don't force me

At the beginning of April, the annual "high school three-on-three basketball game" in the third middle school kicked off.

As the graduating grades of junior high school and senior high school, they have always been on the sidelines to watch the battle. The activity department and propaganda department of the student union can be very busy at this time.Du Xuan is the head of the Propaganda Department, and at the same time the main force of a basketball team. He is very busy every day, and he has to play basketball for half an hour after evening self-study to practice his hands.Zhou Man found that his son was coming home more and more late, and he was very dissatisfied: "Du Xuan, the midterm exam is coming soon, you have to pay attention to the results, don't be complacent when you pass the exam once."

Du Xuan: "I know mom, I have never dared to miss class. There are a lot of school activities recently, I will find time to read."

"You quit your job in the student union," Zhou Man said, "what's the use of joining those?"

"I just took office." Du Xuan said to her mother, "You must let me participate in student life. I didn't even participate in a club in junior high school."

"Military training, spring outing and autumn outing, aren't these all school life, why do you have to go to the student union. Besides, high school is so stressful, how can you have so much time to play around with them?"

"Because it trains people." Du Xuan said, "I like the work of the student union very much, and I think it is very meaningful. I don't want to quit." After he finished speaking, he paused and asked, "Is that okay?"

Zhou Man: "What about the basketball game? What's the point of this? If you have that time, it's better to read a book in the classroom, even if it's an extracurricular book."

"This is a class project, and I can't quit." Du Xuan said firmly, and then said in a slow tone, "I won't be in the top five during the term, you can rest assured about that."

Zhou Man seldom heard Du Xuan so resolute, and he couldn't react for a while.In her mind, Du Xuan has always been the "obedient" and "obedient" child. She never thought that she would talk back after entering high school, and would not listen to her parents at all.Zhou Man was a little annoyed. Just as she was about to teach him a lesson, she saw Du Xuan pull out her chair and sit down, and took out the exercise book from her schoolbag, so she swallowed her words again.Du Xuan opened the book, and let out a long breath when she heard her mother's footsteps leaving quietly.

Today, it was rare for Du Chengcheng to go home for dinner.It can be seen that he is in a good mood, and he asked with a smile, "Is Xiaoxuan tired from studying recently? What do you need? Tell Dad what you need."

Zhou Man glared at him: "Don't go crazy again."

Du Jiancheng ignored Zhou Man, and continued to say to Du Xuan: "By the way, Xiao Xuan, do you need to change your computer? It's been a long time, right?"

Zhou Man threw the spoon on the table with a bang: "Du Jiancheng, what's wrong with you! Buy a good computer."

"The child is getting older," Du Jiancheng said with a taste, "I have to use the computer when I need it. Xiaoxuan belongs to the student union, she has work to do."

"What job?" Zhou Man said dissatisfiedly, "isn't it just to help the teacher? Can I get extra points for the college entrance examination?"

"Otherwise, I would say that you are short-sighted," Du Jiancheng said, "this is to exercise your ability, and you are a student union cadre anyway."

Du Xuan silently picked up the rice, put down his chopsticks after eating in two or three bites and said, "I'll go downstairs for a stroll."

Zhou Man wanted to say something else, but Du Xuan closed the door with a bang and left.Zhou Man stared at the buzzing door in a daze for a while, then said to Du Jiancheng inexplicably, "This kid...why has his temper become more and more serious recently, who is he throwing his temper at?"

"You." Du Jiancheng snorted, "you talk about your mouth, your hair is long and your knowledge is short. You should talk less in the future. I think our son is very good, and the student union is so good. He will go up and down in the school in the future." He knows everyone, and the teachers will treat him differently, so there will be many benefits in the future."

"Don't use your officialdom to teach your son." Zhou Man slapped the table, "He is still a student, what you said is nonsense, only grades are the most important."

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Du Xuan was too lazy to listen to the argument between her parents, so she slammed the door and went downstairs. Whether it was beneficial or harmful, she had to try it to know.Since I was a child, I was restricted from participating in various group activities. Now that I am in high school, I must make up for it all.

