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Teacher Qiu had a serious expression when he arrived at Sangyue High School: "The coach of Sangyue High School helped North China No. 1 win the championship three years ago, and his coaching style is known for being strict and demanding. Therefore, Sangyue High School must also be a disciplined iron army. Moreover, Sangyue High School has one of the city's 'Five Great Point Guards', Zhao Ziyang, and the 'Iron Tower', Sun Yi, who is 198 cm tall, along with outstanding newcomers like Liang Yuhao and Li Dongdong. Their strength cannot be underestimated..." Teacher Qiu spoke at length, and the pressure on us suddenly increased. It is important to note that any team that stands out in the relatively balanced B Group must have undergone real tests. We continued our training, and I noticed that after hearing Teacher Qiu's analysis, Zhou Litong looked particularly grim, which puzzled me. Later, I learned that Zhou Litong had been at Sangyue during his first year of high school but transferred to Yulin in his second year due to his parents' reasons.
After school at noon, we invited Shuai Dong and Pang Hao to the cafeteria for lunch. "Jie, is it true that you reconciled with Zhang Yirong, A Fei, and Sha Xiaomei?" Shuai Dong asked me gossipingly. "Why don’t you ask the person involved?" I shot a mischievous smile at A Fei. Shuai Dong quickly turned his attention to A Fei: "A Fei, is it true? Our buddy is really concerned about this issue; tell us the truth." He nudged A Fei with his shoulder. "A Fei replied shyly, 'I... should... not yet, but I'm working hard.'" As A Fei blushed, it seemed like things were getting closer to being official. "Pang Hao" laughed and was about to say something when suddenly we heard a loud "bang" as an object fell. We turned around to see that it was Zhao Bin, who had slammed his tray onto the table: "Hey everyone, do you mind if I join you?!" He sat down across from us. Upon seeing him, Shuai Dong enthusiastically said, "Oh, it's you, Bin! It's fine if you join us." Unbeknownst to him, we had some history with Zhao Bin. The two of them sat down and started chatting away, completely ignoring the three of us. After finishing our meal, I took the hint and left with A Fei. Once we got to the classroom and sat down, I noticed that Xia Ying was next to me wearing headphones and playing on her phone. I pulled out my phone and logged into QQ, noticing that Cookie was online but wondering why Xue Er hadn't been online for a long time. I messaged Cookie: "Cookie, what are you up to?" "Cookie: 'Listening to music. Have you eaten yet?'" Strange; how did she know I just came back from the cafeteria? I looked up to see that Xia Ying was happily playing on her phone and even smiled at me smugly. Hmph! That girl has some sneaky ideas again.
Looking back at A Fei, I noticed he was also on his phone. Oddly enough, he rarely plays on his phone at school; why was he so engrossed this time? I slowly walked over, but then his deskmate, Ding Fang, saw me approaching and poked him in the arm. Startled from being so focused on his phone, A Fei looked up at me. This nosy Ding Fang really loves to meddle in others' business; I just wanted to sneak a peek at what A Fei was looking at. "Oh! So there's a lookout too; no wonder A Fei is so focused," I joked. "No way! I just thought you were coming over to find Cheng Fei, so I called him for you," argued Ding Fang. I smiled and asked what A Fei was looking at. "A Fei: 'The NBA playoffs are starting; in the East it's the Miami Heat vs Chicago Bulls, and in the West it's the Los Angeles Lakers vs Dallas Mavericks. This year the Celtics got eliminated by Hot Fire in the semifinals due to Rondo's injury and the aging of the Big Three.' Sigh!" He sighed heavily. "Oh, so that's what you're watching? I thought it was something scandalous!" I said disappointedly. "Well then, what do you think I'm looking at on my phone? Something shameful?" replied A Fei. "I..." His response left me speechless while Ding Fang snickered beside us as he watched my embarrassment.
In the afternoon training session, we practiced against each other. I was paired with Ji Fang, who meticulously treated me as a hypothetical enemy. While his shooting and jumping skills were good, I had to admit that his physical confrontation skills needed improvement; he was too light-weighted. Meanwhile, Zhongqi Senior paired up with A Fei, both appearing relatively relaxed during training. After practice ended for the day, A Fei wanted to visit Sha Xiaomei in the hospital. We rode our bikes furiously all the way there; as soon as we reached the entrance, the security guard recognized us: "You two again? This time you must park your bikes properly before going in!" "Alright, we'll make sure to park them properly." We hurriedly walked to Sha Xiaomei's hospital room door; seeing no one outside, we entered. Inside, we found her reading a book; she seemed much happier than before. Upon hearing us enter, she looked up at us: "Cheng Fei!". She jumped off her bed with a delighted smile towards A Fei. "Hey hey hey! Miss Campus Beauty! Don't just look at A Fei, I'm here too!" I chimed in as I walked in behind him. "Sha Xiaomei" returned my greeting with her sweet smile: "Oh! So both of you are here! How are you doing? Is your mood any better?" asked A Fei, helping her back onto her bed. "Yes! The doctor said I'll be discharged tomorrow morning! This morning,Jianfei came by; he told me everything that happened yesterday. Why did you have to get hurt like this..." Her eyes filled with concern as she spoke. "It's all good now! Haha! Thanks to this incident with you guys; nothing else matters now—getting punched once for your smile and freedom is totally worth it," joked A Fei. "Whoa whoa whoa! Let's not get too sweet here! There's still a single guy standing next to us trying to bring me down," I teased from the side when suddenly someone appeared by the door—oh no! Could it be that Sha Xiaomei 's parents are back?! Both me and A Fei noticed that figure too; our expressions turned tense as we watched the door slowly open wide.
