He angrily pointed at Li Yuan, shouting at the referee, "Referee, are you blind? He just charged me with his shoulder! That’s an offensive foul!"

The referee glanced at Li Yuan, then at Lu Kangze lying on the ground, and was utterly speechless. Not calling a foul on you is already generous, and now you want me to call an offensive foul on him? Besides, do you even know who he is? With all these female fans around, I’d be verbally lynched if I made that call.

The substitute referee responded with a deadpan expression, "That was a normal offensive move. No foul."

Lu Kangze roared in dissatisfaction, "That was a shoulder charge! It’s an offensive foul! Do you even know the rules?"

Li Yuan sneered. "You damn idiot, wasn’t your filthy mouth running just a moment ago? Now you’re crying to the referee?" he taunted. "Trash. Weakling. Remember this: on the basketball court, strength does the talking."

Seeing that Li Yuan seemed to be in a conflict, Liu Jia quickly ran over, clapping him on the shoulder and yelling, "Yuan, that was awesome!"

Ren Jun, Wu Hao, and Xu Ziqiang also hurried over, afraid Li Yuan might be at a disadvantage. "Yuan, what happened?"

...

Seeing their teammate surrounded, the opposing players rushed over and helped Lu Kangze to his feet. One of them, a stout guy around 1.8 meters tall, stepped in front of Li Yuan and asked with a frown, "Li Yuan, it’s just a game. Why’d you have to knock him down?"

"Exactly! Friendship first, competition second. Why resort to getting physical?"

"Li Yuan, you went too far!"

Facing their blind accusations, Li Yuan laughed with anger. He swept his gaze over the five of them and shook his head with a derisive scoff. "Why don’t you ask this moron if he was raised on shit? His mouth is absolutely foul."

Now that his teammates were here, Lu Kangze felt emboldened. He approached Li Yuan, his eyes filled with fury. "Li Yuan, it’s just a game. Are you looking for a fight?"

Li Yuan stared coldly at the idiot named Lu Kangze, his expression turning deadly serious as he uttered one final warning. "If you fucking dare to say one more dirty word, I’ll tear your mouth off your face."

"Try me."

Met with Li Yuan’s icy gaze, Lu Kangze shuddered, his courage wavering. I could have sworn I saw a flicker of killing intent in his eyes... 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Thinking about Li Yuan’s status and wealth, Lu Kangze was suddenly filled with regret. Why did I have to run my mouth and provoke him...?

The other players from Computer Science Class Two were surprised by Li Yuan’s response. Some of them understood what Li Yuan was implying—that Lu Kangze had been trash-talking him first. If that was the case, they couldn’t really blame Li Yuan.

They immediately tried to smooth things over.

"Everyone, calm down. Friendship first, let’s just have a good game."

"Yeah, let’s just play. It’s all for fun."

"So many people are watching. Let’s not embarrass the Computer Science Department."

Li Yuan gave Lu Kangze one last, deep look, then snorted and turned away. Arguing with a weakling who could only run his mouth was beneath him.

「On the sidelines」

Wang Lisha nudged a nervous Bai Weixi and whispered, "Weixi, did Li Yuan get into a fight with that number 32? He looks really upset."

Bai Weixi nodded worriedly, her eyes glued to the court. "Probably," she said anxiously. "They’re not going to fight, are they?"

"Weixi, don’t worry. They probably won’t fight with so many people watching," Deng Meiqi said, shaking her head reassuringly.

Wang Lisha held Bai Weixi’s small hand. "That’s right, it’ll be fine," she comforted.

Bai Weixi nodded, though she remained deeply worried. She only began to relax when the game finally resumed as normal. Her thoughts suddenly drifted, and she glanced over at Xia Zhijin, who was standing just a few meters away. The seemingly quiet and reserved girl was also staring tensely at the court.

Bai Weixi sighed inwardly, an indescribable feeling washing over her.

「Back on the court」

The game resumed. After being taught a lesson, Lu Kangze had indeed quieted down, not daring to spout any more nonsense.

The point gap continued to widen.

Amidst the roaring cheers from the crowd, the match had completely transformed into Li Yuan’s personal basketball show. Relying on his superhuman physique, the opponents simply couldn’t stop him whenever he decided to score. In an amateur game like this, victory could be easily secured just by launching a few fast breaks.

「Outside the court」

Zhong Tingyue quietly arrived at the edge of the court. Dressed like a cool, aloof Goddess, she wore sky-blue skinny jeans, black leather shoes, a white blouse with flowing cuffs, and a pair of sunglasses. She only needed one look at the size of the crowd to know exactly where Li Yuan was.

Hearing the frantic cries of "Li Yuan, go!" and "Li Yuan, I love you!" all around her, a wry smile touched Zhong Tingyue’s lips. I knew it would be just like this.

She circled the packed court, searching for a place to stand. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. She spotted a relatively empty area and began to walk over.