There were a total of 26 classes in Yanzhong's first year highschool and were divided into part 1 and part 2 base on their grades. The first 13 classes belonged to part 1, amongst them were the class seven whose basketball standard wasn’t considered as high, but there were also no obvious shortcomings and was also on the same level as the class four.
Thirteen basketball courts were opened and thirteen matches started at the same time.
Class four adhered to their principle "Everyone must play, everyone must participate", and Ning Er was in the first team members who would play. He wore a simple white shirt for the game and it was his first time to participate in an official game. The cool breeze gently blew, Ning Er was nervously standing at the end of class four team members and entered the court in silence.
Jiang Chen suddenly reached out from the side, patted his shoulder and smiled: "I'm here, just follow me."
Ning Er nodded.
The game started, and both sides were evenly matched and evenly balanced. The other would take two points and the other one would take one point, and then the first match was tied.
Class four scored 29 points while class seven scored 27 points only. Maybe because of their good mentality, class four played very well. At first, the class seven could still parry against them, but when the strongest team member in class four started playing, their momentum was completely suppressed.
In the second half, the strongest lineup in class four started playing. They always got the ball and suddenly pulled the score to more than 20 points. For an unprofessional high school students, this gap was almost impossible to exceed, thus class four was winning.
Ning Er quickly handed a bottle of water to Jiang Chen, and the game continued.
At the same time, there was a burst of cheers from the basketball court not far away from them, attracting everyone's attention.
"Class 6 is always number 1. They are really unbeatable!"
"Shao Bai Han, add oil! Shao Bai Han, add oil!"
(Add oil is a Chinese phrase of encouragement which means do your best/fighting/you can do it.)
"Shao Bai Han!!!"
The class four's scores had been confirmed. When the students heard the lively cheers from the basketball court where class six and two were playing, they were all tickle to stretch their necks to watch the specific situation. Ning Er pondered for a moment, but before he could react, Jiang Chen who came out of nowhere, suddenly grabbed his arm and pulled him.
Ning Er was stunned for a moment: "Why aren’t you playing?"
Jiang Chen waved his hand: "It's determined that our class will win. Also, I want to let other student play ah. Let’s go, class 2 is also very good in basketball. They even competed for championship against class 6 last semester. This time, they met in preliminary round, so I want to see how are they playing."
Ning Er, who had been wanting to see the game from the other side, was pulled by Jiang Chen and took the initiative to move forward.
The two passed through the cheerleaders of class four and went to the next basketball court. From a distance, they could see a group of students standing at the side and blocking the basketball court.
Since Jiang Chen was tall and strong, he took advantage of his body shape and squeezed himself into the crowd.
On the other hand, Ning Er was not that short but his body wasn't strong enough to squeezed in and most of the students were boys. While he was having a hard time following Jiang Chen, he suddenly heard an excited to almost mournful voice shouting: "Ahhhh, Shao Bai Han, now!!!"
Ning Er looked up.
A white figure passed by almost like a lightning, he was doing a crossover dribble while avoiding the three interceptors. He then jumped and shoot the ball with only one hand. He heard a bang and saw the ball shot into the basket.
Ning Er's heart trembled violently for a moment.
While the girls in class six frantically shouted "Shao Bai Han". Dressed in white basketball uniform, Shao Bai Han calmly walked back to his teammates and bumped his fist to the eldest member of the four kings. The black headband on Shao Bai Han's forehead was firmly holding his sweaty hair, making his face looked more handsome.
Ning Er stared at it and was lost in thought, but Jiang Chen suddenly said with so much emotion: "Fuck, class 6 is really strong. It's just fifteen minutes when they started playing, but they have 50 more points than class 2! Are they still human?! This is too awesome! Xiao Er, your old classmate is too fucking OP! That shot just now? I can’t do it.
Ning Er was startled and came back to his senses. He looked at the basketball court again and found that Shao Bai Han was already with the four kings of class six. It was a fierce three-point shot and the score was officially pulled to 52 points.
In the finals of the basketball league last semester, class six also won against class two with an overwhelming advantage, but they only won more than 20 points in the end. And now, for a high school student to win more than 50 points was simply against humanity.
In both games, both classes put their best players in the court. The only variable being was Shao Bai Han.
So he was the one who pulled the score in such a terrible distance.
Most of the girls in class six were shouting Shao Bai Han's name, it was too loud that even the cheerleaders in class two resigned. Ning Er even heard the two girls from class two whispering behind him.
