Chapter 403: Lu Yumo Wearing A Skirt – 5
The basketball match finally started. Both Ye Jiu and Chen Shan, the leader of Hang Yuan High School’s basketball team, stood at the center of the court for the jump ball.
The moment the referee blew the whistle, the cheerleaders of Hang Yuan and No.1 High School all waved the pom-poms in their hands vigorously and shouted madly.
Ye Jiu and Chen Shan had the same height, but he was thinner than Chen Shan. However, his jumping power was greater than Chen Shan by a large margin.
Chen Shan missed his chance, and he cursed inwardly.
Song Fang got the ball first, and the opposing team immediately went up to intercept him.
“Lu Yubai!” Song Fang shouted and he passed the ball to Lu Yubai.
The game had just started for 3 seconds, yet No.1 High School was on the lead. Right now, not only the cheerleaders, but all of the audience in the gymnasium was shouting madly.
“Ahhh, Ye Jiu! Ye Jiu has gotten the ball!”
“Ye Jiu, you’re so cool!”
“Way to go, Song Fang!”
Ye Jiu had just come to No.1 High School half a month ago and he seldom went to play basketball at the basketball court. He looked as if he was not interested in anything, but he was more popular in school than Lu Yubai and his group. After all, he had a good-looking face.
However, he was slightly different today. Not only him but the rest of the five boys from No.1 High School had serious expressions on their faces.
It was a full match, and after the first half of the match had ended, the winning team could ask their own cheerleading team to perform on the stage again, while the losing team would not have the chance.
Fu Zhi changed back to her own clothes after her performance had ended. She had only mastered one song, but Su Xing had prepared two songs for their team.
Cheerleaders in short skirts were standing behind their respective basketball hoops, and the scene looked very pleasing to the eye.
By the time Fu Zhi came back from the dressing room, the match had entered a stalemate.
Everyone was standing inside the 3-point line. The ball was in Lu Yumo’s hand now, while the rest of his teammates were being held up by their opponents. Song Fang shouted, “Make the shot!”
Lu Yumo guarded himself against Chen Shan with one hand, while dribbling the ball with the other as he prepared to make the shot.
In a basketball match, the first point meant a lot to both teams. If they successfully made the shot, then it would be a great boost to their morale.
Lu Yumo was not a professional basketball player, and the reason he was recruited into the basketball team was because of his height.
As such, when Chen Shan smiled at him confidently, Fu Zhi had a strong feeling that he would not be able to score the shot.
Chen Shan had seen through Lu Yumo’s movement.
Just as Lu Yumo jumped up, he raised his hand and intercepted, smacking the ball to the ground.
Just like Fu Zhi expected, Lu Yumo did not make it.
Even though she was standing very far away, she could hear that their basketball teacher was shouting anxiously, “Defend! All back to defend!”
“Lu Yumo, don’t just stand there! Keep your eyes on Chen Shan!”
Chen Shan and his team members were moving towards the hoop in an orderly manner.
At the same time, Shu Weiguo, the secretary of the Education Bureau, frowned and commented, “This is not looking good.”
Ma Mingquan smiled confidently and replied, “Hang Yuan hasn’t scored a point as well. There’s no need to get so hot and bothered. Nobody knows who will win the match yet.”
However, Shu Weiguo did not think so. He turned to Director Liu and sighed, “Mr. Ouyang didn’t come, did he? Although No.1 High School performed really well in the international Physics competition, you have to know that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. There are many schools outside wanting to beat No.1 High School to become popular.”
“Don’t worry, I have full faith in my students.”
That said, Director Liu’s hands were filled with sweat.
The cheerleading team of Hang Yuan was cheering for their school, but things were not going well on No.1 High School’s side.
“What the hell was Lu Yumo doing? If he can’t play well, then replace him with another player!”
“Lu Yumo is considered pretty good, but he’s going up against professional athletes. There’s nothing he could do about it!”
“That being said, it will more or less affect their morale. I just hope that they can regain their composure as soon as possible!”
...
“So what with professional athletes? Ye Jiu and Lu Yubai are not inferior to them,” the rest of the replacement basketball players of No.1 High School sat on the bench and yelled.
Before the words died away, the cheerleaders from No.1 High School suddenly shouted.
