She Outshines 186
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The whistle sounded again. The match continued. The basketball was thrown into the air.
ric let out a roar and jumped high, stretching his arm out. His fingertips reached higher than the
6.5-foot-tall Hatnd yers’ fingertips. He smacked the basketball toward his side.
Then, like a red lightning bolt, he rushed between the opposing yers before they could react. He
sprinted out of the three-point line and caught the basketball the moment itnded, Immediately
after, he jumped high and took a shot from outside the three-point line. The ballnded steadily in
the hoop, scoring them three points.
Everyone was shocked. They fell silent. Then, there was an earth-shattering cheer.
Someone shouted, “Here they are. ric’s best skills: passing the ball to himself, sprinting like
lightning, and three-point
shot.
Another eximed, “Oh my god, my sports camera only caught blur. Is this really a basketball game
and not a sprintpetition?”
A girl exined, “You don’t know, right? ric used to practice sprinting for some time. He almost
reached the standard of the national team.”
Another girl added, “He even practiced running for marathons. He once won the national college
marathon championship.”
A voice asked, “Fuck. He’s practically all-rounded in sports. Why hasn’t the national team recruited
him yet?”
Everyone was cheering for ric. Even Josie’s face was radiant, no longer crying.
Faced with such cheers, ric’s face was expressionless. No, that wasn’t urate. His face was
unusually cold and savage, as if he had gone from a hungry wolf to a wounded and starving tiger
and scores were his only salvation. It was as though he would die if he couldn’t get any points.
ric went crazy. His eyes turned red. He ran like a maniac, taking back possession of the ball, and
taking shots. No one could stop him. He was intensely aggressive. Even if he faced an opponent
over 6.5 feet tall and muchrger than him, he would still bump into him and steal the ball from him.
Among the repeated collisions to get the ball, ric fell hard several times. First, his knees and
arms bled, then his nose bled, and then his face was bruised and swollen.
Everyone eximed, “ric is really crazy now.”
A girl said, “Tm his fan and schoolmate. I’ve watched him y since junior high. I’ve never seen him
like this.”
Another asked, “Does he want to die on the court?”
As ric suffered more injuries and bled more, the noisy audience gradually quietened down.
Everyone looked at him in horror and silence as he bled, not knowing what to say.
The coach wanted to rece ric once, but ric said something to the coach. The coach fell
silent for a few seconds before choosing to let him continue.
Atst, the final whistle blew. The match ended.
With ric’s out-for-blood performance, Faraway Club defeated Hatnd’s second national team
with a 9-point advantage. Amidst deafening cheers, the Hatnd yers refused to shake hands
with the Faraway Club yers and even kicked the
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basketball a few times before leaving, drawing boos from the entire stadium.
Strangely, it was the same for ric. He did not say a word to the club’s yers and ignored the
coach. Drenched in sweat, he dragged his injured body around the arena, waving at the audience
and bowed deeply to express his gratitude.
Then, he walked up to his sisters and smiled, “Athena, Josic, I’m exhausted. Let’s go home.”
Josie looked at ric worriedly with tears in her eyes. “ric, you’re injured and bleeding a lot. Let’s
go to the doctor”
ric smiled. He raised his hand to rub her head but realized his hand was dirty, so he retracted his
hand. “Don’t worry, Josie. My injuries are light. It’s nothing. I’ll be fine after a good meal and rest.”
Athena did not ask any questions. She supported ric and said, “Okay, let’s go home.”
His buddies surrounded ric and excitedly praised him for his best performance in history while
asking him about his injuries with concert.
ric only shook his head. “I’m wiped out now. I want to go home and sleep. Help me apply for
leave. I’m noting to school tomorrow
His buddies did not say anything else. They just stood around him and escorted him out of the
yers passageway and into Athena’s car
On the way home, ricy in the backseat, closed his eyes, and said nothing.
Athena told Josie, “ric is tired and wants to sleep. Let’s not talk for now, okay?”
Josie nodded obediently and did not speak.
After returning to the vi, ric told them he was going to rest and headed upstairs. He closed the
door and never came out again. He did note out to eat that night, and his phone was turned off.
When Athena went to knock on his door, he did not open it and only said, Tm beat I just want to
sleep until tomorrow,”
Athena said, “Alright, I’ll tell the rest of the family not to disturb you.”
The Donovan family did not suspect anything and did not talk to ric the entire night.
The next morning, when everyone had gone to school or to work. Athena knocked on ric’s door
with food, “ric, it’s been a night. Are you feeling better? Do you have an appetite now? If you
don’t open the door, I’m going to kick it down.”
A few minutester, the door opened and ric appeared. He was still bruised and battered, and
his face was haggard. His eyes were still red, as if yesterday’s game had drained him of his stamina
and spirit, but he had washed up and dressed.
gotten
When he saw Athena, he even revealed an ugly and sad smile. “Athena, thanks. He reached for the
tray, but because his hands were weak, it almost tipped over.
Fortunately, Athena caught the tray in time. She carried the tray into the room and set it on his desk.
“Eat. I’ll watch you.”
Since ric did not eat anythingst night and did not have breakfast today, Athena asked their
mom to cook arge bowl! of oatmeal with two sunny-side-up eggs, and a bowl of vegetable sd
and fruit sd each. They were nutritious and easy to digest. Property belongs to N?vel(D)r/ama.Org.
ric was extremely hungry. With the delicious food in front of him, he couldn’t care less about what
he looked like. He held a spoon in one hand and a fork in the other and wolfed down the food.
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Ten minutester, all the food was gone.
Under thefort of the delicious food, ric’s mood seemed to improve a little. His face finally
had some color too. Only then did Athena take out the small first aid kit. “I’ll apply the medicine on
you. Tell me what happened in thepetition yesterday afternoon. If you don’t, I’ll investigate”
ric was stunned by her question. He lowered his head and looked at the ground without saying a
word.
Athena did not force him. She only gently treated his wounds.
After a few minutes, ric looked up and revealed a strong smile. “Athena, I’m sorry. I said I want to
y a good game and enter the national team as a gift to you. But I can’t do it anymore.
He took a deep breath. His eyes were red again, and his voice was bitter. The coach asked me to
throw the match. He said as long as I listened and lost to Hatnd, the club would immediately sign
me and fully help me enter the national tearn.
“I turned them down. Thus, not only will the club not want me now, but they will also stop me from
entering the national team and other clubs. My basketball career is over. So much for my basketball
dream.