Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

I hope you will seize the opportunity. Before leaving, Zhixian hinted to the few people who were looking dispirited, and after receiving the feedback of "good people!" from their eyes, he pushed the door open and walked out.

When I went to the clothes, I learned the name and the name.

Damn it, young men!

Brave young man, go and create a miracle!

----split line----

After washing his face in the bathroom, Zhixian sighed deeply at himself in the mirror, regretting that he had agreed to Mikoshiba's request.

Excessive tax evasion will bring retribution. He clearly had the opportunity to stop Mikoshiba, but he let Mikoshiba communicate with the social men just to watch the fun. It was a big mistake, and he didn't expect to get himself involved.

When returning, Zhixian unexpectedly heard a name that was very familiar to him.

"Yumiko's singing is still so beautiful."

"It's okay, but Yui is pretty good too!"

"Yumiko is still better! I really like Yumiko's voice!"

The two of them were walking in front and chatting, and did not notice Zhixian behind them, so Zhixian watched them enter the box before returning to his own box.

Although it was a bit unexpected, it was normal for this situation to occur. Girls like to go to KTV to sing, especially when someone is a microphone master who never puts down the microphone once he picks it up.

33. Friendship (Part 2)

After the KTV session, we went to a fast food restaurant where everyone sat together, chatting and playing board games to deepen their relationships.

So the popular part evolved into a truth or dare segment. (In Japan, it's called the King's Game, but they're similar. Truth or Dare is more familiar.)

But it’s not about drawing lots, playing rock-paper-scissors, or drawing cards, but about drawing building blocks.

Each building block has a question to answer, which is truth or dare, or an action to be performed, which is a dare.

The rules are simple: first, determine the order, then take turns pulling out a block from the stack. If the block is intact, you pass the level. Otherwise, you need to tell the truth or dare according to the words on the block.

The four men and six women will go in the order of lady first, with the women going first, followed by the men. The men and women groups will each decide the order in which their groups will appear.

"So has everyone decided? First person, please start!" Male A from the group acted as the host to promote the event.

"Hi! I'm the first one." A girl with a ponytail raised her hand.

As the first person, Shan Mawei pulled out the building block very easily.

"Safe passage~" The girl with a ponytail looked lively and cheerful. She returned to her seat and gestured "yeah" with her hands to Kashima.

"You are truly wonderful my princess."

As disgusting as ever, the dialogue is from a stage play.

"Then it's me next." A girl with curly blond hair stood up. She was a fan of Zhixian. Zhixian was a little unsure about her hairstyle. It vaguely resembled someone's middle school hairstyle, but it wasn't exactly the same. She didn't know if it was intentional or if she simply couldn't remember the exact look.

The girl with golden curly hair was very steady and cautious when pulling out the building blocks, making everyone present feel that she would definitely be fine.

However, at the last moment, something surprising happened. When she was pulling out the building block steadily, her hand shook and knocked off a building block next to it.

"Ah! What a pity!"

"It was almost there!" the girls commented in an exaggerated tone.

The person himself stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, then picked up the building block to read the words on it.

"What does your ideal partner look like?" she read out loud as she looked.

"Oh~" Several people present started to make a noise, and the girl with golden curly hair suddenly blushed.

The girl stole a glance at Zhixian, twisting her index fingers together. Her voice was far less forthright than it had been during their previous conversation, and her voice rose as she said, "Well, well, my ideal partner would be someone who's reliable, calm, and handsome enough that people can rely on him without realizing it."

The voice became lower and lower, but his eyes kept stealing glances at Zhixian who was sitting not far away, as if hinting at something.

The almost explicit hints made everyone present understand the blonde's thoughts. However, only the men in the social group complained bitterly—others didn't understand Zhixian's character, so how could they not understand him? He was just a womanizing, shrewd maniac. If he became a screenwriter, who knew he could be a warrior of love?

However, Zhixian sat calmly on the Diaoyutai, as if what he just said went in one ear and out the other, and he didn't care at all.

The guys at the party lamented that it was a waste of this girl’s excellent acting skills.

Zhixian was ranked last among the boys, which was his own request.

The first few people either succeeded or failed in performing truth or dare.

And now it's Zhixian's turn.

He observed the blocks, ready to pull one out - and then the blocks collapsed.

