Chapter 2056: Chapter 2257: Three-Pointer!!!

Everyone was laughing at Wu Jun. They might not really know how to play, but they could still tell: Class 5’s No. 2 dribbled so steady, and when he had the ball his whole body seemed to cut through the air, whereas most of the guys from Class 3 all looked like total newbies by comparison.

Just a moment ago, when Hao Jian suddenly jumped up during the scramble and snatched the ball from Gao Yanfei, Class 3’s morale had actually gone up a bit. But thanks to what Wu Jun just did, the whole crowd burst out laughing. They hadn’t thought much of Class 3 to begin with, felt that this bunch going up against Class 5’s Gao Yanfei and the others was basically asking to be humiliated.

Right now, the momentum they’d just built in those three seconds was completely crushed by No. 2 all by himself. Everyone was just waiting to see Hao Jian and the rest of Class 3 make fools of themselves.

No. 2 had a faint smile on his face as he dribbled straight at Class 3’s basket at full speed; no one could stop him at all. When he dribbled, the ball felt like it was part of his body, not affecting his sprint in the slightest. In his hands, the ball was nothing but a toy.

"Brother Fei, catch!" No. 2 suddenly shouted.

The ball flew out of No. 2’s hands, sliced through the crowd, and in a flash landed in Gao Yanfei’s hands. When the ball was with No. 2 it was already being played like crazy; once it got to Gao Yanfei, it was even more so. As soon as he caught it, he took off on the dribble.

He ran a few steps and Class 3’s hoop was right in front of him. At this moment Zheng Jun and the others still hadn’t caught up, and under the basket there was only Ma Yantao defending. Right now Ma Yantao was standing at the two-point line, while Gao Yanfei was outside the three-point line. A confident smile instantly appeared on his face.

Raise the ball, line up the shot, jump, lean back, and the ball was perfectly released.

"Bang!" The ball went straight in, three points, nothing but net. His motion was smooth; the whole sequence took only a few seconds, and the shot was in. Then he just stood there, like he was enjoying the pleasure of scoring.

When everyone saw this, the place immediately exploded.

"Gao Yanfei, awesome!"

"Brother Fei! Brother Fei! Brother Fei! Awesome!"

Right away, the whole crowd started chanting Gao Yanfei’s name. He often played on the court and already knew a whole group of basketball-loving friends. Seeing him score like that—opening with a clean three-pointer—this kind of momentum instantly stunned Class 3. So they were all shouting his name, cheering him on.

Just now, when they saw Hao Jian snatch the ball in a split second, Class 3 had been fired up, feeling that maybe beating Class 5 wasn’t impossible. But looking at things now, their hearts immediately sank. Right from the start they’d been hit with such a heavy show of dominance, and especially with how Wu Jun and the others had just played, they felt it was pretty damn embarrassing.

Even so, with Li Weiwei standing here right now, they couldn’t just leave. Otherwise they might have slipped away quietly already. As it was, a whole group of Class 3 stood here watching Hao Jian and the others on the court, and they all felt like they were losing face.

At this moment, Li Weiwei watched the court, her delicate brows faintly knitted. Facing this situation, she wasn’t sure if she should keep believing in Hao Jian, but she really only had this one choice now: trust what Hao Jian told her, that he would definitely not let her down. It was just that, looking at the current situation, winning seemed kind of hard.

Even so, her gaze remained calm on the court, as if her mood wasn’t shaken by this at all.

After Gao Yanfei scored, it should of course be Class 5’s ball. The ref put three points on the board for Class 5, and then their No. 4 ran over to inbound. He passed to No. 3, and No. 3 started slowly bringing the ball up toward Class 3’s basket.

At this moment, Hao Jian gave Ma Yantao a look, and Ma Yantao immediately stuck close to No. 3, slowly cutting off his path.

At the same time, Hao Jian also shot Zheng Jun a look. Zheng Jun caught on at once and glued himself to No. 2, while the others all tightly followed the players they were supposed to guard.

Just then, Gao Yanfei suddenly walked up in front of Hao Jian and blocked his path. In his view, maybe only Hao Jian among this bunch had any real threat. He’d already given Hao Jian a harsh welcome just now, and now he wanted to stand right in front of him and make him feel the pressure. Beating the opponent psychologically first—this was the perfect tactic. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

"So? Want to try that feeling from just now again?" Gao Yanfei said arrogantly to Hao Jian.

He’d thought from Hao Jian’s posture that he might be a bit tricky to handle and had even prepped for it, but after just one test he realized rabble is still rabble. No matter how much they practiced, how strong could they be? They couldn’t even guard one single player—total trash.

