Fu Zhi was pulled to the back by Lu Yumo. She rolled up her invisible sleeve and shouted at Director Liu, who was standing not far away, âXiao Liu! Chen Shan has violated the rules again!â
âHmm?â Director Liu sized Chen Shan up meaningfully. âDo you have evidence?â
Fu Zhi nodded. âYes!â
She showed her elbow to Director Liu and said, âAll of them have seen it. Chen Shan deliberately came behind me and used his stomach to hit my elbow. Can you see the red weal? It hurts so much.ân/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Her skin was particularly fair, and there was indeed a morbidly tiny wound on her elbow.
Fu Zhi ran up to Director Liu and the school doctor. âIâm not lying. He really hit me. Look at my elbow!â
âAfter all, you guys will not have the chance to look at it anymore after the mark disappears.â
Director looked at the red welt and then looked at Chen Shan, whose face was deathly pale right now. After a short while of contemplation, he decided to go along with Fu Zhi and said, his eyes filled with tears, âOh my gosh, why is it so serious? Will you have to amputate your arm? Oh, my good girl, you really have sacrificed and suffered too much for No.1 High School!â
The school doctor of No.1 High School was a ferocious-looking young man who specialized in Western medicine. After seeing the interaction between Fu Zhi and Director Liu, he decided to join the fray and put his fingers on Fu Zhiâs wrist to take her pulse. âYour pulse is weak, and there isnât much time left for you. This is so saddening...â
Fu Zhi said, âSpeak the human language.â
The school doctor hastily replied, âHe injured you, so he has to pay you!â
âAlright then.â
Fu Zhi turned around and looked at Chen Shan. âI heard that every student in your school is rich, so I guess a three-bedroom apartment in a prime location would not be too much, right?â
Chen Shan was stumped.
âSheâs the one who hit me and she still wants me to pay her?! Besides, this is the first time Iâve heard of beating someone with your abdomen instead of your hands and feet!â
Both Wu Zhiheng and Ouyang Ya walked up to the crowd, their expressions ugly. âDirector Liu, I believe the masses have sharp eyes. Itâs apparent whoâs more seriously injured, right?â
âNope, nope,â Ma Mingquan chimed in. âBeing happy is just an excuse to avoid shedding tears. Fu Zhi just doesnât want us to worry about her, so she hides her pain behind her smile!â
Fu Zhi was speechless.
âWell, thatâs an exaggeration.â
Ouyang Ya paid no heed to Ma Mingquan. She looked straight at Director Liu and pressed on. âSo you guys are not going to do something about it? Fu Zhi hit our player, and youâre not going to punish her? This is the way No.1 High School does things?â
âLetâs ignore whether Fu Zhi really violated the rules or not.â Song Fang came forward. He studied Chen Shan from head to toe before looking at Ouyang Ya and continuing mockingly. âHe just got accidentally elbowed by a girl while she was making a shot. Itâs not that big of a deal at all, yet he has to act as if heâs in a lot of pain. Donât you think itâs a little too exaggerated?â
âThatâs right. Lu Yumo got hit in the stomach and sprained his wrist, yet he took it like a man!â
âItâs said that force acts on both interacting objects. If Chen Shan is really in that much pain, then Fu Zhiâs arm must be broken! Fu Zhi didnât even shed a tear, yet he yelped like a girl!â
âYou guys deserve it! Youâre the ones who violated the rules first.â
The students on the bleachers chimed in one after another, their emotions so high that even the teachers could not contain them.
Director Liu shrugged. âWe do have cameras in the gymnasium. How about we pause the game and watch the surveillance footage to see who violated the rules first?â
Every teacher knew what had happened during the match, and Director Liu did not think it was better to be straightforward when talking to smart people.
If they chose to continue the game, Fu Zhi could keep on âaccidentallyâ hitting them with her elbow. If they chose not to continue the match, once it was verified that they were the ones who had violated the rules first, No.1 High School would win the game.
In any case, No.1 High School would be the winner. Thus, Director Liu was not afraid.
However, things were different for Ouyang Ya. She just wanted to win the game. After she took a deep breath, she said, âAlright then, letâs continue the match. I hope Fu Zhi wonât get injured again!â
Grinning from ear to ear, Director Liu replied, âWell, we canât say for sure what will happen during the competition, right?â
Ouyang Ya looked at Fu Zhi, but Fu Zhi paid her no heed. She just returned to the bleachers.
There was a 15-minute break before the match would start again.
As Gou Qi helped Chen Shan join their team, Fu Zhi suddenly hollered at them, âLetâs make a bet!â
Covering his stomach, Chen Shan raised his head and answered listlessly, âWhat do you want to bet on?â
âIâm not short of money these days, but Iâm looking for a ânephewâ to take care of me,â Fu Zhi said as she pointed at Lu Yumo. âIf you lose, you and your friend are going to call my brother âdadâ and be filial sons who take care of him around the clock. If we lose, we will do the same for you guys.â
Lu Yumo was stunned.
He waved the pom-pom in his hand vigorously and said, âThey donât have to be my filial sons, as I didnât raise them. Iâm worried that they might actually dump their own father, and I donât want that to happen. How about this? If they lose, they will use this loudspeaker and call me âdadâ three times!â
Gou Qi was still calm enough not to argue with a girl. After he heard what Lu Yumo said, he let out a scoff and said, âIs there no one else in the Lu Family? Lu Yubai is your cousin, so why didnât he stand up for you? Besides, how can you let your sister, a girl, play basketball with us? Iâve never involved my sister in my affairs before. Donât you feel ashamed of yourself?â
âSo? His sister loves him, so sheâs willing to do all this for him,â Fu Zhi said, looking straight at Gou Qi. âAs for your sister, I have no idea why you sound proud when your own sister doesnât care about you at all.â
Gou Qi was speechless.
Lu Yumo straightened his back and said, âThe psychic said that out of the 10 women I come across, 9 will fall in love with me and 1 will be obsessed with me. This is something that a poor guy who is not loved by anyone will never be able to experience!â
Gou Qi did not know what to say.
He was good at playing dirty when it came to basketball, but this was the first time he came across a shameless person like Lu Yumo. Heâd initially wanted to mock Lu Yumo, but instead of making Lu Yumo look bad, he had made himself look like a person that nobody loved.