Lu Yubai snatched the ball from his opponent and passed it to Ye Jiu. Then, the young man leaped lightly into the air and performed a 3-point shot.
The orange-colored ball flew through the air in a perfect arc and fell right into the hoop.
It was a clean shot!
The spacious gymnasium went silent for a second, and in the next moment, it was filled with the scream and shout from the cheerleading team and the students.
“Ye Jiu! Ye Jiu!”
Everyone chanted the young man’s name excitedly, and even Director Liu was infected by the atmosphere. He couldn’t help himself and rose to his feet, waving his hand in the air as he shouted at the top of his lungs, “Nice throw!”
Ye Jiu turned around and looked at the audience with a frown on his face. He raised his hand and put his finger near his mouth.
Slowly, the audience quieted down.
“What does Ye Jiu mean by that?” Someone muttered.
“Because we’re too noisy? Well, I can relate. A lot of people don’t like others cheering for them, as it might affect their performance.”
Standing on the audience seat, Fu Zhi looked at Ye Jiu and shouted after a short while of silence. “Keep it going, Ye Jiu! I will be rooting for you!!!”
The people from Hang Yuan were as quiet as a mouse as they had missed the chance, while the rest of the students did not dare to make any sound because of Ye Jiu’s warning.
As such, Fu Zhi’s voice wafted into everyone’s ears clearly.
Ye Jiu put his finger away from his lips. He smiled and said, “Okay.”
The crowd, “...”
‘Holy sh*t!!!’
Chapter 404: Lu Yumo Wearing A Skirt – 6
“His sister can cheer for him, but we cannot?”
“Ye Jiu is a hypocrite and an *sshole!”
“Holy, look at him. Is he smiling?”
“They really are brother and sister, aren’t they? Regardless of whether they are brother or sister, I still stand a chance, right?”
...
“Lu Yumo doesn’t seem like himself today. Could he be disheartened after missing his first shot?”
Everyone was focused on Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu, but Su Xing had noticed Lu Yumo’s condition. She looked at Fu Zhi and asked worriedly, “What do you think, Zhizhi? Should we say something to him to cheer him up?”
“But...” Another student chimed in. “Sister Zhi’s voice is too low, and I don’t think Lu Yumo would hear her.”
Then, the student looked at Fu Zhi and added, “How about this? You tell me what you want to say to Lu Yumo, and I will help you yell it.”
“It’s okay. I can do it myself. My mom has prepared a special device for me.”
Fu Zhi opened her bunny bag and began rummaging through it.
The student was excited, as he knew that Fu Zhi’s parents were researchers from the FZ Research Institute.
‘Am I going to see some black technology?’
Then, as the student and Su Xing watched on, Fu Zhi pulled a big white loudspeaker out of her bag.
A big loudspeaker...
A loudspeaker?!
Both Su Xing and the student were stunned.
Then, Fu Zhi turned to Su Xing and said, “I’ll just say one thing.”
Su Xing was so shocked that she did not know how to respond.
‘Well, you have the loudspeaker, so you’re the boss.’
Fu Zhi did not know how to use the loudspeaker. There was a red button and a yellow button on it. She pushed the two buttons at the same time, and a lively melody soon filled the entire gymnasium. “The largest leather factory in Z City in Wenzhou, Jiangnan Leather Factory, has closed down. Our boss, who’s such a bast*rd, leads a dissipated life. He owes 3.5 million yuan, so he ran away with his mistress. We don’t have any other choice but to sell these bags and wallets so that we have enough money to put food on the table. Their original prices were 100 yuan, 200 yuan, and 300 yuan, but we’re selling them for 20 yuan right now. Come and pick yourself a nice bag or a nice wallet. You will not regret it.”
Everyone in the gymnasium was dumbfounded. All of them turned their heads and looked at Fu Zhi.
“I’m sorry, that was a mistake.”
Su Xing went forward and turned off the loudspeaker. Then, she pressed on the red button and said, “Again!”
Fu Zhi cleared her throat and shouted, “Go get them, Brother Yumo!”
After saying that, she paused for a moment before adding, “I will buy a bag for you from the leather factory.”
Her voice resounded throughout the entire gymnasium.
Lu Yumo did not know what to say in return.
