Chapter 50: A Tortuous Race
When it came to the day of the selection of basketball club members, Shen Xiao got up early and came to the basketball court with high spirits, wanting to warm up first. What he didn't expect was that a cute girl came to the basketball court earlier than him.
Eco stood in the center of the basketball court, looking around the entire basketball court, for fear of missing someone she knew well. Therefore, from a distance, Ai Ke saw Shen Xiao holding a spinning basketball on his fingertips, with a confident and sunny smile on his face, stepping on the morning sunshine and walking in.
"Idols, idols." Eco shouted as she ran, waving her hands.
Shen Xiao heard Ike's voice, almost didn't turn the basketball, and dropped it down, he took the ball down and held it with one hand.
"Echo, why are you here so early?" Shen Xiao asked a little embarrassed.
Ai Ke didn't mind Shen Xiao's tone, she said excitedly: "I knew that the idol would come over early, and I came to practice with you on purpose." ”
"That's right, Echo, thank you." Shen Xiao was a little moved when he heard Ike's words, and thanked Echo seriously.
"The idol said thank you to me, and the idol thanked me." Echo seemed to be in a nymphomaniac state, talking to herself.
"Echo, Echo." Shen Xiao saw that he didn't want to be trapped in his mind, and said, "Then I'll go warm up first." Shen Xiao said and walked to the nearest basketball hoop. As soon as he arrived at the basketball court, Shen Xiao turned on the serious and solemn mode. He's ready to complete a basic three-step layup first. He had the ball in his hand and his eyes fixed on the basketball hoop.
At this time, Ai Ke came out of her self-fantasy, she immediately looked for Shen Xiao, and the moment she turned her head, she saw a very handsome Shen Xiao.
After Shen Xiao dribbled, he jumped up lightly to catch the ball, landed with his right foot, then jumped up with his right foot, landed with his left foot, and then jumped with his left foot, and the ball immediately shot and entered the basket perfectly.
"So handsome, so handsome." Aike cheered from the sidelines. Just a simple three-step layup is so charming, Aike thought to himself.
Shen Xiao didn't come out of his state, and immediately went to shoot a three-pointer. Shen Xiao, who dribbled the ball to the three-point line, did not stop, as if he already knew the direction of the ball frame, to the line, jump, shoot, and the ball went in. It's that easy. Shen Xiao on the basketball court is confident and charismatic.
"Idol, you're amazing." Echo shouted unreservedly.
Shen Xiao's warm-up was over, he returned to his usual Shen Xiao, he heard Echo's cheers, he felt embarrassed, no one had ever screamed for him like this. He walked over to Eco with the ball.
Aike immediately took out the water she had prepared from her bag and handed it to Shen Xiao: "Idol, drink water." ”
Shen Xiao looked at the water, then at Ai Ke's big blinking eyes, took the water, and said, "Thank you for the water, Ai Ke." ”
Echo was embarrassed to get up, turned his head, and said, "Drink it!" Idol. "Echo's face seems to be red, it shouldn't be the warm sun of the morning.
After a while, the people from the Wind and Rain Basketball Club came. The members of the competition also came one after another. A person who sat on a stool and looked like a relatively high status spoke: "Hello everyone, I am the vice president of the wind and rain basketball club, my name is Smith, the weather is so good, then I will talk a little more, first introduce the status of our club, like our basketball club is the ...... of the school basketball team" When the vice president chattered, the sun also rose quietly, and you can sweat a lot just by standing.
Although Aike was standing in the shade, she couldn't help but complain. When did it start and what should I do if I get my idol's wheat-colored skin burned?
"That's enough, let's get started." A deep voice stopped the vice president's speech, and looking at the source of the voice, it was a tall, muscular man with dark wheat skin standing next to the basketball court. With the application materials of each member in his hand, he walked to the position of the vice president, put his things on the table, and said to the vice president, "Come in this order." ”
The vice president cautiously whispered, "President, I'm afraid this is not fair!" ”
"That's it." The president confirmed again.
