Chapter 9: Making friends? "You always tell people to shut up...
It should be just an illusion. It is normal to get a good start at the beginning to cheer yourself up.
However, the facts were quite different from what he thought.
Yu Xiang thought that everything would be normal after Jiang Ci, but he didn't expect that this was just the beginning.
Anyway, according to his observation, Jiang Ci seemed like a different person, completely different from when he played basketball with him. Every shot was a slam dunk, and the ones that came from various angles. If you wanted to catch the ball from him, you had to run forward and backward, left and right.
Even if you run, you may not be able to receive the ball, and even if you receive the ball, it may not be able to cross the net. The most terrifying Jiang Ci can almost always hit the ball out of bounds, and he has never hit the ball out of bounds.
There is definitely an element of luck, but there is a saying that luck is also part of strength.
Yu Xiang was numb from watching it.
Now he was sure that Jiang Ci had not used his full strength when playing against him.
Has this guy really not played basketball in a few years?
Impossible. He must have been practicing secretly somewhere.
Under Jiang Ci's fierce offensive, they finally won the victory with a score of 15:9.
So terrifying.
"You win." Kang Jinghui accepted his defeat wholeheartedly, and now he looked at Jiang Ci in a completely different light. "Too strong! You are the most powerful person I have ever met."
"Thank you. You're very good too." Jiang Ci accepted the compliment calmly, but there was no trace of joy of victory on his face.
"Brother Yu! Brother Yu! Are you okay?!" Before Kang Jinghui could respond, he heard someone shouting and coming towards him.
Yu Xiang's eyelids twitched as he could tell who was coming from the sound, and he wanted to pretend that he didn't know the two idiots who were screaming and yelling.
"Please make way, thank you! Please make way, classmate!"
"Why are you pushing so hard?"
"Sorry, sorry, we have an emergency!"
Zhang Miao and Fang Chengyu struggled to squeeze through the crowd of onlookers and entered the venue. As soon as they entered, they went straight to Yu Xiang and looked him up and down.
Yu Xiang's mouth twitched. "What are you doing here? Don't you want to play basketball?"
"Brother Yu, what are you talking about? Of course we have to come and see if you are okay." Zhang Miao said firmly.
"What could possibly happen to me?" Yu Xiang said with a puzzled expression, "Did all the sweat get into your head and you're so confused?"
Fang Chengyu was also confused: "Didn't you fight with students from other classes?"
Yu Xiang: “Who said that?!”
Zhang Miao scratched his head and added, "Just now, several girls were shouting, 'Yu Xiang is playing against a boy from Class 7,' and then a bunch of people were running towards the badminton courts. We thought something had happened to you, so we rushed over as soon as the match was over. So, what's going on with you guys?"
"Of course we're playing badminton on a badminton court, hahaha!" After figuring out the whole story, Kang Jinghui laughed wildly beside him, putting his hand on Yu Xiang's shoulder. "Are these two funny guys your friends? They're so funny, hahahaha——"
Yu Xiang frowned: "..."
Jiang Ci silently glanced at Kang Jinghui's hand on Yu Xiang's shoulder, then took advantage of his height to glance around and said, "The teacher is here."
"Hey! People over there, don't gather in a group! Go do what you need to do!" As soon as Jiang Ci finished speaking, a physical education teacher from an unknown class stood not far away and shouted loudly.
The onlookers were startled by the shout and quickly dispersed for fear of being scolded again.
"If you have nothing else to do, go back and play basketball." Yu Xiang was so confused as to dismiss Zhang Miao and Fang Chengyu. "Don't rush in so mindlessly next time. It's so embarrassing."
"It's because we were too anxious..." Zhang Miao said embarrassedly.
"When we go back later, I'm afraid we'll be laughed at by Lu Ziyang and the others again." Fang Chengyu said with a bitter face, "Or else we can stay here and play badminton with you. Sanshui and I will take turns."
"no."
"no."
Jiang Ci and Kang Jinghui said almost in unison.
Fang Chengyu: “?”
I'm not asking him why the two of you can't get along here?
"Aren't you playing a match with Class 6? It wouldn't be nice not to go back," Yu Xiang said with a dry laugh, trying to smooth things over.
"The game is over. Xu Tianhao made the last three-pointer, and our class won." Fang Chengyu answered without hesitation and turned to look at Jiang Ci and the others: "So why not?"
"He has agreed to fight with me." Jiang Ci replied slowly.
"It's no big deal, can't we just take turns?" Fang Chengyu blinked in confusion and glanced at Kang Jinghui: "Then why did you say no?"
Kang Jinghui: "Oh, because I know Yu Xiang has already made an appointment with this...this brother."
He forgot to ask Jiang Ci's name just now, so he got stuck when it came to addressing him. After thinking for a while, he used "brother" instead.
Fang Chengyu was speechless: "Well, he has a mouth, so he can say it himself..."
"It's my pleasure to help others." Kang Jinghui raised his eyebrows. "By the way, what's your name—hiss, wait."
He had originally wanted to take the opportunity to ask Jiang Ci's name, but the more he looked at Jiang Ci, the more familiar he felt: "Why do I always feel like I've seen you somewhere?"
"It's normal for people in the same grade and on the same floor to meet a few times, right?" Zhang Miao said, tilting his head. "This phrase is so old, yet people still use it."
"No, I'm not referring to that. I mean, I seem to remember there's a super handsome guy in Class 4."
"I don't know about the academic master, but he's super handsome," Zhang Miao immediately jumped next to Yu Xiang and proudly promoted him to Kang Jinghui, "Our Brother Yu is super handsome."
Yu Xiang moved aside in disgust: "Get lost."
