When pride still matters

Chapter 1 Yu Fei
"You have been depressed for several days. Are you worried?"

Outside the classroom, Lin Kaiwen stared at his friend strangely.

Now, this guy was leaning against the wall with a lifeless look on his face.Although his expression looked like one of those ignorant teenagers who were about to commit suicide, Lin Kaiwen still wanted to persuade him to find a place to sit down.

Because this guy is so fucking tall!
The other party had to look down at his friend and said, "How can I be happy studying in a school like this?"

"Are you crazy? Isn't this your dream school?"

“My dream school?”

"This 'prison on the hill' is a high school ranked out of the top 30 in the United States. Its honorary alumnus is an old man who played baseball in the 150s and earned $2 per game. There is only one bus stop and the only bus stop within [-] miles. The fast food is McDonald’s school, is it my dream school?”

Lin Kaiwen wiped the scattered spit on his face and nodded gently: "Yes, this is what you told me at the beginning, Fei, what's wrong with you?"

Yu Fei was stunned.

It had been two days and he still couldn't believe what he had experienced.

why?
This was the question swirling in his mind.

Why did he travel through time?Why did he time travel to this person named Yu Fei?Why is Yu Fei's school so bad?
Before time travel, Yu Fei was carefree. His family was well off, his parents were both businessmen, and he had a very smart twin brother. However, he did not seem to inherit his family's business acumen, but he liked basketball since he was a child. He is Chairman Yao The first beneficiaries of the administration's ambitious little basketball program.

Yu Fei, who has excellent basic skills and excellent coordination, was considered a high-profile rising star before he was 14 years old. In that era of self-media explosion, you could easily search for it on short video apps such as Mars Sound and Laoshou. His extensive collection of highlights.However, his basketball career hit a wall after he turned 14 - he stopped growing taller.

Just before he traveled through time - August 2023, 8, he was already 1 years old, but only 18 centimeters tall.This basically cut off his career prospects, but he was not discouraged. After all, various sports organizations in China were already in full bloom at that time. Even if he could not play professionally, he could support his family by playing sports. If not, he could still go home to live in retirement. The future is beautiful and the future is bright, and then he traveled through it.

Yu Fei spent a day confirming the fact of time travel, and then spent most of the day digesting the matter.

Until now, Yu Fei complained to Lin Kaiwen about his school, which aroused the other party's surprise.

Then, Yu Fei said: "Let's go."

"Where?"

"Volleyball team."

This body can be regarded as the biggest reward Yu Fei received after traveling through time.

In his previous life, Yu Fei used to think about growing taller every day and took a lot of expensive but useless nutritional supplements for this purpose. But now, height is no longer a problem, and he even feels a little too tall.

今年17岁的于飞身高已经达到6英尺9英寸（206CM），臂展看起来也很不错，虽然还没测过，但目测应该有+12甚至+15的长度。

Yu Fei Benfei is a member of the volleyball team. In terms of physical condition, basketball is a better choice for both personal development and future prospects.But there is a problem. Yu Fei Benfei has a very weak character and does not have the courage to confront others on the basketball court, so any sport that involves physical confrontation is not suitable for him. After all, volleyball is suitable.

What Yu Fei has to do today is to quit the volleyball team and join the basketball team.

He wasn't sure if his body was ready for basketball, but he felt no different as he dribbled the ball around his home.He is able to do things that he could do in his previous life, and now he can easily perform some actions that he could not do in his previous life.

With the foundation of his previous life and this body, professional basketball may no longer be a dream.

Without any disturbance, Yu Fei successfully quit the volleyball team.

Because even with excellent physical conditions visible to the naked eye, Yu Fei is not an outstanding volleyball player.

Some senior players once said sarcastically: "You have nothing but height, wingspan, and jumping."

Height, wingspan and jumping are the most important talents in volleyball, but Yu Fei, who has these, is still "good for nothing", which shows how low his level is.

After leaving the volleyball team's training ground, Lin Kaiwen looked at Yu Fei like a paleontologist studying dinosaur fossils.

