The stand was not very close to the basketball court. Two thousand pairs of eyes only saw Meng Yufan taking the cheerleader's rose, but they couldn't hear what they said.
Just when everyone thought the story had a "great ending", the cheerleader suddenly turned red, covered his face and cried and ran away.
Everyone: "…???"
What did he say to her, did he refuse or agree? If he refused, why did Meng Yufan accept the flowers? If yes, why did the cheerleader run away crying again
Just as everyone was talking about it, Meng Yufan made an unexpected move—
I saw him holding the bouquet and quickly walked to his own stand. Then he raised his hands, passed the bouquet through the guardrail, and handed it to the teammate who was not playing in the first row.
Then, he pointed to Hua, and then to Yang Xiao who was sitting in the back row.
The teammate showed a knowing smile.
In this way, the bouquet was passed from the first row to the second row, from the second row to the third row... With the unremitting relay of both hands, this bouquet of roses was passed to Yang Xiao.
Yang Xiao looked at the bouquet and wanted to pick it up, but was afraid to pick it up. For a time, it seemed that the entire basketball hall became quiet and silent, only the sound of her own heartbeat remained.
Puff, puff, puff.
"Hurry up and take it!" Liu's mother was even more excited than her client, and even took the bunch of flowers from the front row for her and stuffed it into her arms carelessly.
A full handful of roses fell into his arms, and the wrapping paper rustled—the world that had just been muted, suddenly came back!
She was surrounded by countless voices, but she had no time to pay attention.
She looked at the bouquet of roses in her arms, her hands were stiffly flat, and they were carefully folded, until her fingertips were pierced by the thorns on the roses, and she let out a dull cry.
This is not the first time Yang Xiao has received flowers from Meng Yufan, but this is the first time he has received this kind of heart from him under the watchful eyes of so many people.
She looked up at Meng Yufan on the basketball court.
The boy waved his arms and swung towards her exaggeratedly, giving her a smile that he couldn't tell whether it was stupid or handsome. Before she could respond, he ran to the sidelines to gather at the coach's whistle.
Yang Xiao: "…"
Yang Xiao thought, what does he mean? To actually pass the flowers sent by his suitor to her? Do you think she will be happy with this trick of borrowing flowers to offer Buddha
The girl whimpered and lowered her head to sniff. The aroma of white rose is tangy and immersed in the heart and spleen.
- Mmmm, it smells so good.
Yang Xiao secretly hid the smile at the corner of his mouth into the bouquet.
…
At the end of the first half, Meng Yufan made a free throw to tie the two teams with difficulty. His move made the media university basketball team feel dull.
This is the home of the media! Home! So many student fans in the audience are watching, if they can't win at their home court, their basketball team will definitely not be able to raise their heads in school.
So as soon as the second half started, the coach of their team dispatched the double insurance of the MVP small forward, tank power forward, and the offensive was ferocious.
It stands to reason that the Hwaseong University team should lose to Media University after losing a shooting guard (and the guard is also the team captain!). But for some reason, CCU's offense was repeatedly frustrated, and by the end of the third quarter, only three goals were scored, and the gap with Hwaseong University was narrow.
And the reason for all this is that Meng Yufan, who is extraordinarily active under the basket!
"That's right, Fanzi." Huang Xiaoke looked at Meng Yufan, who was sweating profusely beside him, and teased, "Tsk tsk tsk, it seems that you still have to rely on love for nourishment. You have performed exceptionally well today. I poured a few points."
Meng Yufan never thought he would say such a thing, and denied it: "I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense."
"Stop pretending." Huang Xiaoke bumped his shoulder and pointed in Yang Xiao's direction with a wink, "The flowers have been sent out, what about 'sister'? I don't think this is 'sister', but 'I often invite you to dinner' beautiful sister'."
Meng Yufan didn't understand, and asked blankly, "How do you know that she often invites me to dinner?"
"Hey, I'm talking about that Korean drama, "Pretty Sister Who Often Treats Me to Dinner", haven't you seen it? It's about sibling love!" Huang Xiaoke said, "In the first half, I saw that you were wrong, tsk tsk tsk , Fanzi, you are good enough. You dated a beautiful woman without saying a word. She is mature and hot! Although the cheerleader of our school is beautiful, compared to her, she is completely a little girl, not on the same level. …”
Huang Xiaoke wanted to continue talking, but at this moment, the faint voice of the martial arts coach sounded behind the two of them.
"Huang Xiaoke, Meng Yufan, I think you two have enough rest? Are you in the mood to discuss Korean dramas?" Coach Wu sneered, "If you two go down again, do I have to prepare brown sugar water for you during your next menstrual period? what?"
Meng Yufan: "… QAQ"
Coach Wu raised his foot and pressed a footprint on each of the two of them' butts: "If you have enough rest, get me on the court! There are ten minutes left in the game, so cheer me up!"
Don't watch a basketball game for only 40 minutes, but adding in the middle of substitutions, breaks, free throws, referees and other links will lengthen the entire process to about two hours
And the last ten minutes of the whole game were also the longest ten minutes.
