The next day, after having breakfast, Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce came to the library’s Shopping Plaza together and bought two pairs of badminton rackets. Since the gymnastics and cycling competitions were scheduled at 8~10 am, and both of them did not register in it, they could seize the time to practice the cooperation for badminton doubles.
To practice doubles, they had to find two opponents as sparring partners. Yue Xingwen looked at the team registration form sent to him by Ke Shaobin, and asked in the Research Group’s chat channel: “Senior brother Liu, senior brother Zhuo, you all registered for the badminton single competition, right?”
Liu Zhaoqing said: “Yes.”
Zhuo Feng said: “Do you want to practice at the training room?”
Yue Xingwen said: “I just went to the shopping plaza to buy a racket for the doubles that Pingce and I registered, so if both of you are free, let’s practice together, just to find a feeling.”
Ke Shaobin said positively: “Can I come and watch? I’ll take photos of you ah!”
Yue Xingwen: “You’re welcome to watch.”
As a result… The whole team came to watch.
Everyone opened a training room. Yue Xingwen drew four lines of boundary in the training room according to the size of the badminton court, Liu Zhaoqing made a net with gauze and stood in the middle of the field.
Ke Shaobin asked Xiao Tu to be the referee at the edge of the net.
Yue Xingwen moved his muscles, picked up the badminton racket, and said, “Let’s find the feeling, 2V2.”
Liu Zhaoqing made a joke and said, “2V2? Our two ultra-soldiers will definitely not be able to beat the two bosses ah, Jiang Pingce’s coordinate system will let us send the shuttlecock out of bounds every time, and then we can’t get even 1 point!”
Jiang Pingce looked calm, as if the person senior brother Liu said had nothing to do with him.
Zhuo Feng suggested, “Can you two not use skills? Let’s just play a game?”
Yue Xingwen readily agreed, “No problem. Pingce’s coordinate system also has a cooldown, it’s impossible to use from the beginning to the end. Let’s not use skills first, practice cooperation. Both senior brothers also try to find the feel of playing.”
Liu Zhaoqing made an OK gesture, looked at each other with Zhuo Feng, and laughed, “If we don’t use our skills, I think both of us have hope to win ah!” He had been playing badminton for several years and he was very confident in his skills.
Zhuo Feng was also full of confidence and said, “Come on! You guys serve first.”
Yue Xingwen looked back at Jiang Pingce. Jiang Pingce leaned into Yue Xingwen’s ear and said a few words. Everyone did not hear what he was saying, only seeing Yue Xingwen nodded with a smile, and then, both of them stood on the court one after the other, one in front of the other, with Yue Xingwen in front and Jiang Pingce in the back. Then, Yue Xingwen served first.
Yue Xingwen had a very standard serving posture, serving the shuttlecock with his right hand.
The shuttlecock landed far away, almost to the opposite side of the field near the sideline. Liu Zhaoqing quickly stepped back to receive the shuttlecock. Because the landing point was too far away, Liu Zhaoqing caught the shuttlecock with greater strength, and the shuttlecock flew high in the air.
The moment the shuttlecock passed the net, Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce quickly exchanged positions. Jiang Pingce rushed forward with an arrow step, jumped up sharply, stretched out his long arms, and the racket in his hand completed a crisp and neat smash in the air——
Bang! The sound of shuttlecock and racket contact was crisp and pleasant.
The angle of this sudden diagonal smash was too tricky, and it was too late for Zhuo Feng to catch the shuttlecock!
The shuttlecock landed almost instantly; Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce scored 1 point.
Ke Shaobin patted Xiao Tu’s head to let Xiao Tu count the points. Xiao Tu’s mechanical voice sounded, “Red team, score 1 point.”
Liu Zhaoqing didn’t know whether to cry or laugh, “So fierce in the opening?”
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Zhuo Feng looked back at him and said, “Both junior brothers are serious, we should also be more serious as sparring partners ah.”
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On set point of the first game, it was Jiang Pingce’s turn to serve.
Jiang Pingce’s shuttlecock landed near Zhuo Feng in the front court, with a low angle and close to the net. To catch this kind of serve, he must receive it upwards with his racket, otherwise it wouldn’t pass the net. And the result of receiving upwards was that the shuttlecock flew high into the air, and Yue Xingwen immediately stepped forward, jumped near the net, and sent the shuttlcock away with a mid-way smash!
Xiao Tu: “First Game, 21:15, Red team wins!”
Zhuo Feng and Liu Zhaoqing looked at each other.
Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce smiled at each other, and lightly gave high fives to encourage each other.
The teammates watching the game: “…”
Was it really the first time they cooperated? Not a tacit partner who had been practicing for a long time?
Liu Zhaoqing couldn’t help but complain, “Are both of you often playing together in private ah? This tacit understanding, it’s amazing!”
Yue Xingwen smiled and said, “No, today is really the first time for both of us to cooperate.”
Liu Zhaoqing: “…”
Teammates: “??”
You called this the first time cooperation? Both of your cooperation was almost seamless, okay?
