Since the end of an unpleasant conversation in the car that day, Yang Xiao has never seen Meng Yufan again.

The reason Meng Yufan asked for leave was to "concentrate on preparing for the game," but Yang Xiao always felt that he had other reasons.

Could it be that... Besides her and Liu Yueyue, Meng Yufan secretly took other orders?

Yang Xiao couldn't help it, and asked Tang Shuge to use the employee's authority to check Meng Yufan's transaction records.

"Smile, I can check that is correct, but do you think this is really good?" Tang Shuge rejected her with a bottom line, "If you really want to know, why don't you just ask him? Anyway, the relationship between your two ......" She prolonged her voice, "...... Isn't it good?"

"Where is it?" Yang Xiao said helplessly, "He still had a tantrum with me that day. Really, a kid. If he didn't learn anything else, he learned to fight with me coldly."

Tang Shuge immediately sat upright and started to lift up peanuts and melon seeds: "I'm not sleepy if you want to talk about this! Tell me quickly, how did you two quarrel, and how did you get into the cold war?"

Yang Xiao couldn't make trouble for her, so she could only repeat everything that happened that day awkwardly.

After Tang Shuge listened, his chin was about to fall to the ground.

Yang Xiao said more and more angry, let his girlfriend comment: "What do you think the little boy is thinking now? He is not mouth-free, but waits for me to refuse Xiao Liu; when I give him a gift, he writes unhappy all over his body. I still say I like it against my will; here, and this ticket, what does he give me to invite me to see him and Xiao Liu Xiu's affection?"

"..." Tang Shuge put his chin back, tentatively, "Smile, why don't you like watching Meng Yufan show affection with your colleagues?"

Yang Xiao was at a loss for words.

"You see, you are his employer, and your colleague is also his employer. If you only use it as a shared bicycle and don't want to lock him privately, then why don't you allow others to ride him?"

"I..." Yang Xiao was arrogant, "Although I didn't lock him privately, I cherished him more than anyone else when he was in my hands. Have you seen anyone who gave him back before riding a shared bicycle? Is it for maintenance?"

Seeing that she was so stubborn, Tang Shuge could only remind her euphemistically: "Do you remember the cat cafe I used to go to?"

"remember."

"I remember I told you that most of the cats in that coffee shop are lazy, and they don’t answer when they see customers. Only one puppet cat has a very beautiful appearance and smooth fur. Go, it will come running meowing all the way, squat into my arms, and watch me with those bright blue eyes." Tang Shuge said, "The cat cafe cost more than 60 yuan for a single purchase. I didn’t spend less for those blue eyes. What happened? One time I went late and saw it acting like a baby in someone’s arms and licking my hands. I felt terribly uncomfortable, only to find out. I was just an ordinary two-legged beast to it. During that time, I was as sad as a broken relationship, and you laughed at me and said I was—"

"——Exclusivity wants to make trouble." Yang Xiao recalled this paragraph, "A cat that is good at business fascinates you. It gets close to other customers, and you are jealous."

"Right, right, right!" Tang Shuge clapped his hands, "Do you think my situation at that time is like you now?"

Yang Xiao: "..."

Tang Shuge looked at her with blinking eyes.

Yang Xiao suddenly realized: "I understand. Are you saying that I am an overbearing proprietor of Meng Yufan? He is too good at business, so I am unhappy when I see him doing business with others?"

Tang Shuge: "..." Damn, you know what a fart!

...

It was Saturday in a blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, the members of the Hwaseong University basketball team warmed up, put on their gear, and boarded the bus to Hwaseong Communication University.

Hwaseong Communication University is a very eye-catching seed team in CUBA. They used to meet in the last few games of the group stage. Unexpectedly, the draw was not good this year, and they actually met them in the second game. .

Coach Wu stood in front of the bus, holding a loudspeaker in his hand, and started the pre-war mobilization.

"You guys will cheer me up!" Coach Wu roared, "It's just a Hua Chuan, and I will meet sooner or later! If anyone confesses, report quickly, I still have time to transfer from the women's team!!"

There was a burst of laughter in the car.