"Shao Bai Han of class 6 is too handsome. He is more handsome than the boys in our class."
"I won’t be assigned to the same class with him next semester. If he choose materialization/science, I will definitely choose materialization as well! In previous years, one of the materialization classes has about nine, I have one-nineth probability…kyahhhh!"
Ning Er suddenly realized that there was only one month left till the final exam, he’d be a second year high school next semester and they would either choose liberal arts or science.
However, he was very poor in liberal arts so he would certainly choose materialization/science. But what about Shao Bai Han?
Jiang Chen was intently staring at the basketball court, trying to watch each and every actions of Shao Bai Han and the four kings. Suddenly, someone in the crowd approached them. When the two of them looked back, the other party quickly said: "Jiang Chen, you need to go back! Hurry up, class 7 is taking over!"
Two people were surprised. Jiang Chen then hurriedly ran back to the field and directly joined the game.
Probably because there was a gap of 20 points, the class four went relaxed, but it caused for class seven to successively scored two goals. They succeeded all the way and quickly almost tied the score. Ning Er stood on the sidelines and looked at it, only to be surprised that the gap was actually three points left!
There were still five minutes before the game was over, and they need three points to make it a tie.
The students in class four shouted the slogan loudly and Jiang Chen led his team mates to keep the ball.
When the final whistle rang, the players in class seven slumped on the ground with a desperate look on their faces. Jiang Chen and others also sat on the ground with exhaustion. In the end, class four defeated class seven.
The girls hurriedly gave waters to the boys. Ning Er was about to turn around and go back to see class six' result, but he suddenly heard a sweet female voice from his side. "Ning Er?"
Ning Er turned to look and saw a female student. She was wearing a unique red plaid skirt and white shirt. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail and her eyes were shining as she whispered softly: "I am Liu Xiaomeng, do you remember me? We used to be classmates in our primary school."
Ning Er remembered what he and Shao Bai Han had said when they left school the night before.
He nodded: "I remembered. We did a drama play in our primary school and your role was a princess." and Shao Bai Han even hugged you…
Liu Xiaomeng: "Yes, and your role was the little rabbit who helped me. Today… Today, our class and your class had a match, and you played very well. Actually, I also cheered for you secretly."
Ning Er was stunned for a moment.
What does this old classmate of his mean? He knew how bad he played. In those fifteen minutes of him playing, he didn’t even scored any. He didn’t do anything at all, he just ran inside the court for fifteen minutes. So why did Liu Xiaomeng say that he played well?
Not hearing his reply for half a day, Liu Xiaomeng squeezed her fingers and racked her brains to think of a topic. Then she said suddenly: "Right, I heard that Shao Bai Han returned to Yancheng City and also transferred to class six? I remember that you and Shao Bai Han were close when you were young. Do you still talk to each other?"
Ning Er immediately understood that the girl only looked for him to get close to Shao Bai Han!
In the basketball of class six, Shao Bai Han took the water that was sent by his classmate. He sipped the half of it and then poured the rest on his head, he then rubbed his hair.
He looked around, when he didn’t find Ning Er, he bit his lips unhappily.
Shao Bai Han approached the captain of class six cheerleaders and asked: "Who won between class 4 and 7?"
The girl blushed and shyly answered: "Class… Class 4 won."
Shao Bai Han nodded and walked towards the direction where the class four was.
Shao Bai Han was famous in Yanzhong for his status of being a transfer student. This basketball game made the whole year level aware of him. Moreover, he was handsome and tall, so when he walked passed through other classes, they would sneak a peek at him and talked softly from time to time.
However, he didn’t seem to hear these sly voices and went straight to the basketball court of class four.
He looked around and suddenly froze, the smile on his face completely dispersed.
He stared at the girl who was standing in front of Ning Er. Seeing the girl's shy look, Shao Bai Han crunched the empty plastic bottle in his hand and threw it in the trash that was three meters away from him.
At that moment, Ning Er was thinking of how to talk to Liu Xiaomeng about Shao Bai Han. If the other person wanted to contact Shao Bai Han, he should answer it. But before he could think clearly, an arm suddenly pulled him back. His whole body staggered and his back slammed into a strong chest.
Ning Er looked up.
Shao Bai Han raised one of his handsome eyebrows: "Xiao Er, it's time to go home. What do you want to eat tonight?"
He didn’t seem to see the pretty girl standing across him.
The author has something to say!
Ning Er: I know that the little princess still thinks about her little prince!
Shao Bai Han: I'm so angry! Who’s this girl?! (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