Chapter 110: The Qualifying Journey (Part 2)

  Lin Xiaoyu didn't turn back until the taxi that Yan Nan was in had turned a corner and disappeared from view. As Lin Xiaoyu walked into the lobby of the apartment building, he saw team manager Lin Cijie sitting alone on the sofa in the lobby.

  Lin Xiaoyu and Lin Cijie exchanged a brief greeting before preparing to enter the apartment building, at which point Lin Cijie called out to Lin Xiaoyu.

  "Xiao Yu, where did you go to play? You came back so late, Coach was looking for you?" Lin Cijie got up from the sofa and walked in front of Lin Xiaoyu, holding a small thing.

  Lin Xiaoyu also knew that she was a bit late, Coach Bian Guohui stipulated that everyone should return to the apartment before 6 o'clock, but she didn't return until after 8 o'clock. Lin Xiaoyu had been dragged by Yan Nan to play around here and there, and time passed quickly. If Lin Xiaoyu hadn't said that they needed to gather at the apartment, Yan Nan would have continued to drag Lin Xiaoyu to play in this bustling provincial capital city. Yan Nan, who was not satisfied yet, also made an appointment with Lin Xiaoyu to find time to play around again, which made Lin Xiaoyu feel that girls' physical strength for shopping was truly amazing.

  "Oh, coach is looking for me? What's up? He didn't scold me for being late back, did he?" Lin Xiaoyu said with a scratch of his head.

  "It's probably nothing, he didn't seem angry either. The coach has gone out with the school leaders now and isn't here... Oh right, Xiaoyu, did you have fun today?" Lin Cijie asked with a smile, but her smile always carried a hint of forcedness and resentment.

  Lin Xiaoyu didn't notice all this, and when Lin Cijie asked her about her feelings on today's outing, Lin Xiaoyu spoke from the heart: "It's okay, I guess. The provincial capital is really different from Feicui City. It's just that this place is too big, I'm exhausted from walking around."

  "You look tired, but I saw you having a great time with Yan Nan." Lin Cijie thought to herself with a hint of jealousy, but she didn't say it out loud. She glanced at the large bag in Lin Xiaoyu's hand and casually asked, "You bought a lot of things, what did you get?"

  "There's nothing much, these are just some clothes." Lin Xiaoyu followed Lin Cijie's gaze and looked at the things in her own hands. These were all bought by Yan Nang for Lin Xiaoyu with his own money. Inside were two sets of clothes. Just these two sets of clothes had cost Yan Nang over a thousand yuan, which made Lin Xiaoyu feel embarrassed to accept them as gifts from Yan Nang. However, Yan Nang still insisted that Lin Xiaoyu take them back home.

  Lin Cijie said "oh" and hesitated for a moment before handing over the thing in her hand to Lin Xiaoyu. Lin Cijie said, "I saw this while shopping today and bought it for you, it's a gift, it should help with your injured hand."

  "What? What did you buy for me?" Lin Xiaoyu was a bit curious about what the female manager of the team had bought for her. Lin Xiaoyu wanted to open the bag and take a look, but Lin Cijie gently pressed down on her hand.

  "Not now, wait until you get back to your room and open it then." Lin Cijie said mysteriously with a flicker of her eyes. When Lin Cijie realized that she was holding onto Lin Xiaoyu's wrist in an action that was a bit too intimate, she quickly became flustered and moved her hand away. The warmth from Lin Xiaoyu's hand still lingered clearly on Lin Cijie's fingers.

  "Why can't I see it now?" Lin Xiaoyu asked in surprise.

  "I'm telling you not to look now, just don't look. Go back to your room and open it again later. I've gone back to my room, go to bed early." Lin Cijie said somewhat savagely to Lin Xiaoyu, but at this moment, Lin Cijie's savageness was somehow endearing. After speaking, Lin Cijie slowly walked up the stairs.

  Lin Xiaoyu walked out of the bathroom in his room, bare-chested, and walked towards his bed while wiping the water droplets from his hair with a towel. The apartment where Lin Xiaoyu lived was shared with Xiao Haifeng, who was currently playing cards with Han Dali and Zhang Jialin. They sat around Xiao Haifeng's bed, occasionally letting out cries of surprise as they played cards. Lin Xiaoyu saw that Han Dali and Xiao Haifeng already had several white paper stickers on their faces, it seemed that Zhang Jialin was winning. Lin Xiaoyu couldn't help but smile when he saw the three teammates' appearances.

  Lin Xiaoyu saw the bag on her bed, Lin Xiaoyu picked up the small bag that Lin Cijie had given to herself, opened it and found a palm guard inside. The back of the black palm guard was a fashionable white hook. Lin Xiaoyu didn't expect Lin Cijie to buy such a palm guard for herself. Lin Xiaoyu tried on the palm guard and found that it fit her injured hand perfectly. Lin Xiaoyu was very grateful to team manager Lin Cijie for giving herself such a useful gift.

  Suddenly, Lin Xiaoyu was shocked in her heart and thought that the female manager of this team would not be interested in herself? After Lin Xiaoyu recently learned about Yan Nan's long-standing liking for herself, she had a bit of sensitivity towards girls' emotions. However, Lin Xiaoyu soon felt that her guess was a bit ridiculous. Lin Xiaoyu knew that the team captain Su Hao had been pursuing this tall and handsome Lin Cijie for days. Lin Xiaoyu also thought that the 1.9-meter-tall Su Hao was quite matched with Lin Cijie.

