Who would still play tennis after being reborn?

Chapter 24 Xia Zhitong Looked at Me
"Acheng, you've started learning tennis too?"

Yu Xinjie felt a sense of surprise at finding a close friend in an unfamiliar environment. Before Li Yang could even leave his seat, he had already pulled him aside: "Get out of here. You roughnecks don't understand the nobility of tennis."

"Nothing!"

"You son of a bitch!" Li Yang cursed. "Yu Xinjie, get the hell away from me!"

"Noble? Noble my ass!"

"Let's see how noble you are!"

As he spoke, he tried to pull Yu Xinjie away, and Yu Xinjie immediately cowered.

"Brother Yang, it was my fault." Yu Xinjie quickly kowtowed and apologized.

"Forget it, I'm magnanimous and won't stoop to your level."

Yu Xinjie chuckled and turned to chat with Gu Cheng: "Acheng, are you really learning tennis?"

When did this happen?

"Learned a little bit."

"Really?"

Yu Xinjie excitedly grabbed Gu Cheng's hand: "Let's play a couple of balls sometime. You don't know, nobody in our class plays tennis. A bunch of idiots just play video games all day long. It's so hard to find anyone I know to play with."

This is the tragedy of learning tennis.

In basketball, you can always find a large group of people to play with. In soccer, you can easily form a team every now and then. It's hard to say outside, but you can always find people during PE class. As for ping-pong, it goes without saying—just shout and people will respond. And badminton is a powerful tool for picking up girls.

Most girls only play badminton among sports.

At this point, being able to play badminton gives you something to brag about in front of girls.

Of course, girls also play volleyball, but boys rarely play it; that thing, well… it's a bit boring.

The only exception is tennis. The school does have a court, but the facilities are old and nobody wants to go there. Usually, only a few teachers who like tennis go. The key issue is that there are very few people who learn tennis. If you want to play, you can only find a coach or a sparring partner. If you're lucky, you might meet another tennis enthusiast who also doesn't have a partner at the court.

The two people exchanged contact information, but since they weren't close, it was difficult for them to find time to spend together.

At this moment, a student suddenly appeared in the class who was learning tennis, so it's no wonder that Yu Xinjie was overjoyed.

"See?" Gu Cheng replied casually.

"Don't look!"

Yu Xinjie pressed his advantage: "Don't worry, I'll cover the cost of renting the court."

"It's not about money."

Gu Cheng knew that Yu Xinjie's family was relatively well-off in the class, otherwise he wouldn't have started learning tennis from a young age.

"I know."

"You've only been learning for a short time, so you're not very good at it. You're afraid I'll laugh at you, right?"

Yu Xinjie looked like he knew what he was talking about: "You don't need to worry about that at all. We're classmates, would I laugh at you? Besides, you're just starting out, and we'll play together, so I can teach you a thing or two."

"You didn't hire a coach, did you?"

"No, just playing around."

Yu Xinjie slapped his thigh: "There's no need to hire a coach just for fun. Those things are ridiculously expensive. I don't mean to show off, but most people really can't afford them."

Gu Cheng nodded.

Yu Xinjie added, "I'll teach you then. I've been playing tennis since I was a child. Although I'm not that good, I think I'm more than capable of teaching a beginner like you."

Besides, everyone starts from not knowing how to do it and then learns. Wasn't I the same when I first started learning?

"Back then, I was afraid of playing against others because I would get completely crushed. But after being crushed so many times, I naturally became more skilled. Everyone who learns tennis goes through this process."

"Let's talk about it another time!"

"Okay, that's settled then."

Yu Xinjie was all smiles, planning to pull Gu Cheng aside and discuss topics related to Zhang Ming, when Li Yang knocked on the desk: "Hey guys, stop chatting. It's break time. If you chat any longer and get caught by Chen Daheilian, you'll be in big trouble."

As he spoke, he ran outside.

Yu Xinjie snapped out of his daze, his expression changing.

Gu Cheng also felt a little uncomfortable.

Chen Dahei, whose full name is Chen Qingsheng, is the current Dean of Students at No. 1 Middle School. He is an extremely rigid and serious middle-aged man who is a big shot who always patrols the playground during every break between classes. If you are caught by him, you will be punished by standing in the corner, or even by being publicly reprimanded throughout the school. Even the homeroom teacher of the class where the student sits will not escape a scolding.

He was seen as a major villain by students and teachers.

Not long after Li Yang ran out, the loudspeaker blared, and the familiar athletes' march began to play. Without a second thought, the two got up and rushed back to the track.

