Chapter 36: Conflict on the basketball court, the boy in white

"You don't know. The other day I casually boasted to my parents that I knew someone who ranked first in the city's high school entrance exam. They immediately asked around and found out that you were setting up a stall here during the summer vacation. They criticized me severely, saying that you, a little girl, knew how to work and study, but I, a 1.8-meter-tall man, needed them to support me. Then the more they looked at me, the more they disliked me. In order to please them, I worked harder and came to the store whenever I had something to do. Then they disliked me for being in the way and chased me away every time I went over. I was really hard to please!"

Yan Zeyu gets a headache whenever he mentions his awesome parents, "You may not know, but they've come here to buy milk tea several times just to see what you, the city's number one, are like. But they have no chance to meet you. Every time they come here, they meet your dad, but never you, hahahaha."

Seeing Yan Zeyu's gloating expression, Zhang Wanwan began to understand why he was disliked by his parents.

"By the way, I don't know where you live. It seems that your stall only appeared during the summer vacation." Yan Zeyu looked at Zhang Wanwan curiously. Although he didn't do business and didn't pay attention to those things, he walked on this street every day and was very familiar with it. He knew exactly where the new store was. He had never seen Xiao Zhang milk tea before. It only started to become lively after the high school entrance examination.

Zhang Wanwan nodded, thinking of some unhappy things, and heaved a sigh of relief, "My family has moved to Rongyu Community, which is not far from here. I opened this stall to earn money while working, and I also wanted to try to improve the economic conditions of my family. Fortunately, it succeeded. Now my parents no longer go to work, so they set up a stall. Although it is a bit tiring, I earn a lot. As for people looking down on stall owners, I don't think it's a big deal. I make money with my own hands, cleanly and honestly, which is better than those who make money with dirty hearts."

"I agree with this!" Yan Zeyu was very sure of what Zhang Wanwan said. He looked at the stall that was becoming lively again, stood up and said to Zhang Wanwan, "It seems that you don't have anything to do here. Do you want to play basketball with me this afternoon?"

"Playing basketball? Me?" Zhang Wanwan pointed at herself in disbelief.

When she sat on the back seat of Yan Zeyu's bicycle, she was still dazed and didn't understand why she was pulled over by Yan Zeyu.

"Yan Zeyu, are you sure I can play basketball instead of being hit by it?" Zhang Wanwan struggled desperately.

"Don't worry! The ball won't hit you even if it hits me!" Yan Zeyu grinned, and he rode the bicycle so high that it flew up into the air, scaring Zhang Wanwan so much that she screamed.

When the two arrived at the city gymnasium, there were already quite a few people gathered there, most of them were basketball enthusiasts.

A 1.80-meter-tall young man waved his hand toward Yan Zeyu and said, "Brother Yu, here!"

"Hey! You brought a girl with you! What's the wind blowing today?"

A group of athletic young people looked at Zhang Wanwan with curious eyes, making Zhang Wanwan extremely uncomfortable.

At this moment, another team of people wearing different uniforms also walked towards Yan Zeyu, with a slightly provocative look in their eyes, "How about it? Do you want to fight today?"

How could Yan Zeyu refuse in front of a girl? He secretly hated the other party's deep scheming, "Fight me if you want, what's the punishment if you lose?"

"Oh? You deserve it so easily today!" The young man looked at Zhang Wanwan and saw that she had no expression on her face. He teased her casually, "Beauty, how do you think I'll punish you?"

Zhang Wanwan glanced at the man coldly and said to Yan Zeyu, "You guys should solve your own problems. I'm going to watch the show."

After saying this, he turned and left without waiting for Yan Zeyu to reply.

The man was humiliated but still smiled. He looked at Yan Zeyu with ill intentions and asked, "You are quite unique! Is your girlfriend?"

Yan Zeyu was furious because of Zhang Wanwan. When he heard what that person said, he yelled, "Fuck your girlfriend. If I don't beat you up and make you call me grandpa today, I'm not Yan!"

The atmosphere was tense. When Zhang Wanwan walked to the stands and sat down, the two sides had already started fighting. She had no interest in sports like basketball, but it was still quite interesting to watch real people play games, especially the fight between two teams that were as hostile as water and fire. The scene was as exciting as it could be.

When Zhang Wanwan was watching excitedly, she suddenly heard a cough beside her. She subconsciously turned her head and saw a man in a white shirt and casual pants sitting on a chair above her left side with his back to the light. His head was tilted back and her face could not be seen clearly, but from the pair of slender white hands with distinct knuckles, she could tell that the owner should be handsome. There was a bottle of mineral water beside him, but he didn't even take a sip. He looked extremely lazy, but the sound of his cough was so heartbreaking, it was really weird.

Before she could look closely at them, another shout came from the basketball court, and Zhang Wanwan immediately shifted her gaze.

Yan Zeyu on the field had a conflict with the man who had just teased Zhang Wanwan for some reason. The two of them pushed each other with their chests, neither of them giving in. The others were also pulling, and the situation was tense.

Zhang Wanwan frowned slightly and stood up nervously. Seeing that a fight was about to break out below, she summoned up her courage and shouted, "Yan Zeyu, please take me back!"

She shouted with all her might, and everyone in the gymnasium looked at her with reverent eyes.

Yan Zeyu naturally heard Zhang Wanwan's voice and glared at the boy. "You're lucky this time. Next time I will beat you so hard that your mother won't even recognize you!"

Before Yan Zeyu could take two steps, Tian Sen shouted from behind, "Hit me now if you dare. How can you be a man if you use a woman as an excuse? You see, this is cowardice."

Before he could finish his words, Tian Sen was hit by a punch from Yan Zeyu unexpectedly.

"ah"

With a cry of surprise, the two groups of people started fighting.

Zhang Wanwan was so scared that her face turned pale. She looked around, what should she do? Should she call the police?

Helplessly, there was no one around her except the man in white, so Zhang Wanwan could only bite the bullet and move closer to the man, saying apologetically, "Excuse me, do you have a cell phone? Can you lend it to me to call the police?"

The man's focus slowly fell on Zhang Wanwan. Zhang Wanwan also saw the man's true face at this moment. She was suddenly shocked and cursed inwardly, "Could he be the male protagonist from an anime? He looks so attractive!"

Fortunately, she was not a nymphomaniac and was not blinded by the man's appearance. She regained her senses in a moment and expressed her feelings again with great apology.

The man saw the situation on the basketball court, his mouth curled up, and he closed his eyes carefully, saying coldly: "If I were you, I wouldn't call the police. If they want to fight, what's it got to do with you?"

Zhang Wanwan choked, her eyes widened with astonishment and surprise, her brows slowly furrowed, and after a moment of silence, she turned and left.

(End of this chapter)