Nobody knew what had gotten into him. Perhaps he was happy because his sister was going to buy a 20-yuan bag for him or because his sister was rooting for him. Lu Yumo’s performance soared, and he helped his team score one basket after another.
No.1 High School continued to score.
No.1 High School: 21 points, Hang Yuan High School: 0 points.
In addition to the cheers, the only sound left in the gymnasium was the yelling voice of the coach of Hang Yuan.
“Holy... What are you doing, Chen Shan? Stop that No.8! Guard him! Are you blind? Can’t you see that he is on your other side?
“Defense! Faster! Go back and defend your side of the court!
“Gou Qi, what the hell’s wrong with you? Why can’t you even guard Lu Yumo? All of you, come back here!”
...
Before the first half of the match was finished, the cranky coach of Hang Yuan asked for a time-out and used the two minutes to rework his game strategy. After he reprimanded them for their poor performance, he rubbed his face and said, “I’ll say the same thing for the last time. Stop their No. 8 player. Keep an eye on him. If one person can’t guard him, two people will do it! You must do everything you can to keep him from getting the ball, do you hear me?”
Chen Shan and his team wiped the sweat from their bodies with towels as they kept their heads low.
“Coach, it’s not that we don’t want to guard him. It’s just that he is not an amateur. He is a professional, aggressive player, and his three-point shot is very accurate. Whenever the ball falls into his hands, he will definitely score!
“And Lu Yumo. We all thought he was the weakest amongst them, but I don’t know what happened to him today. He looks as if he’s on steroids. I can’t stop him at all!”
“Coach, we have underestimated them.”
Everyone on the Hang Yuan team felt disheartened.
All of them could see that their opponents across the court were talking happily with Fu Zhi.
“We have to win this game.”
Today was the first day of the exchange meeting between Hang Yuan and No.1 High School, so no matter what, they had to win this match.
With a grim expression, Wu Zhiheng walked toward his team and said, “I asked Mu Chenxi, and the only ones who can play basketball in No.1 High School are the five of them. They are just average cooperation-wise, and they are not as skilled as you guys. Ye Jiu has never played with others before, so this is what we’re going to do now. We have to do everything we can to get the coach of No.1 High School to replace Lu Yumo.”
It was not a rare occasion for a player to be replaced on the field. For example, if a certain player was not feeling well, violated the rules, or got injured.
He reminded Chen Shan, “Do whatever you can. Get him off the field, got me?”
*
Two minutes was a short time.
The coach of No.1 High School did not provide the students with any tactics. He just said, “They might focus on Ye Jiu, but it doesn’t matter. You guys just give it your best and leave everything to fate! If you guys win, your sister will buy you all a bag!”
Fu Zhi was speechless.
There were five of them, and Fu Zhi felt like her purse was in danger.
The players of both teams entered the court in an orderly manner.
Chen Shan gave his teammate a signal.
The second the match started, Ye Jiu grabbed the ball. Gou Qi was the only one guarding him, while Chen Shan was standing in between Song Fang and Lu Yumo.
Ye Jiu passed the ball to Song Fang, who quickly turned around and bluffed before throwing the ball into Lu Yumo’s arms.
Lu Yumo hastily made his way straight to the basketball hoop. Then, just as he leaped up into the air, Chen Shan rushed up to him from the side.
The moment the two of them met, Chen Shan smiled and pitched his voice low. “Fu Zhi isn’t your biological sister, right? I heard that her parents were researchers, and since her biological brother has shown up, do you think the Lu Family can stop her if she wants to cut ties with you guys?”
Lu Yumo froze. Seizing his chance, Chen Shan took a side step to stay away from the audience’s line of sight and jabbed his elbow into Lu Yumo’s stomach.
The ball fell out of Lu Yumo’s hand, and his face turned pale as a paper.
Song Fang had seen clearly from his position what Chen Shan had done. Just as he was about to rush forward, Gou Qi came out of nowhere, rammed himself into Lu Yumo, and both of them skidded several meters across the floor.
Chapter 405: Lu Yumo Wearing A Skirt – 7
Lu Yumo had been protected from violence by his family since he was young. Right now, not only was he pushed to the ground by Gou Qi with bad intentions, but he also had thrown himself onto him.
A clear “crack” sounded in the gymnasium.
Fu Zhi hastily came down from the audience seat.
