After receiving the cooperation from Chen Zhirui, Kong Liuru had a magical help and quickly equalized the score in the second half and was about to overtake. On Wang Qi's side, Xu Kun's physical strength could not keep up in the second half and began to lag behind.
"No more fun, no more fun, you bully the newcomers!"
Xu Kun tossed his hair and walked out of the stadium.
In the end, the game ended in a draw.
Off the court, Zhou Xiaonan had left at some point, leaving only Du Hongyuan sitting on the chair.
Chen Zhirui, who discovered that Zhou Xiaonan had left, felt like a deflated rubber ball and sat down next to Du Hongyuan dejectedly.
"Do you..." Du Hongyuan looked at Chen Zhirui's lost expression and asked with a smile: "Like Zhou Xiaonan?"
"ah?"
Chen Zhirui was thinking about other things just now and didn't seem to hear Du Hongyuan's words: "What did you say?"
"I asked, do you like Zhou Xiaonan!"
Du Hongyuan's voice was so loud this time that Kong and Liu could hear it clearly.
"I?"
Chen Zhirui wiped the sweat hanging from the corners of his eyes and glanced down at his bulging belly.
He smiled bitterly: "How can I deserve it..."
Chen Zhirui thought of the words he was laughed at last night, and tears rolled uncontrollably in his eyes. Finally, they mixed with sweat and flowed down his face.
Only he knew whether the tears on his face were sweat or tears.
Kong Liu sat next to him and patted his back gently.
Fat people sweat more easily than thin people, and his double-layered sweatshirt was soaked with sweat from the game just now.
Chen Zhirui raised his head and looked at Kong Liu, and the two looked at each other for a while.
Kong Liu said: "You said you were going to the library to study, but you gave up after going there for two days; you said you wanted to study hard and not fail the class, but you only opened the book before the exam every time, and you couldn't exercise self-discipline. If you are suffering, you will have to suffer the mediocre punishment. Don’t cry, just wipe your tears!”
When Chen Zhirui heard this, he wiped away his tears, but within a few seconds, the tears flowed out again.
Wang Qi sighed and said, "Xiao Chen, cheer up. There are many more sufferings that people have to go through in this life."
Although Xu Kun didn't know what happened, he said kindly: "Yes, you have to be a real man like me!"
"Why didn't you play?" Outside the stadium, Zhou Xiaonan came back carrying a few bottles of mineral water and asked, "I'll buy some water while you guys are done."
Zhou Xiaonan walked in and looked at Chen Zhirui sitting in the middle of the bench with his head lowered, Kong Liu and Du Hongyuan sitting on both sides of the bench, and Wang Qi and Xu Kun standing.
She asked: "What's wrong with you? Why are you all so weak? Which team won?"
Du Hongyuan answered: "It's a draw, it's a draw."
"Okay." Zhou Xiaonan threw the mineral water bag beside the chair and said, "I'll buy you water for five people."
She took out a bottle from it, handed it to Chen Zhirui and said, "If you play games tonight, remember to go online."
Chen Zhirui wiped away the tears on his face, raised his head with red eyes, took the bottle of mineral water, and said, "Yes."
"Then I won't play with you anymore, I'm going back to the dormitory."
After Zhou Xiaonan finished speaking, he waved his hands to several people and left.
After Zhou Xiaonan left, Du Hongyuan carried the bag of mineral water, gave each person a bottle, and said, "This grumpy little potato is quite nice."
Wang Qi unscrewed the bottle cap and said: "If you talk about Xiaotuo behind his back, be careful if she finds out, you will be beaten."
Du Hongyuan shrugged his shoulders and said with an indifferent attitude: "I just don't admit it."
Chen Zhirui looked at the bottle of mineral water that Zhou Xiaonan had given him personally. He did not open it, but fell into deep thought.
Kong Liu took a sip of his bottle of mineral water and said, "After playing ball, the mineral water is all sweet."
After speaking, he looked at Chen Zhirui, with a smile on his lips, and said, "Let me show you two ways."
"Um?"
Chen Zhirui put down the mineral water in his hand and looked at Kong Liu.
Kong Liu stretched out two fingers and said: "Either you become self-disciplined so that others have no reason to laugh at you; or you get used to being laughed at and continue to be the same as before."
Kong Liu grabbed his bottle of mineral water, shook it in front of his eyes, and continued: "I remind you, choose carefully. If you choose the wrong one... you will have no mineral water to drink."
After finishing speaking, Kong Liu put down the bottle of mineral water, stood up, put his arm around Wang Qi's shoulders, and walked out of the basketball court.
Du Hongyuan and Xu Kun also walked out together.
The lights on the basketball court went out, but Chen Zhirui was still sitting there.
Wang Qi asked: "Old Liu, does your trick work?"
"I don't know either."
Kong Liu shook his head. The phone in his hand was lit, and the screen was still in the chat interface.
Kong Liu: "Thank you, sister."
Zhou Xiaonan: "You're welcome, I also want to help Chen Xiaopang!"
That's right, Zhou Xiaonan was called here by Kong Liu...
Originally, everyone thought it would take at least a week for Chen Zhirui to recover.
But under Kong Liu's manipulation, Chen Zhirui turned grief into strength and made his choice in just one night.
[New Year’s resolution: “Never be called fat again!”]
Early the next morning, Chen Zhirui wrote this note and stuck it on the bottle of mineral water given by Zhou Xiaonan.
Chen Zhirui did not open the bottle of mineral water.
It is said that bitterness comes first and then sweetness. He hopes that after he successfully loses weight, he can taste the "sweetness" mentioned by Gong Liu.
Chen Zhirui put on sportswear - he had bought this set of clothes a long time ago, but had never worn them once. After so long, it was the first time he wore them, and they seemed a bit too small and tight.
"Going for a run?"
Chen Zhirui heard the sound and looked back. Unexpectedly, Kong Liu had sat up from the bed.
He rubbed his eyes and said: "Wait for me, I will accompany you."
After a while, Kong Liu also changed into a set of loose clothes and put on sneakers.
Chen Zhirui said: "Brother Kong...how did you know I would go for a run this morning?"
Kong Liu pursed his lips and smiled, and said: "Because you, Brother Kong, are the best in the world and know things like a god, let's go."
Before the two of them left the dormitory, Du Hongyuan suddenly got up and said, "Good guys, you two sneaked in, right?"
Wang Qi also got out of the bed: "You three are awake, so I won't pretend anymore!"
Du Hongyuan climbed out of bed and said: "Today is the first day of Xiao Chen's motivational weight loss. On such a memorable morning, buddy, I will definitely run with you!"
"That's right." Wang Qi said while putting on his clothes.
"..."
Chen Zhirui looked at the two people, then at Kong Liu, and tears flowed down again.
He choked and said: "Thank you everyone... thank you everyone!"
"Who are you looking down on?" Du Hongyuan pointed at Chen Zhirui and said, "We are all buddies, how can we thank you?"
Wang Qi said again: "That's right."
Kong Liu patted Chen Zhirui on the shoulder and said, "Let's go, Xiao Chen."
(End of chapter)
