Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

Seeing Jingran so happy, He Ziyu didn't have the heart to expose him. After praising him a few more times, he ran to the open space next to him to stretch his muscles and prepare to run.

"Ayu, why don't you go play with them for a while?" Jingran asked.

"No way," He Ziyu answered decisively. "I'm not good at basketball. My height is what it is, and besides, nobody's willing to let me win."

Jingran tilted her head back to drink water, not hearing the second half of what he said. After swallowing the water, she muttered, "Height isn't a problem."

the other side.

"Everyone, stop for a moment." Bei Yao gave the order, and the team members quieted down. "This is Jiang Chengyu, from Class 7 of the first year of high school. He's the student council president of our school. You should all know him, right?"

"Of course I know the genius who gave the impromptu speech at the opening ceremony."

"Wow, this is a real academic genius..."

Bei Yao interrupted the chatter: "He's quite interested in our basketball team. He happened to have some time today, so he came over to play. Gu Wang, you can rest over there for a bit and give up your spot."

Gu Wang: "Oh..."

The team members always obeyed Bei Yao's arrangements without question.

On the one hand, he has been with the team for a long time, and on the other hand, he plays at a high level. When it comes to tactical advice, Bei Yao is always needed.

Over time, he became a "spiritual leader" in the eyes of his teammates.

After Gu Wang left the field, Jiang Chengyu took his place.

"Gu Wang plays small forward. This position requires speed, and your shooting percentage just needs to be average. Why don't you try it out first? If it doesn't work, we can switch you." Bei Yao briefly explained the situation to Jiang Chengyu.

Jiang Chengyu nodded and gave an "OK" sign.

……

He Ziyu stretched his legs beside the track, glancing at Jiang Chengyu as he did so, his gaze seemingly glued to him, unwilling to look away for even a second.

He saw Jiang Chengyu roll up the sleeves of his tracksuit to his forearms, dribble in place to get a feel for the ball, and then toss the basketball back into the hands of the temporary referee, waiting for the jump ball.

He Ziyu took out his phone, intending to take some photos as a memento, but before he could even turn on the camera, he heard Jingran's disgusted voice in his ear.

"Go away, don't hang around in front of me. I still remember you hitting me with a shot put."

"I didn't smash you, I smashed Yao-ge, don't wrong me."

"That won't do either, you can't hit anyone..."

After being forced to leave, Gu Wang had nothing to do, so he went to the side to chat with someone. He saw Jing Ran was idle, so he came over, but he didn't expect to be given a cold shower as soon as he came up.

A refreshing coolness, a feeling of exhilaration.

"Alright, whatever my sister-in-law says is right." Gu Wang sighed, feeling a bit of a headache about why Bei Yao had taken a liking to such an unapproachable person.

He also remembered that there was a kid in the team who had a girlfriend who was into anime. The two of them had a fight and were in a cold war for more than half a month. Later, the kid couldn't hold it in anymore and went to the girl to make up.

The girl replied, "We can make up, but you and your teammates have to wear school uniform skirts and dance a cute otaku dance in front of me."

Then they became incredibly loyal to their brothers, willing to go through fire and water for them.

Then they were left with indelible psychological trauma.

Gu Wang suspected that Jing Ran was even more lethal than that girl.

Looking at Jing Ran again, he clearly hadn't heard Gu Wang's inner grumbling and was still happy that the other party had backed down. However, less than two seconds later...

"What did you just call me?"

Realizing he had let something slip, Gu Wang quickly shut up and refused to speak no matter how much Jing Ran pressed him for an answer.

Unable to get to the bottom of things, Jingran said, "This is boring, I'm going for a run," and disappeared like the wind.

He Ziyu glanced at Jing Ran's back, then at his phone, and suddenly forgot what he was supposed to do.

"He Ziyu," Gu Wang suddenly called his name.

"Um?"

"Yuan-ge isn't here today, what are you doing here?"

He Ziyu was taken aback when he heard Gu Wang ask this question.

After his rebirth, he forgot many unimportant people, such as Gu Wang. But it was obvious that Gu Wang's expression towards him was not unfamiliar. He didn't know if it was because they knew each other in his previous life or because he was too famous at No. 8 Middle School.

He Ziyu pulled his numb leg back and asked, "Brother, you're on the basketball team, aren't you a bit behind on the times?"

"What?"

"I've lost interest in Lan Yuan. No, not just lost interest, I'm disgusted by him. Don't mention him in front of me again."

He Ziyu's expression was extremely calm when he said this, and it was clear that he was not joking.

Gu Wang scratched the back of his head, looking a little confused.

He doesn't usually care much about gossip at school unless it's presented to him directly. He wouldn't get involved in things like Lan Yuan's affairs, since he's always disliked that guy and rarely attends gatherings involving him.

When He Ziyu was pursuing Lan Yuan in junior high school, he wanted to dissuade him several times, but seeing He Ziyu's enthusiastic expression, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue.

Hearing He Ziyu call Lan Yuan disgusting, for some reason, I actually felt... quite satisfied!

