America: I came here to study, not to show mercy.

Chapter 23 Basketball, it’s decided on you!
The ticking sound of footsteps seemed to be knocking on everyone's heart. Everyone was silent, looking at the two figures approaching, then leaning on the fence not far away and looking towards the basketball court.

The young man in front of him frowned slightly under his goggles and turned to look at the two figures.

"Sufeil, what's wrong with you?"

Sufeier raised the corner of his mouth slightly: "Do me a favor and grab this venue."

"..."

"can."

After hesitating for a moment, the young man glanced at Li Xiaoen and nodded in agreement.

"However, this kind of match is still a bit boring. How about we play a match, and whoever loses gets the ball. What do you think?"

The young man looked at Li Xiaoen with a friendly smile on his face.

"There are five of you and four of us. How are we going to fight?"

Before Li Xiaoen could say anything, Michael behind him spoke first, "Besides, you said you were going to play the whole game, all five of you? Don't scare people, at least follow the first-come, first-served rule."

"It's very simple. It's not an important game anyway. We can play with four people, or even three."

The man shrugged, smiled faintly, and turned his gaze back to Li Xiaoen.

"So what? Accept the competition, or leave?"

He knew in his heart that as long as Li Xiaoen made a decision, the other three would not object, and Sufeil was only targeting Li Xiaoen.

If someone gives you a favor, you should give him a favor. Since this is an opportunity to win Sufei's favor, he doesn't mind doing these bullying things.

He turned his head to look in the direction of Sufeil and was met with that provocative and contemptuous gaze. Li Xiaoen felt helpless and looked back at the three people.

"You guys, do you want to fight?"

"Can we win if we fight them?"

The three of them came closer, and what was originally a play among a few friends turned into a competition. Malcolm felt a little nervous, frowned, and asked in a low voice.

"Fight! They're so arrogant, how can we run away with our tails between our legs?"

Daniel clenched his fists in front of him firmly. "American soldiers only die in battle, there are no deserters!"

"But, I remember, the guy with the goggles is called Matthew Scott, and he's on the school basketball team."

After these words were spoken, Daniel's face finally showed a hint of hesitation.

"What are you thinking? Fight, you must fight!"

Seeing the two men's demoralized expressions, Michael patted their chests indignantly, gritting his teeth fiercely, "Those bullies are going too far! Even if we can't defeat them, we'll make them suffer!"

"Don't you think so, Sean?"

He looked at Li Xiaoen, the only one who still had some fighting spirit, and was even surprisingly calm.

Li Xiaoen was stunned when he heard this: "You mean..."

"hey-hey……"

Michael let out a sinister smile and looked around at the two of them. "It's normal to have some movements when playing basketball."

"Correct!"

Daniel's eyes lit up when he heard that. "Fuck those sons of bitches!"

"You guys better take it easy and don't make things too big."

Li Xiaoen rolled his eyes, feeling fortunate that such a talented person was in his team.

Now that the decision had been made, Li Xiaoen no longer hesitated. He briefly explained the four-man strategy to the others, then turned to Matthew and the others and said, "Okay, let's get started."

"I'm glad you made this choice."

Matthew smiled and threw the basketball in his hand to Li Xiaoen, "As the host, you serve the ball."

Li Xiaoen did not refuse and threw the basketball to Malcolm under the basketball hoop...

Looking at the increasingly lively atmosphere on the basketball court, Victoria turned her head to look at Sufeil and sighed slowly.

"Sufeil, this is what you call a good show?"

"As my best friend, you can't not support me in getting into trouble with that bastard, right?"

Sufeier pulled Victoria's arm and frowned in mock anger, "Why, are you feeling bad?"

"No, what are you thinking about?"

Victoria rolled her eyes. "I just find it boring to make two men fight each other." "Isn't there a lot of such stories in your ancient history? There were even fights between humans and beasts."

“That’s what history is like, but isn’t it all gone?”

Victoria pursed her lips and was about to speak when her attention was drawn to the movement on the basketball court.

"Ouch... I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"Oh, my bad, my bad, you guys serve this ball..."

"Are you okay? Are you okay? Come, let me pull you up..."

With one fall and apology after another, Matthew finally came to his senses and came to Li Xiaoen with dissatisfaction.

"Do you really have the nerve to deliberately commit a foul like this?"

"This isn't an important match, don't take it so seriously."

Li Xiaoen knew in his heart that this was not a proper approach, but now was not a time to discuss right or wrong, but rather a matter of standing. He suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to curl up at any moment, and said, "Besides, when playing basketball, isn't it normal to have some movements?"

"Pfft..."

After these words were spoken, Matthew was stunned for a moment, but a burst of laughter from not far away attracted everyone's attention.

Glancing sideways, Victoria had already rested her head on Sufei's shoulder, her entire body trembling, and she was obviously laughing happily.

"Matthew..."

Sufeier crossed his arms at this time. His face showed no emotion, but anyone with a discerning eye could sense the coldness in his expression. "Get their basketball, and I'll treat you to dinner."

"..."

"Yes, of course."

After a moment of silence, a smile appeared on Matthew's face. He turned to look at Li Xiaoen and asked, "Solo?"

"You know, even though these little tricks you guys did could temporarily interrupt the game, we still won in the end."

"Now I'll give you a chance to solo with me, one on one, how about it?"

"Aren't you on the school basketball team?"

Daniel rushed forward and stood next to Li Xiaoen, sarcastically saying, "You've been training for so long, but in the end you have to solo with an amateur. Are you looking for confidence because you lack it?"

After saying this, Li Xiaoen turned his head to look at Sufeil as if it was a matter of fact, and naturally received an angry glare in return.

"Yeah, do you still have any shame?"

Michael also came forward and said, "Let's play table tennis with Sean."

"The key point is, what we're fighting for now isn't the table tennis court."

Automatically ignoring the two people's sarcasm, Matthew spread his hands and stared at Li Xiaoen, "So, do you want to fight?"

"Don't worry, I accept this challenge."

Li Xiaoen patted Daniel and the other man on the shoulders and nodded.

"That's good."

Matthew turned and looked at everyone on the field, indicating their position. "I hope you can be different from them and stop doing those normal little things."

Li Xiaoen didn't answer, but just smiled helplessly.

Originally, I was thinking of using some self-defense fighting skills, but ended up using them for this.

He didn't feel any resentment. Instead of worrying about choosing the most valuable sport, he preferred to focus on the present.

【Select sport: Basketball】

[Advanced virtual sports card successfully used, five years of experience in dedicated training, virtual exercises are loading]

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Seeing the progress bar of the pop-up subtitles slowly moving forward, Li Xiaoen frowned unconsciously.

No, it doesn't say that you have to wait for loading before using this card.

(End of this chapter)