Chapter 28: Delivering Water
After running in the afternoon physical education class, the physical education teacher called for everyone to disperse, and everyone from both classes gathered on the basketball court.
The boys took off their school uniform jackets, and some even changed into shorts. They were so ready that it seemed like Class 1 and Class 2 had started the game in advance.
Chen Bailing and Jiang Zhao stood on the side of the basketball court, watching the boys sweating profusely. When someone made a shot, Chen Bailing screamed along with the crowd.
Unfortunately, the person who got hit was from Class 2.
Jiang Zhao: "Can you understand basketball?"
Chen Bailing: "I don't understand."
Jiang Zhao: "I don't understand either."
Not understanding it doesn't stop him from appreciating male beauty. When Jiang Zhao saw Luo Yan jump up and throw the ball into the basket, there was another round of screams around him.
When the boy fell down and the hem of his clothes was lifted by the wind, Jiang Zhao seemed to see his abdominal muscles, so he also applauded.
Lin Chongyang was eliminated after two rounds. He lifted his collar to wipe the sweat off his face and came over to ask Jiang Zhao and Chen Bailing, "Is there any water?"
Jiang Zhao: "No."
Chen Bailing held a bottle of orange juice she had just bought: "I've had it."
"It doesn't matter." Lin Chongyang took it, unscrewed the lid, tilted his head back and poured half the bottle into his mouth, then wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
Chen Bailing sighed, "I'll give it to you."
Lin Chongyang didn't notice Chen Bailing's disdain at all, and said happily, "Thank you."
Pei Zhiyu came over and patted Lin Chongyang on the shoulder: "You were brushed off in less than five minutes after going up there?"
"No way." Lin Chongyang flicked his curly hair: "People can't be too perfect."
Jiang Zhao asked, "Why isn't Brother Pei coming up?"
"I'm extremely nearsighted and can't call." Pei Zhiyu said, "Do you guys want to go to the supermarket? Chen Gou asked me to buy him a bottle of water."
Chen Huaiyu has some athletic talent. When they are together, he is the type of person who will suddenly jump up and dunk while walking, and he is still on the court now.
"Okay." Jiang Zhao had just finished speaking when he saw the basketball flying towards them. Jiang Zhao's hands were faster than his brain and he caught the ball.
She looked at the ball in her hand, still a little dazed, as if it almost hit her head, but the force was not strong, so it should be nothing serious.
Chen Huaiyu shouted, "Class representative, throw it over here."
"Throw your head." Lin Chongyang cursed, "Chen Gou, do you have eyes? Can you afford to pay for hitting the class representative?"
Luo Yan ran over and asked, "Are you okay?"
Jiang Zhao shook his head: "I react quickly."
She handed the basketball to Luo Yan: "I'm going to the supermarket, do you want to bring some water?"
"Yeah." He said, "The meal card is in the pocket of your school uniform."
The boys' clothes were hanging on the basketball hoop. Jiang Zhao ran over, felt in his pocket, and found Luo Yan's school uniform.
When a shot goes in, the basketball hoop shakes and someone's uniform falls to the ground.
Jiang Zhao picked up the clothes of the unknown person and hung them on the rack. Looking at the unstable basketball hoop, he thought for a moment and simply held Luo Yan's school uniform in his arms and walked towards the supermarket with Chen Bailing and the others.
The weather in Xincheng in early autumn is not too cold, but in a few days, after the next rain, the temperature will drop sharply and the leaves will fall off.
Chen Bailing took Jiang Zhao's arm and asked, "Is your competition on Saturday?"
Jiang Zhao nodded. "Saturday and Sunday. Math is on Saturday. Have you found someone for the cheerleading team?"
Chen Bailing was very proud: "Okay, you, me, Lu Qihua and Chen Huaijin."
Lu Qihua is Chen Bailing's roommate.
Chen Huaijin is Chen Huaiyu's twin sister. She is very good at drawing. The back blackboard of their classroom was drawn by Chen Huaijin.
They are also quite strange. They are obviously siblings, but Chen Huaiyu lives on campus, while Chen Huaijin does not.
"I've even found the songs. I'll create a WeChat group when I get back. You can check it out when you have time." Chen Bailing was very excited: "No matter whether they win or not, we can't lose."
Chen Bailing stretched out her hand, and Jiang Zhao clapped his hands with hers: "Okay!"
Later, Pei Zhiyu and Lin Chongyang walked together and asked, "Where is the transfer student in your class?"
