327 Whats the rule (1/2)
Yang Hongzhi nodded and laughed at Shen Qingyang's words, but as he approached the basketball court, the smirk on his face told otherwise. He had no intention of showing Xiao Luo any mercy whatsoever and would do his best to make Xiao Luo look like a complete fool.
On the court, Su Xiaobei had just picked up the ball and ran back with it toward Xiao Luo, screaming, ”Yay! Daddy's so awesome… here, Daddy, throw the ball again.”
Xiao Luo patted her head affectionately as he received the ball.
However, when he turned around to shoot, Yang Hongzhi was right in front of him, waving his arms and poised to block it. He wore a wry smile on his face as he stared confidently into Xiao Luo's eyes and said, ”Mr. Xiao, you seem to be quite good at playing basketball, why don't we have a one-on-one match?”
”No thank you, I'm not interested!”
Xiao Luo replied curtly and turned away, holding Su Xiaobei's hand as they walked to the other corner of the court, where Xiao Luo shot the ball into the hoop from within the three-point arc.
”Yay, my daddy's so great!”
Su Xiaobei was jumping for joy as if she were the one who made the basket. She playfully skipped toward the baseline to retrieve the basketball before running back with it to Xiao Luo—she was his exclusive ball girl.
”Let's play another round, and then we'll stop, okay?”
The little girl nodded obediently and replied, ”Okay, Daddy.”
Xiao Luo eyed the hoop and aligned the ball to his dominant eye, he jumped and extended his shooting hand straight at the basket as he made the shot. The ball left Xiao Luo's right hand and sailed in the air with a slight backspin on its way to the hoop.
Suddenly, the ball was slapped out the court—Yang Hongzhi moved like a prowling tiger, dashing swiftly across the ball's trajectory, and he jumped up high before smacking the ball down with his right hand.
That was, by any standard, a clean and perfect block!
If such a block had been executed during a match, it would undoubtedly have had an impact on the shooter's state of mind and morale, even sending him into a daze.
”Bravo!!!”
Yang Hongzhi's two bodyguards clapped and cheered loudly.
”That's a great block.”
Shen Qingyan, who was standing a short distance away with Su Li, gave an approving nod.
”Taking advantage of others, what a shameless man!” Su Li scoffed.
Shen Qingyan thought for a while and arrived at the same conclusion. ”Mmm, you're right, young master Yang surely is a shameless man.”
Su Xiaobei was jolted with shock as the basketball that was aggressively blocked by Yang Hongzhi.
Xiao Luo remained expressionless without even the slightest bit of agitation on his face.
Yang Hongzhi picked the ball up, then walked toward Su XIaobei and smiled at her. ”Xiaobei, how about Uncle Yang shoots a ball for you?” he said.
Yang Hongzhi picked up the ball again and glanced fleetingly at Su Li to see her reaction. Although it seemed like he demonstrated his basketball skills for Su Xiaobei, he was actually showing off to Su Li.
”Xiaobei, now watch Uncle Yang's next move!”
Once again Yang Hongzhi dribbled toward the basket and layed-up in three steps, but this time changed his movements mid-air, he passed the ball through his legs and sent the ball upwards by the other hand lightly, it cleared the rim and landed inside the basket successfully again.
He then proceeded to performed ”reverse windmill” lay-up, ”switch between hands” lay-up, and he even layed-up the final one by looping the ball from under his leg. Each technique was harder than the previous one, and his execution was very sharp and precise, which was a stirring sight to behold.
Yang Hongzhi's two bodyguards gushed and heaped unending praise, and even Shen Qingyan couldn't help but commend his performance. ”Young Master Yang is so dashing—if he had done that in a university, he probably would have charmed a bunch of girls.”
Su Li did not say anything, but although she did not want to admit, she was impressed with Yang Hongzhi's basketball skills.
After proudly completing his exhibition of lay-ups, Yang Hongzhi was panting and was sweating profusely. He went up to Su Xiaobei with the ball, smiled at her, and said, ”Xiaobei, was is nice watching uncle Yang play basketball?”
As the saying goes, ”kids don't lie,” and reluctantly, she nodded slightly and whispered, ”Yes.”
”Then, do you want to play with Uncle Yang?”
Su Xiaobei looked up at Xiao Luo, then hugged his thigh and shook her head without hesitation, ”No, I want to play with my daddy.”
Yang Hongzhi's eyes froze for a fleeting moment, and just a glint betrayed his pique, but he smiled again and said, ”Then would you want to know if Uncle Yang or your daddy is better at playing basketball?”