"Look what's written on the building blocks!" Everyone applauded, and they were all looking forward to what Zhixian would draw.

So Zhixian spoke calmly under the watchful eyes of everyone: "Please tell us about your career plans for the next five years."

......

Isn't this a bit too serious?

Zhixian didn't care about the expressions of the people present and talked about his future plans in a light tone.

For example, continue to work hard at playing tennis in high school, get admitted to a university in the senior year, and then aim to enter the main draw of the four Grand Slams through the qualifiers during college, and then participate in other competitions in the following time. The ultimate goal is to win one of the four Grand Slams.

......

A serious answer doesn't have the flavor of truth or dare, and this question is too serious to liven up the atmosphere at all.

The building blocks fell down, so everyone shuffled the order and stacked them up again to start the second round of the game.

Because he was the last one in line, Zhixian inevitably broke the building blocks again.

This time the topic is -

"Who is the opposite sex you like?" When Zhixian asked this question, not only the girls but also the boys stretched their necks waiting for Zhixian's answer.

"Maria." When they heard a foreign name come out of Zhixian's mouth, they immediately imagined the annual tragic love drama, where two people in love were separated from each other.

"Maria Sharapova." Zhixian reported the name in full.

......

The blonde was silent.

Because this is a female tennis player.

In a sense, Zhixian is really good at making things awkward.

34. Socializing (Part 2)

While several people were enthusiastically playing Truth or Dare, Zhixian, who was not interested, accidentally discovered that Hayama Yumiko and her group had also come to this store.

This made him a little annoyed. Are there so many coincidences today?

First KTV, then fast food restaurants. Can high school students' weekend activities be more diverse and less monotonous? Are they even choosing the same places for KTV and fast food? Are these places popular in real life?

So in the moment he was in a daze, his eyes met Ye Shan's. The latter smiled at him, but was very tactful and did not come over to say hello so as not to disturb him.

To be honest, if Ye Shan came over to say hello, then those guys would have no chance of socializing properly in the future. However, they were obviously unaware of the fact that Ye Shan's small group had appeared.

The truth or dare game was still going on, and the blonde girl kept hinting - it was obvious that the boys in the fraternity had not told Zhixian about his glorious achievements in school, and now the impression of Zhixian among the outsiders was still the slightly cold Prince of Tennis.

But she was obviously going to return empty-handed today, because not all efforts could lead to success, just like you couldn't wake up a person who was pretending to be asleep.

As if by coincidence, Zhixian always gets some irrelevant content, which makes the girl group who want to assist feel helpless.

Man proposes, God disposes, which is generally the case.

----split line----

"What's wrong, Hayato-kun?" Seeing Hayama smile in a certain direction, Tobe asked casually.

"Nothing, I saw Kashima-san and Tachibana-san." Hayama replied.

When Hubu heard that it was these two people, he immediately looked in the direction Ye Shan was looking with interest - and suddenly a man and a woman came into view.

"A social gathering. I didn't expect that Ju would also participate in this kind of activity." Hubu understood immediately, and also understood why Ye Shan didn't step forward to say hello but just smiled and nodded from a distance.

After all, they are all men. Even if Hubu is a little bit thick-skinned, he still understands common sense.

"Hayato?" After Yumiko sat down, she found Hayama and Tobako sitting behind her, so she called out his name.

"Coming." Ye Shan raised his voice in response, then turned to Tobe and said, "Let's go, Yumiko is waiting for us."

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." Ye Shan put the tray on the table and apologized.

"Did something delay you?" Yuigahama asked. What she meant by "something delayed you" was probably something like out of stock or you took the wrong item.

"Just now, Hayato and I saw Kashima and Tachibana socializing with girls from other schools," Tobe said without hesitation. He thought it was insignificant and just said it for fun.

As the lively person in the group, he habitually dances and describes how Kashima enjoys being among the girls.

I thought Yumiko would complain about this or say something to Kashima. After all, she, the "Queen of Fire", has never been fond of the academy's prince. The "Queen of Ice" Yukinoshita Yukino has the same idea.

Although Kashima's charm is great, it is not exaggerated to the extent that he can attract 100% of women.

Ooka Yamato casually agreed with a few words about Kashima but could not continue the topic.

