Chapter 30 Love Expert

The five men turned around again and stared at him with hostile looks.

The chestnut-haired boy seemed oblivious to the five's displeasure, still smiling broadly at Ayako, and readily offered the same compliment: "You're so pretty, can we be friends?"

Five people: ...

What's wrong?!

His beloved girl is being flirted with by someone else, and he's being treated like a dead dog?

Gongcheng's face instantly turned ashen. Instinctively, he assumed a defensive stance, leaping up and lunging forward to grab the man by the collar. "Kid! You're so noisy! Get out of here!!"

Faced with the fierce-looking and domineering Miyagi, the chestnut-haired boy shook his head vigorously. As soon as Miyagi let go, he turned and ran away as fast as he could, afraid that he would be caught and tortured to death.

Miyagi's leap startled Mitsui, who instinctively covered his mouth with his hand on his chin, muttering with lingering fear, "Miyagi's small frame is like a spring, jumping a meter and eighty centimeters in one bound..."

Ayako sighed speechlessly, tugging at his sleeve: "Ryota, sit down properly and eat your meal!"

"Yes! Ah Cai...hehehe."

The fierce-looking Miyagi immediately switched to silly grin mode, scurrying over to sit next to Ayako and saying in a sweet, cloying voice, "Aya~ This dessert looks pretty good, do you want to try it? It's even pink cherry blossom shaped, don't all you girls like pink?"

The eardrums of the group seemed to have been struck hard, and they were shocked by the sharp sound of Miyagi's voice.

Mitsui was vomiting: This kid isn't quite right in the head.

Rukawa glanced at it expressionlessly, a fleeting look of unbearable displeasure crossing his face: ...

Hanon stared wide-eyed at Miyagi as if she had seen an alien, her mouth half-open.

Is this what they call being love-struck?

"You girls?" Ayako stared intently, a half-smile playing on her lips, her voice rising several octaves: "You seem to have a lot of experience in this area. Have you dated many girls?"

Upon hearing this, Hanon and the others couldn't help but chuckle, turning to look at Miyagi with expressions of eager anticipation, waiting for his explanation.

"Hehehe, there are so many! Beautiful and charming you, gentle and considerate you, endlessly charming you... Every single one of them is you, and only you~"

Miyagi's dark face was flushed with shyness, and his hands kept stroking the back of his neck.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Ayako's face burned with rage; she had never expected Miyagi to be so abrupt and direct.

Mitsui's eyes widened, his face twitching: This kid's sweet talk completely disregards the lives of others! He was utterly disgusted!

Rukawa Kaede's face was deathly calm, even a little cold. The fluffy hair on his head stood on end slightly, as if the hair follicles had been stimulated by something.

"Wow—" Hanon's eyes shone with genuine admiration. A master! This is a master!

Regardless of the lives of others, Miyagi continued his antics, offering up the juice he had just tasted with both hands, his face full of anticipation: "Aya~ This juice is really delicious, do you want to try it?"

Her little mind was racing with calculations: if A-Cai drank this juice, it would be considered an indirect kiss...hehe...

"Thump!"

Ouch!

Miyagi held his head in his hands, looking at Ayako with a pitiful expression.

Ayako punched Miyagi hard in the head and glared at him, saying, "Thank you so much!"

Don't assume she doesn't know; he's already drunk that glass of juice.

"Hehehe... You're welcome..."

Mitsui couldn't help but exclaim "Eek!" Which girl would dare to hit him like that? No matter if she was a goddess or his girlfriend, he would immediately throw her out.

Suddenly, on a whim, Mitsui asked Kanon, "Hey, you're not going to hit your boyfriend like that in the future, are you?"

Hanon, who was watching the commotion, was suddenly called out. She looked at Mitsui with a face full of question marks.

Rukawa Kaede and Ayako's gazes also turned to her.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Hanon thought for a moment and said firmly, "No."

Someone present, I don't know who it was, let out a long sigh of relief.

Hua Yin laughed: "After all, if I punch him, he might die."

As they listened to her words, the group recalled the basketball team's violent incidents and her formidable strength, and involuntarily swallowed several times.

How can you speak so harshly with such a soft voice?

Ayako grinned from ear to ear: "That sounds really reasonable, hahaha! So, Oto-chan needs to find a boyfriend who is—"

Hana raised an eyebrow and replied in perfect unison, "You have to find someone stubborn."

"Hahaha…"

The two girls burst into laughter, their silvery laughter echoing in the air.

Miyagi stared at Ayako with a lovesick look on his face, and Aya-chan looked even prettier when she smiled, hehehe.

Looking at the two girls, Mitsui was filled with fear: ...Playing basketball is worse than dating.

A certain expressionless fox inexplicably scratched its head: ...

...

On Monday morning, around 6 a.m., Akagi and Haruko arrived at the Shohoku basketball gym full of energy.

Miyagi, Mitsui, and Rukawa Kaede were piled on top of each other, squatting at the entrance of the basketball court, peering through the crack in the door.

The Akagi siblings were puzzled, and then two more layers were stacked on top of the three Arhats.

Thump, thump, thump—the familiar sound of a basketball bouncing on the ground.

The Kanon siblings were standing on the court, and Sakuragi's vest was soaked with sweat.

"Lower your center of gravity, move faster, and think about and remember your opponent's habits."

As soon as she finished speaking, Hanon dribbled the ball and quickly broke through. Her speed was astonishing. Sakuragi closely guarded her, and no matter which direction she broke through, Sakuragi would quickly cover her and follow closely.

This clueless newbie, who's only been learning for less than a month, has improved his defense so rapidly; it seems he's been practicing a lot after class.

With one attacking and the other defending, the two siblings approached the basket together. As she stepped under the basket, she leaped up, and at the same time, Sakuragi quickly jumped up, stretched out his right hand, and grabbed the ball from her hand.

Just then, Kanon suddenly did a crunch, pulling the ball down and cleverly avoiding Sakuragi's defense.

What? !

A shocking scene—

Hanon leaped through the air and was able to perform such difficult moves with incredible agility; her hang time was truly astonishing!

Even more astonishingly, Sakuragi did not back down; his right hand followed suit, moving to the ball's trajectory to interfere with Kanon's shooting motion as much as possible.

The moment she extended her body again, Hanon gently flicked her hand, skillfully sending the basketball into the net.

"Swish!" The ball fell softly into the net.

After the two landed, Kanon praised, "Hanamichi, that interception move was very beautiful!"

Sakuragi picked up the ball and grinned sheepishly, "Haha, really? Then when will I be able to stop you?"

Hanon blinked. "This... I still need to practice more."

Sakuragi wasn't discouraged and continued happily, "Yeah! I'll keep trying!"

After calming down a bit, the group opened the door to the basketball court.

Seeing Sakuragi's performance, Haruko excitedly jumped in front of him and exclaimed, "Wow, Sakuragi! Your defense was absolutely outstanding!"

Sakuragi's face immediately flushed pink, and his eyes sparkled. "Yes! Haruko~! I will definitely continue to fight hard and train diligently!"

Sakuragi is truly persevering and hardworking! This shows how much he loves basketball! Haruko felt that she even saw tears glistening in his eyes, which was incredibly touching.

Miyagi walked over and patted Sakuragi on the shoulder: "You two are way too early, Hanamichi. Don't you get tired at all?"

Sakuragi, hands on hips, declared, "We practice like this every single day! This genius is nothing like you commoners!"

Everyone exclaimed in surprise: "Every day?!"