Chapter 043 Modern Society 4
Lin Xiran signed the contract without much hesitation.
Xie Yunsui originally thought that Lin Xiran would take a few days to consider it, but he came with a suitcase the next day.
Lin Xiran smiled and said, "It's just moving from the student dormitory to the staff dormitory anyway."
"That makes sense."
Xie Yunsui turned on the machine, fixed the packaging bag and disposable cup, and saw Lin Xiran coming to help after washing his hands.
Xie Yunsui said, "I brought some sandwiches. Would you like to eat them first?"
It was agreed that food and accommodation would be provided, but Lin Xiran did not ask for any subsidy, so Xie Yunsui took the initiative to bring his own food.
Lin Xiran turned to pick up the lunch bag on the table: "Only sandwiches?"
"I also brought a menu. Starting tomorrow, please tell me what you want to eat one day in advance."
"Do it yourself?"
"Of course, to save costs."
Lin Xiran smiled and said, "I thought the meal you mentioned meant eating sandwiches every meal."
"Since I don't know your preferences, sandwiches are the easiest to make."
"I'm not picky about food. I eat everything."
Xie Yunsui prepared the cherry jam, looked at him sideways, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Then I just do it casually?"
Lin Xiran: "Of course."
Xie Yunsui raised the corner of his lips slightly: "Is it okay to create a sect like Stargazing Sect?"
Lin Xiran: “…”
He lowered his head and searched in his lunch bag. "I realized I might still be a bit picky about food. Let me take a look at the menu."
Most of the customers at noon are students from school, who buy a cold drink on their way out to eat.
Xie Yunsui could handle it by himself, so Lin Xiran ate his sandwich in peace.
Then I saw someone who looked vaguely familiar enter the store.
Xie Yunsui asked as usual, "Hello, would you like a glass of bubbly?"
The guy who came in was tall and strong, wearing a basketball uniform and holding a basketball in his arms. He glanced at the drink menu and said unsatisfiedly, "This is the only one?"
Xie Yunsui: "Yes."
The boy curled his lips and said, "Then bring me a hundred cups, and deliver them to the Dongda basketball stadium at 12:30."
Xie Yunsui glanced at the time on his phone screen and said, "We don't have a delivery service."
"Don't you have two people in your store? Just have them take care of it. He's a student at our University of Tokyo and happens to know the basketball arena, so he won't get lost."
When Lin Xiran heard him mention the basketball hall, he knew he was targeting him. He stood up and asked, "Did He Yiming ask you to come?"
The boy smiled crookedly and said, "What's this about Guan He? Our basketball club has an internal game this afternoon, so buying some drinks is normal."
"You can go to the milk tea shop next door to place an order. They have takeout and delivery."
"The ones next door are so expensive, but yours is cheap and has big portions, so I'm going to order from you."
The boy looked determined to make things difficult for her.
Xie Yunsui's expression faded, and he remained polite for the time being: "Sorry, I don't accept orders."
The boy impatiently slammed the basketball onto the ground, making it clatter loudly. "You're open for business, and I'm your customer, so I'm your boss. If you don't accept my order, I won't leave. The ball in my hand has no eyes, so don't blame me if I break anything in your house."
Lin Xiran frowned and picked up his phone to remove He Yiming from the blacklist.
Xie Yunsui held him down and said to the boy, "Okay, I'll take the order. It's 800 yuan. Pay the bill here."
The boy smiled, decisively scanned the code to pay, and then said in a threatening tone: "12:30, my teammates are all impatient. If you don't drink by 12:30 and lose the game, you will be fully responsible."
He patted the basketball and went out.
Lin Xiran looked at the time: "It's already 12:10! It takes ten minutes to walk from here to the basketball court!"
"It's urgent, please help me get some sparkling water." Xie Yunsui's tone was calm, which inexplicably soothed Lin Xiran's anxiety.
Lin Xiran drank sparkling water with a tense face, her dark eyelashes half-drooped, casting a shadow on her snow-white skin.
Xie Yunsui quickened his pace, arranging disposable cups on the countertop when he heard Lin Xiran say, "He Yiming, the president of the basketball club. He pursued me a while ago, but I refused."
"So even if you show up on time this time, he'll find something else to embarrass you, right?"
Lin Xiran shook his head: "I'm fine, I'm just afraid that he will come to cause trouble for the store again later, otherwise I..."
Xie Yunsui lowered his eyes: "It's okay, I'll go see you off."
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Xie Yunsui went to deliver the goods alone, and Lin Xiran stayed behind to clean the table and look after the store.
After finishing a few orders and seeing that Xie Yunsui had not returned yet, Lin Xiran couldn't calm down and called his roommate Ji Tao.
Ji Tao answered the phone: "Ah? What's going on?"
Lin Xiran: "Can you help me go to the basketball court..."
"Huh? How did you know I was in the basketball hall?" Ji Tao said cheerfully, "My girlfriend said there was something fun to watch there, so she dragged me over."
They had no classes in the afternoon, so Ji Tao was happy to catch up with his girlfriend.
Lin Xiran's heart skipped a beat: "Fun?"
"Hey, that He Yiming is having a one-on-one match with a handsome guy from outside the school. Their basketball game used to be unwatchable, but now a lot of girls are here... Oh, someone on the forum is updating the game in real time."
Lin Xiran hung up the phone and went to the school forum, where he saw a new post that was gaining popularity.
When you click on it, you can see that the cover picture is obviously a picture of Xie Yunsui and He Yiming confronting each other.
At first glance, it seems serious.
The discussion forum under this post is already very high.