In today's game, the whole team attached great importance to it. The five starters and seven substitutes were all in place. Even the other players who were not selected had to ride to the scene to observe.

Because Xu Dong was suspended from the game, he has been alone recently. He sits in the back row alone, with no classmates around him.

Meng Yufan glanced back at him with some worry. The two of them happened to meet, but Xu Dong turned his head away first.

"Fanzi, what are you looking at?" Huang Xiaoke, who was sitting by the window, pushed him with his elbow.

"I didn't watch anything." Meng Yufan turned his head and replied casually, "I'm thinking about the game for a while."

"Hey...I'm thinking about it too." Huang Xiaoke worriedly said, "We are too unlucky, we ran into the media in the second game, and it was still away!"

The gap between home and away is too big, no matter which team hopes to be able to play in their own stadium, after all, on their own turf, the environment is familiar and there are many fans. Three-quarters of the entire stadium’s auditorium is flying the flag of its own team. Playing in this environment will make you better.

If you go to the away game, all this advantage turns into a disadvantage. The entire stadium is filled with students from Communication University, and they become lonely little cabbages.

Huang Xiaoke said: "Our school is in the North Fourth Ring Road and the media is in the East Fifth Ring Road. I don't know how many students in our school will travel to the media to watch our game." He sighed, "I gave my parents the ticket. At least we can guarantee that there are two of our fans in the audience."

The center forward in the front row turned his head and said, "Me too, all the tickets have been given to my relatives!"

Others said: "I gave the tickets to the high school students in our community. I said there was a basketball game to invite them to watch, but they asked me if I had James... Damn, if I had a ticket for James, why didn't I do it myself? Go see?"

After all, everyone is worried about the audience.

"By the way, Fanzi, who did you give the ticket to?" Huang Xiaoke asked casually.

"Give it to me..." Meng Yufan hesitated, he didn't know how to describe his relationship with Yang Xiao. friend? Lovers? Or employers and employees? "...A sister."

In the end, he could only answer an ambiguous answer.

Everyone just regarded it as the sister of his relative's house, and they all clamored to see her sister's true face.

Meng Yufan shook his head: "My sister is very busy at work, so she may not be able to come."

When he delivered the ticket that day, Yang Xiao did not promise to come, and the two of them had not been in touch for several days. Yesterday Meng Yufan wanted to send a message to remind her not to forget to watch the game, but he hesitated for a long time without pressing the send button.

Hope, sister can come.

...

Is your sister here?

Of course my sister is here!

As soon as Yang Xiaogang stepped into the school gate of Communication University, he was shocked by the crowd.

"Isn't today today a weekend? You don't have a holiday?" She asked Liu Yueyue next to her in surprise, "When I was in school, when I arrived at the weekend, I wished to rush out of school and go outside."

"It's not ordinary today!" Liu Yueyue clenched her small fist, "Today is our media's big day! BGI has always been our school's strong rival. In the annual regional qualifiers, our two schools are among the top three. In order to fight for the first place, they were all beaten up."

As she said, Hwaseong Communication University paid special attention to this game. From the school gate to the gymnasium, small flags were tied to almost every lamppost, and banners and posters were everywhere.

Liu Yueyue wore a cultural shirt with the school name printed on it, with blue and green ribbons on her head, and the school badge painted on her face.

On campus, there are many students who look like her. Regardless of men and women, everyone's face was full of enthusiasm. The school song was played on the school's radio speakers, and everyone sang in unison, as if the champion of this game was already in their pocket.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time Yang Xiao has watched a formal game. There are football fans among her colleagues. She has heard them narrate the enthusiasm on the football field. She has never understood that tens of thousands of people gather together and scream frantically for a ball. But now, looking at the energetic students on campus and the high morale on their faces, she suddenly understood.

Hua Chuan's indoor basketball court is newly built, enough to seat two thousand spectators. There is no seat number written on the admission ticket, and a first-come, first-served approach is adopted. Whoever comes early can sit in the front row.

Yang Xiao didn't expect this game to attract so much attention. She arrived a little late, and the seats were already four-fifths full, leaving only the top of the mountain.

She was about to find an empty seat to sit down, and Liu Yueyue beside her had already enthusiastically held her back.

