Chapter 55 Like
"April, you've been laughing for five minutes, and you haven't laughed enough yet."
When Yuan laughed for the tenth time, Fengjian finally couldn't bear it anymore and moved the pillow that was covering his head away, looking at her with a sullen face.
"Because it's so funny," Yuan held his stomach and laughed so hard that he almost got a stitch in the side. "When I think about you sleeping between Sanada and Yukimura when you were a kid, I find it hilarious."
"By the way, when he was little, did Sanada always say things like 'I'm really too lax'?" Gen imitated him perfectly.
"No." Fengjian replied with a wooden face.
"April, tell me, could it be that both of them like you?" Yuan lay on the bed, holding his chin with his hands, looking at him expectantly.
"Are you dreaming?" Feng Jian rolled his eyes at her expressionlessly. "They will like me so much that even sows will be on the road."
"Change your thinking. Let me ask you, do you think Taocheng will like you?"
Yuan hugged his arms and shuddered, "That's really like a sow climbing a tree."
"It's the same thing," Fengjian spread his hands. "People who grew up together even remember embarrassing things like when the other person wet the bed. They think of those embarrassing things every time they see each other. If they still like each other, they must be crazy."
"That does make sense," Yuan tilted his head and thought for a while, then suddenly smiled ambiguously, "Well, what about President Tezuka?"
Feng Jian pushed Yuan's face away with one hand, "What do you mean?"
"That's what the words mean," Yuan rubbed his aching face and glanced at her, "Don't you think President Tezuka likes you?"
Feng Jian's first reaction was that it was a fantasy. He made a cross with a firm tone, "...This is as likely as a sow climbing a tree."
"Oh, that's not necessarily true," Yuan chuckled with a mysterious look on his face, "You don't know what happened when you fell asleep in the car."
Feng Jian's eyebrows jumped, "What did you do?"
"To put it simply, you fell asleep, and President Tezuka fell asleep too. Then, you leaned on his shoulder, and he leaned his head on yours, and..." She deliberately held her breath, paused for a few seconds, and then continued with a smile, "He was afraid you would catch a cold, so he even covered you with his coat."
"No, that's impossible." Feng Jian felt his voice begin to tremble, "Maybe it's just out of care for ordinary members."
The voice became quieter as he spoke further.
"As for the care for ordinary members," Yuan glanced at her, "April, you're so clueless, do you really not understand or are you just pretending not to understand? Is this how President Tezuka treats people? You two are really one of you who doesn't understand and the other one doesn't understand."
"It's a pity that President Tezuka woke up just as I took out my phone to take a picture," Yuan said, holding up his cheek with a look of regret, "otherwise I could have shown you the evidence."
Is President Tezuka that kind of person?
Put the coat on her.
Let her lean on your shoulders,
I will listen to her carefully and occasionally respond with a sentence or two...
She raised her hand and stroked her head in a daze, as if she could still sense the faint warmth remaining on the top of her hair, and her nose seemed to still be filled with the light soap scent emanating from his clothes.
Whether in her past life or now, she has never had a relationship with anyone beyond friendship.
But at this moment, her heart seemed to be filled with cotton, light and airy, yet also like a cloud soaked in water, heavy and incomprehensible.
What is this called?
——
The next day, the sun broke through the thick clouds and shone on the red running track. There were already many more people exercising on the playground, and there were also many people in the cafeteria. After all, there were dozens of elite tennis players led by the Light Trace Department.
As soon as Fengjian appeared, strange looks came from all directions. When she finished serving the dishes, Yuan had already walked towards Qingxue with his lunch box. She was just about to go over when the sound she heard the next second nailed her feet to the spot.
"Kazama."
Kazama turned around and saw several people from Rikkai University wearing khaki uniforms sticking their heads out from the side, with different expressions. Yukimura looked at her with a smile, "Would you like to eat with us?"
"No……"
Before she could answer, another voice interrupted.
"Ah, what are you all doing here?"
Kazama stiffened his neck and turned his head to the left, directly facing a face with a puzzled expression. Her icy purple hair fell to her ears, with a faint gray tint at the ends. Atobe glanced at her, then looked away at Yukimura. "I heard that the next player to appear is your Rikkai University's ace player."
Kirihara silently puffed out his chest.
"I heard that the opponent will be the next captain of your Hyotei," Yukimura smiled.
"I don't care if you're an ace or not," Atobe said, holding his chin with one hand, his fingertips touching the teardrop mole at the corner of his eye, and snorting, "You guys at Rikkai University, please don't lose too badly."
Yukimura chuckled twice and looked at Kirihara who was hiding in the back, his smile tinged with sarcasm, "Kirihara, if you lose, you know the consequences."
Kirihara clenched his cheeks, his face as if facing a formidable enemy, "Captain Yukimura, I will definitely defeat them!"
"Hiyoshi." Atobe crossed his arms across his chest and didn't look back.
The young man with short golden hair at the back had a calm expression, "Yes, Captain Atobe."
Feng Jian, who was caught between the two sides: "..."
If she were a light bulb, she would be emitting several thousand watts of light by now.
She moved her feet to leave the encirclement, but the eyes of the people on both sides moved to her like radar, and her steps froze and she silently retracted them.
"Well, Kazama, do you want to eat with us?"
Almost at the same moment his voice fell, Atobe's catchphrase connected seamlessly.
"Ah well, who are you going to eat with, Kazama."
