On the way Yang Xiao drove Meng Yufan back to school, Meng Yufan said guiltily that he had something to do on Friday night and would have to take a day off, so he couldn't come to pick her up from get off work.
The two have been "cooperating" for so long, no matter the weather, the boy can always show up at the TV station door on time when she gets off work. This is the first time he has asked for leave.
Thinking of not being able to see this silly dog on Friday night, Yang Xiao's heart suddenly felt a little empty.
But this emptiness flashed by and quickly disappeared.
Yang Xiao asked, "Is there anything on Friday night?"
"Yeah!" Meng Yufan nodded. "On Friday night, my brother Xu Dong—the one you saw that day— invited me to play basketball."
"..." Yang smiled and said, "You guys are really energetic, aren't you tired enough from training during the day, you can finally rest, but you still go to fight?"
Yang Xiao thought that what he meant by playing basketball was to play two games in an open field on the side of the road or in the park, and abuse passers-by, but Meng Yufan gave a completely different answer.
"This time it seems to be a competition organized by some company. I didn't ask. Xu Dong said that his friend asked him to help. I owed Xu Dong a favor, and Xu Dong called me together." Meng Yufan Yi Ask San I don't know, he looks like a fool who was tricked by someone and helped to count the money.
"Competition organized by the company?" Yang Xiao's heart moved, and suddenly felt that something was not right. If she heard about this before today, she would definitely not be thinking wildly, but she has just been introduced to the concept of "wild ball", and the match between Meng Yufan and Xu Dong will inevitably make her think more. She asked: "What company organizes the competition, and still needs professional foreign aid like you?"
Meng Yufan replied ignorantly: "But Uncle Yang's unit organized the competition, didn't he also look for me as a foreign aid?"
Yang Xiao: "Can it be the same? My dad's unit organized a competition for employees' family members! You are a family member, you are not foreign aid, you are justifiably—"
"—My wife?" Meng Yufan answered quickly.
"..." Yang Xiao was choked back by him, wanting to say that Meng Yufan was not an insider, and if he died, he was considered a...a... "cheap inside".
When he happened to meet a red light, Yang Xiao parked the car behind the white line and looked sideways at the big man beside him.
Her car is small, Meng Yufan is sitting in the passenger seat, even if the seat is adjusted to the rearmost position, she still can't stretch her legs. His head was completely against the roof of the car, and every time he turned his head, he could hear the sound of his hair rubbing against the upper edge of the car.
He sat there like Gulliver who had stumbled into Lilliput, but more like… more like Alice who drank tea and became a giant.
Yang Xiaonao made up for Meng Yufan wearing Alice's blue dress, dreaming in Wonderland with Wei Xiaomao, Mr. White Rabbit, and the Mad Hatter... Then she was amused by her own fantasy.
Yang Xiao coughed dryly, and hurriedly changed the subject: "Yu Fan, I now find out that although you are tall, you have too few hearts. I'm not saying that having more hearts is a good thing, but sometimes... sometimes you are too simple. already."
Unexpectedly, she actually used the word "simple" to describe a man's day.
Yang Xiao: "Your friend told you to play ball, where to play, who to play for, and whom to play with, you didn't ask anything clearly. If Xu Dong hangs you, if he doesn't ask you to play, but pulls you Go to the old forest in the deep mountains and cut off your kidneys for sale? What if he drags you to a pyramid selling class and forces you to buy health care products?"
Meng Yufan held grievances for his teammates: "Xu Dong is my good brother! We have been training and cooperating every day since we entered the freshman year. How could he cheat on me?"
He frowned, showing an emotional expression like a child, and couldn't understand why Yang Xiao said that about his friend.
For a while, the relaxed and pleasant atmosphere just now disappeared, and the entire carriage was surrounded by a low air pressure.
"Sister Xiaoxiao..." After a long silence, Meng Yufan asked hesitantly, "...Are you in PUA?"
"P what?"
Where do today's young people get such strange words
"It's 'PUA Learning'." Meng Yufan whispered, "By belittling the friends around the partner, the purpose of isolating the partner is achieved, and the partner can only rely on himself..."
"...???" Yang Xiao couldn't help laughing and crying, "Why are you students with such big brains, and I still PUA you? You are so old, and I smashed all your friends away, what if you rely on me? ?"
However, she also reflected that she and Meng Yufan had only known each other for less than two months, and she rashly pointed out Meng Yufan's friendship status, which would only arouse his disgust. And if Xu Dong had no problems with herself, her suspicions would be too much.
