Before actually meeting Zhang Liang, Lin Chaoxi was curious about what Zhang Liang would look like when he grew up.
After meeting Zhang Liang, Lin Chaoxi was shocked by the three words "this kid".
Dayue Badminton Hall, underground passage, Zhang Liang was standing three meters away from her.
Completely different from the arrogant and gloomy appearance when he was a child, Zhang Liang now looks tall and mighty, especially with the cute internet celebrity-looking girl next to him, which makes him look even more burly and muscular.
Lin Chaoxi was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a long time.
Hua Juan put his hands in his pockets and glanced at her: "What's wrong with you? You look so weak. Did you know him before?"
"No... I don't know him." Lin Zhaoxi swallowed his saliva. "I want to have the momentum, but I think we may not be able to beat him."
"Don't boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Stand tall!"
Comrade Huajuan finished speaking and continued to put his hands in his pockets without saying anything. Pei Zhi had no intention of greeting Zhang Liang. Lin Chaoxi was still rational and knew that he did not know Zhang Liang, so he also said nothing.
Because of this, the three of them confronted Zhang Liang, but no one spoke.
30 seconds passed, 1 minute passed, 1 minute and 30 seconds passed...
Lin Chaoxi finally couldn't help it: "How long will this situation last?"
"Wait a minute, I'm very popular and I have to look stylish."
"What is he going to do?" Lin Chaoxi could only ask Pei Zhi.
"According to his rules, whoever greets first loses."
"What about us?"
"I'm just pretending to be cool with him." Pei Zhi said lightly.
Lin Zhaoxi burst out laughing.
Zhang Liang glanced at her sideways, and finally found an opportunity to speak: "Huajuan, you are still wearing the same pants as Pei Zhi, and you even use the same girlfriend.
"Damn it." Lin Chaoxi cursed silently in his heart. This person is too mean.
Huajuan wanted to lose his temper, but Lin Chaoxi gave him a soothing look, thinking that it would definitely not be good for idol stars to fight each other.
She said to Zhang Liang: "I am not their girlfriend."
"So what are you, a fuck buddy?"
"Oh, you know Sanwei University, right? I'm a special sports student, a badminton player." Lin Chaoxi was very calm.
Zhang Liang was stunned. After a while, he said to Hua Juan and Pei Zhi, "Why, you need to find someone to play badminton? Are you so unconfident?"
"I was just kidding you." Lin Zhaoxi pouted, "Why are you so easy to fool?"
Zhang Liang's face suddenly turned green.
"Okay, no more nonsense." Lin Zhaoxi asked Zhang Liang, "Where are we playing?"
"Go straight...left, hand, side, number 2." Zhang Liang managed a few words through his teeth.
Lin Chaoxi nodded and passed him by.
——
Badminton court. To take into account the popularity of Hanamaki, there is no one else here, it is an independent court.
Lin Chaoxi put down his schoolbag at the sidelines and thought it was unbelievable that Zhang Liang was still as immature as he was when he was a child.
Hanamaki sat to her left: "That was cool."
"What do you think, Mr. Ji?"
"That's fine, but you're really not a special badminton student?"
"no."
"That's still not cool enough. I always feel like I lost a little bit."
Lin Zhaoxi: "Actually, I..."
She looked at Pei Zhi as she spoke.
"Don't tell him what you are learning." Pei Zhi opened the racket bag and said.
"What's there to keep secret?" Huajuan said disdainfully.
"This joke has been played so many times that it's a bit boring."
Lin Chaoxi tied his shoelaces. On the other side of the court, Zhang Liang and his cute girlfriend had already walked to the opposite serving area, but Lu Zhihao had not arrived yet.
"Why not wait for them?"
"It is said that there is a traffic jam on the road, but it is possible that they dare not come." Huajuan paused, "You are changing the subject. I can hear that you are studying mathematics, aren't you?"
Pei Zhi handed her a badminton racket and took her to the other side of the court.
The ceiling spotlights were fully turned on, and the stadium was unusually bright.
Across the net, Lin Chaoxi once again looked at the burly young man on the other side of the net.
Judging from Zhang Liang's muscle lines, he must have exercised frequently abroad. With strong lower limbs, he should be able to block the net forward and smash backward, so he should be invincible.
