With the promotional talks by the math teachers and the word being spread by the students in class 18, in a few days' time, Cheng Nuo's title of a "math genius" was spread across all the science classes.
Cheng Nuo, who had never been good at math, began to be noticed by the study gods.
Time passed quickly. It was already Friday afternoon, the day of preliminaries for the school's basketball match.
The usually quiet school suddenly became joyous.
Because of the basketball match, all the lessons in the afternoon were cancelled. This was a rare opportunity for students to relax, even the study gods who were always busy with studying. All the students walked out of their classrooms. Even if they were not heading to the basketball match, they strolled around the school to take a break.
"Mu Leng, hurry up, the match is about to begin!" Su Xiaoxiao pulled Mu Leng's hand and rushed towards the basketball court.
"Fine, fine, what's the hurry?" Mu Leng walked slowly and looked across the basketball court to the rest area of class 18.
At the rest area of class 18, Cheng Nuo, Lin Hu, and three other boys were wearing the same shirts and warming up.
Their opponents, class three, were also warming up at the other side of the court.
Both of them looked at each other and the spirit of competitiveness was sparked!
Cheng Nuo was wearing a uniform with the number 11. He was casually stretching his legs while looking at the five players of class three.
Since they were his opponents, he did not hold back in taking their data.
"Height: 187 cm, weight: 68 kg… Lung capacity: 4210…"
"Height: 184 cm, weight: 62 kg… Lung capacity: 4821…
…
The data of the five students was clearly displayed to Cheng Nuo. Then he looked at the data of his teammates.
Ugh… They were relatively bad!
All of their opponents were taller than 180 centimeters. On the other hand, apart from Lin Hu, who was 191 centimeters, the remaining four players, including Cheng Nuo, were between 175 to 180 centimeters in height.
Although there was no absolute correlation between one's height and their basketball skills, height was definitely an advantage for those who were mediocre at basketball.
Moreover, Cheng Nuo was a player who did not know how to play basketball.
The result of the competition was obvious!
Apart from Cheng Nuo, all the other spectators thought that class 18 would lose. Not to mention their techniques, they did not look like they were good at basketball anyway! Based on their builds, class three's players were more muscular, while everyone representing class 18, apart from Lin Hu, were so-so.
Even Jiang Qingqing, the cheerleader from class 18, felt that it was difficult to cheer for her own class.
"Alright, please enter the court!" The referee was a teacher from the sports department. To save time, a few games would be played at once for the preliminaries. Apart from the match between class 18 and class three, there were competitions in the other five basketball courts too.
That attracted a massive crowd of students from more than ten classes to the basketball court. However, the atmosphere was rather good.
"Go, class three! Go, class three…!"
"Go, class 18! Class 18 will win…!"
The girls from class 18 each had pom-poms in their hands and cheered for the five players from their class!
Mu Leng and Su Xiaoxiao also had pom-poms.
Su Xiaoxiao was shouting excitedly.
Mu Leng had her arms crossed and looked uninterested. She was never interested in basketball.
Her attention was on Cheng Nuo.
That was because she had heard from her father that Cheng Nuo did not know how to play basketball!
The main reason she had come to watch the basketball match was to see how Cheng Nuo would embarrass himself in the match, so as to vent her anger. Perhaps it was because she was too sensitive, but Mu Leng felt that Cheng Nuo was going against her. First, he called her "Big Sister Leng", then he scolded her in front of the entire class.
"Hmph, hmph, Cheng Nuo, I shall see how you embarrass yourself."
Following the referee's instructions, the five players of both classes stood facing each other.
Both captains shook hands. Lin Hu shook hands with a student from class three who was even tanner than himself.
Then, following the whistle of the referee, the match began.
Students from class three and class 18 surrounded the court.
"Go, class three! Go, class three!"
Although Jiang Qingqing thought that it was unlikely that their class would win, they should not lose in terms of spirit. She took out her ultimate weapon, the megaphone!
"Go, class 18. Class 18 will win!"
The volume was so loud that it attracted the attention of everyone in the court.
The referee became extremely angry and shouted, "Sigh, who is that student? Turn off the megaphone!"
Jiang Qingqing stuck out her tongue and put the megaphone away.
In the court, class 18 got the ball first.
"Pay attention to my position!" Lin Hu roared and moved to the net before aiming for the net.
Swoosh!!
The ball went through the basket, class 18 got two points.
"Great!"
Cheers were heard from the students from class 18. Although it was only two points, that was a great encouragement for the class.
"Lin Hu, you can do it!" Everyone gave Lin Hu a high-five.
The leader of class three, the student who had tanner skin than Lin Hu, spat on the floor and said, "It's just two points, don't be arrogant!"
The game continued!
Led by the tanned student, class three moved with the basketball and attacked the net of class 18.
Swoosh!!
At the three-point line, the tanned student made a clean shot. It was much more difficult than Lin Hu's shot earlier on.
The students from class three cheered even louder. They immediately suppressed class 18's spirit.
Then the following shots alternated between the two parties.
Meanwhile, Cheng Nuo acted as though he was not involved in the match.
When the match began, Lin Hu had confirmed Cheng Nuo's role—backfielder. Cheng Nuo did not need to perform well. Moreover, he was unreliable.
Cheng Nuo's task was to defend the court that he was in.
As for the other court, ugh… The rest should not depend on him!
After one minute… two minutes… three minutes…
Cheng Nuo did not even touch the ball.
He tried many times but failed and hence gave up. Then he ran without a goal and began to change his target to the girls who were watching the match.
"Height: 158.87 cm, weight: 60.54 kg, bust: 98.24: cm, waist:…"
What the f*ck, D! He did not expect a girl with size 36D to appear in school. What a rare species, she better not be attached!
Cheng Nuo looked up at her face…
Cough, cough! This rare species should be left for others!
Cheng Nuo backed off after seeing her face!