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In order to thank Xu Jiangtong, Tao Xihong proposed to invite him to dinner, but was politely declined.

"It's just a little effort, besides, you were sick before, didn't you take care of me?"

"Okay," Tao Xihong asked again, "How is Teacher recovering?"

"Fine, what's wrong?"

"We will hold a New Year's Eve volleyball game next Sunday, come?"

Xu Jiangtong laughed when he heard the words: "Are there any setters missing?"

"I'm missing you." Tao Xihong walked up to him, pretending to be wronged and said, "The teacher is so skilled, it's a pity that I don't practice it a few times."

"?" Xu Jiangtong tossed his hair unnaturally, feeling that there was something in his words, but he couldn't say anything strange.

"Stand by my side this time and be my setter." Tao Xihong stretched out his hand to him.

Xu Jiangtong didn't move or refuse, but nodded reservedly in agreement.

But when he arrived at the stadium as scheduled, he found that the atmosphere in the arena was different from the past.

Spring couplets and blessings are pasted on the glass doors, and lanterns and festoons are hung on the fence of the corridor on the second floor, and the zodiac signs of the coming year are hung, reminding the old year to turn over.

Seeing the students who were warming up outside the venue, Xu Jiangtong walked up to Tao Xihong and took off his jacket: "Today is really lively."

"After all, it's the last day of the year. Everyone doesn't want to be alone."

Xu Jiangtong was noncommittal, took off his loose sports trousers, put on sports headphones, and lay on a yoga mat to exercise his waist muscles.He didn't wear leggings today, a pair of long white legs swayed rhythmically as his waist contracted.

While immersed in the music, a shadow suddenly fell beside him.Xu Jiangtong opened his eyes slowly, and saw Tao Xihong squatting beside him holding a gift box.

"This is?" He straightened up, sitting cross-legged on the mat, as obedient as a cat waiting for dinner.

"Open the ball for today's game, and take a look."

Xu Jiangtong took the gift box and untied the ribbon patiently. Inside was a red, green and white volleyball.He picked it up and weighed it a few times, and it felt the same as the common ones on the market, but he saw a string of cursive English in the place where the logo should have been printed - MerryChristmas, Mr. Xu.

There is also a line of fine print below: Yours sincerely, TXH.

It's his custom ball.

"Does this color scheme look like a Christmas tree?" Tao Xihong awakened the dreamer.

Xu Jiangtong looked up and looked around, and saw the room full of people walking towards him talking and laughing, only to realize that Tao Xihong was using the name of playing basketball to accompany him for the festival.

Seven years after leaving home, he still did not forget the scene of reunion with his family.A week ago, he went out alone to take pictures of the snow scene on Christmas Eve, and he was still a little disappointed.

This New Year's Eve volleyball game was freely formed by teachers and school team students. Except for Tao Xihong, Xu Jiangtong's team was all teachers who cooperated well in the previous teacher-student competition.

Tao Xihong pulled him up, patted his shoulder and said, "I'll let you serve the first ball."

"Then follow the tactics we set before." Xu Jiangtong gestured to him pretending to be calm.

Tao Xihong raised his eyebrows in response.

The ball in his hand was a little heavy, Xu Jiangtong was stunned for a few seconds, turned the side with Merry Christmas to the outside, threw the ball and took off.

The first goal was in vain, Tan Xinkai defended it, Zhang Chengping stretched to the fourth position to attack, was stopped by Tao Xihong and the support duo, and successfully scored the next point.

Xu Jiangtong smiled at him, but Tao Xihong, like a big dog jumping on a toy, ran up to him to ask for credit without saying a word.

"Keep it up." He could only boast flatly.

This sentence is also said to himself.Xu Jiangtong played with the ball and walked out of the court, looking at the ambiguous "Merry Christmas" above, he was somewhat distracted.

The second ball jumped and floated, and the ball was a bit tricky. After reaching the midfield, it fell at a high speed and was picked up by the opponent's main attack from the back row.Zhang Cheng ran to the front row to adjust the attack for the fourth position, but was stopped by Tao Xihong.The opponent organized an attack again, Xu Jiangtong also ran to the net, passed the ball to the main attacker, and was defended by the opponent again.

The entanglement between the two sides reached the third round. Zhang Cheng organized a short flat fast ball, and Tao Xihong took off to block the net. Unexpectedly, the opponent directly dunked the ball into Tao Xihong's hands. The ball went out of bounds after being blocked, and instead lost a point.

Tao Xihong looked at the opponent's main attacker and clicked his tongue unwillingly.The other party is a senior who is about to graduate and is also the former captain of the school team. He once led Yangli to the top of the North China Division for two consecutive years.Standing opposite him now, it can be described as love and hate.