The red light went out, the green light came on, Yang Xiao stepped on the clutch, and the car continued to move forward.
Soon, the car drove to the side door of Hwaseong University, which was close to Meng Yufan's dormitory, and it was not easy to bump into people, so Yang Xiao parked the car here every time.
"Goodbye, Sister Xiaoxiao." After Meng Yufan finished speaking in a muffled voice, he opened the door and got out of the car without looking back.
"Wait." Yang Xiao leaned out of the car window and stopped him.
"?" The boy turned back in confusion.
Yang Xiao: "You said just now that your game is on Friday night?"
Meng Yufan: "Yes."
"That's good." Yang Xiao only thought for a few seconds before making a decision, "I will try to get off work early on Friday, and I will go with you to that game."
"… "
In an instant, Meng Yufan's eyes lit up.
It was as if someone had lit a fire in the depths of his pupils, and the flames shone brightly, illuminating Yang Xiao's figure surrounded by flames.
"Really?!!!" The silly dog slapped his tail, "Sister Xiaoxiao, are you coming to see me play?"
Yang smiled to see him so happy, and under his leadership, he also laughed unconsciously.
"What's the matter? It's not like I haven't seen you play. Well, once at the basketball court in front of my house, once organized by my dad's unit, and counting this time, it's the third time."
"No! This is the first time, the first time!" The boy leaned against her car window, his tone was urgent, "The first two times I didn't count, it was 'I'll go to your place to play ball', and This time, it's 'you come to see me play'!"
Yang Xiao was stunned.
It does.
They have known each other for so long, every time, every time, every time, Meng Yufan took the initiative to walk into her life, he went to her house, to her company, to her father's unit... Only this time, she took the initiative to step on Take a step forward and learn about Meng Yufan's world.
From this moment on, these two completely different but equally shining universes finally meet.
…
On Friday afternoon, Yang Xiao took a two-hour personal leave and left work early.
Liu Yueyue didn't come today, and the workload was quite heavy. Yang Xiao could only apply for overtime on Saturday to make up for it.
When Angkor approved the leave, he joked with her: "Strong woman, she actually got off work early on Friday, what are you going to do? Go on a date with your little boyfriend?"
Yang Xiao didn't deny it: "Almost."
Watching him play basketball and cheering for him is also a kind of date.
Because it avoided the evening rush hour, the journey was very smooth. Yang Xiao drove the car to the gate of Huacheng University, and after waiting for a while, he saw Meng Yufan and Xu Dong.
The two of them were too tall, Meng Yufan was 1.94 meters, Xu Dong was taller than him, two meters tall, and two large iron pillars stood at the gate of the campus, attracting countless turning heads.
Yang Xiao honked the car horn: Didi, Didi.
Meng Yufan immediately found Yang Xiao's red little Buick from the countless traffic at the school gate.
When Xu Dong saw Yang Xiao's face clearly, a strange color flashed on his face: "Xiaoxiao... Aunt? Why are you here?"
"Okay, don't call me auntie, I'm not a few years older than you, you call me auntie, you call me old, you can call me sister Xiaoxiao." Yang Xiao looked up at him and said with a smile, " Why are you so surprised? I heard Yu Fan say that the venue for your competition is quite far away, so I will send you there, isn't this a big surprise?"
"...It's quite a surprise." Xu Dong said, "I've only seen beautiful women walking on the road before, and a male driver honks the horn; this is the first time I've been 'didi' by a female driver while walking on the road."
Yang Xiao made a cut in his heart, thinking to himself, she didn't drop Xu Dong, she was obviously dripping Meng Yufan!
Yang Xiao opened the car door and greeted the two young people to get in the car.
The little red car was galloping along the way, and soon arrived at its destination.
This is an open-air basketball court on the edge of the Third Ring Road. Across the road, it is the largest commercial area nearby. This place is in an excellent location, far from the underground basketball court that Yang Xiao imagined.
It's almost winter, it's getting dark early, although it's only early six o'clock, it's already late. There is a column of lights around the basketball court, which illuminates from a high place and illuminates the entire basketball court.
Yang Xiao came directly after work. She was still wearing a professional suit from work, with a long black fishtail skirt covering her legs, a pair of delicate high heels under her feet, and a light gray windbreaker draped over her shoulders. , the arm is still holding a LV.
