Chapter Thirty-Eight Mysterious Place

  "Pass the ball, give it to me quickly."

  "Defend against him, don't let him break through."

  "Don't let him shoot."

  "Good ball!"

  At this time, a group of students at Feicui City Experimental Middle School are playing basketball on the court. The sound of students' shouts can be heard from time to time on the court. The students on the court are also very enthusiastic because there are many girls watching beside the court.

  Lin Xiaoyu sat quietly on a row of stone steps next to the basketball court, watching her classmates play ball. The basketball court of Experimental Middle School was not unfamiliar to Lin Xiaoyu, who had played matches here as a student of Feicui Fourth Middle School during her junior high school days. Now, she had changed identities and become a student of Experimental Middle School attending physical education class on this very same court.

  "Hello. My name is Zhang Bai, and friends call me Xiao Bai." At this time, a slightly effeminate-looking young boy walked up to Lin Xiaoyu's side and introduced himself.

  Lin Xiaoyu had seen this person before, he was a classmate in her own class, but Lin Xiaoyu hadn't spoken to this classmate before. Lin Xiaoyu politely replied: "Hello."

  This slightly milky-faced young man still had sweat on his face, Lin Xiaoyu had just seen him playing basketball on the court, and the group he was in had just been beaten. He should be a person who has not played ball for a long time, Lin Xiaoyu saw that his movements on the court were a bit clumsy.

  "Why didn't you come on the court to play? I saw you playing at Tengyun Stadium a few days ago, and you're the best player I've ever seen." The boy named Xiaobai looked at him with an adoring expression.

  "Watch the clouds? Oh." Lin Xiaoyu didn't expect that there were still classmates in her class who went to Tengyun to watch the ball.

  "Why don't you come on the court and play? I really want to learn how to play basketball with you." The boy's expectant gaze made Lin Xiaoyu feel a bit strange.

  "I don't really feel like playing basketball today. And there's nothing much I can teach you, basketball is something that you have to practice slowly on your own." Lin Xiaoyu said lightly.

  "Oh, yeah. I just played basketball and kept getting scored on in front of me, making my teammates scold me. Playing basketball is really not easy." Zhang Bo said with a bit of embarrassment.

  When Lin Xiaoyu heard Zhang Bo's words, she thought of when she first started playing basketball and was also in this state, being humiliated by her opponents every day. Lin Xiaoyu couldn't help but have a good impression of the honest boy beside her.

  "I was like that too when I started, but slowly you'll get used to it and won't be like this anymore." Lin Xiaoyu encouraged him.

  "Well, I'll try my best. Playing basketball is really enjoyable, even more so than playing video games." Zhang Bo excitedly said. Just as Zhang Bo was about to say something else, his teammate called him onto the court.

  "Oh, I'm going on stage now. Let's play ball together when we have time, I want to practice my ball skills well." Zhang Bo said goodbye to Lin Xiaoyu and ran to the court.

  "What were you talking about with that tall guy?" one of Zhang Bo's teammates asked as soon as he saw Zhang Bo had just spoken to Lin Xiaoyu.

  "Nothing much, just asking him to play basketball together." Zhang Bo casually brushed it off.

  "I think he can't play basketball even if he wants to, what a waste of his height. If I were that tall, it would be great, maybe I could even dunk." The person glanced at Lin Xiaoyu sitting outside the court and said with disdain.

  Zhang Bo gave him a disgruntled look, thinking to himself: the other person's basketball skills are hundreds of times better than yours, and you still dare to say they can't play ball? If he can't play ball, then you probably don't even know what basketball is.

  Zhang Bo didn't want to argue with this somewhat self-righteous person and seriously started playing ball on the court.

  Lin Xiaoyu watched Zhang Bo play basketball and found that although this boy's shooting was not as powerful as others, he was very agile and could quickly judge the trajectory of the opponent's pass, intercepting many balls. However, due to his lack of height and strength, he was often used by the opponent as a weak point to score. Zhang Bo also had a good shot, but because he lacked confidence, when opportunities arose, he would hesitate, affecting his scoring. Moreover, his teammates did not trust him either, and even when he had an open position, they did not give him any shooting opportunities. As a result, the team with Zhang Bo quickly fell behind their opponents.

  Lin Xiaoyu was watching the game on the field when suddenly a cold object touched her left cheek.

  Lin Xiaoyu was slightly startled and turned her head to see a girl holding two cans of drinks smiling at her.

  The girl had long hair draped over her shoulders, with a spring breeze-like smile on her clear face, and her autumn water-like eyes curved into a pair of enchanting small crescent moons. Her appearance immediately attracted the attention of the boys watching the game by the court, as if everyone was shocked that such a beautiful girl was actually from their own school.

  "Oh, how did you end up here? Don't you have classes?" Lin Xiaoyu was slightly surprised by the girl's appearance.

  "Yeah, but class is really boring. I saw your class having PE, so I came to find you." The girl slowly sat down beside Lin Xiaoyu.

  "Xiao Nan, you're skipping class again. I really don't know what to do with you." Lin Xiaoyu said with a shrug and a hint of helplessness.

  This girl is Yan Nan. The current Yan Nan has undergone a tremendous change compared to when Lin Xiaoyu first met her, and the fake little boy-like Yan Nan has become a 100% campus belle.