At the same time, Chen Shan passed the ball to his teammate, and while Lu Yubai and the others rushed to Lu Yumo, Hang Yuan made a basket.
No.1 High School: 28 points, Hang Yuan: 3 points.
“F*ck!” Song Fang helped Lu Yumo get up from the floor, and his face was livid with rage and disbelief as he looked at Hang Yuan.
The cheerleading team of No.1 High School bristled with indignation for the thing that had just transpired. They quickly turned to the referee and shouted, “Aren’t you going to call that a foul? The No.6 from their team just pushed one of our players to the floor!”
“Yeah! Can’t you see how far they have pushed him?”
“Are you blind? Do you know how to be a referee? One of our players fell to the floor, and you’re not going to blow the whistle and halt the match?”
Most of the students from No.1 High School only saw Gou Qi push Lu Yumo to the floor. They did not see Chen Shan hit Lu Yumo, but they were still discontented with the referee’s behavior.
The referee blew the whistle and announced, “It isn’t a foul. Hang Yuan didn’t break the rules. The game continues, and I hope everyone can watch the game in a civilized manner.”
“D*mn it! You f*cker!” Song Fang growled as he rolled his sleeves up, his eyes red with anger. Just when he was about to go forward and get revenge on Chen Shan, Lu Yumo stopped him. “No! The game hasn’t finished yet!”
Seeing his attitude, the referee gave him a yellow card.
The students from No.1 High School were angry, but there was nothing they could do. The coach called a halt to the match.
Lu Yumo was carried off the field by Lu Yubai and Ye Jiu.
Zhou Zihuai asked him, “How do you feel? Do you feel pain anywhere?”
Lu Yumo pointed at the joint in his left hand. His wrist was red and swollen, and everyone could see that his wrist was dislocated.
The school doctor went up to him. After some examination, he said, “He needs to go to the hospital.”
Lu Yumo asked, “Will they give me an anesthetic?”
The doctor replied, “Why would you need an anesthetic? You’re not going for surgery.”
Lu Yumo wrapped his arms around himself and continued in a trembling voice, “Then, I’m not going to the hospital. I’m just a little boy and I can’t stand even the slightest pain. Also, you’re ugly, so can you please put on a mask when you’re talking to me?”
The doctor was speechless. If it were not because Lu Yumo to be part of the basketball team, he would have slapped this spoiled brat in front of him already.
When Fu Zhi arrived, the first thing she saw was Lu Yumo’s hand behind his back.
She let out a sigh, lifted her hand, and went up to him.
Lu Yumo nearly cried when he saw his sister. He brought his arm out from his back and said in a nasal voice, “Zhizhi, give me a hug...”
“Crack!”
“OWW!!!”
The cracking sound of the bones popping back into place rang out in unison along with Lu Yimo’s wail.
He looked disbelievingly at Fu Zhi and said, “You have changed. You don’t love me anymore. Why are you doing this to me?”
Then, before Fu Zhi said anything, Wang Yu chimed in, “Let me replace Yumo! I can do it!”
Lu Yumo turned to him and said, “You’re not familiar with the small forward position. I’m fine. I—”
“Shut up!” Song Fang snarled, staring at Lu Yumo, “Those b*stards. They started playing dirty as soon as they fell behind. If you go back to the field again, you’re just going to be a moving target for them!”
“Then who is going to play if I don’t?”
Song Fang had no idea as well. He looked around at the other players sitting on the bench. All of them had not played with Ye Jiu before, and their basketball skills were even worse than Lu Yumo.
The only person that was slightly better was Wang Yu.
Song Fang had no other options anymore, so he said, “Wang Yu! You’re up next!”
Wang Yu’s eyes lit up and he hastily said, “I grew up dreaming that I could become a great basketball player like Michael Jordan since I was a child. I swear to God that I will not let you all down. Chen Shan is nothing but a good-for-nothing brat that can’t even play basketball nicely. I’m not afraid of him at all!”
However...
Wang Yu looked again at the basketball players from Hang Yuan. All of them were tall and had athletic figures with lean muscles covering their bodies. He chickened out and said, “That said, what if all 5 of them gang on me? I’m just a little boy who doesn’t even know how to deliver a punch. There are 3 things that are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them. I haven’t got a son to carry on my family name yet...”
The crowd did not know what to say.