"Sister Yang, sit with me!" Liu Yueyue said, "My classmates came in line at 6 o'clock this morning, and I asked them to take a seat for me! It's in the third row, right in the middle, and the position is particularly good!"

Yang Xiao was very surprised, and hurriedly followed her to the seat.

As a result, she waited until she sat down and realized this position...it seemed a bit uncomfortable.

Looking to the left, it is blue-green. Looking to the right, it is blue-green. Looking forward and backward, it is still blue-green! !

How did she forget that Liu Yueyue is a student of the media, and of course her position will be among the supporters of the basketball team of the Communication University! !

"Sister Yang, give you a cheer!" Liu Yueyue handed over a paper bag with the same blue-green turban and two inflatable rods. The inflatable stick was printed with the slogan "Media, basketball is the strongest", and it rattled.

On the opposite side of the stands, there is a sporadic red and white area with a negligible number of people. There are about... a hundred people? Only one twentieth of the blue-green ocean.

Needless to say, there is the auditorium of Hwaseong University.

Someone hung up red and white school chess in front of their seats. The cheerleaders in cool clothes were jumping and warming up. The tall ponytails stood behind their heads. As they bent over and raised their legs, the ponytails flicked from side to side. .

"The cheerleaders of Hwaseong University are very famous." Liu Yueyue was well informed and began to spread gossip. "The captains of all previous cheerleaders are all school girls, and they will be with the most handsome boy on the basketball team."

Yang Xiao didn't believe it: "This is not a series. Who said that the cheerleader is destined to fall in love with the basketball boy?"

"Everyone said that anyway." Liu Yueyue snorted, "Wait when the Huada basketball team comes on the court, look at it. The most handsome one is definitely her boyfriend."

...

In the away lounge, Coach Wu is doing the final deployment.

"I have said everything that should be said, and you have done what should be practiced. Say a thousand words and ten thousand, what is the essence of basketball? It is to get the ball and throw it into the basket! In the game, timing is very important. Cooperation is very important, personal ability is very important, but the most important thing is always to shoot the basket!" Coach Wu's eyes were sharp, and his gaze crossed the faces of these big boys who were half a head taller. "Away game is very for us. Disadvantage, you are mentally prepared, it is very likely that as soon as you appear on the stage, you will usher in a boo! To borrow a fashionable saying from your young people-hold on, don't panic, we can win!"

"Puff..." Everyone was amused, and the tension was swept away.

Twelve people lined up in a row, and the captain Liu Fangzhou lined up at the back of the team. He was a center forward and the core of the entire team. He was like a captain, firmly controlling the direction of the ship. The person standing at the forefront of the team is Meng Yufan. He is a small forward and the main scoring force in the team. After five minutes, he will step onto the field and gank with the MVP of Communication University!

"come on!"

"come on!"

"come on!"

"BGI will win!"

"BGI will win!"

"BGI will win!"

The twelve cheers and the twelve wins are superimposed on each other. The twelve boys have a raging fire in their sight. They will definitely win the game in this game!

The locker room door opened suddenly, and bright and dazzling lights came on.

Meng Yufan took a deep breath, sorted out his expectations, his self-confidence, and his composure, and then took a step towards the endless future in the court.

...

In the audience, Liu Yueyue excitedly waved the inflatable stick in her hand, forming an ups and downs of people with the classmates beside her, cheering for her basketball team.

Under their voice, the shout of the relatives and friends group of Hwaseong University opposite was completely overwhelmed.

Yang Xiao was in the blue-green crowd, holding two inflatable sticks that had been squeezed in in his hand. It was not true that he stayed, nor did he leave.

In the field, the battle situation is stalemate.

Hwaseong Communication University is really a strong team. With the blessing of the full BUFF, it is full of firepower. Not long after the first quarter, it poured five goals in one fell swoop.

Their small forward is worthy of being the MVP of last year and he is extremely capable. Even if Yang Xiao didn't understand basketball at all, he could see that the man was on the offensive, like stepping on an accelerator, one turn and one wrong step, he drove the ball smoothly and went straight to the basket.

