Chapter 21

Xia Tian might not want to risk seeing through his cousin sister but he took his chance on other women, especially this rare beauty. Not only did she have the figure, her appearance was appealing as well. Tang Yan was definitely a hapa.

Her Chinese beauty and Caucasian-like deep set of eyes made the perfect combination.

Tang Yan and Ye Qingxue were engaged in a tit-for-tat struggle, with both girls ready for a fight to the death.

Bingxin was not optimistic about today’s match. She felt weak in the knees just by looking at the build that their opponents had. They had fielded two more members from other clubs, but even they could not compare to those from the basketball team. Twenty points might have seemed like an excessive margin, the long match length was enough for these tall players to butcher them in the court.

“Gorgeous, can I make a side bet with you?” Xia Tian suddenly spoke.

The two women locked in confrontation turned their gaze towards Xia Tian, not having a clue what he was up to.

“Bet? I don’t like betting with rascals.” Tang Yan recalled Xia Tian assailing her with obscenity when she entered.

“Oh, fine then. You’ll lose anyway.” Tang Yan took Xia Tian’s act of feigning indifference to heart. As the coach and club president of the basketball team, a declaration of her team’s failure was beyond her tolerance.

“What are you talking about? That’s not going to happen.” Tang Yan reached a boiling point.

“Then how about a bet between us?” Xia Tian asked again.

“Fine, let’s do it.” Blinded by rage, Tang Yan took the bait.

“Alright, if you lose, you’ll be my mistress. You have to call me Darling Sweetie Hubby.” Xia Tian smiled at Tang Yan.

“The cheek!” Xia Tian was really getting on Tang Yan’s nerves.

“Indeed, look how rosy they are,” Xia Tian flashed his smile, revealing his dimples.

“Coach, he’s mocking you. Let’s teach him a lesson.” The three basketball players advanced forward.

“Come back.” Shouted Tang Yan, “Fine, I’ll take part, I won’t lose anyway. What if you lose?”

“Well, I won’t lose,” Xia Tian said confidently.

“No, what’s in it for me if you lose!” Tang Yan had seen her fair share of shamelessness but Xia Tian was on another level.

“If I lose, I’ll take my loss and call you Darling Sweetie Mistress.” Xia Tian put on a mask of solemnity.

“Shameless.” Tang Yan swiftly gave Xia Tian the foot.

Noting that Tang Yan was out for war, the three basketball players behind her started to feel for Xia Tian. They had one way or another borne the brunt of Tang Yan’s fury. She was a student practicing taekwondo.

Just as everyone waited for Xia Tian to slam onto the floor, Tang Yan’s foot was caught by Xia Tian. He was shamelessly running his fingers over Tang Yan’s dainty leg.

“Ah!” A high-decibel shrike filled the room, leaving the waitresses wide-eyed.

“B*stard, how dare you molest our coach,” The three basketball players dashed towards Xia Tian. Even though they towered over him, he remained calm as he angled his body to dodge a punch, forcing the fist to head straight to Tang Yan.

The tall guy could not pull back in time and it was during then, Xia Tian hooked Tang Yan with his right hand, curling her into his embrace before taking a spin, ultimately avoiding the person’s punch.

Cradled by Xia Tian, Tang Yan endured Xia Tian’s nip and tuck all over.

As everything happened too fast, Ye Qingxue and Bingxi stood there with their jaw dropped. Ye Qingxue was first to come back to her senses.

“Stop right there! What are you doing? Xia Tian, let her go.”

Xia Tian let Tang Yan loose at Ye Qingxue’s instruction. Although he was craving for more, his cousin sister has made her stance clear.

Upon getting back on her feet, Tang Yan gathered her strength to slap Xia Tian but was grabbed instead, “Are you trying to kill your husband?”

“You, you really piss me off. Fine, I’ll take the bet. If you lose, you’ll have to run around the court naked.” Tang Yan placed her hands on her hips. She has never seen such sleaziness.

“Deal.” Xia Tian smiled.

“Let’s go to some other place.” Tang Yan led the three basketball players out of the restaurant.

“Wow Xia Tian, I asked for your help and the most you said was that you would try your best. Now that you have a beautiful girl as your wife, it’s a guaranteed win. As they say, ‘sis before miss’, huh?” Ye Qingxue was itching to have a go at Xia Tian. Xia Tian adopted a perfunctory attitude when she emphasized on winning, yet here he was, making a bet with Tang Yan himself.

