Chapter 552: Chapter 202: Three Women Meet, A True Battleground!_2

Li Yuan, somewhat distracted, arrived under the basket. Before seeing Zhong Tingyue, he might have gone for a tomahawk slam dunk to dominate the hoop.

But at this moment, lost in thought, he simply approached the basket and tossed the ball in casually.

A scene that drew gasps from the entire crowd unfolded: the basketball sailed right over the hoop.

Li Yuan shot an airball.

This spectacle immediately caused a few boys from Computer Science Class 1 who were standing under the basket to burst into laughter.

"Huh, Li Yuan shot an airball? That’s hilarious. Was that for show? You certainly made me laugh."

"Yuan, come on, do a windmill dunk! We’re all waiting to see your dunk show."

"Li Yuan looks a bit off. He just seemed to be interacting with that new girl in sunglasses next to Li Lanrong. Something’s going on there..."

"Hey, hey, Yuan, was that girl just now your girlfriend as well?"

Hearing his classmates’ shouts, Li Yuan looked slightly embarrassed. He hurriedly picked up the ball, gently banked it in off the backboard, and then jogged back on defense...

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Li Yuan’s unusual behavior caught the attention of several girls in the crowd.

Bai Weixi looked at Li Yuan with surprise. The voice she had just heard was extremely familiar.

She turned her head toward the sound, only to see a row of undulating figures. She couldn’t spot the person. Her view was probably blocked...

Beside her, Wang Lisha frowned and asked, "Did I just hear Tingyue’s voice?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Weixi, Meiqi, did you two hear it?"

Deng Meiqi shook her head. "I wasn’t paying attention. But didn’t Li Yuan just seem to be looking this way, smiling and greeting someone else?"

"Something’s not right. I’ll go check."

Wang Lisha frowned. While Li Yuan was at the other end of the court, she took a couple of steps forward, stepping onto the court to glance in Xia Zhijin’s direction.

That single look left her stunned.

She had seen Zhong Tingyue’s outfit earlier that day. Even though she was wearing sunglasses, Wang Lisha recognized her campus-belle roommate instantly.

How come Tingyue is here too? Did she come specifically to watch Li Yuan’s basketball game? Were they just interacting? Didn’t Tingyue say she had given up competing with Weixi and had withdrawn from this relationship?

Her mind a mess of chaotic thoughts, Wang Lisha stood frozen in place.

Her strange behavior naturally caught Zhong Tingyue’s attention.

Zhong Tingyue called out in surprise, "Shasha!"

The call snapped Wang Lisha back to reality. She smiled and waved at Zhong Tingyue. "Tingyue, you’re here too?"

Zhong Tingyue nodded, a sudden realization dawning on her: Wang Lisha and Bai Weixi were almost always together.

So... Bai Weixi is also at the court, right beside me?

Zhong Tingyue froze, a wave of panic washing over her. Before coming to watch Li Yuan’s game, she had never imagined that she would randomly pick a spot and end up so close to Bai Weixi and Wang Lisha.

As she was pondering how to face Bai Weixi, a curious question suddenly reached her ears.

"Excuse me, do you know Li Yuan too?"

Zhong Tingyue glanced at Li Lanrong, then her gaze shifted, lingering for a moment longer on the girl beside her.

This girl, wearing a long dress, looked exceptionally beautiful even just from her profile, possessing a special kind of pure and gentle aura.

For some reason, a bad premonition surfaced in her heart.

Snapping out of her daze, Zhong Tingyue nodded at Li Lanrong and hummed softly in acknowledgment.

Hearing that Zhong Tingyue knew Li Yuan and recalling the recent interaction that had caused Li Yuan’s strange behavior, Li Lanrong felt her intuition grow stronger.

Li Lanrong impulsively asked, "Are you Li Yuan’s girlfriend too?"

Zhong Tingyue didn’t answer right away. She understood the implication in Li Lanrong’s question.

Why did she use the word "also"? Could it be...? Wait, I remember now—Li Yuan has another girlfriend in Computer Science Class 1. Is it this girl? No. I immediately dismissed that idea. While she’s pretty, she probably wouldn’t catch Li Yuan’s eye. The girl in the long dress next to her, though... she seems much more likely.

Zhong Tingyue looked at Li Lanrong but didn’t respond, turning her gaze back to the court.

"So aloof," Li Lanrong muttered under her breath.

She then leaned closer to Xia Zhijin’s ear and whispered a reminder.

"Zhijin, this girl next to me knows Li Yuan too. You should be careful."

Xia Zhijin’s expression faltered for a moment, but she merely nodded slightly without saying much.

「Meanwhile...」

Wang Lisha returned to Bai Weixi’s side. Her expression was conflicted as she looked at her friend, biting her lip as she considered how to bring up the topic.

But Bai Weixi spoke first.

"Shasha, that was Tingyue, right? I heard her call your name!"

Wang Lisha nodded. "Yeah."

Bai Weixi’s body trembled. Tears welled up in her eyes, threatening to spill at any moment. She felt incredibly wronged and heartbroken.

Zhong Tingyue clearly told me to my face that she would give up. So why, after only a few days, is she here watching Li Yuan’s game? They were even interacting. Have they made up so quickly? Was everything she said to me a lie?