After she finished applying them all, she breathed a sigh of relief, then looked up at me and said, "Okay, try it with your hand and see if it hurts."
I nodded gently, then moved my right hand that was covered with Band-Aids. To be honest, after her careful care of this injured hand, I even felt that it was better than before the injury, because when she was putting the Band-Aids on me, she carefully avoided every joint that needed to move. Every time I clenched this hand that was covered with Band-Aids, I felt as if there was a kind of power flowing from my hand into my heart. I didn't know what else in the world could defeat this power, but I smiled, and with the hand that carried this power, I gently pulled her hand, and went downstairs to the basketball court.
It was almost dark when we arrived at the basketball court, so there were only a few people who were practicing shooting after dinner. Lin Yi stood beside me and asked me curiously, "Can you play basketball?" I was very unconvinced and said, "Why can't I? Haven't you seen me playing basketball in physical education class before?" Unexpectedly, Lin Yi just shook her head and said confusedly, "I haven't noticed it before."
I felt a little deflated when I heard that, but I didn't explain it to her in detail. After all, when I played basketball in physical education class before, I just stood on the sidelines to serve the ball and then ran around with others. Basically no one passed the ball to me and I couldn't grab the rebounds, so it was normal that she didn't notice me.
She and I sat together on the sidelines of the basketball court, and then I took out my cell phone to call Zhang Tong and asked them to come over quickly. But after I finished the call, I found Lin Yi sitting next to me with a conflicted expression on her face, as if she was having some intense psychological struggle in her heart, and she clenched one hand into a small fist. I thought her expression was particularly interesting, so I asked her what she was thinking about
She sighed softly and frowned and said to me, "I want to watch you play basketball, but I was studying those math problems last night and I haven't memorized many words yet. I don't know what to do!" I smiled and said, "Go back and study quickly. I'm just practicing. Besides, it's dark now and you can't see clearly. It would be great if you can come and watch me during the day when you have nothing to do!"
But Lin Yi still looked unhappy and said, "But I want to watch you play basketball. I never paid attention to you before. Now it's the first time you are trying so hard to do something. I want to cheer you on from below."
After listening to Lin Yi's words, my nose felt sore and I almost cried, because when you know that you are not alone no matter what difficulties you encounter, that is when you are happiest. I suddenly reached out and hugged Lin Yi who was sitting next to me tightly, and then whispered in her ear, don't worry, you won't miss it, and this is not the first time I have tried hard to do something. The first thing I tried hard was to chase you to be my girlfriend. I succeeded in that thing, and the same is true for this one. And I want to work hard with you. I'm here, you go back to the classroom and memorize your words well. And I haven't forgotten our agreement on the midterm exam. After I finish this game with Gao Yang, I will go back to study hard, and don't forget to give me the reward!
I let go of her, and she frowned and looked at me and said, "You are so naughty!" I smiled and said, "Yeah!" But Lin Yi still stood up and smiled at me and said, "Okay, I will go back and memorize the words well. You should also practice well. I have to memorize 50 words tonight. How many shots do you want to practice?"
I looked at her serious expression and didn't know how to answer her for a moment, because I couldn't just say that even if I throw a hundred times and only ten go in, it would be good enough. So I clenched my hand and told her, I will try my best!
Lin Yi was also amused by what I said. I wanted to send her back, but she told me that it was not necessary. Then she waved to me and ran back to the teaching building by herself. Looking at her back as she walked away, I just kept saying in my heart, "Come on."
Not long after Lin Yi left, Zhang Tong and a few others came over. I saw that Zhang Tong came with not only Dayao, but also Lao Qian from their dormitory. Although Lao Qian was not as tall as Dayao, he was strong enough. His personality was a little bit simple, but he was an invincible arm wrestler in their dormitory. So I was very satisfied with the last person Zhang Tong found. In addition, I had forgotten to bring a basketball. Fortunately, Zhang Tong and the others brought a ball.
The three of them came towards me after seeing me. Zhang Tong was a little puzzled when he saw me alone, asking me why I was alone, shouldn't that girl be there? I scratched my head and said that they probably hadn't finished their meal yet. I took out my phone and prepared to call the two of them to urge them. After my call was over, Ai Yi waited for a long time before answering my call. She even asked me what I was doing.
This really pissed me off so much that I almost vomited my rice. I suppressed my anger and said, "Second Aunt, didn't you say that I would call everyone to the basketball court tonight and then you would train us?" Ai Yi said, "Well, you guys shoot some basketballs first. My sister and I are changing clothes in the dormitory!"
Then I heard Zhang Nuan shouting, "Hey, Xiaoyi, try this dress!" I hung up the phone with a dark face, thinking that it was really not easy to do something with a girl. There was no way, because we needed her. When I thought of this, I told the guys, "Let's practice first. They are changing clothes in the dormitory and will come over soon!"
Zhang Tong didn't say anything after hearing this, but Yao Ming was immediately dissatisfied and slammed the ball into the backboard, saying, "Hey, Xiao Shanzi, was it you or she who decided to gather here after dinner? Didn't she want to practice with us? Why didn't she come on time? What does that mean?"
I waved at him, picked up the basketball on the ground, threw it and said, damn, isn't that what all girls do? Are you still a girl if I don't let you wait a while
Dayao was still a little unconvinced and said, "Fuck, who are you changing clothes for these few games at night? If she doesn't come, we will go to play the dungeon. We didn't pass the dungeon last night!" When I heard Dayao say this, I knew he was not very enthusiastic about this basketball game, so I asked him, "Are you going to play the dungeon to beat Gao Yang?"
However, Dayao sat down on the ground lazily and said, "Brother Dashan, you really don't play basketball normally, so you don't know how weird those basketball players in our school are. I have played with them before, okay? Let alone grabbing rebounds, even if they dunked over my head, I could only watch it, okay? It was useless even if I was in a fucking blocking position, they would fly directly over me!"
I was particularly upset when I heard Dayao say this, because I also know how strong the opponent is. But we haven't even started practicing yet, and Dayao said this. Doesn't it make us lose all desire to practice? I told him, that's why we need to practice. Didn't you see how Gao Yang was abused at noon
Dayao stood up and muttered softly, "Those people have the skills, but the rest of us can only dream about achieving that level in just a dozen days!"
Dayao said as he stood on the sidelines to smoke. Old Qian stood there watching Zhang Tong shoot. Zhang Tong was so stiff that he stood there like a robot shooting. He was quite powerful and knocked the backboard every time. But it was just a knock. He shot more than ten times but none of them went in. I could only sigh and wait for Ai Yi to come so that these people could unite.
Finally, the two big sisters came. Zhang Nuan wore the Pikachu clothes that I saw her in for the first time, and Ai Yi changed into the panda clothes that Zhang Nuan wore. But with Ai Yi's smoky makeup, it was really amazing. I can only say that this clothes made Ai Yi look very unique. But this panda did not look friendly at all. Although it was beautiful, it was extremely dangerous.
As soon as I saw them coming, I ran over and said to them, "I've been waiting for you. What took you so long?" But when I ran to them, Zhang Nuan, who had just looked at me excitedly, suddenly froze there. Her expression froze, and her big eyes were fixed on my hand covered with bandages.