Chapter 40: My Dear, You Are the Best
“You naughty girl.”Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.
When she was lying on the chair, Shen Yinian’s chest was still violently undulating. After the two became familiar, their friendship became deeper. Shen Yinian also took off the mask of aloofness and got to know Song Qinghuan’s personality of being naughty from time to time.
Song Qinghuan even complained that fans had too many preconceptions about them when the two read gossip posts on the Internet in the dormitory.
“Do you want to continue?” Song Qinghuan took a sip of a sports drink and turned her head to ask.
“Yes.” Shen Yinian stood up and picked up her tennis racket. She patted it on her palm and said, “It’s been a long time since I played this much.”
When Xu Ningzhou changed into sportswear and brought a tennis racket into the field, he saw two familiar figures playing on the court from a distance.
Song Qinghuan was in red sportswear. She was wearing a black pleated skirt and white socks and sneakers.
Shen Yinian was wearing a white shirt and a blue skirt. One could easily tell they belonged to the same sports brand.
Xu Ningzhou thought that luckily this girl was his cousin.
The score on the electronic board showed that Song Qinghuan surpassed Shen Yinian by twelve points. Shen Yinian was nearly exhausted. On the contrary, Song Qinghuan was standing straight, which obviously meant that she was in a state to continue the game.
After she saw her cousin’s figure out of the corner of her eye, Shen Yinian missed another one. The tennis ball rolled towards the feet of Xu Ningzhou who was walking in.
“Wow! What a coincidence!”
Obviously, Song Qinghuan was somewhat surprised as she saw Xu Ningzhou here.
Shen Yinian arched her body while using her palms to hold her knees. She then raised her right hand to wipe the sweat on her forehead. As she was panting, she said, “Great, you go ahead. I’ll take a half-time break.”
Xu Ningzhou had changed into sportswear. He smiled and waved the racket to Song Qinghuan and asked, “Do you mind if I replace Yinian?”
Song Qinghuan wiped away the sweat and nodded, “OK, come on.”
So, the two started to play on the court. Shen Yinian saw that there were no strangers around her and immediately realized that her cousin had booked the entire court.
As a result, Shen Yinian’s image as Goddess disappeared. She sank on the rest chair while wiping her sweat with a towel. She started to drink a beverage and watch the two who were neck to neck on the court.
Song Qinghuan’s physical fitness was great, and her bouncing power was strong. She smashed several times and made Xu Ningzhou, who had just came on the field, lose a few points.
After losing another three points, Xu Ningzhou shook his arms and raised his chin at Song Qinghuan, “The warm-up exercise is over.”
Song Qinghuan nodded, and her long eyelashes were already soaked with sweat. She blinked her pair of attractive eyes while fixing her eyes on Xu Ningzhou who was serving.
Xu Ningzhou’s heart immediately started to pound because of her stare. The girl who was serious. The girl who was running after the tennis ball. Xu Ningzhou controlled the strength when hitting the ball in order not to let Song Qinghuan run too far and exhaust her physical strength.
The two were neck to neck. The tennis ball formed a parabola in the air.
Song Qinghuan hadn’t been this jolly in such a long time. All the gloominess and unhappiness in her heart followed the tennis ball and were swung away by the racket in her hand.
Later Song Qinghuan and Shen Yinian took turns to play with Xu Ningzhou. Shen Yinian felt that her cousin was not decent. He controlled his strength when playing with Song Qinghuan but used all sorts of tricks when playing with her.
Not long after Shen Yinian played, she was defeated and Song Qinghuan came up.
Song Qinghuan learned things fast. When Xu Ningzhou played with Shen Yinian, she secretly learned Xu Ningzhou’s tricks and used them immediately.
“Okay!” Shen Yinian on the rest chair saw Song Qinghuan using the same trick her cousin used on her, sat up straight and clapped hard. This was not all. She shouted while waving two bottles of sports drink, “Come on, Qinghuan! My dear, you are the best!”
Song Qinghuan wiped the sweat on her chin, smiled, and threw a kiss to Shen Yinian.
Xu Ningzhou glanced at his cousin with a half smile, and Shen Yinian was suddenly quiet.
The great devil was terrible!
After the exercise, Xu Ningzhou’s sweatshirt had already been soaked with sweat and highlighted his body shape. Song Qinghuan exclaimed that the man’s figure was too good. What a pity that he was not a model!
Song Qinghuan looked at Xu Ningzhou’s rolling Adam’s apple and asked, “I’ve agreed that I’d invite you to dinner. Are you available tonight?”
Xu Ningzhou drank half a bottle of sports drink in one breath. He wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel and nodded without hesitation, “I’ll follow your arrangement.”
“Okay, see you later in the lobby.”
“Ok.”
When they walked out of the practice room, Song Qinghuan and Shen Yinian went to the ladies’ bathroom, while Xu Ningzhou took his things to the men’s bathroom.
When Song Qinghuan and Shen Yinian walked out of the elevator in a fresh set of clothing, they saw Xu Ningzhou in the distance. He was sitting in the lobby lounge with an elite man in a suit and leather shoes next to him.
The two girls who were originally talking and laughing stopped when Shen Yinian saw the man beside Xu Ningzhou.
“What’s wrong?” Song Qinghuan turned to look at Shen Yinian who stopped suddenly.
The corner of Shen Yinian’s mouth twitched.
Song Qinghuan followed Shen Yinian’s gaze, squinted her eyes and suddenly recognized the man next to Xu Ningzhou.
Han Shuo, the president of Huanyu, Shen Yinian’s fiance.
In her previous life, before Song Qinghuan died, she saw information about Shen Yinian and Han Shuo’s wedding on the Internet.
If piercing eyes could kill someone, Shen Yinian would have killed her cousin right on the spot. This idiot! It was fine if he simply regarded her as a third wheel, but he even brought this super aloof guy Han Shuo.
Was it necessary to do all these?
Xu Ningzhou greeted Song Qinghuan with a wave before bringing Han Shuo over and introducing him, “This is my friend, Han Shuo. This is Song Qinghuan.”
Han Shuo’s nice features were prominent. His eyes were blue, and he was a very handsome mixed-race man. His temperament of being an elite was not in line with this kind of sports occasion. The man made a polite self-introduction to Song Qinghuan and said in fluent Chinese, “Hello, I’m Shen Yinian’s fiance.”
“…” The headache Shen Yinian on the side had was so bad that she had to hold her forehead. Yet, she still nodded at Song Qinghuan, “Yes.”
Song Qinghuan eyed Shen Yinian and Han Shuo from head to toe before smiling and saying, “Hello.”
Next, Shen Yinian held Song Qinghuan’s arm with a cold face. Her marriage with Han Shuo was agreed upon by their parents when they both were children.
Song Qinghuan suddenly felt these two people were very interesting. One was as cold as a refrigerator. As for her good friend, she seemed to be very aloof, but her heart was warm.
So this dinner became a meal for four.