Damn, How could my family be so wealthy?!-Chapter 405 - 404 Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Now, because of the insinuation by team captain Wang Yibo, Xiao Qin had also joined those who were persuading Zhou Haoming.

So much so that, aside from Zhou Haoming himself, the other members of the basketball team all intended to convince Zhou Haoming to give up the challenge with Su Mu.

After all, skateboarding is such a niche interest, who decreed that everyone must know how to skateboard?

It would be perfectly normal if Su Mu didn’t know how to skateboard.

Everyone thought that Zhou Haoming really shouldn’t have proposed such a contest.

It was a bit too petty.

Looking at the Z University Basketball Team members, Su Mu suddenly found them quite endearing.

Despite having met them only briefly, he didn’t expect them to have a strong sense of right and wrong.

They didn’t side with Zhou Haoming just because he was on the same basketball team and their university classmate.

"Why waste words, just go and get it if you’re told to," Zhou Haoming said.

Seeing everyone standing against him, Zhou Haoming’s face became even darker.

Zhou Haoming couldn’t understand what charm Su Mu had to make Wang Yibo and the others speak up for Su Mu.

At the end of the day, Zhou Haoming felt that he was the one who was Wang Yibo and the others’ teammate.

Compared to Su Mu, shouldn’t Wang Yibo and the others have supported him instead?

But now was not the time to discuss this, as Zhou Haoming glared at Xiao Qin.

Then, after a few steps, he moved closer to Xiao Qin, whose arm was still being held by Wang Yibo.

In a voice only the two of them could hear, he whispered in Xiao Qin’s ear, "I’ll send you the contact information for that girl you want after we get back."

After speaking, Zhou Haoming grabbed Wang Yibo’s hand that was holding Xiao Qin and, with force, allowed Xiao Qin to escape Wang Yibo’s grasp.

Upon hearing Zhou Haoming’s words, Xiao Qin didn’t want to consider anything else.

He broke into a trot and headed toward the parking lot.

"Xiao Qin..."

It was already too late for Wang Yibo to call Xiao Qin back.

Facing Zhou Haoming’s obviously angry look and thinking of tomorrow’s game, Wang Yibo also fell silent.

Deep down, he could only silently apologize to Su Mu, effectively accepting Zhou Haoming’s approach.

As the captain of the basketball team, Wang Yibo naturally had to consider the relationship between the team members.

If there were internal conflicts among the teammates, it would also severely impact the team’s fighting strength.

The other players saw Wang Yibo stay quiet and gave up on the idea of persuading Zhou Haoming.

In the end, everyone had their own thoughts.

If Zhou Haoming actually won against Su Mu, they definitely wouldn’t mention today’s events.

Known only to heaven and earth, it would be enough for them to know in their hearts.

Feeling that everything was under his control, Zhou Haoming revealed a victorious smile ahead of time.

Now, Zhou Haoming was just waiting for Xiao Qin to bring the skateboard, waiting to see Su Mu make a fool of himself.

Provocatively glancing at Su Mu, Zhou Haoming felt that even if he showed his triumph on his face, Su Mu would have no chance to back out.

If Su Mu backed out now, it would be equal to directly admitting defeat.

It was the same outcome as losing the match later.

Seeing Zhou Haoming’s smug look, Su Mu still kept a calm facade.

In Su Mu’s eyes, Zhou Haoming was nothing more than a jumping clown.

Thinking back to Zhou Haoming’s glorious moments at Z University, Su Mu sincerely thought the female students had really poor vision.

To hold such a person in high esteem was truly a waste of affection.

Zhou Haoming saw Su Mu’s calmness as nothing but a pretense of composure.

In any case, Zhou Haoming was now full of confidence, waiting to see Su Mu lose to him.

Zhou Haoming felt that today was his lucky day.

Not only did he get to see the girl he cherished in his heart once again, but he also had the chance to redeem himself and overturn the humiliation he suffered on the basketball court of Z University.

Jiang Xinxuan, because of Su Mu’s comfort, still had a worried expression on her face, although it had somewhat faded.

Jiang Xinxuan knew that Su Mu couldn’t skateboard, but she also understood that Su Mu was not an impulsive person.

Since Su Mu had already hinted to her not to worry,

Jiang Xinxuan felt confident about Su Mu’s competition with Zhou Haoming.

Of course, Jiang Xinxuan also had a lot of faith in her boyfriend.

Without saying much, Jiang Xinxuan just held Su Mu’s arm tightly, giving him silent support.

Since the parking lot was outside the pedestrian street, it would take Xiao Qin some time to fetch something from the car, even if he ran there.

While waiting for Xiao Qin, everyone maintained silence.

