Chapter 287 Zhu Sheng took the opportunity to sneak away
November 4th, Saturday morning.

The exciting basketball semi-finals are about to begin.

At 8:30 in the morning, Class 1 and Class 12 had a match.

However, if students from other classes are interested, they can also come downstairs to watch the game.

Class 8's competition was at 10 a.m., but Li Luo and the others still went downstairs early, intending to check out the strength of Class 1 and Class 12 and observe the final opponents in advance.

By the time they reached the semi-finals, the basketball teams of the four classes were all quite strong, and the competition was even more interesting.

Class 1 has two sprinters, Liu Shaowen and Xie Shuchen. They have a very good offensive rhythm and their cooperation is very tacit.

Together with Jian Zhenyuan in the inner circle, they formed a stable triangle, with both offense and defense being very good.

Once the attack becomes difficult, the defender Liao Hailin always appears suddenly in some unexpected places and makes a move that is hard to defend against.

As for Class 12, the strength of the five members was relatively even, but they cooperated well and were able to hold on, and the scores were very close.

Unfortunately, they were defeated by Class 58 in the end, losing by six points, 52-.

This time, quite a few students from Class 1 came downstairs to watch the game. When they saw their team win, there was applause and cheers outside the stadium.

After seeing Ying Chanxi also applauding, Liu Shaowen and Xie Shuchen wiped the sweat from their faces, feeling that this hour of hard work was very meaningful, and they both showed gratified smiles on their faces.

"I feel like Class 1 is quite strong." Zhu Yufei said, touching his head on the sidelines, "They are quite comprehensive, with no weaknesses, and not easy to target."

"It doesn't matter. You won't meet Class One anyway." Lu Wei's voice came from behind, and he smiled at them arrogantly, "You guys are discussing the strength of Class One here. I almost thought we were done fighting, but it turns out we haven't even started yet."

"I advise you to be more virtuous with your words." Zhu Yufei rolled his eyes at him, "Just don't cry when you lose too badly later."

"Humph." Lu Wei laughed and pointed at Li Luo, "Good thing you didn't let your squad leader get beaten and cry."

"Is there something wrong with this guy?" Zhang Guohuang complained as he watched Lu Wei walking away.

"It's okay, don't worry about him." Li Luo shook his head and laughed, "It will be the same as before. You guys play in the first two quarters. Just make sure the score gap is not too big. I'll play in the last two quarters."

"Okay." Zhu Yufei nodded to show that he understood.

After the match between Class 1 and Class 12 ended, Class 12, having lost the match, was not in the mood to stay any longer and went back to the classroom one after another.

The top students in Class 1 also went back to the classroom. After all, the midterm exam was next week, and they didn’t plan to continue wasting time here.

Only Liu Shaowen and a few others stayed, intending to see the strength of their final opponents.

At this time, Ying Chanxi also walked up to Li Luo and raised his fist towards him: "Come on, try to take down Class 7."

"If we beat Class 7, won't we have to compete with Class 1 in the finals?" Li Luo said with a smile, "Which side will you support then?"

"Then we will definitely support our own class." Ying Chanxi said without hesitation when he saw the basketball team members from his class following behind.

But she secretly thought in her heart that supporting Class 1 did not conflict with supporting Li Luo.

I just support Li Luo, not Class 8.

Thinking of this, Ying Chanxi felt even more justified. Liu Shaowen and Xie Shuchen, who were listening behind him, were moved and felt that the hard-earned victory just now was worth it.

I am looking forward to the final more and more.

"Come on, Li Luo!" Xie Shuchen came forward and bumped fists with Li Luo. As partners in the rock club, the two had a pretty good relationship. He also gave his blessing enthusiastically, "Try to defeat that Lu Wei."

"I'll try my best." Li Luo smiled and greeted Liu Shaowen, Jian Zhenyuan and others.

Not only is he good at playing basketball, he can also play the guitar and sing. As the monitor of the parallel class eight, he can also rank among the top 40 in the whole school.

Therefore, even the top students in Class 1 did not dare to look down on him.

What's more, in the eyes of his classmates, Li Luo is the cousin of their class monitor.

With all these buffs added together, when Liao Hailin and the others saw Li Luo, they would even unconsciously feel that they were a head lower than him.

