Chapter 71: One Ball (Part Two)

  "If you can't beat him on the court, then knock him down on the court." Gu Huan didn't remember where he heard such nonsense from. However, when Ye Qinglan crouched, bent over, sprinted, stole the ball, and intercepted it with a series of smooth movements like flowing clouds and water, suddenly, just as he was about to jump at the three-point line, the elbow of the Class 4 defender brutally collided with Ye Qinglan's abdomen.

  The audience stared blankly as he fell, crashing directly into the technical table, a faint trace of blood appearing on his forehead...

  "Despicable"

  "Shameless"

  "Too cheap"

  The audience booed.

  The referee did not hesitate to show a technical foul for this malicious foul.

  Gu Tianxi walked up to Ye Qinglan's side and stretched out his hand, "How is it?"

  "It's okay." Ye Qinglan smiled lightly, with a hint of cruelty in his calm tone, "History is written by the victors, they just don't want to be crushed into dust." He stood up, rubbed the purple bruise on his left shoulder, and pulled away Ruo Yichen and two other teammates who were about to fight. After apologizing to the referee, he gently wiped the blood from his forehead, then persuaded the school doctor who came over to ask questions not to do any bandaging, and the game continued.

  This time, Luo Yi Chen was double-teamed by two defenders, but he passed the ball to Ye Qing Lan from behind. Ye Qing Lan's shot didn't go in, and Luo Yi Chen grabbed the rebound. As he shot again, he was fouled by an opposing small forward, but the ball still went into the hoop smoothly, earning him a free throw opportunity. However, his right hand showed faint blood stains.

  The center of Class 4 in the third year looked at the amber-colored eyes of Gu Tianxi, and his heart skipped a beat. However, he thought that he had never been afraid of anyone for the past nineteen years, so he sneered at Gu Tianxi with a vicious smile, and the smile was full of provocative intentions.

  Gu Tianxi's gaze was devoid of warmth as he stared at his eyes, the corners of his mouth still curved into a calm and elegant smile, as if nothing could ever ruin his demeanor.

  "Kid, don't get too cocky, I'm coming for you next."

  The lights on the top are still shining brightly, but they can't warm people's hearts, let alone the bleak and cold snow outside the window. However, in the arena, despite being subjected to the shameless intentional fouls of the high school students, under Gu Tianhui's clever passing, the whole team launched a 11:2 counterattack.

  The class advisor of Grade 3 and 4 had to call for a temporary suspension.

  Her hand was tightly grasping the white railing in front of her, she knew that her brother and the others wouldn't lose, but the eyes of those people were flashing with a fierce determination, an unyielding resolve to not give up until they achieved their goal. However, she was afraid that in this final battle, her brother would be hurt by those people.

  "This group of weaklings" Qī Wēi Wēi cursed loudly while taking pictures, "If you have the energy, why don't you go play judo or wrestling? What are you doing running to the basketball court to play free-for-all? Don't you feel ashamed? You're just a bunch of spineless maggots!"

  "Vivian." Han Ruoxi glanced at Gu Huanli, secretly tugging on Qi Weiyi's sleeve, "There are still kids here, don't corrupt them."

  "Damn it, I can't take it anymore!" Qī Wēi Wēi's anger grew as she stood up and pointed at the group of girls behind her, jumping up and down in rage. "You have time to be here making a ruckus, why don't you go drink some high school students' dirty water? Haven't you seen that Ye Qinglan and the others didn't back down? Do you know what fans should or shouldn't do? Can't you just grow some backbone?! The whole stadium is booing them, I don't believe they're not panicking!"

  "Hmph." Gu Huanli looked at her fierce appearance and laughed, saying in a soft voice, "Not to mention that my brother doesn't like girls who cry easily, even Lan Gege and Yi Chen Gege dislike people who give up easily with all sorts of excuses."

  Don't like it?

  What is most hated?

  The girls in the audience immediately began to whisper to each other, and when the game resumed, the atmosphere on the scene completely collapsed for Class 4 of Grade 3. Whether Ye Qinglan's team was attacking or defending, the whole audience cheered loudly for them, and as soon as anyone from Class 4 made a move, they were met with boos from the entire audience.

  Once and for all.

  Twice, endured.

  The third time, he didn't hear it either.

  The problem is that the cheers and boos changed so quickly, the center of Class 3-4 finally couldn't bear it, didn't even shoot the ball, pointed at the audience on site and scolded loudly. What's more frightening is that for some reason, he actually raised his fist and rushed towards Gu Huanlin in the front row.

  A young man with a fierce and menacing aura was charging towards her, his killing intent palpable. Gu Huan Lian seemed to sense the danger and covered her face, screaming, while Qi Weiwei immediately hugged her tightly, shielding her in her arms.

  "Are you still a man?" Holding the trembling little girl in her arms, Qī Wēi Wēi's eyes immediately turned red. Her angry appearance was like that of a brave mother lion defending her cub, not allowing anyone to bully her treasure.

  Xiao Li (Little Girl)

  At this scene, Ye Qinglan and Luo Yichen hurriedly rushed up to intercept the center, while Gu Tianxi stood in front of him like an immovable mountain, "Please restrain your behavior." His tone was calm as if he were just discussing today's weather.