Their position on the court, one in front of the other, one to the left and one to the right, and they never collided with each other in the process of running fast, let alone the situation of the two people rushing to catch the same shuttlecock.
There seemed to be a strange ‘heart-to-heart telepathy’ between them.
Yue Xingwen knew what Jiang Pingce would do in the next moment, and Jiang Pingce also knew where Yue Xingwen was on the court. Yue Xingwen felt that Jinag Pingce would take this shuttlecock, and the result was that Jiang Pingce would really receive it. If Jiang Pingce felt that Yue Xingwen could handle the shuttlecock, he wouldn’t interfere. Sometimes with just a gesture, most of the time with just a look.
They always trusted each other and understood each other, which was the key reason while their singles were not better than Liu Zhaoqing and Zhuo Feng, but they could win the doubles against other combinations.
Zhuo Feng was puzzled, “I haven’t seen the two of you playing, when did you learn it?”
Yue Xingwen said, “Pingce used to play, he should have learned from his father. I only learned it when I was a freshman year, senior brother, you don’t know, I enrolled in a badminton course for my freshman elective.”
Jiang Pingce looked at Yue Xingwen with some surprise, opened his mouth, and stopped talking.
Yue Xingwen gave him a smile.
The second game soon began.
In this game, Zhuo Feng suggested using skills, and Jiang Pingce did not be polite with them.
Zhuo Feng’s skill ‘gravity’ could make the shuttlecock land instantly, Jiang Pingce’s coordinate system parabola could control the shuttlecock’s landing point. Both sides fought back and forth, with the score going up from 3:3 to 17:17, it was very close.
Yue Xingwen found that with the effect of gravity, it would be difficult to control the formula of the Mathematics Department. After all, it took time to write the formula, but gravity was an instant skill and could let the shuttlecock land directly. The landing speed was extremely fast, and it was difficult to catch it with the racket.
Dealing with the gravity of senior brother Zhou alone, they were able to fight evenly. But in the next doubles match, if they met the ‘2 Physics Department’ partners, it would be very difficult.
In this game, both of them lost to their opponents at 19:21.
Yue Xingwen summed up his experience and whispered in Jiang Pingce’s ear, “If our opponent is 2 Physics Department’s students, taking turns to use gravity skills to make the shuttlecock land instantly, we can’t catch the shuttlecock at all, what method are we going use to counter it?”
Jiang Pingce frowned and thought for a while, and said, “Change the movement curve of the shuttlecock and let the shuttlecock fall on their side.”
Yue Xingwen’s eyes brightened and said, “Good way!”
their The shuttlecock flew in the air. The premise of the gravity of the Physics Department was that the shuttlecock flew through the net and came to the half of Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce. If both of them couldn’t catch it and the shuttlecock landed instantly, they would lose points.
But if Jiang Pingce changed the trajectory of the shuttlecock when it flew into the air, so that its parabola landed in the opponent’s half of the court, and the opponent let the shuttlecock land, it would become ‘hitting the ball no more than the net’ and lost points instead.
Jiang Pingce added, “When the opponent serves, I’ll change the shuttlecock trajectory, let them serve no more than the net, so that the gravity will be useless. When it’s our turn to serve, we must be fast so that the opponent can’t react.”
Gravity skill also needed to be controlled. If they served as fast as lighting, and sent the shuttlecock past in an instant, the opponent wouldn’t have time to use the skill. Of course, if the opponent also used this method, Jiang Pingce might not have time to write the formula. At that time, it would depend on who served more accurately, or the strength of hitting the shuttlecock.
Both of them huddled together to discuss for a moment, then looked at each other and smiled, clapped their hands, and began the third round.
Liu Zhaoqing and Zhuo Feng experienced what it meant to ‘want to cry without tears’.
As both of them served, 5 out of 10 were re-routed by Jiang Pingce and the shuttlecock didn’t even go over the net. Jiang Pingce and Yue Xingwen served as fast as lighting, and it was often that Zhuo Feng did not have time to use his skill, and the shuttlecock already went over the net, he had to run to receive it, then Jiang Pingce would score again with a smash.
After Zhuo Feng found that the other party used a quick attack method, he also began to attack quickly, but the result of the two sides fighting for speed together was that no one could release their skills, and could only rely on raw strength to catch the shuttlecock. Their strength was enough, but their tacit understanding was really not as good as Jiang-Yue combination.
The result of the third game was 21:13, Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce won a big victory.
Zhuo Feng sat next to him and said while panting, “You two have such a high degree of tacit understanding, couple with Pingce’s extraordinary ability to control the shuttlecock, you can definitely take a medal back in the badminton doubles.”
Yue Xingwen modestly said, “If we met a control flow team, such as the Law Department using a prison cell to lock us up, The Music Department making us fall asleep, or the two members of Normal University to lecture us in turn, we will also have a hard time fighting.”
Jiang Pingce said indifferently, “It doesn’t matter if we win the prize or not, just do our best.”
