Chapter 16: The Path to Leadership (Part II)

Wang Qichao re-described what Ji Shuai said to himself that day to Lin Qi.

Only then did Lin Qi know that Ji Shuai actually wanted to train himself as the core of this team from the beginning, which made him a little overwhelmed for a while.

"Seriously, in fact, after getting along with you for so long, I feel more and more that the two of us are quite similar" Wang Qichao said with a smile, "I think that you and I have the same pure love for basketball, instead of using basketball as a springboard for various interests like most people now."

Speaking of this, Lin Qi suddenly felt a little embarrassed, and said with a smile, "Actually, you are wrong, I also thought about changing my future by playing basketball"

"It's not my fault, it's your own fault, I can clearly feel that you are playing for the sake of playing, not for some other mess," Wang Qichao said with certainty.

Seeing Wang Qichao's eyes so firm, Lin Qi was puzzled for a while, he didn't understand why Wang Qichao could be more certain than himself?

However, it is true that Lin Qi is enjoying his life of playing basketball now, although he has thought about using playing to improve his future, but now he has no specific route, only knows to cherish every opportunity to play.

"So what?" Lin Qi didn't understand why Wang Qichao would talk to him about this.

"Ji Shuai once told me that only in this way can we really lead a team to create a better record" Wang Qichao looked at Lin Qi and said seriously, "I don't know what the leader of the team is in your impression, but my feeling is that the leader of a team can not only contain the opponent on the field, but also unite his teammates mentally!"

"But, the team still has you, even if you are injured, you are only leaving the team temporarily, and you won't be able to play in the future?" Lin Qi asked puzzled.

"Even if I recover, it will be next year, and you still have hope to lead the team this year and continue to move forward" Wang Qichao said seriously, "My dream is to enter the national league, and at this moment, I hope you can become the new leader of this team and lead us to complete this dream together"

"Could it be that?" Lin Qi's eyes widened for a moment when he heard this.

Wang Qichao smiled and nodded, and said, "Linghai No. 3 Middle School lost today, as long as we can win the Suzhou and Hangzhou sports jobs tomorrow, there is a great hope of entering the provincial league."

Hearing the news, Lin Qi couldn't help but clench his fists, and his whole body trembled.

Thinking of the national league, Lin Qi felt that his whole person was rekindled!

"It doesn't matter who the leader of the team is, we will definitely win this game tomorrow" Lin Qi said excitedly, "Since you can't lead the team during this time, then I will take over your position temporarily, and when you come back, I will return it to you"

Lin Qi teased with a smile.

For a while, the two boys laughed together, which can be regarded as sweeping away the haze of this time.

If you want to get the final chance of promotion, in addition to winning tomorrow, you also have to look forward to Linghai No. 3 Middle School continuing to lose tomorrow.

Linghai No. 3 Middle School's opponent tomorrow is the opponent that Qin Feng just defeated today: Zhenjiang No. 1 Middle School.

Although there is not much hope, just like Pinghai No. 1 Middle School can win, everything is possible!

Lin Qi, who returned to the room with Wang Qichao, as soon as he entered the door, he found that his teammates who were still watching the game were all looking towards him in unison.

Ji Shuai also stood aside.

As soon as Sun Hao saw Lin Qi, he said excitedly, "Lin Qi, do you know, Linghai lost today, and our hope of advancing is one point bigger!"

Lin Qi glanced at Ji Shuai and knew that it must be the good news he reported.

At this time, Wang Qichao asked Ji Shuai for instructions, and then said to the others, "Teammates, next, please listen to me announce one thing"

Wang Qichao is still very authoritative in everyone's hearts, so as soon as he spoke, everyone quieted down.

Wang Qichao then continued, "Because of my back injury, I won't be able to play with everyone for a long time, but the team still needs someone to lead, I want to say that next, the captain of our Qinfeng school team is no longer me, it's Lin Qi!"

As he spoke, Wang Qichao raised his hand to Lin Qi.

Everyone looked at Lin Qi in surprise for a while.

It is true that after these few games, Lin Qi is a very good partner in everyone's eyes, but a junior who is the first level above himself suddenly becomes their captain, and their hearts are still a little awkward.

Lin Qi also knew what everyone was thinking, so he didn't say anything particularly high-profile, but simply said, "Next, within the time when Brother Chao leaves the team, I will definitely do my best to win with everyone."

He knows that he can't win everyone's recognition with Wang Qichao's words or a game's performance, this is a long process that requires his own continued efforts.

The others saw that Lin Qi also spoke, and the news was said by Wang Qichao himself, and Ji Shuai on the side did not express other opinions, so they understood that Lin Qi's appointment as the captain was recognized by the two of them, so naturally there was nothing else to say.

In just a few months, from a newcomer to the school team captain, Sun Hao and Yu Liang, who are Lin Qi's good brothers, are naturally the happiest, and they gave Lin Qi a thumbs up to celebrate.

……

This paragraph is just a small episode in the provincial league.