  Lin Xiaoyu used a hair dryer to dry her hair, then lay down on the bed wearing headphones. Today was Lin Xiaoyu's first time coming to such a distant place from home, and a strange feeling enveloped her heart, faint but lingering. Lin Xiaoyu thought of her parents at home, wondering if her mother was still watching the endless TV series on TV, and if her father was sitting on the sofa reading the evening newspaper that had just been delivered...

  It seems that collective activities held in China all like to have some kind of opening ceremony. Moreover, except for a few performances unrelated to the theme of the activity, most of the time is spent on one leader after another speaking, and the higher the position of the leader, the longer they speak, and often what they say is even more nonsense. Maybe this is why they can sit in leadership positions. Being so shameless as to speak a lot of nonsense in front of everyone, such thick skin and verbal skills are really admirable, if such talent were used for flattering, it would be imaginable how great it would be, no wonder they can sit in high positions.

  The match of Feicui City Experimental Middle School was scheduled for the second game, so after the opening ceremony, Lin Xiaoyu and other players sat in the audience watching the first game. The first game was between the provincial champion team, Provincial Capital Railway Middle School, and a middle school team from another city. Lin Xiaoyu and others were secretly amazed by this team, which was considered to be the strongest, it was simply a professional youth army, with an average height of almost 1.9 meters, and a professional playing style, they had already pulled away from their opponents by more than ten points after just one quarter. The surprise of Feicui City Experimental Middle School players was justified, because this team that had won the provincial championship for many years was in their group.

  Lin Xiaoyu sat in the stands, seriously watching the match between the two teams. Lin Xiaoyu was also a little surprised by the strength of the champion team, Railway Middle School. Because this team, whether it was the individual ability of each player or the tactical coordination of the team, was top-notch, and Lin Xiaoyu felt that such a team's strength was really very powerful. Although Railway Middle School's opponent was always behind by a large margin, Lin Xiaoyu didn't think that this losing team was weak, even if it was a team like First Middle School of Feicui City that had a hard time beating them. Lin Xiaoyu really wanted to fight in this provincial qualifying match, and she wanted to exchange blows with these high-level players of the same age, but... Lin Xiaoyu looked down at her right hand, which was still injured, although it had almost recovered, it was still far from being able to handle the demands of the game. Lin Xiaoyu could only sigh helplessly at her own injury.

  The opening match, which was won by a large margin, ended with the Railway Middle School scoring 107 points, proving their strong attacking power while limiting their opponents to just over 60 points, demonstrating their equally robust defensive capabilities. After the players from both teams left the field, Coach Bian Guohui led his team onto the court for warm-up exercises.

  Although Lin Xiaoyu was also wearing the uniform of Feicui City Experimental Middle School, Lin Xiaoyu had already confirmed that she couldn't play. However, although Lin Xiaoyu couldn't play, she still helped the team's female manager Lin Cijie with logistics work. Lin Xiaoyu thought that this way, she could also contribute a bit to the team.

  Lin Xiaoyu took the opportunity to thank Lin Cijie while they were preparing water and towels for the players together, saying that the protective palm sleeve was very suitable and useful.

  Lin Cijie smiled and said she just happened to see it and helped Lin Xiaoyu buy it. In fact, Lin Cijie had run to several sports stores to ask about this glove set, and finally found it at the largest Nike store. At that time, Lin Cijie saw Lin Xiaoyu and Yan Nan intimately trying on clothes together, and Lin Cijie was originally a bit angry and didn't want to buy it anymore, but in the end, she still bought the glove set.

  Lin Xiaoyu naturally didn't know the feeling in Lin Cijie's heart. When Lin Xiaoyu was busy picking up the jackets and other items that his teammates had left on the seats, Yan Feng rushed to Lin Xiaoyu's side and boldly kissed him on the face.

  Lin Xiaoyu was startled by Yan Nang's sudden affectionate move, and after seeing that the person kissing her face was Yan Nang with a smiling expression, Lin Xiaoyu smiled and said: "Xiao Nang you're here." Although Lin Xiaoyu is now in a romantic relationship with Yan Nang, she still feels a bit unaccustomed to intimate actions with Yan Nang in public.

  Yan Nanke is different now, before Yan Nan's shyness was because she had been hiding her deep love for Lin Xiaoyu in her heart, now that the person she loves is already her boyfriend, the usually outgoing and cheerful Yan Nanke no longer cares about other things, Yan Nan fully enjoys the love between her and Lin Xiaoyu.

  "There was a traffic jam on the road, so I'm late." Yan Nan replied to Lin Xiaoyu's words and intentionally took a glance at Lin Cijie, who was taking out the mineral water for the team members to drink. When Yan Nan first entered the stadium, he saw Lin Xiaoyu chatting with this beautiful female team manager, so Yan Nan came over and made an intimate gesture towards Lin Xiaoyu, using this action to tell the beautiful team manager that Xiaoyu is already his boyfriend.

  "I'll help you pick up." Yan Nang went to Lin Xiaoyu's side and helped her pick up the jackets that the players had taken off. Yan Nang then asked, "Xiaoyu, are you really not going on stage today?"

  Lin Xiaoyu looked at her right hand, clenched it tightly and then relaxed. Lin Xiaoyu felt that her right hand had recovered about 70-80%, but she couldn't exert much force, and definitely wouldn't be able to cope with such an intense match. So Lin Xiaoyu shook her head and said: "I won't be able to play."

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