Who would still play tennis after being reborn?

Chapter 32 Gu Cheng, shall we play two balls?

"perhaps?"

"Perhaps, maybe, perhaps?"

Liu Xing wasn't too sure either. Just because two people know each other doesn't necessarily mean they're students at the same school. They could also be childhood sweethearts, but Liu Xing leaned more towards the former.

"There's no one else after her, right?" Zhang Ming looked at Liu Xing with some nervousness.

Liu Xing quickly pulled out the list and glanced at it: "No, this student named Xia Zhitong is the last one."

call!
Zhang Ming breathed a sigh of relief. If Gu Cheng really signed up, he would have to consider whether or not to renege on his promise.

"Do you remember the message that kid sent me a couple of days ago?"

"what's the message?"

"I'll think of a way to thank you in a couple of days."

Liu Xing suddenly realized: "You mean..."

"Did he actually know beforehand that you were coming to No. 1 High School?"

Zhang Ming nodded: "It should be. Since I promised, the school will definitely notify the students in advance. If Gu Cheng is a student of this school, he can't possibly not know."

"He knew, which is why he sent that message that we found inexplicable."

"That boy..."

"interesting!"

Zhang Ming laughed: "At least you know how to save face for me. But if he really signed up, I just won't fight, right? Why would he need to save face for me?"

"However, since he's so sensible, we can't just ignore it. Let's treat him to a big meal before we leave."

Liu Xing nodded and made a note of it. However, Zhang Ming was a professional player after all, and his schedule was hard to predict. He might have to leave Ningbo in a day or two.

"So what are you going to do next?"

"What do you mean, what should we do?" Zhang Ming asked, slightly puzzled.

Liu Xing glanced at the girl opposite him.

Zhang Ming said nonchalantly, "What else can we do? Go easy on him. We can't be as ruthless as we are with the others. That kid might be hiding in the crowd watching. If he sees us bullying his people, what will become of me? He might just beat me up one day."

Liu Xing shrugged, neither confirming nor denying.

"No, can't you even offer me a word of advice?" Zhang Ming was very dissatisfied with Liu Xing's attitude.

"What to advise?"

"Let me defy power and beat his people to tears!"

"Go ahead and hit me!"

Zhang Ming: "..."

I'd like to hit him, but that kid's a freak.

Why is it so hard to be a person?

Zhang Ming looked helpless. After Liu Xing left, he greeted Xia Zhitong across from him: "Hey, classmate, take your time and just play to your normal level."

Xia Zhitong ignored him.

"Uh~"

Zhang Ming was speechless. Was that kid's girlfriend really that aloof?

Just as he was thinking, Xia Zhitong's serve came. Zhang Ming was still pondering when he realized that the tennis ball had already flown out of bounds, hit the wall, and rolled to his feet.

"(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~"

A loud chorus of boos erupted.

"Senior Zhang Ming, this is too obvious!" someone shouted.

Zhang Ming was extremely frustrated. He hadn't gone easy on Gu Cheng at all; he was just thinking about something. He hadn't expected that Gu Cheng's girlfriend would serve without any sportsmanship, without even saying a word.

By the time he heard the serve had won and went to check, it was too late.

But the students watching didn't think so. When Zhang Ming played against Yu Xinjie and the others before, although he went easy on them, it was still within the normal range. At least none of them got a single point from Zhang Ming.

When it came to Xia Zhitong, she didn't even budge.

Who would believe this isn't discriminatory treatment?

"Sure enough, even professional players are captivated by Xia Zhitong's beauty and can't even play basketball properly," Li Yang remarked. "Unfortunately, Xia Zhitong doesn't even give him a second glance."

"At least Xia Zhitong glanced at me a couple of days ago. In some ways, professional players are not as good as me."

"If you're so amazing, why haven't I seen you confess your feelings to Xia Zhitong?" "You don't know anything!"

Li Yang glanced at Zhou Xiao, who was speaking, and asked, "Is now the time to be in a relationship?"