Wang Yibo and the others knew that no matter what they said, they couldn’t persuade Zhou Haoming to back down.

So they simply closed their mouths.

Su Mu and Jiang Xinxuan didn’t say anything either.

Su Mu, backed by such a powerful system, didn’t need to say much.

Zhou Haoming wanted to wait for Su Mu to make a fool of himself?

Su Mu stated that not in this lifetime, nor in the next, or the one after that, would such a thing be possible.

Xiao Qin might have found Zhou Haoming’s promise too tempting.

The time wasn’t very long; all together it was probably about ten minutes.

Xiao Qin came running over with a backpack on each shoulder.

It was clear that what Xiao Qin carried were skateboard backpacks, long and flat, quite different from regular backpacks.

"I’m here, I’m here, I’ve brought the skateboards,"

Xiao Qin’s voice could be heard before he even arrived.

Regrettably, no one responded to Xiao Qin.

The basketball team members already disliked Xiao Qin’s actions, so naturally, none of them spoke up.

The team members felt that if Xiao Qin hadn’t gone to fetch the skateboard for Zhou Haoming, maybe the upcoming competition wouldn’t have been necessary.

Because of this, the team members looked at Xiao Qin with less than friendly eyes.

In these team members’ view, Xiao Qin was now Zhou Haoming’s lackey.

Zhou Haoming also ignored Xiao Qin.

Zhou Haoming’s attention was all on Su Mu.

Zhou Haoming appeared to be staring at Su Mu, but in fact, he was using it as a cover to keep an eye on Xuanxuan.

Anyone with eyes could see that Xuanxuan was Su Mu’s girlfriend.

Zhou Haoming’s challenge to Su Mu was unspoken, but it was all because of Xuanxuan.

After all, his desire to hit on someone else’s girlfriend was not something he could openly admit.

So now, Zhou Haoming couldn’t openly stare at Jiang Xinxuan.

Zhou Haoming was unwilling to waste a second on anything else.

For Zhou Haoming, to glance at Xuanxuan for even a second longer was precious.

Whether he would have the chance to see Xuanxuan again in the future was an unknown.

Seeing that not a single comrade heeded him, even Zhou Haoming, who had asked him to get the skateboard, showed no intention of paying attention to him,

Xiao Qin suddenly felt as if he didn’t belong anywhere.

But since he had already done what he did, there was no chance for regret now.

"Hello, this is my skateboard. I just cleaned it yesterday and haven’t used it yet. I hope you don’t mind,"

For some reason, Xiao Qin always felt an intangible pressure when facing Su Mu.

It was as if this handsome guy of a similar age to himself inherently possessed an air of authority.

No one paid any attention to him, so Xiao Qin took the initiative to hand over his own skateboard, which was on his shoulder, to Su Mu.

Xiao Qin knew that Zhou Haoming had asked him to fetch the skateboard precisely for a competition with the handsome guy.

There were two skateboards, one was Zhou Haoming’s own, and the other belonged to Xiao Qin.

Naturally, Xiao Qin handed over his own skateboard to the handsome guy.

Suddenly, Xiao Qin felt somewhat grateful that he had been diligent the day before and had cleaned his skateboard thoroughly.

Otherwise, Xiao Qin really wouldn’t dare to offer his used skateboard for the handsome guy to use.

Watching Xiao Qin approach with the skateboard in both hands, Su Mu took it from him.

In the entire basketball team, only Zhou Haoming had any animosity towards Su Mu; the attitudes of the rest were actually quite decent.

Of course, Su Mu wasn’t going to make an issue out of something trivial with Xiao Qin.

Su Mu knew that even if Xiao Qin hadn’t gone to get the skateboard for Zhou Haoming,

Zhou Haoming would definitely have found a way to keep him there and fetch the skateboard himself.

As for Zhou Haoming, he was already certain that he could beat Su Mu.

How could he possibly give up such a great opportunity?

"How about I open it for you?"

Suddenly feeling that he hadn’t done enough, Xiao Qin, while speaking, took the skateboard back from Su Mu’s hands.

Unzipping the skateboard bag, Xiao Qin took out the skateboard from the backpack and placed it on the ground.

Xiao Qin felt that this was the proper way to do it.

How could he let the handsome guy take out the skateboard himself?

Having his own skateboard stepped on by the handsome guy was already a great honor.

Xiao Qin certainly didn’t dare to let the handsome guy’s hands touch his skateboard.

The service wasn’t bad.

This was Su Mu’s inward assessment of Xiao Qin.

Today, Su Mu was also dressed quite casually, which wouldn’t interfere with skateboarding.

