Chapter 122 I Have Someone I Like Now

  "Sit down! Have a little drink!" Xie Wanjun, wearing a T-shirt and shorts, said to Hao Renshun with a smile, then picked up a bottle of beer from the corner of the wall, popped it open, "Yu Jia have some too."

  "Uh-huh. Just a little." Xie Yu Jia picked up a cup and said softly.

  Xie Wanjun didn't force his sister either, he just poured her a shallow layer, then picked up two empty cups and filled them to the brim.

  Seeing Xie Wanjun's enthusiasm and being Xie Yuja's brother, Hao Ren couldn't bear to refuse, so he picked up a cup and took a sip.

  "After some things happened in front of me, I've figured everything out now." Xie Wanjun raised his wine glass. "For the misunderstandings before, let me apologize first!"

  Hao Ren picked up his wine glass and clinked it against his, "It's nothing, actually just small matters."

  "Hmm, that's what I think," Xie Wanjun directly got to the point. "Those idiots on the basketball team often cause trouble. So for this match against Jinghua, I don't plan on letting them play. Expelling them is also a way of teaching them a lesson."

  Hao Ren felt there was more to it and waited for him to continue.

  As expected, Xie Wanjun continued to say, "However, these kids have no special talents other than basketball. If they are not allowed to play basketball, it's equivalent to cutting off their livelihood. So, after the match between Donghai and Jinghua is over, I plan to call them back again. What's your opinion?"

  Hao Ren didn't speak up immediately. Xie Wanjun continued, "They have guaranteed me that they will cut off their relationship with Huang Xu's despicable gang and focus on playing basketball from now on, without interfering in other matters."

  Xie Wanjun was so sincere that Hao Ren ate his dishes and drank his wine, feeling embarrassed to make any further excuses, and could only say, "Since it's like this, let's just call him back then."

  "But," Hao Zong said immediately after. "Zhao Jiaxin is going to be the main force, this position cannot be changed."

  "Zhao Jiaxin's performance is not bad, but whether he can become the main force depends on next week's game." Xie Wanjun took a sip of wine, "You also know that his shortcoming is his height. But height is not necessarily a defect, if he can turn it into an advantage, he can still be the core of the team. If he can show excellent leadership consciousness, then giving him the captain position of this basketball team is also possible."

  Xie Wanjun's words were undoubtedly a reassurance to Hao Ren. With these promises, Hao Ren felt that his trip today was not in vain.

  Xie Yu Jia listened to them discussing basketball, and she sipped her beer on the side. Soon, her tender white face flew up with two drunken red clouds.

  Xie Wanjun was eating and drinking while talking about some basketball matters. Suddenly, the topic shifted, "Then it's about Yu Jia's affairs."

  He looked at Hao Ren, "You pursuing Yu Jia, I'm not opposed to it, but there are a few things, I want to tell you first,"

  Xie Yu Jia, who was savoring the beer and eating slowly, suddenly looked up in shock. Then hurriedly interrupted Xie Wan Jun's words, "Brother! What are you talking nonsense about!"

  "I didn't say anything!" Xie Wanjun pretended to be innocent and looked at Xie Yuja.

  "You, you haven't said anything yet!" Xie Yu Jia bit her lip and puffed out her cheeks.

  "Hey, you yourself told me that there's a guy named Hao Ren in our class who's pretty good." Xie Wanjun said on purpose.

  Xie Yu Jia's face suddenly turned red like a ripe apple. She glared at Xie Wan Jun, then turned to Hao Ren, "Don't listen to his nonsense."

  However, her excuse has a more suspicious meaning.

  Xie Wanjun continued, "Have you forgotten about what happened before?"

  "Brother! You're going too far!" Xie Yu Jia suddenly stood up, pulling Hao Ren away from his seat, and ran to the door, opening the anti-theft door and rushing out.

  "Yu Jia." Xie Wanjun shouted from inside the house.

  "You drink alone then." Xie Yu Jia pulled Hao Ren towards the stairs and slammed the anti-theft door shut.

  Hao Ren did not expect things to turn out this way and also did not anticipate that Xie Yu Jia would really lose her temper.

  As she walked out of the building, Xie Yu Jia's mood slightly calmed down. She turned around and asked Hao Ren, "You didn't bring anything, did you?"

  "No." Hao Ren shook his head and looked up at the building again, "Is this okay?"

  "He's had too much to drink, don't mind him!" Xie Yu Jia said angrily.

  Then, Xie Yu Jia looked up at the sky, "It's getting late, you should head home early, I'll send you to the train station."

  "Good," Hao Ren nodded.

  Xie Yu Jia took him, towards the brilliant sunset. Walking out of this old and worn-out district, heading to the outside train station.

  Xie Yu Jia walked and suddenly said, "What my brother said today, don't take it to heart. You and I are classmates, and recently we've become very good friends, he's just thinking too much. And since I've been with my brother for a long time, sometimes I'm a bit rough around the edges, so don't misunderstand."

  "Uh-huh. I know." Hao Ren looked down at his shoe tips as he walked and replied.

  "Actually, I already have someone I like." Xie Yu Jia thought for a moment before suddenly saying.

  Hao Ren's footsteps faltered for a moment. Actually, I already have someone I like. This sentence struck his heart with a "thud".

  But it can only be considered as unrequited love.

  "You won't laugh at me, will you?" Xie Yu Jia asked.

  "Hehe, the person the class monitor likes must be excellent, right?" Hao Ren asked.