Du Xuan was full of thoughts, and ran into Sun Rui within two laps of the neighborhood.

Sun Rui said: "Hey, I just want to find you. Let me ask you, who will play next Wednesday against three?"

Du Xuan glanced at him differently: "Is there even a question? There must be one of you, let me be a substitute, let Liu Shen come on, and add another..."

"You really want to go?"

"Ah?" Du Xuan was stunned, "Why not?"

Sun Rui: "I got the letter that Li Tianyou is going to be in the third class."

Du Xuan suddenly said: "That... is a little troublesome, it's a little troublesome for him."

Sun Rui smiled: "Du Xuan, I find that you are becoming more and more shameless like Lin Tingan, really... tsk tsk tsk."

Du Xuan shrugged: "Then what should I do? I can't hide."

Sun Rui: "I'm not telling you to hide, but I'm just telling you that you have a plan in mind. Let's calculate your battle record with Li Tianyou. You won him in the election of the student union, the recruitment of the TV station, and the midterm exam." ...Haha, there is also a legend that the girl he likes likes you."

Du Xuan: "I have to add one more thing: I beat him in a three-on-three match."

"I heard that he has been targeting you all the time. I feel like he's hitting on you."

"Let him go, this field lets him win."

Sun Rui raised his fist and pretended to be a microphone: "Sir, let me interview you, have you never thought of 'converging'?"

"I'm already restrained, otherwise I should be attached to the Normal University right now." Du Xuan pulled Sun Rui's fist aside, "Fight hard and beat him."

The three-on-three matches start on Monday, with a knockout system, and can be played in a week.This is Du Xuan's first three-on-three, and he doesn't want to lose.In the first round of Class Five, Sun Rui won the game without even having a chance to play.After the game, Du Xuan saw Lin Ting'an carrying a towel on the sidelines.

"Why are you here? Didn't you say there was chemistry dictation at noon?" Du Xuan took the towel from Lin Tingan and covered his head.In fact, it was just April, and the competition wasn't very intense. Du Xuan didn't sweat much, but Lin Ting'an specially brought over his track and field team's sports towel.

Lin Tingan said proudly: "I told the chemistry teacher that the math teacher came to me and applied to make up for silence after school."

Sun Rui rolled his eyes silently.

Du Xuan: "You have used all your brains in these places."

Lin Tingan smiled triumphantly.

On Friday, just as Sun Rui expected, the final was played between Class One and Class Three.Sun Rui didn't dare to be careless, and let Du Xuan sit on the bench, and he was off from the beginning.Lin Tingan rushed to the playground without having lunch, and took a seat with the best view.Fearing that the momentum would not be enough, he brought Han Mo, Zheng Ziyan and Yang Lemeng to cheer for Du Xuan, but when he arrived at the venue, he realized that his worries were completely unnecessary.Before the game started, the whole venue was surrounded by water. There were students from middle and high schools, and many teachers came to watch the game.

Zheng Ziyan asked: "Why are there so many people?"

Han Mo jumped up excitedly: "Sun Rui treats Li Tianyou."

Lin Ting'an couldn't accept it a bit: "Why didn't Du Xuan show up?"

"Today is the main team. The first and third graders are very strong. Du Xuan may play in the second half." Han Mo fixed his eyes on the warming-up players, his face full of admiration.

"Isn't Du Xuan the main force?" Lin Tingan snorted.

Han Mo ignored him at all, and shouted excitedly: "It's started, it's started."

With a whistle, players from both sides stood in the midfield and began to jump the ball.Before the orange ball left the referee's fingertips, there was a burst of enthusiastic screams from the audience.The physical education teacher made the referee and laughed with a whistle in his mouth: "I haven't thrown it yet."

Du Xuan stood on the sidelines, raised his hands high, and made a pause gesture to the people around him. The sidelines fell silent, and the referee nodded to Du Xuan and gave him a thumbs up.