Lin Xiran skipped over the people in the front row eating melons and arguing, as well as the discussion about who the handsome guy who was fighting against He Yiming was, and saw someone uploading a video later.
The two were competing against each other, and with so many spectators in the audience, He Yiming naturally could not blatantly trip up the other person. The two agreed that whoever scored more goals within half an hour would win.
Ten minutes had passed, He Yiming had scored 13 goals, while Xie Yunsui still had 0 goals.
[That handsome guy can't play basketball, right? I saw him grab the ball and he couldn't even dribble.]
[I've already said that He Yiming has no shame in bullying others.]
[That shouldn't be the case. That tea shop owner can't play basketball, so why would he agree to a 1v1 match?]
[Look at our He Shen crushing the opponent!]
[Shit! Am I the only one wondering what they bet on?]
…
He Yiming had clearly scored a lot of goals, but when he looked towards the audience, he saw many people pointing at him.
Some even shouted, "He Yiming, you're competing with someone who can't play basketball. Even if you win, you'll still be trash."
He Yiming almost vomited blood.
They only saw him score the goal, but they didn't see that he was clearly being outmaneuvered by this guy.
The reason why he arranged the confrontation was that he wanted to suppress the opponent with force without making any noise on the court.
After all, on the court, physical confrontations, minor fights, and injuries are normal.
He Yiming's original plan was to knock someone away while dribbling, watch his opponent fall to the ground in a mess, maybe even get a head start, while he made a three-step layup and received applause and attention.
Who knew that once he got on the court, He Yiming couldn't even touch the corner of his opponent's clothes.
It seemed that the two of them were circling around the ball, but in fact, He Yiming was chasing Xie Yunsui's pace, almost disrupting his own rhythm.
Xie Yunsui's dodging skills were specially trained, and He Yiming's movements seemed to be played in slow motion in his eyes. The ball in his hand seemed to be specially placed in front of him, making him always want to take it.
The reason why he returned the ball and seemed to be trying to evade He Yiming was that he wanted to take the opportunity to learn how to dribble and shoot.
It's been ten minutes, and He Yiming only has a few poses, which I think is enough.
Xie Yunsui's eyes flashed, and he reached out to steal the ball.
The situation reversed in an instant.
The audience didn’t quite understand why the one who couldn’t play the ball suddenly started scoring goals?
[Holy crap! The basketball god is possessing me! This slam dunk is so cool!]
[I don't quite understand. Does this mean you can't play basketball? Then He Yiming can't even touch the ball. Does that mean he hasn't learned it at all?]
[15 to 15, we’re catching up!]
[In other words, what exactly did they bet on? Does anyone know?]
Lin Xiran watched the videos constantly being uploaded from the building, and gradually relaxed from his anxiety.
He didn't know what the two of them had bet on, but it was probably about not causing trouble for the store again.
Lin Xiran saw that the score was tied and there was even a sign of it being surpassed. He then looked at the video shot by the owner, which had been deliberately zoomed in to show He Yiming's greasy face and gritted teeth. The voices mocking He Yiming in the building became louder.
Lin Xiran secretly sent a message to Ji Tao, asking if the person who posted the video had a grudge against He Yiming?
Ji Tao: You forgot my girlfriend, who is a photographer.
It turned out to be a video uploaded by her girlfriend.
Lin Xiran suddenly realized that Ji Tao was using his girlfriend to take revenge on him.
As the game entered the second half, people in Lin Xiran's group started sending messages saying they wanted to go to the basketball stadium to watch the fun.
He Yiming is usually very high-profile. His family has some money and he has changed boyfriends and girlfriends countless times. Some exes come to kick him when he is down, and some fans come to show their warmth.
There have never been so many spectators in the internal games in the basketball hall.
Until the final whistle sounded, Xie Yunsui made a three-pointer that flew through the air and fell steadily into the basket.
He Yiming was breathing heavily and looking at Xie Yunsui with red eyes.
Xie Yunsui wore a casual outfit that was not suitable for the court. He finished a half-hour competition without even breaking a sweat.
Xie Yunsui patted the ball as he walked towards He Yiming, extended his hand towards him, and said with a smile: "I hope you can do what you say."
He Yiming looked at his hands viciously, clenched and unclenched his fists, clenched them, and squeezed hard.
Xie Yunsui's expression remained unchanged, but he exerted more force. He Yiming's arm trembled suddenly, and there was a hint of fear in his eyes.
Xie Yunsui let go, packed up the packing boxes and the cart and left.
He lived a simple and peaceful life, without any sadness or joy. He won a football game and gained many fans, but he was just an ordinary tea shop owner.
When Lin Xiran saw this video, he was cheered up, stood up, walked to the door and looked outside.
The boss was coming back pushing a cart.
"Boss!" Lin Xiran hurriedly opened the door.
Xie Yunsui felt the cool breeze from inside the room and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "It's really too hot outside."
Lin Xiran poured him a glass of water and couldn't help asking, "Did you make a bet?"
Xie Yunsui raised his eyebrows and looked over.
Lin Xiran showed him the post on the forum.
"Oh, about that." Xie Yunsui took a sip of water and replied, "He said that if I beat him on the court, he would stop letting anyone cause trouble in the store. To save trouble, I agreed."
Lin Xiran took a deep breath: "Great!"
The smile finally returned to his face.
Xie Yunsui watched, recalling the man whispering sinisterly in his ear: "You can protect him for a while, but can you protect him forever? He has to come to school eventually."
Xie Yunsui agreed to the competition, but he would not trust the man's promise. When shaking hands, he gave him a little warning.
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