Chapter 7 Long-term Relationships “What’s so fun about the wall? Play with me.”…

"Not that what?" Fang Chengyu asked.

"I don't hate him that much!" Their physical education teacher also had a bad temper. If they didn't gather within three minutes, they would be punished by running. Yu Xiang was most afraid of long-distance running, so he stretched out his long legs and rushed towards the class team, "Let's gather first!"

No one likes to run laps under the scorching sun, so Fang Chengyu also started running.

"The physical education teacher will take attendance. Let me know if anyone is absent." As soon as they joined the team, the teacher handed the attendance list to the physical education teacher.

The teams were determined by height from tallest to shortest at the beginning of last semester. Yu Xiang and Jiang Ci were the tallest and second tallest in the class, respectively, so they were both sent to the very edge and sat close together.

The boy standing on Yu Xiang's left had probably just run here, and he was sweating all over. The smell on his body was a little stronger, which made him feel a little uncomfortable.

But Jiang Ci on the right smelled very good. In order to be nice to his nose, Yu Xiang moved to the right quietly.

"Everyone is here." The physical education teacher counted the people and returned the roll call list to the teacher.

Are all here?

Yu Xiang poked his head out and looked for Zhang Miao in the team. Sure enough, he saw Zhang Miao in the middle, who was still gasping for breath.

...It is not difficult to imagine how he rushed here desperately after being released by Lei Gong and Director Xie.

"Once everyone is here, jog two laps first, then come back and do some warm-up exercises."

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, someone started wailing:

"One lap, teacher. Two laps is too much."

"Teacher, my stomach feels uncomfortable——"

"If you call again, it'll be three laps." However, the teacher didn't give them any room for negotiation. He pointed at the girl on the far left of the first row and said in a deep voice, "Let's go."

Naturally, the girl didn't dare to say anything more and just stepped onto the runway.

Long-distance running has always been Yu Xiang’s weakness. After running these two laps, he was out of breath. He held his waist and adjusted for a long time before he recovered.

"Beep—" the physical education teacher blew the whistle again, "Come and gather!"

So the people in Class 4 lined up one after another.

After finishing the warm-up exercises, the teacher announced that the students were dismissed to go to activities, but they were not allowed to leave the playground or wander around aimlessly.

The group of basketball enthusiasts in the class couldn't wait any longer and started shouting before they had even dispersed completely.

"Let's go play ball! Class 6 challenged us to a game before class started!"

"Qiangzi, what are you still standing there for? Let's go!"

"I'll wait for Lu Ziyang!"

"Where are the others?"

"Sanshui and I will come soon!" Fang Chengyu responded.

"Is Xu Tianhao coming?"

"Don't do that, his technique is terrible, let's get someone with better technique!" The leader was none other than Qi Ran, the physical education teacher. He was a tall and strong boy with a healthy tanned skin - a little too tanned, the skin almost turning into soy sauce color.

His eyes swept among the remaining people and finally stopped on Yu Xiang.

Although he had never played basketball with Yu Xiang since they were in the same class in the second year of high school, he felt that Yu Xiang must be a hidden master.

"Yu Xiang!" It is better to act than to think, so he called out to Yu Xiang directly.

The latter had just fished around in his pockets to get his campus card, intending to go to the equipment room to borrow a badminton racket. Hearing the sound, he turned back in confusion: "?"

Qi Ran strode up to Yu Xiang and invited him, "Want to play ball together?"

In fact, this wasn't the first time Yu Xiang had been invited, but he had always politely declined in the past, and this time was no exception: "You guys play, I still prefer playing badminton."

"You've rejected us so many times before, can't you agree just once?" Qi Ran gave him a simple smile, "Sanshui and the others are coming."

Yu Xiang looked troubled. After a moment's hesitation, he finally revealed the real reason: "...But I can't play basketball."

Qi Ran looked unconvinced: "How is that possible?"

"Really." Yu Xiang said sincerely.

"I still don't believe it. If that's the case, why didn't you tell me from the beginning?"

Yu Xiang was about to burst into tears in his heart: "..." Because I feel ashamed, brother, do you really have to make me say it so clearly?

He might be the only boy in the class who can't play basketball!

Even Jiang Ci, a man who seemed to have only studying in his mind, actually had good basketball skills. He was the one with real hidden talents.

"He really can't do it." Jiang Ci, who had gone to get some water, walked over slowly and said calmly, "Basketball and him just aren't meant for him."

"Incompatible horoscopes?" Qi Ran was stunned. "How come you, a genius student, are even into metaphysics? Aren't you a materialist?"

"I respect the facts." Jiang Ci turned his gaze to Yu Xiang. "He's easily hit by basketballs whenever he gets close to the court. The first time he learned basketball in elementary school, a rebounding ball hit his hand, and his finger was swollen for several days. And—"

Before he could finish his words, Yu Xiang patted his shoulder hard: "Can you please stop talking?"

Listening to Yu Xiang's gnashing voice, Jiang Ci calmly continued the second half of his sentence: "You saw some other things too, but he won't let me tell you."

