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In the morning, we set off on our journey home, and this time we returned with great achievements. When we arrived in Cangzhou and got off the bus, we were completely stunned: over fifty people had come to greet us, including a Street Basketball team that was competing in the city. "Congratulations to the Dream Chasers for returning victorious!" Shuai Dong led the cheer. Oh, I remembered that the National Finals were broadcasted on television; they must have learned about our championship win from there.
Our parents also became the center of attention as they held the trophy and escorted it to the car before coming to greet us. By the time we got home, it was already past two in the afternoon. My mom asked if I was hungry, but I didn't feel like eating anything. I went into my room, closed the door, and lay on my bed with my eyes closed. I thought about Xia Ying and wondered how she was doing. She didn't answer when I called her. Sigh! There are still more than twenty days left of summer vacation, and I haven't done any of my homework yet. I should probably get started on that!
For the next twenty days, aside from frantically catching up on homework, I didn't go out at all; I stayed home until school started. On the first day back, I experienced serious post-holiday syndrome. Accustomed to sleeping in, I struggled to get out of bed until my mom called me. The alarm clock was broken too; what a bummer! When I finally got up to brush my teeth and wash my face, A Fei arrived. I joked with him, "You sure woke up early today; I almost overslept!" A Fei scratched his head awkwardly and said, "Hehe, luckily I had my alarm clock; otherwise, I wouldn't have gotten up either. By the way, have you finished your summer homework?"
Hearing this made me lose my appetite for breakfast. I put down my bowl and chopsticks. "Sigh! No matter how hard I rushed, I still didn't finish it. I'll just copy my classmates' work when we get to school. What about you?" I said helplessly. A Fei replied proudly, "Hehe, I've finished mine." After hearing this, I slapped the table and said, "Then that's easy; I'll just copy yours!" That settled it; once we got to school, I could directly copy his work.
We hopped on our familiar bicycles and rode toward school. At the school gate, we ran into Zhao Bin and Ding Fang, who were whispering to each other as they walked toward the school. These two were quite showy! "Hey! Bin Bin Ge, Ding Ding Jie, can you stop showing off your love here?" I shouted at them. They smiled and walked over to me. "Jie, long time no see! How was your summer vacation?" Zhao Bin asked. "Oh! Zhao Bin, you don't know? You've been too busy dating! Everyone in Yulin High School knows that Jie and A Fei along with Jiang Lingfeng from Hejiang Middle School won the Street Basketball Championship National Championship!" Shuai Dong and Pang Hao came over as well. Zhao Bin was taken aback and widened his eyes: "You... you are the Dream Chasers?" A Fei and I exchanged glances and nodded slightly.
"Truly impressive! How does it feel?" Zhao Bin asked with interest. I joked back, "There are two feelings: first, tired; second, exhilarating!" We laughed casually before stepping into school. "Welcome back to Yulin High School's twin stars!" As soon as we entered the classroom door, all our classmates threw colorful paper confetti into the air, which surprised both of us. "You all knew?" A Fei asked as he walked toward his seat while Ding Fang quickly slipped in unnoticed. After sitting down and looking at the empty seat beside me made me feel quite lost.
"Yingying, you..." I heard Gu Mei Jiao's voice outside and quickly stood up as Xia Ying and Three Sisters walked in. "A Fei! Long time no see! I heard you won a national championship; that's amazing..." Zhang Yirong saw A Fei and immediately ran over excitedly while Gu Mei Jiao smiled at me and nodded before sitting down at her desk. "Yingying! You’re here..." I stood there nervously speaking to Xia Ying.
Xia Ying ignored me entirely without even looking at me as she sat down at her desk. I gently nudged her arm with my elbow. "Xiang Jie! Are you done flirting with good girls?" Xia Ying got angry and stood up to shout at me; suddenly all classmates fell silent and focused their attention on us. I felt so embarrassed that I wanted to find a hole to hide in.
"Xia Ying, calm down; are you throwing another tantrum? What's wrong between you two? Can't you get along?" Yin Long said with a mischievous smile without knowing what was going on. "Yin Long! Get lost! What's wrong between us? There's nothing between us! What’s it to you!" Xia Ying inexplicably yelled at Yin Long. "What’s going on? What’s going on?" Zhang Yirong and Gu Mei Jiao rushed over while Yin Long turned red from Xia Ying's scolding. Xia Ying then sat down as if nothing had happened but suddenly stood up again to grab a piece of chalk from the podium and drew a glaring white line across our desks saying, "From now on this line is our boundary; no one is allowed to cross!"
I was utterly speechless as we awkwardly attended class for half the morning. During self-study class in the morning, A Fei and I went to report to the sports department. Once inside, we saw Bing Ge, Zhongqi Senior, Ouyang, and almost all our teammates whom we hadn't seen for two whole months—except Ji Fang, Zhang Yingjie, and Zhang Ruizhi since they had graduated. As soon as they saw us walk in, they surrounded us immediately with Bing Ge leading: "Welcome back to the team, heroes of Cangzhou!"
"You all know? Didn't expect this news spread so fast," I responded with a smile. "Of course! Everyone watched the live broadcast of the National Championship finals; when we saw that North China Champion Dream Chasers were formed by you guys along with Jiang Lingfeng, we were shocked for quite a while," Zhongqi Senior added. After a while Teacher Qiu arrived; upon seeing us he smiled broadly: "What a Dream Chasers Team! You've brought fame to Yulin High School." Unexpectedly we had become celebrities at school!
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