Chapter 70

With the start of the second half, the atmosphere on the court got tense again. There were no other sounds on the court, except for the sound of the basketball hitting the ground, sharp gasps, and the friction sound of their sneakers stepping on the floor as the two ran. Zhang Xiaoya and Li Youqing didn’t even dare to speak for a while. That was a one on one basketball match, but it was nowhere a friendly competition. The sound of the basketball hitting the ground violently seemed to have a bit more rattling.

Zhang Xiaoya was silent for a long time. She couldn’t stand the quiet atmosphere. She touched Su Meng with her elbow, leaned in front of her and asked in a low voice, “Who do you think will win? My male god or your little brother?”

Su Meng shook her head honestly. She didn’t understand basketball, so she really couldn’t tell which of the two people on the court was better. However, it looked like Jiang Tingzhou’s basketball skills were better because he played too many fake moves and his several small moves confused Lu Boxing. Moreover, he not only dribbled the ball skilfully, but also had a strong sense of physical rhythm.

It seemed that Jiang Tingzhou was leading the rhythm on the entire field. Zhang Xiaoya rolled her eyes and kept another straightforward and simple question, “Then who do you hope to win?”

Su Meng turned her attention to Jiang Tingzhou. Zhang Xiaoya followed her gaze, and immediately showed an expression of, “I understand, I understand”.

At that time, Jiang Tingzhou was dribbling the ball in his hands and ran to the basketball hoop on Lu Boxing’s side. Lu Boxing firmly defended his position, by opening his hands to block Jiang Tingzhou’s attack.

Jiang Tingzhou chuckled, ignored Lu Boxing in front of him, and dashed forward. The two bodies made an absolute collision. He jumped high, his wrists moved slightly, and he threw the ball in a relaxed and easy manner.  The next second, the ball went into the basket with a bang.

Two points!

Zhang Xiaoya cheered and in the next second, there was a loud sound of Lu Boxing hitting the ground. He let out a painful cry. The coach blew a sharp whistle. Lu Boxing’s friends rushed to him to ask about his condition. One of the boys with a shaved head had a violent temper. When he saw Lu Boxing who fell heavily to the ground, he turned and glared at Jiang Tingzhou, “Jiang Tingzhou, what do you mean by this?”

Jiang Tingzhou had just experienced the same intensity from the hit. His chest moved up and down, and his forehead was sweaty. He had put his hands on his thighs. Hearing that, he relaxed and slowly straightened up. The tone of his voice was a little careless, “What do you mean?”

“You did it on purpose just now? What kind of pretense was it now?”

Jiang Tingzhou sighed. Lu Boxing prevented his friend from continuing. He slowly stood up with the help of another friend, and his tone was a little low, “Stop. This time I lost the match.”

The friend said unconvincingly, “How did you lose! Obviously he hit you deliberately! There is still time in the second half, if the fight goes on, we don’t know what the result will be!”

Lu Boxing didn’t answer, but looked up and stared at Jiang Tingzhou. He had almost forgotten that Jiang Tingzhou had a famous nickname when he was studying in Qinglin Middle School, that was, ” Violent striker”.

Jiang Tingzhou played the forward position. It was said that he played violent street basketball before he joined the school basketball team. There was also a gossip that when he was fourteen years old, he had a basketball one on one match with a strong, adult man for the right to use the basketball court. At that time, Jiang Tingzhou’s style of play was extraordinarily fierce, even to the point where it could be said to be fatal, he won that match.

It may be that Jiang Tingzhou’s style of play had always been biased towards violence because he had played too much street basketball in the past. But in fact, even if Lu Boxing didn’t want to admit it, he had to admit that Jiang Tingzhou had a far better grasp of strength and skills in basketball than him. The dazzling fake moves, as well as the rhythm of controlling the audience, were beyond his reach.

As for the last deliberate impact, it was not so much a provocation but a warning. Because at that moment he fell back, he saw the obvious warning color in Jiang Tingzhou’s eyes.

What was he warning him about?

Although Lu Boxing was proud, he wasn’t a character that wouldn’t accept a defeat The game, indeed, he lost even though he still had time, he said frankly, “I am convinced that I lost this game.”

Jiang Tingzhou started to flex his body to counter the dizzy feeling. He nodded, and then he lifted his index finger indicating the number ‘1’. Lu Boxing did that to Su Meng in physical education class not long ago. Unexpectedly, it was someone else’s turn to be the winner. Thinking of Su Meng, he felt a little irritable for a while even more than losing the game.

Jiang Tingzhou strode towards Su Meng’s side. He flickered his eyebrows, his eyes looked shiny, and he could be described with the words ‘young and frivolous’.

He stepped forward and took Su Meng’s hand, “Let’s go home!”

When Su Meng sat in the back seat of his bicycle, she slowly recovered from the aftershock of Jiang Tingzou’s handsome face. They both went home without speaking to each other.

“At that moment, he looked really…very handsome.” Su Meng couldn’t forget that moment.

That night, while the Ling family was having dinner, Grandma Zhang notified Su Meng of news about a banquet that they should attend.

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