  "I'll kill you, Gu Tianxi" wasn't a joke. The center forward of the third and fourth grades felt that today was the most shameful day of his life. If he didn't fight back, he would never be able to hold his head up in front of his brothers on the road for the rest of his life.

  "Suit yourself, if you have the ability...". Gu Tianxi looked at him with a furious face but was stopped by someone and couldn't move forward, enjoying it, "Why not defeat me on the basketball court instead."

  "Gu Tianxi, you think you're rich or something? Do you know who I am? As long as I'm on the road, with just one shout, there will be countless people waiting to blow your head off..."

  "How much longer?" Gu Tianxi's face still wore a smile, but his amber eyes hid under his eyelashes, devoid of warmth.

  The silence lasted only for a moment.

  "Would you like me to have the staff bring you a microphone?" Gu Tianxi asked with a smile, but his expression was submerged in the bright light, rendering all expressions indistinct, leaving only an endless chill in his voice.

  A chill ran down the spine of Gao San Si Zhong Feng, this kind of smile, he had only seen it on his old man's face once. The next day, Yan Shu, the second-in-command of the organization, was found dead on the streets, with the cause of death still unknown. But he couldn't back down, even if he wavered, it would be a mistake. "Take it if you dare, do you think I'm afraid of you? With your pretty face, I've taken care of countless ones like you. Money? Ha! Can money compare to the 9mm in my hand? As long as I hold this, pressed against your head, I can play with you however I want."

  "Lang, considering he's also an alumnus of our school, if you're going to see a neurologist or something, you should find him an expert and get a discount. Otherwise, with such a serious condition, it'll be financially devastating." The speaker is Luo Yichen.

  "This is natural, it's always not good for seniors to be ill and have no one to turn to." Ye Qinglan replied.

  "Your" fist was raised again, but the opportunity to hit it down. The midfielder was taken out by several teachers and security guards who came in a hurry, by the way, his behavior seriously violated sports ethics, so he was directly penalized and replaced with a player who had been on the bench for nearly three years. Excitement and tension caused his movements to become completely deformed, defense was broken through repeatedly, and offense was blocked again and again.

  The four teammates on the field, with their fierce tempers, were all loudly scolding him. If they weren't afraid of the referee calling a foul, they probably would have physically attacked him like they usually do.

  This time on the attack, Gu Tianxi and his teammates made several passes before directly passing the ball to the scoring guard. Just as he was about to score, a new player from the opposing team's bench suddenly collided with him and sent him crashing to the ground. Seeing the scoring guard clutching his knee in pain and lying on the floor, such a blatant foul turned the faces of several referees pale, and also sparked a chorus of boos from the crowd.

  Who would have thought that before the referee made a decision, those few people from Class 3 and Class 4 couldn't hold back their temper and started scolding that benchwarmer who was holding them back.

  Gu Huanli watched as the main referee sent off the most aggressive one among them, and a victorious arc was involuntarily drawn on her lips, with some vicious complacency.

  While Gu Tianxi held his hand lightly as he was being carried away, the scoring guard winked at him mischievously when the referee and school doctor weren't paying attention, then continued to clutch his knee in pain as he was carried off on a stretcher.

  Both sides had one player leave the field and were each replaced by a substitute.

  There were just five minutes left in the game.

  The momentum of the senior four has fallen to the bottom, they are not unwilling to counterattack, but the past arrogance and dominance have made them rarely cooperate with substitute players, and when passing the ball, they will subconsciously pass it to their buddies rather than the stranger in a suitable position.

  Defeat, also displayed on the scoreboard. They didn't dare to look up, yet, with each failed attack and loss of defense, they had lost count of how many points they had lost, but deep down, they knew. More importantly, their classmates who originally supported them were now thoroughly disappointed in them and collectively turned against them. So, no matter what they did, no matter whether they worked hard or not, all they got was booing, countless boos, as if it would never end.

  While Ye Qinglan and her team were solid in defense and beautiful in coordination, they completed the attack smoothly time and time again. The new player on the court made a crisp three-pointer and had an exquisite cooperation with his teammates, which made the audience cheer repeatedly.

  The feeling is a wonderful existence, perhaps the previous second was still constantly throwing baskets, but when this thing came, the whole person was like being possessed by a soul, and it went in no matter how it was thrown.

  In the last ten seconds, Luo Yi Chen grabbed the rebound and threw the ball to Gu Tian Xi, who had already sprinted to mid-court. Gu Tian Xi quickly completed a series of crossovers, dribbling past defenders with ease. As the referee put his whistle to his lips, eyes fixed intently on the clock, Ye Qing Lan received the pass from Gu Tian Xi and rapidly sprinted towards the hoop, with nothing but open space ahead. Nothing could express his emotions better than this moment - running, jumping, spinning, dunking. He chose a majestic 360-degree spin dunk to cap it all off.

  Yes, with the loud crash of the backboard being dunked, the referee blew the whistle for halftime, and at the same time, the cheers of the whole audience erupted.

  98：51。

  Qī Wēi Wēi excitedly raised the camera in her hand, capturing this moment, with Gù Tiān Xī, Yè Qīng Lán and Luò Yì Chén high-fiving each other in celebration, forever preserved.