Hao Jian just glanced at him, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, his face cold and indifferent.

But inside, he was laughing. His goal had been achieved: he wanted Gao Yanfei to underestimate them. Only if they looked down on them would they relax their guard; once they relaxed, that would be the perfect time to strike back.

Just as Gao Yanfei was sneering at Hao Jian, suddenly, the ball, which had been in No. 2’s hands, was already heading toward Class Three’s basket as No. 2 launched the attack. But before Gao Yanfei could even turn his body back around, a hint of surprise suddenly flashed across No. 2’s face.

The ball had been stolen by Zheng Jun. Then, before anyone from Class Five could react, Zheng Jun had already passed the ball to Qu Liucheng. Qu Liucheng’s dribbling was clearly a bit rusty; to keep from losing control, he moved very slowly as he dribbled. Class Five’s No. 4 quickly stuck to Qu Liucheng, but when he wasn’t expecting it, Qu Liucheng suddenly spun and immediately passed the ball to Hao Jian.

Right now, Gao Yanfei was glued to Hao Jian on defense. As soon as Hao Jian caught the ball, he started dribbling aggressively and ran straight toward Class Five’s hoop. A smile appeared on Gao Yanfei’s face—so what if you stole the ball, he had already locked Hao Jian down.

But a faint smile curved Hao Jian’s lips. With Gao Yanfei guarding him, he suddenly took the ball and blew right past him.

"What?"

A puzzled expression flashed across Gao Yanfei’s face. He had thought that as long as he stayed on Hao Jian, with his defensive skills it would be easy to shut him down. He hadn’t expected Hao Jian to get past him with the ball that easily.

Behind them were No. 3, No. 4, and No. 5. The three of them saw this and immediately closed in on Hao Jian. Hao Jian grinned, and in that instant he fired a pass to Zheng Jun, who was completely unguarded.

Zheng Jun caught the ball without the slightest hesitation, lifting it and getting ready to shoot. By then No. 2 had already sprinted up in front of Zheng Jun, ready to leap up and block the shot. But he was overthinking it—just as Zheng Jun left the ground, instead of throwing the ball toward the rim, he turned in midair and tossed it back in the opposite direction to Hao Jian.

Nos. 3, 4, and 5 all froze. They hadn’t thought Zheng Jun would pass at a time like this. Hao Jian just laughed, burst forward, and grabbed the ball. Even though Class Five had three men there, if Hao Jian really wanted to get past them, it wouldn’t be hard at all.

But Hao Jian didn’t plan to do that. When he caught the ball he was still a good distance outside the three-point line, and Class Five’s Nos. 3, 4, and 5 were right in front of him. He suddenly jumped, leaned back with the ball, and let it fly.

"Bang!" The sound of the ball going in. The whole court erupted at once, and even the PE teacher’s face showed a trace of astonishment. In his eyes, Gao Yanfei was already the type of student with real talent—after all, that three he’d just taken, you wouldn’t even dare attempt it without a bit of confidence, otherwise you’d just be throwing away a scoring chance.

Normally, if you’re not pretty sure, you don’t shoot threes at all—unless you’re completely shut out and can’t penetrate inside the two-point line. Otherwise, people usually dribble into the two-point area and take a midrange; that’s much safer.

What he hadn’t expected was that Hao Jian would be even more daring than Gao Yanfei. Gao Yanfei shot his threes with his toes almost on the line, but Hao Jian had let it fly when he was still a good step behind the three-point line. Even the teacher himself wouldn’t have felt secure from that distance.

Yet Hao Jian sank it in one go. And judging from the confident smile on his face, it looked like he’d never once doubted that the ball would go in. When he let it fly, he was absolutely sure he’d hit it.

The PE teacher’s mind was full of surprise—how could there be a freshman in this school with skills like that and he hadn’t even known? This was a great prospect. If the kid followed him to learn basketball and made something of himself one day, the teacher would share in the glory too.

Right then, an idea popped into his head: if possible, after the game he had to talk to this student properly and see if he could convince him to train under him.

"Hao Jian! Hao Jian! Hao Jian!"

At that moment, as soon as the ball dropped through the net, Class Three exploded. They hadn’t expected their class to score at all, let alone that Hao Jian would drain such a perfect three-pointer.

What, you guys can hit threes? So can we—and we do it with more flair and style than you!

And shouting Hao Jian’s name the loudest was Zhang Danlin; her voice was the sharpest in the whole gym.

What she didn’t notice was that, when Gu Peng—sitting on the sideline—saw her like that, his face instantly turned dark.