Chapter 22 (Amendment)
Yin Xinhui looked straight ahead, and her thoughts couldn't help but float back to the early summer of the second year of the Chinese New Year.
"There is a basketball game in May of the second semester of our second grade. I am one of the girls. The sports committee member has high hopes for the girls in our class. Several of us girls also want to win, so we went to the basketball court to practice after school in the afternoon. He..."
Still not used to saying his name, Xinhui paused for two seconds before continuing: "Lu Yanheng, he has a good relationship with many boys in our class. There are several venues in the basketball court, and he plays with people in another venue. There are a few girls in our class who can't shoot, so I will teach them to shoot."
"Yes." Xinya nodded and said with a timid attitude: "Tell me more details, I like to listen to the details."
Details? I used to think back to the days that time, and I quickly skipped it. She didn't remember much, only some fragments were left.
Xinhui smiled slightly: "I will try my best to meet your requirements."
Xinya nodded with satisfaction after hearing this: "You just treat it as training your Chinese writing skills."
Can these two unrelated things be linked together?
Xinhui slowly put away her smile and told her while recalling:
"After I taught for a few minutes, Lu Yanheng came over to talk to our Sports Committee about the basketball game and stood beside us. After he said a few words to the Sports Committee, the two of them watched the girls in our class shoot together. Lu Yanheng looked at the few goals, but probably couldn't stand it anymore. A girl happened to ask him how to shoot to accurately hit, so he demonstrated how to shoot for us, and then taught those girls how to shoot with both hands. I got idle and went to practice on the side. Later, the Sports Committee followed him with
He suggested that we take a few girls to play basketball games for half a court, because except for me and one of the girls named Yang Mengqi, I don’t even know the rules. There are 8 of us girls and the two boys in total, and they just happened to be divided into two teams. After the good guys were divided, we started playing. I and the Sports Committee were in the same team. Once Lu Yanheng got the ball, and the Sports Committee was stopped by the girls of his team. I saw that there was no one to guard against him, so he ran to him to guard against him."
"In the first year of junior high school, Lu Yanheng and I entered the finals of the National Middle School English Competition. We attended training classes together, but we never spoke. It was the first time he got the ball after the game started. He shot it as soon as he got the ball. It seemed like a mid- and long-distance jump shot. I was a little dissatisfied and defended with all my heart and stared at him. He didn't make much move later. The game went very smoothly. But soon I knew that he didn't give his full strength at all. He dribbled the ball stably and firmly. I defended him at that time, and only took a few glances to know that his ball skills were superb. Later I learned that he was the deputy captain of the school basketball team. He was the first to choose a player in the first year of junior high school. Although our school only has junior high school, it is not easy to become a player when he was in the first year of junior high school. Although the sports committee of our class is also from the school team, it is not the player."
"Hmm. Then what?" Yin Xinya asked.
"He is not very tall, he is only about 1.75 meters tall. Among the people who play basketball, he is quite ordinary. Maybe he has grown taller now." Xinhui said whatever he remembered.
"At that time, there was a rebound. The sports committee member and he stood under the basket. The sports committee member of our class was over 1.8 meters tall. However, when he was grabbing the rebound, Lu Yanheng grabbed the ball with one jump, and he jumped higher than our sports committee member. He reached out and grabbed the ball. Although there were many rebounding shots in "Slam Dunk", and I often watched NBA games, they were all on TV. I was standing under the basketball stand. This was the first time I saw a boy grabbing rebounds at close range. As soon as he grabbed the rebound, he immediately retreated to outside the three-second zone and made a jump shot directly." Many memories at that time surged out, and the details suddenly became clear.
"Later, the Sports Commission went to guard against him again, so I went to guard against others. He shot several shots in succession, but he didn't take much action before, so he clearly gave in to me."
The two of them had taken a walk around the greening.
Xinhui moved ten fingers and was exposed to the cold air a little stiff.
She put her left hand into her pocket and held the strap of the basketball pocket in her right hand and continued to preach: "In the end, our team lost one goal in their team. Later, the two teams divided the people again, and I was in the same team as him. While playing, he taught us girls how to stand, how to respond, and how to see the timing. He didn't shoot much himself."
"I usually shoot well, but I don't dare to let go of the shooting when I get into the game. I passed the ball several times and passed it to me again. Then when I was in a gap, he suddenly came over and told me that you should shoot by yourself and believe in yourself. He said, I know that your shooting is very accurate, don't waste it."
At that time, he walked up to her, and turned the basketball on his right index finger, his tone was unquestionable: "Yin Xinhui, I know that your shooting is very accurate. If you have the chance after receiving the ball, you can shoot by yourself, and you don't have to pass it to me again. Believe in yourself and don't waste your skills."
At that time, there were so many people on the court looking at them, but he didn't care.
He said, I know you have a very accurate shot. He also said, believe in yourself.
She thought she had forgotten these words, but she just didn't think about them before.
Xinhui stretched out her left hand and rubbed her forehead and continued to tell.
"I used to never dare to let go of shooting, and would rather give the opportunity to my teammates. After he told me, I remembered it, thinking that if I could shoot by myself next time, I would shoot by myself. The next opportunity really came. He snatched the opponent's rebound and passed it to me. As soon as I received his ball, I shot directly."
