Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Games of Youth and Friendship
As soon as I returned to school, Xia Qiu was told that the school autumn sports day was about to be held before Xia Qiu could even ask other students for advice on the already piled up of homework.
Liu Lingmei, as one of the class leaders, is responsible for the registration of the girls' participation in the project, and seeing her petite figure desperately mobilizing the girls in the class to participate in the class meeting, Xia Qiu has to support her personally. Because she was afraid that the demon power in her body would be suspected of cheating, after repeatedly studying the projects that she could participate in, she only chose the 1,500-meter run and the four-by-100-meter relay, and for three years in junior high school, she would participate in the relay project with Liu Lingmei, which seemed to have become a tacit understanding between them.
On the boys' side, Du He is responsible for signing up, and all projects are fighting for Ouyang Xiaoleng, especially the basketball team, Dong Haofan, as the captain, has to bring him into his banner no matter what, and it seems that with him, there is a guarantee of victory. Ouyang Xiaoleng has never been good at dealing with these, and he only thinks about being able to make these people stop pestering him as soon as possible, so a comedic scene happened, and there were ten items on the registration form that were signed with his name. Later, after everyone discussed, they felt that this was a bit inappropriate, and after weighing it, they left five of them.
This week's physical education class has become a special training time for each class, Xia Qiu, who used to run 400 meters and would be out of breath, ran 1,500 meters without much effort, and after several baton handover skills practice, she was pulled by several other girls to watch the boys' basketball training.
The first time I saw Ouyang Xiaoleng wearing a formal basketball uniform and basketball shoes, and wearing wrist guards, maybe a handsome person like him would look good no matter how he dressed, he was so dazzling with the ball, running, jumping and sweating on the court, the girls on the sidelines screamed from time to time, and Xia Qiu also accelerated with his heartbeat.
At the end of the practice, he naturally jumped back and threw the ball into the basket one last time, then turned around and walked towards Xia Qiu in the eyes of everyone, asking, "What do you think?" ”
Xia Qiu looked at him and asked a little teasingly: "Well, it's really a good fight!" You're a genius, right? ”
"Of course!"
Ouyang Xiaoleng's response was so straightforward that she couldn't help laughing.
The men's basketball event started a round-robin competition before the games, and the basketball team in the summer and autumn classes really passed all the way to the finals. The final was held in the afternoon of the sports day, and the weather was surprisingly good, which fully reflected what it means to be high and cool in autumn. The first to be held was the sprint event, and the relay was also among them, Liu Lingmei ran the third stick, the fourth stick in summer and autumn, and the two of them practiced the baton handover several times, which can be said to be confident.
Who knew that there was still a situation in the real game, Zhao An, the girl who ran the second stick before Liu Lingmei, rushed too hard when she was about to hand over the baton, so that she lost her balance and fell to the ground, and there was a burst of exclamations on the sidelines, everyone sweated for her, and the results were no longer important, everyone was more concerned about whether her injury was serious.
But she insisted on standing up, and despite the unbearable pain in her ankle, she limped and handed the baton in her hand to Liu Lingmei, and said to her, "Please!" We must keep finishing the race, or our training will be in vain! ”
Liu Lingmei held the baton tightly in her hand, nodded to her and rushed out, even if the competitors in other classes had fallen a considerable distance, she would do her best to complete this game with Xia Qiu. The stronger this thought became, the faster she went, she never remembered that she could run so fast, her petite body galloping on a huge circular track, and the 100 meters seemed to be put into slow motion.
The baton finally arrived in Xia Qiu's hands, her body flicked out like an arrow off the string, and there was no distraction in her heart except for constantly running forward, this was no longer a race with anyone, but simply a commitment of the four of them to each other, until the moment she crossed the finish line, her ears heard the shouts of the classmates sitting around the track, Zhao An walked over with the support of Liu Lingmei and the girl who ran the first stick.
"Xiaoqiu, why are you running so fast?"
"We won, you know? We won! ”
"Hmmm! Win! ”
The girls went from incoherent to crying with joy, and finally hugged each other tightly.
Xia Qiu's 1,500 meters and the men's basketball final clashed with time, and by the time she had finished the race, the boys' game in the basketball hall had already finished half of the game. The opponent is the third (5th) class of high school, and all five members of the team are from the school basketball team, and they have won the championship of this competition for two consecutive years, and they have an absolute advantage in terms of height and technology. Even if Ouyang Xiaoleng was not an ordinary human, whether it was in full view of everyone, or simply for the sake of respect for the game, he would not rely on his strange strength to win this game.
More than halfway through the game, Ouyang Xiaoleng, as a small forward in the team, was targeted by the opponent and had no chance to score at all. Xia Qiu on the sidelines sweated for him, she knew his character best, and it was not easy for him to overcome his own psychology and pass the ball to other teammates.
But she still shouted at the venue: "Come on! ”
Her voice reached his ears through the noise on and off the court, and he swept his eyes to the crowd on the sidelines, where she stood, wearing a white sweatshirt for long-distance running, sweat-soaked bangs on either side of her cheeks, and his shadow reflected in her eyes.