A guy as outstanding as Li Luo is so out of reach just by thinking about him.

Even when just walking in the school, Li Luo can now occasionally attract the attention of some passing girls.

Even some girls who were on good terms with each other would tease each other and become jealous when they saw Li Luo passing by, and would whisper "my husband", "No, it's my husband", "You are so shameless, it's obviously my husband".

Although it was just a private joke and no one took it seriously, it also showed how popular Li Luo was in school.

For example, in today's match between Class 8 and Class 7, many idle girls from other classes came downstairs together to watch Li Luo's performance and to see the other boys playing basketball handsomely.

For example, Zhu Yufei from Class 8 is a typical handsome athletic guy, but he is a little funny in his daily life.

For example, Fang Chen is also very handsome, but he looks more delicate than Zhu Yufei.

Lin Yuan is actually not ugly, he is just a little short.

In comparison, Zhang Guohuang is a little bit ugly because his facial features look very much like a monkey, so people sometimes jokingly call him Monkey Brother.

Well... this kid is also the source of gossip in Class 8.

Basically, you can get first-hand information about any gossip that happens in the Affiliated No. 1 Middle School from him.

Li Luo often learned some school gossip from him, such as which teacher was pregnant, which class of boys had a fight, who was in love with whom, and who was seen kissing secretly on the playground... In short, he could find out basically everything.

"Class seven and eight, come over and sign in." The physical education teacher walked to the sidelines, holding a personnel form in his hand, and shouted to the students of the two classes.

Zhu Yufei and Lu Wei walked over, and the rest of the two classes followed behind, looking quite hostile.

As the president of the Student Union, Xu Youyu brought the student union members to organize the order at the scene. By the way, he strolled over to Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng and watched the game with them.

The three girls formed a beautiful landscape on the sidelines, which immediately attracted the attention of many boys.

Originally, they were just bored and didn't want to study in the classroom, so they came down to watch the game.

I didn’t expect to see such a beautiful scenery. I immediately felt that it was worth it.

"Aren't you going to play?"

As soon as ten o'clock arrived, at the whistle of the physical education teacher, Zhu Yufei and four other people walked onto the basketball court.

Xu Youyu glanced at Li Luo who was sitting quietly on the bench and resting, and asked curiously.

"The ace always appears last." Li Luo said shamelessly.

"Tsk." Xu Youyu curled his lips, "I came here to watch you play basketball, but now I can't see it?"

"Don't worry." Li Luo said slowly, "I'll show you enough in three or four sections in a while."

Li Luo said it lightly, but the situation on the field was very tense.

Zhu Yufei and Zhang Guohuang had a good teamwork, but they couldn't stand up to Lu Wei, who was so strong and powerful.

The other people in Class 7 were no rookies either. They cooperated with Lu Wei in the attack and fought fiercely with Class 8.

At the end of the first quarter, the score between Class 14 and Class 10 was -, with Class leading by four points.

During the short break, Lu Wei walked over to Li Luo and smiled at him: "What's wrong? Are you too scared to go on stage?"

Ying Chanxi and the others frowned when they heard this, but Li Luo just yawned and didn't bother to pay any attention.

Xu Youyu, who was standing next to him, covered his mouth and chuckled: "It's really childish and makes people laugh, just like a stray dog ​​in heat on the roadside."

When Lu Wei heard what Xu Youyu said, he immediately opened his eyes and raised his eyebrows: "Who are you? Can you speak?"

"It's fine if you're just talking nonsense, but if you dare to cause trouble, I'll have the physical education teacher send you off the field." Xu Youyu narrowed his eyes and warned in a cold voice.

At this time, Gao Yuqin hurriedly walked to Lu Wei and whispered something in his ear. Lu Wei's face changed, and then he left angrily, not daring to talk back to Xu Youyu.

"Wow~" Li Luo said with a smile, "Senior sister is so awesome."

Xu Youyu rolled his eyes at him, crossed his arms and said, "You just have a bad temper sometimes. Do you indulge this kind of person?"

Li Luo spread his hands: "I just don't want to waste my emotions."

Although Xu Youyu is usually open, cheerful and enthusiastic, he is actually very strong-willed in some matters, otherwise he would not be able to do a good job as the president of the Student Union.

Especially to people like Lu Wei, he would not be polite at all.

But Li Luo is a little different.

