Outside the restroom Shen Juan, leaning against the wall, raised his head at the sound of footsteps.
Lin Yujing stared at him expressionlessly.
Shen Juan raised his hand, offering her his uniform jacket. “Are you cold?”
She didn’t take it. “Not cold.”
He raised an eyebrow. “Even your voice is shivering.”
Lin Yujing left straight away and said contentiously, “It’s none of your business.”
Shen Juan chuckled again.
She was already angry, and this guy just kept laughing, handful by handful throwing firewood onto the fire.
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But now things were different.
Now there was Lin Yujing.
Her reaction to all this both surprised and pleased him.
Shen Juan smiled and tugged at the collar of the jacket, pulling it forward to cover her shoulder. “I’m not sure of everything either.”
His words seemed pointlessly vague, and Lin Yujing didn’t understand them.
Shen Juan took the sides of the jacket’s collar and gently pulled her toward him. “There are some things I’m not sure about either. I need to make sure I’m not imagining things so I know whether or not to take the next step.”
Now even a fool would know what he meant. Lin Yujing’s heart skipped a beat, and she felt a little flustered. “Then… are you sure…?”
Shen Juan smiled again. “It seems like I am.” Still smiling, he let go of the jacket and took a step back, lowering his gaze to look at her. “So now I intend to pursue you.”
Soon everyone saw Lin Yujing and Shen Juan return together, and no one asked a question or raised an objection. Song Zhiming approached them laughing, “Juan! Hey Juan! Come on, hurry up! Drink some water and let’s go!”
Wen Zihui looked at Lin Yujing with a smile on her face. Still dazed, Lin Yujing lightly cleared her throat, then went and took her place beside Wen Zihui.
The two teams returned to the court with Class 10 bringing out the same five players, and Class Seven subbing in one Ning Yuan.
Ning Yuan, number 13, was very tall, and very fast. Class 10 got possession of the ball right away, with Song Zhiming passing it to Shen Juan.
Ning Yuan rushed back to defense like a rocket, directly charging over.
As expected, Shen Juan was immediately surrounded by Ning Yuan and the opposing center, who danced closely around him. Shen Juan and Ning Yuan were about the same height, and so the two opposing players were like walls sticking to him. From a distance, the three could have appeared to be moving in harmony.
Shen Juan had the ball, but was so tightly defended that he couldn’t take a shot. He quickly took stock of his teammates’ positions and prepared to pass to Yu Pengfei nearby.
The instant he raised his hand to pass the ball, Ning Yuan was next to his ear, whispering, “How’s Luo Qinghe now? Almost dead, huh?”
Shen Juan’s entire body went stiff.
As he stood there with his hand raised, Ning Yuan swiftly elbowed him hard in the stomach. The ball dropped to the ground, and Ning Yuan was there to catch it.
No one had a clear view of what had just happened; Lin Yujing only saw the ball snatched from Shen Juan’s hand as he held his stomach and doubled over in pain.
Song Zhiming and the others were momentarily stunned. Wang Yiyang was closest, and without thinking sprinted over to Shen Juan. “Shen Juan!”
The referee didn’t blow the whistle, and Class 7 immediately pressed for the basket.
“F*ck…” Shen Juan, with one hand on the ground, gritted his teeth and hissed a curse. He lifted his head, glancing at Wang Yiyang with cold sweat dripping down his forehead, and roared, “Get back on defense!”
The author has something to say:
The Iverson joke is that the whale girl [1] said that her favorite basketball player is Allen Iverson, so Shen Juan cupped his hand to his ear to listen to the crowd, which is Iverson’s signature pose. At that time Iverson was playing an away game against the Washington Wizards, and when he scored in the final seconds of the game he put his right hand up to his ear to listen to the cheers of the fans in the crowd. Ridicule level +++
In short, sisters who watch the game or like Iverson will definitely understand! Ah, he’s so handsome.
[1] This is a pun on Lin Yujing’s name. The set of characters used for “whale” is “鲸鱼,” pronounced “jingyu” (or just “鲸” for “jing”) and here the author uses “鲸妹,” or “jing mei,” meaning “whale girl.” This pun on her name was brought up previously when she was choosing a keychain at the amusement park with Shen Juan.
Editor’s note: Hi all! I don’t usually talk to you directly, but I wanted to say that, due to a dire combination of health emergencies and personal issues that have come up over the past few months, I haven’t been able to keep the weekly schedule as I’d originally hoped. Updates may be sporadic for a bit longer as I regain my footing, but I hope to be back up to once a week as soon as possible. Thank you so much for your patience. <3 ~ ceres
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