news
On the court, Lu Xiye smiled brightly, a stark contrast to his usual self. Especially when doing math problems, he looked like a wilted leek, but on the basketball court, he was the center of attention, radiating his brilliance.
Even the girls from Jinhai Middle School in the adjacent audience seats noticed him as soon as he came on stage.
"I heard he's a freshman in high school, and in a key class."
"Oh my god, to be able to enter the key class of No. 1 High School, he must be a top student!"
"His family is also very rich. His father is in real estate. Many real estate projects in Nanshi were developed by his family, including the super luxurious Jinhai City."
"He's so handsome, good at studying, rich, and a great basketball player. He's too perfect, right?"
“…”
The discussion next door was so loud that the three people on Jiang Zhizhi's side could hear it clearly.
"No, I can't hold it back anymore..." Li Rongrong had been a classmate of Lu Xiye since elementary school. When she heard these girls were crazy about him, she couldn't help but burst out laughing. "Oh my god, I never thought that Lu Xiye would one day be associated with the word 'perfect'. I'm dying of laughter."
"Lu Xiye is not bad, Li Rongrong, are you prejudiced against him? I've noticed that whenever you mention him, you never have anything good to say. You either mock or belittle him. This is wrong."
Pu Yu, who was watching the game attentively, suddenly turned around and said to Li Rongrong.
"Ah?" Li Rongrong didn't expect Pu Yu to speak to Lu Xiye.
"I've always found it strange. Although Lu Xiye's grades aren't that great, they're not bad either. Being in the top 100 on the admissions list is considered an excellent student, right? But every time you talk about his grades, it's as if he's the worst in the school."
"I..." After hearing Pu Yu say this, Li Rongrong didn't know how to explain for a moment.
It seems to be true. Before the second year of junior high school, Lu Xiye was indeed a poor student, but now, his grades are indeed quite good compared to the whole school ranking.
Her grades were not much higher than Lu Xiye's.
"Besides, Lu Xiye is indeed very handsome, don't you two think so?" Pu Yu blinked and looked at Jiang Zhizhi and Li Rongrong with an inquiring expression.
"Uh... well, I never said he was ugly..." Li Rongrong curled her lips and looked at Pu Yu resentfully, "What's wrong with you today? You keep speaking in Lu Xiye's favor."
"It's nothing. I'm very objective! I'm much more objective than both of you." Pu Yu said with a smile.
Li Rongrong said unconvincedly, "That's because you don't know him from the past. He used to be a little scoundrel, ranked last in the school, always causing trouble and being extremely annoying."
"Really? In that case, isn't it inspiring that he can become what he is now?"
“…”
Li Rongrong was speechless.
She really had never thought about this angle.
"Pu Yu, tell me honestly, you're not in love with Lu Xiye too, are you?"
"Me?" Pu Yu couldn't help but sneer, with an exaggeratedly arrogant expression on her face. "Please, I'm an outstanding and beautiful girl who's going to MN University. Handsome guys are just for fun, but they can't interfere with my studies."
"ox……"
Li Rongrong gave her a thumbs up.
At the end of the game, the score between No. 1 High School and Jinhai High School was 32:31. In the last minute of the second half, Lu Xiye's dunk reversed the score and the outcome.
The entire basketball court cheered, and even the girls from Jinhai High School next door who came to watch the game cheered for him excitedly.
Pu Yu tutted his words twice, looked at Li Rongrong, and said, "See, everyone still has their strengths."
As they were talking, Lu Xiye, who had just finished the game on the court, jogged over and lay down on the railing on their side, sweating profusely.
"Hey! You three came to watch the game, and you didn't even bring me a bottle of water?"
After the intense exercise, he was now extremely thirsty.
When the girls nearby saw Lu Xiye coming, they all looked over here.
Li Rongrong calmly took out a coin from her pocket and handed it to Lu Xiye, "Here, one dollar, enough to buy some water."
"Go to hell." Lu Xiye rolled his eyes in anger.
At this time, the girl in the white dress who had been cheering Lu Xiye on came over, handed him a bottle of mineral water, and said in a low voice with a red face: "Lu Xiye, you drink mine."
"No."
He turned around and walked away irritably, returning to the side of a high school basketball player.
A group of men were arm in arm, discussing where to go to celebrate...
*
For the next week, Lu Xiye did not go to the playground to play ball. In the first two days, someone would come to the classroom door to call him during breaks, but after he refused them several times, they never came again.
However, Jiang Zhizhi and the others could see that he still really wanted to play basketball.
Especially after school every day, when Lu Xiye passed by the playground, he would often stare blankly at the people playing ball for a long time, but every time he lowered his head, silently went to the parking lot, and rode his bike home for tutoring.
Li Rongrong and Pu Yu have been living with Jiang Zhizhi, eating and sleeping together, and it feels like they are living together in a school dormitory.
They went their separate ways on the weekend. Li Rongrong went home, Pu Yu went to the chess club, and Jiang Zhizhi and Lu Xiye went to the Taekwondo club to participate in practice activities.