"Is there any objection to scoring according to the official competition rules?" Zhang Liang said.
On the court, Lin Zhaoxi and Pei Zhi looked at each other.
Huajuan was sitting on the sidelines, and the next second he saw the two men who had just been so powerful running back to get their cell phones.
Zhang Liang looked at the country bumpkin with contempt, but the girl seemed not to notice. She turned around and asked loudly, "Which version of the competition rules?"
"casual."
"So confident?" Lin Chaoxi muttered.
Pei Zhi: "See the latest one."
The two of them took out their mobile phones at the same time and checked the latest version of the international competition rules this year. They also exchanged a few words from time to time, and were very down-to-earth and serious.
Hanamaki leaned against the wall, folded his arms and looked at them.
Lin Chaoxi and Pei Zhi were standing in the meeting room again, and Zhang Liang was obviously getting impatient.
Lin Zhaoxi: "You really don't want to take a look?"
"Stop talking nonsense and start now."
Zhang Liang was full of momentum, holding the badminton and tilting the racket. With a bang, the badminton was caught in the strong wind and flew over the net.
Pei Zhi stood in the receiving area and swung his racket gently. His movements were really casual, so the badminton that was hit back hit the net and fell down, not passing...
Huajuan was flipping the cards on the sidelines and almost vomited. Lin Chaoxi didn't react, but the girl next to Zhang Liang was very happy, jumping up and down and shouting: "1:0."
Zhang Liang walked to the net, picked up the badminton that fell on the ground, and looked at Pei Zhi coldly: "What do you mean?"
"Come again." Pei Zhi said.
Zhang Liang served again, with the same powerful serve and the same sharp arc, but this time, Pei Zhi was too lazy to even swing the racket, and the badminton fell at Pei Zhi's feet and rolled lightly a short distance.
Zhang Liang narrowed his eyes, with a hint of anger in his eyes: "What do you mean, Pei Zhi, if you don't want to play well, don't agree to come out."
Lin Zhaoxi sighed and looked at Pei Zhi: "Is it true?"
"He said it's up to him, so he probably didn't read the rules." Pei Zhi said, then looked at Zhang Liang, "Your serve is against the rules."
"It's obviously a legal serve. If you say I violated the rules, then I violated the rules. If you don't want to play, then get out."
Lin Chaoxi was helpless: "The rules of doubles in official matches are a bit complicated. You have to change sides after you score. Please pay attention. This time it is not considered a violation for you. Start again."
The girl remained quiet and had no intention of taking advantage of him, but just the few words "it doesn't count as a violation this time" were enough to severely hurt Zhang Liang's self-esteem.
Zhang Liang's face was so sour that it was unbearable to look at.
Lin Chaoxi completed a double kill alone, and Huajuan almost wanted to take out a bag of potato chips to eat.
"No need, just score." Zhang Liang squeezed out these words from between his teeth.
"Then do you want to take a closer look at the rules of the competition first?" Lin Chaoxi asked gently.
triple kill~
Hanamaki almost laughed out loud.
Lin Chaoxi and Pei Zhi were too casual about it, and Zhang Liang seemed to have a lot of anger but nowhere to vent it, so he could finally play seriously.
But then, the rules instructions were heard from time to time on the field.
Pop.
4:3
"Girl, you need to switch sides."
Pop.
4:4
"You need to serve this ball to me, diagonally..."
Pop.
5:7
"When the serving side scores an even number of points, the serving side serves from the right half of the court; when the serving side scores an odd number of points, the serving side serves from the left half of the court."
In front of and behind the net, the rackets flew up and down, and the friction between the tennis shoes and the floor made a continuous "squeaking" sound.
15:16
Zhang Liang has good athletic ability, and was beaten back and forth by Lin Chaoxi and Pei Zhi based on the rules, but he did not protest against the rules themselves, and he was very boyfriend-like, almost turning a doubles match into a singles match.
On the other hand, Pei Zhi hid in the back, and apart from the occasional swing and smash, he basically did not make any other unnecessary moves. Lin Chaoxi ran all over the court, in front of the net, in the middle, and at the bottom line. The beautiful figures of girls in red could be seen everywhere in the half court.
The scores rose alternately and Huajuan kept flipping the score board.
18:20, match point.