‘That’s it. Another ball-less person.’
Fu Zhi looked at Hang Yuan and said, “I’ll do it.”
“Don’t you even think about it, dud. Let’s Wang Yu do it. You guys are even weaker than him, and...”
Song Fang suddenly came to an abrupt stop. He blinked a few times, and he realized something was not right about the voice.
He jerked his head back, and Fu Zhi, who was standing not far away from him, repeated, “I will do it.”
“Do what? Do you want to do me? No, no, that’s not what I mean...”
Song Fang did not know what he was talking about. “What I mean is, is your “I’ll do it” the same as the “I’ll do it” in my mind?”
“Hmm,” Fu Zhi thought for a while and replied, “I mean I will replace my brother to play on the field.”
Rubbing his face, Song Fang said, “Am I hallucinating? Sister Zhi, you know how to play basketball?”
“Yeah.”
Fu Zhi had been playing basketball with Ye Jiu and her other brothers since she was young, so she knew the rules of the game.
Ye Jiu was fully aware of her ability, so he just nodded.
Wang Yu, on the other hand, felt that it was not suitable for a girl to play with a large group of boys. Therefore, he said, “How about let me do it?”
“It’s fine. We don’t wish to become obstacles for you to have a son to carry on your family name.”
Wang Yu was speechless.
When Ma Mingquan heard what Fu Zhi had said, he asked, “Are you sure about it? It’s fine if we lost the game. Besides, I think four of them fare pretty well.”
“Nope,” Fu Zhi said, “If we’re going in, we’re going in as five. After all, the more people the merrier.”
Ma Mingquan was dumbfounded. He had no idea why but he seemed to have a feeling that Fu Zhi was talking about other things.
Fu Zhi threw her bag at Lu Yumo. She was wearing a long dress, and it was not a good outfit to play basketball. Besides, she did not want to wear other people’s uniforms as well. In the end, she looked at Lu Yumo.
As if he knew what she wanted, Lu Yumo said decisively, “I, Lu Yumo, would rather jump out of the window than wear your skirt!”
Lu Yumo wrapped himself up with his arms and continued, “Stop looking at me like that! If you don’t stop it, I will scream!”
Fu Zhi grabbed his wrist and said, “But brother, I don’t want to wear other people’s uniform.”
Lu Yumo was stumped.
*
Fu Zhi was wearing a pink long dress that was bedazzled with many pink rhinestones. It looked like a dress that only a princess would wear, and not everyone would look good in it.
Well, that was what Su Xing thought until she saw Lu Yumo come out of the dressing room.
The face of the young man was pale because he was hit in the stomach by Chen Shan. As such, he was walking very slowly, and on top of that, he was wearing a big sun hat to cover his face.
Wang Yu shouted, “Oh my, look! A pretty lady!”
Lu Yumo became speechless.
He had not been in a good mood after being beaten by Hang Yuan’s team and had to put on Fu Zhi’s dress. Wang Yu’s comment on him was the last straw, and he finally snapped. He rolled his sleeve up, tugged at Fu Zhi, and said, “He’s laughing at me, Zhizhi! Hurry up and help me to beat him!”
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Fu Zhi glanced toward Wang Yu and raised her brows, looking menacing and imposing.
Wang Yu’s eye turned red around the rims, and he felt as if he had been hit by a bolt of lightning. He turned around and pulled a bottle of perfume out of nowhere. Then, he sprayed the perfume on him and threw himself on the floor.
He covered his face with one hand and sobbed. “How could you hit me because of some rich woman?!”
Fu Zhi said, “Can you stop being so melodramatic? It won’t work on me, and it will definitely not work on your relationship either.”
Wang Yu was stunned and felt offended.
As he was getting up from the floor, Lu Yumo delivered a kick to his leg. “It’s getting dark. I think it’s time to destroy the Wang Corporation.”
Wang Yu decided to go along with him. He tore his shirt open, covered his face with his hand shyly, and said, “I’ll do anything if you save my fictional great-grandfather with cerebral palsy.”
Lu Yumo then went through those classic lines that he’d read in novels in his mind and said, “Woman... Hah. Sure, when he gets back, we will get a divorce. Anyway, here is 2 yuan for you. Sign the contract, and your inheritance will be mine from now on.”
