He's So Sweet After Class

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Translator: Rin    Editor: dedaign    Proofreader: Amber.es

Who could’ve known that, when Mo Lingqiu saw the score panel, Jiang Chenming’s team was actually ten points behind.

“How could they fall behind?” Mo Lingqiu said. He couldn’t hold back the shock in his heart; it was too hard to believe.

“Jiang Chenming sprained his ankle and the team’s substitute center was also injured,” the person standing next to him reflexively answered. He hadn’t looked at who had asked the question, so, as a result, when he turned his head after finishing speaking, he was shocked to see Mo Lingqiu. “Teacher––Teacher Mo?”

“How did he sprain his ankle?”

“Ah… it’s like this: do you see that tall buff guy? He’s a freshman this year from the Architecture Department. His basketball skills aren’t bad, but he’s a little unruly,” the person next to him quickly explained. “Since this is just a normal internal basketball game for entertainment, the rules aren’t that strict, and the referees ignore anything that doesn’t go overboard.”

Mo Lingqiu listened, eyebrows firmly drawing together.

“Jiang Chenming ran into him when he was reaching to grab the rebound. The other guy’s big, and everyone was mid-jump, so Jiang Chenming definitely couldn’t beat him. He sprained his ankle when he fell down.

“But that guy also fell rather hard, so they both probably have the same level of injury.”

“We lost points when the substitute center joined the game. The substitutes are all new players that just joined the PE Department basketball team, so they don’t have much experience,” someone else nearby quickly added.

“But, now that Jiang Chenming is on the court, he can definitely make up the points,” someone said reassuringly, worried that Mo Lingqiu would be unhappy.

Mo Lingqiu fell silent for a moment. He then thanked them before slightly stepping forward into the empty space in front of him, hoping to get a better view of the game.

Jiang Chenming was originally able to dunk; he had great bouncing force, and he was tall, so it wasn’t a problem to snatch the rebound as a center. However, because he had sprained his ankle, his centre of gravity when he jumped would inevitably be unstable. Mo Lingqiu didn’t show it on his face, but he was still very worried.

For the PE Department, the current situation was rather grim. They were demoralised, especially because Jiang Chenming was injured.

At first, Jiang Chenming didn’t notice Mo Lingqiu’s arrival. He was dealing with being blocked by his opponent, while thinking about how to turn the scores around.

Four members of the Architecture Department’s basketball team were newly recruited and Jiang Chenming had never played against them before. He wasn’t used to their playing style, but he had seen a few people discussing it on the campus forum, so it wasn’t completely new.

However, although the members of the Architecture team weren’t as tall on average, compared to his own team, they had a better chance of winning because all of them had started to push themselves hard. On the other hand, his team’s morale became much weaker because of his and the substitute center’s injuries.

Once someone lost their intention to win, they would definitely lose.

Jiang Chenming concentrated and detected the basketball coming from his left. He didn’t hesitate to quickly feint, bluffing and confusing his opponent. Within half a second, he had gotten the ball, jumped in place, and shot a three-pointer that looked like it would go too high, but ended up falling exactly into the hoop.