Chapter 57: The Price of Love

Kamakura City, Nishito-cho, Sports Park Basketball Court, 7:30 a.m.

Three of the small basketball courts, which have only four courts, are occupied by people who get up in the morning to exercise, who are either teaming up or practicing shooting.

There is only one half left and there is a heads-up going on here. The strange thing is that except for Ah Fu, an audience member on the sidelines, no one came to watch.

The two sides of the battle are Chen Xihao, and there is also a red-haired bald man, why is it called a red-haired bald man, because this person's hair has obviously just been shaved, and there are many remaining hair roots, all of which are red, and it looks like a basketball on his head, which is very joyful.

This is the third game of the morning battle between the two people in the field, the first duel, the audience is very large, almost the half of the court is full, when Chen Xihao defeated the red-haired bald man cleanly and neatly 3:0, half of the audience left, because everyone can see that this red-haired bald man is not Chen Xihao's opponent at all; When the second duel was still 3:0, there were only seven or eight people left in the audience; When this third game was played 2:0 by Chen Xihao, and there was one goal left to end, only Ah Fu was left among the onlookers.

The No. 10 Sakuragi of the Xiangbei team, the power of confrontation, and the rapidly improving defensive potential are really strong! In this game, Chen Xihao can be forced to break through and jump shots easily, and in a few days of the game, you really have to pay attention to him. Ah Fu stood on the sidelines, thinking silently.

When all the audience thought that this game was Chen Xihao abusing vegetables, only Ah Fu understood that since Chen Xihao scored the 6th goal, the two goals scored later, each of which was not easy.

"It's not good, I can't dribble anymore, Xihao's position is still more than three meters away from the basket, and he is stuck to Sakura's body, what should I do?" Ah Fu looked at Chen Xihao, who seemed to be in a stalemate in the field, and frowned slightly.

"Haha, I finally stopped it once, I see how you attack in this position!?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had been defeated all morning, finally succeeded in blocking Chen Xihao's breakthrough angle and shooting angle for the first time, and this huge sense of accomplishment made Sakuragi Hanamichi very excited.

Chen Xihao leaned sideways to bear the squeeze of Sakuragi Hanamichi, holding the basketball with both hands and not moving, he looked up at the position of the rebound, and smiled slightly.

"Sakuragi, don't trust your eyes too much, I'll teach you a trick, what is it, pass yourself a good ball!!"

After finishing speaking, Chen Xihao squeezed Sakuragi hard with his shoulder, knocked him a few centimeters away, and freed up the right hand of activity from under Sakuragi Hanamichi's open arms, and threw the basketball above the basket, under Sakuragi Hanamichi's unbelievable eyes, the basketball hit the rebound above and rebounded, and he was already ready, Chen Xihao, who jumped into the air, hugged the basketball that bounced to him with both hands, and smashed it into the basket.

"Pretty!! This ball of imagination! Invincibility!! ”

This is the first time that Ah Fu, who was standing on the sidelines, gave a heartfelt praise. This beautiful dunk is also thanks to Sakuragi Hanamichi's continued pressure, which made Chen Xihao have to use his real strength.

"So, that's okay, is that okay? Doesn't it mean that after the dribbling stops, after holding the ball with both hands, if the basketball is out of your hands, you can't touch it again? Touching the ball again is a second dribble. ”

Sakuragi Hanamichi asked a little blankly, although he also admitted in his heart that Chen Xihao's dunk just now was beautiful, but he still wanted to ask.

"You are not wrong about the rules of the second dribble, but there are two exceptions, when the ball in your hand is cut off by the opposing defender, you can continue to dribble if you take back the ball again; When the basketball is shot above the basket and touches any position in the rebound, including the basket, you touch it again, and you are considered a live ball. ”

Chen Xihao grabbed the front of his jersey with both hands, gently wiped the sweat flowing on his chin, and opened his mouth to explain to Sakuragi.

"Oh, it turns out that there is such a trick, this trick is too suitable for me as a genius! Xiao Hao, I'm going to ask you to go head-to-head recently, and I found that many of your tricks, especially the slam dunk technique, are prepared for my genius Sakuragi Hanamichi! Hahaha. ”

Looking at the cherry blossom road that looked up to the sky and laughed, Chen Xihao also looked helpless, this guy's character is not only superb, but also really makes people angry.

After going home last night, Chen Xihao sorted out the gains of the Xiangbei team, and began to study the side quests of Akagi Haruko and Sakuragi Hanamichi, and he suddenly Haruko's task favorability value increased very steadily, and when the Xiangbei team left yesterday, the favorability was 40, and after the evening, Haruko's favorability has become 45.

But Sakuragi Hanamichi's disgust for Chen Xihao's task made Chen Xihao smile bitterly, his disgust from 60, after a night of time reduced to 40, even if Chen Xihao won these three games alone, in the end, he only accumulated the disgust to 70 points, just reached the third side quest "Enemy of Life".

If it weren't for Sakuragi Hanamichi's impatience and coming to him today, with his optimistic character, it would be difficult to complete this side quest in a few days.

"Sakuragi, it's going to be a game tomorrow, you guys fight hard, Hainan is very strong. I'm waiting for you to beat me in the Final Four? ”

"Humph!! Don't worry, my genius Sakuragi Hanamichi, I will never lose to anyone again until I defeat you, including Rukawa Kaede!! ”

"Well, okay, I'll wait for you. We're leaving, Sakuragi, you should hurry back to class too, it's an hour by train, you're on time. ”

Chen Xihao nodded, and took Ah Fu to prepare to leave the court, but the jersey on his back was grabbed by Sakuragi Hanamichi again.

"By the way, Xiao Hao, there's one more thing, your bet yesterday hasn't been completed yet, the two of us just played 2:0 in front of Haruko, and you haven't won me yet, so you can't go to Haruko until we finish the duel!! Oh? Yes? Well? ”

Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Chen Xihao nervously, for fear of hearing an answer from his mouth that would be unbearable.

Looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi with sincerity and expectation in his eyes, Chen Xihao's heart couldn't help but sigh slightly, when he sorted out the task yesterday, Chen Xihao had already found that in addition to his favorability increased by 5 points to 45, Haruko's favorite person, Rukawa Kaede's favorability also increased by 1 point, and now it has reached 71. However, the value of Sakuragi Hanamichi decreased by 1 point to 19.

"Okay, I promise you!"

"Great, you have to keep your word!! Then we'll see you tomorrow on the field!! By the way, Xiaohao, I will come here to find you the day after tomorrow, it turns out that I am also very happy to play with you!! I'm getting more and more into basketball, hahaha! ”

Sakuragi Hanamichi waved her hands, excited like a child, and jumped out of the court.

At this time, the morning sun was shining on the back of Sakuragi Flower Road, and his body seemed to be flashing with golden light, which made Chen Xihao's eyes slightly astringent.

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Do you remember the dreams of your youth?

Like a flower that never withers

Walk with me through the wind and rain

Look at the impermanence of the world and see the vicissitudes of change

Those who pay for love

It's something I'll never forget

……

Let's go, let's go

People have to learn to grow up on their own

Let's go, let's go

Life is inevitably full of painful struggles

Let's go, let's go

Find a home for your heart

I also shed tears of sadness

I was also heartbroken

This is the price of love

……