I Might Have Fallen in Love With My Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 145 - 141 Playing Basketball

Chapter 145: Chapter 141 Playing Basketball

Wen Shiyi and Huang Qianyu’s tense relationship had gradually mellowed over time due to their busy school schedules.

But when Liang Fan pulled that stunt, how could Huang Qianyu just swallow her pride?

However, there wasn’t any need for Huang Qianyu to act herself, her group of girl friends was enough trouble for Wen Shiyi.

During the break, Chen Xiweng and Sun Xin gathered together, their snide and mocking words slicing through the air towards Wen Shiyi.

All the classmates knew the reason, and no one dared to intervene.

Wen Shiyi also displayed her characteristic stubbornness as the protagonist, sitting defiantly at her desk, pretending not to hear whatever they said.

It was break time, Qingran initially wanted to rest her head on the desk and sneak in some sleep, but the buzzing noise from Chen Xiweng and the others, akin to flies, kept her wide awake.

From the desk behind, Ruan Ruan’s deliberately subdued voice: "Hey! Chunming?"

With a languid voice tinged with sleepiness, Zheng Chunming replied, "What’s up?"

Ruan Ruan pulled on Zheng Chunming: "Let’s go take a walk on the sports field?"

Zheng Chunming seemed reluctant as she yawned, "Ruan, I stayed up late reading novels last night; I’m really sleepy and just want to rest a bit."

"With all this noise, can you even sleep?" Ruan Ruan finally gave up pulling her: "Alright, alright, then get some good sleep."

Turning her head, she met Qingran’s bright eyes. Ruan Ruan grinned and scooted over to Xie Ying’an’s seat: "Daran, not taking a nap today?"

Qingran frowned: "It’s too noisy, I can’t sleep."

"That’s why I say my Chunni is just like a pig." Ruan Ruan giggled, pointing at Zheng Chunming who had already closed her eyes, then asked Qingran, "Wanna join me for a walk on the sports field?"

Ruan Ruan wanting to go to the sports field wasn’t just for a stroll, she definitely wanted to watch Li Qingmo and others play basketball.

Zheng Chunming used to join her.

Influenced by these people, Qingran couldn’t calm down to study either. Moreover, she heard that her brother had grown 0.5cm from playing basketball for over a month.

That 0.5cm had only solidified his resolution to play basketball; now, apart from rainy or cloudy days, he played basketball every day.

He even dragged Xie Ying’an along every day, frustrating Old Wu to no end, yet there was nothing he could do.

Li Qingmo, this much of a troublemaker, even his homeroom Teacher Sun was almost giving up on him; how could Old Wu, not even being their homeroom teacher, expect to manage him?

Just as Qingran and Ruan Ruan reached the classroom door, Zheng Chunming rushed to catch up: "Qingran, Ruan Ruan, wait for me, I’ll go too."

Turning back, Qingran and Ruan Ruan looked over; Zheng Chunming’s eyelids were darkly shadowed, no telling how late she stayed up last night.

Ruan Ruan teased her with a smile: "Thought you weren’t coming?"

Without any pretense, Zheng Chunming wrapped her arms around Qingran and Ruan Ruan’s arms, talking as they walked: "Today my desk mate went to play basketball too. Last time Xu Liang and Su Chen said he plays like a monkey, even if I’m dead tired, I have to go see for myself."

When they actually reached the sports field, the scene before Qingran was downright shocking.

A huge crowd of students enveloped the basketball court three layers thick, interspersed with excited screams, and unbelievably, both male and female voices could be heard.

Qingran really wanted to ask, were the girls screaming for a few good-looking faces, and why were a bunch of boys shouting so loudly?

Moreover, she wanted to ask, with final exams looming, didn’t they need to review?

Better not ask Ruan Ruan that; just as she heard the crowd’s excited shouts, Ruan Ruan had already excitedly pulled them into the throng.

Taking advantage of their petite frames, Ruan Ruan’s pushing and shoving technique was quite practiced; in no time they reached the front.

The smell of sweat in the crowd made Qingran feel dizzy, regretting coming here.

She had barely stood still for a minute when Ruan Ruan’s unrestrained shriek rang next to her ear, Qingran wanted to cover her ears, but before the sound on one side had even faded, Zheng Chunming started shouting loudly from the other side.

Qingran: "..."

