Chapter 280 The Stubborn Xixi

April 4th, Saturday morning.

It's different from previous Saturdays.

During the morning self-study period this morning, all first-year high school students can move freely.

You can either choose to stay in the classroom to study, or you can choose to go downstairs and watch the game on the basketball court.

Under Li Luo's strong appeal, almost all the students in Class 8 of Grade 1 followed him downstairs.

They came all the way to the basketball court in a mighty procession.

The huge momentum of Class 8 is still quite intimidating.

The basketball teams from other classes would be more or less scared when they saw the number of people here.

After all, not everyone is interested in basketball games.

In most classes, except for some girls who were curious and liked to look at handsome guys and went downstairs in groups, most other students stayed in the classroom to study.

The students of Affiliated No. 1 Middle School are relatively self-disciplined, and this game is not the kind of sports meet where spectators are required, so it is natural for them to choose not to come if they can.

For example, Class 1.

"You guys... aren't you coming down to watch the game?" Li Luo couldn't help but say as he glanced at Ying Chanxi, Qiao Xinyan, and the five members of the Class 1 basketball team who were following them.

"There's nothing I can do." Ying Chanxi said helplessly, "If I weren't the squad leader, I wouldn't really want to come down."

"I see you're quite enthusiastic about coming down here." Qiao Xinyan said curiously, "And you said..."

"Xinyan!" Ying Chanxi glared at her and quickly covered her mouth. Then he said, "After all, our class's basketball team has worked very hard, so I still have to come down to cheer them on."

Hearing this, Liu Shaowen and Xie Shuchen beside them were so moved that they straightened their chests. The desire to fight in their hearts had reached its peak, and they were just waiting for the next game to start.

For them, it doesn’t matter at all whether other students come down to watch the game or not.

It’s enough if Ying Chanxi comes!

Li Luo glanced at the lineup of their class and found that they were basically all familiar faces.

Liu Shaowen, Xie Shuchen, Jian Zhenyuan, Liao Hailin, and a very strong brother, probably their center.

There were also two substitutes, plus Ying Chanxi and Qiao Xinyan who came downstairs to cheer, a total of nine people, and then that was it.

As for other classes, there were still some people who dropped out, but it was not as exaggerated as that of Class 8.

"Squad leader, the drinks are here."

The classmates around me reminded me.

Li Luo turned around and saw a few boys led by Lin Yuan rushing over from the canteen with a few boxes of drinks at the entrance of the basketball court and putting them aside.

After asking everyone to distribute the drinks, Li Luo looked at Ying Chanxi again and waved to her and Qiao Xinyan: "Give some to your class as well."

"Thank you." Qiao Xinyan was already very familiar with them. She took the drinks with a smile without any hesitation, then picked up a few more bottles and gave them to Liu Shaowen and the others.

Ying Chanxi took the drinks handed over by Li Luo, looked at the boxes of drinks that were almost emptied in a short time, and couldn't help but ask: "Did you buy all these with your own money?"

"Well, being happy is the most important thing." Li Luo said, "You can also bring a few bottles to them."

"……Thanks."

"What's the relationship between us? Why are you saying thank you?"

"I'm just giving you a heads up." Ying Chanxi snorted, picked up a few bottles of drinks and handed them to the boys in Class 1.

When Liu Shaowen and Xie Shuchen got their drinks, the excitement on their faces almost burst out.

"The monitor handed me a drink, did you see that?"

"Why are you so excited? It was given by Li Luo."

"You look more excited than me, okay?"

"Really? I got cold from the drink, don't talk nonsense."

The two people drank drinks with high morale.

Ying Chanxi took a look at the momentum of his own basketball team and said to Li Luo: "Your drink seems to be quite useful."

"Do you think it's my drink that's the problem?"

"Humph."

"Li Luo." Yan Zhusheng handed the drink to Li Luo and said, "It can't be opened."

Li Luo took a look at it, took it and easily unscrewed the lid for her.

Yan Zhusheng took the drink and took a small sip.

Seeing this, Ying Chanxi, who was standing by, looked down at the lid that he had already unscrewed, and fell silent for a moment, making a note of Pikachu in his heart.

At this moment, Xu Youyu, who was in charge of maintaining order at the scene, also came over and patted Li Luo on the shoulder: "Hello~ The lottery will start soon over there, remember to send someone over there."