"Of course not for physical education class." Lin Chongyang said, "How old is he? How can he participate in a basketball game?"
"Why don't you show some care for your classmates?"
"I'll leave it to Brother Yang." Lin Chongyang said, "Besides, maybe he wants to learn."
Jiang Zhao took two bottles of Coke and a bottle of mineral water and stood at the back of the line. After scanning the code, Jiang Zhao was taking out his meal card from his pocket when Pei Zhiyu came up to pay the bill.
Jiang Zhao: "Hmm?"
Pei Zhiyu: "Chen Gou's card."
Lin Chongyang came over immediately: "How much money do you have left?"
He glanced at the balance that was still over a hundred, so he took the drink that Chen Bailing had just taken and threw it on the cashier along with the one he bought: "Swipe it for me too."
Feeling it wasn't enough, he turned around and picked up a few snacks from the shelf, then asked Chen Bailing, "What else do you want? Come on, Master Chen will pay for everything today."
Chen Bailing picked out a box of candy.
Pei Zhiyu swiped his card and gave Chen Huaiyu thirty yuan left: "Enough for him to eat tonight."
"Brother Chen will kill you." Jiang Zhao said.
Lin Chongyang didn't care: "How could that be? And don't call him Brother Chen, just call him Chen Gou."
Back at the basketball court, a substitution had just taken place. Jiang Zhao handed the water to Luo Yan: "Are you still going to play?"
"No." Luo Yan unscrewed the water and took a few sips.
At this moment, Xiang Xingzhi stood on the court, took the ball, dribbled past two people, jumped up, and dunked.
The crowd roared with delight.
Jiang Zhao followed suit and applauded.
Luo Yan screwed on the mineral water bottle and said to Jiang Zhao, "You also bought Coke for others?"
Jiang Zhao tilted his head to look at him: "It's for you. I'll give it to you when I get back."
The two were very close, and a gust of wind blew past. Jiang Zhao handed Luo Yan his jacket: "Be careful not to catch a cold."
Luo Yan took the coat, Jiang Zhao pulled out his hand, and unexpectedly put the ice cola on Luo Yan's face.
Luo Yan was stunned for a moment, and Jiang Zhao gave a mischievous smile.
Luo Yan smiled: "Why are you so mean?"
"There are worse."
Jiang Zhao whispered, "I didn't use your card. We almost maxed out Chen Gou's card."
"How much did you cost him?"
Jiang Zhao looked at what was in his hand.
A bottle of Coke.
"Your four dollars, my three dollars, that makes seven dollars," she said.
Luo Yan said: "That doesn't mean we didn't make back the money we made from KFC."
“It seems so.”
On the other side, Chen Huaiyu was foolishly taking his bottle of mineral water worth over a hundred yuan from Pei Zhiyu.
At this time, Jiang Shengnan walked over with her head lowered.
Jiang Shengnan would go back to the classroom to do exercises after every physical education class. It was quite rare to see Jiang Shengnan on the basketball court.
What was even more surprising was that she stopped in front of Pei Zhiyu, holding a bottle of sports drink tightly in her hand, and spoke tremblingly: "Pei... Pei classmate, this is for you."
Chen Bailing looked at Jiang Zhao in shock: "Oh my god, what's going on?"
Jiang Zhao shook his head.
No wonder everyone reacted so strongly.
In everyone's impression, Jiang Shengnan has always been in a hurry.
Being with others would affect her running pace, so she seemed to be isolated from the whole class and did everything alone.
Even though Jiang Zhao and Jiang Shengnan lived in the same dormitory, she had never spoken to her. Occasionally, when they were both in the dormitory, she wanted to say something to Jiang Shengnan, but Jiang Shengnan would only respond with a "hmm".
The only thing that impressed me was the small light that turned on in the bed next to me and the sound of writing after lights out every night.
Chen Huaiyu, who was originally standing next to Pei Zhiyu, jumped back three meters.
He turned around and asked, "When did the two of them become good friends?"
Jiang Zhao thought it was normal. Jiang Shengnan often asked questions in the group, and Pei Zhiyu was quite active and answered many questions.
Jiang Shengnan lowered her head, bit her lips, and held the drink bottle so tightly that it made a creaking sound.
Pei Zhiyu was stunned for a moment.
Many people were looking at them. He hesitated for a moment and took the drink bottle: "Thank you."
It was Jiang Shengnan's first time delivering water to a boy, and her voice was shaking with nervousness. She looked up at Pei Zhiyu, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and ran away.
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