Chapter 11: CH 11

The schedule for this semester was unreasonable. Yesterday, there was a PE class, today, there was PE class again. Unfortunately, class 1 and class 8 had PE together. Ji Wenfeng’s arrival created turmoil in the class, as if a celebrity had come to class 8.

The PE teacher was a reserved, black-bellied man, he was quite unrestrained when young. Now, as a high school PE teacher, he was at the bottom of the food chain, broody and hoping for the world to fall into chaos. He had heard of the contribution of this rich second generation, so he announced a basketball match between class 1 and class 8. Ji Wenfeng, who was 1.87 metres, was sure to be chosen. Unfortunately, Lu Rong was chosen too.

The class monitor was quite valiant, he huddled everyone together. “Class 1 is not courageous, but even if we are dying, we must never lose to that sod. We must not let him continue to be unrestrained!” He said while glaring at the girls of their class who stood around the basketball court to cheer him.

The other three also agreed. Ji Wenfeng didn’t seduce the girls of class 8 before so they could open one eye and close the other, but the situation now was different. The one who didn’t seek revenge for the theft of one’s wife was not a man!

The class monitor shouted out loud, bringing his troops to the basketball court, then he intentionally slowed his pace until he walked beside Lu Rong, seeming serious  “Lu Rong.”

Lu Rong, “Hey.”

Class monitor, “How is your stomach? Is it bearable?”

Lu Rong, “It’s okay.”

The class monitor put his hand on his back, patting it. “Rong Zhi, I know you are unwell, but we are in a country conquered and family-ruining state. If we keep retreating, in the end, our wives and sons will be scattered!”

Lu Rong, “Who is Rong Zhi?”

Class monitor, “A name I gave you, you can call me An Ren.”

Lu Rong, “Class monitor, if I am not mistaken, your name is Fang Chang. An Ren is Pan An’s [1] courtesy name[2].”

The class monitor was called Fang Chang, so he was teased by others everyday after class, they would gather and say “the future is long”, “the future is long”[2], making him feel dejected. For this reason, Fang Chang who was wallowing in sentimental novels chose an alias for himself, pretending to be the most handsome man in Chinese history. He earnestly told Lu Rong, “Don’t call me Fang Chang, my courtesy name is An Ren. If we are brothers, you have to call me Fang Anren. Is that understood?”

Lu Rong, “Okay, Fang Chang. Understood, Fang Chang.”

The class monitor pushed him away. “Breaking off relations.”

Lu Rong, “I still have a question.”

Fang Chang, “Say it.”

Lu Rong, “Who are the wife and children?”

Fang Chang waved his hand. “The girls of class 8 should be protected by the boys of class 8, don’t you understand this logic?”

Lu Rong really didn’t understand why the girls needed to be protected. Not to mention others, the rotten girl seated in front of him read yellow novels [3] everyday. When she read the funny parts, she would let out an uncouth laugh, then she would turn around to stare at him with her titanium-alloyed dog eyes, deeply YY-ing him. If not because his seatmate, Guo Jing, was big, fat, and tall, and not at all in line with BL beauty aesthetic, she would have paired Lu Rong and Guo Jing together.

The spread of rotten poison was even faster than onychomycosis [4], one person can spread to two. On the first day of school, the girls in class looked normal, just the one in front of him didn’t look normal. After half a semester, the girl in front had completely infected all other girls, or else, they wouldn’t be unrestrainedly standing beside the basketball court, shrieking for Ji Wenfeng.

Lu Rong shook his head. He thought that Fang Chang didn’t need to be nervous. He was standing in front of Ji Wenfeng preparing for a jump ball, their arms and legs near each other, their eyes sweeping between the ball and the rival. The girls of his class could write an eight million word little yellow book from this scene, what protection did they need?

The PE teacher tossed the ball between Ji Wenfeng and Fang Chang, then blew the whistle!

Fang Chang’s sight darkened. Ji Wenfeng’s movement was fast, he jumped to half a person’s height instantly. Fang Chang followed by closely, but when he started to come down, Ji Wenfeng was still going up. “What bounce power is this?” Fang Chang was shocked, but the opponent had taken the ball.

After coming down, Ji Wenfeng dribbled the ball to penetrate the defense like wind, jumped under the ring, then slammed the ball in!