Wang Yu continued to cry. “You cold-blooded monster!”
Then, he took Fu Zhi’s bunny bag into his arms and added, “I’m going to run away with your son, you b*stard! There’s no way you’ll be able to see him again!”
Resting his chin on his hand, Ye Jiu watched the live performance of Lu Yumo and Wang Yu with keen pleasure. He even nudged Lu Yubai and said, “Hurry up, Lu Yubai. Pretend that you’re pregnant. You’re going to be his unforgettable lover!”
Lu Yubai did not know what to say.
Fu Zhi hastily saved her bunny bag from Wang Yu’s clutches as she threw a disgusted look at him.
Looking at them messing with each other, Wu Zhiheng scoffed coldly. “What a bunch of clowns.”
Then, he turned back to his teammates and continued their strategy plan. “Lu Yumo is down. Ye Jiu and Lu Yubai are the shooters on their team, so just don’t mind the other three and keep close tabs on the two of them. Whenever you have the chance, pass the ball to Chen Shan, and Chen Shan, you’re going to try to score as many baskets as possible. There are about 10 minutes left in the first half of the match, so make sure to even the score before the match ends. Then, we will show them what national-level athletes are made of in the second half of the match.”
Wu Zhiheng put his hand forward, and the rest of his team members followed suit. Then, they swung their arms up and down three times before shouting in unison, “Let’s go!”
Fu Zhi asked the school doctor beside her, “Hang Yuan didn’t bring a doctor, right?”
The school doctor put on his spectacles and replied, “They are not here for a vacation but to look for trouble. Besides, No.1 High School isn’t a garbage shelter, and there is no way we’d let them bring so many people into our school.”
“Then, no matter what happens later, just don’t move until I signal.”
The school doctor replied, “Yes, madam!”
At that moment, Director Liu and Shu Weiguo approached them.
Shu Weiguo studied Fu Zhi from head to toe. He did not think that Fu Zhi could change the tide of the match at all. However, considering the things his director had told him about Fu Zhi, he then said, “Are you not going to stretch? You seem pretty short for a girl your age to me.”
Fu Zhi was stunned.
She closed her ears, as she did not want to hear anything the man in front of her said anymore. Lu Yubai went to tell the referee to continue the match.
Fu Zhi followed Ye Jiu to the court.
At the same time, Lu Yumo, who was wearing Fu Zhi’s pink dress, took a seat on the bench elegantly, like a noble lady from Yu City, with Fu Zhi’s loudspeaker in his hand.
The gymnasium was filled with all sorts of voices thanks to the crowd, but then they saw Fu Zhi walk onto the basketball court.
They all looked at her, feeling dumbfounded. After all, they had thought Wang Yu was going to replace Lu Yumo to continue the game. None of them had expected that No.1 High School would send Fu Zhi in instead.
“Holy cr*p! It’s Sister Zhi! She’s going to obliterate them all!”
“I have no idea why, but I have a feeling that we’re going to win now that Sister Zhi is joining the match!”
“Do you think Sister Zhi is a better basketball player than Lu Yumo? If that’s true, then Hang Yuan is doomed!”
“I’m not sure about that. I have never seen her play basketball with Lu Yubai before.”
“Maybe they sent a girl to the court to prevent them from playing dirty again. After all, they were all stunned by Sister Zhi when she was dancing just now. I’m sure they wouldn’t hit a girl, right?”
...
It took the students from Hang Yuan a few minutes to recompose themselves.
No.1 High School had not sent in Wang Yu. Instead, they’d sent in Fu Zhi, the girl who had led the cheerleading team just now.
Before Chen Shan and his team could say anything, the cheerleading team of Hang Yuan, starting from Zhou Bingbing, erupted into laughter one after another as they looked at Fu Zhi.
“Does No.1 High School not have any more male students? How can they let a girl play basketball?”
“I doubt she knows how to play basketball. What is she gonna do if Chen Shan snatches the ball from her?”
“Some girls just think they are pretty and all guys should be nice to them. Does she really think all guys are the same? Why can’t she just stand there and cheer for her team? Why must she stick her nose into the basketball match?”
“Because she has a lot of brothers and she’s pretty.” A voice rang out as a purple pom-pom fell on Hang Yuan’s team. Lu Yumo sat on a small bench and was carried by Wang Yu and a student from Class 21 to the center of the cheerleading squad of No.1 High School.