The practice lasted until the evening, and it was time for dinner when it ended, so Jiang Zhizhi and Lu Xiye went out to have dinner together.
While waiting for the ramen to be served, Lu Xiye took two cans of Coke from the store's freezer and handed one to Jiang Zhizhi.
"Lu Xiye, you can actually go play ball." Jiang Zhizhi said lightly while opening a Coke.
Lu Xiye was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said, "No, I promised you that I would only play until that match, and I won't play after the match is over."
Although he wanted to go over every time he saw his friends playing ball after school, he was unwilling to break his promise to Jiang Zhizhi when he thought of it.
"But I think playing basketball is good for you. It helps you stay fit and balances work and rest. If you just keep studying, you'll feel depressed." Jiang Zhizhi was silent for a moment, then smiled faintly and said, "Life is actually very short. You should do more of what you enjoy, otherwise you'll always feel regret when you look back on it."
"You sound like an old man when you say these things. You are obviously the same age as me." Lu Xiye curled his lips.
Jiang Zhizhi raised her eyes and looked directly at him, "So do you like playing basketball?"
"Of course I like it, but playing basketball will interfere with my studies. If I don't do well on the exam, you'll be angry again."
"Are you afraid that I'll be angry?"
"I...how could I be afraid?"
"How about this, let's make a deal. If you can get into the top 50 in your grade on the monthly exam, you'll be allowed to play basketball for a week. How about that?"
“It’s so hard to get into the top 50 in your grade!”
His grades when he entered school were only in the 80s.
"That's why you have to work hard."
"You're not letting me play basketball..."
"Okay, then take it back and pretend I didn't say anything."
"?" Lu Xiye's eyes widened. "What? You've already said it, how can you take it back?"
"So what do you want?"
"Let's make a bigger bet. If I can rank in the top 50 in the grade in this semester's final exam, how about we go on a trip abroad?" Lu Xiye suddenly came over with great interest.
"No." She refused coldly.
"Ah? Why? Don't you want to go abroad and have fun?"
"In no mood."
"That's in the country."
“Not even in China.”
“…”
The shop owner brought the ramen to the table, and Jiang Zhizhi picked up the chopsticks and began to eat with relish.
The rising heat made her little face red, making her look particularly cute from the opposite side.
"Jiang Zhizhi, you are such a weirdo." Lu Xiye started eating with a speechless look on his face.
The first monthly exam ended quickly.
Jiang Zhizhi is naturally still the first place and remains at the top of the list.
Pu Yu came in second, and was far ahead of the third place.
Li Rongrong ranked 48th in her grade, but when she looked at the scoreboard, she was shocked. Just two empty spaces away was Lu Xiye's name.
He was actually 51st in grade. Although he was not in the top 50, he was not the last in the key class.
Moreover, there was only a seven-point difference between the two of them.
Li Rongrong was very depressed the whole day. She felt a sense of urgency that she was about to be surpassed by Lu Xiye.
Lu Xiye still didn't go to play basketball, even though he was only three points away from being in the top 50 in his grade. But not being in the top 50 was not being in the top 50, and he was very depressed.
*
Normally, Li Rongrong would go home to study after school and occasionally slack off, but since the monthly exam results came out, she didn't dare to slack off at all. She became the hardest-working student among the four people. She even recited a short English essay silently before going to sleep at night.
This situation lasted for more than a month, until she finally took a break in the midterm exam when she left Lu Xiye behind by more than ten places.
That day, Li Rongrong went to the bathroom during break and came back shortly after with a look of shock on her face.
"Zhizhi, I found out some shocking news!"
She took out her phone from her sleeve and handed it to Jiang Zhizhi, "Look who this is?"
On the phone screen was a girl about their age, wearing a pink ancient costume, with fair, beautiful and cute skin.
It looks like a still from a TV series.
Jiang Zhizhi took a look and felt that the person looked familiar.
"Who is it?" She didn't recognize him.
"Yan Xue!" Li Rongrong couldn't help but raise her voice several decibels. "This is her costume from the TV series 'Begonia Spring.' She played the heroine's childhood. Oh my god, she's actually become a star! I haven't been on my phone or reading gossip lately, so I didn't know about this. She's so popular online now! I can't believe it. No wonder she hasn't contacted me since she went to Jinghai."
After hearing what Li Rongrong said, Jiang Zhizhi realized that the person in the photo was indeed their former elementary school classmate Yan Xue.
She was naturally beautiful and talented. She had been learning opera since she was a child from her parents who were from a background in opera. When she was in elementary school, whenever there was a party, the school would reserve a special program for her to perform.
A girl like her, even if she is not popular now, will definitely become popular in the future as the Internet becomes more and more developed.
"Her name is Xiao Xue'er now. This TV show has only been on the air for less than a week, and she's already gained hundreds of thousands of fans! Oh my god, is she really going to be a big star? Am I going to be a classmate of a big star?" Li Rongrong felt like she was dreaming. "She should be in the first year of high school now, right? Is she still going to take the college entrance exam?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