Although Linghai No. 3 Middle School lost today, everyone in Qinfeng understands that if they want to grasp the last chance to enter the national league, winning tomorrow's ball and losing Linghai No. 3 Middle School are indispensable conditions.

Of these two conditions, the only one that can be controlled is to win tomorrow's game.

Regardless of success or failure in the end, everyone in Qin Feng is unwilling to give up any hope!

……

The next morning, Qin Feng ushered in their life-and-death battle.

Today's match with Qinfeng is their last hope of winning, so each of them has done their best to win a provincial league victory!

And this game is a game that Qin Feng can't afford to lose.

Before it officially began, the two sides were already tense and did not give in to each other!

Lin Qi led the starting lineup to the field, and as the captain, he shook hands with the opposing team's captain on behalf of their respective teams to show respect.

When shaking hands, Lin Qi obviously felt the strength of the other party and understood that this was the demonstration that Wang Qichao was talking about with himself.

"You can't be weak here!"

Lin Qi, who had been prepared for a long time, used great strength to contend with the other party, and the two sides finally returned to their respective lineups with a smile.

Only the two of them, as captains, know about the darker strength.

The competition is officially on!

Yu Lion still used a perfect jumping position to win the first attack opportunity for Qin Feng.

Zhao Jianming controlled the ball, and was strictly defended by the opponent just after half the court, and at this time, he didn't even reach the three-point line.

In order to prevent him from returning to the court, Lin Qi stepped forward in time to respond, took the ball in Zhao Jianming's hand, and then used two changes of direction to pass the opponent and rushed straight to the basket.

At a 45-degree angle, Lin Qi made a sharp stop and leaned back in the face of defenders, cutting the first two points for Qin Feng.

This game has officially begun!

The strength of Su and Hangzhou's physical positions is not as weak as Lin Qi and what they heard, at least Lin Qi felt like fighting against them, and found that their strength was similar to the physical position that Qin Feng had played in the city league, and even, faintly, it was a little higher than the physical position.

Throughout the game, Su Hangzhou Sports was always able to bite the score, and whenever Qin Feng pulled the score to more than five points, they were immediately able to chase the score back through a wave of crazy offensives in the next time.

The pace of the duel between the two sides also became faster and faster as the game progressed.

Fortunately, on Qin Feng's side, Lin Qi, Sun Hao and Yu Liang's collective play not only suppressed the opponent's inner line, but also pressed the opponent's hit rate on the outside.

In the end, the game ended at full-time, and Qin Feng won this key game with 75:7.

The students of Suzhou and Hangzhou Sports Vocational College, because of the winning record of the provincial league, couldn't help but let out their pain on the field, and Qin Feng's people, under the leadership of Lin Qi, stepped forward to hug them.

At this moment, they didn't have any contempt, nor did they have the slightest sympathy, and some, just encouragement.

Because in the next time, they still have to wait for the results of the match between Linghai No. 3 Middle School and Zhenjiang No. 1 Middle School, if Linghai No. 3 Middle School finally wins, then they are just the team that left the provincial league stage after Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Although they will use their results to rank after the top three in the provincial league in the future, those are obviously not what Lin Qi really wants!

Qin Feng's room.

"Alas, the rules of the provincial league are so annoying, I can't watch the game!"

"yes, I don't know what the result is, whether to go in or go, but hurry up to the news!"

"Ah, Wu Chao, don't wander around, it's only been half an hour, how can it be so fast?"

……

Qin Feng's people were waiting restlessly in the room, and even Lin Qi and them were all clenched their fists tightly, looking at the sky outside the window to relieve the tension in their hearts.

Wang Qichao also sat there without saying a word, today he didn't even go to change the dressing, he just had to wait for the results to come out.

"Knock Knock"

Soon after, there was a knock on the door, and Yu Lion was the first to step forward and open the door.

"Ji Shuai"

Hearing Yu Liang's shout, everyone stood up at once, looked towards Ji Shuai, and asked in a trembling tone, "Ji Shuai, how is it?"

Ji Shuai's face was full of seriousness, and he shook his head from time to time.

Seeing this, everyone's hearts sank into a trough all of a sudden, it seems that there is no drama...

Lin Qi also lowered his head unwillingly.

"I don't understand, at your level, how can you have such good luck! Linghai No. 3 Middle School, which can win in Pinghai and Zhenjiang, why can't you win! I wonder!"

Ji Shuai's words of hating iron and not steel made everyone's emotions explode at once.

Lin Qi also reacted, Linghai No. 3 Middle School actually lost!

"Yay!"

Everyone screamed wildly, and then surrounded Ji Shuai and celebrated excitedly.

"Hahaha, don't, don't squeeze"

"Eh, you stinky boy, don't mess with your hands!"

"Eh, you're ......"

Ji Shuai's protest was completely buried in the wave of everyone's voices...

Although it's not good to celebrate other people's failures, who cares so much? Anyway, Lin Qi wants to celebrate!

……

On this day, Qin Feng won, Linghai No. 3 Middle School lost to Zhenjiang No. 1 Middle School with 7:7, and missed the first place in the group!