Chapter Twenty-Five: The Basketball Match Begins

  Three days passed quietly.

  Apart from Lin Hui's own inner changes, the incident that day did not have any impact on him. Lin Hui knew this was definitely due to the efforts of Mrs. Zhao; otherwise, the police would have come to talk to him long ago.

  As usual, Chen Yanxin still comes to 'disturb' Lin Hui at irregular times every day, and it seems that she does so more frequently than before. However, Lin Hui is also happy about this, and he thinks that arguing with Chen Yanxin every day is a kind of fun.

  The school's 3-on-3 basketball tournament started on Monday. Compared to the full-court 5-on-5 game, the 3-on-3 game is much faster and doesn't consume too much physical strength in one match.

  In just three days, all secondary colleges have already competed out their own two representative teams. It can be said that the real confrontation has only truly begun today.

  "Hey, if you don't send a message now, will you die? It's our turn soon." Ye Jinghao scolded, looking at Yan Ke who kept pressing his phone.

  "What's the hurry? With their level of skill, I wouldn't even bother to make a move." Yan Ke said with a slight curl of his lip, his eyes still fixed motionlessly on his phone.

  Ye Jinghao helplessly glanced at Lin Hui and said, "This kid is beyond salvation, one day he'll die in the hands of a woman."

  "Director Ye, you'd better get rid of your single status first before saying that. Look, under my leadership, Lin Hui has already woken up," said Yan Ke.

  Lin Hui wisely didn't interrupt, he definitely couldn't outtalk Yan Ke in this matter.

  "Lin Hui, look who's here?" Ye Jinghao pointed to a place not far away.

  Several people curiously followed Ye Jinghao's gaze, only to see Wu Mengqi walking towards them from a distance. Today, Wu Mengqi was wearing a red coat, her long hair tied into a ponytail, looking stunning and pure.

  "You really came, huh?" Lin Hui said, rubbing his nose as he looked at the few people with their watching-the-show expressions. Last night when they were chatting, he had only casually mentioned it, and didn't think Wu Mengqi would actually come.

  Wu Mengqi smiled sweetly, "Yes, I had some free time this afternoon so I came over. Your match hasn't started yet, has it?"

  "Jinghao, why are you staring at me like that?" Wu Mengqi turned her head and said to Ye Jinghao, she was still very familiar with him.

  "No, no, we were just thinking that with you here to help out today, Lin Hui will definitely be invincible and triumph over all." Ye Jing Hao said with a smile.

  Yan Ke beside him didn't forget to cooperate and nodded desperately.

  Ye Jinghao's straightforward words left Wu Mengqi at a loss for what to say, her face slightly flushed, but fortunately it didn't show on the surface.

  "Alright, let's warm up quickly, it's about to start." Lin Hui also knew that Wu Mengqi had a thin face and immediately helped to ease the situation.

  Jiangnan University has a total of 16 secondary colleges, with two teams from each college participating in the competition. The 32 teams are divided into four groups of eight teams each, and then conduct group stage matches. After the group stage, they will be eliminated according to their ranking.

  For this kind of 3-on-3 game where the first team to get 20 points wins, the process is still very fast.

  The match began soon, and Lin Hui's team of three first faced a team from the College of Education. They flipped a coin, and the opposing team kicked off first.

  Other teams have a certain height difference, after all, in this 3-on-3 match, there is no need to run back and forth, nor is there a three-second violation, so the taller you are, the greater the advantage, but Lin Hui's three people are about the same height.

  The game was completely one-sided, a massacre with no suspense at all, and it ended in less than five minutes. Perhaps because Wu Mengqi was watching from the sidelines, Ye Jinghao and Yan Ke both intentionally gave Lin Hui an opportunity to perform.

  Lin Hui didn't show any courtesy, with four three-pointers and one breakthrough, he made all five shots, scoring 14 of the team's 20 points by himself.

  As his hidden weapon skills improved, his three-point shooting accuracy also increased a lot, but he didn't want to show off too much, so the previous game was just played normally.

  But today, perhaps because Wu Mengqi was present, Lin Hui also had a desire to perform and didn't hold back.

  "Damn it, Lin Hui, did you take medicine today?" Yan Ke said speechlessly as he looked at Lin Hui, not even breaking a sweat before the match was already over.

  "Yan Ke, don't you see who's here watching today? What is this?" Ye Jing Hao said with a hint of a smile.

  Two people sang in harmony, Lin Hui was speechless.

