“If you’re not even afraid of me then why should you be afraid of Owen?”
Reece’s words stunned Nie Chuan.
Yeah, why should he be afraid of Owen?
Because of self-esteem? He would face and lose to Reece everyday. Even if it was Owen, if he passed him then he passed him. In any case, he won’t be the first person that he’s passed. His self-esteem could have long been thrown to the back of his head.
Scared of getting injured by his skill with the ball? What’s the big deal? He already got a nosebleed from getting hit by Carlo’s slam dunk!
To be able to play against a strong opponent other than Reece, this is a really rare opportunity!
Thinking about how naturally his Euro step integrated his speed and changes in direction, the combination between man and ball had already reached another level ah!
As well as his backhand shot, that angle was simply incredible.
These brilliant plays that he was previously only able to see in an NBA match but was able to experience for himself…… why should he be afraid?
Nie Chuan opened his mouth and was about to say something when he hiccuped again.
Ah! So humiliating ah!
Suddenly, Reece leaned over and pressed his lips on Nie Chuan’s.
Nie Chuan leaned back in shock and almost lost his balance. Fortunately, Reece’s right hand supported the back of his neck otherwise he really would have fallen onto the water tank!
Before Nie Chuan could register what just happened, the tip of Reece’s tongue imposingly squeezed in.
It was an extremely wanton and frantic kiss that turned Nie Chuan’s thoughts upside down.
Reece’s warmth and strength all poured into Nie Chuan’s body.
He had no choice but to raise his head in order to bear Reece’s bone-crushing kiss.
He tilted his head slightly and changed the angle of the kiss, Nie Chuan’s shoulders tensed. He only slightly turned his face to change to another angle and Nie Chuan’s shoulders trembled.
This kind of Reece was just like a tyrant, as if he wanted to sentence Nie Chuan to death by a thousand kisses.
Nie Chuan raised a hand and forcefully tried to push Reece away by the shoulder.
However, the other only sucked even harder and grabbed the back of his head to bring him out of his sitting position.
Nie Chuan’s legs had gone so soft that he couldn’t stand up straight but Reece easily lifted him up and pressed him into his arms.
He didn’t even know how long this kiss lasted. Just when Nie Chuan was feeling as if he was almost unable to breathe, the other suddenly withdrew from his lips. As soon as he let go, Nie Chuan stumbled back.
He looked at Reece dazedly with wide eyes.
This is…… what is he doing?
The entire stall was deathly quiet.
Reece just stood there while looking at Nie Chuan.
“Still hiccuping?”
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After a long time, Reece finally asked.
“Ah? What?”
“I asked you, are you still hiccuping?” Reece raised his chin.
Nie Chuan suddenly reacted as his entire face flushed. “Hey! Did you get it wrong? You kissed me just to stop me from hiccuping?”
“Yes,” Reece answered as if it was a matter of course.
“You put your tongue in again! You put it in again!” Nie Chuan tightly clenched his fists.
He was just about to swing his fist when his wrist was steadily detained by Reece.
Reece raised an eyebrow, “It seems like you’re getting more and more confident in yourself, to actually swing your fist at me?”
Nie Chuan’s anger, which had surged to his head, instantly died down.
But he was really angry ah! Really super angry ah!
That was his…… alright, it already wasn’t his first kiss……
Last time in the library, Reece had claimed that he was returning Celine’s kiss to him and this time in the bathroom, he once again did…… that…… that something!
“You…… wouldn’t be……”
A ridiculous idea suddenly crossed Nie Chuan’s mind.
“Wouldn’t be what?” Reece asked coldly.
Nie Chuan extended his hand in front of Reece and bent his finger, “You wouldn’t be bent would you?”
Reece looked at Nie Chuan, the depths of his eyes frigid and Nie Chuan’s hair immediately stood on end.
Then, Nie Chuan regretted it.
What nonsense are you saying!
Even if others haven’t experienced it for themselves, does that mean the things he’s experienced are little? He knew that hidden beneath Reece’s serious demeanor was a rotten nature.
Sure enough, Reece’s eyebrow slowly rose, the smile on his lips was enough to captivate all the women in the world who weren’t blind.
The tip of his nose was less than a centimeter away from Nie Chuan’s. When he inclined his face, it was as if he was going to kiss him again.
Nie Chuan’s heart jumped.
“What do you say, idiot?”
When he finished, Reece straightened up, opened the door and walked out with his hands in his pockets.
Nie Chuan remained sitting in place and almost pulled at his own hair.
My god! What did you say just now, Nie Chuan?
This was more humiliating than getting a nosebleed from getting hit by a basketball ah!
“Hey, what are you doing still sitting there? Constipation?” Reece tilted his head and his sharp gaze swept over.
Nie Chuan hurriedly got up and followed behind him in leaving the restroom.
As soon as Ewing saw Nie Chuan, he ran over. “Allen! Allen, are you okay?”
“I’m fine. Haha……”
Seeing Nie Chuan’s silly smile, Ewing breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s good. We’ll get those points back in the second half.”
“En, I’ll try my best.”
As soon as Nie Chuan looked up, he saw Owen opposite him on the basketball court.
Owen was swirling the bottle of mineral water in his hand like it was a glass of wine. He gave Nie Chuan a very graceful smile, as if he had no firepower and the one who had forced Nie Chuan into despair on the court just now wasn’t him.
At the thought of the ball that had hit him in the stomach, Nie Chuan was a little angry all of a sudden. What if he had thrown up all the chocolate that he ate this morning? What a huge waste!
Nie Chuan mouthed at Owen: “Go to hell.”
Owen only understood what Nie Chuan had mouthed a couple seconds later. He froze for a moment before immediately revealing a playful smile.
“Owen, what are you smiling about?” Thomas asked.
