Provocation
As soon as the bell rang, Zhou Li jumped up at lightning speed, turned around and slapped Bian Shengjian’s desk.
“Let’s go!”
“…….Where to?” Bian Shengjian was taken aback by him.
“Play ball! Go, go , go.” Zhou Li insisted on pulling him up, hooking his shoulders and walking out. “Let me tell you…”
“Wait.” Bian Shengjian pulled his arm off, turned back and shouted to Lu Shen, “Hey, want to go together?”
“You guys go on ahead.” Lu Shen said lightly.
Bian Shengjian was stunned for a moment, and frowned in displeasure. “What’s wrong with you?”
“Nothing, you can go.” Lu Shen said, returning his gaze to the book in front of him.
“What’s so good about this fucking textbook, what are you pretending to do?” Bian Shengjian slapped him on the head, grabbed his arm and dragged him up. “Let’s go, play ball with me. “
Lu Shen only lowered his eyes and said nothing, but he stood up obediently and followed him out.
“You go first, I have something to talk about with him.” Bian Shengjian waved to Zhou Li, then turned his head, lowered his voice, then said, “Do you…..do you not like it when I’m with others?”
Lu Shen froze for a moment, then shook his head. “No.”
“Really?” Bian Shengjian took a closer look at him, and clicked his tongue again. “It’s fine if you are not, those who don’t know would think that you’re jealous, or whatnot.”
“I’m just…” Lu Shen tried to choose his words, paused for a while and then shook his head. “Forget it, it’s nothing.”
“What are you trying to say?” Bian Shengjian frowned at him.
“What do you think of me?” Lu Shen asked thoughtlessly.
“Ah?” Bian Shengjian was stunned for two seconds before answering “Very……childish?”
“What else?” Lu Shen continued to ask.
“What else?” Bian Shengjian looked at him, but his heart was beating faster suspiciously.
He was not a fool, how could he not know what Lu Shen was referring to?
But…..
Bian Shengjian turned his head, feeling a little complicated.
After going through so much, it was impossible to say that he had no feelings for Lu Shen at all, but if he said it outright like now, he couldn’t do it.
“We haven’t developed to that level yet, have we?” Bian Shengjian took a long time to hold back this sentence.
“Hm.” Lu Shen responded with half a tone, and said after a while. “Then what if……”
“Lu Shen.” Bian Shengjian interrupted him, “Stop playing around with me, just tell me the truth, do you have feelings for me?”
Have.
It’s too much even.
I wish I could eat you now.
Lu Shen was silent for a while, not forgetting to observe the expression on his face, but Bian Shengjian looked very serious at the moment, and he seemed to be expecting for his answer.
“…Yes.” Lu Shen finally nodded.
Bian Shengjian didn’t speak, turned her head and whistled happily. “You finally said it.”
“What about you?” Lu Shen felt his palms sweat a little, and couldn’t help wiping them to his pants a few times.
“Guess.” Bian Shengjian raised his eyebrows, “Don’t you like to play riddles with me? I’ll play with you too.”
“…Third brother.” Lu Shen lowered his tone, “Just tell me.”
“Poor boy,” Bian Shengjian reached out and pinched his face, then raised his left eyebrow. “You like me that much?”
“Yes.” Lu Shen grabbed his hand and rubbed it a few times.
“Then just think about it.” Bian Shengjian snorted, forcefully ignoring his heart that was beating so fast that it hurt his chest a little.
Lu Shen smiled and said nothing, and only sighed softly after a while.
Forget it, this is fine too.
****
“Brother Jian!” Zhou Li had already occupied a lone court first when he arrived at the gymnasium, and threw the ball at him after a few dribbles.
“Grandson.” Bian Shengjian backhandedly caught the rapidly leaping ball, “It’s just the two of us, how do we play?”
“You attack and I defend.” Zhou Li put his hands on his knees and looked up at him confidently. “Let me see you……”
But before he could finish his sentence, Bian Shengjian suddenly rushed towards him with the ball, jumped two or three steps away from him then jumped. The ball instantly crossed a graceful curve in mid-air and fell into the basket.
Three points.
“You—damn it.”
Before Zhou Li could react, he stood there and stared at him. Is this a fucking height that people could jump up to??
“Let’s call it quits.” Bian Shengjian looked at him.
“Quits……what do you mean?” Zhou Li wiped the sweat off his face and looked at him in shock.
“With your reaction, do you still think of wanting to win?” Bian Shengjian sighed, “I don’t see it happening.”
“Fuck, no worries!” Zhou Li jumped up excitedly on the spot, lowered his voice and shouted, “Now that you’re there to play! I’ll proudly declare that Brother Jian is the super trump card of our Class Four! When that time comes, you will be responsible for scaring the grandchildren of Class Six into peeing!”
“Zhou Li.” Bian Shengjian said, “This is not a game for me alone, don’t rely on me on everything.”
Zhou Li was stunned for a moment and didn’t speak.
