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"Brother Jie, when are you going to have a match? I want to cheer for you!" Situ Yanan said confidently. "No need, the group matches happen to be during class time, so you don't have to come. Just come during the knockout rounds!" I replied to her. If that girl really went, it would be a disaster, but having Situ Yanan as a cheerleader would indeed be spirited. After we sat down in the classroom, class started shortly after. As soon as the homeroom teacher entered, she said to us, "Students, we have a transfer student today. Let's welcome our new classmate!" The homeroom teacher led the applause, and then a boy about 1.75 meters tall with a handsome face walked in. As soon as he entered, he greeted us: "Hello everyone, my name is Haoshuai. I'm very happy to be classmates with you!"
This guy attracted the attention of all the girls in the class. Xia Ying looked at the stage and said, "Haoshuai is really handsome..." "Hey! Why did you hit me?" I tapped her forehead jealously and said, "Hmph! Is he more handsome than me?" Xia Ying grinned and replied, "Well... he actually is." I sulked a bit. The homeroom teacher then assigned seats for Haoshuai: "Haoshuai will sit next to Zhang Yirong from now on!"
Haoshuai smiled and walked over to Zhang Yirong while extending his hand: "Zhang Yirong, nice to meet you." Zhang Yirong nodded at him in acknowledgment. This time Zhang Yirong was quite lucky to have such a handsome guy sitting next to her. However... I wonder if she would bully Haoshuai? When we left the classroom for training at noon, I accidentally saw Haoshuai looking at us with envy; that gaze was quite strange, but I didn't think much of it.
When we arrived at the gymnasium, most of the team was already there. "Huh? Why hasn't Bing Ge come?" I looked around and realized that only Bing Ge was missing. "Yan Bing has acute appendicitis and took leave for surgery today; he probably won't be back for ten days," Zhongqi Senior sighed helplessly. Ten days?! Does that mean Bing Ge's City High League career is cut short? Bing Ge finally left high school with regrets. For Bing Ge's sake, we must go further in this City High League!
Today we were going to play a double round-robin match against Shinan High School. Although the chances of an upset were slim without Bing Ge, we needed to adjust our tactics accordingly. Teacher Qiu walked over to Tu Lei and patted his shoulder: "Tu Lei, it's up to you this time..." Tu Lei nodded; this meant Li Kanglin would play the number five position. At 1.88 meters tall, Tu Lei should be able to handle the four position.
After a while, Shinan High School arrived; their players looked dejected, probably due to their three consecutive losses. I finally understood why Shinan had no chance of an upset; they lacked that relentless spirit of perseverance. When the game started, Tu Lei jumped against their Power Forward for the tip-off. The ball was tipped into A Fei's hands, who immediately passed it to me. I quickly drove into the paint and made a jump shot successfully. After Shinan inbounded from the baseline, their Point Guard brought the ball upcourt and threw it high to their Center under the basket. Tu Lei jumped high and grabbed the ball first before passing it to Ouyang running backcourt; Ouyang made a long dash downcourt and easily scored.
Teacher Qiu clapped his hands from the sidelines and shouted: "Control the pace!" Shinan High School was indeed weak; by halftime we were already leading them by twelve points at 49-37. As we walked toward the locker room, I noticed their faces showed indifference. If they lost this match again, it would be four consecutive losses and they might be eliminated directly; they seemed mentally prepared for early elimination since some players were even whistling—truly absurd!
After halftime began, we continued our offensive momentum; Wei Weiwei and Liu Xiao also performed well in the second half. Wu Zhi Kai was particularly excited after missing last season's team opportunity; ultimately we won against Thirteen Middle School by one point with a score of 111-110, maintaining a record of three wins and one loss in second place in our group. In this match, I achieved my career-high of one assist along with points and five steals—who else could do better than me! Zhongqi Senior played as a supporting role this game with ten points and eight assists; A Fei had zero points but grabbed rebounds; Ouyang scored fourteen points with four three-pointers; Tu Lei made his starting debut with one point, six rebounds, and two blocks; Li Kanglin had fourteen points and eight rebounds; Zhang Jun only played fifteen minutes but scored six points on three of five shooting; Qiu Junze did not play this game; Wei Weiwei had six points and rebounds; Liu Xiao scored four points with one steal; Wu Zhi Kai didn't score but contributed four steals and two assists overall—our teamwork was excellent! A Fei and I were slowly adapting to being core players on the team.
After our game ended, Teacher Qiu high-fived each of us. Since Wu Jieyun High School lost today, we advanced alongside Thirteen Middle School into the second round of elimination matches. However, first place in our group still had suspense; we might again challenge for first place in the final round of group matches. Last season we fell short against Twenty-Four Middle School in that final round—we don't want history to repeat itself this season!
After returning to class, Haoshuai approached us: "Jie, A Fei, how did it go?" "Huh? How do you know our names?" I asked him curiously since he called us quite familiarly. Haoshuai smiled: "Zhang Yirong told me about you guys; you're playing in the City High League, right?!" This guy really knows how to build relationships—he even got close with that spoiled Zhang Yirong during this time! He looks quite honest but actually has a wicked side too.
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