He acted decisively and immediately took off and shot the ball-if this time he filled in, Communication University would be a full six points ahead of Hwaseong University!

Yang Xiao's heart hung high in the air, fingers unconsciously grasping the hem of his clothes.

And just at this very moment, a red-and-white figure suddenly emerged from the basket, taking off from an extremely tricky angle to intercept——

——Successfully blocked!

The enemy's dunk failed, the basketball hit the defender's palm and immediately bounced back!

Communication University’s offensive rhythm was directly interrupted, basketball returned to the palm of Hwaseong University, and everyone quickly ran to another basket.

And the hero who successfully blocked the slam dunk was not someone else, it was Meng Yufan!

"Meng Yufan, you are amazing!!"

Yang Xiao was ecstatic and immediately raised his arms, cheering in excitement.

But she forgot, she still has a blue-green inflatable stick in her hand. All the media students around were regretting the failure of the goal. Among them, Yang Xiao's cheers seemed so abrupt.

Everyone glared at her and didn't understand how such a traitor had been mixed into their camp!

Liu Yueyue reminded her in a low voice, "Sister Yang, even if you cheer for Dameng, keep a low profile."

Yang smiled and withdrew his hand, and closed his mouth in embarrassment.

Inside the court, Meng Yufan paused:...Weird, why did he seem to hear Sister Xiaoxiao's voice?

He quickly cast his gaze to the red and white group of relatives and friends, but just like every time before, his search returned without success.

The girl he was thinking of did not appear on the seat.

Yang Xiao didn't watch his game-the fact that he was extremely sad.

He can withstand the boos from the audience, he can withstand the opponent's offense, but he can't face Yang Xiao's missed appointment.

He thought, is Sister Xiaoxiao going to work overtime temporarily? Is it because he has neglected her recently and she is upset? Or did his manner of speaking that day annoy her? Or should he not accept Liu Yueyue's order at all? ...

After the first quarter, Coach Wu adjusted his deployment and replaced Meng Yufan and another guard. Meng Yufan cheered up and threw those messy thoughts out of his mind. No matter what reason Xiaoxiao Sister did not show up, he must not be distracted now! He loves basketball, basketball is his career of choice in this life, if he can't even win a championship in the group stage, what kind of face would he go to see Sister Xiaoxiao!

After a short break, the second bar began.

The score on the field is very tight, and the two teams are chasing me. It is often that one side has a small advantage, and the other side quickly catches up.

But overall, the Communication University team is slightly better.

The small forwards of their team are too powerful. They are still in excellent condition under successive sprint attacks, and they will play again within three minutes of each substitution.

Less than two minutes before the end of the first half, the opposing coach stopped again-and this time the power forward was replaced with a height of more than two meters, muscular rumbling, at least 120 kilograms visually! !

"Fuck, this tm is a power forward, this tm is a heavy tank, right?" Huacheng University captain Liu Fangzhou cursed in a low voice, causing everyone to agree.

"Yufan, let's replace you here." Upon seeing this, Coach Wu immediately ordered, "When you go on the court, be careful, don't rebound with him, be careful of getting hurt by him."

"Okay." Meng Yufan couldn't help it a long time ago. He threw the water bottle and immediately ran towards the court.

When the heavy tank saw him on the field, he raised his mouth contemptuously, and turned his head to know what he said to the small forward. The two suddenly burst into laughter, and their eyes were full of irony when they looked at Meng Yufan.

Meng Yufan didn't bother to care about them at all. Anyway, it was all the trash talking over and over again. If he cares about it now, it will only disturb his state of mind.

But he doesn't care, doesn't mean that others don't care.

In the audience, Yang Xiao stared at the big tank fiercely. If her eyes could shoot flying knives, he would have never known how many times he would die.

"What is that dead bear talking about?" Yang laughed inwardly, "I am ashamed to laugh at Meng Yufan? Don't look at what kind of bear he looks like."

The game soon started again, the referee's whistle sounded, and the two men and horses chased the rolling brown-orange ball, and the breath was full of gunpowder.

Communication University scored-Communication University scored another goal-Huacheng University is catching up-Huacheng University makes a three-pointer-Communication University small forward slam dunk-Huacheng University center has the ball-

With only five seconds left until the end of the first half, there was a sudden exclaim, and the game came to an abrupt end!

