Su Rou walked into the school with even more bruised and swollen injuries. Today was the first day of the basketball game, so the school would be on a three - day suspension. It didn't matter how late Su Rou came! But thinking that Xiao Yun and Yu Fei were going to play, she decided to go to school earlier.
As soon as she entered the school, she heard the deafening cheers coming from the basketball court. Without even putting down her schoolbag, Su Rou went straight to the basketball court.
Xiao Yun and Yu Fei were in the first basketball court for the girls' preliminary round. Both girls were quite tall. When they jumped to block, they hardly ever missed!
"Wow, so cool!" A girl exclaimed excitedly as she watched Xiao Yun jump up and intercept the opponent's basketball.
"Class One is really strong!"
"Those two girls are great at playing!"
Most of the students nowadays were only children and quite delicate. There were boys who could play basketball, but not many girls. So girls like Xiao Yun and Yu Fei were especially popular!
"Come on!"
After watching for a while, Su Rou suddenly ran away. She ran to the canteen, bought some drinks that her two best friends liked and some snacks. When she ran back, it was just half - time. Xiao Yun was wiping the sweat off her face. "Feifei, let's focus on defending under the basket later."
"Okay."
"Pay attention to grabbing the ball."
"Sure."
Su Rou squeezed into the circle, took out the drinks she bought for them from her schoolbag. "Yunyun, Feifei, come on, have something to eat!"
Xiao Yun and Yu Fei were a bit stunned when they suddenly saw Su Rou. Then they reached out to pinch Su Rou's cheeks. "Aiya, Rourou, you came here just to cheer us on, right?"
Su Rou nodded. "Yeah." Otherwise, would she have come so early? It was just that... She seemed to be a bit late. Why did this basketball game start so early!
"Don't worry, sweetie. We will definitely win." Xiao Yun took a sip of the drink and said boldly. The girls on the other team were obviously much weaker! Two of them even seemed to have never touched a basketball before. It would be a piece of cake to beat such a team!
"By the way, Jiang Ling's game is on the court next to ours." Yu Fei pointed maliciously at the court with even more people around it. "Go and cheer Jiang Ling on too!" Hehe, she was sure Jiang Ling would be very happy to receive her support.
Su Rou glanced over there. "Ah, there are so many people. I'm not going!"
"Not many, not many. You're so petite. You can squeeze in easily." Xiao Yun also said with a smile. "Go quickly, go quickly."
Su Rou looked at them in confusion. "Why do you insist that I go?"
Because he likes you! "If you cheer for him, he'll be more motivated!"
Su Rou looked at the sea of people over there and still didn't want to move. But Xiao Yun and Yu Fei pushed her out. "We'll come find you later!"
Su Rou rolled her eyes at the sky after being pushed out of the court, then slowly walked towards Jiang Ling's basketball court.
"Jiang Ling, Jiang Ling, you're the best!" The girls on the outer circle stood on the stone benches and screamed. Their voices were almost shrill!
"Jiang Ling, so cool!"
Jiang Ling made a beautiful dribbling breakthrough, then jumped up for a slam dunk, winning another round of applause from the whole audience!
By the time Su Rou managed to squeeze in, she could hardly breathe. Then she tugged hard to pull out the schoolbag that was stuck between people.
Coincidentally, Su Rou was standing right under the opponent's basket. Jiang Ling dribbled the ball and made another breakthrough. When he came under the opponent's basket, he saw the seemingly dazed Su Rou at a glance. A smile curled up on his lips, and the joy in his heart instantly swelled.
The opponent saw this moment of distraction from Jiang Ling and was about to steal the ball. But they saw Jiang Ling suddenly turn around, dribble the ball back a few steps until he reached beyond the three - point line, then aimed at the basket and shot!
"Ah!!!" The girls outside the court screamed again. "Jiang Ling is so great!"
A three - point shot, right through the net!
Beep—
The referee blew the whistle for half - time. Jiang Ling shook hands with his teammates to encourage each other, then walked towards the rest area. All of a sudden, the surrounding girls immediately offered dry towels, water, and snacks...
Su Rou was instantly submerged. She was already petite, and with so many people rushing around, who could even see her? Jiang Ling blinked his eyes and couldn't find her. Immediately, his eyebrows frowned slightly. He pushed aside these infatuated girls and walked straight under the basket to pull Su Rou out. "Xiaorou, you're here."
"Yeah." Su Rou took a breath, then remembered something. She took out a bottle of drink from her schoolbag. "Here, for you."
"Thanks." Although water would be the most thirst - quenching at this time, as long as it was from Su Rou, he would drink anything.
Some girls around saw that Jiang Ling didn't take their water but went all the way over there. Immediately, out of jealousy, they followed. "Who are you? Don't you know that players should drink mineral water? Drinks will just make people thirstier!"
Su Rou looked at the drink in Jiang Ling's hand. "Can't I drink it?"
Jiang Ling shook his head. "No, it's okay to drink."
"Jiang Ling..." The girl looked at Jiang Ling pleadingly. "I also prepared water for you."
"I don't want it." Jiang Ling refused firmly. "Give it to someone else." With the drink from Su Rou, how could he drink the water from other girls?
"Use this towel to wipe..." The girl still seemed to want to try her luck.
"I didn't sweat much." Jiang Ling didn't even glance at her. "Give it to someone else."
"You..." The girl was frustrated. Obviously, Jiang Ling refused her because of Su Rou! Damn it. The girl glared hatefully at Su Rou, then ran away.
There were so many people around. It was normal for girls to give boys water, towels, and even kisses! So Su Rou's action didn't cause much of a stir. People just assumed that Jiang Ling already had a girlfriend! But the girls didn't think so. Everyone knew that Jiang Ling, the monitor of Class One, Grade One, was handsome, had good grades, and played basketball well! They couldn't be reconciled that he was taken away so early!
To avoid getting thirsty during the next game, Jiang Ling only took a few sips and decided to finish it after the game. "Xiaorou, you came quite early today." Compared to her usual late - coming time, this was really quite early for her.
Su Rou pouted helplessly. "But I still missed the opening ceremony."
Jiang Ling laughed. "We don't have an opening ceremony. The game starts at eight o'clock sharp." How cute. She actually thought the basketball game was like a sports meeting with an opening ceremony.
"I see." Su Rou scratched her head. "Then come on."
"Okay!"
He surely would!