: Halfway through the third class, Lu Ran came back.

: Halfway through the third class, Lu Ran came back.

When he stood at the door, Jiang Nuan felt like he was exhaling.

The chemistry teacher nodded to signal him to come in, Jiang Nuan also got up quickly, Lu Ran came to the seat and put down his schoolbag, quickly sorted out the books, and sat down.

Jiang Nuan couldn't help leaning towards him and whispering, "You asked for leave in the morning, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just listen carefully and talk about it after class."

Lu Ran was already looking at the blackboard intently. Jiang Nuan saw the chemistry teacher look over, and hurriedly sat up straight and looked at the blackboard.

When get out of class finally arrived, Jiang Nuan tugged at Lu Ran's sleeve, "Hurry up! Hurry up!"

"Hurry up? What questions in your homework won't you read me?" Lu Ran said lightly.

"It's...what did you do in the morning? You see that your knees are covered in dust, and what's up with your sleeves? Ink?"

"There are only two women in the world who can ask me where I have been."

Jiang Nuan rolled his eyes.

"You want to talk about the teacher and your mother?"

"What I want to say is that my mother and my other half."

Jiang Nuan closed his mouth and stopped talking, but his heart was filled with anger.

At noon, when they went to eat in the cafeteria, Jiang Nuan got up and didn't plan to call Lu Ran.

Although Lu Ran was not a standard in their small group, basically only Jiang Nuan asked him to eat with them, and he would still agree. So every day, Cheng Doudou, who worships Jiang Nuan, is full of expectations.

"Jiang Nuan."

"What are you doing?" Jiang Nuan bowed his head angrily.

"For you." Lu Ran took out a headshot from his schoolbag.

Jiang Nuan took a look and paused.

"This... isn't this the mugshot we took last night? You went to the staff to fix the machine?"

"Ok."

Lu Ran responded lightly and got up.

Jiang Nuan saw Lu Ran's figure and suddenly chased after him.

"It wasn't repaired by the staff, it was you who took out the photos in the machine, right?"

"It's good if you can take it out. The staff repaired it or I got it out. It's the same."

It's different, Lu Ran.

How could it be the same?

That means you care as much as I do.

"There's only one...it's a pity."

"Aren't you always worried that your mother will think something when she sees it? Otherwise, if you give it to me, my mother doesn't care."

"Don't! I want it! I want it! How can you go back if you gave it to me!"

Jiang Nuan sandwiched the photo in the book, for fear of being ripped off.

Jiang Nuan felt very happy all day.

Time passed like this. In the monthly exam, Jiang Nuan was again ranked 42, which was not much different from the 38 in the midterm exam.

When Jiang Nuan got the transcript, to be honest, there was no huge surprise like the last mid-term exam, but she was sincerely grateful to Lu Ran beside her.

At this time, he was propping his chin, looking at Jiang Nuan's comprehensive paper. He was easier than the teacher to analyze where Jiang Nuan's shortcomings were.

"You still have to work harder in chemistry."

"I know, I know!" Jiang Nuan thought for a while and then said, "I suddenly remembered that during the last mid-term exam, Director Zhang asked me why I didn't pass so well in the first year of high school. I said that I lost my memory, but I don't remember. ...Actually, the correct answer should be that Lu Ran wasn't my deskmate when he was a freshman in high school, hahaha, do you think so!"

When the get out of class was over, the boys in the class came to Lu Ran.

"Hey! After school on Friday, we're going to have a showdown with No. 16 High School! Basketball! Lu Ran, are you going!" Cao Li, the sports committee member of the class, came over, tapped Lu Ran on the shoulder, and said, "Collective honor thing!"

Jiang Nuan listened and kept nodding in his heart.

Look at the size of the boys in their class, if they play basketball, they have no advantage at all!

As soon as Lu Ran went, he stood out from the crowd!

"I'm not going, I have something else to do." Lu Ran answered directly.

Cao Li patiently continued to lobby: "Last semester, our classmates injured their ankles because of a foul in the Chunmiao Cup basketball competition held in the city. Today is the end of the monthly exam, and we want to settle this grievance with them."