"Good. President Xiahou, you are in charge. The vice president could only nod his head in agreement, changed his previous tirade, and began to cut to the topic, "Then let's start directly." Everyone comes to take their own grouping, the rules of the game are very simple, four people play together, two or two teams, the winner joins, and the loser withdraws. Then the members of the first group will play. ”
Shen Xiao is a member of this first group, the people who team up with him look thin and short, submissive, not like they are coming to a basketball game at all, and his opponent looks tall and strong, they look at each other, they should be people who know each other, they stand in a good position tacitly, and the two sides don't look like people of the same level at all.
Shen Xiao was not discouraged and did not give up, he immediately adjusted his state and stood in a good position with his skinny team.
Ai Ke saw Shen Xiao on the field, took out a cheering stick, and cheered for him: "Idol, come on!" "I saw that the people on the sidelines were envious, and the opponents on the field were unhappy.
In addition to Aike always paying attention to Shen Xiao, if you look through the eyes of the president of the basketball club, you will find that although he is looking at the court, the focus is on Shen Xiao. He thought, "Don't let me down, you kid."
"It's game on." The referee on the court threw the basketball upwards after speaking.
Shen Xiaoren has a long hand and quick eyes, and he slammed the ball in his hand, and before his opponents could react, he broke through their defenses, headed towards the frame, and made a beautiful three-step layup in the pitching area, and the ball went in.
"Oh~ idols are so powerful." Eco was thrilled.
The president also raised the corners of his mouth and thought: This kid is not bad, my vision is really right.
The two people on the other side were very unhappy, and they were careless and let Shen Xiao take a first shot, they glanced at each other and nodded to each other, which was a sign of seriousness. And Shen Xiao was still clapping with his teammates, and he didn't notice it at all.
The opponent's No. 1 skillfully dribbled the ball and came to the center of the field, Shen Xiao quickly ran to intercept, but the opponent's No. 2 did not give Shen Xiao this opportunity, and stopped him and did not let him advance, Shen Xiao looked for the team member and gave him a look to intercept, but the difference between height and weight, his team members were not able to stop it at all, there was no suspense, and the ball went in.
Ai Ke saw this scene outside the arena and was indignant in his heart: It's really unfair, it's completely bullying my idol.
The president looked at Shen Xiao, he knew that Shen Xiao could find a way out of the predicament, and he believed that he was not wrong.
Shen Xiao shook his head uncomfortably, pulled up his teammates, and discussed strategies. Shen Xiao told his team members very seriously and briefly, how could he intercept the opponent's No. 2: "You have to use your flexibility to stumble No. 2 to the death, I will throw off No. 1 and take the opportunity to pitch, come on!" "In the end, I don't forget to drum up.
"Come on!" Shen Xiao's thin team members seemed to be affected by his momentum and became motivated.
At the beginning, the skinny team member went to block No. 2, who looked much taller than him, and tried hard to restrain No. 2, but No. 1, who was unblocked, quickly stopped in front of Shen Xiao, Shen Xiao's expression did not change, as if expected, he pretended to turn right, and when he turned halfway, he suddenly stopped turning to a left turn, a perfect feint, and No. 1 took the bait at once. Shen Xiao took the opportunity to walk to the three-point line, jumped hard, bent his elbow at 90 degrees, looked at the basket, the ball flew out softly from his hand, and followed the perfect parabola, and the ball went in.
"Oh oh oh, the idol is amazing!" Echo cheered. made Shen Xiao attract the jealous eyes of some boys.
The president, who had been looking at Shen Xiao, also hooked the corners of his mouth, with a smile in his eyes.
Although Shen Xiao and the skinny boy's cooperation is getting more and more tacit, they are still no match for the already powerful and familiar opponent, not to mention, the skinny boy's skills can be said to be much worse than the other three.
In the last minute, their score was 3:4. Shen Xiao is 3, the opponent is 4, and the ball is in the opponent's hand. Shen Xiao was not in a hurry or discouraged, he motioned to the thin team member to stop No. 2, and the thin team member did not live up to Shen Xiao's expectations, he stopped No. 2 steadily. Shen Xiao quickly came to No. 1, No. 1 did some feints to deceive Shen Xiao, as Shen Xiao, who has a lot of research on feints, he saw through it at a glance, and at the moment when No. 2 raised his hand, Shen Xiao dropped his hand, slapped the basketball, and dribbled to the three-point line. Shen Xiao didn't waste a moment, jumped, jumped, forced, and took off, and the ball flew steadily towards the basket. However, when it was about to fall into the frame, the ball was slapped away by one hand, which was number one.
