Ch107.1 - After the Competition (1/2)
“You guys play too well.” Yu Hao and Huang Ting passed by each other, “If it wasn’t because I held them back, and if Xia Lei was here instead, you guys wouldn’t have been able to win against Zhou Sheng and Fu Liqun.”
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The team leader Huang Ting answered, “We’re both the ones holding them back, it’s okay.”
Yu Hao dribbled the ball, “How are you holding anyone back??”
Huang Ting often participated in the basketball matches hosted by the public security system, and he was so damn dauntless. Chen Yekai was afraid that he would slam into Yu Hao, so he didn’t let him guard Yu Hao lest he couldn’t restrain his impulses and end up fighting with Zhou Sheng. However, it would be fine if he ran into Zhou Sheng a bunch of times.
Huang Ting said, “They say that this is the match with the highest attractiveness index in Ying City’s history, so aren’t I holding you guys back?”
Yu Hao’s face was covered in sweat. He wiped his face and smiled as he looked at the audience. This really was the match with the most spectators ever since the start of the competition; there were even people filling the aisles.
The scores of both teams were constantly neck and neck, but Chen Yekai’s team was always suppressing them very firmly. Yu Hao felt like the other team still had more in their tank, but they didn’t want to pull their scores apart too much to give his team some face. It was not until Fu Liqun requested a break that this match began approaching its end.
Yu Hao was so tired he couldn’t run anymore. Zhou Sheng’s and Fu Liqun’s jerseys were also completely soaked because of their sweat.
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“This team is strong.” Zhou Sheng said.
Fu Liqun said, “Four points short, there’s still hope.”
Yu Hao thought that it should be over at this point, but he didn’t say it. Fu Liqun came up with a last-minute plan. Zhou Sheng said, “Don’t feel pressured, just play however you want.”
Fu Liqun said, “Yu Hao, if you really can’t take it, then take a break, jiayou! If we don’t make it there’s always next year!”
Yu Hao’s vision was already a little blurry. He had been forced to his limit and was now relying solely on willpower to hold on. He cheered with a ‘jiayou’ along with Fu Liqun and Zhou Sheng before they each turned around and ran back onto the court. The referee blew the whistle. Yu Hao and Chen Yekai went for a one-on-one again. No one said anything and focused all their attention on their teammates.
Chen Yekai, “Tired? Take a break. If you can’t hold on don’t push yourself.”
“Don’t go easy on me.” Yu Hao said.
“Do I need to?” Chen Yekai and Yu Hao jumped up at the same time. Yu Hao intercepted the ball in mid air, drawing an arc from top to bottom before suddenly passing the ball towards Zhou Sheng like a shooting meteor. Zhou Sheng used his shoulder to forcefully knock Huang Ting away, dribbled a lay-up, and scored.
Yu Hao totally didn’t expect that Zhou Sheng would explode with such tremendous force right at the last moment and shouted, “You’re so cool!”
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Yu Hao nodded reluctantly and stood at the edge of the court, gasping for breath. His calf was starting to cramp up.
Chen Yekai’s stamina was being pushed to its limit too. He didn’t dare to exert too much energy because he had fractured his left arm, so he made a gesture at Huang Ting, and the three of them dispersed. Huang Ting started the round. Fu Liqun threw Yu Hao a kiss, and the audience burst out laughing, but Yu Hao knew Fu Liqun’s secret signal. He turned around to assist Zhou Sheng.
In the last 30 seconds, the court was like a powder keg that had been set off. Fu Liqun succeeded in suppressing Huang Ting and grabbed the ball. Within an instant, Chen Yekai, Ou Qihang, and Huang Ting abandoned Fu Liqun and went to block Zhou Sheng!
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Yu Hao thought, that’s too cruel of you guys! To surround one with three……and in the next moment, the audience fell absolutely silent. Zhou Sheng crossed through and passed the ball to Ou Qihang. Ou Qihang wasn’t prepared for it at all and was stunned for a second, then Zhou Sheng got past Chen Yekai and snatched the ball from Ou Qihang again.
In a split second, their last chance arrived! Zhou Sheng passed the ball to Fu Liqun —— Fu Liqun dribbled the ball out of the three-point line, jumped, and shot out his last three-pointer shot——
For just two seconds, the audience was dead still. Yu Hao’s eyes widened as his heart began jumping around violently. Chen Yekai rushed up but still didn’t make it in time to intercept the ball; he ended up colliding with Fu Liqun and fell down.
The basketball flew towards the basket. Everyone’s heart stopped beating; the ball knocked onto the basket with a “bang”, bounced…and bounced off. A loud, rueful cry rang out from the audience, but in the next moment, Yu Hao dashed over from the edge of the court, caught the ball, dribbled, and shot——
At the same time the ball left his hands, the referee whistled, the ball went in, and the crowd burst into a crazy frenzy of cheers and applause.
Zhou Sheng let out a loud cry and darted towards Yu Hao. He jumped and sat on his waist. Yu Hao nearly lost his footing and started to laugh.
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Yet just a few seconds later, disappointed boos rang out in all directions.
On the scoreboard, the last two points never showed up.
Zhou Sheng and Yu Hao separated. Everyone looked at the scoreboard together, and after a few seconds of silence, a song began playing on the sidelines. Yu Hao was a little helpless, but he was in a very good mood. Right now, he really wanted to wrap his arms around Zhou Sheng’s neck and kiss him.
“The last two points can’t be counted.” The referee explained, “But you guys played very well.”
Yu Hao was afraid that Zhou Sheng would start quarrelling with the referee, while Zhou Sheng looked a bit confused. Both sides nodded and Zhou Sheng understood what Yu Hao meant. He went forward to shake hands with the referee, then hugged Huang Ting’s team. Everyone was sweating, and sweat mixed with the faint scent of cologne wafted from Chen Yekai’s body. Both teams went to their respective dressing rooms to change.
Most of the spectators ran to the back door, and there were a lot fewer people in the stadium now. Yu Hao said, “What a pity.”
Zhou Sheng spun the ball in one hand while he held Yu Hao’s hand with his other, their fingers intertwined. He looked back at him, “That last ball was really cool.”
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Yu Hao laughed. There were a lot fewer people now. He stood at the edge of the court, draped an arm around Zhou Sheng’s neck, and kissed him deeply.