Chapter 17

"Come watch the basketball game with us tomorrow afternoon."

Lin Jiu was originally concentrating on writing English reading comprehension questions when Tang Yue patted her on the back.

She firmly wrote a "C" in front of the last question before putting down her pen.

Turning around and looking at Tang Yue, who had a mysterious smile on her face, she asked with a puzzled look on her face, "What basketball game?"

She hasn't paid much attention to class matters recently and has been concentrating on studying.

Tang Yue leaned closer to her and explained in a low voice, "A few days ago, the boys in our class had a verbal conflict with the boys in the class next door over a turf dispute. Then they agreed to play a game on Sunday afternoon, and whoever won would get the turf."

"..." Lin Jiu said, "Actually, I don't like watching basketball games. I don't really understand them."

Grabbing her arm that was resting on the table, Tang Yue said coquettishly, "Zhou Qing and the others are going to watch it. Let's go together. It's very lively."

"...What time does it start? How long will it take?"

Tang Yue thought she was going to agree, and her joy was beyond words. "Start at three o'clock, play for an hour, and it will be over at almost four o'clock."

It's been too long.

After three seconds of contemplation, Lin Jiu cruelly refused and shook his head, "Sorry, you guys go, I still don't really want to go."

Everyone else went to watch the basketball game, so she took advantage of this hour to make a small overtaking move.

Tang Yue knew that she really didn't like this kind of activities, so she didn't feel sad when she heard it. She pursed her lips symbolically and said, "Okay." She didn't force it anymore.

Seeing that Tang Yue was not angry, Lin Jiu tilted his head with a smile and blinked at her to express his apology.

Lin Jiu rarely smiles and usually has no expression. Despite this, her face is very friendly and it is difficult for others to dislike her.

Once she stood up and smiled at people, it was hard for anyone not to be moved, and Tang Yue was no exception.

Seeing the cute face smiling sweetly, Tang Yue was immediately infected. Her little mouth no longer pouty, and her eyes and eyebrows were smiling.

Seeing Tang Yue smile, Lin Jiu felt that he had done his best to coax her.

She was about to turn around and go back to her seat, but when she looked up, she met Chen Miao's eyes.

Since the seats were adjusted, Chen Miao and Meng Qinyang moved to the last row near the back door.

Chen Miao sat by the aisle and Meng Qinyang sat by the window.

Lin Jiu's heart skipped a beat, he was a little stunned and paused.

She didn't know why Chen Miao was looking at her and they even looked into each other's eyes.

Before she could look away, she saw Chen Miao lightly move his gaze away, pick up the book in his hand naturally, and start reading again.

Although he was wearing the same school uniform, he looked very different from the others when he was reading. He was very elegant, like a nobleman.

It all seemed like an accident.

Turning around and sitting upright, Lin Jiu slowly rubbed his temples with his left hand, his heart surging.

Damn it!

Why are we making eye contact like this again?

He has a face that she likes and he is trying to make his presence felt in front of her.

It was really annoying, it was preventing her from getting into the study state. She sighed softly, and her mood slowly calmed down.

She secretly guessed that Chen Miao must have accidentally looked in her direction and then met her eyes.

After calming down, she looked up the answers to the reading comprehension questions and checked them all. She actually got one wrong, so she dove back into the sea of ​​questions...

During the break near the last class, Lin Jiu asked Tang Yue for the key to the classroom door.

After National Day, Yuan Hui gave Tang Yue, the class monitor, a spare key. Any classmates who wanted to come to the classroom to do homework on Sundays could ask her for it.

Tang Yue was going home tonight and didn't know when she would come tomorrow, so Lin Jiu went to look for her during the break.

Knowing that Lin Jiu would come to the classroom to study on Sunday, Tang Yue readily took out the key from his trouser pocket and gave it to her.

7:30 am on Sunday.

Lin Jiuxian went to the cafeteria. There were especially few people there during holidays.

When she arrived at the cafeteria, the cafeteria aunt had just arranged the food on the plates and everything was just right.

After waiting for a few minutes, she swiped her card to buy a bowl of minced meat noodles and added some chili oil. After eating, she went to the classroom with full energy, opened the door, and started studying.

At twelve o'clock noon, when she was about to go to the cafeteria to eat, a few female classmates came together.

So, she didn't lock the classroom door.

After dinner, she did not go back to the classroom, but returned to the dormitory.

There was no one in the dormitory. Tang Yue and the others were still at home and hadn't come over yet. As for Zheng Ying, she had gone out to play with her deskmate.

Lin Jiu set the alarm for 1:30, and turned it off after hearing the alarm.

The weather was so pleasant that she stayed in bed for a while and took a nap. When she woke up again, it was almost half past two.

I became a bit lazy and relaxed during the holiday.

Putting down the alarm clock in his hand, Lin Jiu propped up his dizzy head and went to wash his face, waking up for a while.

After leaving the dormitory, she walked along the corridor under the Sports and Arts Building as usual, and then she changed her mind and decided to buy some snacks.

So when I was almost at the end of the corridor, I turned right and walked a few steps around the corner to the door of the convenience store.

Just as she was about to go in, a group of boys in white basketball uniforms rushed out. She stood aside quietly and made way for them.

She watched the last boy, holding a box of water, walk out of the door before she went in.

As soon as she entered the door, she heard Lei Yi's loud voice: "Just buy this box of water, we have to hurry to the basketball court."

Looking towards the source of the sound, I saw a group of people standing in the drinking water area, led by Meng Qinyang and Lei Yi, all wearing black basketball uniforms.

