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"Jie, I noticed your expression towards Chu Yuetao was not very good just now..." After leaving the Xinhua Bookstore, A Fei said to me, "No, it’s just that we weren’t familiar at first. Let’s hurry back and rest well; we have a game tomorrow." I quickened my pace ahead, "Jie, wait for me..."
After arriving home, I closed the door and vented a bit. It wasn't that I was petty; I just... I don't know, I just felt uncomfortable. The next morning, A Fei and I arrived at Lijing Park on time. Jiang Lingfeng was already waiting there. This time we didn’t arrive early; it seemed that Shuai Dong and Pang Hao definitely wouldn’t come today. We walked towards the park when "A Fei!" Sha Xiaomei led Xia Ying and the Three Sisters running over. "Oh! Is our cheerleading squad expanding today?" I joked. When we reached the competition area, all members of the Fierce Fox Team were already there. "Da Tao!" Xia Ying and the Three Sisters ran over. When Chu Yuetao turned around and saw them, a surprised smile appeared on his face. "Shining Three Sisters, what are you doing here?" As Chu Yuetao rushed over to them, the Three Sisters surrounded him and started chatting excitedly. "A Fei, how do they know that player?" Sha Xiaomei asked in astonishment. A Fei was equally shocked: "I... I don’t know either; it’s strange. Chu Yuetao has never met Xia Ying and the others..." Jiang Lingfeng laughed and patted my shoulder: "Jie, I think you should know what's going on, right?" I awkwardly smiled: "Actually, it’s nothing much; Chu Yuetao is in the same class as Xia Ying and her friends from Junior High School." "Huh?!" Both Sha Xiaomei and A Fei exchanged glances, feeling a bit incredulous. I turned back to see the four of them still chatting, feeling a bit annoyed.
After a while, the four of them walked over together. "We just discussed it; today Sha Xiaomei and Yingying will be your cheerleaders for the Dream Chasers, while I and Mei Jiao will be cheering for the Fiery Fox." It turned out that today they weren’t here to cheer us on but to support the opposing team! After a while, both sides took to the court as the referee began to toss the coin for possession. The ball went to the Fierce Fox Team. I discussed with Jiang Lingfeng, saying I would defend against Chu Yuetao. He agreed and went to guard a player named Jia Yu. The opposing team's center, Pei Xinliang, threw in the ball. After receiving it, Chu Yuetao made a beautiful turn and passed the ball through my legs; later, Pei Xinliang caught it and scored easily. The Fierce Fox Team gave us a strong start right away. I saw Jiang Lingfeng smirk slightly as if saying: "This is interesting."
After we served, I organized our offense while holding the ball. As Chu Yuetao came over to defend me, I bent down dribbling while staring into his eyes with an eagle-like intensity. Suddenly, he quickly snatched the ball from my hands and charged towards the three-point line. A Fei rushed over to help defend; taking advantage of this opportunity, Chu Yuetao passed to Pei Xinliang, who scored easily against an open basket. "Fierce Fox Team, great job!" shouted Zhang Yirong along with Gu Mei Jiao. We turned back to look at them; when their gazes met with those of Zhang Yirong and A Fei, they suddenly looked away and lowered their heads.
As we walked back to serve from the sideline, A Fei said to me: "Jie, let’s have Ling Feng Senior play point guard instead; after all, he plays that position well, and you’ve played forward for so many games now without time to readjust." Jiang Lingfeng also patted my shoulder. Reluctantly, I nodded in agreement. I ran to serve from the sideline; after receiving the ball from him quickly passed it to an advancing A Fei. After catching it, he jumped up for a powerful dunk that went in smoothly. "A Fei, so cool!" shouted Sha Xiaomei, while Xia Ying applauded enthusiastically. The Fierce Fox Team quickly served again; this time, Chu Yuetao held the ball and backed up a step beyond the three-point line before suddenly shooting—he made it! The score changed to 74. After we served again, Jiang Lingfeng tossed it high for A Fei. Facing off against Pei Xinliang, he calmly shot but missed. Both me and Chu Yuetao rushed in for the rebound simultaneously; as we jumped up during our struggle for it, we collided together. Using my nearly ten-centimeter height advantage, I pushed him aside and grabbed the rebound while he stumbled slightly upon landing almost losing his balance. Feeling a bit smug about this, I passed out to an open-corner three-point waiting for me at zero degrees—when he shot without any defense from me—he scored! “Ling Feng Senior is awesome!” cheers erupted as expected; our message was clear: if you play inside we’re not afraid of you; if you shoot threes we’ll match you anytime—we're ready for any challenge you throw at us; our game has just begun.
A strange smile began to appear on Chu Yuetao's face as he served again; he started slowing down the pace of play after that. Once he approached us again, he immediately switched into defense mode closely guarding him tightly. Despite several attempts at breaking through failing miserably, he had no choice but to pass out looking for opportunities—when he prepared to throw it out to Jia Yu , the referee's whistle blew: Jiang Lingfeng had called a twenty-second violation on Chu Yuetao ! He frowned slightly as Jia Yu walked over and patted his shoulder reassuringly. After we served again Jiang Lingfeng passed it to A Fei who attempted a hook shot under the basket but missed as Pei Xinliang grabbed the rebound quickly passing it out to Jia Yu on the right wing—after stepping back two steps beyond three-point range he suddenly accelerated towards the basket! His shoulder slammed hard into my chest causing me to stagger back two steps due to his forceful impact—taking advantage of this momentary gap he jumped up for a shot! In one swift motion I lunged forward leaping high blocking his shot sending it flying out of bounds—the ball soared far away after leaving court! My long-suppressed frustration was instantly released with that block!
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