Yukimura's smile was even gentler than before, but it made her forehead sweat - the happier he smiled, the angrier he was. He and Senior Fuji came from the same coal mine.
"Well, I said I still..."
Before he finished speaking, another clear and mellow voice came, "Kazama."
Tezuka nodded to the empty chair next to him. Kazama felt like he had grabbed a life-saving straw and ran out as fast as the wind, fearing that if he was a second slower, the position would be gone.
However, before she could breathe a sigh of relief, Yukimura had already pulled out a seat to her left and sat down, followed by everyone from Rikkai University. He turned around and smiled at her, "Why don't you sit down and eat? Breakfast time is very limited."
“…”
"Yeah, the breakfast here is quite luxurious." Atobe's snort suddenly hit them in the waist. Without turning around, they knew that the Hyotei and their group were sitting behind them.
"What's going on?" Tao Cheng scratched his head, looking troubled. "Why are so many people sitting here suddenly?"
Gan adjusted his glasses and looked at several people.
Fuji supported his chin with both hands, sat opposite Tezuka, smiling but not saying a word.
In order to avoid being hungry during training later, Fengjian had no choice but to sit down.
"Kazama, this is your favorite shrimp," Yukimura handed the bowl to her, his voice so gentle that it seemed like water could drip out of it. "I remember when you were little, you loved eating the shrimp I peeled for you the most. Try it."
Kazama clenched the spoon in his hand, and glanced at Tezuka, who looked calm, out of the corner of his eye. He couldn't ignore Yukimura's kindness, which he knew he did on purpose but couldn't refuse, so he had to eat the shrimp despite the look of astonishment from Rikkai University and Seigaku.
"I'm done eating."
This meal was like torture. Fengjian stood up quickly, grabbed his lunch box and left quickly without even saying hello to others.
Yukimura half-supported his chin, rested his fingertips on the edge of the table, and tapped the rhythm lightly. He withdrew his gaze from the fleeing girl and looked to the side. The young man with chestnut hair still looked calm and smiled to himself.
A barely perceptible sigh came from Sanada beside him.
——
The purpose of this training camp is to facilitate friendly exchanges and to inspire the passion of the younger generation of each tennis team. Therefore, all players who compete are members of each school except third-year students.
The sunny day's sunlight shines through the lush leaves on the edge of the court, casting spots of light on the blue court. The young men raise their rackets high, their clothes flutter, and the sound of hitting the ball is endless.
Feng Jian was sitting on the sidelines recording data when he heard a shout from behind his ear, "Ah, isn't Chaoqian here yet?"
She drew a line on the paper with her pen tip, sighed, and tore off the battle map she had drawn. Turning back, she saw a short boy in a leopard-print vest peeking out of his head. "Echizen has already gone to America."
"Ah~~ Shiraishi lied to me again," Toyama said, his head hanging down like a deflated balloon. "If I had known Echizen wasn't here, I wouldn't have come to the training camp. This is such a bummer."
Although she was not present at the match between Shitenhoji and Seigaku, she had heard Yuan talk about a super rookie in Shitenhoji whose smash was higher than Momoshiro's.
He might become a strong rival of Seigaku in the future.
"Oh, yes, are you and Chaoqian in the same school? Can you ask him when he will return to China?" Yuanshan clenched his fists and looked at her expectantly.
"……ah"
"Xiao Jin," a rather feminine voice came, mixed with a hint of complaint, "I already told you that Echizen isn't here, so don't bother him."
Feng Jian turned his head, but before he saw the person, he was almost blinded by the other person's golden afro. It seemed that the sunlight within a five-meter radius was much hotter.
"But I really want to compete with Chaoqian." Yuanshan muttered softly.
"You can't bother others, though," the boy with the golden afro was Golden Haru, and standing beside him was his partner, Ichiuji Yuji, "Excuse me, classmate."
"No, it's okay..." Kazama quickly waved her hand and took a few steps back. She had heard Yuan mention the terrifying humorous tennis of these two before, and with Golden Koharu's IQ at 200, they were truly terrifying.
"You want to quarrel?"
"Kaitang Snake, I see you not only want to argue, but also want to fight."
The sudden noise of a commotion broke the silence on the field, and the noise startled people in various stadiums, who all looked over.
"Ah," Xiao Jin put his hands behind his head and walked over to watch the fun with duck-foot-like steps, "Those two are arguing again."
Feng Jian quickly ran into the court in two steps. Although the two men were pulled apart, they were both injured and even their uniforms were covered in dust.
"Momoshiro Kaido, if you have something to say, let's sit down and discuss it together. Using violence won't solve any problem." Kazama stood in the middle and separated the two men.
"Yeah, yeah, we're all in the same club."
"Kaidou, Momoshiro is the future minister, so we should listen to him on some decisions."
"Hiss, what kind of decision can this idiot make? If he hadn't made a mistake in judgment in the previous match, we would have won."
"Stinky snake, who are you calling an idiot?"
The two of them were obviously furious. The situation that had originally stabilized was like boiling water again. In the chaos, someone accidentally bumped into Fengjian. She lost her balance and rushed straight towards the railings on both sides of the middle net.
There was a crisp "bang" sound, and the net shook like a sieve. The figure with gray-purple hair who was sitting in the next court and drinking tea leisurely suddenly stood up and rushed out in the surprised eyes of others.
"Kabaji, get the medicine box!"
“Usu.”
Blood flowed from between his fingers, and the noisy stadium seemed to be paused.
"April--"
"Kazama!"
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