The "Big Tank" of Communication University committed a technical foul, and Liu Fangzhou, the captain of Huacheng University, was accidentally injured!

Among the crowd, Liu Fangzhou fell to the ground with his knees in his hands, a muffled gasp came from his throat.

"Captain..." "Captain?" "Captain, are you okay?"

All the players gathered around, and the team doctors, coaches, and referees immediately rushed in. After a simple palpation, the team doctor judged that Liu Fangzhou was not injured, but his muscles were strained and he needed to rest immediately.

Meng Yufan's brows tightened: "Captain, you have a good rest, and I will teach us next."

Because it was a technical foul by the enemy, according to the rules, Hwaseong University has a free throw opportunity. If the ball is scored, it can tie the score!

Generally speaking, a basketball team will have a penalty shooter, he is the team with the most stable mentality and the most accurate shots. In the Hwaseong University basketball team, Liu Fangzhou, the oldest, is the penalty shooter!

But now he is injured and can't stand still, how can he make a free throw?

"Fanzi." Liu Fangzhou's eyes were serious, and he solemnly handed the basketball to Meng Yufan's hands. "This time, you will free throws for me."

Meng Yufan was taken aback: "Me?"

"Yes, it's you." Liu Fangzhou said firmly, "Believe in yourself, you can definitely score this goal."

...

With the help of the team doctor, Liu Fangzhou limped down the court.

Meng Yufan watched his leaving back, clasped the basketball in his arms, and slowly walked outside the free throw line.

When he was eight years old, he decided to take basketball as a lifelong pursuit. He has long been unable to count how many goals he has scored in the past ten years. Whether it is free throws, three-pointers, or dunks, he has experienced tens of thousands of exercises.

But only this time, he stood outside this line as the penalty shooter.

In this short ten seconds, everyone's eyes focused on him.

The expectations of teammates, the eyes of the enemy, the worries of cheerleaders, and...

And-boos all over the room.

This is the biggest drawback of away games.

When taking a free throw, the shooter is most in need of a steady state of mind, but every time he fights away, he can always hear the tumultuous applause from the audience.

Sports are the most real and cruel. There is no such thing as friendship first and second game. This is a naked battle. The winners and losers are different, and no one will pay attention to the losers.

In the 2,000-person audience, the relatives and friends of Hwaseong University had only a hundred people, and their shouts were so insignificant that they were all overshadowed.

Meng Yufan stood at the free throw line and the basketball bounced under his palm, one, two, three...

The boos in his ears became louder and louder. Meng Yufan told himself not to listen to those boos, but his slightly accelerated heartbeat revealed his nervousness.

However, at this moment, in the room full of shouts of "The media will win!", a voice suddenly sounded——

——"Meng Yufan!!!"

The voice is so familiar.

It was the unforgettable voice he was thinking of.

——"Meng Yufan!!!"

He has heard her laugh, heard her anger, heard her gasp.

——"Meng Yufan!!! Come on!!!"

The voice was actually so small that it couldn't compete with the remaining 1,900 voices, but Meng Yufan heard it.

Time seemed to stretch very long and slowly, he took off, pitched, and landed.

The basketball shot steadily and drew a stunning parabola in the air.

Then, project into the basket accurately.

——Goal, scored! ! !

But Meng Yufan had no time to watch the game. He quickly turned his head and looked in the direction of the voice.

In a blue-green ocean, his girl rushed to the first row of railings, waving a red scarf and white handkerchief in her hand.

This is the only thing she can rummaged over her body and can make up a cheer.

Yang Xiao stood in the high auditorium, lowered his head and smiled at him.

Smiling like a flower, his figure is reflected in the girl's eyes.

Because she is short, every time she talks to Meng Yufan, she has to look up at him. Only this time, she lowered her head and looked at him with her neck down.

"Congratulations." Yang Xiao said with his lips, "the ball has been scored."

...

The coach once said that on the court, the most important thing is to get the ball and shoot the basket.

But Meng Yufan wanted to hit Yang Xiao's heart more than hitting the basket.