Daily Life in the Countryside After Being Reborn-Chapter 217 - 25: The Two Heartthrobs

Do you want me to play out sentimental scenes? Kind-hearted someone always fulfills requests.

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"Don’t just stand there, you lot! Shooters shoot, dribblers dribble – get to practice! I’ve been away for a month. Without anyone yelling at you all, have your bones gotten lighter or what?" Ni Shahe mistook the players’ shock for laziness and first lashed out at Wang Ke, the acting coach.

Simply from the coach’s way of addressing Xiao Xian, it was evident that this unsuitable new team member was extremely favored within the basketball team.

Ni Shahe, coming from a sports background, was naturally a rough and straightforward man. Many of the veteran players were remembered merely by their jersey numbers, like number 6, or number 7. The substitutes were even worse off; having been around for over a year, they were still referred to with nicknames like "Hey" or "Big Head."

Moreover, the coach even had the new player train with the team captain, which was a clear sign of favoritism. Pretending it was a training session with the captain meant actually letting the captain teach her. Who else but Bai Xue had the best skills in the team, other than the coach himself? The players who previously looked down on Zhu Xiaoxian began to harbor their own little schemes.

Beside them, Wang Ke stared in frustration. When she first joined, she wanted to practice against Bai Xue, but the coach wouldn’t allow it, saying it would hinder Bai Xue’s training progress. However, Bai Xue was soon interested to see if the proud and high-spirited Bai Xue would accept such a forceful demand from the coach.

"Coach, you want her to train with me?" Bai Xue didn’t outright refuse, but rather scrutinized Xiao Xian from head to toe with a condescending attitude.

Among the belatedly arrived new players, this one tenderly called by the coach was barely 1.55 meters, at most 1.6 meters, and had a pretty delicate appearance.

But this isn’t a cheerleading or gymnastics team; being well over 1.8 meters tall, she could flatten the new player with a mere finger.

"That’s her, and Zhang Yiyi, you come here too. You’ll be practicing against Wang Ke," Ni Shahe spoke again, leaving Zhang Yiyi and Wang Ke equally dumbfounded this time.

So the special treatment wasn’t just for one; it turned out that this year’s two specially admitted students were all from connections - one Zhang Yiyi, the other Zhu Xiaoxian, as snorting sounds were clearly heard across the basketball team.

Despite the dissatisfaction, everyone still followed the rules, starting with warm-ups. Zhang Yiyi, in deep melancholy, gave Xiao Xian a glance and followed the seemingly indifferent Wang Ke to another part of the basketball court.

Ni Shahe, having only recently returned to the school, had a pile of matters to attend to in the sports department and left after setting up the training tasks.

The older players found their own practice partners, though their minds were not on the basketball in their hands, as they occasionally glanced toward Bai Xue and Xiao Xian.

"Really, coach, just randomly assigning me someone? I’ve never coached anyone before. So tell me, what are you good at?" Unlike other players who thought Xiao Xian and Zhang Yiyi got in by pulling strings, Bai Xue had been training under Ni Shahe since she joined Sacred Heart Middle School. Privately, Bai Xue considered herself and Ni Shahe alike: rough on the surface but meticulous at heart.

"Defense," Xiao Xian, after special training for a month, had figured out everyone’s role in the team – offense, defense, and assists. She had decided not to casually reveal her slam-dunking expertise in front of others, yet she couldn’t really let the veteran players look down on her; she chose a more conservative position.

Her answer caught Bai Xue off guard, "Aww, don’t tell me you’re playing me now. With your height merely around 1.55 meters, with your innate physical condition, saying you play defense, you’d probably be sent flying with just a shoulder bump from an opponent."

"Ha-ha, well, if you really want to play in defense, drink more milk regularly, eat more beef, and grow a bit sturdier. Though the girls’ basketball team doesn’t require the height like the boys’ team, you still need to be at least nearly the same height as the other female player who joined with you to play defense," Bai Xue sighed, having seen many hardworking but innately disadvantaged players, but not many who would claim to excel in defense right in front of her.

Following Bai Xue’s pointed direction, Xiao Xian looked over; the female player mentioned by the captain was Zhang Yiyi, the shortest center in the basketball team still standing at least 1.75 meters.

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