Chapter 65: Are You Afraid of Losing?
“Excuse me, for fairness, boys never play basketball with girls!” The school team captain, Tong Wei, arrogantly refused Xia Chenge, “If you want to play, find a girl!”
“Are you afraid of losing to a girl?” Xia Chenge stared at him.
The surrounding team members burst into laughter upon hearing this:
“Did you hear that? It’s the first time someone has dared to challenge our school team captain.”
“And it’s a girl, hahaha!”
“Boss, why don’t you just teach her a lesson and let her know what’s what.”
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Xia Chenge listened to these words, which clearly looked down on her, and wasn’t angry at all. “The reason men and women are not equal now is because you regard girls as the weaker sex, and that they are inferior to boys in everything.”
“Actually, you’re afraid, afraid of being surpassed by girls and losing face, aren’t you?”
Tong Wei snorted, “Think whatever you want, I won’t play with you anyway. As I said, go find a girl if you want to play. I wouldn’t deign to bully someone who knows nothing.”
Those girls also spoke up again, driving Xia Chenge away:
“Xia Chenge, please do us a favor and leave the basketball court quickly. Don’t hinder their training, okay?”
“They’ve already made their stance clear that they don’t want to play with you, why are you still pestering them?”
“You’re really going all out just to get attention!”
“Tong Wei, are you afraid of losing to me?” Xia Chenge ignored the girls and continued to stare directly at Tong Wei. “Otherwise, why don’t you dare to accept my challenge? If I lose, it’s because I overestimated myself. What harm would it do to you? Everyone will see that I was the one who initiated the challenge.”
“Boss, if you keep backing down, it’s going to be too much!”
“She’s come to challenge us, we can’t let her have her way.”
“Xia Chenge, I respect you as a brave person for daring to challenge our captain.”
The team members egged her on.
Tong Wei’s gaze deepened, his handsome face darkening.
“Don’t you dare?” Xia Chenge provocatively snatched the basketball from his hand, dribbled past Tong Wei, and with a gentle shot from outside the three-point line, it fell perfectly into the basket, bounced a few times on the ground, and rolled out of bounds.
This scene silenced everyone on the court. They couldn’t believe Xia Chenge had so easily made a three-pointer. Moreover, judging by her dribbling, she wasn’t very skilled. Was it just luck?
“How about it, do you dare?” Xia Chenge turned back, her delicate little face filled with confidence, her eyes shining.
In that instant, Tong Wei felt a stir in his heart, momentarily lost in thought.
He only snapped back to reality when a teammate nudged him.
“If you want to play basketball, how about I play with you?” Just then, a voice cut through the air, and Meng Yufei’s tall figure emerged from under the trees beside the basketball court. “It’s just a game, no need to take it so seriously.”
The second sentence was directed at Tong Wei.
The girls in the audience seats gasped and covered their mouths in excitement upon seeing Meng Yufei.
Xia Chenge frowned slightly. Why was this guy here again!
“I never bully girls,” Tong Wei said proudly. “No matter how well she plays basketball, I won’t compete with her.”
Meng Yufei walked up to Xia Chenge with a smile, “Captain Tong doesn’t want to play with you, so how about I play with you?”
“Why not add me too.” At the same time, Li Yuming’s cold and indifferent voice rang out, and she also emerged from under the trees.
Xia Chenge’s frown deepened. What was going on? She just wanted to play some basketball, did they all need to get involved?
“Are you two against one really heroic?” Ling Hanmu suddenly appeared, leaning on the fence on the other side of the basketball court, a blade of grass dangling carelessly from his mouth. He looked like a hooligan, not at all like a noble young master.
“How about this, this Young Master teams up with Little Brother, and you guys form another team. Then we’ll pick three more and have a match?” Ling Hanmu climbed over the fence, leaped down, and swaggered over.
“Meng Yufei, do you dare?” He walked up to Meng Yufei, his eyes still smiling, but with a hint of a threat.
Meng Yufei chuckled, “Others might be afraid of you, Young Master Ling, but I’m not. Bring it on, who’s afraid of whom!”
“I want to be on Ling Hanmu’s team,” Li Yuming said coldly.
Ling Hanmu raised an eyebrow. “Sorry, this Young Master always picks people, people don’t pick this Young Master! You should just team up with your ex, maybe you can even beat him up.”
Ling Hanmu deliberately emphasized the word ‘ex,’ making Meng Yufei grind his teeth in anger.
Xia Chenge had a headache. She should have checked the almanac before leaving home today!
She just wanted to try something new, and now trouble was coming to her doorstep.
The jealous gazes from the girls in the audience seats were almost piercing her; they looked like they wished they could play in her place.
“Don’t worry, with this Young Master here, you definitely won’t lose,” Ling Hanmu leaned in front of Xia Chenge and confidently assured her.
Xia Chenge raised an eyebrow, as if she would definitely lose without him!
The girls, hearing Ling Hanmu’s words, exchanged indignant whispers.
“Why did Young Master Ling choose Xia Chenge? I don’t want Young Master Ling to lose.”
“What is Young Master Ling thinking, bringing along a dead weight like Xia Chenge? I’m so angry, it feels like my male god is being tainted by Xia Chenge.”
“I hope Xia Chenge has some self-awareness and doesn’t drag others down!”
Tong Wei frowned. “Does Young Master Ling have to play like this?”
“You don’t dare?” Ling Hanmu retorted.
“Losing wouldn’t look good!”
“So what if we lose? This Young Master doesn’t care about winning or losing, as long as Little Brother is happy.”
Everyone: “……”
Young Master Ling, are you really not seeing properly by protecting Xia Chenge like this?
“If we’re not starting, I’m leaving!” Xia Chenge found their endless chatter annoying.
So Ling Hanmu casually grabbed three strong guys from the school team and threatened them menacingly, “If I find out you’re holding back, you’re finished!”
Although the three team members feared Ling Hanmu, they also came to resent Xia Chenge because of this.
Meng Yufei, on the other hand, directly pulled Tong Wei over and selected two other skilled players, with the vice-captain acting as referee.
Everyone looked at Ling Hanmu with pity, thinking he had chosen Xia Chenge to embarrass himself. They eagerly awaited Ling Hanmu’s team to lose and for Xia Chenge to become a laughingstock!
After all, how could someone who wasn’t even skilled at dribbling compete with long-trained basketball players in a short time? Even if Ling Hanmu was a great player, it would be difficult to win against the combined efforts of Meng Yufei and Tong Wei!
Xia Chenge’s side was the red team, and Meng Yufei’s side was the blue team.
As people watching the spectacle had promoted the match in their class group chat, everyone who hadn’t gone home yet rushed to watch, and the basketball court quickly became crowded.
With everyone not optimistic, the game began with the sound of a whistle.
Less than two minutes into the game, those who had mocked Xia Chenge widened their eyes in disbelief as Xia Chenge skillfully dribbled past Tong Wei and Meng Yufei’s defense, sinking a shot from beyond the three-point line to score the first point of the match.