Although it’s not quiet in the classroom, at least it’s not this noisy. I regret coming here, so much regret my intestines are turning blue.

"Ranran Ranran, look at my Brother An, Brother An just made another beautiful three-pointer..."

Qingran followed Ruan Ruan’s pointing direction and looked up, Xie Ying’an had just made a basket and now stood lazily at the back of the crowd. He didn’t withdraw, nor did he deliberately move forward, letting them fiercely compete for the basketball.

He was expressionless, his dark eyes cold, regardless of the screaming outside, it seemed to have nothing to do with him, or it could be said that from the beginning, he had not glanced at the crowd.

It’s completely different from the boy who visited her room last night, his eyes full of stars.

"Ah ~" Zheng Chunming sighed, "Brother An plays basketball too casually, always just to catch up the score, after catching up he doesn’t care anymore, letting them perform."

"Yeah!" Ruan Ruan also said dissatisfiedly, "When can I see my Brother An really put effort into a game? Look at that smug look on Song Shize’s face. He just scored one more point than my Brother An, what’s there to be smug about? Can’t you see Brother An is letting him win?"

"Brother Ze has the capital!" Zheng Chunming shrugged, "The weak chickens in Brother An’s team just can’t keep up. Brother Mo’s basketball skills finally improved so much, why did he end up on Brother Ze’s team now?"

Ruan Ruan watched for a while more, then realized, "Oh, it’s true, you didn’t say it and I didn’t even notice. How did my Brother Mo end up on Song Shize’s side?"

Song Shize’s basketball skills were probably on par with Xie Ying’an; as long as the basketball was in his hands, he almost always scored.

Qingran didn’t understand basketball, but after watching for a while, she figured out the gist just as Song Shize made a beautiful leap, dunking the ball backhandedly into the basket.

"Ah ah ah!" Ruan Ruan, who always looked down on Song Shize, exclaimed, "Song Shize’s dunking action is so cool!"

Qingran rarely agreed with her: "It is very cool."

Only when playing basketball does he look cool.

In fact, Song Shize is not bad-looking, with a kind of ruffian charm, except he acts as if everyone owes him a huge debt all day long. If someone gives him an extra look, he almost wants to start a fight. There really aren’t many in the school who dare to look at him more.

The scoring Song Shize was in a show-off mode, running a lap around the court and even blowing two ruffian whistles.

Ruan Ruan’s mouth twitched, and she said to Qingran: "...Ew! Every time Song Shize scores, he acts like this, as if he’s the only one in the world who can play basketball, ugh!"

Qingran gave Ruan Ruan a speechless look: If I remember correctly, you were just complimenting how handsome he is!

Are all women so fickle?

When Song Shize ran a lap to their side, his gaze swept over, didn’t stop for two seconds, and then whooshed back.

"Hi!" He grinned and waved towards them.

Ruan Ruan tried to suppress the smile at the corner of her mouth and rolled her eyes, "I really don’t want to bother with him!"

The next moment, Song Shize cupped his hands around his mouth like a megaphone, shouting loudly towards them: "I’m going to win for you today—cheer for me!"

Li Qingmo curiously looked in the direction that Song Shize shouted towards, and unsurprisingly, he spotted Qingran and then waved his hand too.

The crowd exploded, looking left and right: "Who are the school bully and spoiled rich kid waving at?"

Someone replied to them: "Who cares who they’re waving at? Just pretend they’re waving at us. It’s so exciting!"

Just as the excitement got to that level, Xie Ying’an finally slowly turned his head to look in their direction.

The young man’s gaze met Qingran’s across space, he paused momentarily, a faint smile slowly spreading across his lips, the coldness in his dark eyes quickly fading.

At this moment, Xie Ying’an suddenly had an air of worldly vibrancy, blending with the other guys, no longer looking out of place.

This time it was not Ruan Ruan who first realized it, but the girl behind them—

"Oh my God! The school heartthrob actually smiled at me, I’m going to faint!"

"Can we show a bit of shame?" The voice next to the girl interrupted her, continuing: "Brother An was obviously smiling at me..."

Ruan Ruan: "..."

Ruan Ruan leaned towards Qingran’s ear, her smile somewhat mischievously, "Ranran, I know Brother An was smiling at you."

Her face had an expression as if she was the only sober one among a crowd of drunkards.