Parallel Lines of Rebirth

Chapter 34: Lightly ecstatic

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After two or three days, Ning Xiaoning was amazed by Wen Liang's performance. His decisiveness in stealing the ball, his accuracy in shooting, his swiftness in advancing, and his thoroughness in defense all improved by leaps and bounds. His body coordination was very good, and his flexibility was the best among anyone Ning Xiaoning had ever seen, not to mention his physical fitness. Ning Xiaoning was accidentally bumped on the shoulder by him, and it has been two days and she still feels a dull pain.

During the training, the glass door of the basketball hall was pushed open, and four tall boys walked in. One of them, a guy with a face full of flesh, cursed as he walked in, "I want to see who is so blind that he dares to occupy the training ground of the physical education department!" When he saw the faces of the two girls clearly, his eyes lit up and he immediately put on a self-proclaimed handsome smile on his face, "Haha, I thought, it turns out that it is beautiful ladies who have come to visit. We should give up this place, we should give up this place."

This guy has poor eyesight. He only noticed Wen Liang next to him after he finished speaking. They all came from basketball backgrounds. Just by looking at their positions, they knew that this dark-skinned boy had a special relationship with the two beauties. His face changed again, and he said in a threatening manner, "Which department are you from? The basketball hall has been requisitioned by our physical education department recently. Outsiders are not allowed to come in. Get out!"

The rapid change of faces fully illustrates a truth: in this era, single beauties are more attractive than married young women. But in later generations, the gap between single and married people is no longer so obvious, and their respective audiences are very large.

Ning Xiaoning and Xu Yao drank water, wiped their sweat, and didn't even stand up. Wen Liang smiled bitterly and could only come out to act as a firewall: "We are freshmen in the Foreign Languages Department. We saw the door was open so we came in to play for a while. Brother, don't get me wrong, we really didn't know this was from your Sports Department..."

The two women behind him snorted heavily.

When the muscular man saw Wen Liang surrender, the disdain on his face was obvious from afar. A wretched-looking guy behind him laughed in a low voice, "MB, you wimp. Beautiful women are blind these days." He deliberately disgusted Wen Liang and pretended to lower his voice, but the sound was just loud enough for Wen Liang and the two women to hear.

The muscular man wanted to wave them away, but after hearing what the wretched man said and seeing the two beauties glaring at the weak boy, they were obviously dissatisfied. He suddenly changed his mind: "So you are my freshman classmates. I was wondering why these two beauties look unfamiliar. It seems that this is the first time we have met. Actually, this is easy to deal with. The venue is so big, and a few more of you won't make a difference. But..." After speaking, he glanced at the two girls on the ground and immediately said: "If these two female classmates can accompany us to karaoke, everything will be easy."

Karaoke had just become popular in Qingzhou. Not to mention professional indoor venues, even the streets and alleys were crowded with large groups of men and women at night. Holding broken microphones, they sang along with the MTV beauties in swimsuits on TV. It soon became as famous as dance halls and bars, and was known as one of the three holy places for picking up girls.

Ning Xiaoning stood up suddenly, and immediately exposed her two long legs as smooth as jade under her shorts to everyone. The fat man was dumbfounded and swallowed hard. They were used to flirting in school, and it was an instinctive reaction to flirt with beautiful women, not that they really wanted to do anything. The quality of college students in this era is generally okay, but the four fat men were admitted to the Normal College with their sports expertise. The academic performance directly determines their personal cultivation. Especially since they have never met top-notch girls like Ning Xiaoning and Xu Yao, the blood rushed to their heads and they didn't care. In addition, they were shy about bullying freshmen, so they spoke without scruples. He stared at Ning Xiaoning and said, "Beauty, as long as you are willing to sing a song with us once, no one in this Normal College will dare to mess with you in the future." He pointed at Wen Liang and mocked, "You gave in when you saw us. Wherever you follow him, you won't be bullied?"

This time even Xu Yao stood up. Ning Xiaoning turned a deaf ear to him and just glanced at Wen Liang coldly. She took a step forward and was about to attack. She was born in a military family and was really not afraid of anything. Wen Liang's lazy voice came from behind: "I suddenly feel that the air quality here has become very bad since you came in!"

Ning Xiaoning knew Wen Liang's skills, so she snorted, loosened her fist, and stood still quietly.

Wen Liang wanted to trick this group of people away. Safety is the first priority in other people's territory. Unexpectedly, this hottie, as a college student, spoke so tactlessly. He was furious, but walked over with a smile on his face. Xu Yao stood aside, waving her little hand and fanning her nose a few times, wrinkling her cute little nose and said, "It's not just bad, it's stinky!"

