fictionpage Chapter 93 Little Xuexue, have you misunderstood me?
Chapter 93 Little Xuexue, have you misunderstood me?
The girl wore fluffy cat paw gloves on both hands, and her little feet were also wrapped in matching cat paw gloves. She tilted her head to look at him and blinked her almond-shaped eyes:
"Woof woof..."
Lin Ran stopped breathing.
I was almost swooned to death by how cute it was.
The cat's ears were tilted to one side, the bells jingling. Furry paws pressed against his blanket, a glimpse of snow-white thigh peeking out between his white stockings and cat paw guards.
It took Lin Ran about ten seconds to get his heart rate back to normal.
"Did you call it the wrong way? Shouldn't it be 'meow'?"
Su Peixue threw herself onto Lin Ran, her voice hoarse:
"Xuexue could be the zookeeper's cat, or the zookeeper's dog..."
The bell rang again.
"Good luck in the basketball game! If you win, Xuexue will give the zookeeper the socks she's worn all day..."
"Little Xuexue, have you misunderstood me?"
Lin Ran said with a serious expression, "Don't you know what kind of person I am?"
"The owner who likes to smell the socks that Xuexue has worn."
Lin Ran: "..."
Before dawn, a sliver of grayish-blue morning light shone through the gap in the curtains, falling on her cat-ear hair ornaments, turning the fluffy edges silver, and causing the bells to sway slightly.
Basketball teams from eight universities are participating in the competition. Lin Ran's team, Luda University, is playing against the vocational college this morning.
The stadium was packed with people, with students from Luda University and the Vocational College each occupying half of the stands, separated by the sports field, like two armies facing off.
On the Luda side, there was a banner that read "Go Luda!" On the Vocational College side, it was even more exaggerated. Some people were holding inflatable sticks, some brought drums, and some even draped the school flag over their backs and ran around the field.
Before the players even entered the field, the vocational college's stands began chanting slogans. Dozens of people, in perfect unison, roared towards the Lu'an University side:
"Hey girl over there! Su Peixue! A real beauty! Losers aren't good enough for you! Win and we'll be together!"
Feeling that the shouting wasn't enough, the second part was even more intense:
"Lin Ran is a fast runner! You'd better run today!"
The third section is here, this time with the rhythm of an inflatable stick:
"Lu Da Lu Da! Basketball newbie! Vocational school, vocational school! We'll beat you up!"
Lu Da couldn't sit still any longer.
Someone stood up and shouted at the other side, "What are you so arrogant about!"
Yao Ziwen, sitting in the front row, was furious. Pointing at the people opposite him, he yelled, "Are these bastards here to play basketball or to rap? How dare they bring up Lin's 10,000-meter race? Lin won a gold medal in the 10,000 meters, and what place did their vocational college get? How dare they!"
"Isn't this messing with Lao Lin's mentality?" Li Yifan said, somewhat puzzled. "Also, how did they know about Lao Lin's relationship with Su Peixue?"
Wang Haochen, sitting in the back row, didn't say anything, but grinned coldly twice.
He has a brother who is on the vocational school team, and it was he who leaked the information that Su Peixue and Lin Ran were getting close, and Liu Chuanfeng happened to be interested in Su Peixue.
Perfect timing! Let those sports students from the vocational college direct their anger at Lin Ran. Even though the vocational college is already stronger than Lu University, he still wants to embarrass Lin Ran even more. Being stepped on in front of all the girls in the school is even more shameful.
Annoyed beyond measure, Song Yin stood up and shouted at the Lu Da group, "Those over there are so noisy! Lu Da students, tell them to go back!"
She took a deep breath and shouted at the top of her lungs, "Luda—Go for it!"
Fang Xun and He Biqiong also stood up, and all the part-time senior students at the incubation base stood up and shouted along with Song Yin's rhythm.
The two sides gradually became evenly matched.
