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Every morning on the way to school, it is usually Liu Haisheng who drives to work and conveniently drops off his son, Liu Lei. This is one of the benefits of having the same workplace as his son's school. After Wei Yuan found Liu Lei, he hitched a ride with them.
At this moment, Wei Yuan's confusion began to fade. No wonder no one had discovered their father-son relationship before; it turned out that these two arrived at school every morning around six o'clock. At that time, aside from a few elderly ladies doing morning exercises, it was quite rare to see anyone else around!
With some time left before classes started, Liu Haisheng took the two of them to his office. Wei Yuan often got pulled in for a chat back when he was studying, which led to Chang Wei misunderstanding their relationship. At this moment, Wei Yuan didn't feel any discomfort just because Liu Haisheng was the director.
Sinking into the large sofa, Wei Yuan admired how Liu Haisheng knew how to enjoy life when Liu Lei suddenly said, "This afternoon after school, the Senior Year is going to hold a basketball game. I thought I should let you know."
"How come I didn't know about this?"
Liu Lei explained, "You left early yesterday, right? Chang Wei has already nominated you to play in front of your class teacher. This guy definitely thinks he plays basketball better than you and is preparing to show off and tease you, making you think you've won over someone's dream lover while acting all smug like you're above everyone else!"
Wei Yuan felt somewhat bewildered: "I didn't agree to this! Who gave permission for that? We're in our senior year; what do we need this for?"
Liu Lei replied, "Your class teacher hasn't formally asked for your opinion yet. However, your class generally has a lower average height, so there are only a few who can actually play. Even if you really don't want to participate, you'll still have to be a substitute. This impromptu basketball game is meant to create an atmosphere that encourages learning!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Yuan expressed his dissatisfaction: "Which idiot came up with this idea?"
As soon as Liu Lei heard this, he glanced at Liu Haisheng and slowly moved in his direction. Wei Yuan followed his gaze and was surprised to point at Liu Haisheng: "Is this you…"
Liu Haisheng smiled wryly: "Yes, I came up with it. I'm the idiot you're talking about!"
To ease the awkwardness, Liu Lei asked, "By the way, how well do you play basketball? It seems I've never seen you play!"
This question for Wei Yuan was akin to someone asking him what signs he thinks Halley's Comet brings with each visit.
As everyone knows, Halley's Comet returns only once every seventy-six years, so a long-lived person might see it just twice in their lifetime. Wei Yuan, having watched very few basketball games over the years, let alone played basketball, was in a similar predicament.
After subtly conveying this awkward situation to Liu Lei, he noticed Liu Lei looking at him as if he were an alien. In Liu Lei's mind, it was rare for a middle school student not to know how to play basketball; even if one had never eaten pork, they had at least seen a pig run, right? Yet, Wei Yuan didn't even know the rules of basketball, making him a rare oddity!
What Liu Lei didn't know was that Wei Yuan had rarely been involved in large ball games since he became aware of his surroundings. He played marbles when he was younger, then tried table tennis for a bit, and afterward became engrossed in online games. He saved his pocket money to invest in gaming. As he grew older and felt guilty about being addicted to games against his parents' expectations, he used the only old computer at home to earn some money during school breaks to supplement his living expenses. Thus, he hardly had time to learn how to play basketball.
However, there were always basketball tutorials during physical education classes. Unfortunately, after playing a few times, Wei Yuan lost interest mainly because he started learning late and felt like he was the odd one out—like being the third player missing in a game of Mahjong—so he rarely played.
But now someone was planning to use this against him; it seemed this guy knew Wei Yuan quite well.
After sitting for a while, Liu Lei quickly took the opportunity to explain the rules of basketball to Wei Yuan in detail so that he wouldn't embarrass himself on the court. Fortunately, Wei Yuan had decent learning abilities; when he heard that Chang Wei planned to make fun of him using this weak sport, he paid even more attention to the rules.
By the time Wei Yuan had grasped most of the basketball rules, students began arriving at the teacher's lounge. As Wei Yuan and Liu Lei prepared to return to class, they heard Liu Haisheng calling out to Wei Yuan. It turned out that the first batch of books he brought—around two or three hundred copies—had almost sold out. Even though it was voluntary purchases, many people responded positively, so Liu Haisheng hurriedly urged him for more stock.
This made Wei Yuan realize something: no wonder Penguin Company had such good business performance. A chat software company with hundreds of millions of users had a strong consumer base backing any product they launched. By leveraging Liu Haisheng's help to sell those repaired new books at school, supported by a large group of students, sales were skyrocketing!
Wei Yuan then remembered that when he left Ancient Crystal Audio-Visual Store, there were still six large boxes of old books left in his attic. He needed to hurry back and retrieve them; once repaired completely, they could continue supplying stock. After all this effort, he could earn over ten dollars from each book sold. Just from selling the first batch of books alone, he already made several thousand dollars—enough to cover his expenses and send some living costs back home to his mother.
Once back in the classroom, Wei Yuan quickly noticed that Lan Xue had arrived early and that due to Wu Yongsheng's arrangement, they had become desk mates!
"This afternoon after school, the school is organizing a Senior Year basketball competition. You've been nominated as a substitute player. I was worried you might leave early today and not know about it, so I wanted to let you know."
As soon as the two met, Lan Xue immediately remembered this matter and quickly brought it up to Wei Yuan. She had been classmates with Wei Yuan for three years and rarely saw him play basketball, which made her heart worry for him. The clever Lan Xue had already seen through Chang Wei's scheme to prevent Wei Yuan from embarrassing himself, but she knew he would find a way to get Wei Yuan on the court!
"Liu Lei has already told me!"
Wei Yuan replied vaguely. He still hadn't mentioned his lack of understanding of basketball to Lan Xue, feeling somewhat embarrassed. Instead, he took the initiative to ask, "Are you coming to watch?"
Subconsciously, Wei Yuan had two extreme emotions. One was the hope that Lan Xue would come to watch, preferably just for him, as this would prove that he was gradually gaining a place in her heart. However, the other emotion was fear that Lan Xue would come to watch because he knew his basketball skills were at a very basic level, and he was truly afraid of embarrassing himself in front of her.
"Of course! I will definitely go watch. Go for it!" Lan Xue said with a sweet smile.
Thus, these emotions played out vividly in Wei Yuan's novice mindset. As a result, throughout the lesson, Wei Yuan couldn't calm down at all, while Chang Wei secretly enjoyed watching him fidget restlessly!
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