Wen Liang secretly praised him for his supporting role, saying, "Brother, you should just go back to where you came from. Our Foreign Languages Department has requisitioned this place."

The fat man was still immersed in the amazement of the moment and didn't react. The other three people who had been staring at the two women behind them couldn't help but point at Wen Liang and start scolding him.

"Fuck you, you new guy dare to talk to me like that? Do you believe I'll let you practice handstand naked in the dormitory tonight?"

"Are you kidding us? Boy, let us open your eyes today. Look how we beat you up so hard that your mother won't recognize you!"

"Why are you talking nonsense? Just give your mouth a slap and he'll be quiet."

The fat man's face turned pale. The people in the sports department were always domineering. It had been a long time since anyone in the teachers' college dared to talk to him like this. He walked a few steps forward, pointed at Wen Liang and cursed: "Who do you think you are? I'm talking to a beautiful woman, and you dare to respond to her?" He grabbed Wen Liang's collar with one hand and punched him in the face with the other hand. This was a swift and fierce blow. If he was hit, he would not only be disfigured, but at least have a nosebleed for a long time.

Impulse is the devil!

Xu Yao and Ning Xiaoning looked at each other and saw that the other was uneasy. Although Wen Liang was quite skilled, the four men on the opposite side were tall and strong. The people from the sports department were all fighting for a living, so they might suffer a loss. Ning Xiaoning stomped her feet and was about to rush over to help, but Xu Yao grabbed her, but her eyes were fixed on the field: "I know him, he definitely doesn't want us to take risks at this time, it's okay, I believe him!"

Ning Xiaoning looked at the determination and trust in Xu Yao's eyes, and a string seemed to be touched in her cold heart. She turned her head to look at the dark-skinned ordinary boy and whispered, "Be careful!"

Wen Liang cried out, and dodged backwards in a panic, just avoiding the punch. He grabbed his wrist and gently pulled it forward. The fat man felt a strong force coming from his arm, and his body fell forward involuntarily. Wen Liang bent his knees at some point, just in the path of his pounce.

"Bang!"

The collision of the knee and the stomach actually made a sound like a hammer hitting a muffled drum. The fat man opened his eyes wide, covered his stomach with his hands, opened his mouth wide, and shouted silently. The extremely distorted expression on his face was unbearable to watch. But all this was nothing compared to the shock and grievance in his heart. This useless man who had given in from the beginning, a guy he didn't even need to look at, was so powerful? The strength coming from his arms couldn't lie. It was the kind of overwhelming strength that didn't even require him to struggle!

Wen Liang slowly pulled back his knees, and the fat man fell to the ground. He clapped his hands and smiled at the other three stunned guys: "I'm not a big deal, but I just happen to be the guardian of these two beauties..."

"Pooh!"

The two women spat at him at the same time, one smiled happily, the other remained cold, but both felt relieved.

The wretched man who answered the call winked at the other two, and the three of them shouted angrily and rushed over together. Wen Liang punched and kicked him, knocking him down neatly, then deliberately pulled the wretched man in front of Ning Xiaoning and said with a smile: "He was rude first, so you can retaliate and vent your anger."

Ning Xiaoning said coldly: "Don't dirty my hands."

"No, actually what this person said makes a lot of sense."

Ning Xiaoning remained silent, but Xu Yao, who was playing the supporting role, was very tactful: "What sentence?"

"You're such a bad mouth. You'll behave yourself if I slap you in the face." A fierce look flashed in Wen Liang's eyes, and he suddenly slapped him hard.

“Bang!”

In an instant, five blood-red fingerprints appeared on the wretched man's face, and the side of his face was swollen, but he dared not resist anymore.

Wen Liang kicked the four men on their buttocks one by one and told them to get lost. The four men got up and limped out. When they reached the door, the fat man turned around and said viciously, "Wait, you bastard, don't run away if you dare!"

Wen Liang pretended to chase them, and the four of them disappeared in a flash. Xu Yao didn't take it seriously. She had been practicing boxing since she was a child, and the fights she had had were more than Wen Liang could ever have in his two lifetimes. She picked up the ball and started playing with it. Ning Xiaoning suddenly stood in front of Wen Liang, her pretty face flushed, and she said coldly, "Thank you!"

She knew that Wen Liang was not the kind of person who liked to stir up trouble, but he could fight for her and even took her feelings into consideration by slapping that person in the face. This kind of concern was something she had never felt before except for Xu Yao.

Wen Liang smiled slightly, and the ordinary boy actually looked a little brighter: "You're welcome!"

