Chapter 3 Rearranging the Deck Chairs

  "Are you talking about basketball? Haha, I also like playing basketball, now I don't have to worry about not having a partner in the future." Yan Lingfeng looked up and saw Xiang Qingyun walking into the dormitory with her long hair fluttering behind her. Of course, it wasn't actually that long - Yan Lingfeng estimated that if he pulled out 10 of his own hairs, they would be about as long as one of hers.

  "Haha, great, with that settled, we've got our three-on-three teams all set then?" Han Dengyun replied with a smile.

  "I'm afraid he can't keep up with our pace, and if this delicate child gets beaten and cries, it won't be good." Zhao Senming said disdainfully, stroking his short hair.

  "Look down on people? I'm most annoyed with people like you who pretend to be sophisticated. " Xiang Qingyun snorted, found a bed and put down her luggage.

  "Everyone is just playing around, what's the point of keeping up or not, there's no basketball game in high school, it's purely for entertainment. Sen Ming, we're all going to be brothers under one roof from now on, can you put away that cold face of yours?" Sun Feiying turned around and said to Xiang Qingyun: "Don't mind him, he's always been like that, the few of us have all been annoyed by him before."

  Xiang Qingyun also withdrew her disdainful expression and exclaimed in surprise: "Zhao Senming?"

  Zhao Senming nodded and replied: "It's me, what's up?"

  Xiang Qingyun chuckled and said: "One of the four great kings of junior high school basketball, looking down on people is normal."

  Fu Zijun shrugged and said: "I'm not as arrogant as Sen Meng, I'm very kind, especially when facing beautiful girls."

  Han Dengyun asked with a silly smile: "Are the Four Heavenly Kings very famous?"

  Xiang Qingyun immediately handed over a very feminine sanitary napkin, looking at him with a condescending gaze and said: "As a water transport person who likes basketball, it's okay if you don't know what the municipal party secretary is called, but you actually don't know the four great kings. I'll tell you, the four great kings are Fei Senzi Deng, they're all top-notch basketball players among our students, Zhao Senming ranks second among the four great kings, his basketball skills must be very impressive, please teach me more in the future."

  "What kind of logic is this, just because someone's name comes second, does that mean their level is also second?" Han Dengyun asked gloomily.

  Sun Feiying smiled slightly and said with a proud face: "Of course it is!"

  Fu Zijun burst out laughing and said: "Who can tell me why the number one ranked person can't even make it to the top four?"

  Sun Feiying's face immediately fell, her proud expression turning into a gloomy one.

  "Everyone shouted 'Fei Sonzi Denga', I thought it was ranked by level, how? Not right?" Xiang Qingyun asked in confusion.

  "Not at all! I, Handeng Yun, can take them down with just a flick of my wrist, and it's not even worth mentioning the effort. Now, I'm seriously suggesting that this ranking needs to be updated!" Handeng Yun is still resentful about being ranked last!

  "After a while, go one on one. My slogan has always been to specialize in treating all kinds of disobedience." Sun Feiyang said disdainfully, who was good at fighting alone.

  "One-on-one? That's something barbarians would do, isn't it better than free throws?" Fu Zijun proposed.

  Xiang Qingyun's eyes had already glazed over, looking at this one and that one, directly ignoring Yan Lingfeng, then muttered: "You guys are the Four Great Heavenly Kings, Fei Senzi? My god, I'm actually living in the same dorm as you guys, it's great, I'm so excited. Hehe, but fortunately, there are only four of you, if we were to compete, I could still mix in as a main force."

  Yan Lingfeng's gaze at him indicated his innocence, Zhao Senming's gaze revealed a hint of "you're an idiot", Sun Feiyang's gaze had a strong sense of sympathy, Fu Zijun's gaze was even more playful, and as for Han Dengyun, he seemed to have heard a joke, holding his belly and laughing silently.

  "What's with the looks? Did I say something wrong? Although I'm not as famous as you guys, I'm actually quite good at playing ball too." Xiang Qingyun said in a low voice, her whole body covered in goosebumps from being stared at by five people.

  Finally, Fu Zijun stepped forward and patted his shoulder, saying: "If our class plays basketball, the title of team captain is more suitable for you."

  Xiang Qingyun angrily said: "Damn it! Are all of you good at playing basketball so arrogant?"

  Han Dengyun finally stopped laughing and explained: "No, we didn't mean to look down on you. It's just... haha."

  Sun Fei lightly punched Han Dengyun, who had just started smiling again, and said to Xiang Qingyun: "You say we look down on you, but do you know that there is still someone in the dormitory who looks down on us four?"

  Yan Lingfeng pouted and said: "I didn't mean it that way."