“En, I just suddenly thought that that little guy is pretty cute.”
“Ah…… then he’s finished. The more you feel something is cute, the more you want to destroy it.” Inwardly, Wright lit a candle for Nie Chuan.
The second half began.
Wright launched a quick attack and rushed in front of Nie Chuan. The two people confronted each other once again. When Wright couldn’t fool Nie Chuan after two consecutive probes, he simply passed the ball to Owen. However, he didn’t expect Nie Chuan to suddenly jump and intercept the ball from right in front of Owen.
“Oh——”
The spectators let out a sigh. None of them expected Nie Chuan to unexpectedly have such a quick reaction.
Nie Chuan madly ran with the ball, intent on bringing the ball past half the court this time no matter what.
He knew that ahead of him were Carlo and Montenegro while Ewing was behind him and Reece was on the left. He still had a lot of options.
However, Owen already caught up and was back at the three point line.
Nie Chuan was about to pass the ball when he heard Reece’s shout, “Pass him! Nie Chuan!”
Nie Chuan’s heart jolted, he didn’t even have time to think more.
Owen smiled.
He didn’t know whether Reece overestimated Nie Chuan or underestimated himself.
Nie Chuan didn’t show the slightest sign of slowing down.
Owen had watched Nie Cuan play for ten or so minutes so he knew how good Nie Chuan was at suddenly stopping as well as his control of space for break through. He was already preparing to act the moment Nie Chuan stopped. However, Nie Chuan didn’t slow down even when he was about to run into him. His arm lifted the ball upwards in front of Owen and then, with the elbow as the axis, he pivoted. As he evaded Owen’s hand, his body launched forward and made an extremely exaggerated change of direction. If it had been an ordinary person, they would have already fallen but Nie Chuan had passed Owen with ease.
His figure was very fast, like the fluttering of a butterfly’s wings as he suddenly took off and made a layup.
It was the Euro step that Owen had used to bypass Nie Chuan in the first half!
But this wasn’t the end.
Owen quickly turned and leaped up explosively.
Montenegro and Carlo rushed forward to provide support because Nie Chuan’s layup was 100% going to be blocked by Owen.
However, Nie Chuan retracted the ball in midair and passed it to Reece from under Owen’s armpit.
Reece jumped in place and scored.
Everyone was stunned.
Nie Chuan let out a long breath.
He almost felt as if he was dreaming.
He and Reece had practiced so many times but it had never been like that just now……
My god! What did he just do ah!
“Allen…… you’re so awesome……” Ewing said foolishly.
Nie Chuan looked in Reece’s direction, Reece was speaking to Owen, “Yǐ bǐ zhī dào huán shī bǐ shēn, this is what the Chinese often say. ”
[tn: 以彼之道還施彼身 means to use an opponent’s method against them]
“…… How interesting……”
Owen looked at Nie Chuan’s profile.
“Owen…… I didn’t expect this guy to be this good at Euro steps. How annoying, why didn’t I see him use it against me in the first half? Is he looking down on me?” Wright said with a bit of anger.
“He just learned it.” Owen replied with a smile.
“What do you mean he just learned it?”
“He learned it from me.”
“Is that so……” Looking at Nie Chuan’s back, Wright suddenly felt that this guy’s ability to imitate was a bit too terrible ba.
Owen walked past Nie Chuan and said with a smile, “You need to pay a price for stealing from me.”
Nie Chuan glanced at Owen but he completely didn’t pay him any mind as he ran away.
In the following rounds of offense, Nie Chuan broke through the defence of several CBU players with the ball but as soon as he faced Owen, the ball would get intercepted by the other. Owen’s jump shot would then get blocked by Reece. Like this, the two teams alternated between offense and defense. On this side, Owen would have just scored through a slam dunk but in less than five seconds Reece would recover the lost points.
The spectators watching outside the court were overwhelmed.
This was the first time Nie Chuan experienced such a high intensity game. If it wasn’t for the training that Reece had put him through during this period of time, it would have already been game over for him.
Nie Chuan once again intercepted the ball from the other team’s power forward. As soon as he turned around, he faced Owen who looked at him with a light smile. When Nie Chuan was attacked this time, Owen was in front while the opposing team’s power forward was behind.
Kid, let’s see what you do this time.
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Drea: Well… I guess this is one way of doing it xD
MadMadamMims: death by kisses! Reece you’re a mess! >< but I guess it worked
(„ಡωಡ„) that’s one way to scare the hiccups out of someone. No joke tho Reece’s reasoning (if I’m better why are you scared of him but not me?) is solid 👌🏻And ahhhhhhh!!! My precious boy NC stepping up 💖💖💖💖 kick their asses!! Thanks for the chapter as always!
Hhhh Reece’s “special move” to calm A-Chuan’s nerves…. i like it 👍 Also, Owen seems so sadistic i absolutely LOVE it
Thanks for the chapter! 🙂
Reece and Owen 🤔… Omglob, I can’t think straight (pun intended) I can’t wait to see what they do in competing for Nie Chuan affections(keeping it pg)😏
Thanks for the chapter~!!
Hahaha! I knew it. Of course Reece would take the opportunity to kiss Nie Chuan again. I wonder how long it will take before he just kisses Nie Chuan without any excuses? Nie Chuan’s improvements in basketball are amazing. Owen is scary because he’s trying to break Nie Chuan’s spirit. Reece is scary, but he would never actually hurt Nie Chuan. But whatever works! Thanks for the update!
Really , Reece , you kissed him to stop his hiccup , okay i’ll just believe you
Nie Chuan is like a combination of Kise and Kuroko. 🤭
ngl i expected Reece to just full on make out with NC as soon as they got to the cubicle last chapter(forgot to comment and ive already went to next chapter) and is now happy cuz they did this chapter♡