  "You're just talking about others, you're still looking at your phone all day in class, what's the difference between attending and not attending?" Yan Nan's appearance may have changed, but her straightforward and lively personality remained the same.

  "That's also true." Lin Xiaoyu found herself really having no right to say anything about Yan Xiang skipping class.

  "Here you go." Yan Nan smiled and handed a can of cold drink to Lin Xiaoyu. Yan Nan was very clear about what Lin Xiaoyu liked to drink, the icy cool 7 Up had always been her favorite.

  "Thank you." Lin Xiaoyu and Yan Nan didn't have any more polite words between them. Since getting to know Yan Nan in junior high school, Lin Xiaoyu had lost count of how many bottles of Sprite she had received from Yan Nan's hands.

  "Why don't you go on the court and play?" Yan Nang wondered why Lin Xiaoyu was sitting by the side of the court just watching her classmates play.

  "I don't really want to fight with these people, it feels meaningless." Lin Xiaoyu said somewhat helplessly.

  Yan Nan glanced at the people playing on the court, these people were all quite average, Yan Nan was very clear about Lin Xiaoyu's current skills, if Lin Xiaoyu went on the court, there really wouldn't be any opponents, it would be meaningless.

  Lin Xiaoyu blew on the opening of the can with her mouth, then pulled the ring, and a "bang" sound was heard. A column of water spouted out from the can.

  "Ah!" Yan Nan was splashed with Sprite and couldn't help but exclaim.

  "Haha, I won't fall for it again!" Lin Xiaoyu laughed triumphantly at Yan Nan. Lin Xiaoyu had been tricked by Yan Nan, who seemed gentle but was actually a bit mischievous, many times before. When she saw Yan Nan hand her a Sprite just now, the sly smile in her beautiful crescent-shaped eyes made Lin Xiaoyu suspect something was off. So when Lin Xiaoyu opened the can towards Yan Nan...

  "Despicable, stinky little mouth, you big bad egg. I'll beat you to death." Yan Nan stood up in anger and chased after Lin Xiaoyu, hitting her.

  "Haha, that's what you get for being so arrogant. Let's see if you dare to mess with me again next time." Lin Xiaoyu giggled and dodged Yan Nan's chasing blows.

  "Hmph, you stinky little thing. Don't be so smug, I'll catch up to you sooner or later." Yan Nan quickened her pace in pursuit of Lin Xiaoyu.

  "Haha, come on. I'm not that easy to catch." Lin Xiaoyu deliberately slowed down her pace, and just as Yan Nang was about to grab her, Lin Xiaoyu would quickly dodge away, making it impossible for Yan Nang to even touch her clothes.

  The classmates by the playground were stunned to see Lin Xiaoyu and Yan Nan laughing and playing together. Because Lin Xiaoyu usually didn't speak much in class, everyone thought he was a introverted cool guy, but now he's actually chasing and playing with an extremely beautiful girl, which made it hard for his classmates to accept. What's even more astonishing is that the quiet and beautiful girl also had such a playful move, which shattered many of their illusions.

  Everyone's mind is wondering what the relationship between these two people is. They look like a couple, but they don't quite feel like one. However, these two people really do match well, one is tall and handsome, the other is also tall and beautiful. They are truly a match made in heaven.

  Many people's eyes showed a look of envy.

  "Alright, alright. Don't make a fuss." Lin Xiaoyu, who had been chased by Yan Nan to the other end of the basketball court, was seeking reconciliation with her.

  "Let's just drop it, but you have to treat me to KFC." Yan Nan, who was a bit flushed from running, proposed the truce.

  "Alright, alright, I'll treat you to KFC. I'm afraid of you." Lin Xiaoyu accepted the peace treaty.

  "Alright, I'll spare you. You're quite sensible." Yan Nan said with a pleased expression, waving her small fist at Lin Xiaoyu.

  "Look at you, running around with a red face. Quickly wipe the sweat off." Lin Xiaoyu saw Yan Nang's small face turning bright red, with fine beads of sweat appearing on his forehead and nose tip, but there was an indescribable cuteness to it.

  "None of your business." Yan Nan pulled out a pack of tissues from his pocket and also handed one to Lin Xiaoyu.

  "Xiao Yu, we won't have evening self-study tonight, right? I'll take you to a place." Yan Nan elegantly wiped the sweat off her face with a tissue.

  "Where are we going?" Lin Xiaoyu asked in confusion.

  "This I'll keep secret for now, you'll know when you follow me, you'll like it." Yan Nan said mysteriously.

  Lin Xiaoyu thought for a moment, anyway, she was also bored in the classroom during the evening self-study, and tonight's teacher on duty wasn't that "Big Storm" class teacher, so Lin Xiaoyu nodded and said: "Okay."

  Yan Nan saw Lin Xiao Yu agree and immediately became very happy: "En, that's settled. Let's meet at KFC tonight at 7 o'clock. Remember not to wear your school uniform."

  Lin Xiaoyu really couldn't guess where Yan Nan was going to take herself, looking at Yan Nan's mysterious appearance, Lin Xiaoyu knew that she would only know tonight after they went.