Yumiko looked as if she was not involved in anything, biting the straw of her Coke and typing on her flip phone. The furry pendant on the phone swayed, fully demonstrating the girl's fast typing speed.

The Explosive God Finger admits defeat! (God Gundam: I didn't! I'm not!)

So the Ministry of Revenue changed the topic and talked about Zhixian.

"Oh, I didn't expect that Ju would also participate in the social! I thought he really had no interest in women at all! There was no scandal at school." Hubu's words were as exaggerated as usual. He really liked this way of expression, and he was overdoing it.

Yumiko paused while typing, then started tapping the phone keyboard again, but her speed did slow down, and the vibration frequency of the pendant also weakened a lot.

"Eh? Tachibana from our class?" Yuigahama covered her mouth in surprise. She had briefly come into contact with Chixian because of something related to the tennis club. She knew that Chixian had given Hikigaya a favor, but she had the impression that he was not a man who would sympathize with women.

An incident where he threw love letters in anger while waking up had completely defined Tachibana. Whenever the girls talked about Zhixian, they would say he was either throwing love letters or on his way to throwing them. But in reality, Zhixian didn't have that many love letters to throw—unless he was doing it for Kashima and Mikoshiba—it was simply a rumor spread by the weight of three people.

"What a surprise." Ebina said, "It's a pity that Mikoshiba and Nozaki are not here, otherwise hehehe..."

"Hina, wipe the blood from your nose." Yumiko gently stroked her friend's nose with the napkin on the tray. When she heard this, she knew that Ebina was at it again.

"Sorry, I'm going to the bathroom." Ebina Fujoshi smiled, picked up her bag and stood up.

"I'll go with you." Yumiko also stood up.

The direction leading to the bathroom requires passing by the seats where Zhixian Kashima and others are sitting.

35. Ebina’s thoughts

As Yumiko followed Ebina to the bathroom, she glanced at the people at Zhixian's table out of curiosity.

It would have been fine if she hadn't glanced, but when she did, Yumiko immediately discovered a girl with golden curly hair who was talking. Her hairstyle was 90% similar to hers in junior high school, but there were subtle differences.

"This one I drew is... well, I hope it's a wish that came true!" The girl finished reading the content, thought for a moment, and then clapped her hands in surprise, as if she had thought of something really great. "Ah! As for me, I hope to have the opportunity to play doubles with Tachibana-san in the future!"

Yumiko immediately rolled her eyes and thought that her acting skills were not as good as Angelababy's. She also plays tennis. She might as well be on Running Man.

(If any of the readers are fans of AB, I apologize to you. I personally don’t hate AB, but that acting is really...)

"What's wrong Yumiko?"

"Nothing." Yumiko walked towards Ebina. "I heard a joke."

"I see." Ebina didn't ask what the joke was.

Although Yuigahama was more observant in the group, Ebina was obviously more observant than Yuigahama. She vaguely noticed the many unnatural things between Yumiko and Chigen.

Although he was being rather vague, Ebina believed that the two of them had known each other before, as they acted like a couple who had just broken up. They would be awkward when they met, not talking to each other at all, and would not bring up topics related to each other.

It's like some kind of taboo topic.

As far as Ebina could remember, Yumiko had never participated in any of the topics related to Chigen, and she had never even mentioned the surname Tachibana.

For Yumiko, who is always straightforward, if she doesn't like or hates someone, she will definitely not hesitate to express it.

Yumiko never expressed her likes or dislikes towards Zhixian, not even after that amazing competition at school. Even at that time, Yumiko remained silent about such a hotly discussed matter, not even mentioning it at all.

Although Yumiko has no particular aversion to tennis and even said that she was once a winner of the county tournament, she does not intend to make a living from it, so she stopped playing tennis after high school.

Ebina knew that if he dug deeper along this line, he would definitely be able to uncover the past of Yumiko and Chigen.

But she didn't.

She felt that since she and Yumiko were friends, there was no need for her to dig into the past like a paparazzi.

Maybe there is something unspeakable, or perhaps it is not easy to express it. Friends are not completely transparent, and everyone has privacy.

Rather than searching for it yourself, it’s better to wait for the day when Yumiko tells it herself.

Although Ebina Hina is a fujoshi, she has amazing insight and is very smart.