Novel Full Chapter 167 - Saving A Beauty (1)
Cai Lin had never paid attention to the middle school basketball team before and even when the two departments had friendly matches, Lu Qingfeng wouldn't participate in them, leaving the game to his teammates as he discussed certain things with their coach.
Cai Lin thought that Lu Qingfeng was just worried that he would lose face if his team lost in front of his admirers. As he pondered this, Cai Lin glanced at the bench where he spotted Ye Mingyu earlier and their eyes met.
When Ye Mingyu saw that he was looking at her, she got embarrassed and lowered her eyes, which immediately calmed Cai Lin's nerves. He was more eager to turn the tables in his favor now.
Just imagining Su Xiaofei's foul mood as he beat Lu Qingfeng later was already enough to delight Cai Lin. It would be even better if he could make that witch admit that she was wrong and apologise to Ye Mingyu.
Regardless if Lu Qingfeng was an innocent bystander or not in this issue, since he had willingly come to defend Su Xiaofei, he could only blame himself. Cai Lin would definitely make Su Xiaofei lose face and humiliate her in front of everyone, just as she had done to his lovely Ye Mingyu.
This was to teach Su Xiaofei a lesson so that she wouldn't bully Ye Mingyu as long as he was around. However, Cai Lin would never have thought that Lu Qingfeng had decided to destroy him himself.
Ye Mingyu had expected that Cai Lin would defend her against Su Xiaofei, but she hadn't anticipated that he would end up accepting Lu Qingfeng's challenge instead. In her previous life, there was very little information about this young childhood friend of Su Xiaofei as he died early, but it was said that he was a promising young man who had lost his shine too early.
Now that she had seen and heard many young women fawning over Lu Qingfeng, and seeing how dashing he was despite his young age, Ye Mingyu understood that he would be more outstanding in the future.
'Darn it. If only I could find a way to lure him to my side instead.' She thought as she regretted not finding information about Lu Qingfeng in her past life.
As the game between the two continued, it was painful to watch Cai Lin play against Lu Qingfeng, now that everyone was aware of the difference in their skill level. As Cai Lin continued to lose his cool, Lu Qingfeng had taken advantage of this and forced Cai Lin to make even more mistakes.
Even though he was obviously younger than his opponent, Lu Qingfeng proved that his age wasn't a disadvantage to his play. In fact, it only proved that his young age could be deceiving, and he had so much more potential compared to Cai Lin.
It was just too bad that Lu Qingfeng didn't have any plans on going pro and would rather choose to succeed his grandfather at the Lu Corporation. Many basketball coaches could only sigh as they thought that his talents would be put to waste.
People usually say that arrogance requires ability, and Lu Qingfeng obviously had it. Unlike Cai Lin, he could afford to be arrogant because he could back it up with his competence. There were some who were jealous of him, but most of the students were amazed that he could easily topple Cai Lin, who was obviously more experienced than him.
The game ended soon after with a 21-10 score in Lu Qingfeng's favor. The winner of this challenge was as clear as day. The difference between the two captains of the academy's basketball teams became the hottest topic today.
"Lu Qingfeng is really someone who shouldn't be trifled with. Cai Lin must be regretting accepting his junior's challenge."
"Hey, now. Wasn't Cai Lin the one who was saying that no one should think he was bullying Lu Qingfeng if Lu Qingfeng ended up defeated today? He just shot his own foot."
"Heh. He wants to play the role of a hero, saving a beauty from the evil witch, but he ends up losing face in front of the woman he adored."
Su Xiaofei smiled as they talked about her childhood friend. What Lu Qingfeng had displayed today was just the tip of the iceberg. In fact, she had never doubted or worried that Lu Qingfeng would lose today.
Today, Cai Lin willingly agreed to Lu Qingfeng's challenge, underestimating the young man's capability. If he wasn't so full of himself, he should know by now that most of the wins achieved by the middle school basketball team were because of Lu Qingfeng's participation.
Lu Qingfeng eyed Cai Lin who was now heaving for deep breath. He was looking at him quietly, as if he was looking at a foolish boy, acting pitiful and ridiculous at the same time. Cai Lin was too impulsive and foolish in Lu Qingfeng's opinion.
Unlike him, he would never accept a challenge that could directly humiliate the woman he cherished the most. If anything, he would make sure to pave her way, to ensure that everything she had planned would be smooth sailing.
It was clear to everyone that the young man had toyed with him, making him today's laughingstock, like Ye Mingyu.
Cai Lin looked at Lu Qingfeng with eyes full of disbelief. Even the other ace players he had faced on the national level were subpar against this young man. It could be said that Lu Qingfeng's ability was far from a regular middle schooler. How was this even possible?
"Senior Cai, since it's clear who had won and lost, please don't forget our deal and never bother Feifei again. When one agrees to make a bet, he should expect the possibility of losing.." Lu Qingfeng said to Cai Lin lazily, before turning his attention to his coach and thanked the older man for supervising the game ignoring Cai Lin altogether.