  Xiang Qingyun only then noticed Yan Lingfeng, who had not spoken all along. She looked at him with a puzzled expression. He seemed to be just over 1.8 meters tall, slender and unremarkable in any way.

  Seemingly aware of Xiang Qingyun's confusion, Sun Feiying asked: "Which school won the championship in last year's city-wide junior high school basketball tournament? Do you know?"

  "It seems to be purple light? I don't remember very clearly, those two days I had a bad cold, and our school team's competition didn't make it, does this have anything to do with it?" Xiang Qingyun is now like a person in the clouds and fog, completely unable to understand these five strange people.

  "The four of us are from schools that didn't win the championship, don't you think it's strange?"

  "Hmm, seems like it is a bit." Xiang Qingyun seemed to have understood something, and her gaze towards Yan Lingfeng was also somewhat different. She hesitated and asked: "Are you from Ziguang?"

  Yan Lingfeng nodded, this point he was very certain, but the junior high school basketball game things have been a bit fuzzy, after all, more than 10 years had passed, far less than these few people remembered clearly.

  "Then you must be the last best player Yan Lingfeng?" Xiang Qingyun said gloomily, patting her own thigh: "Cheerleading squad, I'm here..."

  Five people burst out laughing together.

  Soon, the short and thin Guo Fangzhen also came to the dormitory to report, looking very timid and greeted everyone, then didn't say anything. After scanning the dormitory, he finally had no choice but to choose the upper bunk of the bed by the door.

  The heaviest of the 501 - Liu Zhuofan also made a brilliant appearance at this time, sidling in carefully and greeting everyone: "Hello! I'm Liu Zhuofan, please take care of me from now on, brothers."

  Except for Yan Lingfeng, everyone else was shocked by Liu Zhuofan's majestic physique. They had seen fat people before, but never one as excessively fat as him! Yan Lingfeng had long been mentally prepared and smiled: "Unfortunately, I have to inform you that from now on, the task of opening the window in our dormitory will be handed over to you."

  Liu Zhuofan looked at the only remaining bed and said with a bitter face: "Isn't it like this? How did you guys come so early?"

  Fu Zijun, who came back to his senses, rubbed his head and said: "Just arrived, just arrived, I'm a bit earlier than you, brother. Don't complain, look at the feng shui of this bed! It's facing south and north, a treasure land where hundreds of birds come to pay their respects!"

  Liu Zhuofan heavily slammed his luggage onto the bed, muttering to himself: "Forget it! No big deal! From now on, I just won't read with a flashlight at night!"

  "You like watching too? What kind of genre do you like, city or martial arts?" Guo Fangzhen, who was sleeping on the upper bunk, immediately became spirited and asked with his head poking out.

  "I only read books related to learning, and I only read classics." Liu Zhuofan replied calmly.

  "Is that so......" Guo Fangzhen disappointedly withdrew his head and took out a pirated book from his bag, reading it with relish.

  "Time's almost up, shall we head to the classroom?" Zhao Senming asked as he saw that everyone had packed up.

  "Alright, let's go! Xiao Guo, don't look anymore, let's head to the classroom together." Sun Feiying called out to a very engaged Guo Fangzhen.

  The whole dormitory has only one person under 1 meter 8, who is shorter than him?

  Wow, this group of people is walking on the road in a majestic manner, causing everyone to turn their heads. There's the tall and handsome Han Dengyun, the charming Fu Zijun who looks like he just stepped out of a comic book, the cold and stoic Zhao Senming, the muscular Sun Feiyang, and the towering Liu Zhuofan - they're all so cool! Meanwhile, Yan Lingfeng, who doesn't have any special features, is walking with this group, feeling depressed and thinking to himself that he's stuck with a bunch of show-offs. This small group is destined to be the scene-stealers.

  Yan Lingfeng casually found a place to sit down in the classroom, anyway, they would definitely have to reassign seats later. Han Dengyun sat beside him, his eyes fixed tightly on the classroom door, and every time a female classmate appeared, he would give his own evaluation with a very professional gaze.

  Yan Lingfeng turned a blind eye to his idiotic behavior, this foolish big guy!

  The classroom was almost full, a little past 10:30. A tall middle-aged man walked into the classroom with big strides and stood beside the podium, clearing his throat and saying, "Everyone please quiet down."

  The classroom, which was originally noisy like a vegetable market, immediately fell silent, and Yan Lingfeng stared at the impressive "Mr. Pig Demon", remembering his punishment methods back then, only to feel a chill on the back of his neck.

  "Report!" A loud report came from the doorway, and everyone looked towards the door to see a girl with short hair that reached her ears, wearing a light purple T-shirt on top and a pair of cowboy jeans below, standing there cutely.

  Zhu Yao furrowed her brow and nodded: "Come in!"

  Tian Hui walked into the classroom and saw that there were no seats left in the front, so he went straight to the back row where the boys were gathered.