Speaking of this, Xinhui turned to look at her sister: "Xinya, you know, we only played half a court, using the rules of three-man basketball games. When the double counter-swap attack was exchanged, the team that attacked had to take the ball out of the three-point line. My ball was directly shot, which was a heart-wrenching ball. But I forgot to go out of the three-point line, and this ball was invalid. Lu Yanheng and our Sports Committee often played half a court game together, and the two of them immediately reacted. Lu Yan
Heng told the Sports Committee that it was okay, and I realized that I had forgotten to go out of the three-point line, but I had never spoken to him and didn't know what to say. He comforted me that I might not be used to playing half-court basketball games, told me not to care, and praised me for the accuracy of the ball. I let go of the next game. If the time is good, I would shoot by myself, and sometimes pass it to Lu Yanheng or two other girls. Our team cooperated well and kept leading, and later won the game."
"It was early May at that time. Their class was next to our class, and the classroom was next to us, and we were taking physical education classes together. The boys in our class were good at sports, and the boys in our class often played with the boys in our class. Sometimes the boys in our class also played with our girls. During the basketball game, it became a hodgepodge, and several boys in their class played with the boys and girls in our class. Before playing basketball, he and the Sports Committee of our class chose the girls first and then the boys. I often were in the same team as him. He often taught me how to play in the gaps while playing ball."
"The boys and women's teams in our class played very easily in basketball, and both teams reached the semi-finals. On the day of the semi-finals, when we went to the stadium, the boys in Lu Yanheng and their class played in another field and played the last quarter. We started preparing..."
"Stop and stop!" Xinya stopped repeatedly, "Didn't Lu Yanheng play the game on the other side? How was he playing? What did you see?" This is a very important plot, why did she skip it?
Xinhui frowned and smiled, "Why didn't you think about watching more at that time? We are almost playing... But there is one scene that I was quite impressed with."
She thought about it and searched her memory in her mind:
"At that time, their opponent did not shoot the ball, and his teammate grabbed the rebound. In this case, he usually played a fast break. Lu Yanheng reacted quickly and immediately ran to the midfield. His teammate passed the ball to him. He jumped up and caught the ball while running. He jumped high and cut the ball from mid-air with a snap. Then he drove the ball to the near three-second zone and then made a three-step layup. When he was receiving the ball, someone from the opponent ran over. The man was one head taller than him, but he easily caught the ball with one jump... I remember this. I forgot everything else." She said as she shook her head.
"We won 4 points in the semi-finals and successfully reached the final. The boys also reached the final. The opponents of the finals were Lu Yanheng and their class. After playing the ball, several girls were very tired and left. Yang Mengqi and I stayed to continue practicing. Because the Sports Committee said that as long as we performed well during the game, the girls' finals would not be a problem."
"After Lu Yanheng finished the game, he came over to watch our girls' games with the boys in our class. Later, a few people who seemed to be on the school team also came over, because Yang Mengqi is from the women's basketball team and has a good relationship with them. Yang Mengqi and I took basketball to practice shooting. The Sports Committee and the boys in our class stood next to us when they were chatting with the school team. I heard the Sports Committee yelling that my shooting was very accurate, and the school team wanted to compete with me."
Xinya smiled slightly. After watching "Slam Dunk" in elementary school, Xinhui became obsessed with basketball. Later, she often played basketball and practiced shooting. She shot very accurately. Although the other party was from the school team, it was hard to say who would win to death.
"I didn't want to compete at first, so it would be fine to perform stably. If I perform poorly, it would be too embarrassing. Sometimes my condition is not very stable, especially in winter, I'm not very accurate in shooting. But the people from their school team have already started to discuss who will go first. The Sports Committee also said that as long as I win two of them, the people from the school team will invite a few of us girls from the game to eat ice cream."
"Where is the other girl?" Xinya asked. How to point the finger at Xinhui.
"You said Yang Mengqi? She has a relatively comprehensive skill and is very good at dribbling, but she may not be as accurate as I shoot." This is the truth. Xinya is her sister after all, so she doesn't have to be modest in front of her, but Xinhui still only says "possible".
"Actually, my condition was quite stable that day. Most of the shooting scored during the game. And after all, the school team will focus more on active competitions or training. I may not necessarily lose, because I am very sure of fixed-point shooting, so I thought about it and agreed. The Sports Commission stipulated that 10 goals were shot in front of the free throw line, and those who scored more goals would be considered to win. There was a man in the school team who shot the ball first, and he scored a total of 7 goals. The Sports Commission may not have expected that the first person would be so smooth, so he told me not to care too much, and it would be fine if I couldn't eat ice cream. I took the second shot, and stood in front of the free throw line and started shooting."
"I still remember that competition." Xinhui smiled, "I made all five balls in the first place, two balls in the back were wrong, and in the end, I made a total of 8 balls. I remember clearly."
Xinya clapped her hands: "Good."
Xinhui shook her head: "There are three more unparalleled. At that time, there were four school team members present, including Lu Yanheng. One of the two people behind seemed to score 5 goals and the other scored 6 goals. The Sports Committee was very happy. Ice cream is no problem. Although I have already won, the school team members asked Lu Yanheng to also make a bid."
Xinya remembered that junior high school basketball game. Lu Yanheng scored several three-pointers and his jump shot was also very good. After Xinhui said this, he probably would have tied with his sister or beat his sister.
"I remember that game he pitched very accurately. Did he score more goals than you?"
Chapter completed!