The day was uneventful. Now it was time to go home. Han Xiao and Hezekiah walked to the parking lot.
"Young master, I'm here to pick you up. " The driver who brought Hezekiah this morning said
"okay. " Hezekiah said and turn to Han Xiao, "Thanks for today, Han Xiao. I will see you tomorrow."
"bye, remember not to be late tomorrow, Zhou Jaing."
Hezekiah got in his car and left.
"The young master is back. " Said driver
"Welcome back, young master. "
as Hezekiah entered the mansion, he was greeted by the servants.
"The young master should change so he could eat, dinner is ready." said the butler
"got it. " Hezekiah went to his room to change.
After he ate dinner, there was nothing much to do. The day went slowly.
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Morning soon arrives. The system didn't wake up Hezekiah because of the warning it received yesterday. Luckily, Zhou Jaing's mother came Knocking on the door.
"Daring, wake up quickly, son."
"Mm, oh. Mother let me sleep a little longer." He was still half asleep when he replied.
"No! Have you forgotten? Didn't you say, you have to try out for the tennis team today?" His mother reminded him kindly
"oh! yeah!" He immediately sat up from the bed and muttered to himself "How could I have forgotten? Today is the day of tries-out! How could I have forgotten such an important day?
When Hezekiah thought the only way of meeting the male lead is by being a main player on the tennis team, his entire person became spirited along with it.
"Come on already, son. Why are you still standing there? Get up and change and have breakfast. it will be too late if you don't hurry up." When his mother saw that there was no sound coming from the room, she called out to the door again.
"I'll be down in a minute." He quickly got up, washed up, and ate the nutritious breakfast that his mother had prepared herself.
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Hezekiah drove into the school building and went to the Tennis field where he met other students waiting.
He sat beside three boys who came to watch the match. Behind them were some girls who were in the heart of their conversation. One of them said: "Did you see that guy? Oh my God! He's the most handsome man I've ever met, I swear."
"Oh God, he's my prince charming,"
"You guys should stop being childish and irritating. He's got no time for us," the one who seemed bored with their chitchat commented.
"Oh my sweet Mei, wouldn't it be weird if we get captain Guozhi's attention?"
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"Zhou Jiang!" Han Xiao saw Hezekiah and ran in his direction with a racket in his hand. "Hi! I knew you would come, I've been waiting." He smiles
"Wow! You seem way excited, today." Hezekiah smile as they shake hands
"How long has it been since you last place?"
"About six months."
"Wow, that's so long. Come on, let's go warm up in case you get a foot cramp."
They walked to the left side of the field where others were playing singles.
Han Xiao was stretching his arms and legs. Hezekiah was listening to music while moving to keep his body warm.
"You look so relaxed for someone who hasn't played in a while." Han Xiao commented
"Are you done? Let's start."
They started playing. The warm-up was easy. No one wants to show their full strength. Han Xiao's serves were accurate but it was still slow. Hezekiah served a ball that confused Han Xiao. The speed of the ball so fast that Han Xiao could barely react.
"What was that? Did the ball disappear?" Han Xiao asked, not sure if he was asking himself or Zhou Jiang. When he looked at Zhou Jiang, he saw that the other party was just as confused as him. "Maybe it was just a fluke." Han Xiao was good, but he wasn't near Zhou Jiang's level.
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Outside on the field, a group of men dressed in sweats holding clipboards was watching as different groups played single and double tennis on different courts.
"Stop! Gather around!" One of the middle-aged men screams.
The players gather around.
"You're going to play matches against your opponent. Get ready." He claims as everyone got to their original courts. When the game was about to start they were given a penny
Proficient Academy is a popular high school with thousands of students. The field was parked as everyone wanted to see who the new main player would be.
They were grouped from A to G. Zhou Jiang and Han Xiao were part of group G.
On the Internal table, group G was the winner, and they needed to play among themselves.
As the games went on, more players drop.
Soon it was Han Xiao and Zhou Jiang remaining
On the other side of the field stood Chen Guozhi and his friend Bao Lei the vice-captain.
"Won't you go take a look at the rookies' match?" Bao Lei asked
"What's there to see? We only need one of them to make up the number." Chen Guozhi said
"There's a rookie who won all his games by 6-0."
"Is it Han Xiao?" Chen Guozhi asked
"Han Xiao, Han Xiao? … No, it's not Han Xiao. The manager said his name is Zhou Jiang, a transfer student who came yesterday." Bao Lei explained
"Really?" Chen Guozhi was immediately interested
"Come on, let's go. He should be playing against Han Xiao by now."
"Okay." Chen Guozhi accepted