Indoor tennis courts in the city are usually only crowded at night on rainy days, but this morning they were already crowded.
Tao You just came out of the hospital in the morning and came to the stadium empty-handed. He walked around the door and didn't see Coach Tan or other players, so he found a seat in the corner and sat down, gently rubbing his stomach and closing his eyes to rest.
"Guess, who will win today's game?"
Just when Tao You was about to fall asleep, the sound of discussion came to his ears. She half-opened her eyes and glanced at the two people discussing in front of them, and silently pricked up her ears.
"Well, I'll win with one bet." Another person said, stroking his chin and considering.
The man on the other side shook his head and said: "I won by pressing the Thirteenth Middle School. Although the First Middle School is very strong, the Thirteenth Middle School has made great progress. Last year, the First Middle School only narrowly defeated it. It was too difficult to fight."
"But after all, where is the strength of No. 1 Middle School over the years? No matter how much progress No. 13 No. 1 Middle School makes, I believe No. 1 Middle School will be able to find a way to deal with it soon." The person who suppressed No. 1 Middle School retorted.
Tao You gave this person a thumbs up in his heart.
"Okay, let's make a bet. The loser will buy a meal, and the winner will decide what to eat."
"Okay, how about a bet?"
"Calculating the final total points, one point is awarded for a win and half points for a draw."
The man snapped his fingers cheerfully and agreed: "Whoever doesn't fulfill his obligations is a loser! There are many great people in No. 1 Middle School this year, such as Song Yimian, just wait and spend money."
Is Song Xiaopang already so famous? Even these amateurs who watch the game know him. Tao You felt like he had reacquainted himself with this person he had known since childhood and had been his deskmate for a year. ..
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Time passed little by little, and there were dark clouds outside, and the rain swept into the stadium diagonally, dampening a small area behind the stadium.
For the sake of fairness, the two coaches also hired professional referee friends to score.
The stadium slowly became lively, and the players who were about to play in the No. 1 Middle School were doing preparatory activities, and finally listened to the coach's words.
"Are you hungry?" Song Yimian asked with concern, holding Tao You's backpack and sitting down next to her.
"No." Tao You took the schoolbag and said, "I ate a few popsicles last night. I'm back to my old habit."
Song Yimian took out a thermos box from his schoolbag and handed it to Tao You: "Here, eat some of the white porridge your dad cooked for you with seasonings on it."
Before Tao You could reply, Coach Tan, who was counting the men's team members on the field, had already shouted loudly: "Song Yimian! You bastard, I don't know the game is about to start, why are you still dawdling over there! You're so stupid come over!"
Song Yimian patted Tao You on the shoulder and ran towards Coach Tan with long strides. Not surprisingly, he received a shudder and a nagging.
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The players from No. 13 Middle School also came to the court one after another. Everyone is tall and muscular, even the female team members are 1.7 meters tall on average. In comparison, the players in No. 1 Middle School looked a little thin.
"Just watch, I will definitely win this time." The man who bet on victory in the 13th Middle School suddenly became more confident after seeing the members of the 13th Middle School.
"Tch." The man who won the first prize sneered disdainfully, poured water into his mouth, and stared at the court, waiting for the game to start. He seemed calm, but in his heart he was sweating fiercely for the first prize. .
Tao You drank the porridge slowly, and the men's team members had already begun to warm up enthusiastically. Coach Tan obviously attached great importance to this competition. He kept explaining the key points to the men's team with a notebook, reminding them not to make mistakes where they shouldn't. The characteristics and expertise of Thirteen are repeated over and over again.
Tao You had never seen Coach Tan look so serious. He was so focused that he didn't notice that there was no one missing from the women's team.
"Beep!" The referee sat on a high position and whistled to indicate the start of the game. "The men's singles competition begins now. In the first game of the first game, Tan Songwen in the 13th and Song Hao in the 1st."
——What's going on? How come Song Hao is coming? !
Tao You put down the thermos box in his hand, and looked at the two people flipping coins on the field with confusion and nervousness - one was covered in muscles, with dark and shiny skin, which was similar to Coach Tan. His expression could not be said to be sinister, but he was definitely a person. A character who is not easy to mess with; on the other hand, Song Hao on the other side is quite different from Tan Songwen in terms of physique and height.
He is much shorter, and his temperament is a little less athletic and more bookish than Tan Songwen. Intuitively, Song Hao seems to have no chance of winning against Tan Songwen.
Not only Tao You, but also the audience who came to watch the game and knew about No. 1 Middle School and No. 13 Middle School were also confused by the scene in No. 1 Middle School.
"Captain, what's going on? Why did No. 1 Middle School let Song Hao play first? Both sides already knew the order of appearance before, right?" A boy in the front row wearing a cap backwards and chewing gum said.
"Yes, everyone knows that Tan Songwen from No. 13 Middle School is a tough player, and Song Hao must not be beaten down." Another boy wearing a basketball vest and beach shorts, with his legs crossed, put his hands behind his head and said with some schadenfreude, " It's worth getting up so early if you can see one of them make a fool of yourself in your lifetime." He said with a big yawn.
"..."
The audience fell silent after he finished speaking, and those who supported Yizhong gave him a killing look.
Tao You lowered his eyes and glanced at the steaming thermos in his hand, put it on the chair aside, then picked up the unopened mineral water that Song Yimian had placed here. After opening it, he pretended to casually look at the person wearing the basketball vest. The boys threw it away.
