[Volleyball Boys] Moonlit Night

In the first game, Karasuno reached the match point first, and Qingcheng changed players at this critical moment.

"Hey, the new one looks so fierce." Saeko sighed in surprise.

"Yeah, it's like a 'secret weapon', it should be of strength," Lin Xingning nodded, "It looks like a good fight."

On the court, Oikawa threw the ball to Kindaichi: "Kindaichi!"

Then everyone saw the new player rushing to the net from behind, knocking Kindaichi away, jumping up and smashing the ball hard.

Shimada then said in a daze what he wanted to reply to Lin Xingning just now: "There won't be a fight..."

"beep--"

The final whistle blew, and because the ball was out of bounds just now, Karasuno took the lead to reach 25 points and won the first game.

Lin Xingning was in a delicate mood. Although she was very happy to win, there were too many holes in the ball just now, and she didn't know what to say.

By looking through the brochures of the participating players, it was confirmed that Qingcheng's new player is called Jing Gu.

"Many schools feel like there are more newcomers in their teams, but there are still fewer players in Wuye." Lin Xingning took out his notebook and began to write a brief recruiting plan for next year.

Saeko leaned over to take a look: "Eh? Multi-school joint visit??"

"I don't know if it's feasible, but I just wrote it down first," Lin Xingning explained, "Some private or newly-run high schools over there will organize such activities for junior high school students to visit, which can increase the application rate."

"Pretty good~"

Saeko had just finished boasting, and heard Lin Xingning say: "Speaking of which, we can also make some posters and put them in residential areas near the school, but this needs to be researched on the target population..."

"..." She remembered what her younger brother said about Lin Xingning: "It's easy to get along with and cute, but it's a bit scary to study too well."

Fortunately, the second game started soon, and Saeko immediately put her thoughts into the game, as if she hadn't heard anything just now.

In the second game, Jing Gu played as a starter.

Originally, Karasuno was already used to Qingcheng's style. After this foreign object appeared in the team, he couldn't react at once and was caught off guard. As the score gradually opened up, both Shimada and Takigami became nervous: "We can't continue like this. It's..."

As Hyuga rotated to the back row, Karasuno's offensive ability was about to decline again, and the situation was even more pessimistic. At this time——

"Substitution!"

Lin Xingning lay on the railing and saw the person holding a sign by the side of the court: "It's Mr. Yamaguchi!"

She remembered that the last time Yamaguchi played as the winning player was against Qingcheng, and she was under heavy pressure, so she couldn't help being a little worried: "Is it okay, Mr. Yamaguchi?"

"It's okay," Shimada replied, thinking, "Ah...did Lin Jiang go to the infirmary when we played against He Jiunan?"

After listening to Shimada's explanation, Lin Xingning realized why Yamaguchi said that he "escaped" today.

Looking at Yamaguchi's firm expression standing on the court, she didn't know what to think of, and took a deep breath.

"beep!"

The whistle blew.

The volleyball was thrown from Yamaguchi's hand and flew towards the opponent's court by hitting.

"Out of bounds!" Qingcheng's free agent loudly reminded his teammates after judging.

But after the ball landed, the observers on the sidelines gave instructions to judge the boundaries.

"Doo!" The referee judged Karasuno to score.

"Great! Great!!" Saeko and Lin Xingning hugged each other excitedly.

Shimada stood straight on the spot, the joy and pride in his heart almost burst out of his body.Before, he was just teaching Yamaguchi like a senior leading a junior, but at this moment, the glory he felt was better than his own successful throw of a strike.

Lin Xingning also finally understood what Yue Dao meant by "Don't worry about Yamaguchi's words".

Usually a little shy and not good at words, and maybe a little timid, but Yamaguchi has always known what he wants to do, what kind of person he wants to be, and he works hard for it.

It may be slower, or it may be a little evasive in the middle because of lack of self-confidence.

But he always knew where his destination was and kept going.

Compared to such a Yamaguchi, she and Tsukishima are still "too inferior".

Yamaguchi's serve scored a total of 5 points, reversing the game and allowing Karasuno to enter the match point first.