"Got it." Li Luo nodded and shouted to the side, "Zhu Yufei! Don't forget to go to the physical education teacher to draw lots!"

"Oh!" Zhu Yufei responded and ran towards the drawing place.

Zhang Guohuang and others were also curious about the result of the draw and ran over to watch.

Xu Youyu glanced at the drink in Li Luo's hand, then looked at the drinks in Class 8 and Ying Chanxi's hands, and then asked, "Did you buy your own drinks?"

"Li Luo bought it." Yan Zhusheng replied.

"Are there any more? Give me one bottle too." Upon hearing that it was bought by Li Luo, Xu Youyu didn't hesitate and asked with a smile.

Li Luo glanced at the box on the ground, which was already empty, and shrugged and said, "It's all distributed. If you want, I'll go to the store and buy you a bottle later."

"Why go through so much trouble?" Xu Youyu looked around, then took the drink from Li Luo's hand, unscrewed the lid, and poured two sips into his mouth.

Even though her mouth did not touch the bottle mouth and she was just catching the water in the air, Ying Chanxi next to her was still stunned.

“Senior…” Ying Chanxi saw that she wanted more drink, so he quickly handed her his drink and said, “Just drink mine.”

"No, no, I'll just have a few sips." Xu Youyu took two more sips and returned Li Luo's drink to him. "Let's go, good luck in the competition."

After looking at Xu Youyu's leaving back and then at the drink in Li Luo's hand, Ying Chanxi bit her lip silently.

Make a note of Doraemon in your heart.

On the other side, Yan Zhusheng's eyes fell on Li Luo's drink, with a hint of eagerness in his eyes.

He looked down at the drink in his hand, then looked at the trash can beside him, not knowing what he was thinking.

Not long after, Zhu Yufei rushed back from the physical education teacher.

"Which class did you get drawn into?" Li Luo asked curiously.

"Class 16." Zhu Yufei chuckled, "We're lucky. Not many people in their class can play basketball. We should be able to advance smoothly this time." On the other side, Liu Shaowen from Class 1 also came back. They drew Class 11, which was not difficult.

Although there are few people in the class, not all the top students are nerds.

People like Xie Shuchen and Liu Shaowen are not only good at studying, but also good at playing basketball.

When Liu Shaowen was in Yucai Middle School, he was a famous basketball talent.

Not only has he always been ranked second in his grade, he is also active on the school basketball court. Indeed, many girls are fascinated by him.

If Liu Shaowen didn't just want to hang on to Ying Chanxi, he probably wouldn't be short of partners.

This is even more true for Xie Shuchen.

He is handsome, can play guitar, play basketball, and has excellent grades. He is quite popular among girls.

But unfortunately, these things are obviously secondary to Ying Chanxi.

"Are you going to go on stage later?" Ying Chanxi approached Li Luo and asked.

"Let the others fight for a while." Li Luo shook his head, "I'll go up when they're tired."

"Oh, then I'll go watch our class's match first." Ying Chanxi said, "Remember to remind me when you're going to play. Our class's match is in the next field."

"Are you coming to cheer me up again?" Li Luo said with a smile, "If the monitor of a class cheers for other classes, it will be a big blow to morale if it gets out."

"It's just an intramural basketball game, why are you making so many comments?" Ying Chanxi rolled his eyes at him. "Not many people in our class care about it. You might as well do more exercises instead of spending your time on it."

As they were saying this, the class next door had already gone on the field to warm up under the arrangement of the physical education teacher.

Qiao Xinyan greeted Ying Chanxi, so Ying Chanxi waved to Li Luo and ran towards the basketball court next door.

Meanwhile, the boys from Class 8 and Class 16 also came on the court one after another, shooting the ball, trying to get their feel for it, and discussing tactics privately.

There are five full courts on the basketball court of the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School.

There were a total of sixteen classes and eight games this morning, divided into four games and four games.

The two games between Class 8 and Class 1 are right next to each other.

Li Luo and his classmates from Class 8 stood on the sidelines to watch the game, while Zhu Yufei took Zhang Guohuang, Lin Yuan, Fang Chen and Xu Guangtao onto the court.

The rules of the game are very simple. There are four quarters in total, and each quarter is ten minutes.

There is a five-minute break at the end of each quarter, and a ten-minute halftime break.

A game takes about an hour to complete.

Each class team consists of seven players, five starters and two substitutes.

