latelenovela Chapter 15: It's more interesting to challenge you, don't you dare?
Chapter 15: It's more interesting to challenge you, don't you dare?
"Let me have a bite. Did your mother make this?" Tong Yining asked with a smile as she looked at Yin Mengran's food.
"No...it was me...I did it myself."
"Really? Let me try it..."
Tong Yining picked up her chopsticks, took a small bite, put it in her mouth, and slowly chewed it.
After a moment, her chewing slowed down, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.
"Did you make this yourself?"
"Ah...yes, what's wrong?"
"Hmm...it's okay, the taste is a bit familiar, but it's quite delicious. You're amazing!"
"Uh, okay."
Yin Mengran felt a little flustered; she hadn't expected Tong Yining to find the taste familiar.
Did she eat Zhou Heng's cooking before?
They used to have a good relationship, so they must have eaten together... Luckily, she didn't notice that it was Zhou Heng who made it.
Tong Yining sat back in her seat, slowly swallowed what was in her mouth, and her throat moved.
She then turned to look at Zhou Heng, and seeing that he was also eating, she couldn't help but frown, as if she was thinking about something.
"strangeness..."
Yin Mengran finished her meal, washed the lunchbox, and then came back to eat some fruit and drink some yogurt.
Finally, satisfied, she lay down on the table, a faint smile on her lips.
For some reason, she felt as if she had returned to her childhood.
When she was in elementary school, she used to bring her own lunch. Back then, her mother would prepare lunch for her every morning...
Tears welled up in Yin Mengran's eyes, then slid down her cheeks and dripped onto the table.
She quickly sat up, wiping away her tears so that no one else would see.
The summer afternoon was quite hot and humid, and the students in the classroom were all drowsy and about to fall asleep.
In the afternoon, a physical education class began. These days, physical education classes are very rare; there's only one a week.
Most other classes no longer have this physical education class, but Zhou Heng's class is the top in the grade, and many students in the class are among the top achievers.
So the homeroom teacher didn't cancel the PE class and allowed them to go down and do some free activities to stretch their muscles, which made the students in other classes quite envious.
Everyone went downstairs to the playground and started playing wildly.
The boys took their basketballs and went to the basketball court; for them, this was probably the happiest time of the day.
"Um..."
Zhou Heng, on the other hand, sat in the shade, reading a book.
He also wanted to go outside and get some fresh air, but he also wanted to squeeze in time to study, since his grades were so bad and he needed to work harder than everyone else to catch up...
"Hey, look, Zhou Heng is reading a book over there... He doesn't seem to be just pretending; he's really starting to study seriously."
Tian Run pointed to Zhou Heng in the shade and said to Tong Yining and Yin Mengran beside him,
She sensed yesterday that Zhou Heng was acting a little differently, as if he had made some kind of change.
I saw him studying hard today.
Yin Mengran nodded gently. Only she knew how hard Zhou Heng was working. He studied diligently even after returning home, which showed his determination.
Tong Yining, however, seemed uninterested and pulled Yin Mengran and Tian Run aside, saying:
"Hey, let's go watch the boys play basketball!"
"what..."
Yin Mengran was reluctantly pulled away by Tong Yining. Compared to watching the boys play basketball, she actually preferred to read books with Zhou Heng.
But that would be too deliberate, and people would definitely gossip about it. She herself didn't care, but she was mainly afraid of affecting Zhou Heng.
The three of them arrived at the basketball court and watched the boys play basketball, even though Yin Mengran didn't really want to watch...
Some girls watched the show, and Lu Yunshuo was the most influenced among them.
When his eyes fell on Yin Mengran on the sidelines of the court, his body seemed to be injected with adrenaline, and he became exceptionally active.
He kept yelling for others to pass him the ball, and even tried to perform a dunk, but unfortunately he failed.
However, he didn't seem to see this mistake as his own fault, but instead started blaming others for not passing well.
The basketball court was buzzing with excitement, while Zhou Heng's side enjoyed a peaceful respite.
Just as he turned to the next page of the book, a basketball was suddenly thrown into his lap, nearly hitting him in the nose.
"Ok?"
Zhou Heng frowned slightly, raised his head, and looked ahead.
The person in front of me was Tang Zhi. She was wearing a loose T-shirt and athletic shorts.
A pair of long, slender, fair legs were exposed, with sneakers on her feet and a section of white high-waisted socks peeking out, making her ankles look particularly delicate.
Zhou Heng tossed the basketball to her and asked, "What are you doing?"
"Play for a while and see if your skills have declined."
Tang Zhi bounced the ball twice, her eyes crinkling slightly as if she were smiling.
Zhou Heng casually pointed and said, "Go play with those boys."
"They're no fun, challenging you is what's interesting. Aren't you scared?"
"Snapped--"
Zhou Heng abruptly closed the book, put it aside, and stood up.
"Don't be like when you were a kid, crying and going home after losing."
"Then you have to beat me first before you talk to me."
Zhou Heng took off his school uniform jacket, revealing his short-sleeved shirt and clearly defined chest and thick arms.
He and Tang Zhi went to another basketball court together.
The boy playing basketball over there suddenly glanced over, his eyes widening, and patted the person next to him, whispering:
"Hey! Look! Who's over there? Such white legs?!"
"Huh?! Legs? Where? Where?!"
The boys on the field went crazy, searching everywhere. When they saw Tang Zhi not far away, their eyes widened in surprise.
"Wow!"
"That's...Tang Zhi?! Holy crap!"
"Damn, although I like long hair, now that I look at it... short hair is fine too! No, short hair is even better!"
"Tang Zhi is really something? Brother, I get it!"
The ball Lu Yunshuo threw rolled to the side, no one tried to catch it, leaving him bewildered.
He followed the gazes of the others and his eyes nearly popped out!
"Ok?"
The three girls watching were a little confused; why were all the boys stopping to look in the same direction?
However, when their eyes followed the look, their surprise was no less than that of the boys.
"Zhou Heng?"
When Yin Mengran saw Zhou Heng beside Tang Zhi, her heart skipped a beat. It felt both unexpected and yet perfectly logical.
Tong Yining had already furrowed her brows. She didn't know why, but she felt extremely unhappy!
It feels like something has been stolen from me!
She bit her lip, a hint of coldness in her deep eyes.
"Come on, let's go take a look!"