"I know you guys are all on the same team and have feelings for each other, so I won't say anything unnecessary," He Ziyu explained. "Anyway, I'm a smart guy. If I hate him, I only hate him and it won't affect you guys. Just don't bring up those old things from junior high in front of me."

"Yes, you're right." Gu Wang nodded, paused for two seconds, then shook his head. "No, not entirely right either."

"What's wrong?"

Upon hearing this, Gu Wang looked at him with an extremely serious expression: "I have no feelings for him."

……

I forget who said it, but friendships between girls often start by complaining about the same person.

He Ziyu felt that the same logic applied to boys.

"Let me tell you, Lan Yuan is disgusting. He's so arrogant. I was too embarrassed to say anything when you were pursuing him in junior high, but now that you don't like him anymore, I have no reason to hold back... It feels so good to say it out loud."

Gu Wang seemed to have found an outlet, and he revealed all the despicable things Lan Yuan had done over the years.

What about refusing to pass the ball in order to score, resulting in the opponent getting the ball? What about talking behind someone's back about how people who buy the same sneakers as them don't deserve it? And what about always choosing expensive restaurants for gatherings to show off, completely disregarding classmates from poorer families?

And so on, and so forth.

By the end, Gu Wang's mouth was dry, so he downed more than half a bottle of mineral water in one go.

"So you had such a deep grudge against him?" He Ziyu found it quite unbelievable, since in his eyes, the people on the basketball team had always gotten along very well.

"It's not just me, Yao-ge doesn't like him either." Gu Wang's voice rose as he got excited. "Actually, our team is divided into factions, one part supports Lan Yuan, and the other part supports Yao-ge."

"We second-year students don't like to get involved in internal disputes. If he wants to show off, let him. At most, we'll just call him an idiot in our hearts. There's no need to really break ties. After all, putting aside character, those who can go out to play in the league must have good skills. Only by joining forces can we bring glory to the school."

"That's true." He Ziyu nodded. "But I'm still quite curious, since none of you like Lan Yuan, why did you choose him as the team leader?"

"We didn't choose him, Yao-ge made him." Gu Wang scoffed. "Yao-ge said that the captain has to do a lot of chores, and he's too lazy to do them, so he gathered all of us to vote for Lan Yuan and let him debut in the center position to satisfy his need to show off."

Hearing such delightful gossip from Gu Wang, and recalling how Lan Yuan was being played like a puppet by them, He Ziyu was overjoyed.

Holding the view that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," He Ziyu took out his phone and asked to add Gu Wang on WeChat.

Gu Wang readily agreed.

"Go, go, Yu-ge! Go!"

He Ziyu had just added Jing Ran on WeChat when he heard Jing Ran cheering him on, and he quickly looked in the direction of the sound.

The game on the court has reached a fever pitch. At this moment, Jiang Chengyu is dribbling the ball and weaving between the opponents, finding a suitable jump shot spot with extremely fast speed.

However, the next second, Bei Yao appeared in front of Jiang Chengyu and blocked his way.

At this moment, Jiang Chengyu has two choices: shoot or pass the ball.

Your shot might be intercepted by Beiyao, but if you make it, it will definitely be impressive. Your pass is relatively reliable, but you will lose the opportunity to showcase your skills.

Without a doubt, Jiang Chengyu chose the latter.

Between showcasing oneself and scoring points, the relative importance is obvious.

Jiang Chengyu flicked his wrist, accurately passing the basketball to the power forward, who then made a layup and slammed it into the net, scoring a successful point.

After the match, the Beiyao team won without any suspense, but Jiang Chengyu's performance still won unanimous praise from the team members.

"For an amateur player, this is already quite good."

"And they have a great team spirit; that alone makes them much better than so-and-so."

"Hey, let's just play ball, don't cause trouble..."

During halftime, Jiang Chengyu was surrounded by the basketball team.

Lan Yuan and his cronies weren't here today, so the team members spoke frankly and all expressed their desire for Jiang Chengyu to join the basketball team.

the reason is simple.

Jiang Chengyu has a good overall perspective and doesn't mind being a substitute. The key is that he is a prominent figure in the school, and joining the basketball team can elevate the prestige of their entire team.

Faced with everyone's enthusiastic invitation, Jiang Chengyu simply said, "I need to hear Ayu's opinion on this matter."

"You can decide this yourself, why ask him?"

"How about we let He Ziyu join too?"

Bei Yao slapped the two idiots on the back of the head twice: "Let them ask whoever they want, it's none of your business."

After that, no one dared to utter another word.

……

He Ziyu went to a nearby convenience store and bought a case of chilled cola, which he then distributed to everyone.

He had done this many times in his past life, but it was all for Lan Yuan. Now that times have changed, although he is still the one paying, his purpose is completely different.

"Brother Yu, do you really want to join the basketball team?" He Ziyu stood on tiptoe and wiped the sweat from Jiang Chengyu's forehead.

"Um."

Although he already knew the answer, He Ziyu still couldn't help but ask, "Why?"

Jiang Chengyu looked at him, her eyes sparkling: "Because I also want to experience what it's like to be followed by your gaze."