If I had met someone like Lu Wei in my previous life, I would have gotten angry and probably thrown my fists at him.

But since his rebirth, Li Luo felt that he could not muster much anger when dealing with such people and things.

It was like standing at a higher position, overlooking the other party barking underground, and just finding it funny, watching it like a show.

I feel much calmer now.

Of course, if someone else encountered this situation, Xu Youyu might not necessarily stand up.

But when he saw that the other party was targeting Li Luo, Xu Youyu couldn't help but scolded him coldly.

Otherwise, I would always feel like my junior was being bullied and I would feel a little unhappy.

It's fine if you bully others at ordinary times, but it's not the turn of these nobody to make trouble.

After Lu Wei returned to the rest area of ​​Class 7, the second quarter began soon.

Seeing that Li Luo still hadn't come on the court, Lu Wei snorted coldly and attacked even more fiercely.

Although Zhu Yufei and his teammates held off the opponent's offense, the score was still widened to 30-24 at the end of the second quarter.

When the half-time whistle sounded, Class 7 immediately cheered and had already opened the champagne in advance, feeling that their class was about to win.

Class 8 was worried.

On the contrary, Zhu Yufei and the others did not seem to be in a hurry. After they finished the game, they smiled at Li Luo and said, "Squad leader, it's up to you later."

"Leave it to me." Li Luo and Zhang Guohuang bumped fists and agreed to replace him in a while. When the halftime break was about to end, he finally took off his coat and warmed up on the sidelines.

Yan Zhusheng blinked as he watched Li Luo take off his coat, then silently walked over to take his coat and held it in his arms.

When Ying Chanxi saw this, he was stunned for a moment, then felt secretly annoyed and silently made a note of it in his heart.

"Come on." Seeing that he was about to go on stage, Xu Youyu patted Li Luo's shoulder and whispered in his ear, "If you win, I'll reward you tonight~"

Li Luo shuddered when she blew hot air into his ear. When he turned to look at Xu Youyu, she had already retreated to Ying Chanxi's side with a sly smile and winked at him seductively.

Finally, the physical education teacher blew the whistle.

Li Luo replaced Zhang Guohuang and followed Zhu Yufei and others onto the basketball court.

Lu Wei and his companions also came on the field. When they saw Li Luo coming on the field, they immediately sneered: "Do you think you can win if you come on instead?"

"Don't talk so much." Li Luo sighed, "Save your energy. It will be better if you cry harder later."

"you!"

"Get ready." The physical education teacher didn't give them any time to talk trash. After giving the ball to Class 8, he blew the whistle and announced the start of the third quarter.

"Li Luo! Come on!" Ying Chanxi stood on the sidelines, put his hands in front of his mouth, and shouted loudly to cheer him on.

The students in Class 8 immediately followed suit and shouted.

When the people from Class 7 next door saw this, they immediately shouted "Come on!"

However, Liu Shaowen and others who were watching the game looked at each other in confusion.

"Why didn't we see the monitor cheering for us when we were playing?"

"I'm glad to give you a round of applause. Li Luo is my cousin after all."

Xie Shuchen could only comfort himself and his teammates in this way. Looking at Li Luo's high-spirited appearance on the court, he added, "By the way, take a look at Li Luo's level. I didn't pay much attention to him before." As he said this.

Li Luo had already received the pass from Zhu Yufei, and he jumped directly from a fixed point and easily shot the ball into the net.

"Wow!" Liu Shaowen raised his eyebrows, "Is it so accurate? Just a jump shot?"

"Look again."

When Lu Wei on the court saw Li Luo score the goal, he immediately exclaimed, and after receiving the serve from his teammate, he immediately launched a counterattack.

But then, things started to go wrong.

For most football games, when both sides attack each other, there will always be mistakes, so it is impossible to score a goal in every attack.

But since Li Luo came on the court, Class 8's offense has never lost the ball.

In just five minutes and seven attacks, Class 8 took them all down!
And all of them were scored by Li Luo!
Class 40 only scored five goals, and the score was shortened to 38-, just two points behind.

Lu Wei became angry and immediately switched his target with his teammates, choosing to defend Li Luo himself.

It has to be said that Lu Wei is not only fierce in attack, but also tight in defense.

Ever since he started defending, he did cause some interference to Li Luo.