Lin Tingan straightened his chest, feeling very proud.

The basketball was thrown high, and Sun Rui, relying on his excellent bounce, stretched out his hand and pulled the ball into the hands of his own team. Before the opponent's team was in formation, a small fast break started.But soon, Lin Tingan discovered that Class [-]'s shooting skills were not very good, but his running speed was extremely fast, especially that No. [-] Li Tianyou, almost no one could stop him when he took the ball and broke through quickly.After a few rounds, the first class fell behind by four points.

Sun Rui made a gesture to Du Xuan, and Du Xuan signaled the referee to change. There was a commotion on the sidelines immediately, and many girls began to whisper: "Du Xuan is on, Du Xuan is on."

Sure enough, Du Xuan replaced a defender and stood next to Sun Rui.Sun Rui whispered a few words to Du Xuan, Du Xuan raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Tianyou, then nodded.

Lin Tingan glanced at his watch and shouted, "There are still 4 minutes."

Du Xuan turned her head to look over, blinked, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.Lin Tingan felt his heart beating faster.

With Du Xuan playing, both teams changed their tactics. Li Tianyou gave up on Sun Rui and stood in front of Du Xuan to mark.Du Xuan took the ball from Sun Rui, bent down and stared at Li Tianyou.

"Come on." Li Tianyou smiled.

Du Xuan's whole body leaned to the left, pretending to break through, but Li Tianyou didn't move.Du Xuan had no choice but to get lucky with the ball, gave up the left side and prepared to break through from the right side, when Li Tianyou suddenly moved.He quickly stretched out his hand and made a standard interception action, Du Xuan had to take back the ball again.

Li Tianyou saw through Du Xuan's fake action, and he squinted his eyes a little complacently. Du Xuan made a helpless expression, and at the same time his eyes slipped to the right, he pushed hard with his right hand and passed the ball from the left. Sun Rui.Sun Rui was being entangled by a big tall man, unable to move. He suddenly saw the ball coming straight towards the door, and couldn't help but cursed: "Du Xuan, do you have eyes?"

Du Xuan ignored him and rushed all the way to the three-point line, cutting from the baseline to the basket.In terms of speed alone, Li Tianyou couldn't compare to Du Xuan, but even so, he still tried his best to grab the rebound together.After Sun Rui caught the ball, he couldn't break through at all, so he swung it hard, and the ball went straight to the basket.Before Du Xuan could catch the ball, Li Tianyou, who was behind him, flicked the ball to the outside of the line.All this happened very quickly, before the audience on the sidelines woke up from the shock that Li Tianyou didn't stare at Sun Rui, the first class had already lost the ball.

The third class counterattacked very quickly. Sun Rui let Du Xuan play to take advantage of Du Xuan's speed, but Du Xuan's defense was a loophole. Li Tianyou pushed Du Xuan aside with his own physical fitness.A burst of laughter erupted from the sidelines, and Du Xuan also spread his hands helplessly.

"Come on!" Lin Tingan stood outside the field and jumped up and down, wishing he could rush up to help.

Sun Rui glanced at the scoreboard and saw that he was six points behind.

"It's a bit difficult to break through him," Du Xuan said, "My physical fitness can't handle him, he is too strong."

"Do your best and obey the destiny." Sun Rui said, "Who knew that this kid ran to guard against you, but he has always guarded against me."

"I ran as hard as I could and pulled him away, you made the right pass."

Sun Rui nodded and greeted: "Liu Shen, you have to try your best to get to the basket, the rebound is yours."

Liu Shen nodded, and the three of them held hands together and shouted "Come on".

When the game started again, Du Xuan led Li Tianyou to run in a large area. Li Tianyou had already run for half the time, and now his physical strength was far inferior to Du Xuan's, and soon he could not keep up with Du Xuan's speed.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Rui broke through to the basket twice and even made shots with penalties to catch the score to only one point.

"Yes!" Liu Shen said happily, "That's all."

