Xia Ying was already so moved that she was in tears. After a long while, she finally stabilized her emotions and said with a slight choke, "Xiang Jie, you really are a super silly big pig head. When I asked you for your phone number back then, you didn't give it to me. I had to take the initiative to give you my number instead. I didn't even like Ouyang, but I was angry that you hadn't confessed to me yet, so I wanted to make you mad. You wouldn't even tell me your QQ number, and I had to go through Zhang Yirong to ask A Fei for it. In short, you're just a big fool!" Huh? Xia Ying has my QQ number? That's impossible. "Then why haven't you added me if you have my QQ number?" I asked her in confusion. She smiled through her tears and said, "Come here, and I'll tell you why." I leaned in, and she actually kissed my cheek: "Soda, Cookie has fulfilled the promise ahead of time!" She smiled happily. Xia Ying is Cookie?!! Oh my! How did I not think of that? After being kissed by Xia Ying, I felt a bit dizzy; this was the first time a girl had kissed me, and it felt like a dream. "Cookie, will you accept this rose I brought for confessing?" I said with a mischievous smile. Xia Ying pretended to hesitate: "Well, I really need to think about it..." I immediately shoved the flower into her hand: "Just accept it; consider it helping a disaster victim. You are my first love." Xia Ying smiled. That moment was my first love in life. She and I sat together watching the stars for a long time, and I felt like the happiest person in the world because... I had gotten the person I liked.
Then A Fei and I decided to go on a double date with Sha Xiaomei and Xia Ying. We agreed to meet at the entrance of Lijing Park. When I arrived, all three of them were already there. "Hey, pig head, you're late!" Xia Ying said to me. I awkwardly smiled; it was all A Fei's fault for not calling me when he left. Just as we were about to set off, we saw a familiar face standing at the registration booth for the Street Basketball Championship in front of Lijing Park—yes, it was Jiang Lingfeng. We planned to go over and say hello. "Ling Feng Senior, here again to check out Street Basketball?" we approached him. "Yeah, I'm thinking of participating; not for anything else but to train myself a bit. Are you interested? Want to join?" Jiang Lingfeng replied. Hearing this made me somewhat tempted; I turned to look at A Fei, who had his eyes shining with excitement—it seemed he was already eager to join in. Sha Xiaomei looked at A Fei and said, "A Fei, why not give it a try?" A Fei excitedly nodded at Sha Xiaomei and then looked at Xia Ying. Xia Ying felt shy under A Fei's gaze: "Pig head, you should join too!" Xia Ying was quite sensible after all. "Alright! Let's form a team together!" Jiang Lingfeng also seemed excited; it appeared he hadn't found suitable partners before. Since the registration booth wouldn't officially open until later, we exchanged contact information with Jiang Lingfeng and then dispersed.
The four of us spent some time playing before having skewers at a roadside stall in the evening. "Hey, A Fei, do you think we'll successfully register for the Street Basketball Championship?" I asked him. A Fei smiled: "Of course! Finally getting to participate in such a large competition again, plus fighting alongside someone like Jiang Lingfeng who is top-notch on campus—it's perfect for exchanging competition experiences..." "Come on! Even though we're formal basketball players, we've never played Street Basketball before," I interrupted him. A Fei replied, "But we often play 'Street Basketball' games; the rules are pretty similar to regular basketball—it's just that there's only one forward and one Point Guard." "So how far do you think we can go on the Street Basketball court?" I asked anxiously. "Alright! Let's stop discussing basketball; Sha Xiaomei and I are tired of hearing about it—let's eat!" Xia Ying impatiently said, prompting us to stop talking and start eating.
The next morning A Fei came looking for me early on; we called Jiang Lingfeng to meet him at Lijing Park. When we arrived there, we found that there was already a line about ten meters long at the registration booth for the competition. We quickly joined the line, but when it was our turn, the person in charge asked us for identification like an ID card or student ID that could prove our identity—all of us had forgotten ours. The people behind us urged us to hurry up, so we awkwardly stepped aside. "What should we do now?" Jiang Lingfeng asked anxiously. "There's no other way; we have to go back and get them," A Fei said. We immediately returned home to find our student IDs and rushed back as fast as possible; Jiang Lingfeng was already waiting there for us. When we turned around to register again, we were shocked by what we saw: there was now a line over thirty meters long! We had no choice but to obediently line up at the back again; we waited from 7:30 until after 9 before it was finally our turn. After registering, the person in charge informed us about participating in the qualifying rounds later on as we turned towards the park entrance with our competition codes in hand. "By the way, remember to bring your chosen team name later," the person called out behind us. "Okay!"
After exiting, we agreed to practice together at Lake City Park's basketball court tomorrow morning. After dispersing, I called Xia Ying: "Yingying, A Fei and I have registered for the Street Basketball Championship; I might not be able to spend time with you during this period..." I felt somewhat helpless saying this. Xia Ying responded cheerfully: "It's fine! While you're competing, Sha Xiaomei and I will come cheer for you guys—be your cheerleaders! Hehe." I noticed that Xia Ying had really matured; she no longer had that wild and willful attitude from before. Every night I'd chat with Xia Ying under our aliases Cookie and Soda until very late.
On the second day after arriving at Lake City Park with A Fei, we found Jiang Lingfeng already practicing there. "Ling Feng Senior, you're here so early!" we shouted as we approached him. "Not really; my home is nearby so it's more convenient for me," Jiang Lingfeng replied with a smile as A Fei and I quickly joined in on the training session. Through practice together, I realized that our teamwork was quite good; any movement or glance could be understood without words. After some time warming up, we sat down on a stone bench nearby to cool off when suddenly an idea struck me: "Hey teammates, what should we name our team?"
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