Physical strength and energy are about to be exhausted. Every time he dribbles the ball, every time he jumps up for a dunk, every time he grabs a rebound, it is a great test of willpower.
In order to kill the enemy's physical strength, the players on both sides will use all kinds of methods to delay the time. In regular games, no one has a dirty hand, but they will deliberately guide the opposing players to foul, so that they can win free throws for their own team.
"sui—" The whistle sounded, and the person who committed the foul this time was actually Meng Yufan!
Just now, when the two sides were fighting for the basket, Meng Yufan swung his elbows too much and brushed the opponent's hair by the hair!
But Yang Xiao felt that it was the short player who got too close to defend and jumped too late, so he almost hit Meng Yufan's elbow...
With just such an action, the sharp-eyed referee immediately blew his whistle and gave Meng Yufan a foul.
I saw the referee raised his hands above his head, his right hand clenched his fist, and his left hand held his right wrist, making a somewhat strange posture.
After seeing this gesture, Coach Wu and Meng Yufan immediately chased after the referee. But the referee's whistle had already blown, and it was absolutely impossible to take it back. Meng Yufan's appeal was naturally ignored.
Yang Xiao knew little about the rules of basketball, but she could see that the form was not good when she saw Meng Yufan and the coach being so nervous.
"What's wrong?" Yang Xiao asked Liu's mother beside him, "I see that a few players on the court had taken a few fouls before, and the coach wasn't so nervous."
"Because this foul is different." Liu's mother was very worried, "the previous ones are 'technical fouls', the severity is equivalent to a yellow card in football, this is a 'violation of the body', equivalent to a red card, you said that coach Wu can Aren't you in a hurry?"
"Boulder foul?"
"To put it simply, technical fouls refer to fouls without physical contact, and violations of the rules are fouls with physical contact!" Liu's mother watched her son play basketball since she was a child, and these rules are memorized by heart, "Look, Fanzi just now. Obviously he didn't touch the person's body, only the hair, which should be a technical foul according to the regulations... But the referee ruled that he was a physical foul! This is an obvious 'home whistle'!"
The so-called home whistle, to be more naked, is to pull the sidelines.
The "violation of the body" is a serious situation, but it can't be repeated, and he will be sent off after eating twice!
Only then did Yang Xiao understand the seriousness of the situation.
After the game started again, Meng Yufan was obviously "safe" a lot. Small forward is the team's main scoring force, they have lost a shooting guard and can't lose him any more.
Therefore, when Meng Yufan was attacking with the ball a few times, when he saw the media players flank him, his movements were obviously stagnant. He either turned around to pass the ball to his teammates, or made hasty shots, and the entire offensive rhythm was disrupted.
Coach Wu was anxious and angry, and hurriedly replaced Meng Yufan.
"Coach, I..."
"What's the matter with you?" Coach Wu scolded his head and covered his face, "It's just a foul, and it scared you out of your head?! What about the rhythm, the state, what does it look like to be so timid!!... You can stay in the chair for me to be honest. Come on, think about how you should play, and don't play if you can't figure it out!"
Meng Yufan was scolded and couldn't raise his head, and sat on the sidelines with his head down.
To be honest, in other games, even if he took two fouls, he would not take it to heart. But in this game, Sister Xiaoxiao was watching him... If he really took another foul and was sent off, would she be very disappointed and look down on him
With that in mind, he secretly turned his head and glanced at the auditorium—ah! When did Sister Xiaoxiao rush to the first row again
The first row was already occupied by other players of the basketball team. Yang Xiao had nowhere to sit, so he simply stood on the steps next to him. She stood there in a big way, and if everyone wanted to see it, let them see it.
I saw the girl holding a rose in one hand and an ipad in the other, and fluorescent subtitles scrolled on the screen to form a sentence.
- "In addition to roses, I also want champions!"
She looked at him, her lips moved slightly, and she repeated the words over and over.
Isn't it a foul? Yang Xiao didn't want this foul to become an obstacle to Meng Yufan's progress. If he was tied up because he was worried about the foul, and even the offense was weakened, what's the point
…
On the big screen, there was only the last minute and a half left. Originally, sports can easily lead to conflicts. There have been several violent collisions between the players of the two sides. The referee is tired of blowing the whistle, and the number of fouls sent is unknown.
Coach Wu finally exercised his last substitution right and replaced Meng Yufan on the court.
"We are three points behind now." Coach Wu told him, "Keep the outside line, other players will create scoring opportunities for you and try to tie!"
The group stage is not a knockout stage, but a round-robin tournament, with 3 points for the winner, 0 points for the loser, and 1 point for a draw. In the last 90 seconds, people are tired and horses are exhausted, and it is an away game. The chance of turning a defeat into a victory is too slim, it is better to bet on a tie.
"...But coach, I don't want to tie." Meng Yufan threw down the towel and stepped onto the court, "I want to win."