Xu Yao and Ning Xiaoning sat on the ground next to him and drank water. Wen Liang was practicing spot shooting alone. Serious people are the most attractive. The 16-year-old boy performed the movements meticulously. Water drops flowed down his cheeks from his short black hair from time to time. As the boy jumped, they dripped onto the floor with a clacking sound. Xu Yao touched Ning Xiaoning and chuckled, "What are you looking at, Ningning? Do you also think this guy is a little different now?"

Ning Xiaoning nodded and suddenly said, "Yaoyao, tell me what happened after you met. I didn't listen much before." Xu Yao had already told Ning Xiaoning about everything that happened after she met Wen Liang, but Wen Liang at that time was a completely imaginary existence, and Ning Xiaoning didn't care too much. She just investigated Wen Liang with a sense of responsibility to Xu Yao, and then the subsequent temptation incident happened.

Xu Yao stared at Wen Liang's back with a faint smile on her face, and said, "That day I went to Yard No. 7 to look for Aunt Yun, and I happened to see a silly boy jumping around in the hot sun..."

Xu Yao's voice was soft and sweet, as if she was reminiscing about something or talking in a sleep. When she talked about the jewelry store robbery incident, there was fear in her eyes. When she talked about playing by the reservoir, her cheeks were slightly flushed with shame. That day, the two of them let go of the handlebars and drove down from the top of the mountain into the wind, like two streams of light engraved in this colorful season, never to be erased.

Ning Xiaoning looked at the simple Xu Yao, and suddenly felt melancholy in her heart. Then she thought of the Gu family's shameless attempt to put Gu Wenyuan in Class 7, and her elders seemed to be happy to see it happen, which made her even more upset. In the eyes of most people, Gu Wenyuan was handsome, tall, and graceful in his speech and actions. He rarely had the usual dandy style. Although his grades in school were not very good, they were also acceptable. Such a person could be loved by friends and elders.

Compared with him, Wen Liang is, as the old saying goes, simply scum!

Ning Xiaoning didn't really know what dirty things Gu Wenyuan did in private, she just heard about it from others, but that didn't stop her from disliking Gu Wenyuan. There was no reason for this, women, oh no, little girls actually believed in intuition, every time she saw Gu Wenyuan's gentle smile and handsome face, she couldn't help but want to spit fiercely.

But Wen Liang gave her a different feeling. When they first met, Wen Liang offended Ning Xiaoning in order to flatter Xu Yao, so when they met for the second time in the restaurant, Ning Xiaoning taught him a lesson in her own way. When they forced him to leave Xu Yao for the third time, the disdain in Wen Liang's eyes, the sarcasm at the corner of his mouth, and the scolding made Ning Xiaoning spit blood. However, after thinking about it, she found that Wen Liang's words were neither humble nor arrogant, and every word made sense, especially the sentence "My intentions may be cheap, but a municipal party secretary is still not worth it!" It was even more powerful and proud.

Ning Xiaoning suddenly realized that Wen Liang was more than just a little different. He was completely different from his peers. He could fight with the gangsters to save a small employee, or he could sneer and say some weird things that made people vomit blood. He could protect Xu Yao and face death calmly, but he would also turn around and leave resolutely because of being misunderstood. He was sometimes talkative and playful, and sometimes he was open and daring. Such a boy might not be comparable to Gu Wenyuan in terms of family background, appearance, and future, but it is undeniable that he is more real and more interesting than Gu Wenyuan.

"Comrade Coach, I'm asking you a question. Why are you just daydreaming?"

Ning Xiaoning hummed and looked up, only to find that Wen Liang had stood in front of her without her knowing when, bending over to look at her. The strong masculine scent on his body was overwhelming. From this angle, he had clear black eyes, a straight nose, dark eyebrows but not strong, and the edges of his face were a little softer and less stern. His hair was wet from exercise, and a few drops of sweat were almost imprinted on the tip of her nose. Ning Xiaoning blushed, which was rare. She leaned back, barely avoiding the falling water drops, and said angrily, "Why are you getting so close? If you squeeze me again, I'll kick you to death..."

Wen Liang was stunned. The tone of these words sounded so much like Xu Yao. He looked at Xu Yao, and they both burst out laughing at the same time.

Ning Xiaoning also noticed the subtle change in her mentality, and she burst out laughing as if she remembered something. After knowing each other for so long, this was the first time Wen Liang saw her smile: light anger, full of charm, and charming smile, faintly charming.

(4000-word chapter, today it’s over 7000 words. I feel sorry for those who voted for 7 12000 updates yesterday. We have tried hard, but the distance between ideal and reality is so far…) (To be continued)