A Slight Smile is Very Charming

Part 24: Basketball farewell game

For Wei Wei to say such a thing is merely just her being unable to suppress the mischievousness with her rising mood. But she didn't expect that they would believe her. Who knew that Er Xi will say something like this — severely stupefying her for a bit.

"Publicly known? What do you mean?"

Er Xi says, "There was some popular gossip thread on the school's forums that matched up the well-known singles in the school. You and Xiao Nai are publicly known to be the most incompatible."

Wei Wei is a bit blown back by it and angrily says, "There's even this kind of thread. The people in our school are really dull."

No one replies to what she says and thus, this topic stops. After quite awhile, as Er Xi and Xiao Ling are already chatting about another topic, Wei Wei pulls the conversation towards her again, "How are we incompatible?"

Er Xi thinks that Wei Wei is a bit strange today. Why is she so attached to this question? But she doesn't think more about it and says, straightforwardly, "Someone on the forum said something like this, something looks, something profession. Ah, let me think about how they said it — it was quite good."

Recalling it, she says, "Seems like it went like this, one is simple and elegant like an ink painting, the other is rich in color like an oil painting. One is an immortal from the heavens, the other is an expensive and precious flower on earth...Hey, what is with that expression of yours!"

Er Xi, who had been getting excited as she spoke, becomes angry.

Expressionlessly, Wei Wei says, "I'm getting goosebumps. Also, I'm not oily at all."

Er Xi, "...your joke is really cold."

Wei Wei thinks about it and is still not cool with it, "Why does our profession not match either? We're both in computer science, dual IT heros..."

Er Xi scoffs at her, "Can you even come up with a worse title? There's no admiration when you're in the same field, okay? Plus, computer science is only one of Xiao Nai's specialty."

There is nothing for Wei Wei to say. After being gloomy for quite a while, she suddenly thinks of an important question, "Then who do they say is compatible with Xiao Nai?"

"No one, people were opposed with anyone mentioned."

Great! Wei Wei is satisfied.

At this time, the atmosphere in the gymnasium suddenly becomes lively. Wei Wei immediately looks onto the court. Sure enough, Xiao Nai has come out after changing into a white basketball uniform.

He had already looked handsomely and after changing into the uniform, his heroic spirit breaks out. He catches the ball thrown by his teammate with ease, and, slowly and patiently dribbled it a bit. When the teammate comes up to block him, he suddenly accelerates. Everyone thinks that he will rush through, but he makes an immediate stop and, without taking too much time to aim, he jumps and shoots. The basketball makes a beautiful arc in the air — the time seems to have slowed down at this time. Wei Wei gazes at his explosive energy and dominance on the court while keeping his cool.

The basketball falls precisely into the hoop.

Nothing but net three pointer.

After the few seconds of silence, the stands erupts into a spell of cheering. Yet, on the court, Xiao Nai has no reaction to the cheers. He chats a bit with the teammates who've come and then starts warming up. His gaze has only been on the court the entire time and is completely blind to the stands.

Er Xi sighs and says, "Such is an idol."

Si Si, "It's said that Xiao Nai is better at swimming than basketball. Who knows what he looks like when he's competing in swimming."