you are all star

Chapter 31 Defeated Himself

Little Neil lost to Reddy for the second time, and this was not a feeling in his heart. He made up his mind, he must change, he must adapt to this scene. , I have also seen those real big-name basketball stars on game videos. They are all watched by thousands of fans. Some fans will like them, and some will hate them and talk about them. And I Also from the two games I lost to Reddy, I can see that the fans have exerted too much influence on me, so I have to change and gradually adapt to this environment, just like what my father said, since there are so many people Don't like me, so many people mock me, I have to behave better and make them shut up.

From this day on, Neil would go to practice with the ball in his arms after class every day.

Shooting and hitting will attract many onlookers. At first he will stop, stand blankly, a little bit awkward, extremely nervous, feel cold for a moment, feel nothing, clumsy, no matter how much he throws.

Sometimes Neil would feel very sad when he saw this scene, and then he would stare at the male and female students who were watching and angrily say, "You go, what's there to see?"

Seeing what Neil said, he immediately muttered angrily: "Cut... Who do you think would want to watch you play? It's just your level."

One day, after school, Neil took the ball to the court to practice again.

While playing, everyone saw that he was sweating profusely, he was really hardworking, and he was the only black boy among the whites. They were very curious, and couldn't help but stop and watch, staring at Neil and talking with a smile.

Hearing their voices, Neil immediately glanced in that direction, hurriedly retracted his gaze, held the ball nervously, and kept shaking his hands, but he still didn't care, didn't care, and continued to throw a ball , But the ball still didn't go in, the ball went out of the basket, and didn't go in again.

Neil knelt on the ground angrily, clenched his fists with both hands, and beat the ground vigorously, asking himself incessantly, "Why? Why can't I still beat myself?"

Just when he was desperate to run away from the court with the ball in his arms, Lavender, who was passing by, saw him not far away, and saw him kneeling on the ground, beating the ground with both hands, and rushed over in a hurry, pushing and shoving him. The male and female students who stood in front of her said nervously and anxiously: "Let's go, let's go..."

When the male and female students heard Lavender's voice, they hurriedly stepped aside to make way.

After the male and female students got out of the way, Lavender ran towards Neil.

Seeing this scene, the male classmates were frightened. They stared at Lavender with round eyes. They were a little upset and jealous, and they talked and said, "How can Lavender be friends with a kid like Neil?"

The girls pointed at the back of Lavender running over, and commented inexplicably: "What is Lavender obsessed with? She and Reddy used to be so good, but since Neil came, everything has changed. We I don't know what's so good about this kid, Neil?"

Lavender ran over, squatted down slightly, and patted his shoulder lightly.

Neil was startled by her, he raised his head abruptly, Lavender's delicate face was instantly reflected in Neil's eyes, Neil rubbed his eyes in excitement and shyness, and suddenly paused, feeling extremely embarrassed, Very nervous, just staring at Lavender and smiling slightly.

Lavender also stared at Neil with a slight smile and said, "Neil, it's okay, stand up bravely and continue, I have confidence in you."

Neil looked at Lavender, doubting himself a little, he quickly shook his head unconfidently to avoid Lavender's gaze, and shook his head and said, "Thank you, I don't seem to be able to do it yet!"

Lavender stared straight at Neil: "Really, be confident, I believe in you!"

After Lavender finished speaking, she reached out and tried to help Neil up.

But this move of Lavender was seen by Reddy, who was passing by the road, and Reddy immediately laughed and said, "Lavender, what are you doing? You still want to save a worthless guy like Neil?"

"none of your business?"

"Of course I have to take care of you, you are my good friend."

"Who is your good friend?"

"You!" Reddy replied with a playful smile.

"Reddy, you're not the Reddy I knew."

"Hehe... because of that kid Neil?"

"Yes..." Lavender replied unequivocally.

After hearing this, Reddy was very sad, turned around and ran away.

Some girls and boys saw Reddy running away and hurriedly chased after him.

Seeing that Lavender hurt Reddy because of him, Neil quickly stared at Lavender and said, "Thank you, Lavender, I'm fine, go and chase after Reddy, for a worthless kid like me." Offending him, it's not worth it, go and chase him."

"Hmph...I'm not going. I haven't found out that he is that kind of person before. In order to win, he will do whatever it takes."

"Sister Lavender, now is not the time to be childish, go after her."

"Anyway, I won't go."

Neil looked at Lavender, who was so stubborn, and didn't know what to say. He shook his head, gently pushed Lavender away to help him, and said, "Thank you, Sister Lavender, I can solve my own problems by myself." , face it yourself, let's go!"

Lavender didn't want to leave, so she stood blankly by the side, smiled silly, and asked for advice: "Neil, can I just watch you play?"

"As you please!"

Neil was indifferent, and answered her casually, then stood up again, picked up the ball from the ground, looked at the rest of the male and female students who were still trying to ridicule, and looked at the male and female students who Neil made jokes, gritted their teeth, and pursed their lips firmly, Taking a deep breath, he made a standing jumper.

Lavender and the others stared intently at Neil, who was still nervous and his hands and feet were trembling. When the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and spun three times around the basket, the ball went in.

Lavender immediately shouted and jumped up with joy, looked at the other male and female students around, and applauded: "Yeah... the ball has been scored!"

But the other male and female students taunted Lavender and said: "Lavender, what are you doing? This is an ordinary ball that can't be more ordinary. We can easily throw it in. He didn't shoot through the heart with an arrow. Three turns on the basket."

"How do you talk?"

"That's how we talk. If you want people not to talk about him or laugh at him, he has to show his strength and tell us to shut up!"

"you……"

Lavender wanted to continue chatting with them, but Neil hurriedly shook his head at Lavender, then stared at the male and female students who were watching the joke, smiled slightly, and gritted his teeth.

As he ran to pick up the ball, he kept replaying what his father said to him over and over again in his mind, if you want to shut up those who laugh at you, you have to show your strength.

Neil picked up the ball, ran to the outside of the three-point line, looked back at the onlookers behind him, and then looked at Lavender standing on his left and nodded. Suddenly, he was suppressed for a long time, desperately wanting to prove himself, not admitting defeat, The anger of not wanting to give up rose in his heart, he clenched his fist confidently, raised it up and shook it, took a deep breath, pointed at the group of people who were laughing and shouted loudly: "You guys, show me!"

"Hey...he's going to come for real, everyone has to keep their eyes open!"

Lavender held his right hand and raised it to cheer him up.

Neil suddenly didn't seem to hate Lavender that much anymore, and nodded towards her.

Then he dribbled the ball left and right, dribbled the ball behind his back, dribbled the ball under the crotch, and dribbled with strides. When the dribble reached the free throw line, Neil suddenly stopped dribbling and threw the ball on the backboard. After bouncing back, he jumped up, flew up and grabbed the ball, switched his right hand to his left in the air, pulled the bar at the bottom of the basket for a layup, and the ball hit the board.

The male and female students who had been talking about it just now shut up immediately when they saw this incredible goal, and applauded him together with Lavender.

While applauding, Lavender looked at Neil and nodded in relief, smiling happily for him.

Neal also seems to have suddenly found the feeling that when he is fully committed to playing, he will not care about the gossip and ridicule of the audience on the sidelines. I want this feeling, and I hope this feeling will always be maintained.

Thinking of this, Neil laughed and jumped up, staring at Lavender: "Thank you, Sister Lavender, I finally defeated myself."

"Yes, you finally defeated yourself. I also read this sentence in the book before: the greatest enemy of man is not others, but himself."

Neil stared at Lavender and nodded, scratched his head, and smiled silly.

(End of this chapter)