"Yes, yes, they should both be very handsome." Kang Jinghui also had a good impression of Yu Xiang, so he naturally didn't refute. "I know they are both very famous."
Yu Xiang narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "If you know, then why did you ask just now?"
"Because my name doesn't match my face, and I was so focused on playing basketball that I didn't pay much attention to it. After all, I'm not one of those girls—so you must be Jiang Ci, the one who always topped the class?"
Jiang Ci said "hmm".
"Amazing! He's such a good student and a great basketball player! He's no longer just a nerd, he's a god! Let's be friends!"
Jiang Ci glanced away silently: "..."
"Brother Yu always says that we are childish, but this guy is obviously more childish than us." Zhang Miao couldn't help but whisper in Fang Chengyu's ear.
The latter nodded in agreement: "Yes. And he's also very good at flattering people."
"And Yu Xiang, I've also made friends with you. From now on, the three of us will be together..." Kang Jingheng had not forgotten Yu Xiang either. He was about to hook his neck warmly, but was stopped by Zhang Miao with his quick eyes and hands.
"First come, first served. There are many people who want to make friends with our Brother Yu. You go line up at the back." Fang Chengyu said righteously.
Yu Xiang couldn't bear to watch this anymore, and just wanted to stay away from the two chuunibyou on his left and right, so he took a few steps and moved next to Jiang Ci.
Suddenly I felt my ears were at peace.
"Let them quarrel slowly. Let's change the venue. If we don't fight now, the get out of class will be over." Yu Xiang said to Jiang Ci helplessly.
"good."
As the two men walked further away, the three people who were arguing fiercely suddenly reacted.
"No, when did they leave?"
"Nerve. How would I know that?"
"Isn't it all your fault?"
“…”
Because of the interference of Zhang Miao and others, a lot of time was wasted, and the bell for the end of get out of class rang after only a few minutes.
Yu Xiang and Jiang Ci went to the equipment room to return the equipment, but found that Jiang Ci had only returned the racket and had thrown the badminton into the trash can. "You just threw it away like that?"
"The feathers are broken, so it's hard to fight." Jiang Ci explained calmly.
The ball they hit was originally a brand new ball, but it had been "gloriously wounded" after the violent destruction in the previous few rounds.
"But compared to the rest of the rotten balls, this one is already in pretty good condition. You just threw it away like that? Aren't you afraid that the old man will pursue you?" Yu Xiang asked doubtfully.
The equipment room manager was notoriously strict, guarding the equipment closely as if it were his property.
"This is my own ball. He has no right to pursue it."
"Ah? You brought it yourself?"
Jiang Ci's face was wooden: "What else? Do you really think you can find such a new ball in the equipment room?"
Yu Xiang twitched his lips. "...I thought the school had a change of heart and replaced some new balls, and you borrowed them."
"But I'm curious about one thing." Jiang Ci turned his head and looked at him steadily.
"What?"
Jiang Ci then asked the soul-stirring question: "Why do you love playing badminton so much but never bring your own rackets and balls from home?"
Yu Xiang answered as a matter of course: "Because I'm too lazy."
Since you can borrow them from the equipment room anyway, why go through the trouble of bringing them from home?
Moreover, he only has time to play basketball during physical education class. He simply doesn't have the time to play basketball during normal times. The school arranges the daily schedule very strictly, and Yuxiang prefers to use the only long break to sleep.
Jiang Ci sighed slightly, "It seems I guessed right."
"So you're not planning on carrying the ball yourself from now on?" Yu Xiang suddenly realized this and asked, "Don't you find it troublesome?"
"Then you take it?" Jiang Ci asked back.
Yu Xiang spread his hands and said, "I told you I'm lazy."
"Then shut up."
"Can you change your habit of always telling people to shut up?"
"cannot."
Yu Xiang: “…” Or maybe this person is annoying.
There's a reason for this.
After the first gym class, many students were sweating profusely. As soon as they returned to the classroom, they turned on the fans, which made the geography teacher, who was teaching, sneeze one after another. "It's only April, and you're already using fans? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"
"Teacher, we are very hot——"
"Teacher, we occasionally use the air conditioner at home—"
"Teacher, we just finished physical education class--"
"Okay, blow on it quickly. Turn it off when it's no longer hot, or I'll catch a cold." The geography teacher covered her still aching nose. "Where's my class representative? Come over and get the worksheet for tonight."
The remaining two classes passed quickly.
As soon as the bell rang for the last class, a dull rumbling sound of footsteps was heard in the corridor, so loud that it could be heard from several classrooms away.
It is an army going to the cafeteria to grab food.
But Yu Xiang was not one of them. As a "distinguished" day student, he could eat outside the school or even go home to eat.
"Brother Yu - where are we going to eat today? Off campus? I can give you a ride." Zhang Miao quickly came to Yu Xiang's seat and asked excitedly.
"Not in your car."
Zhang Miao's heart was immediately broken. He asked aggrievedly, "Why?"
"Because you didn't wear a helmet," Yu Xiang said sincerely. "I'm afraid of getting caught, and I don't want to write another self-criticism."
"No, Brother Yu, believe me, I've changed my ways. I was scolded by Director Xie this afternoon, and I won't dare to do it again."
"Sanshui is unreliable, let me give you a ride." Fang Chengyu also came over.
"You will be caught even if you ride a bike with passengers." Jiang Ci said leisurely from behind.
Zhang Miao: “…”
Fang Chengyu: "..."
A real bummer.
"Let's not go far, just find a random restaurant near the school gate to eat." Yu Xiang thought that the previous self-criticism had not been changed at all, and there was no way he could add another one. "We'll talk about it after Director Xie is not so strict."
Zhang Miao then said "Oh" uninterestedly: "Okay."
"Mind taking me with you?"
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