To our surprise: “Oh? Yu Chengfei and Xiang Jie ! What are you two doing here?” It was Lu Juan who walked in. “Wow! You scared me! It's so good to see you!” I exclaimed as both A Fei and I let out a sigh of relief while sitting down beside her bed on a chair. Lu Juan looked confused for a moment before heading straight towards Sha Xiaomei : “How are you doing today? Is your mood any better?” Why does she always ask this question? Can’t she change her lines? I'm tired of hearing it already! Sha Xiaomei beamed brightly: “Yes! Much better now; I'll be discharged tomorrow.” She repeated her answer cheerfully: “That's great! Then I'll be able to come find you for school together!” exclaimed Lu Juan excitedly as she jumped up while holding Sha Xiaomei ’s hand tightly. “ Yu Chengfei if you make Sha Xiaomei cry again then you're not a man anymore!” Suddenly turning her head towards A Fei she added: “ Lu Juan... ” said Sha Xiaomei softly while pulling on Lu Juan ’s hand gently: “She’s right!” Just then another person entered through the door startling all four of us: “ Jianfei!” exclaimed Sha Xiaomei as she rushed over playfully: “Why were you hiding outside just to scare us?” Situ Jianfei chuckled: “Haha! Not at all; I just reached the door when I heard what Lu Juan said—I thought it made sense so I chimed in.” In front of Sha Xiaomei he always maintained that friendly older brother image unlike how he used to act like a rebellious youth back in school—it felt like two different people altogether.
We chatted casually for a while until Sha Xiaomei said: “It’s getting dark; my parents will be here soon—better hurry back or they’ll worry about you guys.” The four of us left her room together when suddenly Cheng Fei! Hey guys—there’s a match tomorrow right?” As we walked through the hospital corridor Situ Jianfei suddenly asked: “Yeah—we have our last group match against Shinan High School tomorrow—what’s up?” replied A Fei casually while asking back: “Nothing much—just checking in casually—do well tomorrow!” With that he strode towards the hospital exit while both A Fei and I watched his figure gradually fade away.
After arriving home later that evening feeling quite good after dinner—I went into my room habitually lying on my bed pulling out my phone opening my favorite music player: “What should I listen to today? How about ‘Tanteng’?” Talking to myself while listening to this so-called ‘divine song’ made my heart feel even more anxious than before—I quickly switched songs since I'm not one of those boys who blindly idolizes Japanese or Korean culture but rather believe good music transcends borders—I opened up Girls’ Generation’s ‘H’, which had decent rhythm despite not understanding its lyrics fully—after logging into QQ again only found that Xue Er still wasn’t online while Cookie had logged off leaving behind an auto-reply message full of character: ‘If there’s something say it—if not then scram!’ This made me furious—this Cookie really is an odd girl! Suddenly Ice Man sent me a message saying: “Do well in tomorrow’s match.” Then logged off immediately—I was completely stunned—who exactly is this Ice Man? Could they be some high school coach or team member?
The next morning A Fei arrived early—I lay on my bed frantically asking him why he came so early when A Fei simply replied something that made me want to cry without tears: “Let’s run to school today—the morning air is nice—it’ll serve as warm-up exercise.” “Are you Yu Chengfei or did you take some wrong medication?! Why torture yourself for no reason?! If you're going for self-harm then don’t drag an innocent person like me into it,” I bitterly laughed back at him saying: “Alright alright let’s hurry up then—a tall guy like you shouldn’t fear such short distances!” A Fei looked disdainfully at me causing me jump up shouting: “Who fears who?! Let’s run!” When we reached school’s entrance we bumped into Xia Ying along with sisters Zhang Yirong and Gu Mei Jiao—they were stunned seeing A Fei and me panting heavily running towards them: “Wow! You two are really hardworking huh? Not bad—not bad—you should keep this up,” remarked Xia Ying teasingly from above on second floor while giving us sarcastic comments.
“Of course we need persistence—we’ll invite Xia Ying along next time too—let’s see if this tires you out!” I gasped out jokingly while replying back at her breathlessly saying: “I’m not running—I’m not brain dead—Rongrong Mei Jiao let’s go!” With that Xia Ying led those two sisters walking ahead toward school implying we were foolish!
Upon arriving at gymnasium everyone began preparing when Teacher Qiu stepped out announcing: “Today we’re heading over to Shinan High School for our final match of this year’s City High League group stage—even though we've already qualified for top eight—we can’t slack off during matches…” Although this match didn’t hold much significance anymore—we still didn’t want lose hence wouldn’t go easy either.
As we approached school gate ready for class—a voice called out from behind us: “Xiang Jie! Good luck!” It was Xia Ying shouting down from second floor—I gave her an encouraging gesture feeling warm inside—but upon turning around noticed Ouyang glaring daggers at me making me awkwardly lower my head unable meet his gaze—Ouyang bro this time it really isn’t my fault!
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