Lu Ran replied indifferently, "So the grievances from last semester should be reserved for this semester? This game was not organized by the school, but by yourself. There should be no judges."

When Lu Ran said this, Cao Li was blocked.

"So if they foul and hurt the players on our side again, how do you resolve your grievances without a referee and an unofficial organization? Go up and beat each other up?"

Lu Ran's rhetorical question completely left Cao Li speechless.

"Okay, okay...you go about your business..."

Cao Li sighed and walked away.

Jiang Nuan turned her face to the side and bumped Lu Ran with her elbow: "Are you really not going?"

"Don't go."

"Then I'm going." Jiang Nuan said seriously.

"You don't know the whole point of chemistry, so you still went to watch a basketball game?" Lu Ran's brows furrowed.

"Lu Ran, do you know what the tone of your speech is now? Especially like Director Zhang, who arbitrarily thinks what we should do and what we shouldn't do. What should we do or not? Anyway, in my opinion, this It's just a basketball game." Jiang Nuan pulled his chemistry paper over, "And it's because there's no referee, so we're going, we can't lose our momentum, it's even more difficult to maintain fairness."

Lu Ran was silent.

After Jiang Nuan got the big question that he did wrong, he found that Lu Ran was still silent, so he pursed his lips and bumped his elbow again: "Have you started to reflect in your heart?"

"I'll go with you."

What Lu Ran said was very simple.

When you're done, keep reading.

Jiang Nuan, who looked down at the paper, was stunned.

"No? As soon as I said it, you agreed to go? Why do I have such a face?" Jiang Nuan squinted and smiled.

After class, a large group of students from their school headed to the community basketball court that they had made an appointment with at No. 16 Middle School.

A few young people who were playing ball looked puzzled when they saw so many high school students in school uniforms and schoolbags coming here.

The school uniforms of No. 16 Middle School are green, while those of the High School Affiliated to Normal University are blue.

The blue-green showdown... The colors of the two sides made Jiang Nuan feel a little embarrassed.

But who cares, at least it's not a red-green showdown!

The skies were clear in mid-May and the wind was mild but not muggy.

Some lines on the basketball court were already mottled, and the students invariably divided into two camps to watch.

Cao Li is naturally the main force of their High School Attached to Normal University.

Of course, in this game, the only ones in the mall are their sophomores. First, because the senior one has nothing to do with this grievance, and the senior three is Director Zhang's key monitoring target, and now he is still trapped in the classroom for a mock test.

Jiang Nuan, Rao Can, and Cheng Doudou were leaning against each other, and they were a little excited in their hearts, as if they were going to watch the "Slam Dunk" on the spot. And the most incredible thing for Jiang Nuan is that their squad leader Lin Mixia is actually there!

"Lu Ran, look, everyone's Lin Mixia is here. It's a pity that you didn't come." Jiang Nuan tilted his head back, and the back of his head just rubbed against Lu Ran's chin.

Lu Ran turned his face to the side, but did not avoid it, reaching out and clasping Jiang Nuan's shoulders.

"What does Lin Mixia have to do with me?"

"Why is it none of your business? Both of you are of the same style! Both of you focus on your own things, such as studying, and don't care about the so-called collective honor."

Lu Ran didn't answer her any more, just raised his hand and gently supported Jiang Nuan's head.

"So excited, so excited!" Cheng Doudou sniffed.

"What are you excited about? Have you watched the Xinmiao Cup basketball game last semester?" Rao Can asked.

"I haven't seen it! You said how is the basketball in our school? I really want to see long-range three-pointers!"

"Jiang Nuan, what about you?" Rao Can asked.

"Nonsense, of course it's a slam dunk!"

Rao Can said regretfully: "Look at the average height of the boys here... Is there a possibility of dunking?"

Jiang Nuan looked at the boys in No. 16 High School. They were not short, but they were much more likely to dunk.

The captain of the Sixteenth Middle School is a guy who looks like 1.85 meters, called Zheng Yang.