  "Hmm. He's no longer in Donghai City, but I believe he'll be back someday." Xie Yu Jia said.

  Xie Yu Jia had been studying so hard, was actually because of that man in her heart ????????? The topic came to an abrupt end, Hao Ren didn't ask again and Xie Yu Jia also didn't say anything else.

  Arriving at the station, Xie Yu Jia sent Hao Ren onto the bus and waved goodbye before turning to leave. Sitting on the bus, Hao Ren looked at Xie Yu Jia's solitary figure in the sunset and suddenly felt a pang of sadness.

  Xie Yu Jia was waiting for that boy, so before senior year, she studied hard and didn't look for romance.

  The car started slowly, and Hao Ren leaned against the window weakly, unknowingly entering a dreamland.

  He went back home to the seaside, entered his room and fell asleep immediately. The following weekend, he spent money to have a simple basketball hoop installed in the backyard, practicing desperately.

  "Is Ah Ren alright? He's been playing ball frantically for the past two days." The grandmother, looking out of the window from her second-floor room, asked Yueyang with concern.

  "It's okay, there's a basketball game next week, so he's been practicing that hard." Yuyang smiled and replied.

  "I didn't know our Ah Ren could play basketball too." Grandma smiled happily, "Can I go watch the basketball game next week?"

  "Mom, you don't understand basketball again."

  "Who says I don't understand? When Ah Ren scores a goal, I can still make sense of it!" Grandma said stubbornly.

  "Alright, alright, I'll take you with me next week." Yueyang had no choice but to nod in agreement.

  Grandma is the elder of the family, who dares to go against her wishes?

  Before he knew it, Monday arrived and Hao Ren brought a big bag of snacks prepared by his grandmother to school with Yueyang driving him there.

  "Ah Ren, isn't the match this Thursday night?" Yue Yang asked while driving slowly.

  "Hmm, starting at 7 o'clock in the evening, are you really coming?" Hao Ren asked.

  "Not only am I coming, but Grandma is also coming. Also, I called your dad yesterday and gave him a death order. So he will come back early this time to watch you play basketball with us," said Yueyang.

  Hao Ren thought to himself, "I'm not even the main player on the basketball team, and yet my whole family is coming to watch me play. It's too much fuss." However, his grandmother didn't understand basketball at all, but she still came to watch him play. This match was going to be even more intense.

  "Are you going to Ah Zi's house for tutoring tonight?" Yu Yang suddenly asked again.

  "Yes, what's wrong?"

  "It's nothing, just grandma wants to see Zi Yan, hoping you can invite them over for dinner," said Yue Yang.

  "Alright, I'll try my best." Hao Ren nodded.

  Hao Ren knew that his grandmother had always wanted a beautiful granddaughter, and Ah Zi's appearance just happened to meet her psychological expectations.

  As for grandma's even greater expectation... it really is...

  It was only six o'clock when they arrived at school, and Yueyang could still make it back to work. Meanwhile, Hao Ren carried a large bag of snacks and walked into the southern dormitory area outside the campus, heading towards Building 7.

  "Zi zi", "zi zi" - The mobile phone in his pocket suddenly started vibrating.

  "So early in the morning" Hao Ren took out his mobile phone and saw that it was his father's phone number.

  "Hello." Hao Ren answered the phone, thinking to himself that he wasn't in the US for a meeting, so why was he suddenly calling. But considering the time difference, it should be evening in the US now.

  "Ah Ren!" Hao Zhonghua's voice was full of excitement. Based on Hao Ren's experience, this kind of excitement only appeared when he broke through a difficult scientific research problem.

  "You know who I met today!" Hao Zhonghua asked excitedly over the phone.

  "Who is it?" Hao Ren asked lazily.

  "Radish's dad! Do you still remember little Radish?" Hao Zhonghua was still extremely excited.

  "Oh, it's him?" Hao Ren raised his interest, "How is Uncle now?"

  "He has a factory in the United States and is usually busy, but he earns around several million US dollars a year, so his life is not bad," said Hao Zhonghua.

  "How's Xiao Luohua doing? Should be studying in the US by now, right?" Hao Ren asked. In his heart, he was slightly excited too, after all, it was a little girl who had played with him since childhood, although the impression was vague, but there were still some feelings.

  Almost at the same age now, she has also grown from a little girl to a big girl. I don't know if she is still as beautiful as when she was young. Is she still as delicate and loves to cry like when she was young?

  "I was just about to tell you that!" Hao Zhonghua continued excitedly, "It turns out Xiao Luobo is still in the country and also studying at Donghai University!"

  "Huh?" Hao Ren was surprised for a moment. "Xiao Luobo" hadn't gone abroad and was even an alumnus of his school.

  "It's like this, after Xiao Luobo went abroad, his parents thought the American education system was too lax and that the foundation of domestic education was better, so they sent him back to study in China. Forget it, forget it, since you're all at Donghai University, you have time to go find Xiao Luobo."

  "What's her name?" Hao Ren asked excitedly.

  Since he was young, he only remembered Xiao Luo Bo's nickname but never her real name. And previously, Hao Zhonghua had also gotten used to calling her "Xiao Luo Bo" and didn't know her real name either.

  After being apart for many years, I'm a little excited just thinking about the reunion. I wonder what this little radish looks like now...

  "Her name is Xie Yu Jia." Hao Zhonghua said over the phone from across the ocean.