"A Fei, are you worried about something?"

After quitting the volleyball team, Yu Fei determined his goals. The stress caused by the unfamiliar environment after traveling has subsided a lot. "You can see it?" "Do you still need me to see it?" Lin Kaiwen hates himself every time Zhengzheng and Yu Fei had to look up to each other when talking, "You are the tallest person in the school, your grades are average, and you have no other friends except me. It is natural for a freak like you to join the sports team. Now you have quit the volleyball team. Do you want to be the biggest geek in the history of Kent Meridian High School?”

Yu Fei Benfei reminded Yu Fei of a best friend in his previous life. He was introverted, melancholy, average in appearance, average in grades, and low-key. If he had a height of 206 centimeters and a heroic face, then he would be Yu Fei Benfei. Fly

"So I decided to make a change, volleyball wasn't for me and I preferred playing basketball."

Lin Kaiwen felt that Yu Fei in front of him became even more unfamiliar.

"Do you remember why you chose volleyball in the first place?"

“Don’t remember much”

"You think basketball is too intense and not for you."

"That was before." Yu Fei smiled, "I am no longer the person I used to be."

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Because Kent Meridian High School is located on a hill, students usually stay at the school for a lunch break after school in the morning.

In the afternoon, Yu Fei asked Lin Kaiwen to help him get the roster of the school basketball team.

After school, Yu Fei and Lin Kaiwen took the bus home.

Yu Fei's home is located in the Arlington community in the east mountain area of ​​Kent City.It happened to be located near the second station under the east mountain where Kent Meridian High School is located, so Yu Fei said goodbye to Kevin Lin quickly.

Yu Fei's mother, Yu Fenglin, runs a Chinese restaurant in Kent City. Since the restaurant is located in Xishan District, Yu Fenglin is often away from home to take care of the business.

As for Yu Fei's father, his relationship with Yu Fenglin broke down before Yu Fei could remember.After the two broke up, Yu Fei's biological father was involved in a car accident on an ordinary morning and died of serious injuries.

For more than ten years after that, Yu Fenglin raised Yu Fei alone. Although they dated several times, they never achieved success.

When Yu Fei returned home, there was no one there as always.

Yu Fenglin hasn't come back for two days - of course, it's not right to say that. She has come back, but Yu Fei was in class at that time.

Yu Fei saw the note his mother left on the refrigerator. It was written in Chinese: Fulai, there is $30 under the sofa cushion. You can make your own arrangements for the night.

Yu Fei Benfei hates the nickname "Fu Lai". He thinks it is very rustic, and he also hates the word FLY.

Yu Fei thought this title was very interesting. It was quite Chinese. It was much higher than the standard translation of Fry. It was so impressive.

Arrange it yourself?Well, first of all, you have to give him a 2023 smartphone with two apps, Chou Tuan and Eat?, and then he can arrange a dinner for himself to his satisfaction.

Now, those born in the 00s who mistakenly entered the early [-]s have to go out to the supermarket to buy some noodles, tomatoes, and beef and go home to cook for themselves.

Yu Fei is not good at cooking, but it is difficult to make something like tomato beef noodles taste bad.

After dealing with him casually, Yu Fei returned to his room to study the school basketball team's roster.

The result did not surprise Yu Fei.

The sports teams at Kent Meridian High School have an impressive team name - the Royals.However, the overall strength of the school's teams matches the school's national ranking very well.

Among them, the men's basketball team is the hardest-hit area with a lack of talent. The team's center is only 6 feet 5 inches tall.

Yu Fei knew very well that if he joined the school team, he would definitely be placed in the inside position due to his height, but he wanted to play forward more.Because he was a full-time point guard in his previous life and was skilled in movement and control. Although I don't know if his body can adapt to the skills in his previous life, he is definitely more comfortable playing a ball-holding forward than an inside post.

The problem now is that he doesn't know what level his strength is in the American high school basketball world. It just so happens that a school team with a lower level can use it to test his strength.

(End of this chapter)