"Fuck! Who! Who doesn't have the eyes to splash water on me?!" The boy quickly stood up, his back was still wet, and the hairstyle that he had worked on for a long time in the morning disappeared in an instant and collapsed on his head. He looked back angrily, with fire in his eyes, "You? Or you? Who did this?! Come on, please take the initiative! Don't force me to do it!"
As he said that, several boys next to him also looked back in surprise, but they only looked at it and had no intention of making any move to strengthen this boy's momentum.
The venue was quiet for a few seconds, and the spectators who had seen the whole process glanced at Tao You.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." Tao You looked back at him expressionlessly and apologized without sincerity.
The boy didn't seem to expect that it would be this girl with a poor face, who was gentle and quiet. He pointed his lively hand at Tao You for a long time, slowly made a fist, his chest rose and fell violently, and he pursed his lips, unable to say a harsh word. Finally, He pulled out his hair, kicked the back of the chair in front of him, and said through gritted teeth, "You should be lucky that you are a woman." He turned around, wringed his clothes, and waited for the boy next to him to wipe the seat before making any noise. Sit down.
Some people around him felt angry, while others were relieved for Tao You.
Tao You prepared for the worst the moment he splashed the water, but he didn't expect that he would just let it go. She wiped off the water droplets on her face, picked up the porridge again and ate it, as calmly as if she had not done anything just now.
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"Captain? What do you think?" After this episode, the boys in front started the topic again.
The man called "Captain" wore a peaked cap, folded his hands on his chest, and sat with his legs spread out, his knees pressed against the back of the chair in front of him. He looked very aggrieved. Several boys next to him were chattering away, but he kept talking. No words were spoken.
"Captain, what's wrong? Why are you pretending to be serious all of a sudden? I'm so used to it." The boy who spoke first poked the person next to him with a wet head and whispered.
The man tilted his head and glanced at the captain sitting at the end, and said with a smile: "Little Yuanzi, the captain was dumped and is in a bad mood. Are you going to comfort him?"
"Really?! I was dumped by Sister Yu?! Why didn't I know when it happened?!" Yuan Yuzhou, who always thinks straightforwardly, blurted out without thinking. There was no worry in his tone, and he was even a little happy, as if he had been waiting for this day. It’s been a long time.
After hearing this, several boys laughed secretly and leaned back on their chairs in a tacit understanding to make room for the dark-faced captain and the innocent-looking Yuan Yuzhou.
"Captain, is what Brother Zhang said true?!" Yuan Yuzhou didn't know how to look at his face, so he stepped forward and asked, his eyes revealing his longing for gossip. Seeing that the captain didn't respond, he thought he had acquiesced, so he asked I knew this day would come." He said in a tone of voice, "Let me just say, the last time Sister Yu was angry, I advised you, don't act like everyone is surrounding you every day, you will suffer sooner or later, okay? , Sister Yu, should I dump you..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Yuan Yuzhou was interrupted by the captain's glare, and even his preaching momentum was instantly stopped.
Seeing the captain raise his hand to take it from Fatty Xiao’s snack bag next to him
, I grabbed something at random and was about to throw it at him. I subconsciously raised my hand to cover my face. The words I didn't have time to take back rolled around in my mouth. In my panic, I swallowed the trachea and coughed violently. My face instantly turned red.
"Captain, little Yuanzi didn't mean it. Look, you scared him." The boy with a wet head laughed and made the rescue. He also received a warning look from his captain, but he showed no fear and even smiled even more. Happy.
Fatty Xiao wiped his mouth and reached out to the captain.
"What are you doing?" The captain finally spoke, his voice was hoarse and nasal, he must have caught a cold.
——No wonder he kept silent, thinking he was pretending to be a deep persona.
Fatty Xiao pointed to the empty packaging bag in the captain's hand and said naively: "A piece of fruit candy, captain, do you want to give me cash or scan the QR code?"
Everyone watching the show in the auditorium was so amused by these live treasures that they couldn't help but laugh softly, including Tao You, who even had his mouth burned by the white porridge.
The captain gritted his teeth and suddenly raised his hand and waved his fist at Fatty Xiao.
"I didn't spend the team's money, this is my own pocket money." Fatty Xiao explained to himself in a low voice, "Captain, what you said is that as long as it is not a common expense for the team, the team members should share it equally among themselves. That part of the fee, captain, you can’t break the rules you set yourself.”
The captain had no choice but to endure it again and again, and finally put down his fist, threw the packaging to Fatty Xiao, and kicked his feet, "Put it away, look at these packaging bags on the ground, pick them up, I never said not to litter!" Or can’t you see where the trash can is?”
As he spoke, he rummaged through his empty pockets. It was hard for him to refuse the payment in front of everyone, so he finally asked Yuan Yuzhou for money: "Is this okay?"
Fatty Xiao put the money in his pocket, shook his head and said, "This is the money you borrowed from Yuan Yuan. You have to return it to him when you get back, or scan the QR code to give it to him."
"Xiao Xiao, don't embarrass the captain. He doesn't have a dime in his cell phone." Yuan Yuzhou said with an expression of "I know, I know, I understand."
"Shut up, everyone!" The captain held his forehead and said word by word, "If you want to chat, go back to the dormitory and talk! With you guys... I'm really unlucky for eight lifetimes." He was distressed. My temples were throbbing.