It's a pity that the last goal was still cut off, and the two sides reached a tie on the match point. After that, the game was stalemate. In the end, Qingcheng scored consecutively to win the round.

The last round of the game entered a fierce state. The two sides came and went, and tried every means to attack, but the point difference could not be opened.

Although the audience can see the whole field clearly, some details are still not as clear as the players on the field. It can only be seen that Qingcheng’s Jinggu made mistakes one after another after a smash was stopped by Yuedao. After a timeout, he still made a serious mistake and dunked the ball to the net.

This time Qingcheng chose to directly replace the players.

The player who replaced Jinggu did not have a strong advantage in attack power, and Karasuno took advantage of the situation to regain the score, but this time soon, Jinggu was replaced again.

"All in all, we must not let the opponent score 20 points first,"

"It's hard to say that."

"Uno Chong!!"

Afterwards, the game became more and more urgent, the score could not be opened, and the offense and defense quickly exchanged rotations, and the two sides scored 20 points one after another.

After Saeko said "I'm so nervous that my heart hurts", the other three echoed "Me too".

"I have some questions to ask my seniors..." Lin Xingning let go of his hands, trembling slightly because he had been holding them tightly before: "I didn't really like competitions very much before. I didn't have the desire to be competitive. To win' is also not so strong a belief.

"Since I joined the volleyball club, although I have been the manager of the club, I feel that I don't want to lose after seeing everyone's sad appearance after losing. Even at this critical juncture, I think so..." She was distressed, "I Isn’t that incompetent?”

"What's the matter?" Takigami and Shimada asked in unison.

"Eh?"

"No matter what the reason is, to prove yourself and not to leave regrets," Takiue gave an example, "or simply want to win and work hard for 'I don't want to lose', isn't the result the same?"

"Even if it's the butter bread for the bet, it can be a reason to win." Shimada interjected, "Whether it's a grand factor or a small reason, as long as you work hard for it, it's all the same."

Saeko also smiled and waved her hands: "That's right, at the beginning I only played wadaiko because I thought it was cool, there is no other reason. But the charm and joy I feel during the process are the same."

"That's it..." Lin Xingning felt as if he understood, but he was a little unclear.

"Don't be so serious," Saeko pulled the corners of her mouth and made a smiley expression, "Sometimes don't think too much, just celebrate with everyone after winning~"

"But now is not the time to talk casually..." Shimada looked at the score on the court seriously,

Qingcheng reached the match point first, and it was Oikawa's turn to serve.

Lin Xingning took a long breath.

Oikawa's serve was perfectly saved by Sawamura, and Karasuno quickly organized the attack, cutting off his terrifying serve score with one ball.

Match point scoring.

"Then...it depends on who can lead by 2 points first."

In the final victory and defeat, both sides had no intention of staying on the defensive, and continued to attack through their most powerful combination.

For the last goal, Hinata's quick attack, Kageyama's back pass, and Qingcheng's three-man block on the opposite side of the net.Seeing this scene that almost coincided with memory, Lin Xingning unconsciously held his breath.

But this time, the ball grazed the Qingcheng blocker's fingers and fell on the opponent's court.

"beep--"

The final whistle blew, until cheers and applause broke out in the stadium, and Lin Xingning was embraced by the excited Saeko before recovering.

After telling the team members to finish stretching well, Lin Xingning and Qing Shui counted the supplies and luggage together.

Compared to other people who still couldn't get enough of the exciting game just now, Karasuno's team members were only excited for a while after the victory, and now they have calmed down—even a little nervous.

The result of another match has also come out, the next match will be against Shiratorizawa.

After returning to school by car, everyone in the volleyball club unexpectedly received congratulations from teachers and classmates.First finish watching the sports program broadcasting today's game in the faculty office, and then return to the second gymnasium for a meeting as usual.

The next day there was another serious game. The meeting didn't last long. Coach Wu Yang focused on explaining the characteristics of the Shironozawa team, analyzed the information compiled by the manager, and let them go home early to rest.

On the way home, Lin Xingning couldn't get enough of it, and praised Yamaguchi for the third time: "Today, Mr. Yamaguchi is so handsome!"