"You said... This Zheng Yang can't be a sports student, right? We are all here..." Jiang Nuan realized that he was surrounded by classmates, and it was difficult to continue.

"What are they?" Cheng Doudou continued to ask.

"They're all nerds." Rao Can answered Cheng Doudou in a low voice.

Cao Li still came to Zheng Yang with great posture, and the two looked at each other, Cao Li's expression was serious, but Zheng Yang hung the corner of his mouth, and he didn't pay attention to their High School Attached to Normal University.

Jiang Nuan looked back at Lu Ran, his expression was light, with a schoolbag on his back and his hands in his pockets.

"Do you think we can win?" Jiang Nuan asked.

"cannot."

"Hey! Are you... too direct?"

"It's not me directly. You yourself are someone who wants to be an athlete. Look at those in the 16th Middle School. In terms of body shape and muscle lines, the average level of endurance and explosive power is higher than Cao Li and the others."

"But basketball is... it's all about technique!"

"Then do you think that our school is under the supervision of Director Zhang to study hard every day. Is it because our skills are good, or the skills of No. 16 Middle School playing on the playground when everything is okay?"

After Lu Ran finished speaking, Jiang Nuan couldn't get on at all.

The other students also looked in Lu Ran's direction, and suddenly felt bad about the current situation.

Although Lu Ran has little interaction with other classmates, everyone knows that he is the No. 1 fencing player in Nanshi City. Double burden, his words are naturally credible.

Cao Li said, "I hope we can have a fair game with each other."

Zheng Yang smiled and replied: "Fair or unfair, will there be any difference in the outcome?"

It means that they are bound to lose in the High School Affiliated to Normal University.

"This Zheng Yang really makes people want to swear!" Jiang Nuan clenched his fists.

"Forget it, it's because he hates it, so if we counterattack, we'll feel good!" Rao Can comforted.

But Lu Ran, who was standing behind Jiang Nuan, continued to make up for it.

"How can a counterattack happen?"

"..."

So, Jiang Nuan, or the situation that everyone had thought of in their hearts for a long time, but was extremely hopeful that it would not happen, happened.

From the very first second of this basketball game, the High School Affiliated to Normal University was being beaten.

The opponents broke through their defenses with a vengeance, either shooting or intercepting the ball for layups. In only three minutes, the score became one-sidedly 15-4.

After that, Cao Li finally broke through the opponent's defense and was almost on the verge of scoring a layup, but Zheng Yang covered him with a hot hot pot, and with a "touch--" sound made their shoulders tremble. one time.

The people in the No. 16 Middle School screamed loudly, as if they had been beaten by chicken blood, as if they were going to lift all the people from the high school attached to the opposite Normal University to the sky.

Cheng Doudou covered his eyes: "Oh my god, I don't even dare to look at it!"

There were already students whispering beside him.

"We are obviously not as good as the Sixteenth High School! Why should we take the initiative to fight with others? What a shame!"

"That's right! I've only scored two goals so far...I can't imagine that in ten minutes, I'll be out of reach?"

"That's right! And what kind of basketball do we compare with No. 16 Middle School? Isn't it a match for the college entrance examination?"

"Yes! Yes! Let's go? The more you look at it, the more you see it? When you lose a lot of snot and tears, it will be troublesome!"

When those classmates were about to squeeze out, Lin Mixia, who didn't say a word, suddenly grabbed their hands.

"Are you going now?"

"What if you don't leave? Are you staying here to watch Cao Li and the others lose so ugly?"

When Jiang Nuan heard this, although she also felt that compared to now, people couldn't bear to look directly at them, but they were their classmates. Although there was no school organization, it also represented their high school attached to Normal University!

She was about to step forward, but was trapped by Lu Ran.

Lu Ran pressed his chin down and said softly, "Lin Mixia can speak better than you."

Jiang Nuan stopped.

At this time, Lin Mixia said, "Classmates, do you think Cao Li and the others really don't know that they can't win the Sixteenth High School? They know. But why do they do this?"

