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“I wasn’t distracted!” Xu Fanming’s face flushed red. “Worry about yourself!” He had not expected those exact words to come back and slap him in the face. With the referee’s whistle, the match officially began. The basketball flew from the referee’s hand, and in the split second it reached its highest point, two lightning-quick hands shot up after it from below. Everyone’s hearts seized at once. Who would come out on top and take first possession? “Shuanglan’s number 12…- 160.3 K • Ongoing
- One year ago. The gymnasium was packed and roaring with noise. It was a noisy summer. Cicadas clung to the trees, screeching in the heat. Under the blazing sun, two bicycles, one red and one blue, zipped down the sidewalk in front of the gym, accompanied by the cheerful and urgent jingling of bells. Their tires screeched sharply against the concrete. One of the boys braked hard and hopped off in a hurry, urging his friend behind him, “Fanming, hurry up! We’re gonna miss the fourth…
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- In the blink of an eye, the day of the match against Shuanglan arrived. The night before the game, they finalized the player roster. There were ten in total. Captain Fang Ruihan, Zhu Xuyao and Wen Qin from the second year, Xu Fanming and He Jiang from the first year, along with four substitutes and their team manager Pan Yuan. The next day, all ten of them shared a cab ride to Shuanglan’s gymnasium. Their first game would be played on the road. Xu Fanming had been so nervous the night before that…
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- At seven in the evening, He Jiang returned to his rented apartment. He opened a kitchen cabinet, pulled out a pack of instant noodles, and dumped it into a pot to boil. Ten minutes later, he sat down at the table with a steaming bowl of vegetable and egg noodles. Just as he picked up his chopsticks to take a bite, he noticed something sitting in the corner of the table. A black wallet and a blue cafeteria card. He paused for a moment, then remembered. It was the wallet and meal card Xu Fanming had left…
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- During campus team training, Captain Fang Ruihan was pleasantly surprised to see that He Jiang and Xu Fanming seemed to have made up, or at the very least, they weren’t at each other’s throats anymore, and had stopped deliberately refusing to pass the ball to each other out of spite. When the team first gathered, Fang Ruihan had still been a bit tense. He was worried they might still be holding grudges from the last game and end up throwing punches the moment something went wrong. But seeing the two…
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- He Jiang watched as Xu Fanming finished breakfast, then shamelessly insisted on going to practice together. Xu Fanming tossed the empty paper bag into the trash, ready to see him out, when He Jiang suddenly grabbed the basketball sitting on his desk and coaxed him, “Fan-daddy, want to make a bet?” Xu Fanming flared up even more. “If I bet with you again, I’m a dumbass!” “Scared of losing?” “You’re a goddamn scammer!” A shameless, manipulative scammer. Xu Fanming really didn’t…
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- After that game, He Jiang didn’t see Xu Fanming for several days. The last time he saw Xu Fanming was right after the game. The team had gone, as usual, to that skewer place for dinner, combining it with their post-game review meeting. Everyone took turns speaking, discussing their own issues and possible ways to improve. They had learned a lot from that game. Even though the final result had been far from ideal, it had given each of them valuable insight. That match had shown them just how strong…
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- Even as he said it, Xu Fanming didn’t believe it himself. As the game went on, Xu Fanming could clearly feel the pressure mounting. His chest grew heavier, and every dribble felt more difficult. Although the score was still being held together by the forwards, Xu Fanming already knew deep down. In this scrimmage, at least on the psychological front, they had lost to Yangsheng. After his third hand-check foul, Xu Fanming caught a rare expression of concern on Fang Ruihan’s face. He was…
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- "Who’s that tall guy, number 10?" "That dunk was insane!" "I think his name is… He Jiang!" The gym buzzed with excited voices. Gradually, a few cheers even started to rise in support of Qinghuo. Pan Yuan looked at the backs of her teammates on the court and finally let out a slow breath. After getting crushed by Yangsheng in one wave after another, the whole team had been downcast. Xu Fanming’s foul had only made things worse. He Jiang’s basket had broken that deadlock and lifted the…
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- During halftime, the entire team sat in silence. Captain Fang Ruihan wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel. When he looked up again, his face was serious. He spoke to the players huddled around him. "Rebounds are the key." Xu Fanming looked up. Zhu Xuyao put down his water bottle. Fang Ruihan continued his breakdown. "If we want to break through Yangsheng, we have to go through No. 9. He’s the core of their whole team. Just now, He Jiang’s tip-in worked well. It helped put pressure…
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