Chapter 104: Once Promised to Be the Best in the World!

Mao Sheng’s thick eyebrows immediately furrowed even deeper. It seemed that only Lu Yuanqiu found this funny, as Zhong Jincheng and the other three showed no reaction. Mao Sheng spoke sternly, “Is this funny, Lu Yuanqiu?”

“Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!” Lu Yuanqiu’s face flushed bright red as he waved his hands repeatedly. “Not funny, not funny, sorry, I didn’t mean to, really...”

Wang Ping asked, “Are you done laughing?”

“Okay, okay, okay!” Lu Yuanqiu raised and lowered his hands as if practicing energy control, took a deep breath, and turned his head back around.

Mao Sheng’s serious face leaned close to him again.

“Pfft!”

Just as Wang Ping was about to blow the whistle, Lu Yuanqiu burst into laughter once more. His uninhibited laughter echoed across the entire basketball court, even reaching a hoarse pitch.

“Ahahahahahahaha—”

The court fell silent; no one knew what he was laughing at, but many were infected by his laughter, their lips curling into subtle smiles, including Bai Qingxia outside the fence.

Mao Sheng frowned, angrily shouting, “Lu Yuanqiu! I’ve put up with you for a long time!”

“Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!” Lu Yuanqiu laughed so hard he seemed about to fall apart. He quickly grabbed Zheng Yifeng and pulled him to the front, standing by his side.

Mao Sheng, still bent over, questioned Lu Yuanqiu, “What exactly are you laughing at?!”

Lu Yuanqiu took a deep breath. “I suddenly thought of something very happy.”

Wang Ping frowned. “Alright, alright, everyone back to your positions.”

This time, Zheng Yifeng faced Mao Sheng directly. Zheng Yifeng looked down at him calmly, expression unreadable.

The atmosphere once again tensed like a drawn bowstring.

At the same time, the speakers sponsored by Xingmei Cinema switched songs, now playing Jay Chou’s “Fearless.”

The rhythmic drumbeats spread throughout the basketball court.

At Wang Ping’s whistle, the basketball was thrown high. Mao Sheng leapt fiercely, ready to snatch the ball, but Zheng Yifeng remained calm, standing still. Behind him, a buzz-cut youth sprinted with lightning speed, soaring high and intercepting the ball with strong, muscular arms before tossing it backward.

Everyone was stunned. Just moments ago, Lu Yuanqiu was laughing heartily, yet now he reacted so swiftly, jumping so high to grab the ball? Such leaping ability was truly his…

Wang Ping tilted his head back, a smile of admiration on his lips.

“Gao Qiang!” Lu Yuanqiu shouted.

Gao Qiang, running towards their own basket, turned around to catch the ball. Lu Yuanqiu quickly followed, but Gao Qiang, noticing Lu Yuanqiu’s intention to layup, passed the ball back to him.

Wang Ping nodded silently, realizing that Class 28 would likely score first.

Lu Yuanqiu caught the ball, crossed the free throw line, and leapt high. His powerful right arm swung back, violently slamming the orange basketball through the hoop with a fierce dunk!

Wang Ping’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

Mao Sheng’s team of five even stopped in shock, no longer advancing to chase.

Zheng Yifeng and the others already had a bad feeling when they saw Lu Yuanqiu start his jump from the free throw line.

Now it was confirmed—he was going for a dunk!

First ball of the game, a dunk!!!

Damn you, Lu Yuanqiu!!!

This was nothing like what they had agreed upon before!

Wasn’t there supposed to be some hidden strategy?

As the ball was slammed through the hoop, the iron rim vibrated fiercely, humming loudly.

“In the small town, time flows by, pure courage~”

The background music coincidentally sang this line.

The buzz-cut youth landed, and everyone fell silent as they looked at his broad back. Lu Yuanqiu stood beneath the hoop, his back facing the crowd, not turning around but raising his right arm slowly, giving a thumbs-up and then pointing down.

At this moment, he was both mocking the few from Class 29 and pointing to the seven characters embroidered on the back of his jersey:

“Once promised to be the best in the world.”

Lu Yuanqiu turned, raised one eyebrow, curled one side of his mouth into a smirk, his face lifted slightly with a haughty, proud expression as he looked at Mao Sheng and his group.

Bai Qingxia behind the fence blushed slightly, resting her chin gently on her backpack at her chest, her beautiful eyes filled with the image of youth.

The homeroom teacher Liu Wei, English teacher Su Miaomiao, referee Wang Ping, and even Zeng Yan from Class 29 were momentarily speechless.

Each held varying degrees of shock in their hearts.

“Good job, Lu Yuanqiu...” Zheng Yifeng watched this scene and, for once, smiled.

Since Lu Yuanqiu had no intention of holding back from the start, then let’s all have an intense, passionate game!

“Ho ho ho ho ho ho…”

The music blazed on, and the atmosphere on the court ignited with Lu Yuanqiu’s opening dunk.

Everyone began running on the basketball court.

All the students of Class 28 screamed and cheered.

At this moment, all sixteen basketball courts were fiercely battling, each surrounded by crowds, but news soon spread like wildfire across the entire playground.

“Someone dunked on the first basketball court at the North Basketball Court!”

“What did you say?! There’s a second person in Seventh Middle School who can dunk?!”

“Who?! Damn!”

“Let’s go see!”

The students watching at other courts, whether basketball fans or not, knew what a dunk symbolized.

It meant cool, flashy, strong, and fiery!

If a basketball game can’t be thrilling, what’s the point?

Gradually, the spectators at other courts surged toward the first court at the North Basketball Court, the crowd dense and surging forward!

“Who exactly can dunk?”

“Which grade and class?”

“Damn, really?! Isn’t Zhang Yifei the only one who can dunk at Seventh Middle School?”

“Zhang Yifei is on the school team. I haven’t heard of anyone else on the team who can dunk!”

Cao Shuang’s game was third on the schedule and had not yet started. Seeing the crowd cheering and rushing toward the North Basketball Court, he grabbed one of his familiar juniors.

“What’s going on? What happened?”

“Boss Shuang! Someone dunked!”

“Who? Zhang Yifei? Didn’t his game finish already?”

“Not Zhang Yifei! It’s someone else! I don’t know who, but it’s at the North Basketball Court! The news has gone viral!”

Cao Shuang was stunned, his expression turning serious as he quickly asked, “You’re not joking, right? How could anyone else dunk besides Zhang Yifei?”

“I don’t know, come on, let’s go see!”

Cao Shuang immediately followed the junior and ran off.

Could it be real? Has dunking become a skill everyone has now? This is middle school, not the NBA.

What about Qiu Ge... it seems your rivals are multiplying!

Wearing his jersey, Cao Shuang nervously ran in that direction.

At that moment, he noticed Liu Yang from the school basketball team—the lip-pierced youth who had provoked Qiu Ge in the cafeteria—also running nearby.

Cao Shuang couldn’t help but ask, “Is the second person who can dunk from your school team?”

(End of chapter)