Chapter 27: Senior, What Are You Doing?!

“If you think you’re so great, get out there and play. If not, quit yapping! If you don’t know how to play basketball, kid, stop making a scene!” Geng Haoshi shot back without a hint of politeness.

“Hey, freshman, did I ever wrong you? What’s your beef with me? Why are you siding with these losers against me?”

“Hmph! Listen up.” Geng Haoshi lifted his chin, nostrils flaring at the upperclassman, and declared with pride, “I’m the new recruit for the school’s basketball team, and I’ll be leading our team to championship glory!”

The entire cafeteria fell silent at his words. After all, their school’s basketball team had always been dead last; getting through a season without finishing at the bottom was already a miracle. Who would dare dream of winning the championship?

“A new recruit?” The upperclassman gave Geng Haoshi a once-over. “Kid, with your build, the team actually took you in? Looks like our school is determined to hold onto the ‘bottom dweller’ crown forever.”

“Wanna bet? Loser strips down and runs a hundred laps around the school!” Geng Haoshi glared at him menacingly.

Even the upperclassman was taken aback by Geng Haoshi’s audacity and hesitated to reply.

“Well said!” A girl in denim jeans, a denim jacket, and a cowboy hat approached from behind Geng Haoshi.

She had striking, handsome features and lively, expressive eyes, exuding an air of boldness without even trying.

She walked up beside Geng Haoshi, slung an arm over his shoulder, winked, and said, “Looks like our basketball team finally has a player with some backbone.”

“Come on, let me give you a kiss.” She leaned in, her rosy lips pursed.

Whoa! What’s happening? A beauty throwing herself at me? Am I about to reach the pinnacle of my life? Geng Haoshi’s thoughts were in a whirl as he puckered up in anticipation.

“Ahem! Xiaoling, have you messed around enough?” The team’s starting point guard, Zhou Xiaoshan, looked on with a stormy expression.

At his words, the girl withdrew her lips and her hand from Geng Haoshi’s shoulder, and walked toward Zhou Xiaoshan.

Hey, what’s going on?! What happened to my kiss? Geng Haoshi watched longingly as the beauty was summoned away by his teammate, feeling a murderous envy.

The girl wrapped her arm around Zhou Xiaoshan’s neck and said in a playful tone, “Seeing you act so timid just now… couldn’t I tease the new guy a little?”

“Heh, Sister Xiaoling, you really never lose your touch. Still as bold as ever,” Sun Peng, standing behind Zhou Xiaoshan, said with a smirk.

So, this girl was the girlfriend of the only player on the basketball team with a girlfriend—Zhou Xiaoshan.

Her name was Lin Ling, a third-year student at the same university as Yang Mimi.

“So she’s already taken.” Geng Haoshi watched Lin Ling and Zhou Xiaoshan exchange flirtatious glances and thought, Of course girls like guys who play basketball. If I master basketball, I’ll definitely win the hearts of many girls—no, goddesses!

It never occurred to him that it was Zhou Xiaoshan’s looks, more than his basketball skills, that had won him such a girlfriend.

Lin Ling entwined her hands around Zhou Xiaoshan’s right arm, leaning her head gently on his shoulder. As they made their way through the cafeteria line, they were the epitome of a couple flaunting their affection, dazzling all the hapless, single souls around them.

Geng Haoshi sighed, “A goddess who can wield a bazooka and charge into battle outside, yet be gentle and caring, sweet as a dove at home—what more could a man ask for?”

After more than twenty minutes, all twelve basketball team members finally had their meals.

They gathered around three empty tables, with Lin Ling naturally sitting beside Zhou Xiaoshan.

“Hey, chubby, what’s your name?” Lin Ling batted her lovely big eyes at Geng Haoshi.

Geng Haoshi merely sighed, thinking, A friend’s girl is off-limits. If it’s never meant to be, why get entangled? Alas, with my natural charm, beauties just can’t help but talk to me. What am I supposed to do?

Lost in thought, he just kept shaking his head, refusing to answer.

Lin Ling, watching him shake his head, wondered, What’s wrong with this fat guy?

“Hey! I’m talking to you!” Lin Ling’s bossy side emerged again.

Geng Haoshi snapped out of his daze. But remembering this goddess belonged to someone else, he lowered his head to eat, mumbling, “Big Sis, what do you want?”

Big Sis?! Lin Ling bristled at the title and promptly shoved Geng Haoshi’s head into his bowl. “Call me Sister Xiaoling!”

Geng Haoshi raised his head, grains of rice stuck to his face, and replied weakly, “Sister Xiaoling.” Without bothering to wipe the rice away, he bowed his head and continued eating.

Everyone exchanged glances. Zhu Di looked at Lin Ling, jerked his lips toward Geng Haoshi, and tapped his own forehead with a finger, signaling that Geng Haoshi wasn’t all there.

With this hint, Lin Ling suddenly understood. She said, “You see, this freshman may be a bit challenged in the brains department, but he’s got a strong will and real courage. Unlike you cowards—when you’re mocked, you don’t even have the guts to speak up!”

That was Lin Ling for you—always speaking her mind, oblivious to anyone else’s feelings. Anyone else would probably be disliked for that, but beauty is power in this day and age, and Lin Ling had it in spades.

Hearing Lin Ling describe him as “intellectually challenged but strong-willed,” Geng Haoshi suddenly sprayed food everywhere.

“Easy, freshman, don’t choke.” Lin Ling handed him a napkin as she spoke, carefully wiping the rice from the corner of his mouth. Clearly, she’d decided Geng Haoshi was a good-hearted, low-IQ guy who couldn’t take care of himself.

Meanwhile, Geng Haoshi was thinking, Everyone who sees my devastatingly handsome face can’t help but feel attracted; but oh, Xiaoling, why must you tease me so openly in front of your boyfriend? Isn’t it hard enough for him to bear? Is it really my fault for being this good-looking?

Geng Haoshi 2.0: You fool!

9527: You pervert!

“Freshman, what’s your name? Tell me, and I’ll have your back from now on!” Lin Ling declared, patting her chest as a gesture of sincerity.

Geng Haoshi’s eyes were fixed on the way her chest bounced as she patted it… Ah! To have a goddess like this as a girlfriend must be the ultimate dream for any homebody guy…