From any point of view, she was out of tune with this basketball game.
When she walked into the arena, countless curious eyes glued to her, without a trace of cover, they looked at her very naked.
A man who was also wearing a basketball uniform came over and stopped her by hanging.
He was over 1.8 meters tall, and he was considered tall among the crowd, but compared with Meng Yufan, he became a little scumbag.
"Miss, do you know what we're doing?" He held a cigarette in his mouth, and while he was talking, the smoke poured out on Yang Xiao's face, "Basketball will roll around, don't hit it. Your pretty little face."
Yang Xiao gently took Meng Yufan's arm: "I came to see my boyfriend play basketball, do you have any opinion?"
Meng Yufan hugged her and took her behind him, using his tall body to shield her from the harassment of men.
Meng Yufan frowned and said, "Brother, can you pinch out the cigarette? No smoking in the stadium."
"There are not so many rules in this stadium." The man teased, "Yo, the little wolf dog is equipped with a rich woman, little girl, how much does she pay you every month? Can you introduce me to such a good job?"
The man intended to provoke him, but Meng Yufan was not angry at all, but answered very calmly.
"Okay, I can introduce it to you." The boy looked down at him, as if he was looking at a jumping frog. "But even if you pay money, no one will want to sleep with you."
"-you!"
Xu Dong quickly caught up and pulled the ugly frog away, listening to the meaning in his tone, as if the frog was one of the organizers of the game.
Xu Dong didn't expect Meng Yufan to play, so he offended the host and apologized repeatedly, saying that his brother had a straight temper and no malice.
Yang Xiao almost laughed out loud, and hurriedly dragged Meng Yufan to the rest area next to him.
There were some clothes and bags scattered on the seats in the rest area. Meng Yufan put down his training bag and put on shoes specially designed for playing outdoor basketball.
When he was changing clothes, Yang Xiao was looking at the stadium.
In order to prevent basketballs from flying out, iron nets are generally built around the basketball court. It is obviously a common protective device, but Yang Xiao looked at it, but was inexplicably shocked, and always felt like a "fight of trapped beasts". There are three rows of mountain-shaped auditoriums on the side of the basketball court. There are not many seats, and there are some spectators sparsely.
A red banner hung on the iron net that read "XX Enterprise Cup Basketball Invitational Tournament". Yang Xiao checked the company with his mobile phone and found that it was a small private company with its registered place in Hwaseong.
I don't know if it was because of the suspicion that the neighbor was stealing the axe, Yang Xiao always felt that this game was very wrong.
She asked Meng Yufan tentatively, "Have you played a similar game before?"
Meng Yufan shook his head as he warmed up, "No. Our basketball team has regulations that do not allow students to go out to play without permission. If it is serious, they will be punished."
"Then are you still coming?"
"It's different." Meng Yufan said bluntly, "This game is the same as Uncle Yang's family game. Our coach doesn't care about this kind of game."
"Where's the same??!" Yang said with a smile, "You heard what the frog said just now. It's weird, aren't you angry?"
"Don't be angry." Meng Yufan said suspiciously, "Isn't that just ordinary trash talk, I also refuted it with trash talk."
"..." Okay, Yang Xiao thought, where on earth did she find a silly and sweet boyfriend who came out of the mud and unstained, the malice of others stinks ten streets away, he actually thought that It's a common rubbish on the field! Rubbish! talk!
Meng Yufan, you like trash talk so much, why don't you put it in the trash can
In view of the relationship between Meng Yufan and Xu Dong, Yang Xiao did not want to easily characterize the game as a wild ball. Because Yang Xiao also didn't want to believe that Xu Dong would take the risk of being demerited by the school to pit his brother.
And although this game is full of weirdness, he lacks the key element of the wild game - the audience.
Yang Xiao checked a lot of information, and they all said that the wild ball game is very popular in the circle because of its fierce offensive and dark strikes. As long as there is a wild ball game, it will attract countless basketball fans.
But now the audience in the arena is no more than twenty people in total.
Just when Yang Xiao hesitated, the basketball game officially started.
Before the start, the players from both sides met and shook hands.
The basketball team Meng Yufan belongs to is the white team. There are only two professional basketball players in their team, he and Xu Dong. The other three seem to be basketball enthusiasts. A comparison, see each other.
The opposite red team is in a similar situation, and it is also composed of two foreign basketball players and three paddling players.
