child?

Can’t I?

She turned her head to look at Pei Zhi. Pei Zhi just glanced at Huajuan's running back and was surprised that he was not recognized.

His entire body was enveloped in a large sweatshirt. Lin Chaoxi pointed at his hoodie, indicating that it might be because he was wearing a hat.

Pei Zhi looked around but didn't understand.

Because the game was about to start, everyone was concentrating on watching the game, and there were fewer classmates around him. Lin Chaoxi stood up and prepared to sit closer to him and say hello, and Pei Zhi also looked at her and made a move to stand up and come over.

At this moment, a running figure suddenly appeared on the court. Classmate Zheng Matt ran towards the stands like a wild horse.

Three steps later, Matt Zheng was stuck between her and Pei.

"Why are you sitting so close to each other?" Matt Zheng shouted at her.

Lin Zhaoxi squinted and looked up at him, and Pei Zhi did the same.

Lin Zhaoxi: "Let's chat."

"Chatting bullshit!"

Matt Zheng turned to look at Pei Zhi, his expression was very shy, but he hesitated to speak. After holding it in for a long time, he poked the basketball court with his thumb and said to Pei Zhi: "We are in need of a substitute. Didn't you play in the NBA in the United States? Come on and play?"

Pei Zhi pulled down his hoodie, his eyebrows were delicate, and his short hair was black: "I have never been to the United States."

Matt Zheng was also stunned, as if he hadn't expected Pei Zhi to be so honest: "Then you can always play basketball, right?"

“It seems not.”

Matt Zheng was shocked: "If you can't even play basketball, what else can you play?"

Pei Zhi thought about it seriously, and then answered: "Fighting."

Matt Zheng: ???

Lin Zhaoxi: ...

"Brother Tian lost."

"Brother Tian, ​​can't you just play basketball properly?"

There was a burst of laughter from all around, and the student Shamat was no longer petrified. He said angrily, "Fuck, if you keep pretending, I'll fight you sooner or later!"

Pei Zhi looked calm, as if he was thinking carefully. He looked Zheng Matt up and down, and finally said, "You can't beat me, forget it."