Liu Zhaoqing said, “However, such a popular event as badminton, there must be a lot of people who registered this time. For a pair to break through the preliminaries round, their strength and tacit understanding must also be sufficient, not just with the special abilities, after all, the special abilities have a cooldown time, If they used it in the first round, it can’t be used again in the second round. Therefore, I’m still quite optimistic about the two of you. You two are very strong in strength and tacit understanding, unless you meet a team that specializes in badminton in a Sports College, I think it’s okay for the general team.”
Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce and said with a smile, “When we meet a team of average strength later, we will both fight as usual, and when we meet a difficult team, then we will use skill?”
Jiang Pingce nodded his head in agreement.
After coming out of the training room, the two went back to the dormitory to put down their rackets and rest for a while.
Yue Xingwen picked up a towel to wipe the sweat, and said, “Do you have something to ask me?”
Jiang Pingce asked in a low voice, “Since we met, we often go to the library together, but we have never played together. When senior brother Zhuo asked just now, how do you know if I can play badminton or learn from my father?”
Yue Xingwen paused and said with a smile, “This matter is a long story.”
Jiang Pingce turned around and sat next to him, whispering, “Say it.”
Yue Xingwen said calmly, “During high school, every time on our school’s honor roll, our two names are tied for first place. But during the senior year, there was a monthly exam released and there wasn’t your name in the top ten of science class, I thought that your performance can’t suddenly decline so much. I was curious to inquire, only to know that you are sick, and did not participate in that examination.”
“The next day after school, I passed by your horse and saw you and your father playing badminton in the yard. Your father is talking about ‘you should pay attention to exercise at a young age, exercise more, don’t just focus on doing problems all day long’…”
Remembering that scene, Yue Xingwen couldn’t help but chuckled, “In school you put on an indifferent face all day, I didn’t expect that your father is actually a chatterbox, but you don’t mind about it at all, but also accompanied him to continue to practice badminton. I found that you are quite gentle with your family, and you are completely different from you in front of your classmates.”
Jiang Pingce was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised the corners of his lips slightly, and asked, “If I remember correctly, your house is two streets away from mine, and your home is closer to the school, so you can’t possibly pass by my house after school right? It’s going to be a big detour.”
Yue Xingwen: “…”
Jiang Pingce’s ability to grasp the key was really strong, and it was impossible for Yue Xingwen to fool him.
Yue Xingwen was a little embarrassed, lowering his head and his cheeks warmed slightly, “Well, not passing by, I just heard that you were sick and did not take the exam. I was worried so I went to your house to take a look.”
It turned out that Xingwen was also silently paying attention to him? Because he was sick, he went to visit on purpose?
Jiang Pingce thought of the scene of Xingwen wearing a school uniform and carrying a a school bag walking in front of his house, and his heart suddenly softened. His gaze towards Yue Xingwen was particularly soft, and his voice was also very low when he said, “Secretly came to my house, why didn’t you tell me?”
Yue Xingwen laughed and said, “At that time, we were just schoolmates, and we were not friends. It would be weird if I suddenly broke into your house, right? I was relieved to see that you had recovered and could still play badminton with your father. Pretend to pass by, and it’s best that you didn’t find me!”
Jiang Pingce: “…”
Looking at his frank smile, Jiang Pingce’s heart moved, and he suddenly asked, “When you enrolled in the badminton classes in your freshman year, it won’t be because of me, right?”
Why not learn table tennis, basketball, volleyball, and only did the only ball games that Jiang Pingce could do?
Coincidence? He didn’t believe it.
Yue XIngwen frankly said, “Of course! Because you can play badminton, I also want to learn it, so that we have one more common hobby. Unfortunately, in my freshman year, the elective course of badminton was too difficult to grab, and I only grabbed it in my sophomore year. It was not long after I finished learning, but I didn’t expect to be able to use it this time.”
Yue Xingwen raised his head and met Jiang Pingce’s gentle eyes.
Yue Xingwen’s ears suddenly became hot. Originally, he thought it was nothing, but when Jiang Pingce looked at him so gently, he suddenly became a little embarrassed and said, “It’s not all for you, badminton elective course is also good, and you can also exercise by the way…”
Jiang Pingce stretched out his hand, and gently wrapped it around Yue Xingwen’s shoulder, “No need to explain, I understand.”
Yue Xingwen: “…”
I don’t even understand it myself, how did you understand?!
Looking at Yue Xingwen’s doubtful eyes, Jiang Pingce’s mood was suddenly very good.
Originally, he thought that Xingwen was a treasure hidden in his heart, and this innocent affection since his youth was the most precious and the most important emotion in his life. He didn’t have to say it to let the other party know and destroy the beautiful relationship between them.
But now it seemed that Xingwen actually kept him in his heart and cherished him
He would secretly care for him and ‘pretend to pass by’ to see him because he was sick; dragged him along to join the Student Council in freshman year; In order to have a common interest with him, he learned a badminton elective course in sophomore year.
Their care and concern for each other was not one-sided—— it was mutual.
There was nothing happier than ‘getting a response for your effort’.
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