Tiancheng Private School’s summer vacation was only twenty days, counting the seven days of military training, and soon it was already September.

It was still sweltering, and the sunshine was strong. There were not many people on the sports field, and physical education classes had also been temporarily moved to air-conditioned indoor venues. But even so, a bit of gossip from an unknown source made the students who had just passed the holiday and hadn’t had time to calm down stir with restlessness. It was said this year’s autumn sports competition would be held earlier than in previous years, and would be held in conjunction with the 30th anniversary celebration.

The most widely watched game in previous school sports competitions was basketball. Confrontational sports were already exciting, and this was a good opportunity to see the Alphas show off.

The Omegas in Ye Ci’s class this year had lost their enthusiasm for “watching Alphas” – – how could a stinky Alpha compare to their handsome and fragrant Omega brother? !

Intramural sports competitions were as strict and meticulous as regular competitive sports, and the contestants were mainly divided by gender. After all, the impact of glandular sex on physical fitness was far greater than structural sex. Female Alphas were tied with male Alphas, but male Betas were usually far inferior to male Alphas. Therefore, if they were divided according to the “male and female” gender structure, the whole school would be playing the same games and it would be a sports competition solely for male and female Alphas.

The Alphas in Ye Ci’s class were all very good, and there were 15 classes in the year group. In previous basketball games, their Class 7 basically jumped into the top five, but the Omegas in their class were just okay and had been at the bottom of the year group for a long time. Perhaps the Omegas with the least athleticism in the whole school happened to be gathered together in Class 7, and in previous years, were just asked to do things way beyond their abilities. But this year, the glory of Omegas was in their class, and it was time to bravely fight for first place!

Thus, Ye Ci took a few Omegas from his class to the gymnasium to practice.

The matter of playing ball was decided at the end of the penultimate class in the afternoon. Ye Ci sent a message to the driver in charge of picking him up and explained the situation, saying that he would take a taxi back by himself later that night. The homeroom teacher came in to check on the class after he sent the message, and Ye Ci turned the phone on silent and threw it onto the table in a hurry. When the bell rang, he was surrounded by a group of little Omegas as they walked towards the gymnasium. There were boys and girls, chirping as they went like a group of little birds flapping their wings.

“Our class’s Omegas will be the champions this time.”

“I was so afraid that I would lose face in the game that I fouled five times and was benched……”

“Me too……”

“It’s all up to Xiao Ci! He’s the hope of the whole village!”

Ye Ci’s face went hot from the praise as he repeatedly threw and caught the basketball in his hands. He sincerely encouraged and comforted: “You guys just need to practice. Your basketball skills are no worse than mine. If you’re afraid of fouling, just have fun, and you’ll be fine once you get used to it.”

“Xiao Ci is so sweet!”

“Hey, who told me before that Xiao Ci can play street basketball?”

“I know a few tricks.” Ye Ci scratched the tip of his nose, seven parts shy and three parts proud. “The methods are unorthodox and aggressive.”

“We want to see!”

“How naughty, what a thrilling feeling.”

“Ah, ah, ah, if only I had Alpha glands!”

“Alright, when class is over later……I’ll give you a demonstration.”

Ye Ci was flattered by the praise and quickly agreed. As he said that, at a loss in front of his retinue, he had an idea and spun the ball vertically on his finger like in a basketball cartoon. 

A series of ‘wows’ filled his ears.

In all the excitement, Ye Ci completely forgot to check if the driver had replied to him.

… …

Twenty minutes later.

In the gymnasium.

“I’ll demonstrate it again.”

The venue was quite chilly. Ye Ci wore the thin jacket of his summer school uniform with the sleeves rolled up, revealing his sharp wrist bones. He dribbled a few times and then made a deft three-step basket.

This was the most basic shooting technique. There were a few Omegas who had played with him in his physical education class before, and he had already taught them this, passing on his techniques.

“Remember the six-character memorization technique.” Ye Ci held up six fingers, and his earnest appearance was very inspiring. “One big step, two small, three bounces, the big finger is, is……”

“Is, is what?” 

Someone suddenly cut in.

It could be inferred that the low voice was probably from an Alpha. There was a smile in his voice, and he was stuttering to tease Ye Ci.

It was not necessarily malicious, and sounded very comfortable.

Ye Ci turned away and swept past him indifferently.

It was Cheng Xiao, an Alpha from his class.

He looked very handsome, and was also a young master. In a short period of two years, his partners changed like a revolving lantern, and everyone knew he was here to get a date.

When Ye Ci first transferred to Tiancheng, this person often pestered him and talked nonsense. Ye Ci straightforwardly showed him a cold face, knowing that he was a professional, and as a result, he regrouped and came back even stronger with greasy pickup lines.

“Cheng Xiao, aren’t you being childish?” Said a little Omega. “Go back to your training.”

The Omegas in their Class 7 all knew Cheng Xiao and generally didn’t like him.

“What do you care? Cheng Xiao raised his eyebrows and went to lightly push Ye Ci. “Hey, I’m just kidding around!”

“Touch me less.”

Ye Ci seemed to have eyes on the back of his head and stepped sideways to avoid him.

“Okay, okay, okay.” Cheng Xiao was annoyed. Probably because he thought it was interesting to see a bunch of Omegas pretending to play basketball, he stood by, holding a ball and watching with a smile on his lips.