Seeing her, his mood suddenly relaxed, and at the same time, his thinking became quicker, he took the ball to the basket in one breath, made a feint of jumping up and shooting, and sure enough, a figure like a mountain peak appeared in front of him with the intention of blocking, only to see him change the direction of his hand in the air, and passed the ball ghost to Dong Haofan's hands. He took advantage of his keen vision and wide field of vision to see the vacancy of the defense around Dong Haofan, and Dong Haofan easily threw it after catching the ball from him. Everyone held their breath as the basketball spun around the hoop and fell in.
After a cheer, the score was rewritten to 58:68, and there was still a gap of ten points, but there was not much time left. Xia Qiu and the classmates of the first (1) class of high school around him held hands, cheering and silently praying for the team members in their hearts, and many other classes also came to see the demeanor of the talented player Ouyang Xiaoleng.
"What, I don't see him shooting!"
"It's not as godly as they say!"
"It's boring!"
Seeing that he always gave up shooting opportunities to other teammates, those who came for him on the sidelines became a little disappointed, and the discussion came and went.
If it was in the past, he would have been irritated by such a voice, but at this moment he is surprisingly calm, after experiencing all the adventures of this year, he has grown from a young boy to the lord of the demon world. After a few days of competition, he began to like the sport of basketball, everyone on the court has their own place, everyone performs their own duties, and they can only play a good game with each other, and this kind of human invention of the sport actually contains such a philosophy, so that he can't help but admire the wisdom of human beings.
Because he no longer pursues solo shooting, but more dribbling the ball and passing the ball to his teammates to score, the opponent who thinks he has studied him thoroughly has messed up and made repeated mistakes in cooperation, and the cooperation between Dong Haofan and Ouyang Xiaoleng has become more effective.
With two minutes to go, the score was tied at 72:74, and the opponent changed his tactics and began to defend one-on-one, which was bound to freeze the score and drag it out until the end of the game. In this case, Dong Haofan, who has always been known for his steadiness on the court, also lost patience, and even had a low-level foul, which caused the opponent a chance to make free throws.
With only one minute left, the score was pulled apart by two points, Dong Haofan completely fell into despair for his recklessness, and the other team members also lost confidence with him. Looking at the dejected teammates, Ouyang Xiaoleng actually made an amazing move and said to them: "Think about the persistence of the girls in the relay race in the morning, they are now watching us from the sidelines, and we can't be ashamed!" ”
One sentence re-aroused the fighting spirit of Dong Haofan and other teammates as manly men, even the girls can hold on to the last second, and they should not just give up. The meaning of the competition is that there is a fair competition in a limited time, and a good game depends on everyone participating in the competition to do their best until the last moment, which is the respect for the game, the opponent and the audience.
Time passed second by second, one of the opponent's attacks was intercepted by Dong Haofan, and the ball was quickly passed to Ouyang Xiaoleng's hands, under the watchful eyes of the whole court, Ouyang Xiaoleng quickly dribbled the ball through the half court, poured the ball into the basket with a leap, and brought a glimmer of hope back to his teammates.
In the last 20 seconds, the opponent came to the basket with the ball, and after the ball was thrown high, Ouyang Xiaoleng blocked it with an incredible jump, and when he took the ball over the half court, he cleverly passed it to Dong Haofan, Dong Haofan did not hesitate to jump up easily outside the three-point line and throw the ball, and the ball flew into the basket with a beautiful parabola.
With the referee's whistle, the game ended, and at 77:76, they finally won the game by a narrow margin of one point, and the whole stadium also resounded with long-lasting cheers.
The speaker's final summary sounded on the speaker: "First of all, congratulations to the senior one (1) class, it is precisely because they did not give up until the last moment that they were able to win this game, they deserve to be champions!" I would also like to congratulate the Senior 3 (5) class, who did not continue the myth of winning the championship two years in a row this year, but they still presented a wonderful competition for everyone before graduation! ”
Dong Haofan led his team to the sidelines like heroes, where there were girls waiting for them with towels and mineral water, and according to custom, they could choose to receive condolences from one of the girls. Dong Haofan rushed towards Liu Lingmei without giving in, and at the same time stretched out his arms to block the boy who also wanted to walk towards her as a center forward, Liu Lingmei glanced at him, and then pouted.
"Please, give it to me! We won with a hard time, and we won the class! Dong Haofan begged.
Liu Lingmei finally couldn't beat him, and stuffed the towel and mineral water in her hand into his arms.
Ouyang Xiaoleng didn't know these rules, he naturally walked in front of Xia Qiu, if it weren't for her support on the sidelines, he would definitely not be able to complete this game so smoothly. His gratitude to her is not only so much, she rescued her ten years ago, and the bits and pieces of supporting each other and growing together with her over the past year have been imprinted in his heart.
The sunset shines through the windows of the gymnasium, plating their young faces with a layer of gold, and the tired but joyful sports day is finally over, but how much more carefree time will there be?