He placed one foot on the skateboard that was now laid out beside him.

In the eyes of others, Su Mu was probably trying to get a feel for it.

Only Su Mu knew that what he needed to do was to sign in with the system.

As for getting a feel?

For someone who had never skateboarded before, what feeling could there be?

Could he possibly learn to skateboard on the spot at this moment?

The answer was definitely impossible.

It wasn’t about whether Su Mu was a skateboarding genius who could master it without a teacher as soon as he touched a skateboard.

Zhou Haoming wouldn’t give Su Mu that time, would he?

Without speaking, Su Mu had already started to summon the system in his mind.

With previous experiences, Su Mu knew that signing in for a skill related to skateboarding wasn’t a big deal at all.

"Sign in on the skateboard!"

"Ding! Signing in on the skateboard is successful, reward received: Champion Skateboarding Skill!"

The system was straightforward; it didn’t even require Su Mu to wait, and immediately gave him the reward he most desired at the moment.

As the system’s voice settled, Su Mu’s body once again felt the familiar tremor.

Along with the trembling that was imperceptible to others, Su Mu’s mind was also jam-packed with numerous skateboarding techniques.

Su Mu used to think that skateboarding was no big deal, but now he had acquired some knowledge about it.

Su Mu thought skateboarding was actually pretty cool.

No wonder so many young guys liked skateboarding.

About ten seconds passed, and everything was still again.

No one noticed what Su Mu had gone through.

Even Jiang Xinxuan, who was holding Su Mu’s arm all the while, hadn’t detected any change in her boyfriend.

Not to mention the members of the Z University Basketball Team and that Zhou Haoming standing around Su Mu.

After giving his skateboard to Su Mu, Xiao Qin handed another one, which belonged to Zhou Haoming, to him.

Of course, Xiao Qin couldn’t possibly provide Zhou Haoming with the same enthusiastic and thoughtful service he offered to Su Mu.

If it weren’t for Zhou Haoming promising to give him the contact information of the girl he’d liked for a long time tomorrow.

Xiao Qin wouldn’t have bothered making this trip for Zhou Haoming.

Facing his teammates’ dissatisfied gazes, Xiao Qin’s heart couldn’t help but feel a little burdened.

Especially after returning with the skateboard, not to mention the others, even Zhou Haoming hadn’t acknowledged him.

Xiao Qin felt even more regretful.

Without saying anything, he just handed over the skateboard.

If Zhou Haoming had been a little slower in taking it, the skateboard would have fallen to the ground.

Having finished what he had to do, Xiao Qin silently stepped back, trying to find some warmth from his teammates.

Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to Xiao Qin.

Even when Xiao Qin walked over, members of the basketball team collectively moved a few steps to the side.

It was as if they didn’t want to associate with Xiao Qin’s wrongdoing.

With a pout, Xiao Qin felt extremely wronged.

He looked resentfully at Zhou Haoming who, from start to finish, hadn’t glanced his way again.

Xiao Qin felt it was all Zhou Haoming’s fault.

Internally, Xiao Qin decided that once he got the girl’s contact information tomorrow, he would keep his distance from Zhou Haoming.

As for Zhou Haoming, who had already angered everyone, Xiao Qin certainly didn’t want to be implicated.

At this time, Zhou Haoming didn’t care at all about how he was perceived by his teammates.

In any case, for Zhou Haoming, Su Mu’s play on the Z University basketball court had utterly trampled on his own dignity.

What his teammates thought of him mattered little to Zhou Haoming.

Now, Zhou Haoming just wanted to fight for his pride in front of Xuanxuan and prove he wasn’t inferior to Su Mu in every way.

Zhou Haoming opened his backpack and took out his skateboard.

Lacking the treatment Su Mu received, he would just do it himself.

After all, what Zhou Haoming was eagerly anticipating now was the scene of Su Mu losing to him.

As for the preliminaries, Zhou Haoming didn’t pay much attention anymore.

"Don’t you want to get used to it first? After all, this isn’t your skateboard,"

"If you lose later, don’t use the excuse that you’re not accustomed to using someone else’s things."

Zhou Haoming thought he absolutely had to block all the excuses Su Mu might think of after losing to him.

Otherwise, what was the point of insisting on this competition if Su Mu could say anything he wanted later?

"No need, a bet is a bet, I can afford to lose, and certainly won’t go back on my word,"

"I just wonder if you, in the end, will be able to afford to lose?"

Rejecting Zhou Haoming’s "kind offer," who couldn’t return a jab with words?

Seeing Zhou Haoming’s aggressive demeanor, Su Mu didn’t hesitate to speak sharply, pressuring Zhou Haoming not to welsh after losing.