Meng Qinyang took a look and nodded slightly, "Okay, this is it."

Lei Yi immediately picked up the box of water and said, "Let's go."

After saying that, the group of people clamored and made as if to pay the bill and leave.

Seeing this, Lin Jiu walked to the nearest snack shelf and avoided them.

She had already thought about what to eat, and in just a few minutes she had picked out a corn sausage and a small piece of pickled bamboo shoots.

I went to the checkout area and found that the group of people in the class had not left yet. A large group of people were waiting at the door for the two people at the checkout area.

Lei Yi was working as a laborer in the front, while Meng Qinyang was paying the bill in the back.

It's 100 yuan in cash.

The boss took some time to find the money.

Lin Jiu walked behind Meng Qinyang, and the boss found the money and gave it to him.

Just as she handed the things in her hand to the boss to scan, she heard Meng Qinyang say: "After winning this game, let's go out for a meal together. You can order whatever you want. If you are not online, Chen Miao will pay the bill."

After swiping the card, Lin Jiu walked towards the teaching building about one meter behind Meng Qinyang and the others.

Lei Yi bumped Meng Qinyang with his shoulder and asked, "Is this true? Chen Miao is paying for it?"

"Of course, Chen Miao said so himself. He'll reimburse the expenses." Meng Qinyang shrugged. "He's not participating in the basketball game, and he's not putting in any effort, so he should pay a little."

"Why doesn't he play a game together? Didn't you say he's good at basketball?"

"...He felt that such a competition was meaningless and didn't want to be surrounded and watched like a monkey." Meng Qinyang waved his hands, expressing helplessness.

Lei Yi felt like they were all being scolded: "..."

Seeing Lei Yi's face full of sullenness, Meng Qinyang rarely showed any good intentions. He explained on behalf of Chen Miao: "He just said it like that, he didn't mean anything else..."

Anyway, his cousin has always been low-key and doesn't like to be in the spotlight. It just so happens that he can be the sole focus on the court.

When Lei Yi heard what Meng Qinyang said, and thought of Chen Miao's treat, he skipped the discussion of this part.

He quickly changed the subject and talked about the tactics for dealing with the next class.

As they were talking, the two disappeared at the end of the corridor and headed towards the playground.

Lin Jiu slowly walked up the stairs to the second floor and went to the nearest back door. He found that the door in front of him was ajar, leaving a small gap.

She pushed open the door and saw Chen Miao's back at a glance. Her heart skipped a beat. She had never thought he would be here.

He leaned casually on the stool, holding an English book in his left hand and taking notes with a pen in his right hand.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, he remained in the same posture, turned his head to glance at her, raised his eyebrows slightly, paused for a few seconds, and then turned back to reading.

There were only two of them in the classroom.

Lin Jiu felt a little uncomfortable. After calming himself down, he took a step forward and prepared to go to his seat.

When I walked behind him, I suddenly heard the person next to me say, "Aren't you going to watch the basketball game?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of continuous exclamations suddenly came from the basketball court in the classroom.

——It’s opening over there.

Lin Jiu never thought he would speak.

After thinking for a few seconds, she decided to tell the real reason.

With the background noise of the basketball court, she whispered back, "I don't understand basketball."

Then, without caring whether he heard her or not, she started to walk past his desk when she heard him say, "Last time I saw you standing by the playground watching for a while, and I thought you understood."

Lin Jiu knew very well that the last time Chen Miao was referring to was the incident on the day of the holiday.

Pausing for a moment, she said, "...I can still understand basketball goals."

After she finished speaking, she passed by Chen Miao's seat and clearly heard his joyful laughter.

Why is he laughing like that?

She seemed to understand, but not quite.

Could it be that he was amused by her serious tone?

When she heard the laughter in the classroom, she felt her scalp tingling and her face quickly turned red.

With her back to Chen Miao, she walked a few steps along the aisle and returned to her seat.

After sitting quietly for a few seconds, she tried hard to ignore Chen Miao behind her. After thinking clearly about what she wanted to do, she calmed down a lot.

She put the snacks on the table, then took out a physics exercise book from the table, opened the book, and started studying directly.

Afterwards, the two of them stopped talking.

The classroom is very quiet.

Apart from the occasional cheers from the basketball court, there was only the sound of turning pages and the rustling sound of water-based pens on manuscript paper.

After four o'clock, the game on the basketball court ended.

Before anyone arrived in the classroom, Lin Jiu heard the noise downstairs.

"Class 1402 is awesome."

"Meng Qinyang is awesome."

"Our class basketball team is the best."

......

And so on.

All of them were cheers.

After Meng Qinyang entered the room, he was followed by a group of people, all of whom rushed into the classroom.

Suddenly, the silence in the classroom was ended by their chatting.

The sound didn't last long before the basketball team went downstairs to celebrate.

Seeing Chen Miao still sitting there, Meng Qinyang called him, "Let's go, let's eat."

Chen Miao put down the book and went downstairs with them.

In the classroom, besides Lin Jiu, there were some girls watching the game.

Tang Yue also came back and sat on a stool to cool off.

Even though it was October, the sun downstairs was still shining brightly and it made her sweat profusely.

Lin Jiu turned around and returned the key, then Tang Yue pulled him aside and said, "Our class won, and we're ahead by a large margin."

Lin Jiu nodded, and Tang Yue seemed to be still unsatisfied. "Meng Qinyang is so handsome, and he's really good at basketball. He stole the show. The girls present were fascinated by him, and many girls from other classes wanted his contact information..."

After listening to this, Lin Jiu had only one thought.

The biggest winner of this basketball game is Meng Qinyang.