Chapter 20 (1/2)
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Everyone present gasped. A vertical slam dunk while throwing three players off their feet… were they actually watching a professional match? Moreover, Nie Fan was only around one point seven five meters tall—not only was he incredible for reach the basket at that height, he even sent three other players flying before forcing the dunk!
What horrific physique. It was basically a beast’s!
Meanwhile, Nie Fan had returned to the floor and was flexing his limbs, unscathed. At that level of collision, the only ones getting hurt would be Xu Hong’s team!
Wu Hongfei was standing at a corner blankly, not quite believing his eyes even as his heart roared. What a monster! Nie Fan would never have a problem making it to the professional scene!
The onlooking crowd had burst into wild discussion as well, with audible exclamations of awe from time to time.
“That is one fierce fellow!” One of the boys declared excitedly. “To think that Xu Hong’s team would be beaten so horribly… with that guy, our basketball team is definitely going to be national champions!”
“Yeah! He’s so modest too—if Xu Hong’s team didn’t foul him deliberately and anger him, he definitely wouldn’t have bothered. Before him, Xu Hong is an amateur.”
“No wonder Lin Xinyan never cared for Xu Hong. With such a great cousin, Xu Hong is just sub-par.”
“You’re being too loud. Xu Hong lost all face in today’s match… be careful, or he will come looking for you if he heard you insulting him behind his back.”
The girls were equally noisy, with a few of them who were dressed naughtily feeling especially amorous.
“So cool, I can’t stand it anymore… I want him. Don’t try to steal from me, girls!” A girl dressed in black stockings exclaimed excitedly.
“Forget it. He looks so quiet and serious—he definitely is not into flirts like you.” Another girl with a voluptuous figure mercilessly blew her off.
“That might not be the case.”
“He is so good at basketball… his chest must feel good to touch.”
“How fierce would he be at night? Actually, I won’t mind sharing with you gals.”
2
The conversation of the girls beside them was leaving Lin Xinyan utterly red-faced, and she was already cursing inwardly.
“Look! Wouldn’t it better if you let me take advantage of him than them?” Xu Xiaoshuang was chuckling at her side.
Compared to those girls, Xu Xiaoshuang was indeed much better.
“You’re no different from them.” Lin Xinyan muttered, a complicated emotion rising within her as she watched Nie Fan standing proudly at the center of the basketball court.
What did that idiot think he was doing, creating such a huge scene?
Nonetheless, Xu Xiaoshuang sniggered at her words. “Hurry, hurry, tell me what’s your cousin’s type!”
“Don’t know,” Lin Xinyan replied just a little jealously.
“I smell… strong jealousy. Could you be nursing a brother complex? And here I was thinking why you would refuse every boy’s advances! No wonder Xu Hong was so keen on stirring trouble with Nie Fan—I get it now.” Xu Xiaoshuang said as if gaining epiphany with humor in her eyes.
“Silly girl. You’re the brother complex here!” Lin Xinyan was almost gritting her teeth now.
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Xu Hong pushed himself off the ground, holding a hand over his head but leaving one eye glaring hatefully. It was a terrible humiliation: Nie Fan had embarrassed him completely just now, and even Lin Xinyan was watching.
There is no turning back now! Someday, he would repay the humiliation he suffered with interest!
“Are you alright, Xu Hong? Sorry about just now, I forget my strength. It was a good match.” Nie Fan spoke stiffly, and anyone near him could tell that he was not apologetic at all. Still, Nie Fan was aware that he had really crossed Xu Hong from his eyes, but he was fearless—Xu Hong could challenge him as much as he liked, since Xu Hong himself started it.
Meanwhile, Xu Hong threw him a deadly glare before leaving the gym straightaway, perhaps to the nurse’s office to patch himself up. He would only earn more disdain if he burst out right then, but since revenge is a dish best served cold, he could wait.
Wu Hongfei dashed up to Nie Fan after watching Xu Hong leave. “Be careful. Xu Hong is very petty and might try something with you. Take my number, and call me as soon as you need assistance. I might not exactly be too helpful, but you would at least have support.”
“Thanks, but I don’t have a cellphone.” Nie Fan smiled. Wu Hongfei was really a good person who cares about loyalty and self-sacrifice, but Nie Fan feared no one in a fight, and he would entertain Xu Hong whatever tricks he might try.
“No… cellphone?” Wu Hongfei almost fainted right then. He could gouge his eyes out in disbelief—to think that there was someone who didn’t use a cellphone!
Nonetheless, as Xu Hong’s team left for the hospital and Nie Fan was ready to leave, a crowd of girls flocked around him.
“Handsome, how can I stay in touch?”
“Come have lunch with us. Our treat.”
Nie Fan felt dazed right then. Those girls could not be more direct in their spiciness, and he was feeling a little numb in the presence of their overt devilish suggestiveness. One of them had even reached out with a very lewd hand to touch his chest!
He felt toyed right then.
That being said, the girls mostly came from rich families and were widely sociable, maturing at the early age of seventeen or eighteen and appearing quite open-minded on certain fronts. In comparison, Nie Fan of Ningdong was very plain.