Insufficient balance

  A noisy room. Rows of screens placed in the room like cabinets constantly flashing colorful images, and bursts of intense sounds also come from these game consoles. People who are concentrated on manipulating joysticks and buttons in front of the game consoles will also occasionally exclaim and sigh. This is the scene presented by the game console room every day.

  Lin Xiaoyu stood in front of a game console, watching Zhang Bo play against an unfamiliar boy. Zhang Bo was currently playing a boxing game, and on the screen, his character, Hachigoro, was using a super finishing move to rapidly decrease his opponent's health points. Zhang Bo was a gaming expert, and Lin Xiaoyu had seen many boys come and go, defeated by him in front of this console. Lin Xiaoyu wasn't very good at playing these games; usually, after inserting coins into the machine, she would see her character get defeated within minutes, which made her feel a bit frustrated. Having spent more than half a day in the game room, Lin Xiaoyu still had several coins left, and she found it more enjoyable to watch Zhang Bo play than to play herself, so she hadn't gone anywhere else to play games.

  Heartbreak seems to be a catalyst for growth, and people seem to grow up overnight after experiencing it. However, the taste in one's heart is not easy to go through. Lin Xiaoyu felt that Zhang Bo seemed more mature than before. After these days, Zhang Bo returned to his previous happy self, and his face also lost some of its childishness. Looking at Zhang Bo seriously staring at the game console screen, quickly manipulating the controller with his hands, Lin Xiaoyu didn't know if Zhang Bo's heart could really forget that girl. But in any case, Zhang Bo no longer had the depression he had when he was emotionally hurt, and seeing her friend regain his spirit made Lin Xiaoyu happy too.

  Today is the weekend, Lin Xiaoyu and Zhang Bo came to this game console room to play. With Zhang Bo's operation of Hachiko's consecutive hits, the screen flashed out "" these two bright red characters. Zhang Bo's opponent was a bit angry and slammed the game console twice with his hand, then took out another game coin and continued to start a big battle with Zhang Bo... Lin Xiaoyu, who was watching behind Zhang Bo, smiled slightly, thinking that Zhang Bo's gaming skills were as excellent as his grades, really unexpected.

  "Come on, Xiao Yu. It's time for us to go play basketball at Tengyun." Zhang Bo said to Lin Xiaoyu who was watching him play the game after his opponent left the gaming machine with a disappointed face.

  "Alright. But you have to play hard today, I have a match tomorrow and can't afford to be too tired...... so the score is up to you, Xiao Bai." Lin Xiaoyu said with a smile to Zhang Bo.

  "Cut, I've never seen you play with all your might. But every time there are only a few people who can be your opponent." Zhang Bo said to Lin Xiaoyu in a bad tone. Zhang Bo really hadn't seen what it was like for Lin Xiaoyu to play basketball with all his might, because among the people playing basketball around him, there were really only a few who could force out Lin Xiaoyu's full strength. Zhang Bo was really looking forward to seeing how powerful Lin Xiaoyu would be when he played basketball with all his might.

  Lin Xiaoyu smiled awkwardly and walked out of the game room with Zhang Bo's shoulder.

  Lin Xiaoyu didn't know that there was a gaze behind him and Zhang Bo, watching them. When Lin Xiaoyu and Zhang Bo walked out the door, the owner of this gaze fiercely flicked the lit cigarette in his hand to the ground beside him. After the cigarette butt landed on the ground, it sparked several small crimson flames before lying still, emitting faint wisps of white smoke near a game console...

  The cigarette held between the fingers was slowly curling up with smoke, and a long ash had accumulated at the end of the cigarette, indicating that the person smoking it had not had time to take a puff for some time. Suddenly, as this hand trembled unintentionally, the ash accumulated on the cigarette fell onto the tabletop where the ashtray was placed, but the owner of the cigarette still did not notice...

  Pan Guohui picked up the cigarette pinched between his right fingers and put it to his mouth, taking a drag when the pungent smoke flavor and the heat transmitted from the gaps between his fingers made him realize that this cigarette had been burning to the end. Pan Guohui remembered that after lighting this cigarette, he seemed not to have taken a few puffs, but was busy looking at the documents on the table and forgot to smoke.

  Ban Guohui extinguished the cigarette that had already burned to the filter into the ashtray on the table, then picked up the documents on the table and read them carefully. From Ban Guohui's tightly furrowed eyebrows, it seemed that he was worried about something at this time.

  The experimental middle school basketball team has won several games in a row with a big score, and has entered the final of this national middle school basketball selection tournament in Feicui City and surrounding cities. For Experimental Middle School, which was just established not long ago, the achievement of the basketball team is already very satisfactory to the school leaders. The principal of Experimental Middle School, an old friend who has known Bian Guohui for many years, repeatedly escaped from Bian Guohui's request to lead the Experimental Middle School basketball team to advance to the provincial stage of the competition. After drinking a few more cups at the banquet, Bian Guohui naturally made promises, which also made his old friend, the principal, smile with joy.

