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After we came out of the Locker Room, our momentum in the second half remained undiminished as we continuously attacked the basket and defense of New Experimental. The lineup of New Experimental appeared somewhat inexperienced and lacked the vigor of a rookie team. In the third quarter, we gradually substituted in our bench players, and for an entire quarter, the Jade Unicorn Three Swordsmen did not play. Our bench players were almost able to match their starters. Just look at our entire bench lineup: the highly motivated first substitute Point Guard Liu Xiao, the developing rookie Du, the diligent forward Dong Dong, the super dunker Power Forward Tu Chuanfeng and Tu Lei, and the steady Wei Weiwei. Although none of them are particularly well-known players, not a single one is a weak link; they are all exceptionally competent blue-collar players. Tu Lei and Wei Weiwei could even serve as absolute mainstays. By the end of the third quarter, we led New Experimental High School 80-56, and the game had entered garbage time a whole quarter early—no! Actually, it had entered garbage time half a game early. After the three swordsmen returned to the court in the fourth quarter, we never allowed them to close the score again.
In the end, we defeated New District Experimental Middle School 108-77 on their home court, achieving back-to-back victories in this City High League. We also set a historical record in the City High League: winning two consecutive games against different opponents by over twenty points each. In our next match, we will return home to face last season's runner-up team Experiment Three. This will be when our true strength at Yulin is put to the test. Once we exited New Experimental's school gates, we relaxed; at this rate, we could start thinking about our opponents in the Quarterfinals—Yuhai High School, Hejiang High School, Chengbei No. 1 Middle School, and Chengdong High School's strengths were all unknown this time. However… it doesn't matter who we encounter because we are already prepared to face all fifteen other teams. Our goal this season is unexaggeratedly singular: to secure a top-four finish and compete for the championship! The minimum target this season is to reach the semifinals; in my heart, even reaching the semifinals again would feel like a failure because I don't want to leave any regrets in high school. I just want to win a championship trophy for Yulin High School; this belief will never change.
Secondly, we took some time to relax since it was our home game; thus, we were all quite at ease. Facing an away team on our home turf was much more relaxing than playing at their place. After training at noon, Situ Yanan and Sha Xiaomei ran over to me. Situ Yanan called out first: "Brother Jie, I'm here! Let's go! Sister Sha Xiaomei is pulling her A Fei along; I'll pull you along too! Let's all go eat at the cafeteria!" She linked her arm with mine while Sha Xiaomei linked her arm with A Fei's. Um… why does it feel like we're two couples going out for dinner? "What four? It's six!" Just as we were about to turn around, a voice called out from afar—it was Shuai Dong walking over with an expressionless face, followed closely by Pang Hao who was complaining as he walked: "Shuai Dong, you're walking too fast! Don't you know I'm fat?" Seeing Shuai Dong like this made me feel a twinge of unease. When Situ Yanan saw them coming over, she smiled: "Alright then, six it is! Pang Hao, you can link arms with Shuai Dong—haha."
The meal was tasteless; after finishing up, I quickly made an excuse to escape from the cafeteria. Once outside on the playground, I found a long bench under a big tree and sat down. Suddenly I remembered that two years ago I had punched Ouyang under this tree for Xia Ying. Since then, due to competitions and other reasons, I hadn't played here again. Sitting here again now felt like nothing had changed with the tree or bench but… everything else had changed. Ouyang and I had grown from immature boys into leaders of the Yulin School Team; Xia Ying was no longer that willful and spoiled girl either. Of course, most importantly… Xia Ying no longer belonged to me or Ouyang. Thinking back to how Ouyang and I fought fiercely over Xia Ying back then—our relationship became quite tense—but now neither of us ended up with her; it's really quite laughable. Tomorrow's match against Experiment Three is crucial; if we win, it would mean one foot already in the top eight; if we lose, we'd be almost out of contention for first place in our group.
"Jie, I want to talk to you." Just as I was lost in thought, someone called out and startled me—it was Shuai Dong! What an adversary; I can't seem to avoid him at all. "Go ahead; I thought you'd never talk to me again," I said as I shifted my butt over on the bench. Seeing this opportunity, Shuai Dong sat down beside me. "Jie, you're really a bastard," he said calmly while looking straight ahead. After hearing this, I turned my head calmly to look at him: "If I'm a bastard then Situ Yanan would have long been Mrs. Jie."
"Bastard! Others want something but can't get it; you're right in front of it yet look down on it—damn!" Shuai Dong's tone became somewhat agitated as he faced me directly: "I told you that Situ Yanan and I are impossible; she's just my sister—she only holds onto a glimmer of hope." If you don't like Situ Yanan and if you're not my brother Xiang Jie maybe there would have been some possibility between us." After saying this made me feel relaxed because I finally expressed what had been bottled up inside me to Shuai Dong.
"Is your rejection of Situ Yanan because I also like her?" Shuai Dong turned his head to look at me too. I smiled teasingly: "Hey now let's not get carried away; it's more because I'm afraid of delaying my matches—and for some reason—I just don't feel any chemistry with her so there's no possibility between us." After hearing this Shuai Dong fell silent for a moment before standing up and walking away without saying another word. Watching his back made my heart ache again; he still hasn't forgiven me nor have I managed to mend our brotherhood—all because of that girl named Situ Yanan. Forget it; tomorrow we'll face Experiment Three—this time it's time for either a donkey or horse to show its true colors.
Secondly, A Fei and I still arrived early at school gymnasium for practice; this time not just us two but all team members arrived early at the gymnasium for training as everyone was determined to compete against last year's runner-up team!
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