The smile on the other boy face froze. "Look at that audacity...you son of a bankrupt man... you can't even feed yourself and here you are pointing fingers at your ruler... you should come prostrate to me everyday to get a handful meal to feed your stomach, or..." He paused and turned to look at his own team standing behind him, "Or you might die of hunger."
"Hahahahha," his teammate laughed out loud.
Zou Xi face darkened. "Look at this fool spouting nonsense, come face me idiot and i will beat you to a pulp." He declared, beating his chest proudly.
"Easy man...I was just saying the truth." The head of the other team said, grinning.
"Hmmph, I don't converse with stray dogs, which was let loose mistakenly by the owner."
"Pfft." Shihuan friends laughed out. He smirked and clicked his tongue.
"Send the ball rolling..."
The head of the other team smiled revealing his wicked intents, he threw the ball straight intending for it to hit Shihuan hard on the stomach... but the latter dodged, it was a perfect move as all his team did the same.
The ball stopped landing far away from him and his friends.
"Go home now dog... if your owner comes searching for you, he'd beat you up right here in our presence." Shihuan winked at him and turned back to take another alley with his friends.
"FOOL!!" The head of the other team said, breathing in heavily like a hunter who just escaped the title *Hunter hunted*
***
Shihuan got home and saw his father in the kitchen with a mug of coffee.
Mr Bai: "You should inform me before stepping out..."
"Father I have good news for you which is to say I made it to the finals and I think we will be chosen," he said interrupting his father or he might get a free lecture which he doesn't really appreciate.
Mr Bai: "Really? That's great news then...Today must be a great day just like yesterday, your sister called to inform me that she got a job at a hotel and will be paid 1000RMB as well as free education for Ranran."
Shihuan: "Whaaaat? Is there such a place in this world that is so kind and generous?" He wondered. "Wait what I'm speaking?"
"Not speaking but spouting." Mr Bai answered.
"Does that mean that RanRan won't be coming home with mother?" He asked returning to the topic.
"Sadly, yes."
"Father..."
"Yes?"
"Can I say something?"
"Of course. Let it out." He said and passed him a mug of coffee.
"Why don't we move away from this city? If truly my team are chosen for the finals we won't be in this city and I will become an international player and..."
"And what? How do you expect me to leave my business and walk away? You want me to live under a roof Xueyan is paying for?"
"Why are you misinterpreting my words old man? Your business isn't even prospering? And who said anything about living under Xueyan's roof?" The old man sighed. 'He wasn't even fifty yet but looked like a man of sixty-five.'
Shihuan thought. "Father, let's leave all these things... You can start afresh after I receive my first pay...I will help you, you are my father and you have done alot for us. Yuxi will also get a good job, my sister is so intelligent but her talent is wasting here... nobody's ready to help her or us... So it will be in our best interest to move out." He watched as his father looked down at his fingers and felt his eyes sting.
He walked up to him and knelt beside him, "Father..."
"I've failed you all in every way... what can I do? I'm not the best father out there..." Mr Bai said in-between sobs as he tried to fend off his tears.
"Shhhh... Don't say that. You are the best father anyone could ever which for... You are my role model dad, you've taught us how to love and be grateful for what we have and..." He paused and sniffed in. "What else can we wish for?"
"Shihuan..." He couldn't hold it in anymore and let it come cascading down.
"Father, the future is bright and it will be okay very soon." He said promising to make his family have a more comfortable live.