After Song Yin finished shouting, she sat down and looked at Su Peixue with some concern. She found Su Peixue sitting obediently in her seat, chin in hand, completely ignoring the slogans from the vocational college.
Her gaze fell on Lin Ran, who was warming up on the sidelines. She had never seen Lin Ran play basketball, but she trusted her handler, just as a dog unconditionally trusts its owner.
Looking at her expression, Song Yin suddenly realized that she had worried for nothing.
Guo Wu dribbled the ball and glanced towards the vocational college. "You'll see later."
Liu Chuanfeng was leaning against the technical table, stretching his legs. He had a square face, was tall with long arms, and his muscles stretched from his shoulder blades to his forearms like a fully drawn bowstring.
Hearing Guo Wu's words, he straightened up and chuckled. "Didn't you lose less last year?" He gestured with his chin toward Li Rengang. "Ask your captain how many points you lost."
Li Rengang's jaw tightened, but he didn't reply.
He walked among the team members and lowered his voice: "Keep a calm mindset. Let bygones be bygones last year, and start from scratch this year." But he himself knew that last year's score of 29 to 66 was a crushing defeat.
Liu Chuanfeng whistled towards the Lushan Grandstand, then walked over to Lin Ran. Lin Ran was sitting on the bench, elbows propped on her knees, watching the game.
"So you're Lin Ran." Liu Chuanfeng looked down at him, condescendingly. "I heard you ran 10,000 meters and then 800 meters yesterday, pretty impressive. But basketball isn't running. No matter how fast you run, the ball won't go in by itself." He tilted his head towards the Luda stands. "If I beat you to a pulp right in front of you, your girlfriend might fall for someone else."
"Did you go to the toilet today?" Lin Ran asked.
Liu Chuanfeng looked puzzled: "What do you mean?"
"If I don't beat the shit out of you later, you'll consider yourself clean."
"Heh! You're quite the show-off! If you're so great, how come you're stuck on the bench?"
Guo Wu and Li Rengang exchanged a glance but neither spoke.
Lin Ran played games all day yesterday and didn't participate in the basketball team's training. Coach Sun had never seen Lin Ran's three-pointer before, so he immediately benched Lin Ran without any explanation.
Coach Sun said that Lin Ran joined the basketball team because people from the vocational college brought up Su Peixue. The young man acted impulsively; being good at running doesn't mean being good at basketball. Running fast and shooting accurately are two different things. Besides, they didn't practice all day yesterday, and they didn't even rehearse their tactics. How are they supposed to play?
At that moment, the referee blew his whistle, and the jump ball began.
The referee tossed the ball up, and Li Rengang jumped up, his fingers touching the ball as he flicked it towards Guo Wu. Before the ball even reached Guo Wu, Liu Chuanfeng suddenly appeared from the side, snatched the ball, and charged straight towards Lu Da's half of the court.
Before Lu Da's defense could get into position, Liu Chuanfeng dribbled to the top of the arc, pulled up for a three-pointer. The ball bounced off the rim and fell into the net.
The stands at the vocational college erupted. The drums pounded three times, and the inflatable batons crackled and popped. Someone started shouting "Liu Chuanfeng!" and the people behind him shouted "Awesome!" The response was so synchronized, as if they had rehearsed it.
As Liu Chuanfeng ran back, he shook his finger. "It's not difficult at all."
Guo Wu was furious. He served the ball across the half-court line, but Liu Chuanfeng closed in on him as soon as he crossed the center line.
Liu Chuanfeng spread his arms, covering most of the three-point line. Guo Wu changed direction to the left, momentarily exposing the ball, and Liu Chuanfeng reached out and poked it, sending the ball flying.
Onion Head from the vocational college rushed over from the side, grabbed the ball, and drove straight to the basket for a layup. As he landed, he opened his palms and provocatively made a "five" gesture towards the Lushan Grand Stand.
Luda University fell completely silent.
The morale in the stands was low.
The difference is truly obvious...