Age of Legends

Chapter 175 Sand Sculpture
The football field at Yude was filled with the shouts of boys in an open space under the setting sun, arranging various tactics, yelling "steal!", "pass!", and the intermittent "bang!" sound of the football colliding with legs.

Today's court is not like the old days of playing in a "monk's court", so everyone played very hard. Unlike basketball courts where there are usually girls watching, football courts are usually not frequented by girls, and only single men play football, so it is called a "monk's court". Whenever there are a few girls sitting in the stands, the boys running on the playground can make tackles more fierce and steals more actively.

Wang Shuowei played football in this situation, imagining himself as Ronaldo who could dribble past opponents continuously, or Beckham who could get close to the opponent's goal and kick the ball into the goal, defeating the opponent. And Wang Shuowei was indeed a good football player. He actually contributed to two goals and was the talk of the town.

When the sun sets, the evening study session ends, and everyone’s game is over, then they can go back to the classroom for the second evening study session and finish some test papers and homework. When Wang Shuowei was packing up and preparing to go back to the classroom, he saw two girls from the stands walking towards him.

He recognized the two people at a glance. They were familiar faces, Zhang Yuecheng and Tian Lin from Class 4. And seeing that they were obviously coming towards him and wanted to talk to him, Wang Shuowei suddenly felt that spring had come.

It seems that his heroic performance on the court today really impressed the two girls. I just don’t know which of them has a crush on him, Zhang Yuecheng or Tian Lin?
I can’t tell. Zhang Yuecheng looks cute and sweet, while Tian Lin has a more intellectual temperament. It’s so hard to choose.

Even the fellow players who were heading towards the stadium gate were privately eyeing Wang Shuowei, making all kinds of faces and cheering, "Yeah, Wang Shuowei, you're going to be single!"

Then two girls stopped him, and the more lively Zhang Yuecheng spoke first, "Wang Shuowei! I have something to ask you!"

As expected, it came as expected.

This familiar "I have something to ask you" is often followed by questions about your opinion of a certain girl, or whether you have a girlfriend.

Then he heard Zhang Yuecheng's voice saying, "I heard that Zhang Chen likes Shen Nuoyi. Is this true?"

After it went through his ears and his mind once more, Wang Shuowei gradually came to his senses. He was still a little dazed, "Ah, you ask this..."

"Nonsense!" Zhang Yuecheng simply spat at him, "You fight with Zhang Chen every day, how can you not know his true thoughts? Don't act crazy, is he pursuing Shen Nuoyi?"

Wang Shuowei saw Tian Lin looking at him eagerly, and he understood! This intellectual girl, you are one of the top five students in your class 4, and you, a bespectacled girl, actually like Zhang Chen?
At this time, a group of male basketball friends who were watching the fun also followed suit and pricked up their ears. It was obvious that they all knew about the rumors, but they just kept silent and didn't ask.

"You and Zhang Chen live close to each other, right? Shen Nuoyi is from your neighborhood!"

"It's normal for Zhang Chen to like Shen Nuoyi..."

Wang Shuowei understood the purpose of Zhang Yuecheng and Tian Lin's inquiries. The rumors about Shen Nuoyi would inevitably trigger many chain reactions. First, she had someone she liked, and second, the rumors during the holidays were probably magnified. Was Zhang Chen pursuing Shen Nuoyi?

Because liking someone and pursuing someone are actually two different states. There are too many people who like Shen Nuoyi, and many of them are self-aware. Liking someone doesn't mean anything, and it can even change dynamically. Sometimes you like someone, and suddenly you're pursued by another person, and then you're pursued by another person. This kind of thing happens often.

But it's different when pursuing someone. It's the difference in attitude and seriousness. The difference between Zhang Chen liking Shen Nuoyi and Zhang Chen pursuing Shen Nuoyi means the difficulty of getting in between them.

Pure liking can easily be stolen away. However, pursuing is different. On the one hand, you have made up your mind, and on the other hand, there is a possibility of success, or even that you are already in the process of pursuing someone. Who knows? At this time, it is generally not appropriate for outsiders to intervene.

Once you understand these two differences, you will understand their purposes.

The boys from the team next to them were not in a hurry to leave. Each of them had a look of curiosity in their eyes. Damn, you guys are quite gossipy!
Wang Shuowei felt like he was surrounded by stars, and thinking of the judgments he had made based on all the information he had gathered during the summer vacation, he said, "You want to ask me if Zhang Chen likes Shen Nuoyi... Well, we have been close to each other since we were young, so it is normal for him to have liked her... But if you want to talk about pursuing her... That's definitely not the case, it's absolutely impossible!" Isn't it obvious? Even if Zhang Chen likes Shen Nuoyi, he even keeps himself in the dark, but it's easy to say. He, Wang Shuowei, used to like Shen Nuoyi, and even now he asks himself, there is no ripple at all? It's impossible.

So Wang Shuowei understood Zhang Chen very quickly.

But it is precisely because of personal experience that I understand that Zhang Chen at this moment is most likely the same as he was before. He simply likes someone, but it is impossible for him to truly confess or pursue her. At most, he uses the opportunity of being good friends to get close to Shen Nuoyi, but he dares not say it out loud. He even knows the consequences and outcome of confessing his feelings.

Then everyone suddenly understood, and Wang Shuowei wondered what was going on!
It looked like many people knew about it, and maybe it had also reached Shen Nuoyi's ears. After all, they were friends for many years... They knew each other very well. Even Wang Shuowei felt embarrassed for Zhang Chen.

But on second thought, he was in the same boat as Zhang Chen. The only difference was that one's thoughts were exposed, while he dared only keep these thoughts deep in his heart, treating them as beautiful memories of his childhood and adolescence.

However, seeing Zhang Yuecheng and Tian Lin leaving happily after getting the answers, Wang Shuowei suddenly realized that there was no reason for him to worry about Zhang Chen. After all, they were two different people!
Damn!

……

Wang Shuowei returned to the classroom with equipment and covered in dust. He sat next to Zhang Chen, who smiled at him and said, "You look so dusty. Have you eaten yet?"

"Of course I ate. I ate lunch at the internet cafe and came here to play football. How many papers do I have to do today? I'll just do one randomly! I can't finish them all."

When you are in the third year of high school, you have to be self-motivated in many things. Generally, teachers will not supervise you in doing homework. They will correct the homework if they can, or even simply not collect the homework the day before and directly turn to the answer page to review the paper the next day, which can also improve efficiency. Whether you study or not at this time is up to you.

However, since it is a key school, the teachers don’t really care at this time, which makes most people feel the urgency and they will sprint.

Wang Shuowei wanted to tell Zhang Chen what happened after the game today, but he thought it was better to forget it. Tian Lin or Zhang Yuecheng might suddenly come out and confess to him someday, which would surprise him. Wang Shuowei even had some bad taste in his heart. In fact, Zhang Chen was not sure how many girls liked him now.

He glanced at Shen Nuoyi in the front row again, and when he saw Shen Nuoyi's back, he sighed from the bottom of his heart, thinking that this woman was probably the girl that the two brothers had not dared to pursue in all those years together.

Suddenly thinking of something, Wang Shuowei asked again, "Oh, by the way, you said you were going to do something, what was it?"

"Wait for someone."

"Have you waited?"

“I didn’t wait.”

"Tsk, then aren't you a fool?"

"Yeah..." Zhang Chen smiled. Wang Shuowei suddenly noticed that Zhang Chen looked a little tired. "Very stupid."

(End of this chapter)