"Isn't it just because of the Xinmiao Cup last semester that we felt that the foul won us, so it's unbalanced?"

"No." Lin Mixia looked at the other party's eyes and said, "It's because Han Rui, a senior in the third year of high school, also participated in the last Xinmiao Cup middle school basketball game. Han Rui is very good at long-range shooting, so he has always been selected by the sixteenth middle school. We were surrounded by people, and in the second half we were injured by someone from No. 16 Middle School and had to go off the field. Although the opponent who injured Han Rui was also sent off with a red card, our scoring ability was greatly weakened and we lost the game. That was It was the last time that Han Rui participated in this kind of basketball game as a student of our High School Affiliated to Normal University, but he didn't even compete. Do you really think this is a victory or defeat? Can we only share wealth, but not weal and woe? Can we only share glory and fail together?"

For a while, the students who were about to leave stopped.

Everyone looked at Lin Mixia, the girl turned around firmly, and shouted loudly towards the basketball court: "The Middle School Affiliated to Nanshi Normal University—"

Jiang Nuan clenched his fists and shouted loudly at that moment, "Come on!"

Lin Mixia shouted again: "The Middle School Attached to Nanshi Normal University—"

Next to Jiang Nuan, Rao Can and Cheng Doudou shouted loudly, "Come on!"

Lin Mixia shouted again: "The Middle School Attached to Nanshi Normal University—"

The finished classmates shouted: "Come on!"

Those who were about to walk out of the basketball court heard the shout, some were grabbed, and some came back spontaneously, shouting: "Come on, come on, come on!"

Their voices rose from wave to wave, and they faced the shouting of the Sixteenth Middle School on the opposite side.

Cao Li and the others calmed down during the "Come on at the High School Affiliated to Southern Normal University", and constantly resisted and disintegrated the opponent's attack.

Cao Li dribbled the ball and passed it to his teammate Li Tietou. Li Tietou raised his hand and pretended to shoot, and then passed it to He Zheng.

He Zheng resisted the pressure of being defended by Zheng Yang and scored a layup.

"Good job! He Zheng!" Jiang Nuan shouted loudly, waving his fist.

The score was chased back little by little.

And the students from the High School Affiliated to Nanshi Normal University were enthusiastic and shouted for cheers.

The girls who were going to leave before shouted loudly with their throats and blushing faces, and the atmosphere was boiling with enthusiasm!

Seeing that the score between the two teams went from 15 to 4 to 30 to 25, Cao Li and the others were getting better and better. Who knew that when Cao Li was shooting, he was bumped by his opponent and fell to the ground, and the basketball followed. It flew out and flew towards the direction of the students of the High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University.

Everyone is crowded together, and it is not easy to escape.

"Lower your head!" Lu Ran's voice sounded.

He raised his hand, trying to block Jiang Nuan's face, but he was still a step behind.

Jiang Nuan only felt a dull pain in his nose, and his face was smashed hard by a basketball. It felt like his brain was about to come out, and his ears were buzzing.

There was a stream of heat slowly falling from her nose, and a hand reached out to hold her head, making her look up.

"Xiao Nuan, Xiao Nuan!" Rao Can, who was beside him, quickly took off his schoolbag, found a napkin and handed it out.

Only then did Jiang Nuan understand that he was hit by a basketball and had a nosebleed.

Countless eyes looked around.

Someone circled her and stepped back little by little, the other's arms were steady, but held tightly.

Jiang Nuan raised her head, only to realize that the person holding her was Lu Ran.

Cheng Doudou and Rao Can also squeezed out.

"Xiao Nuan! Are you okay?" Rao Can's beautiful eyebrows were wrinkled.

"Show me...Is my nose not crooked?" Jiang Nuan asked worriedly.

"No crooked no crooked!"

"This is really **** moldy!" Jiang Nuan's eyes were full of tears, the numbness he had just hit passed, and the pain became clearer, "It hurts to death!"

Someone next to her was wiping the nosebleed from her, and the movements were neither light nor heavy, but they felt inexplicably safe.