  Lin Hui was very clear that as long as he didn't encounter those basketball celebrities from school and some people from the school team, it would be just like before, and other teams wouldn't pose any threat to them. After all, the three of them had been invited by the school team before, but they all declined.

  Yan Ke's greatest interest is chasing girls. Ye Jinghao joined three departments in his freshman year and was busy most of the time, while Lin Hui was busy with part-time jobs, where would he have time for school teams?

  The next two games were also without any suspense, all solved within ten minutes. Lin Hui slightly controlled the number of shots this time, but the hit rate was still terrifying, missing only two shots in three games.

  Under the sun, Wu Mengui stood by the field, without loud cheers or passionate support, but every time Lin Hui scored a goal, she would show a delighted expression. From start to finish, her eyes never left Lin Hui, with a faint smile on her face, as if she was enjoying this moment very much.

  When Lin Hui walked back, Wu Mengqi smiled and handed a bottle of water to Lin Hui, "Here you go. Didn't expect you to fight so well."

  Lin Hui smiled and took over the mineral water.

  Yan Keli suddenly shouted, "Jinghao, why is the treatment so different? Alas..." He looked at Lin Hui with a face full of envy, jealousy and hatred.

  "Don't be envious, people can't be compared." Ye Jinghao suddenly said, "Hey, I thought you had many girlfriends, why can't you call any of them?"

  Yan Ke's eyes widened suddenly, then he said seriously, "A man as devoted as me, how could I possibly have many girlfriends? Lin Hui, don't you think so?"

  "How dare you be even more shameless?"

  Lin Hui smiled and said to Wu Mengqi, "Don't mind them, they like it that way."

  Wu Mengui smiled and shook her head.

  Just as a few people were about to leave the basketball court, Lin Hui's eyes suddenly focused on several people walking towards him from a distance.

  The leader was Fang Hong, who was also the captain of the school basketball team.

  "Fang Hong, long time no see." Lin Hui said with a smile.

  Lin Hui's words made Fang Hong somewhat stunned, as it seemed that every time before he was the one who took the initiative to find Lin Hui, and Lin Hui couldn't wait to see him, even if they did meet, he didn't want to say more than a word. How come today suddenly changed his habit? He even took the initiative to speak up.

  "Haha, it's been a long time, how have you been?" Fang Hong said, still puzzled about the last time he taught Lin Hui a lesson, how did Lin Hui manage to send Ma Hei and several others to the hospital?

  Although Mohei said it himself, he couldn't think of any reason why Mohei would deceive him, but he still had some doubts.

  "It's okay, I haven't thanked you for the big gift you gave me a few days ago. When I have the chance, I'll definitely return an even bigger surprise to you." Lin Hui said to Fang Hong.

  Hearing this, Fang Hong's eyebrows rose slightly.

  "Haha, no need to be polite, we're old acquaintances now." Fang Hong said with a smile, not taking Lin Hui's words to heart. In his opinion, even if Lin Hui knew the truth, what difference would it make? The gap between them was like an insurmountable chasm.

  This time you managed to dodge it, I'll see how you dodge next time. Fang Hong's mind was already thinking of ways to teach Lin Hui a lesson.

  "Just go up and beat him up, see his attitude, he thinks he's someone. After Fang Hong and a few people left, Yan Ke was unhappy and called you to get up. They were all very clear about the things between Fang Hong and Lin Hui. If it weren't for Lin Hui not allowing it, he would have beaten Fang Hong long ago. Every time he saw his arrogant attitude, he had an urge to hit him."

  However, after being with Lin Hui for over a year, he also knew what kind of personality Lin Hui had. There were some things that Lin Hui had to do himself, so he never did anything about Fang Hong.

  Lin Hui shook his head, gazing at Fang Hong who was leaving far away. A hint of coldness flashed in Lin Hui's eyes. Unknowingly thinking of something, the corner of his mouth curled up slightly.

  After sending Wu Mengqi back to her dormitory, Lin Hui returned to his own dormitory.

  A private room on the third floor of the school cafeteria, Fang Hong and a group of people were laughing and drinking.

  "Right, next time you guys play against Lin Hui again, don't show him any mercy, make it as difficult for him as possible, and best not to let him get a single point..." Fang Hong said with a smile.

  "Lin Hui, what are you going to use to fight me? If I can humiliate you once, I can humiliate you again!" Fang Hong thought fiercely, and as soon as he thought of Wu Mengqi beside Lin Hui just now, Fang Hong's heart became even more uncomfortable.