“No matter how good my physical strength is, if you rely on me alone to lead the whole class, I will be exhausted after a few laps.” Bian Shengjian said and snapped his fingers, “Competition depends on cooperation, understand? Let me see your strength.”
“Okay!” Zhou Li nodded and shouted, “Again! This time I will definitely be able to guard against you!”
Bian Shengjian ran to pick up the ball, drew a distance from Zhou Li and rushed up with the ball again. This time Zhou Li looked more serious, his eyes were always on Bian Shengjian’s figure and possible feint actions.
“Come on!” Zhou Li roared.
Bian Shengjian didn’t speak. He smiled with the corners of his mouth curled up after the two fake moves didn’t pass Zhou Li’s eyes. He took a light step back and jumped up—Zhou Li immediately followed suit, raising his hands high to block Bian Shengjian’s throwing action.
It’s a pity that Bian Shengjian’s reaction was always one step faster than his. The ball only brushed Zhou Li’s fingertips and was thrown forward, and simply fell into the basket.
Three points.
“Damn!” Zhou Li fell back to the ground and couldn’t help laughing. “Pretty good, Brother Jian.You used to be a basketball captain before, right?”
“Just for two games?” Bian Shengjian picked up the balls and gave him a sideways look. “Take it easy.”
“You can play forward this time, and I’ll be the guard.” Zhou Li patted him on the shoulder, “I’ll find some good guys to introduce to you when I get back to class later, and then we’ll play together after school. “
“Let’s see about it later.” Bian Shengjian clicked his tongue, and from the corner of his eye, he suddenly noticed Lu Shen who was sitting on the side, looking at him. After thinking for two seconds, he threw the ball towards his direction, “Catch!”
Lu Shen reacted quickly, and took two steps forward to catch the ball. “What?”
“Come here.” Bian Shengjian waved at him, “You attack and I defend.”
“Brother Jian, who is this?” Zhou Li asked.
“A handsome passer-by.” Bian Shengjian clicked his tongue.
Lu Shen dribbled the ball two times then rushed towards him.
Bian Shengjian narrowed his eyes and glanced up, his expression became serious.
This agility, it looks like he can play, and it is much more flexible than Zhou Li.
Lu Shen rushed in front of him, twisted his body slightly to the left, Bian Shengjian stared at his movement for a few seconds and quickly realized that it was a fake move, and immediately blocked it to the right, but Lu Shen chuckled lightly and turned the ball in his hand. Suddenly, he dribbled the ball under Bian Shengjian’s arm at an unexpected angle, and the man followed suit, picked up the ball and quickly moved towards the basket.
“Okay?” Bian Shengjian was swayed by him, whistled a little displeased, and stopped Lu Shen before he rushed to the basket, trying to get the ball from his hand.
Lu Shen paused, and jumped up when Bian Shengjian rushed in front of him.
Bian Shengjian jumped up without even thinking about it, and was very confident that he would be able to reach out and intercept the ball before it fell to the basket. In terms of bouncing up, he had never been afraid of anyone.
But Lu Shen’s next step was beyond his expectation. He raised one arm to block Bian Shengjian, and the other hand grabbed the ball and threw it out at a very strange angle.
One-handed shot? What the hell?
Bian Shengjian roared in displeasure. “Damn! You can really play huh?”
Lu Shen fell back to the ground, and Bian Shengjian stopped with him to watch the ball that was thrown just now fly obliquely towards the basket in mid-air, bounced a few times on the edge, and then eventually went in.
The ball went in.
“Fuck!” Zhou Li couldn’t help shouting while watching, “Awesome!”
“What the hell…” Bian Shengjian wiped off his sweat, and looked at the ball that scored in disbelief. “Did you use your ability?”
“I didn’t.” Lu Shen said frankly, “It was when I was still alive……I also played basketball.”
Bian Shengjian glanced at him without saying a word, ran to pick up the ball, lowered his voice and said, “Okay, then you’ll play together with us by that time. You and I will cooperate together.”
“I…..” Lu Shen looked hesitantly at Zhou Li beside him, “Can I do it?”
“Why not?” Bian Shengjian snorted, “Then it’s settled.”
“But I’m afraid that others won’t notice me,” Lu Shen said sadly, “Isn’t this considered a foul?”
“Isn’t that great,” Bian Shengjian said, “Only a few people on the court will have their eyes on you.”
“Okay,” Lu Shen hugged his shoulder, “I’ll listen to you.”
“Let go.” Bian Shengjian frowned and squeezed his paws down, when he suddenly heard a whistle suddenly coming from the court next to them.
“Yo!”
Bian Shengjian turned his head and saw a thin and long boy who was as tall as a bamboo pole staring at Zhou Li. “Isn’t this the one from Class 4?”
“Jiang Wei?” Zhou Li sneered, “What a coincidence?”
“Are you also here to practice?” Jiang Wei pointed to the boys behind him, “It’s a coincidence that we are also practicing.”
Zhou Li only sneered twice.
“Yo, what happened last year, are you still holding grudges about it?” Jiang Wei said.