Of course, there are also classes that do not have seven people, so they have to get a five-man starting lineup to play.

Unlike badminton and table tennis games, basketball is a class competition after all. It would be somewhat embarrassing if a class couldn't even muster five boys.

For example, the Class 16 that Class 8 faced today was the type that could barely get five players together.

After the start of the first quarter, Li Luo realized that there were only two people on the opposite side who could play basketball.

The other three could barely dribble the ball, and their shots were all crooked. It was really difficult for them.

Especially since this is a full-court game, you need to run back and forth between the two baskets. For people with poor physical strength, running back and forth so frequently is still quite torturous.

So at the end of the first quarter, when Class 17 was leading with a big score of 2 to , Li Luo whispered something to Zhu Yufei.

In the second quarter, the five people from Class Eight took the initiative to slow down the offensive rhythm, and occasionally gave space to the two brothers on the opposite side who knew how to play, so as not to press too hard and let the opponents play more comfortably.

On the other side, the competition between Class 1 and Class 11 is in full swing.

Under the fierce attack of Liu Shaowen and Xie Shuchen, Class 11, which was of similar strength to Class 16, was also losing ground.

After two quarters, they were beaten 32 to 7.

Liu Shaowen and Xie Shuchen even started competing secretly to see who could score more goals.

After each goal, he would do a little move that he thought was very cool, and then inadvertently glance at Ying Chanxi on the sidelines out of the corner of his eye.

After seeing Ying Chanxi applauding them, they couldn't help but become more energized, and the rhythm of their subsequent attacks became stronger and stronger, making the students in Class 11 feel completely uninvolved.

Later on, it was purely a personal show by Liu Shaowen and Xie Shuchen.

"I feel like our class is pretty good." Qiao Xinyan said on the sidelines, "The score gap is quite big."

"Yeah." Ying Chanxi nodded indifferently, glancing at the next court from time to time. Seeing Li Luo still standing outside the court, he turned back and said, "It's just a bit boring. We completely dominated the opponent. Liu Shaowen and the other two kept scoring goals."

"For this kind of competition, it will definitely be more interesting if both teams are evenly matched." Qiao Xinyan said with a smile, "I think Class Eight is pretty good."

"What if our class faces Class 8 later?"

"Xixi, which side are you going to support?"

When asked this kind of question, Ying Chanxi choked for a moment, and said in a low voice with a guilty conscience: "Then, then it must be supporting our class. How could I support another class?"

"What if Li Luo comes on the court?" Qiao Xinyan asked with a smile.

"What does this have to do with him?" Ying Chanxi snorted, "I will definitely still support our class."

Ying Chanxi had just finished speaking when Xu Youyu, who was patrolling nearby, happened to pass by and patted Ying Chanxi on the shoulder: "Xixi, it looks like Li Luo is about to go on stage."

"Ah? Is that so?" Ying Chanxi quickly turned his head and found that Li Luo had already started warming up after the half-time break next door, so he immediately pulled Qiao Xinyan to the next door.

"What happened to the people you promised to support our class?" Qiao Xinyan followed Ying Chanxi with a look of confusion on her face, and couldn't help but tease, "Why did you betray as soon as Li Luo came on stage?"

"How can this be called treason?" Ying Chanxi said stubbornly, "This is not a competition between our class and their class. I just think that the competition here in Class 1 is too boring, so I want to try another competition."

As he said this, Ying Chanxi had already come to Li Luo's side.

"Eh?" Li Luo glanced at Ying Chanxi, "I haven't told you yet, why are you here?"

"I see you're about to go on stage?"

"Well, let's go up and fight for a while." Li Luo twisted his neck and stretched his body. "But it shouldn't be anything to see. After all, the opponent is not very strong."

As soon as he finished speaking, the physical education teacher blew the whistle, signaling the players on both sides to go on the field.

Ying Chanxi looked at Li Luo's back with anticipation as he entered the court. After a simple kick-off, he saw Li Luo jogging on the court, occasionally catching a ball, and making a smooth three-step layup that easily went into the net.

clap clap clap!
Qiao Xinyan looked at the applause and saw that it was of a higher level than the perfunctory applause just now. She laughed and shook her head.

On the other side, on the field of Class 1.

Liu Shaowen scored another goal handsomely, and habitually glanced towards the sidelines, but did not see Ying Chanxi, and was stunned for a moment.

Ok?
Where is their squad leader?

(End of this chapter)