"The basketball team asked Senior Lu for help, but they won't let him start?"
When Ma Jiaojiao was muttering to herself.
"...Ah, I'm so tired."
The senior student who led the cheerleading team plopped down behind her.
Following her were other members of the cheerleading squad, such as Chu Chu, who chattered away as soon as she arrived.
"...Huh? Who's this?...Oh, it's Senior Lu's sister. She's so cute, much cuter than Senior Lu."
Chu Chu, who had been calmly preparing for her appearance in the back, did not immediately come to meet Shen Jingyi.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xun glanced at Chu Chu.
She then raised her eyebrows in a provocative gesture towards Ma Jiaojiao.
Ma Jiaojiao: ...
She pondered for a moment before understanding what Zhao Xuechang meant by that "this girl is like me" look—he had emphasized the meaning of "praising Shen Jingyi for being cute is just a way of criticizing Bei."
Just like Chu Chu now.
Looking at the senior's sneer of "winning".
Ma Jiaojiao smiled along.
The senior student felt he had won because he had successfully explained it.
Ma Jiaojiao also felt that she had won by letting her senior explain.
This is what a win-win situation looks like.
"—Ah Feng!!"
Sitting next to Chu Chu, Ruan Wei tried her best to support her boyfriend.
At this point, the attacking side was Jiangdian.
He Lin slowly dribbled the ball, facing Jiang Da's point guard who was defending him.
Jiangda's point guard and He Lin are about the same height, both around 1.75 meters.
The other players were all in their respective positions on the court, and it looked like the episode was about to start with one-on-one matches.
He Lin suddenly accelerated.
Jiangda's point guard suddenly retreated, trying to defend against his layup attempt.
But He Lin suddenly stopped, and Jiang Da's point guard couldn't brake in time. He swayed and unconsciously took a step or two back.
He Lin jumped and took a mid-range shot.
Goal scored.
The score is now 6-6.
Upon seeing this, Ruan Wei couldn't help but complain:
"He's useless! If Ah Feng had been guarding him, he could have blocked that shot!"
"Shut up."
Qiao Sinian, with her arms crossed, said something indifferently.
Ruan Wei: ...
She immediately stopped talking.
Qiao Sinian knew all the members of the Computer Science Department's basketball team.
This also includes their own point guard (PG).
He trains hard and plays steadily, but his abilities are limited.
But we can't say someone is useless just because of this.
He Lin waved two fingers at Qiu Cifeng, meaning "two points again."
In fact, in the first five rounds, He Lin scored two goals against his own team's point guard and also scored two goals himself.
PG put his hands on his hips and shook his head in frustration.
Qiu Cifeng paused for a moment, then said to him:
"Senior, it's okay, I'll defend him on the next ball."
PG was stunned for a moment, then sighed and said "okay".
"I'm counting on you."
…
"Old Joe!"
On the court, someone was breaking through, and Pan Pan was also breaking through. She rushed up to Qiao Sinian and asked, "What's going on? Isn't Brother Bei going to play?"
Qiao Sinian didn't answer immediately, but instead glanced at the "shackles" behind Pan Pan and asked with a smile:
"Hey, Source God, what's going on? You're crippled too?"
"…Oh."
Wen Yuan sneered: "Just a child's trick..."
Then he greeted her quite politely:
"Senior Qiao, your dance just now was amazing."
"Thank you for the compliment."
Qiao Sinian casually said, "Please sit down first."
Wen Yuan sat down next to Pan Pan, who repeated, "Is Brother Bei not going?"
Qiao Sinian: "I'll be up in a bit."
"Why do we have to wait a while before going up?" Pan Pan asked.
"He asked for it himself."
Qiao Sinian glanced at the girl next to her, Bei Ge's little girlfriend.
This junior, who is considered a campus beauty, doesn't seem interested in basketball games where she doesn't have a boyfriend.
She gently stroked the top of Bei Ge's sister's head, as if she were petting a well-behaved kitten.
Seeing this, Chu Chu also wanted to reach out and feel it, but Ji Qingqian slapped her hand on the back:
"Go touch your own."
"Tch~"
Chu Chu asked with disdain and confusion, "Why doesn't Senior Lu start? Does he want to lead the substitutes to catch up?"
Playing the whole game is very physically demanding.
Without a substitute, it's hard to keep going.
The ace in the substitutes is usually called the "sixth man".
Ji Qingqian said briefly, "Going first isn't a good idea."
Chu Chu didn't understand.
Qiao Sinian smiled:
"Sometimes I think Brother Bei is just too shrewd."
Pan Pan didn't understand either.
She sat at the same table as Chu Chu.
"What do you mean?" Chu Chu asked Ji Qingqian.
Ji Qingqian wanted to speak, but after opening her mouth, she felt that saying too much would be tiring, so she said, "Little sister, do you know?"
Shen Jingyi nodded and whispered:
“My brother isn’t a member of the basketball team. Logically, when the captain is injured, there should be a player to replace him. He’s a foreign player who was brought in… He’s more familiar with the veteran players, but there are freshmen. Some freshmen will follow the captain’s arrangements, but some, even if they do, can’t help but feel resentful… So he chose to be a substitute, using this action to tell the freshmen not to feel unbalanced.”
Chu Chu was taken aback: "Considering all that?"
"One of the reasons."
Qiao Sinian said with a smile, "Of course, it seems like there's also the idea of using a 'sixth man' tactic."
After Chu Chu nodded, Ruan Wei, who was sitting next to her, immediately spoke:
"By the time he came on the court, A-Feng had already widened the score gap!"
Ruan Wei's statement has some basis.
In the first five minutes or so, Qiu Cifeng has scored most of Jiang Da's points.
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