“No,” Zhou Li folded his arms and looked at him, “I just can’t stand some villains…”
“I hope to be able to compete with your class again this year,” Jiang Wei smiled, but his eyes were full of provocation. “And then make you guys cry.”
“You’re quite confident,” Zhou Li quickly took a few steps back, “It’s fucking pissing me off.”
Jiang Wei froze for a moment, and a slight fury appeared on his face. “Zhou Li, you fucking…”
“Sorry to interrupt.” Bian Shengjian walked up from behind, stared at Jiang Wei and asked, “Are you from Class 6?”
“Yeah, who are you?” Jiang Wei glanced at Bian Shengjian’s face. “Have I seen you before?”
“I’m new to Class 4,” Bian Shengjian said as he put his hands on Zhou Li’s shoulders. “I’m in charge of beating you guys up.”
Jiang Wei stared at him for a few seconds without saying a word, before turning around and shouting. “Brothers, come here! There’s a gigolo here that’s quite crazy!”
Bian Shengjian’s face sank as soon as he heard the word ‘gigolo’, then his eyes fell on the faces of several people who came up behind Jiang Wei.
“What’s the matter?” the leader asked, looking at Bian Shengjian with a scowl.
“Nothing.” Bian Shengjian stared at him and said, “Take care of the people in your class and don’t let them make trouble for nothing.”
“Coincidentally, we just like to look for trouble when we have nothing to do.” A well-built guy next to him answered, “Why, are we in the way?”
“Pan Zhiwei, do you still have the face to say so?” Zhou Li pointed at him and shouted, “You were the one who cheated last year!”
“Who saw it? Did the referee see that I cheated?” Pan Zhiwei shrugged his shoulders, his face full of indifference. “Then our class still won in the end, right?”
“Win you fucker!” Zhou Li was very angry, “Shameless thing!”
“Zhou Li, do you want to fight?” Jiang Wei roared, “Try cursing at us again!”
“Come.” Bian Shengjian said.
Several people in the group were stunned, turning their heads to look at him in unison.
“Isn’t it a fight?” Bian Shengjian looked at those in Class Six, and said calmly, “Now, come.”
“…Fuck.” Pan Zhiwei paused for a few seconds before cursing, his tone becoming angry. “You are really crazy? When did such a psycho appear in the pile of goods of Class 4?”
“You’re the one who’s a fucking piles up the goods!” Zhou Li couldn’t bear it anymore and wanted to rush up, but was unexpectedly blocked by someone’s arm halfway.
“If you have the ability to jump here, it’s better to show some real strength in the game.” Lu Shen’s eyes swept over the faces of those people one by one, “I look down on people like you the most.”
“What, do we want you to look up to us? Who are you?” Jiang Wei was stunned for a moment before noticing that there was someone standing beside Zhou Li and said with a sneer, “You are new here too? What, when did our ghost school become so popular?”
“See you on the court.” Lu Shen didn’t answer, but said lightly. “I will keep an eye on you.”
“You fucking……” Jiang Wei and the others were immediately irritated by this invisible provocative tone. As the atmosphere was about to develop in the direction of a gang fight, a loud roar came from the door of the stadium. “You guys! How long have you been playing here since class?!”
“Ah!” Bian Shengjian jumped up in fright, and turned to look at an old man with an angry face standing at the door. “Who is that?”
“Damn, it’s the teaching director.” Zhou Li clicked his tongue, and immediately shouted to the door. “I’m sorry, Director, we’ll leave right away!”
“Tch, flatterer. “Jiang Wei said in a low voice, but he didn’t dare to provoke too much, and a few people followed to the door sparsely.
“By the way,” Bian Shengjian suddenly turned around when approaching the door, looked at Jiang Wei and the others and said, “Let’s make a bet, if the people in your class lose….”
“Bet? What are you betting on?” Jiang Wei was taken aback for a moment and immediately answered.
“If our class loses, you can set the conditions as you like,” Bian Shengjian said. “But if your class loses, you will take the initiative to broadcast to the whole school that your class cheated last year, and then make a public apology.”
“That’s it?” Jiang Wei couldn’t help but sneered, “Broadcasting to the whole school? It’s a shame you can only think of such a condition.”
“That’s all.” Bian Shengjian said.
“Okay. We promise you.” Pan Zhiwei glanced at Bian Shengjian with great interest, “You are quite righteous, aren’t you? We can really do whatever we want if we win?”
“En.” Bian Shengjian responded.
“Then, if I want you to lie down on the ground and bark like a dog, will you still agree? You…” Pan Zhiwei said excitedly, but suddenly stopped in the middle, feeling inexplicably cold in his body.
…The heating in the gymnasium is clearly turned on quite well, right?
“Don’t go too far.” Lu Shen looked at him coldly, “Just see you on the court.”
“Okay, see you on the court…” Pan Zhiwei shivered, frowned and rubbed his arms.
“Wait,” Bian Shengjian suddenly became a little happier, raised his hand and gave them a middle finger, “I will make you cry when that time comes, you fools.”