"Let's talk about it after high school graduation."

"Of all your things, you're just stubborn."

While the two were arguing, the match on the field entered a heated phase.

Zhang Ming was down 0-1 in the return game.

This time, the boos grew even louder.

However, no one said anything. After all, she was a girl, and the white moonlight in the hearts of all the boys. It was normal for her to go easy on him. If it were them, they would probably do the same.

Zhang Ming, however, became increasingly frustrated as the game progressed. He could have won, but to do Gu Cheng a favor, he had to let him win a little. The key was to do it just right, without making it too obvious, which was quite difficult.

However, Xia Zhitong's strength made Zhang Ming look at her differently.

Not weak.

Her skills are better than Yu Xinjie and Wu Yifei. She must have started playing tennis from a young age. However, her strength is much weaker, so her shots are not very threatening. If her opponent is also a girl, Xia Zhitong's tennis skills are quite strong.

"These two are both freaks."

Zhang Ming cursed under his breath. When it was his serve, he didn't hold back this time. He went all out, and Xia Zhitong didn't last long before he defeated her, ending the booing match in the shortest possible time.

Zhang Ming originally wanted to talk about some of Xia Zhitong's weaknesses, but before he could say anything, Xia Zhitong picked up her racket and went downstairs, leaving him somewhat frustrated.

But then I thought, with that freak Gu Cheng around, what do they need him to teach them?
Just then, a few little kids squeezed in from the stands.

"Brother Xuan, it seems our sister lost!" a chubby boy said, looking at Xia Zhitong leaving the court.

Xia Mingxuan slapped the other person on the head: "Nonsense, the opponent is a professional player, isn't it normal for our sister to lose?"

"Doesn't our sister know how to serve with topspin?"

“That’s my brother-in-law.”

"I thought our sister could also serve with topspin. What about Fuji's Swallow Return Flash? Can she do that?"

Xia Mingxuan was speechless: "I give up on you, you're so stupid! How are you going to be my underling in the future?"

"what!?"

"That's anime, okay? You can't find such abnormally good ball skills in real life!"

The chubby boy scratched his head: "But Brother Xuan, didn't you say that my brother-in-law only knows how to serve with outside spin?"

"That's different."

Xia Mingxuan looked at him speechlessly: "Forget it, why bother talking to you about this? No wonder you always fail math, you deserve to be beaten by your parents."

The chubby boy was immediately extremely depressed.

……

After more than an hour, all the matches were over, and Wei Wentao came up to him immediately: "Mr. Zhang Ming, thank you for your help today."

"No trouble at all, it's nothing."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"You say."

Wei Wentao said, "Isn't the National Middle School Tennis Championships going to be held at the beginning of next month?"

Zhang Ming nodded. He knew about the tournament. It wasn't a professional competition, but for students who loved tennis and their schools, winning a place would be an honor.

If they actually win a prize, they can at least get a provincial second-level athlete certificate.

Seeing that Zhang Ming had heard about it, Wei Wentao continued, "Our school has never signed up before, mainly because there are too few students who can play tennis, and those who can play are not good enough. After watching the match just now, our Principal Deng Yunhua plans to select two or three people to participate in the provincial qualifiers. So... we thought we would ask you to help us determine the participants."

"The contestants..."

Zhang Ming muttered to himself that he had a general impression of the students who signed up for the coaching competition, especially Yu Xinjie, Wu Yifei, and the only girl among them, Xia Zhitong, who were all quite strong. If they really went to the provincial preliminaries, one or two of them could be selected.

Just as he was about to mention the three people, he suddenly thought of Gu Cheng.

If that kid goes, he'll definitely win the singles championship!

Thinking of this, Zhang Ming looked at Wei Wentao and said, "Teacher Wei, please wait a moment."

Although she didn't know what Zhang Ming was planning, she still nodded.

Zhang Ming looked up at the crowded stands and shouted, "Gu Cheng, I know you're here. Don't just stand there watching the show, come down and play a couple of balls!"

(End of this chapter)