“Score!” The whistle blew.

Fang Chang was stupefied, raising his hand for a time-out, gathering his team mates again.

The five huddled like before to discuss, the striving and smug feeling disappearing, leaving behind five dumbfounded faces.

Fang Chang was sweating, “How can that person do a slam dunk? He is just 1.87 metres. I am 1.75 but I can’t slam dunk. It’s unscientific.”

Someone seriously guessed, “From the fact that he can hide himself while dribbling the ball past everyone, he must be Kuroko Tetsuya.”

Lu Rong, “Kagami Taiga.”[5]

Everyone’s eyes turned to him.

Lu Rong, “The one returned from America.”

Everybody suddenly understood. “Kagami Taiga indeed.”, “En, that’s right!”, “Lu Rong is right.”, “More like Kagami.” Then, everyone sank into an awkward silence.

“So, what should be done!!!” four of them shrieked.

Lu Rong, “…”

Fang Chang was quite suitable as a class monitor, he could think of a way to defend while shrieking. “Everyone, defend against him!” he said. Motioning to the PE teacher, the match continued.

When the whistle blew again, an astonishing scene happened on the court:  five boys of 8 class surrounded Ji Wenfeng on all sides, just like the iron pagoda where Heavenly King Li imprisoned Nezha! [6]

At first, Ji Wenfeng planned to free himself, later, he realized those five encircled him everywhere. His movement space grew smaller until those five stuck to him, so he stood in his position and drank water. The others from class 1 understood the situation, they stood under the ring and kept throwing the ball in.

Some people couldn’t stand it anymore. “Team Captain! The other four kept on gaining points!” In a short time, the scoreboard had turned into 20: 0. “We will lose if we go on like this!”

Fang Chang growled, “What do you know! Remember the reason why you stand on the battleground!”

Everyone thought of their initial aspiration: Not to win! To protect the girls! Don’t let this sod do a slam dunk! Handsome and can slam dunk, surnamed Ji can even ascend into immortality!

They didn’t forget their initial aspiration, persistence surged in their eyes.

The girls of class 8 waited to see Ji Wenfeng slam dunk, but he was surrounded, even his face couldn’t be seen. They booed, “Embarrassing.”

Fang Chang raised his hand. “Time-out!” then turned around, “Meeting!”

They couldn’t cheat nor could they protect the girls, it seemed like they could only use conventional ways. “Two people guard one. Guo Jing, Lu Rong, you are the tallest, you guard Kagami Taiga.” Fang Chang seriously swept his glance at them. “If you can’t hold him back, our dreams of dominating Japan shall be ruined!”

Guo Jing answered with his milky voice while clenching his big fist, “En!”

Lu Rong, “…”

Lu Rong’s seat mate, Guo Jing’s height was 180 cm, weight 180 catty, big, tall and fat, but he didn’t seem to enter his voice changing phase. His voice was extremely delicate, that was why he seemed like a big baby no matter what he did.

The competition began again. Lu Rong and Guo Jing walked to Ji Wenfeng. Ji Wenfeng looked at them condescendingly, then he stretched his neck and cracked his fingers expressionlessly.

Guo Jing with his heavy body, took a step back in fright, he thought Ji Wenfeng wanted to hit others.

With this, only Lu Rong was left to guard against Ji Wenfeng. Ji Wenfeng’s eyes fell onto Lu Rong.

Lu Rong avoided his sight, instead, he signaled to Guo Jing to put on a defensive position against Ji Wenfeng. Guo Jing suddenly felt courageous. Usually his seat mate didn’t have any movement, he would keep silent if he could, he also didn’t see Lu Rong put on a great performance on court, but now, he felt calm after being stared at, he wasn’t afraid of that musical fountain anymore.

It was class 8’s ball. Lu Rong and Guo Jing blocked Ji Wenfeng. Ji Wenfeng stared at the back of Lu Rong’s head, groaning a bit, he flashed after the ball was thrown in, stealing it. Ji Wenfeng was tall and his feet were long, he dribbled into half-court as if no one was around, but he saw a person in the edge of his sight—Lu Rong was running beside him at a steady pace. He blocked the front after he arrived at the three-point arc. Ji Wenfeng was stunned, Guo Jing was already in position, his big and soft belly flicked on him like jelly! Ji Wenfeng’s heart was divided, attempting three-point, it didn’t get in, then jumped under the ring, bouncing off.