  Saw an empty desk next to Sun Feiyang and sat down squarely.

  "First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Zhu Yao, and from now on, I will be the head teacher of our class 8. Next, I'll take attendance."

  He picked up the attendance sheet, cleared his throat and was about to take roll call.

  "Zhu Yāo? What a strange name." Tian Hui's muttering was heard by Sun Feiying, who couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  "What are you laughing at?" Tian Hui asked curiously across the narrow aisle.

  "Not funny at all." Sun Feiying thought to herself, I couldn't possibly say that this nickname is too fitting, too overbearing?

  "Cut it out, if you don't say anything then just don't, who cares?" Tian Hui turned his head to listen seriously as the Pig Demon called out names.

  After calling the roll, Zhu Yao put down the class register and picked up a few papers, saying: "Next, I'll tell you about the school rules and regulations of Class One..."

  Yan Lingfeng lazily lay on the table, this thing is all deceiving people. In his three years at No. 1 Middle School, he had almost violated every school rule and regulation, but he hadn't been expelled or given any punishment. At most, it was just reading out inspections during class meetings.

  "Are you reading the newspaper?" Fu Zijun asked softly, holding up a stack of newspapers beside Yan Lingfeng.

  It doesn't matter, just to pass the time. Yan Lingfeng took it over and put it on the table. It was "Sports Weekly". On the front page were several bright red characters: China Men's Basketball Team Defeated, Whose Fault Is It? CBA Chairman Resigns.

  "Huh? This is quite rare, the national football team has been playing for so many years and still can't get it right. If not for participating in *, I reckon Xie would not have come down either. How did the men's basketball team lose a game and the chairman of the basketball association become so thin-skinned?" Yan Lingfeng thought to himself in confusion.

  Looking carefully, I couldn't help but feel a wave of disappointment. Apart from the sensational title, the content was the usual pompous stuff, nothing new or interesting. It's like how the news broadcast has been saying the same thing for decades - "leaders are busy", "domestic economy continues to grow" and "foreign countries are chaotic". Is it possible to expect to see any inside information in this kind of official publication?

  "Hey, what are you looking at?" Tian Hui, who had just decided to ignore the arrogant boy, couldn't help but ask when she saw Sun Feiying flipping through some interesting magazine.

  Sun Feiyang waved the magazine cover at Tian Hui and said with a smile, "This is a book for men to read, you won't be interested."

  "Isn't this just 'Slam Dunk'? I watch it every day. You're watching the one I finished two days ago." Tian Hui said.

  Sun Feiyang was full of black lines in her brain, this lady was really hard to deal with.

  "Hey, you're quite good at playing ball?" Tian Hui asked.

  "My name is Sun Feiyang, not 'feed', I play ball, it's okay!" Sun Feiyang replied humbly.

  "Hmm, what's 'not bad' about it? How about a game with me in a bit?" Tian Hui proposed enthusiastically.

  Sun Feiying's entire face had turned completely black, staring at Tian Hui with a gaze as if looking at an alien.

  "Hey, what's with the look? Don't underestimate girls! Our school team captain Song Litao is also my subordinate!" Tian Hui said proudly.

  Sun Feiyang's dark face suddenly turned pale, and he coldly said: "Song Litao? That's just a piece of trash!"

  Tian Hui's eyebrows turned upside down, and he scolded: "What makes you say that about him?"

  Sun Feiying sneered, "Do you know? In last year's junior high school basketball tournament, I was secretly calculated by him in one game, and I was hit more than a dozen times. Almost every time I touched the ball, I would be hit, and sometimes I was even directly knocked to the ground! That game almost exhausted my physical strength." Sun Feiying pointed at Yan Lingfeng with her hand and continued, "If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have lost to him in the quarterfinals due to lack of physical strength!"

  Tian Hui seemed to have believed Sun Feiying's words a bit, and blinked her lovely big eyes to ask: "Who is he?"

  Sun Feiying looked at Yan Lingfeng, who was reading the newspaper with his head down, and muttered: "The one who surpasses the four great kings, the best player in the basketball game - Yan Lingfeng!"

  "Looks like an ordinary person, is he really that powerful?"

  Sun Feiying shook her head and sighed: "I won't tell you, you wouldn't understand anyway. Just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes. Forget it, I won't say anything."

  Tian Hui wanted to ask more questions, but saw Zhu Yao tidy up the documents in her hand and walk out of the classroom.

  Han Dengyun immediately took out a basketball from his backpack and shouted: "It's finally time for me to make a name for myself! Let's go, the basketball court is waiting!"

  Sun Feiyang sighed with a bitter smile. The fame brought confusion! High places are not easy to defend, wanting to be invincible, one must face challenge after challenge!

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