After the start of the game, the main attacking momentum was concentrated on the four professionals, with a few others scoring occasional goals, but not much.
Meng Yufan and Xu Dong were teammates, and they cooperated tacitly. In the first ten minutes of the first half, they had already scored five goals in a row.
After every goal, Meng Yufan will look at Yang Xiao's position, sometimes blowing a kiss to her, sometimes making an exaggerated face, and sometimes dancing... for fear that others will not know his girlfriend. at the scene.
Yang Xiao sat in the crowd and received Meng Yufan's blowing kisses over and over again. She was a little embarrassed at first, but when she got used to being seen by others, she stood up in despair and started talking to Meng Yufan in the arena. interactive.
Isn't it just blowing kisses, comparing hearts, and shouting cheers, if Yang Xiao started her business seriously, no one would be as thick-skinned as her!
…
Yang Xiao watched the game for a while, and the originally tense heartstrings gradually relaxed.
Maybe she really thinks too much. Although this game looks very informal, the other players are of average level and there are few spectators. It should not be a wild ball.
However, before Yang Xiao's heart fell, she suddenly saw a familiar figure beside the court—
A few young people with immature faces slipped into the basketball court at some point, and the last one was Liu Yueyue!
Their behavior is so bizarre that although everyone tries to show that they are "normal", their nervous faces and the same hands and feet have revealed that they have ghosts in their hearts.
They followed the edge of the basketball court and slowly approached the auditorium. Because everyone's eyes were on the arena, no one noticed that there were a few more unfamiliar faces on the field for a while.
The auditorium is raised in the shape of a mountain, and the overhead lighting falls on the auditorium, forming a huge shadow on its back. And those children were hiding in the shadows, poking their heads, not knowing what the hell was going on.
Yang Xiao was very sharp, she realized something was wrong and immediately left the audience. She took off her high heels, bare feet, and quietly approached the children from behind.
"—What are you doing?" she asked in a low voice.
Several people were startled, and Liu Yueyue was so scared that she almost cried out, and the female classmate opposite her covered her mouth.
Everyone trembled, turned around tremblingly, and looked at Yang Xiao, who appeared behind them at some point.
Liu Yueyue's eyes widened in panic: "Yang... Sister Yang, why are you here?"
Yang Xiao said solemnly, "I should ask you this question. Xiao Liu, didn't you ask for leave today to write your thesis? Why did you appear on the court?"
Suddenly, she found that in Liu Yueyue's small bag, a small dark red light flashed and flashed.
This is…
Yang Xiao was a reporter and immediately recognized what it was!
"Liu Yueyue, where did you get the pinhole camera? You... Are you here to take pictures secretly?" In the blink of an eye, she immediately understood everything.
There were three other students beside Liu Yueyue, one girl and two boys. One of them was a handsome boy, who spoke Mandarin very well and had a sound of broadcasting.
The boy said, "You should be the TV senior that Yueyue mentioned, right? Hello, we are all Yueyue's classmates."
Yang Xiao remembered, Liu Yueyue once said that there was a boy from the anchor department in their group who proposed to do an in-depth report on the topic of wild ball!
Presumably, these children did not give up their thoughts. They got a pinhole camera for candid photography from somewhere, and ran to the stadium to collect materials boldly!
But at this moment, Yang Xiao couldn't care about anything else, her mind was full of Meng Yufan.
"Since you are here... So it means that this is a wild ball game?" Yang Xiao asked eagerly.
Liu Yueyue nodded timidly: "Yes, yes."
Yang Xiao still felt incredible: "But for wild ball games, don't you have to invite very powerful players, and there will be a lot of spectators? But there are only about 20 spectators here. Except for the four foreign players, everyone else is very watery. ."
The children looked at each other, and finally the host boy said, "This game is a bit special. You think the 'very water' players on the court are actually the organizers of this game. They are all He is a rich second generation, very famous in the circle, he often organizes wild ball games and invites a few players to play with them."
"As for the audience..." Liu Yueyue handed over her mobile phone, and there was a mobile phone live broadcast software on the screen. "This game was broadcast live online, and the online audience has exceeded 30,000."
At the bottom right of the live broadcast software, there are two strings of numbers that keep jumping up.
[Odds of the two teams - red: white - 1: 1.2]
[The prize pool has xxxxx yuan]
[Bet now]
It turned out that this was not only a wild ball game set up by the rich second generation.
It's still a wild ball game with stakes and a dealer!