SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 6

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Jiang Cheng had his arms crossed, legs stretched out far, and was feeling a bit unpleasant.

The skill level of the ones who were previously on the court was so-so. If he was wearing basketball shoes, he and Pan Zhi could probably take them on 2 to 5 with no problem. But looking at them play was actually quite interesting—there was a sense of superiority from watching above, as well as pride in the lofty ambitious spirit that got him there.[1]

But as Gu Fei and his two friends walked onto the court, the entire atmosphere changed.

Because Gu Fei's basketball skills were... very good. If this was situated in his previous school, Gu Fei would definitely be the kind that bathed in the glory of a massive audience of squealing girls during a citywide high-school tournament.

Therefore, watching a game like this no longer brought Jiang Cheng a sense of superiority.

He felt no particular aversion toward Gu Fei, but there were definitely no good feelings either. At a time like this, his inner thoughts were conflicted between 'hey, this sucker is quite skilled' while another side of him forcefully corrected this thought; 'quite skilled my ass, he's just a show-off flower trellis...'[2]

"This guy is quite good ah," Pan Zhi said, without the tiniest bit of tacit understanding. "How did you guys meet?"

"He'd be quite ordinary if he was in our previous team," Jiang Cheng said.

"Oh, you're on the basketball team?" Not waiting for Pan Zhi to respond, Li Yan opened his mouth from the other side. His tone tinted with provocation, "How 'bout we have someone from the other side sub off and you go on?"

Jiang Cheng turned his head and eyed him: "No."

"No?" Li Yan was startled, probably thinking that he would delightfully accept the challenge, not actually rejecting it so quickly. "Why?"

"Guess," Jiang Cheng stood up and started to walk towards the exit of the gymnasium.

Pan Zhi stretched his back and followed, leaving behind a couple of confused people.

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"You and your nameless anger," after exiting the gymnasium Pan Zhi shrunk his neck. "You have some sort of enmity towards that guy?"

"I've only been here for three days," Jiang Cheng said.

"That's true, the time is too short to raise any issues with someone," Pan Zhi sighed. "Everyone is unpleasant to the eye for you right now anyhow."

"You seem okay," Jiang Cheng looked at him.

Pan Zhi smiled: "Ay, for real though, how do you know that person? From second-year?"

"... neighbor" Jiang Cheng answered.

"In the same building as you?" Pan Zhi asked.

"From the street adjacent," Jiang Cheng answered simply.

"Ah," Pan Zhi responded.

In truth, he could feet that Pan Zhi found it difficult to grasp this concept for the moment. They all grew up in an enclosed housing estate[3] where neighbors came in two types: the ones from the same building unit, and the ones from the same housing estate. The previous one was based on a relationship with the nod of a head, the latter was based on the sweep of an eye.