Basketball Game (Request Collection, Request Recommendation)

"Xiao Xie has appeared!"

"He really is so handsome. He's even more handsome in person than on TV!" Xiao Xie's three dance videos had become so popular that they sparked a worldwide trend, and they had even been aired on the national news broadcast.

"Xiao Xie is here, so only Xiao Nai is missing. If the two Great Gods appear together, I'll die happy!"

Xiao Xie saw Weiwei as well. He mouthed something at her, then shifted his gaze away.

But Weiwei could no longer remain composed. She had understood what Xiao Xie meant. His lips had said, "Greetings, Madam!"

"Weiwei, what did your Great God say to you?" Er Xi asked Bei Weiwei curiously.

"Weiwei, you're so not cool. If I hadn't checked the forum, I wouldn't have known you got a boyfriend—and that he's Xiao Xie, Great God Xiao!" Si Si said from beside her. When she had first seen the photos on the forum, she had found them hard to believe. But after seeing the little exchange between Xiao Xie and Weiwei just now, she believed it.

"Weiwei, you actually dared to hide something as huge as getting a boyfriend from us. When we get back, it's family punishment for you," Xiao Ling chimed in.

"You guys..." Weiwei had just been about to explain, but when she saw the expressions on Er Xi and the others' faces, she ultimately lacked the strength to argue back.

The game was about to begin, but Xiao Nai still had not arrived. Everyone understood that he would not be coming today, yet no one left. After all, even if Xiao Nai was absent, there was still the even more formidable Great God Xiao Xie! Xiao Nai was only Tsinghua University's male idol, while Xiao Xie was the male idol of the entire world.

At that moment, the atmosphere in the arena suddenly erupted. Weiwei immediately looked toward the court, and sure enough, Xiao Xie had come out in a white basketball uniform.

He had already been strikingly handsome, with a physique even better than that of an athlete. In sportswear, he looked even more spirited and heroic. He casually received a pass from a teammate, dribbled twice without haste, then suddenly accelerated as a teammate came up to intercept him. Everyone thought he was about to break through, but he abruptly stopped instead. Without taking much aim, he leaped and shot. The basketball traced a graceful arc through the air. Time and space seemed to freeze in that instant, and Weiwei watched his flying black hair with bated breath.

Whoosh!

The basketball dropped precisely into the hoop.

A clean three-pointer.

After several seconds of silence, the stands erupted into fervent cheers. Yet Xiao Xie, on the court, showed not the slightest reaction to such enthusiasm. After exchanging a few words with the teammates who came over, he began the most basic warm-up drills. At this moment, his eyes were focused solely on the court, completely ignoring the audience.

Er Xi sighed. "That's what you call an idol."

Si Si said, "Say, Great God Xiao has such a great body. I wonder what he looks like when he swims."

Weiwei could not help following her train of thought—what he would look like in a swimming competition, the Great God in a swimsuit...

Her face exploded crimson.

Seeing her blush, Si Si asked strangely, "Weiwei, are you that hot?"

Weiwei righteously scorned her. "You're way too lewd!"

Si Si: "..."

The game officially began, with Xiao Xie starting on the court.

Basketball was a highly entertaining sport. Unlike football, where excitement often came only after long stretches of play, basketball was thrilling nearly every moment.

On the court, Xiao Xie was undoubtedly the most eye-catching player. This was not merely because of his outstanding appearance and immense fame, but even more because of his dazzling performance.

Weiwei did not actually know much about basketball, but the calm composure displayed in his exquisite passes, the sharp wit shown in his evasions and dribbles past opponents, and the overwhelming strength revealed in his forceful breakthroughs all reminded her of that number-one expert in the game.

At times, Xiao Xie on the court could almost be described as elegant. But once he erupted, his momentum was astonishing and unstoppable. Between motion and stillness was the shock brought by the most primal speed and power.

Weiwei watched this match with unbearable tension, and Er Xi and the others were no different. Only after the first quarter ended did Xiao Ling say excitedly, "That midair change of direction Xiao Xie just did was so handsome! I have to make Da Zhong practice it too!"

Si Si said, "Doesn't that require really high physical ability?"

Xiao Ling said, "I don't know. Ah, a Great God really is a Great God."