  Bian Guohui couldn't help but smile wryly as he recalled the promise he made to his old friend at the dinner table. Although winning tomorrow's match would guarantee their advancement to the provincial stage, their opponents tomorrow wouldn't be as easy to deal with as those in previous matches.

  Feicui City First Middle School. Bian Guohui has been a coach at Feicui City First Middle School for ten years, and he is very familiar with the school's basketball team. However, it is precisely because of his familiarity with the team that Bian Guohui is well aware of its strengths and weaknesses, which is also the reason why he is now worried.

  When Pan Guohui was still the coach of Feicui City No. 1 Middle School, the champion of various basketball competitions in Feicui City High School were all from this No. 1 Middle School. Due to the strong investment of various departments in Feicui City in this No. 1 Middle School, this Feicui City No. 1 Middle School basically monopolized the best educational conditions in Feicui City, which also made Feicui City No. 1 Middle School able to recruit a batch of excellent players every year. It was precisely because of this that Feicui City No. 1 Middle School was invincible in the basketball arena of Feicui City every year.

  Now Bian Guohui, who is now the coach of Shiyan Middle School basketball team, is going to take his new team to face such a strong opponent, and Bian Guohui really has no confidence in his heart.

  The experimental middle school had a friendly match with the first middle school some time ago, and the experimental middle school lost by a two-digit score. Although Bian Guohui did not put in his absolute main force in that game, the opponent also hid several powerful players who did not play. Bian Guohui clearly remembered that his proud disciple was now a high school student at First Middle School No. 8, but he had been sitting on the substitute bench throughout the game. That guy named Ah Zhi is a formidable player. In his first year of high school, Bian Guohui coached him for a year, and this middle school student who had always trained in professional teams had abilities that ordinary high school players couldn't match.

  Bian Guohui really didn't know whether the experimental middle school basketball team he was leading could defeat this powerful opponent, nor did he know whether the "Whirlwind" tactic that had been revealed in the recent games could achieve anything in front of this strong team. Bian Guohui's mind kept comparing...

  Ban Guohui took out another cigarette from the pack on the table and put it to his mouth, but he didn't light it. Ban Guohui, who had passed his prime, could no longer chain-smoke like he did when he was young. His wife of 20 years had also reminded him to control the number of cigarettes he smoked.

  Bian Guohui glanced at the table in front of him, his eyes lingering on the row with the three words "Lin Xiaoyu" written on it. An average of 8.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, such data can only be considered a very ordinary player in the team. But Bian Guohui knew that Lin Xiaoyu's role on the court and in the team far exceeded these numbers. This high school student competition does not count assists, Bian Guohui knew that if he counted assists, Lin Xiaoyu would definitely get an astonishing number in that data.

  The "Disease Wind" tactics crafted by Bian Guohui himself also became sharp because of Lin Xiaoyu's existence. Lin Xiaoyu's passes always managed to reach his teammates who had the opportunity, those direct fast breaks from the backcourt to the frontcourt, Bian Guohui really hadn't seen a high school student pass better than Lin Xiaoyu.

  Fortunately, there is a player like Lin Xiaoyu in our team. When I thought of going to find Lin Xiaoyu, Bian Guohui's face revealed a hint of a smile. This player who excels in all aspects makes it impossible for Bian Guohui to find any flaws. If he had to pick out Lin Xiaoyu's bad habits, Bian Guohui could only slightly criticize him for not loving to attack himself. Bian Guohui has noticed Lin Xiaoyu's offense, and found that his diverse attacking methods are indeed a headache for opponents to score. However, Lin Xiaoyu always likes to pass the ball, which makes Bian Guohui's idea of letting Lin Xiaoyu take on the role of scoring guard always fall through. Nevertheless, Lin Xiaoyu's passing is truly exceptional, always able to tear apart the opponent's seemingly impenetrable defense and allow his teammates to score easily. Moreover, the passing route is always so unexpected, and the passing action is extremely smooth and beautiful.

  If Ban Guohui wasn't so clear about Lin Xiaoyu's academic experience, he might have thought that Lin Xiaoyu was a professional player. Because when Lin Xiaoyu played basketball, it always seemed like she hadn't used her full strength, yet she could easily defeat her opponents with ease, and Ban Guohui didn't know how much more potential his team member Lin Xiaoyu had left untapped.

  Lin Xiaoyu's thoughts made Bian Guohui feel a bit more at ease, and his tightly furrowed eyebrows also relaxed a lot. After all, having such a guy on the team should make the opposing coach a headache too.

  Ban Guohui picked up the lighter and slowly lit the cigarette that had been dangling from his mouth for some time, then slowly exhaled a thick fog. Ban Guohui lowered his head again to study the documents, trying to find out more details to pay attention to in tomorrow's match...

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