"There are 20 seconds left until the end of the race." The referee announced the time impartially. Echo's heart lifted. The president was also a little worried about Shen Xiao.
Shen Xiao didn't give up, he caught the ball, ran under the basket, jumped up hard, stretched out his hands across the basket, the ball entered the frame, grabbed the frame with both hands, and then fell to the ground steadily.
"The game is over, it's a draw." The referee announces the result of the match.
"Idol, you're amazing." Ai Ke said, running towards Shen Xiao, holding the water that Shen Xiao urgently needed. attracted more jealous eyes. There was also a person who looked at Shen Xiao with appreciation.
Shen Xiao gasped, took Echo's water, and drank it "gurgling".
"Idol, how are you?" Echo asked worriedly.
"It's fine." Shen Xiao, who was a little dehydrated from a lot of exercise, said as loudly as he could.
"What should I do if there is a draw?" "Can you go in on both sides?" Some of the members who participated in the competition were very talkative.
"It's simple, it's better than this." The dark-skinned man who had interrupted the vice president before said, his fingertips spinning the basketball steadily.
"Who are you? Why can you decide so many things? A man asked curiously.
"Don't you know?" The dark-skinned man put down the basketball and said, "Okay, it's my negligence, I'm the president of the Wind and Rain Basketball Club, my name is Xiahou Xuan, do you still have any questions?" ”
The powerful voice reached everyone's ears, and everyone's spirit was shaken, and everyone replied loudly, "No." ”
"Very well, let's get started." Xiahou Xuan announced simply.
Shen Xiao, the thin boy, No. 1, and No. 2 all stood in a row, and there was a spinning basketball on their fingertips. The thin boy's ball spun very slowly, his fingertips were a little bent, and it seemed that he couldn't turn quickly, and sure enough, the ball stopped. The ball speed of the number one and number two is about the same, the spin is smooth, and the stamina is still there. Shen Xiao's ball not only spins steadily, but the ball speed is also significantly faster than the two of them. This makes others very envious.
"That's enough, let's stop." Xiahou Xuan looked at No. 1, No. 2 and Shen Xiao, "The three of you have all passed, welcome to join the Wind and Rain Basketball Club." He clapped softly, followed by a round of applause.
Aike, who was already crowded at the front, heard that Shen Xiao had successfully joined the basketball club, and excitedly rushed to Shen Xiao and hugged him hard. Shen Xiao was stiff and unable to move at all under the double blow of successfully joining the basketball club and being forcibly embraced by Aike.
There was a burst of boos from the crowd around her, and before Aike realized what she had done, she immediately let Shen Xiao go, and at this time, Aike's face was extremely red, and her face was like two ripe apples, and she really wanted to take a bite. She didn't dare to look at Shen Xiao, turned around, ran away, and argued in her heart: How could I hold the idol? Yes! What did I do to idols?
Shen Xiao didn't react until Ai Ke ran away, he looked at Ai Ke's hurried back and didn't know what to do? He shook his head, no longer thinking about it. Instead, turn your head and look for another person.
Shen Xiao was in the shade of a tree and saw a thin figure who was secretly sad. He walked over and sat down next to him and said, "Actually, you are already very good, you helped me to stop the number two very well, but your spin is not very good." ”
"Well, I know, so I'm here today, I just want to test my strength, and I didn't plan to participate." The thin boy heard Shen Xiao's unexaggerated praise and pity, he felt that today was not in vain, at least one person saw his efforts, "Thank you, it's time for me to go." The skinny boy stood up, smiled, and left the basketball court.
"Goodbye." Shen Xiao saw that the thin boy was no longer gloomy, and he also laughed and said goodbye to him. He suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked the name of the skinny boy, and looked at the shadows left by the sunlight on the trees, and was depressed.
Xiahou Xuan looked at Shen Xiao's behavior, and there was a sense of satisfaction written in his heart, eyes, and face.