“Wrong. She may be pretty but she can only be my side-chick,” Xia Tian answered with a serious face.

“Wow, great, looks like you grew some balls seeking out a mistress. Don’t you know she’s your old cousin’s sworn enemy?” Ye Qingxue slammed her fist on Xia Tian. Xia Tian braved on. He could dodge now but he would not be able to dodge forever.

“There are those in this world who would mock me, insult me, undermine me, tease me, bully me, and despise me, how should I maneuver this happenstance?” Xia Tian solemnly replied, “Only by breaking them, breaking them, breaking them, breaking them, breaking them, breaking them, breaking them to pieces can you cast your eyes on them.

“Cousin, don’t you trust me?” Xia Tian alluded a mysterious smile. Bingxin sized Xia Tian up with curiosity. She had heard Ye Qingxue bringing up Xia Tian but the Xia Tian she saw before her was different from what Ye Qingxue had described.

Tang Yan left the restaurant with her blood boiling.

She vowed to win today’s match. How could Jianghai’s varsity team lose to a team that was just put together? Not only she was going to have Ye Qingxue fall behind by twenty points, if her people were in great condition, she was ready to widen the gap by a hundred and twenty points.

She wanted Ye Qingxue humiliated and that b*stard running around naked.

“Coach, don’t worry, we will make sure to take care of the guys from the literature and art clubs. We’ll keep the gap in the double digits,” A team player said with confidence.

There were plenty of students who played basketball, but only the best could enter the basketball team. Even as a substitute player he set himself high above those who did not make the cut into the team.

“Mm, you lot better play at your best. I’ll only accept a win. I’ll have Fang Li join you in the competition. Give no mercy in grabbing points. That lass Ye Qingxue wouldn’t dare to cross my path then,” Tang Yan furiously added.

It was a lively scene in Jianghai University with the fourth place, Ye Qingxue and sixth place campus beauty queen, Tang Yan butting heads.

Fans of both parties launched a tongue-lashing war, with the majority supporting Ye Qingxue. Some of them were actually former Tang Yan fans but switched after catching word of the basketball match. Ye Qingxue’s fans went ballistic, questioning why Tang Yan did not have her men compete at art with Ye Qingxue’s people instead.

There were also those who claimed the boys in the basketball were real men, labeling each person on the team a hottie. The voices of these starry-eyed girls who were infatuated with the handsome basketball players should not be underestimated.

Everyone waited around for the afternoon match between the literature and art club and basketball club.

“Sister Huo, can you speak to them? It may become worse if the two of them continue like this.” The vice president of the student council, Dao Tian was on pins and needles. In Jianghai University, all the men who knew Huo Wennu addressed her as Sister Huo while the women addressed her as Sister Wen. She was also the president of the student council.

“Speak to them? What am I supposed to say? You know how they are, they won’t admit defeat to each other. This time, that silly Qingxue accepted the basketball challenge, how is she supposed to win? There’s only those few sissies in the art club. Even if she sought help from other clubs, they can’t compare to those professional basketball players,” Huo Wennu grumbled.

She had a great relationship with Ye Qingxue but was acquainted with Tang Yan as well. She could not possibly help the literature and art club go against the basketball club. Putting her position as the student council’s president aside, she would not be able to find an equal competitor to the basketball players unless she hired professionals outside the school. However, they would be sneered upon if that were the case.

Ye Qingxue would face greater humiliation.

Tang Yan really worked through her superficial charm by allowing only one forefront member on court while the rest were substitute players. Even then, these substitute players were selected through a meticulous process. Moreover, the so-called twenty points might have sounded as though she was providing leeway, but with such a disparity in ability, a two-hundred-point difference was not impossible.

Many protested against the unfair matchup, but the protagonist of the affair, Ye Qingxue had agreed to the challenge herself.

The match in the afternoon attracted many spectators, especially those in support of the basketball team and Tang Yan. Although there were those who were on Ye Qingxue’s side, only a handful came. Others did not believe the literature and art club would win, they would rather refrain from going to save themselves the distress.

“Xia Tian, are you confident?” Ye Qingxue earnestly asked Xia Tian.

“I’m going all out for the sake of my mistress. Victory will be mine,” Xia Tian shouted with his head held high.