Situ Yanan walked up to me and said, "Are you that miserable loser, Xiang Jie?" Hearing this made me so angry that I almost cursed at her. How could I be called a loser? Being a loser was one thing, but being a miserable loser was another! However, in front of Situ Jianfei, I had to give Situ Yanan a way out. "Yanan, how did I become a miserable loser?" I suppressed my anger and asked her with a smile. "You wanted to pursue Sister Sha Xiaomei but ended up letting your best friend catch her instead. Aren't you miserable?" Situ Yanan made a very annoying expression. "Yanan! Enough already! They are your seniors," Situ Jianfei scolded her. Situ Yanan shrugged it off and walked away nonchalantly. "This girl is really getting more and more outrageous," Situ Jianfei said as he watched Situ Yanan's figure disappear. "It's fine, it's fine, after all..." I held back my anger and said, "But she's about to enter high school; how can I not worry about her being so clueless at school..." Situ Jianfei looked worried. "Alright, alright, let's play soccer," Shuai Dong quickly changed the subject, and Zhao Bin urged, "Yeah, yeah, we came here to have fun." We then picked up the soccer ball and ran towards the field. Sigh! So we were called here early in the morning just for this? That arrogant girl isn't even worthy of being called a beauty! She has no lady-like qualities at all; it's exhausting. After playing for half the morning, we went home, drenched in sweat and dirtied our clothes. In the afternoon, I hurriedly took out my homework to do. It should have been a time to rest, but unexpectedly it became even busier. Sigh! What a weekend.
The next morning when I got up, I found that the sky outside was overcast and there was a light drizzle falling. After A Fei arrived, we decided to take the bus to school. When we reached the school gate, we saw Xia Ying and the Three Sisters also walking with umbrellas. I ran over and hid under Xia Ying's umbrella. "Ying Ge, let me borrow some light; I'll hold it." I took the umbrella from her hand and accidentally brushed against her hand. At that moment, I almost dropped the umbrella on the ground. "Hey, be careful! Don't break my umbrella," Xia Ying said with concern. "Got it, stop nagging," I replied with a smile. Zhang Yirong also held an umbrella and ran towards A Fei. "A Fei, come under my umbrella to avoid the rain." Zhang Yirong raised her umbrella high as she spoke. A Fei smiled slightly and said, "No need; it's just a short distance." A Fei lifted her backpack over her head and ran towards the stairs while Zhang Yirong stood there dazed with disappointment in her eyes. Xia Ying and I walked slowly under the umbrella; it felt so warm and happy that I really wanted to keep walking like this... "Hey! Why are you still holding an umbrella when you've entered the teaching building? Hurry up and put it away!" Xia Ying suddenly pulled me out of my daydream. I folded up the umbrella and walked upstairs with her. Once we got to the classroom, Shuai Dong and Pang Hao looked at me with mischievous smiles. After returning the umbrella to Xia Ying, I walked over to them and asked, "What’s so funny?" "Just now we saw two people sharing an umbrella while walking on the balcony..." Shuai Dong said with a strange smile. Feeling a bit embarrassed, I returned to my seat while Xia Ying focused on reviewing her homework beside me. I quietly watched her; I realized that Xia Ying looked quite charming when she was calm.
As self-study class was about to start in the morning, the light drizzle outside had turned into moderate rain. A Fei and I got up to go to the gym.
"Big Casanova!" Xia Ying called out to me. I turned around. "Take your umbrella so you don't end up soaked like a drowned rat." Xia Ying handed me her pink umbrella; although her words weren't very pleasant to hear, they warmed my heart. As we passed by Class Seven, Sha Xiaomei called out to A Fei who ran out saying, "Here's an umbrella for you; don't get wet outside." She also handed A Fei a Mickey Mouse-themed umbrella. We went downstairs and opened our umbrellas as we headed towards the gym. "Jie, I think Xia Ying has quite a good impression of you," A Fei suddenly said. "Really? Not necessarily; she just lent me an umbrella," I replied happily. "Excuse me!" Suddenly a voice came from behind us that startled both A Fei and me; we turned around to see Ouyang standing behind us in the rain with his hair completely soaked through. "Hey Ouyang bro, how did you sneak up on us? Get under the umbrella quickly!" I said as I held the umbrella over him, but Ouyang smiled stiffly and said, "No need; I like getting wet!" He then dashed towards the gym while A Fei and I felt a bit guilty watching his figure disappear into the rain.
When we arrived at the gym, Zhongqi Senior and others were already practicing basketball with various umbrellas lined up at the entrance. We quickly joined in on training until Teacher Qiu arrived and said: "In less than a month is our final promotion exam; our team members Ji Fang, Zhang Yingjie, and Zhang Ruizhi are about to graduate soon, so our current lineup won't last much longer..." Teacher Qiu sighed as he spoke; Ji Fang and his teammates lowered their heads as well while Bing Ge and Zhongqi Senior walked over to pat their shoulders. Teacher Qiu continued: "Tomorrow we're going to play away at Twenty-Fourth Middle School in North City; we've worked hard for an entire semester for this match at Olympic Sports Center! We're very close to reaching the city finals now; there's even a chance for us to reach new heights again! So we must give it our all!" Teacher Qiu's powerful words made us feel the weight of responsibility on our shoulders.
At noon during break time, Ouyang called out to me; actually, I'd sensed he would do so long before. I turned back to A Fei: “A Fei, you go ahead first; I'm going to have a good talk with Ouyang.” After thinking for a moment A Fei replied: “Then take care of yourself; remember not to act impulsively; Ouyang isn't unreasonable.” “Alright already! I know! You really nag too much,” I said as I walked over and put my arm around Ouyang's neck while heading back into the gym where no one was left now. “So Ouyang bro, what's up?” I sat down next to him. “Jie, did you say something bad about me in front of Xia Ying?” Ouyang asked calmly. “No way! Really! Whether you believe it or not, I've never tarnished your reputation in front of Xia Ying!” I replied firmly as Ouyang moved closer and sat beside me silently for a moment before suddenly whispering: “Jie, do you really like Xia Ying?” “Yes!” This time my answer was very straightforward. Upon hearing this Ouyang slowly stood up and walked towards the court...
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