Sun Rui raised his hands high and gave the two people a high five, and the atmosphere on the field suddenly became heated.

Lin Tingan clenched the towel in his hand and stared at Du Xuan.Du Xuan's sweaty hair hung down on his forehead, and the bright beads of sweat glistened in the sun. There was a different brilliance in his eyes, full of strong longing, which Lin Tingan rarely saw.

In Lin Ting'an's impression, Du Xuan never fought for anything. In his memory, Du Xuan was always "giving up": when he was in the third year of junior high, he gave up No.1 and the attachment to the Normal University; he "give up fighting" for feelings.Lin Tingan firmly believed that if he hadn't spoken first, Du Xuan would have lived his life with this intention.

But now Du Xuan is different, he is more frank and real, he will use more active means to fight for it, even if he may end up with no success in the end, but he will try his best not to give up, just like this game.

Even though he knew Li Tianyou was tall and powerful, Du Xuan still rushed over with the ball. He lowered his center of gravity and lost his balance slightly when he changed direction.He gently supported the ground with his hand, and turned sideways to brush past Li Tianyou.

"Beautiful!" The audience burst into cheers, even Li Tianyou's eyes widened in surprise, and he smiled at Du Xuan.

Du Xuan blinked at Li Tianyou, and went straight to the basket without stopping.Sun Rui has already grabbed a position under the basket and is reaching out to control Du Xuan for the ball.Du Xuan paused for a moment, then stopped her feet suddenly.

"Pass." Liu Shen shouted anxiously, the distance was a bit far for Du Xuan, and he was not sure of the shot.

Sun Rui changed his movements in an instant. He opened his arms and blocked the opponent's players behind him with all his strength, posing for a rebound.

Du Xuan paused for a second, adjusted her breathing, bent her knees and took off, raised her arms high and threw the ball.When the ball left the fingers, the whole person was frozen in the air before the feet hit the ground, forming a wonderful picture.The moment Du Xuan shot, the final whistle blew, and before the lingering sound of the whistle dissipated, the ball hit the edge of the basket.

"Come in!" Lin Tingan stamped his feet and shouted, "Come in, come in."

The ball trembled slightly on the edge of the basket, and turned around again. Lin Tingan held his breath in his chest, his chest hurting, and he looked at the ball without blinking.The basketball shook slightly, and finally fell from the basket.

"Win!" Lin Tingan yelled and jumped up, grabbed the people around him and shouted, "Win, win, win."

"Why are you excited about playing in the first year of high school?" A high school classmate stood beside him, amused to see Lin Tingan's junior high school uniform.

"I, I," Lin Ting'an excitedly pointed at Du Xuan who was hugging Sun Rui in the field, "Well, how well you played."

"Du Xuan." The boy glanced at Du Xuan who was jumping up and down on the field, "This kid wants to go to heaven."

Lin Tingan thought complacently: "Where did he go, he can be even more awesome, believe it or not."

The referee teacher blew his whistle and organized players from the two classes to line up to shake hands.Li Tianyou led the team to the midfield line first, and Sun Rui also greeted everyone to stand still. The two sides bowed and shook hands alternately. Li Tianyou patted Du Xuan on the shoulder: "It was a good game."

"Well," Du Xuan nodded unceremoniously, almost lost, and you are also very good. "

"It's okay to form a game in the future."

"no problem."

After speaking, Li Tianyou returned to his class with his teammates. The game was lost, but the hero who lost the game was still a hero, and they received warm applause.

Sun Rui tilted his head and asked in a low voice, "I've always been worried that you two would fight."

"What is there to fight? Isn't it common to win or lose?"

"The problem is that he only loses but not wins."

"He is open-minded." Du Xuan walked back to the sidelines, took a towel from Lin Ting'an and covered his head with sweat.

Lin Tingan jumped up and down excitedly: "It's so beautiful, you play really well. Hey, can I also participate in three-on-three next year?"

Du Xuan: "Theoretically yes, but I don't think your class will let you go based on your level."