After all, even if it is the same point, if you want to replicate it successfully every time, you have to control the angle and strength of the jump perfectly so that the route is not blocked by the opponent.

So in the next few minutes, although Li Luo's scoring rate was still very high, he still failed to hit the target and lost the ball twice.

Lu Wei's side had been attacking fiercely, barely stopping the offensive of Class Eight and keeping the score at a two-point difference.

But just at the end of the third quarter, Li Luo got the ball again and jumped directly from a fixed point.

Lu Wei got anxious and immediately jumped up to defend.

But the next second, Li Luo just smiled at him, raised his hand and hooked it downwards, and completed the pass in mid-air.

Lin Yuan suddenly jumped out and temporarily got rid of the defense, appeared behind Lu Wei, lightly took the pass from Li Luo, and then under the pick-and-roll of Xu Guangtao, he made a successful three-step layup and scored two points.

The physical education teacher blew the whistle.

The third section ends.

The score is officially 48-48!

There was a sudden cheer from Class 8, while Class 7 started to get nervous.

By the fourth quarter, Li Luo did not give the opponent any chance.

Whenever Lu Wei came to defend him, he would be ready to pass the ball when he was about to jump shot.

After all, the other students in Class 7 are not as strong as Lu Wei, and they always reveal their flaws occasionally.

Especially since Li Luo's jump shot is so accurate, the opponent will always subconsciously focus on his ball.

This always gave Lin Yuan and Fang Chen, who were at the bottom line, opportunities to break through.

So in the fourth quarter, with Class 62's increasingly perfect cooperation, when the physical education teacher's whistle sounded again, the score was fixed at 66-.

Class 8 successfully advanced to the finals with a four-point advantage!
"Grass!"

Lu Wei glanced at the score outside the field, then looked at Class 8 who were already cheering and celebrating, and immediately cursed with an unpleasant expression.

He looked in the direction of Class 7 and found that Gao Yuqin had already left with a frown on her face. His heart skipped a beat and he quickly ran after her, not even bothering to scold Li Luo.

Class Eight was already filled with jubilation.

Li Luo, Zhu Yufei and others happily high-fived to celebrate winning the game. They ignored Lu Wei and walked straight towards Class 8.

Seeing this, Ying Chanxi hurriedly trotted over to Li Luo, took out a tissue that he had prepared long ago from his trouser pocket, raised his hand to wipe his sweat: "Don't move, I'll wipe it for you."

Seeing this scene, Zhu Yufei and others were speechless for a moment, then looked at each other, secretly glanced at Yan Zhusheng, and then laughed secretly, watching the show tacitly.

Yan Zhusheng just watched silently and put away the tissue he had just taken out with a little unhappiness.

Liu Shaowen, Xie Shuchen and others from Class 1 looked at each other after watching the game and said:

"Li Luo is very powerful. Why is his jump shot so accurate?"

"Didn't you notice? He seemed to be shooting at the same spot all the time."

"I guess the chances of making a shot from that position are higher, right? It's the angle he's most familiar with?"

"But is he not in good physical condition? I saw him play for only two periods, and he looked very tired."

"No matter what, once Li Luo comes on the court, we must keep a close eye on him."

"Then I'll do it." Liu Shaowen coughed and then said, "Xie Shuchen is keeping an eye on Zhu Yufei. Their center forward is not very strong, so Jian Zhenyuan should be fine."

"Their short guard is pretty smart too. Liao Hailin, keep an eye on him. Don't be like the people in Class 7 who let people go at every turn."

We are discussing tactics here.

Over there, Ying Chanxi had already helped Li Luo wipe the sweat off his face.

Fortunately, Xie Shuchen and the others were discussing very seriously and did not notice this scene, otherwise they would have been somewhat upset.

……

After returning to the classroom, Class 8 resumed self-study.

When school was about to end at noon, Kong Junxiang came to the classroom again and talked about the college entrance examination reform and parent-teacher meetings. After the bell rang, he announced the end of get out of class.

Li Luo and his friends went to the cafeteria to have lunch together.

Ying Chanxi went to attend the competition class.

Only Yan Zhusheng and Xu Yinghuan were left. They followed Li Luo to the vegetable market to buy vegetables in advance and returned to Bihai Lanting.