Yamaguchi scratched his head in embarrassment: "No."

"He's really handsome! Yamaguchi-kun can do anything just as Yue said."

"Look at the road," Yue Dao took Lin Xingning's arm and led her to the side of the road, "Is that what I said?"

"Don't be shy, Yue~"

"Who is shy?"

Not only did Lin Xingning provoke Yuedao, but he also dragged Shankou into the water: "Yamaguchi-kun also thinks so?"

Yamaguchi laughed dryly: "Haha... yes... is there?"

The three of them quarreled for a while, and after saying goodbye to Shankou at the intersection, Lin Xingning asked, "Are you happy that you won today's game?"

Tsukishima thought for a while: "General, it's okay."

"Is that so?" Lin Xingning lowered his head and thought for a while, "Then... you're happier than losing, right?"

"...Are you talking nonsense?" Tsukishima looked at her puffing up her cheeks with a dissatisfied expression, "And then, what do you want to say?"

"Tomorrow, let's work hard towards the goal of 'don't lose'!"

He was a little surprised: "What's wrong with you today? You are unexpectedly motivated...and don't 'don't lose' and 'win' mean the same thing?"

"It's different, from a philosophical point of view..."

"Okay, got it." Yue Dao pinched Lin Xingning's cheeks on both sides, physically stopping her small philosophy class.

The two walked for a while, and Lin Xingning said: "At the end of today's game against Qingcheng, Yue made a small move of 'victory' after scoring."

Yue Dao didn't even think about it, and replied directly: "I didn't do it."

"Done."

"did not do."

"I saw it."

"You read it wrong."

"Anyway, there is."

"No...are you a primary school student!?"

At night, when Lin Xingning came out of the bathroom after taking a shower, Tsukishima's mother called her from the entrance: "There are cut fruits on the table, let's eat with Yingying. I'll go to Mrs. Kirihara in the shopping street, and I may be late."

"Okay, be careful all the way."

She took the fruit plate upstairs and knocked on Yuedao's door: "Yue~ eat fruit."

Ever since she got used to doing homework in Yuedao's room, she gradually began to use his room as a study, moved her small bookcase here, put her schoolbag here, and went back to her own room to sleep.

Tsukishima opened the door to let her in, and after putting the fruit plate on the low table, the two of them read a book separately.

In the past, Lin Xingning's reading books were scattered, involving many categories, but the emotional ones were rare. Recently, under Natsume's enthusiastic recommendation, he started to read romance novels.

Seeing her reading a romance novel, Yue Dao frowned thoughtfully: "Did you see any serious plot?"

"The hero and heroine of this novel..." she summed it up, "we got together in only a quarter of the plot, and the next three quarters are all quarrels and reconciliations, quarrels and reconciliations, quarrels and reconciliations." .”

"Sounds like trouble."

After Lin Xingning agreed with Yue Dao's point of view, he continued to introduce the plot: "The last quarrel was intentional by the heroine, because she found out that she was terminally ill and was about to die, so she separated from the hero in this way. I don't want the other party to feel too sad."

He was puzzled by the plot: "What about the ending?"

Lin Xingning stood up silently, went to sit in front of him, and then leaned on him. If Yue Dao hadn't grabbed her shoulders with quick eyes and hands, she might have hit the back of her head directly on the ground.

"It's really great to meet, know, and love you in such a short period of time..." Lin Xingning was stuck for a few seconds after finishing this sentence, picked up the novel in his hand, glanced at it, and then said with a weak voice. He continued to read the lines in a breathless tone, "Please forget about me, Mr. Liang Sheng...uh."

She tilted her head and began to play dead.

Tsukishima was silent for a while, and quickly flicked her forehead with the other hand: "Are you an idiot?"

"It hurts." Lin Xingning sat up, clutching his forehead, "Obviously it was Yue who looked nervous, so I was able to enliven the atmosphere."

"Huh? Why am I nervous?"

"The book in your hand hasn't been turned in 10 minutes."

Yue Dao couldn't refute for a moment, picked up the book that Lin Xingning had dropped on the floor and stuffed it into her hand:

"Go and read your novel."