Su Xing was fanning him with a fan in her hand.
Lu Yumo, aka “the noble lady”, rolled his eyes at the cheerleaders of Hang Yuan. “You’re a bunch of ugly b*stards!”
Su Xing then warned him, “Mind your language. Everyone is watching you.”
Lu Yumo, aka “the noble lady”, nodded. Then, he picked up the loudspeaker and said, “What a bunch of pretentious b*tches!”
After saying that, he turned toward the basketball team of Hang Yuan and added, “What a bunch of peasants. Just you wait for your punishment!”
‘Can you stop being so dramatic?’
Director Liu hastily went up to Lu Yumo, aka “the noble lady”, and said, “Shouldn’t you go to the hospital to get your wound tended to? What are you doing here?”
Lu Yumo, aka “the noble lady”, harrumphed. “When Heaven is about to place a great responsibility on a great man, it always frustrates his spirit and will first, exhausts his muscles and bones, exposes him to starvation and poverty, and harasses him with troubles and setbacks to stimulate his spirit, toughen his nature, and enhance his abilities. Did my parents give birth to me and send me to school to get an education so that I could lie listlessly in a hospital bed when all my friends are in trouble?”
Lu Yumo then concluded, “Xiao Liu, you’ve really disappointed me.”
Director Liu, aka Xiao Liu, was speechless.
Lu Yumo nodded in satisfaction as he scanned the crowd. Then, he pulled out his phone and sent a message to Xu Wei to ask her to bring a pair of pants to him.
Xu Wei, aka the real noble lady, had just finished her yoga session. She replied gracefully, [Did you split your pants again? Well, go and buy an adult diaper from the kiosk first. I have to go to the market later.]
Lu Yumo did not know what to say.
Then, he replied, [Your precious daughter is going to play basketball later, and there’s a good chance she might be bullied by the other team.]
He also sent a picture of his swollen wrist to Xu Wei.
Xu Wei’s eyes instantly filled with tears the moment she saw the picture and the message. [Did they beat you? Just because you are weak? Are they going to beat my Zhizhi too? Wait for me for a while. I’m coming right away!]
Lu Yumo replied, [Remember to bring my pants. Thank you.]
*
Sitting on the bench, Wu Zhiheng was dumbfounded when he realized Fu Zhi was going to the court.
The other students from Hang Yuan were stunned as well, and they could not regain their composure for a long time.
After Wu Zhiheng came back to his senses, he walked up to the referee and said, “What does No.1 High School mean by this? They can just tell us if they don’t have any more players. Why do they have to send in a girl as a player? Are they humiliating Hang Yuan?”
He did not understand why Fu Zhi had to stick her nose into everything.
‘Does she really think she’s good at everything?’
After hearing Wu Zhiheng’s complaint, the referee looked at No.1 High School’s director and said, “Wu Zhiheng has a point. I don’t think it’s suitable to let a girl play...”
“I think both you and Wu Zhiheng might have misunderstood something about this matter.”
The person talking was Shu Weiguo. “This is an interscholastic event. Everyone, be it girls or boys, can join the match as long as they want. Besides, this is just a game. There’s no need to be so serious about it. Could you be afraid of losing? Or are you looking down on her just because she’s a girl?”
Wu Zhiheng did not know what to say in return.
It was true that both girls and boys could play basketball, but what he could not fathom was why a girl had to meddle in this particular basketball match. If Fu Zhi really wanted to play basketball, she could join the girls’ basketball team. Besides, did she know how to play basketball?
That said, Wu Zhiheng could not question Fu Zhi.
Shu Weiguo had said this was just a game, and he would lose if he took it too seriously.
He looked at Ouyang Ya. Noticing his gaze, Ouyang Ya said, “It’s fine. Look at the bright side. We’re the ones with the advantage. Just treat her as another basketball player on the court. I’m sure Fu Zhi doesn’t want you guys to go easy on her, right?”
Fu Zhi replied expressionlessly, “It seems to me that not only are you guys incompetent, but you are also as noisy as crickets. Are we going to start the match or not?”
The referee asked Wu Zhiheng to leave the court.
Fu Zhi was going to replace Lu Yumo as the small forward. Ye Jiu remained in his position as the shooting guard, while Lu Yubai was the power forward.