Seeing his loss, Xu Jiangtong stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.Tao Xihong immediately revived with full blood, turned around and responded with a smug smile.

The team finally began to rotate, and Xu Jiangtong gradually concentrated his attention.

Tao Xihong has skills far superior to those of his peers. His dynamic vision is very strong, and he can almost predict [-]% of the opponent's fake moves. The blocking efficiency is extremely high, and he knows how to cooperate with his teammates.Every time Xu Jiangtong passed the ball and saw Tao Xihong jumping in front of him, he would feel an inexplicable sense of security—whether it was covering the offense or dunking his own fastball.

When landing, Tao Xihong always reached the highest point in time.A little abdominal muscle was exposed under the right corner of the clothes. The moment he hit the ball, his arm was stained with sweat, and his muscles and bones were clearly defined. Then, in a few tenths of a second, there was the sound of a successful smash.

Another multi-round contest.Xu Jiangtong ran to the net, subconsciously looking for Tao Xihong with his peripheral vision.The moment the ball touched his fingers, Xu Jiangtong looked forward calmly as always, but his waist was slightly tilted back, and he flicked his fingers lightly to pass the ball to the second position.

Tao Xihong appeared behind him as agreed, and quickly dunked the ball into the opponent's boundary along the gap of the opponent's block, breaking the deadlock.

"Strike!" With the cheers, the two raised their hands tacitly and clapped crisply in the air.

Xu Jiangtong smiled easily, as if he had regained the happiness that sports and creation complemented each other.

After deduction of the ball, the score became 24:20, they led by 4 points and ushered in the game point first.

This round is served by the former captain of the student team.With the pressure of the tiebreaker, he hit a nice jump serve.Due to strength and angle problems, Gao Xun did not catch well in the back row. The ball flew low to the front of the net, and he also sat on the ground because of his unstable center of gravity.

Seeing this, Xu Jiangtong ran back immediately, and held the ball to the fourth position with one hand to play an adjustment attack, but was easily blocked by the opponent.Seeing that the ball fell in the frontcourt, Tao Xihong, who was originally in the third position, had no choice but to lean over to save the ball, and instantly smashed the original formation to pieces.

Xu Jiangtong watched everything that happened on the field, and immediately noticed the unwillingness and momentum of the opponent at the end of the game, and he was very determined to tie the score.

They must not be allowed to succeed.

The ball flew towards him quickly, Xu Jiangtong jumped up and glanced at the opponent's field from the corner of his eye.

What's interesting is that the opposite side still maintains the two-point attack and block formation just now. The setter and the receiver stand on both sides respectively.

Six people stand at six points, forming a standard hexagon.

The moment Xu Jiangtong touched the ball, he turned around without thinking, aimed at the center of gravity of the geometry and dunked it.

The unexpected second ball avoided the block, and the players turned their heads, raised their heads, and ran up one after another. Instead, because of these instinctive actions, they gave way to each other for half a second.

At the same time, Tao Xihong still fulfilled the duty of the secondary attacker to cover the offense, jumping from his side.Although what he encountered was nothingness, because of this jump, he clearly saw Xu Jiangtong's magically frozen frame.

None of the six players took defensive action, allowing the ball to fall among them.

The referee's whistle pierced the dull air, announcing that Xu Jiang and his colleagues took the lead in winning the first game.

"Yeah!" Xu Jiangtong also couldn't hide the joy of successfully smashing the ball, and looked at Tao Xihong excitedly.

Tao Xihong took advantage of his wrist, pulled him into his arms, touched the back of his neck, and said affectionately: "So this is the world in the eyes of the artist? It's so interesting."

"The artist's world?" Xu Jiangtong was confused by his words.

Tao Xihong stretched out his hand and quietly drew a regular hexagon in the palm of his hand.

"So that's what it means..." The place he was holding quickly heated up, Xu Jiangtong smiled shyly, "You looked carefully."

"It's not that I have strong observation skills, it's just that I just jumped to the highest point at that time." Tao Xihong still held his hand and refused to let go, leaning over with a smile, "Sure enough, if you want to see Teacher Xiaojiang's world, you have to cross the horizon first. "

His voice is refreshing and gentle, with the childishness of a teenager, but ambiguous beyond his age.

Xu Jiangtong smiled subtly, met his eyes, and asked coolly, "Did you just see it?"

"Then where is the teacher's door?"

"It's up to you to find it yourself." Xu Jiangtong pulled out his hand mischievously, and gestured him with a close-up fast ball.

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Xiaotao: Got it, my wife likes it fast!

I wish you all a happy holiday, and I will come back to update the text~