“Ah ah ah!!!” Fang Chang screamed while running in a circle, excitedly throwing his shirt to the girls. The girls threw it back to him.

Lu Rong, “…”

Guo Jing, “What’s wrong with him? Isn’t it me who blocked Musical Fountain off? ”

Ji Wenfeng looked at Lu Rong. Lu Rong’s eyes were long and slender, his sweat was dripping, he looked delicate and restrained. But, on the next ball, no matter where he was, Lu Rong was there, he didn’t let him score without resistance anymore.

After a while, Ji Wenfeng got the ball again. Lu Rong quietly and obstinately defended against him, Guo Jing threatened Ji Wenfeng with his milky voice making a “Hei ha” sound. He was brimming with confidence, although his team mate’s existence was thin, but he was a dependable man… wait, this character design, was he Kuroko Tetsuya?!

Making use of the time when Guo Jing was absent-minded, Ji Wenfeng passed the ball to his team mate.

Lu Rong turned around hastily, Ji Wenfeng bypassed him long ago!

Lu Rong thought, not good! His teammate will definitely pass the ball, he ran away with the ball!

But the fact was different from his thought, Ji Wenfeng’s teammate didn’t pass back, Ji Wenfeng also didn’t run! He bypassed Lu Rong, stepped on the floor and turned around, he stopped then blocked Lu Rong’s way, making the same defensive position as him!

Lu Rong, “…”

Childish man!

His eyes met Ji Wenfeng’s, no one moved. Behind Ji Wenfeng, class 1 threw the ball in and scored.

The last few balls were also the same, Lu Rong defended against Ji Wenfeng seriously, Ji Wenfeng passed the ball to his team mate, his teammate scored. Ji Wenfeng was strong, but the others in class 1 weren’t weak. After seeing the score difference getting bigger, Lu Rong called Fang Chang, Fang Chang raised his hand asking for time-out.

This time Fang Chang pulled Lu Rong to his side, forcefully encircled him. “No matter what the result is, we have to put on a soldier spirit, put on a style, those are enough. You see, now, some of the girls are cheering for us, this is a great benefit. Handsomeness ranks first, the match comes second, a serious man is the most handsome. We go all out, the result is not important!”

Everyone, “Okay!”

They had lost hope for this match. Two people defended against Ji Wenfeng, the other three had to defend four people, they couldn’t win.

Lu Rong suddenly said, “Fang Chang, you don’t have to defend Zhao Yiheng.”

Fang Chang, “Why?”

Lu Rong glanced meaningfully at the class 1 bench, everyone sat around Ji Wenfeng, Zhao Yiheng sat alone at the other side of the bench.

Fang Chang understood immediately, he looked pleased. “Harem struggle!”

He looked at Lu Rong admiringly, suddenly he remembered something. He kept his pleased expression under control, then said coolly, “Didn’t I ask you to call me Anren?”

[1] Pan An= a handsome writer from western Jin dynasty.

[2] courtesy name is the name used by other people besides family. You will only get a courtesy name after growing up so maybe some of the childhood friends will still call you by your given name.

[2] the future is long= 来日方长 the pinyin is lai ri fang chang, it is the same fang chang as the class monitor’s name

[3] erotic novels

[4] Onychomycosis is a fungal infection of the nails that causes discoloration, thickening, and separation from the nail bed. I got this from google but i don’t think it is infectious. It might spread to your whole nails but not to other people.

[5] refers to the anime “Kuroko no Basuke”, it is an interesting anime, at least the season one and two is.

[6] Nezha was a naughty youth while Heavenly King Li was his father. Nezha had offended the East Sea Dragon King, who demanded his life in return. He committed suicide and asked his mother to built a pagoda to soothe his soul. His father found out and destroyed the pagoda because he had caused calamity. This caused Nezha to desire his father’s death. After rebirth, he fought his father and defeated his brother. His father tried to commit suicide but was saved by a deity who also trapped Nezha. The deity taught his father to use an art to contain Nezha in the pagoda.