Everyone knew that the small forward was also known as number three and was responsible for scoring points and defending.
The referee blew the whistle, and the atmosphere tensed up.
All the students from No.1 High School watched the match with bated breath. They could clearly feel that Fu Zhi’s aura was definitely stronger than Lu Yumo’s.
Chen Shan threw a contemptuous glance at Fu Zhi. His teammate was looking at her with a disdainful look on his face as well as he said, “I’m sure the reason No.1 High School sent her to the court is to distract us or seduce us. They are really shameless.”
“Yeah. Although she’s pretty, she isn’t as elegant as Zhou Bingbing, nor is she as noble as Ouyang Ya.”
“Don’t mind her. Just focus on Ye Jiu and Lu Yubai.”
Although Fu Zhi had heard everything they’d said, she did not care. After all, they would not have a chance to talk anymore later. At the same time, Fu Zhi also felt sorry for them.
All of them were national-level athletes with a bright future ahead of them. However, due to their arrogance, they were going to lose it.
Song Fang’s heart was pumping fast in his chest. Fu Zhi threw them a glance and ordered, “Don’t forget to pass the ball.”
Song Fang did not know whether he should cry or laugh now. “Sister Zhi, honestly, 3-point shots are hard. Given your arm strength, you might not be able to pull it off, and in the worst-case scenario, you might also injure yourself.”
‘Who do you think I am? Weak and feeble Lu Yumo?’
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Very soon, the match began.
Chen Shan began dribbling the ball.
Ye Jiu was being guarded by two first-class athletes from Hang Yuan, while the rest were guarding Lu Yubai, Song Fang, and Zhou Zihuai.
Nobody was guarding Fu Zhi, since they did not think that a girl could do anything on the court.
Chen Shan soon entered the 3-point line. He was not particularly good at 3-point shots, so Song Fang was waiting for the chance to grab the ball from him.
Holding the ball, just as Chen Shan was about to jump, he suddenly felt that something was amiss, and his heart palpitated.
Then, before he knew it, the ball in his hand disappeared. He was stunned for about 0.1 seconds, and when he finally came back to his senses, he looked at the hoop.
The ball had not gone through the hoop, and he could still hear the sound of the ball bouncing rhythmically off the floor.
Chen Shan turned his head around, but Fu Zhi had already gone far away.
He chided himself inwardly, while Song Fang cursed loudly.
Everything had happened really fast. Chen Shan did not know how Fu Zhi had snatched the ball from his hand at all.
His face turned grim when he saw Fu Zhi getting further and further away.
The coach of Hang Yuan shouted, “Defense! Defense! Keep an eye on No.8!”
Even at that moment, he still thought that Ye Jiu was No.1 High School’s trump card. Very soon, everyone dashed toward Fu Zhi.
At the same time, Fu Zhi arrived at the 3-point line.
Letting out a scoff, Chen Shan got ready to grab the ball from Fu Zhi with the help of his teammates. He was now in the center of the court. As long as he got the ball, he would pass it to Gou Qi, and another 3-point shot would be in the bag.
However, dreams were always better than reality. The moment he raised his arm to reach out for the ball in Fu Zhi’s hand, Fu Zhi ducked and moved below his raised arm. Then, she raised her arm and pointed at No.1 High School’s hoop.
Song Fang’s heart clenched in his chest as he shouted, “Zhizhi, wrong direction! Don’t throw the ball!”
‘D*mn it! They really are brother and sister!’
Outside the court, Lu Yumo collected the dress in his hand and shouted, “Go for it, Zhizhi!”
‘Don’t encourage her, you dumb piece of sh*t! That’s our basket!’
Song Fang wanted to cry.
The cheerleaders from Hang Yuan shook the pom-poms in their hands frantically.
The vice-captain then told Zhou Bingbing, “See? I told you there was something wrong with her brain, and you still wouldn’t believe me. We’re standing right below our basket, yet she still doesn’t know where she should throw the ball. She’s really an idiot!”
Everyone thought Fu Zhi had gone mad.
A smile appeared at the corner of Chen Shan’s lips.
‘See? This is what happens when you overestimate yourself.’
However, before he could celebrate with his teammates, Fu Zhi threw the ball in the opposite direction.