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After we left Yueli High School, we boarded the bus. On the bus, there was a lot of chatter; the young team members were excitedly talking and laughing. I quietly smiled and sat in a corner. A Fei and Ouyang came over and sat next to me. "Captain, how do you feel?" Ouyang patted my shoulder. I slowly raised my head and smiled back at him, "I'm not the captain, so don't call me that." "I'm not calling you randomly; it's true! If you're not the captain, then who is? Among the entire team, we three have the most experience and are the oldest. And among the Three Musketeers, you are our recognized captain. What's wrong with me calling you that?" Ouyang felt particularly justified. After hearing this, I couldn't help but laugh while also falling into deep thought. Have I really taken over Zhongqi Senior's mantle to lead the entire Yulin High School Team? Am I really ready for this?
After arriving at the hotel, the three of us shared a room. After dinner, we entered our room together. A Fei picked up his silver Eagle necklace, kissed it lightly, and then started doing sit-ups. Ouyang took out his phone to read an e-book by a writer named Tomato. That pen name is quite interesting. I sat at the head of the bed and began scrolling through my phone, looking at old messages and photos exchanged with Xia Ying. Scenes from the past floated before my eyes, and I unexpectedly shed a couple of tears from the corners of my eyes. "Hey! Jie, what's wrong? Why are you so emotional? Why are you crying?" Ouyang's loud exclamation startled me back to reality. I quickly sat up and wiped away my tears; it was really embarrassing.
"Nothing, nothing... A fly just flew into my eye..." I said while wiping my face dismissively. Ouyang almost laughed himself to death: "Hahaha! It's winter; where would you find a fly? Even if there were one, if that big thing flew into your eye, you'd be in trouble! Silly kid, you can't even lie properly." While he laughed, A Fei seemed to understand what was going on. He walked over to help Ouyang sit on the bed before coming back to take my phone. He saw a selfie of Xia Ying hugging me from behind and said nothing but gently hugged me. Ouyang looked at us with confusion, took my phone to have a look, first stunned for a moment before his expression shifted from laughter to seriousness. He came over and hugged me too.
So here we were, three grown men embracing in the room without saying another word, just holding each other tightly...
"What's going on here? Three grown men doing this in a bedroom; if our teammates see us like this, we'll lose face!" After a long time, I slowly pushed them away and pretended to joke about it. They sat up slowly, and Ouyang was the first to speak: "I'm sorry Jie; I didn't know you... haven't been in contact with Xia Ying for so long?" After hearing this, I stood up and walked toward the window; the night view outside was quite beautiful. "No, we're just ordinary friends now. We broke up peacefully without any hard feelings. Ouyang, if you want to pursue her, go ahead; I won't say anything more about it. After all, it's better for us brothers..." "Shut up!" Ouyang interrupted me sharply and walked over to say firmly: "In the future, don't talk to me about these useless things!" His tone was particularly strong; I'd never seen him so manly before—I was genuinely surprised.
The next day we would continue our match against our last opponent in this tournament: Yuce High School Team in Xingtai. Although the matches were intense, they were manageable. There was still more than a month until winter break; we needed to finish this second phase round-robin tournament within ten days—three matches in total—which wasn't too daunting. However, it couldn't be ruled out that Teacher Qiu might apply for an expedited schedule for our review time. Whatever it is, that's how it is; after finishing these matches, we'll go back home. But we must win this match!
We gathered in a circle on the bus as Li Kanglin and Tu Lei took out a white shirt and a marker pen. "Team members, let's sign our names on it as a keepsake! We'll go first." They wrote their names on it first before handing the pen to Teacher Qiu. Teacher Qiu smiled first before taking the pen and elegantly signing his name.
We followed suit and signed our names as well; that pristine white shirt quickly became covered in signatures like a zebra pattern. Li Kanglin carefully folded it up and put it in his bag. "Make sure to keep it safe; this is our Yulin School Team's complete roster for winter 2021! By next summer, we might not be this complete anymore," Tu Lei said. For some reason, when I heard those words, my heart trembled slightly. I remembered how during this summer when we played in the City High League, I cherished our complete roster just like them; if it weren't for Zhongqi Senior and Bing Ge getting injured one after another, we might have gone further. This time we must make up for that regret by creating a different history with a brand new roster—who among us doesn't have stars? A Fei is well-known as the vice president of Junior High School; who doesn't know him? Ouyang also brought home a city-wide trophy for Street Basketball to prove himself—his fame has skyrocketed too! I'm the captain of the Three Musketeers and part of a National Championship team; just us three are enough to intimidate any team!
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