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“Yulin High School! Yulin High School!” The entire crowd of students stood up and cheered. I saw Chu Yuetao kneeling on one knee, slamming his right hand hard against the floor, sweat dripping wildly onto the ground. Jia Yu and Pei Xinliang crouched down to pat his shoulder and comfort him. Teacher Qiu came in and high-fived each of us. I glanced at the statistics from the game: Chu Yuetao had an impressive record of 9 points, 5 assists, and 5 steals. I didn't lag behind either, scoring 9 points with 11 assists and a steal. We were both the top scorers of our respective teams. The other players from City No. 2 Middle School included Jia Yu with 19 points, Pei Xinliang with 16 points and 6 rebounds, Land Route with 1 point and 11 rebounds, and Hu Yue with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Among our trio, A Fei had 5 points, 6 assists, and a block, while Ouyang scored. Li Kanglin and Tu Lei scored 1 point and 16 points respectively.
We walked into the Locker Room. As soon as I entered the door, I collapsed onto a seat, not wanting to move at all. A Fei and the others also sat down, leaning their heads against the wall to rest. “Team members, we won! We defeated City No. 2 Middle School convincingly!” Teacher Qiu came in clapping his hands, but I had no celebratory spirit left; all I wanted was to take a shower and lie down for a nap. Seeing us so exhausted, Teacher Qiu didn’t say much more. I lay there with a slight smile on my lips; even though my body felt like it was falling apart, we had finally won the game! I wondered how Chu Yuetao was feeling now.
After a while, I dragged my heavy feet out of the shower and walked out of the Locker Room. Once outside, I noticed that the players from City No. 2 Middle School had already left. Shuai Dong, Pang Hao, Xia Ying, Sha Xiaomei, and Situ Yanan were sitting on our players' bench waiting for us. As soon as I stepped out, they rushed over. “Here comes our great hero!” Shuai Dong clapped his hands. After stretching lazily, I said, “What hero? I’m just going home to sleep.” Sha Xiaomei looked at our Locker Room and asked me, “Jie, why hasn’t A Fei come out yet?” “He should be out soon. I'm not waiting for him; I need to go home and rest first. Shuai Dong, Pang Hao, don’t be third wheels; just wait for our school flower to join him!” With that, I strode towards the exit. “Hey, Brother Jie, you must be tired; I…” Situ Yanan chased after me while Xia Ying followed closely behind.
The light rain outside had stopped, but the sky was still dim. A cool breeze brushed against my face; it felt so refreshing. “Yanan, how about we go get ice cream?” On the school path, Shuai Dong was trying to charm Situ Yanan. She looked troubled and stammered back to him: “Um… Shuai Dong, I think it’s time to clarify things between us; otherwise, dragging this on will only hinder your future. Actually… I only see you as an older brother; can you be my brother?” Finally, Situ Yanan said something that broke Shuai Dong’s heart. He was stunned for a moment before forcing a smile to hide his pain: “Yeah, yeah! From now on, I'll be your brother; I won’t have any other thoughts… I won’t…” He turned around with his head down and said to Pang Hao: “Pang Hao, let’s go!” Without looking back, he walked away in the opposite direction. Poor Shuai Dong.
“Brother Jie, where are we going to play next?” Situ Yanan asked as she linked her arm with mine. “Ahem!” Xia Ying coughed twice beside us with jealousy evident in her voice. When I turned to look at her expression, I quickly pushed Situ Yanan’s hand off my arm. However, she held on tightly and refused to let go: “What’s wrong? Is it too much for you to let me link arms? Am I going to tire you out?” Her tone was filled with indignation. “Yingying, what about…” I called out to Xia Ying, just to remind her about the situation.
When Situ Yanan turned around and saw Xia Ying, she showed no signs of embarrassment or surprise but softly said to her: “Sister Yingying, do you need anything else?” Upon hearing this, Xia Ying’s expression became particularly awkward as she linked her other arm with mine: “I want to go shopping with Jie, dear, right?” She looked up at me expectantly. At that moment, I wanted nothing more than to find a hole to hide in. But then Situ Yanan protested: “Sister Yingying, didn’t you already break up with Brother Jie? You can’t treat him like your servant who comes when called! There are many excellent girls who want him!” Hearing this made me quickly explain: “Yanan, actually I've reconciled with Yingying…” “Did you hear that? We’ve cleared up our misunderstanding! It’s normal for couples to argue; we’ll be back to normal soon!” insisted Xia Ying, not letting her have the last word.
I was too exhausted to handle their bickering any longer and said: “If you both want me to continue living, can you please let me go back to sleep?” I looked at them pleadingly. “Yes, Jie is tired today; let’s go back so he can rest; otherwise, Cookie will worry,” said Xia Ying, wiping the sweat off my forehead with her hand. I hadn’t seen this gentle side of her before. Then Situ Yanan released her grip: “Brother Jie, remember to drink some water when you get home and take off your shoes to relax.” Nodding at them both, I seized an opportunity and slipped away from them. Sitting at the back of the bus by the window, phew! Finally escaped from their clutches; nowhere else to go but home for some sleep.
When I got home and stepped through the door, my mom immediately asked how the game went. I replied softly while brushing it off: “Yeah, we won; I'm exhausted.” Then I headed straight for my room. After closing the door behind me, I kicked off my shoes and collapsed onto my bed entirely worn out. I believed that by now, Chu Yuetao must also be nearly drained of energy too. Closing my eyes while pulling out my phone from my pocket, I plugged in my earphones and found that new song by Wang Sulong, "Style." This song is really beautiful; accompanied by its hauntingly melodic rhythm, I slowly lost consciousness and drifted into dreamland…
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