Qi Ran was so stunned that he even forgot to ask, "How did you know this?": "Ah..."

"Lao Qi! Is everyone here?" A boy with a crew cut not far away called out to them.

Qi Ran hadn't recovered yet and acted as if he didn't hear anything.

"Wake up, Lu Ziyang is calling you." Yu Xiang reminded Qi Ran.

"Oh, oh." Qi Ran finally reacted, "I'm calling for help, you go with them first!"

Lu Ziyang on the other side said "OK" and left.

"Then this, this..." Qi Ran's gaze darted back and forth between Jiang Ci and Yu Xiang, finally settling on Jiang Ci's face uncertainly: "By the way, God of Study, would you..."

"I don't know how." Jiang Ci said flatly, then turned and was about to leave. "I'll go borrow some equipment."

"You obviously..." Yu Xiang was stunned at first, and just when he was about to expose him, he found that Jiang Ci had already walked a long way away.

"Forget it, the academic genius may only be good at studying, that's normal." Qi Ran on the side was already comforting himself.

Yu Xiang: “?” You really believe him, don’t you?

He originally wanted to tell Qi Ran directly that Jiang Ci was actually very good at basketball and to quickly train him to contribute to the class's honor, but then he thought that this would only encourage others and undermine his own prestige. Besides, if he went to the equipment room too late, he would only be able to borrow a badminton with missing hair, so he gave up the idea.

"I believe there are still many talented people in the class." Yu Xiang was thinking about badminton, so he naturally couldn't continue to stand here stupidly with Qi Ran. After comforting him casually, he hurried to the equipment room.

But I was still too late.

The first group of people who arrived at the equipment room had already borrowed all the relatively intact badmintons, leaving only a few balls with frizzy and broken hairs.

Damn it.

And fellow players also become a problem.

Before, one of Fang Chengyu and Zhang Miao would play badminton with him, but today because there was a basketball game with the class next door, they both went to play basketball.

Most of the students who like to play badminton in the class are girls, and there are very few boys. Even if there are boys, they only have fixed people to play against, or they just play table tennis or basketball.

Yu. A die-hard badminton enthusiast. Xiang: “…” I forgot to check the almanac before going out today.

"Hey Jiang Ci, are you playing badminton today too?"

"Um."

"Is anyone joining you? How about coming over to our place, and you and Xiaoyun can take turns?"

"You guys fight, I'll just play against the wall for fun."

Yu Xiang listened attentively to the conversation behind him, and finally couldn't help but turn around, only to see Jiang Ci talking to several girls in the class.

The person being spoken was not the focus of Yu Xiang's attention. Yu Xiang's focus was on the beautiful badminton with neat feathers held in Jiang Ci's left hand.

So he gave up the idea of ​​picking and choosing from the remaining rotten balls without much hesitation and walked over there.

"Hey, boy! You haven't registered! You can only take it after you register!" The old man in charge of managing sports equipment shouted desperately from behind.

This voice immediately attracted a lot of attention. Yu Xiang realized that he had not registered, so he had to turn back and hand his campus card to the administrator for registration.

After registering, he walked straight towards Jiang Ci with the racket in hand, and spoke too hastily: "What's so fun about the wall? Play with me."

Jiang Ci looked at him with a dazed look in his eyes: "......?"

"Bah. I mean, what's the point of hitting the wall? Don't waste such a good ball. Why not hit it with me?" Yu Xiang quickly changed his words.

Jiang Ci's face was sluggish: "...I refuse."

After saying that, he took the ball and walked towards the open space not far away.

Of course, Yu Xiang didn't give up just like that. He chased after Jiang Ci and followed him closely: "What's the reason? You must have a reason for rejecting me."

Jiang Ci kept walking: "You just took a fancy to the ball in my hand, not just wanting to play with me."

Having his thoughts seen through, Yu Xiang licked his lips guiltily and racked his brains to think of a way to make amends: "When was the last time we played badminton together?"

"junior high school."

"Except for today, I haven't seen you touch a racket since high school. I wonder how much your skills have deteriorated. Don't you want to test it?"

"In no mood."

Yu Xiang: “…” Why is this guy so stubborn?

"I only develop long-term relationships." Jiang Ci suddenly stopped and turned back slightly.

Yu Xiang behind him had no time to react and crashed straight into him. Fortunately, Jiang Ci stood steadily enough to avoid the tragedy of both of them falling to the ground.

Yu Xiang took two steps back, clutching his painful nose, and asked in a muffled voice, "What long-term relationship?"

"It means that if you want to play with me today, you have to play with me all the time in the future." Jiang Ci explained calmly, "I won't accept just today."

Yu Xiang was amazed: "This is an unfair clause of yours?"

"Everyone has their own selfish motives. Just like you're looking for me and relentlessly chasing after me just for the ball in my hand, I want a partner who can play with me for a long time." Jiang Ci's reasoning was very sound. "It's just that your approach is to sacrifice face, while mine is to impose unreasonable terms."

Yu Xiang was so upset after hearing this: "..." What's going on? It sounds quite reasonable.

"Of course, you can also choose not to accept it." Jiang Ci continued.

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