"I'm going to the toilet~" Xu Yinghuan walked towards the bathroom as soon as she entered the door.

After Li Luo put the purchased vegetables in the kitchen, he turned around and saw Yan Zhusheng standing behind him with his arms open to him.

"What are you doing?"

"give me a hug."

"what?"

While Li Luo was stunned, Yan Zhusheng had already approached him, put his arms around his waist, and whispered, "Congratulations on making it to the finals."

"Why didn't you hug me when you won just now?"

"There were a lot of people around just now and I was shy." Yan Zhusheng was not too greedy. He hugged him for a while and then let go, blinking and saying to him.

There really is no sign of shyness at all.

“It’s also a hug between good friends.”

"Yeah." Yan Zhusheng nodded, "Li Luo, you are so smart."

Li Luo: "...I always feel weird when you praise me for being smart."

"What are you doing?" Xu Yinghuan asked curiously as she passed by the kitchen after using the toilet.

"Prepare the food." Li Luo said, "You two can go to the living room to play. I'll prepare the food for dinner first."

"I can help." Yan Zhusheng said softly, glanced at the apron hanging on the wall, moved quietly to the wall, and reached out to take the apron down.

"you sure?"

"Sure." Yan Zhusheng nodded, "I will be careful and won't hold you back."

"Then good luck to you guys." Upon seeing this, Xu Yinghuan immediately chuckled twice and consciously helped them close the door.

So Yan Zhusheng took the apron from the wall, put it on himself, turned his back to Li Luo, and said, "Help me tie it."

Li Luo walked behind Yan Zhusheng, tied the straps of his apron tightly, and then pointed at the vegetables in the plastic bag: "Wash these vegetables. I don't expect anything else from you."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded obediently.

After preparing the food until around two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng came out of the kitchen.

As soon as he opened the sliding door of the kitchen, Li Luo saw Xu Yinghuan walking towards the sofa with a guilty look on his face, which made him squint his eyes immediately: "Xu Yinghuan, what were you doing just now?"

"Ah?" Xu Yinghuan sat back on the sofa, then blinked and said innocently, "I went to the toilet and just happened to pass by."

Li Luo gave her a speechless look, and was then pulled into the piano room by Yan Zhusheng.

After entering the piano room, Yan Zhusheng stuck his head out before closing the door and said to Xu Yinghuan with a stern face, "Huanhuan, don't eavesdrop."

After saying that, she closed the door.

The next second, Xu Yinghuan jumped down from the sofa, ignoring Yan Zhusheng's warning, and tiptoed to the door of the piano room with excitement and anticipation on her face, ready to listen attentively.

The next second, the door was opened again.

Yan Zhusheng looked at Xu Yinghuan expressionlessly, which immediately made her freeze in place.

"Ahahaha... I was just passing by... just passing by."

"Huanhuan is bad." Yan Zhusheng whispered, "Don't eavesdrop, I'm shy."

When Xu Yinghuan heard this, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

But she didn't feel like eavesdropping anymore, so she went back to the sofa and continued watching TV.

It was not until around four o'clock in the evening that Ying Chanxi and the other three returned from school after finishing their work.

As soon as he entered the room, Ying Chanxi looked around and then asked, "Where are Zhu Sheng and Li Luo?"

"Playing the piano." Xu Yinghuan said with a pout.

Hearing this, Ying Chanxi raised his eyebrows immediately. Without even having time to throw away his schoolbag, he went straight to the door of the piano room, knocked on the door and pushed it open.

In the piano room, Yan Zhusheng sat upright beside, and Li Luo was also playing the piano seriously.

When Ying Chanxi saw this serious scene, he was stunned for a moment and even felt a little uncomfortable.

"What's wrong with Xixi?" Yan Zhusheng looked at her in confusion, "What's the matter?"

"Um... excuse me, please continue."

Ying Chanxi took a deep breath, quietly left the piano room, and closed the door for them.

But if she put her ear to the door at this time, she would probably hear...

"So what did that hug just now mean?"

"You owe me that."

"When did I owe you?"

"I made it to the badminton finals, and you didn't congratulate me."

"Then why are you still..."

"Xixi interrupted me just now, and I was only halfway through hugging her. I need to catch up." Yan Zhusheng said seriously, "Student Li, don't move. Listen to the teacher."

(End of this chapter)