After a brief break, the match entered an even fiercer second quarter. By now, the Computer Science Department was already more than fifty points ahead of the Architecture Department, with Xiao Xie alone having scored over fifty points. It looked like a lot, but it was actually just that—three points for every three-pointer. Xiao Xie had made more than twenty three-pointers. Basically, as long as he got the ball, he would shoot directly. No matter how far away he was, even from beneath his own basket, Xiao Xie could throw the ball into the opposing hoop.

By the time the second quarter was nearing its end, the gap between the two sides had already exceeded eighty points. It was completely one-sided. The entire game had become Xiao Xie's personal show, and the opposing players had lost all ability to resist.

"Let's have some real fun!" Seeing that there were still a dozen or so seconds left before the end of the second quarter, Xiao Xie took the basketball and, right at the three-point line, launched himself into the air.

Boom! Xiao Xie soared high into the air, gripped the basketball with both hands, and viciously slammed it into the hoop—a breathtaking dunk!

The basket shook violently, unable to stop trembling for a long while.

The noisy basketball court fell silent for a moment, then erupted!

"So handsome! Insanely handsome! God Xiao! God Xiao!"

"God Xiao! God Xiao!"

"That dunk was fucking awesome! So awesome!"

"God Xiao could totally play professionally, right? He's incredible—brilliant in both brains and brawn!"

With Xiao Xie's thunderous dunk, the second quarter came to a perfect end.

Ten minutes later, the third quarter began, but Xiao Xie did not take the court. A wave of disappointed discussion rose from the stands. Weiwei was not particularly disappointed. She continued watching the game attentively, though more often than not, her attention was on Xiao Xie at the sidelines.

The reason Xiao Xie did not play in the third quarter was that he was simply too strong. The difference was already more than eighty points. If things continued this way, the Architecture Department players would be too embarrassed to show their faces. It was still a game, but they had to leave them some dignity, which was why Xiao Xie did not go back on the court.

Xiao Xie glanced at Weiwei, suddenly put down the bottle of mineral water in his hand, and, without any warning, headed toward the stands!

Weiwei froze in her seat.

The attention of the entire arena gradually shifted away from the court. Almost everyone was watching him.

Yet Xiao Xie remained perfectly calm, as if those gazes did not exist. He stepped onto the stairs of the stands with utterly natural strides, then passed through row after row of seats and walked straight up to Weiwei.

Wei Wei was sitting in the row by the aisle, so he easily stopped beside her, casually resting one hand on the back of her seat as he bent down and fixed his burning gaze on her.

"Everyone's going out to hang out later. I'll treat everyone to a meal." Wei Wei nodded.

"What are you planning to do tomorrow?"

Wei Wei said, "Self-study."

Wei Wei's expression was incredibly calm as well, but if one listened carefully to what she said, it became clear that rather than calm, she was stiff.

Xiao Xie said, "Mm. I'll go with you tomorrow."

Wei Wei said, "Oh, then I'll save you a seat."

She had completely entered reflex mode...

Xiao Xie glanced up, then said to Si Si at the far end, "There's an empty seat over there. Could you move inward a little?"

Si Si looked beside herself. Sure enough, the person next to her had left at some point. Si Si mechanically shifted inward, and Er Xi and Xiao Ling followed suit mechanically. Wei Wei stood up and sat in Xiao Ling's original seat.

"Thank you," Xiao Xie said politely. Then, without any politeness at all, he sat down beside Wei Wei, turned his gaze toward the court, and began watching the game as if it were perfectly ordinary.

Centered on him, there was utter silence within a ten-meter radius, the complete opposite of the fierce scramble on the court.

Being close to someone could actually be such a heart-pounding thing.

Only after quite a while did whispers begin to rise around them. Wei Wei vaguely heard her own name and Xiao Xie's being mentioned over and over. Gradually, flickering glances began drifting their way from time to time.

After a while longer, the voices grew louder, turning into a buzzing din. More and more people looked at them, their stares becoming increasingly blatant...

Amid everyone's agitation, Wei Wei suddenly calmed down.

She began imitating Great God, calmly pretending to watch the game.

After watching the game for quite some time, Wei Wei finally remembered that she had yet to introduce Xiao Xie to her roommates. But Xiao Xie had been focused on the match the entire time, so it had not been convenient to introduce them. Even now, he was still watching what was happening on the court. Wei Wei wanted to call out to him, but got stuck on how to address him.

Should she call him Senior, Great God, or boyfr... So embarrassing!

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