Relying on the lead gained from his previous understanding of the rules, Pei Zhilin maintained a 2-point advantage day and night.
Lin Chaoxi's return ball just barely cleared the net.
Zhang Liang saw that Pei Zhi's running range was not large and Lin Chaoxi was in front of the net, so he made a powerful backcourt pass and hit the ball to the southeast corner of the court.
The only one who could catch the ball was Pei Zhi, but Pei Zhi did not move.
Everyone present was frozen, their eyes following the trajectory of the badminton as it flew through the air and finally landed on the ground.
The badminton hit the line and lay on the wooden floor, out of bounds.
18:21, the game is over.
"We won!" Huajuan jumped up and even forgot to turn over the score board.
Lin Zhaoxi turned around with a smile. Pei Zhiqiu switched the racket to his other hand and raised his left hand high.
Lin Chaoxi ran back, jumped up, and high-fived Pei Zhi.
"Come again." Zhang Liang said coldly.
"No more fighting." Lin Chaoxi refused immediately. In the previous round, she and Pei Zhi won by remembering the rules. If they played another round, her physical strength would decline and she would not be able to guarantee victory.
Zhang Liang: "According to the international competition rules, it's best of three."
"Oh, don't be so serious."
Lin Chaoxi pulled Pei Zhi and quickly fled to the sidelines. Zhang Liang was clearly not going to let them go, and he actually walked towards them holding a racket.
Just then, the stadium doors opened.
Lu Zhihao stood at the door, holding his lovely girlfriend, sweating profusely: "I'm sorry, I'm late."
"It's not late, you come at the right time." Pei Zhi said.
——
Lin Chaoxi sat on the bench, wiping his sweat with the sleeve of his T-shirt. Pei Zhi was still wearing a long-sleeved sportswear, but because he hadn't run much, he didn't look sweaty.
Hanamaki: “I have a question.”
Lin Zhaoxi: "Please go ahead."
"Are you really not a special badminton recruit?"
"Your question is a bit euphemistic. Please be more direct."
"Okay, how did you take Pei Zhi?"
Lin Chaoxi looked at Huajuan with a smile.
"Don't talk about math," Hanamaki warned her.
"Okay, it's a strategy. In the early stages, we relied on our understanding of the badminton rules. They were a little confused. This was Pei Zhi's idea."
Huajuan: "Isn't it too strange to call Pei Zhi classmate?"
Lin Zhaoxi: “…”
Hanamaki: "What about the later period?"
"Have you read "The Oxford Mysteries"? " Lin Chaoxi made a cushion.
"No, you continue."
"The hero was playing rebounding, and then he met the heroine. There were a lot of grids and crosses painted on the wall. The heroine asked her what she was doing. Guess what the hero answered?"
Hanamaki: "I have a bad feeling."
"The man said he tried to calculate his running position, based on where the ball would bounce and at what height it would be, to determine where the racket should make contact with the ball."
“But badminton is played against an opponent?”
Pei Zhi replied: "There will be more variables, but it is still possible to calculate the trajectory."
Huajuan: "Shouldn't someone else be the one to say something pretentious like that? Why are you answering it yourself?"
Lin Zhaoxi laughed: "If I'm not being pretentious, that's a line from a movie."
"Fuck......" Hanamaki said angrily.
"Okay, okay, I'll buy you a drink?" Lin Chaoxi quickly tried to smooth things over. "What would you like to drink?"
"Sports drinks are fine." Pei Zhi said without hesitation.
"Boiled water, thanks." Huajuan replied.
Lin Chaoxi took her cell phone and ran to the vending machine at the sidelines. She randomly picked a few items and came back with a bunch of water.
She put down her drink and picked out a bottle of red-packaged steamed buns.
Huajuan’s eyes widened.
"How can you be so disrespectful of my personal wishes and force me to drink Coca-Cola, my God!" He said this while his hands were already twisting the bottle cap hard.
With a crisp "sizzle" sound, the sour smell of carbonated drinks spread.
Lin Chaoxi sat down next to Pei Zhi, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip, his eyes falling on the two couples confronting each other in front of the net.
The author has something to say: Teacher Hanamaki’s surname is Hanamaki, his given name is Juan, and his stage name is Ji Jiang.
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