Chapter 140: Unjust

Hearing Geng Haoshi call her "beautiful coach" over and over, Yu Manman knew that he had finally moved past the heartbreak of Yang Mimi leaving for the United States.

"It’s not that it’s bad, it’s just..."

The Feizhi Club, a subsidiary of the Feizhi Group, had already reached out to Geng Haoshi through Yu Manman. She had kept quiet about it until now, not wanting to distract him from his games. As a veteran professional basketball club under the Fortune 500 Feizhi Group, the benefits they offered their players were among the best in the industry.

"Never mind. Since you’ve already signed with the Kai Kai Club, you should just put your heart into it and do your best there."

Given how things had turned out, Yu Manman decided against mentioning the offer from the Feizhi Club.

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On July 18, 2017, the award ceremony for the National University Basketball League was held at the National Stadium in the Eastern District of China.

"The team placing tenth in the 2017 National University Basketball League is: Xinyu Medical University. Congratulations to them; please come up to the stage to receive your award."

As the host introduced the winning teams, the recipients made their way to the podium. Geng Haoshi and his teammates sat excitedly in the front row of the audience, waiting for the host to call their names at the very end.

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"The team placing third in the 2017 National University Basketball League is: Qinghua University. Congratulations to them; please come up to the stage to receive your award."

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"The team placing second in the 2017 National University Basketball League is: Jingtian University. Congratulations to them; please come up to the stage to receive your award."

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"The team placing first in the 2017 National University Basketball League is: Tiancheng University of Technology. Congratulations to them; please come up to the stage to receive your award."

Amidst the host’s enthusiastic announcement and the thunderous applause of the crowd, the twelve players of the Tiancheng University of Technology basketball team walked onto the podium.

As the captain of the team, Meng Lang could not help but shed tears of joy the moment he lifted the championship trophy.

Tears streaming down his face, Meng Lang felt a mix of emotions: after being at the bottom of the rankings for so many years, he never imagined he would be standing on the champion's podium today. He had finally made it. Surely, some girls would fall in love with him now...

"Geng Haoshi, I love you!" "Geng Haoshi, I want to have your babies!"

Just as Meng Lang was fantasizing about the cheers of female fans ringing out for him, the entire stadium was filled with the deafening chants of Geng Haoshi’s "fan club."

Looking at Geng Haoshi, who was waving to the crowd beside him, Meng Lang’s tears dried up instantly. He felt an urge to smash the championship trophy over Geng’s head—though, being a decent and law-abiding citizen, he held himself back.

As soon as the ceremony ended and the Tiancheng players stepped off the podium, they were swarmed by a crowd of frantic female fans.

Meng Lang was overjoyed, thinking, "Finally, it's my turn!"

But his mood plummeted just as quickly.

The fans ignored Meng Lang and his teammates entirely, surrounding Geng Haoshi instead.

"Sigh, they’re here for 'Number Two' again. Let’s just call it a day and go to sleep," Sun Peng said, looking dejected.

"Damn it! I’m so tall and powerful, yet they don’t even see me! There’s no justice in this world!" Zhu Di said, eyeing Geng Haoshi, who was surrounded by a sea of people. Despite his words, he couldn't help but think: "I wish I were him!"