Lin Tingan: "I can practice, and I will be able to play well after another year of playing."

Du Xuan suddenly remembered last year when this kid skipped lunch and went to occupy the basketball court. He warned: "Don't play basketball, run honestly and review."

"Playing ball can exercise your body."

"You might get injured playing basketball." Du Xuan stared at Lin Tingan, "No. I want to see you play basketball, so just wait for me."

Lin Tingan shut his mouth obediently, and glanced greedily at the basketball court.

Sun Rui sighed: "It's really honest to be managed."

Lin Tingan snorted: "That's my self-consciousness in learning."

Sun Rui laughed loudly: "You are self-conscious ass"

Although Sun Rui said so, in fact, Lin Tingan really realized a lot in April.At least it seems that he has become a lot more conscious. He used to hand in his mobile phone when he went to the training department, but now he takes the lecture notes for Du Xuan to check after class.

Today Du Xuan was still sitting in the study room waiting for Lin Tingan. He took out a pair of earphones and plugged them into Lin Tingan's cell phone, and turned on the music player.Lin Tingan suddenly became obsessed with ancient music recently, and downloaded a bunch of it on his phone. It sounds melodious but also quite quiet.Du Xuan was enjoying listening to it, when suddenly there came out a heavy metal song that wanted rock style. Although it wasn't unpleasant, Du Xuan was very uncomfortable with the weird feeling mixed in with this bunch of ancient styles.

He clicked on Lin Tingan's mobile phone, and found dozens of songs in Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese, Korean, European and American, with all kinds of styles available.Du Xuan patiently made four or five albums, sorted all the music into categories, put them away neatly, and told Lin Tingan when class was over.

"Du Xuan, what did you do to my cell phone!" Lin Tingan held his cell phone, looking at the albums one by one, making a look of grief, "My cell phone, what's wrong with you, wake up, wake up Awake……"

Du Xuan slammed Lin Tingan on the head: "Howling, the songs on your phone are too chaotic. I listened to seven or eight Gufeng songs, and suddenly a heavy metal sound came out. The drumbeat almost gave me a heart attack. .”

"You Virgo!" Lin Tingan said, "Listening to songs like this is fun. Do you understand or not? You have to play them randomly. After each song, there is a new style, and there are surprises everywhere."

"What a surprise, you don't feel uncomfortable listening to yourself."

"Tut tsk tsk," Lin Tingan said with a sigh, "how boring your life is, everything is neat and orderly, why can't you find some unexpected surprises for yourself?"

Du Xuan put down her drink cup and took a deep look at Lin Tingan: "I have already had a surprise in my life."

"Huh?" Lin Tingan put down the phone.

"Knowing you is the greatest surprise in my life." Du Xuan gritted his back molars when he said this, sounding a bit ironic.

Lin Tingan rolled his eyes and said with a playful smile, "I think so too." He flicked the phone screen quickly, flipped through the series of folders, rubbed his fingers in the menu bar for a long time, and finally gave up on canceling the album. Thinking about it, he sighed and said to himself: "It's so troublesome to listen to songs like this, and I have to change the album."

Du Xuan: "Can I cancel it for you?"

"Forget it, you've been messing with it for so long." Lin Ting'an put the phone in his pocket and asked, "What happened to that Li Tianyou today?"

Du Xuan smiled and asked, "Why did you remember to ask him?"

"I've heard some rumours."

Du Xuan: "Fake."

"I haven't said anything yet, and you are so busy arguing?" Lin Tingan said, "Are you guilty?"

Du Xuan: "Do you believe me or the rumors?"

"I believe you." Lin Ting settled down, "I'm just curious and want to ask."

"Curiosity killed the cat." Du Xuan grabbed Lin Ting'an with one hand, and picked up his schoolbag with the other, "Let's go, go home. Go back and write your homework, 120."

"I'll be driven crazy by you sooner or later," Lin Ting'an muttered, "Forget it if you become my homeroom teacher."