If morning reading is something students deeply resent, then morning exercises are just as bad.

Many daring students would choose to secretly sleep in the classroom at this time.

But few students at No. 1 High School dare to do this. The reason is simple: Chen Daheilian might patrol the classrooms at any time, especially since the classrooms for the first-year students are on the first floor, and he could come over and take a look at them at any time.

Sometimes, they would even have each class count off after the morning exercises.

Classes with all students present can leave, while classes with fewer students should remain on the playground and wait for the student who did not arrive.

Then you can see the classic scene of one or more students standing on the playground being scolded by Chen Da with a dark face.

Most of the students at No. 1 High School came from the affiliated high school. Before they even entered high school, they had already heard of Chen Da Hei Lian's formidable reputation and had recently witnessed his famous scene of scolding people.

With such a "bad reputation" before them, who would dare to defy public opinion and skip the morning exercises?
It's easier for girls. As long as they find a reason for a relative to cause trouble, even if Chen Dahei doesn't believe them, he won't say anything. After all, he can't ask a girl to prove it.

If a female actor with better acting skills puts on a show, Chen Dahei will have no choice but to believe it.

They would even ask others to take girls who looked unwell back to their classrooms to rest if they saw them on the playground.

Although Chen Dahei was a bit serious, he was generally a good person.

However, the students who were reprimanded by him probably wouldn't think that way; they might hate him to death.

Gu Cheng and the others arrived at the playground and took their positions according to their grade and class. After the Athletes' March ended, the music for the eighth set of broadcast gymnastics began.

However, the students came back, but their movements were far from standard, even crooked and awkward. Those standing in the front row, closer to Chen Da's dark face, were a little better, and basically everyone's rhythm was on the same point.

But in the unsupervised areas behind, you can basically jump your own way and I can jump mine without interfering with each other.

Some can even take a light nap while they're dancing around. Most importantly, although their movements aren't large, they can keep up with everything.

When they got to the body rotation exercise, Li Yang, who was standing in front, suddenly winked at Gu Cheng.

"Do your eyes hurt?"

"Xia Zhitong is on your left," Li Yang said quietly, rolling his eyes.

Gu Cheng turned his head to the left and saw that it was indeed that aloof girl.

Among the many figures, she stood out. Many students would subconsciously glance at Xia Zhitong when they turned around, and then quickly looked away for fear of being noticed.

Xia Zhitong was wearing the school uniform of No. 1 Middle School today, with a white undershirt peeking out from under the blue and white stripes.

Her hair fell smoothly over her shoulders, occasionally lifted by the movement of her during recess exercises, a few strands clinging to her fair cheeks, adding a touch of cuteness to her originally cool and aloof face.

Even Gu Cheng, who had been in close contact with Xia Zhitong, couldn't help but take a second look. No wonder Li Yang and the other students stared wide-eyed.

"So beautiful!"

"How can there be such an ethereal girl!"

Li Yang is a typical example of someone who struggles with Chinese language; he rambles on and on, but in the end, he only comes up with a few sentences.

Why can't we use phrases like "the moon hides its face in shame," "fish sink and geese fall," or "a beauty that could topple kingdoms and cities"?

"Do your exercises properly."

Gu Cheng kicked him directly.

"What the hell? If you were doing your exercises properly, you wouldn't be standing at the back."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yang glanced at Xia Zhitong, who was also standing at the back of Class One. This beautiful girl, who had only been at No. 1 High School for a short time, was called an unattainable beauty by almost all the boys. She seemed to be working more seriously than anyone else.

Seeing that Xia Zhitong didn't seem to have heard, Li Yang secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though he knew Xia Zhitong could never like him, teenage boys still wanted to leave a decent impression on their crush, their goddess, or any pretty girl, so they wouldn't be disliked.

Soon, the music for the morning exercises ended, and under Chen Da's dark, deathly gaze, thousands of students on the playground scattered like birds and beasts.

Whether out of excitement or a moment of madness, Li Yang suddenly jumped up and grabbed Gu Cheng's head with both hands.

"Holy crap, Xia Zhitong just looked at me."

"Idiot!" Upon hearing this, Gu Cheng could only laugh. Has this guy gone mad? Is she looking at you?

"Li Yang, get the hell out of here! She was clearly looking at me." Zhou Xiao suddenly appeared out of nowhere and kicked Li Yang from behind.

Gu Cheng: "..."

Where do these two get their confidence from?!

(End of this chapter)