“That is to say……” Ye Ci ignored him and continued to teach the students.

Ye Ci’s enthusiasm for basketball could be considered ordinary, and was mostly because he didn’t have any other entertainment and would just play street basketball with those ruffians and gamble from time to time. He was young at that time, and the gang treated him like a child. They behaved well towards him, and if they lost, they paid, so they just had a good time.

The ability to play wildly was shut down in standard ball games, and although Ye Ci was interested, he never went to the school-organized games.

In this way, when he taught people how to play standard games, it was inevitable that some novices would rigidly copy him step by step. 

Cheng Xiao watched for a while and felt that Ye Ci’s level was “thorough” and a little graceful. Holding the basketball in his arms, he refrained from interjecting and giving pointers from the side, just yammering “keep it up,” “keep it up,” trying to attract Ye Ci’s attention.

Finally, Ye Ci was overwhelmed by the disturbance. He raised his hand and threw the basketball to a good-looking girl to let her lead the others in practice, then strode toward Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao was very pleased with himself, aiming a half smile at him: “What are you up to, ah?”

Ye Ci used his index finger to flip the ball out of Cheng Xiao’s arms and covered it with one hand: “Come on.”

Cheng Xiao was very happy, thinking that the little Omega was forcibly playing it cool. Afraid to anger him, he bit his lower lip to hold back and said in a soft voice: “Okay, ah, let me teach you a few tricks?”

“Thanks, but there’s no need.” Ye Ci was expressionless.

“No need? Are you really comparing yourself to me, ah?” Cheng Xiao laughed again. “Then, when I win……what can I say?”

“If I win, you go away.” Ye Ci pointed to the Alphas in the distance who were laughing and looking this way. They were all from Class 7’s basketball team, and had also come to practice. However, after practice, it became “watching Brother Xiao pick up an Omega.”

– – From Ye Ci’s point of view, this group of people may still not have woken up completely after taking a nap.

“Then if I win,” Cheng Xiao lost no time playing the hooligan, and gave his friends a look like everything was under control, “You’ll go out with me, ah?”

Ye Ci: “……”

Equally terrible and shameless.

Why did surname Cheng want a pummeling?

“Whatever,” Ye Ci said concisely. “You can’t win.”

“Damn,” Cheng Xiao cursed softly, hooking his finger at Ye Ci. “Come on.”

While his finger was still hanging in the air, Ye Ci had already thrown the ball. It was aimed straight at Cheng Xiao’s face, wreathed in a murderous aura and with such speed and strength that if it hit his face, it would definitely break his nose. Cheng Xiao subconsciously protected his face, but Ye Ci’s hand was faster. The ball seemed to be stuck in his palm as he quickly retracted it.

As soon as he pulled the ball back, Cheng Xiao’s evasion looked ridiculous, like he was an overly-defensive coward.

The little Omegas who were watching the excitement from the sidelines burst into laughter.

Cheng Xiao glanced over, distracted.

In less than a second, Ye Ci moved to slam the ball hard at the backboard with rounded arms. Cheng Xiao twisted his body to grab the ball, and only halfway through the jump, the ball bounced back into Ye Ci’s hand in the same way. Cheng Xiao turned around quickly as he landed, but before he could regain his footing, the basketball had bounced under his crotch. He turned around to grab it, and Ye Ci passed him like a gust of wind, controlling the ball to circle around in front of him, as if throwing a handkerchief.

Cheng Xiao played serious games, and had never met someone who clearly treated people like monkeys. He spun in a daze, becoming dizzy. Ye Ci repeated the trick with a vigorous swing of the ball and hit the backboard. Cheng Xiao saw through his trick and stood still, staring at Ye Ci’s right hand as he prepared to steal the ball. Ye Ci jumped up to catch the ball in an instant and scored a jump shot from that spot.

Cheng Xiao was toyed with by him, spun around and around again. Because he was tall and broad, it was not strictly accurate to say that Ye Ci was playing with a monkey, but was more fittingly playing with an orangutan.

The Omega onlookers were all happily stomping their feet, and the sound of hahaha was endless.

Ye Ci raised a finger toward Cheng Xiao, indicating that he had scored once. Then he threw the ball to him, turned to those Omegas, and said calmly: “We had an agreement that I would give, give you a demonstration.”

“Fuck, you can do it, ah.” Cheng Xiao came back to his senses, and couldn’t help whistling in appreciation at Ye Ci, his eyes lighting up. “Have you ever played street basketball?”

He suspected that he had lost his head and was played around with by others, but he became even more excited.

He had played.

Ye Ci really didn’t enjoy talking to this little rascal, so he nodded faintly.

“Okay, come on, I’ll attack and you defend…….” Cheng Xiao excitedly asked to change positions.

Defensive Ye Ci was nothing to scoff at. He didn’t participate in the sports competition last semester, but the whole class had been present to watch the games. He knew Cheng Xiao’s abilities well.

It wasn’t a question of winning or not, but a question of whether Cheng Xiao would be broken down into a son or a grandson when he stole the ball.

He and Cheng Xiao changed positions and were about to start. When his angle of view changed, he saw a familiar figure standing at the entrance of the gymnasium.

“Wait.”

Ye Ci cherished words like gold as he called a stop to the game.

He feared that another “wait” would be the last straw to crush the jar of vinegar.

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