Return to 2002: Freestyle Superstar

Chapter 14 Was it signed?
Early the next morning, Chen Ran and Hu Jie got on the bus to Ningzhou together.

Because Chen Ran put the tennis racket in a rectangular travel bag, Hu Jie didn't recognize what was inside and looked confused.

When the two of them went to the passenger terminal, the guy couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked Chen Ran several times about what was hidden in the package. Chen Ran just smiled and said nothing, saying that he wanted to keep it secret for the time being.

However, after the bus drove for a while, Chen Ran found that his classmate's legs could not help but tremble.

"What's going on? You're sick!"

Hu Jie took a deep breath, twisted his neck with difficulty, and said nervously: "Chen Ran, tell me honestly... did you join any gang in Ningzhou City? This bag must contain iron rods." Something like fighting. You tricked me into going to Ningzhou, you must be trying to get me to join the gang!"

"I tell you, I am a good person and I will definitely not join any gang!"

What the hell are you talking about?You must have seen too much Young and Dangerous!
"If you don't speak, it means I guessed it right!" Hu Jie's voice became heavier and heavier, and he became more and more excited.

Chen Ran knew that he could not shut up any longer, otherwise he would immediately attract the attention of the whole bus.

He immediately opened the zipper of the travel bag and took out the tennis racket: "What kind of iron rod is used for fighting? You can imagine it! Do you see, this is a tennis racket. I am going to Ningzhou to participate in a tennis match."

"Tennis racket? Tennis match?"

Hu Jie rubbed his eyes vigorously to make sure he was not dazzled: "This is a tennis racket, it looks like a badminton racket."

He had never seen a tennis match in his life, nor had he touched a tennis racket, but he only knew about this thing.

"Chen Ran, aren't you a basketball player? You can even play tennis?" Hu Jie finally remembered something.

Chen Ran nodded matter-of-factly and said, "Yes, I am an all-around athlete and I can play tennis better than basketball!"

"Oh, you idiot... why didn't you tell me earlier!" Hu Jie had never been exposed to tennis and did not realize that the threshold of tennis was much higher than that of basketball.

"I deliberately kept it secret. If you knew that I was going to participate in a tennis match and didn't want to go, I would be bored by myself." Chen Ran also crossed his legs and said brazenly, "You just happened to cheer me on. !”

Hu Jie said angrily: "You... don't study hard on weekends, and you still go to some tennis match in Laoshizi. I saw you quit the basketball team not long ago, and I thought you had changed your temper. It seems that your true nature is hard to change."

I go!A guy whose grades were not as good as mine actually complained that he didn't study hard.

After all, in my previous life, I was admitted to Dongzhou No. [-] Middle School on my own merits, but you paid to go to an ordinary high school.

This guy was deceived by himself and felt sorry for the ticket money.

"Let's do this. I'll treat you to dinner when I win the championship!" The prize for the champion of this competition is 1000 yuan, the runner-up also gets 600 yuan, and the top four get 300 yuan, but only the top four get bonuses.

"Tch, let's brag. It would be nice to win the championship instead of being at the bottom."

"Bet or not, if you come in last, I'll treat you to a meal. If you don't, you treat me to a meal."

How dare Hu Jie take a gamble? His head immediately shook like a rattle.

"Well, if I win the championship, besides treating you to a meal, I'll also treat you to an all-night Internet cafe during the holidays."

"Okay, no matter whether you win the championship or not, you have to pay for the ticket back!" Hu Jie felt distressed when he thought about the ticket money. It would last for him to go to the Internet cafe for a long time.

"Okay! Then when you wait for the game, cheer for me and work harder." Chen Ran said angrily.

"Okay, let's compete, brother. Even if my voice is hoarse, I will cheer for you." After negotiating the terms, Hu Jie immediately patted his chest and promised. …

A total of 32 lottery slots were arranged for the Ningzhou Youth Tennis Championships. However, even if an unexpected junior high school student like Chen Ran came to register, the quota was not filled. There were only 26 people in total. After all, the registration fee of 200 yuan plus 18 The age limit of one year and below also excludes a large number of amateurs.

For those teenagers who have just started playing tennis, spending 200 yuan just to play in a round does not make much sense.

This also means that six people will get a bye in the first round, and the remaining 20 people will compete for the remaining 10 places in the top [-].

Chen Ran was lucky. He got a bye in the first round and entered the top [-] directly.

He sat quietly in the stands and carefully observed the first round of the game.

As the person in charge of registration that day said, all the people participating in this competition except myself were high school students.

There are people who are taller than me, and there are people who are about the same height as me. Of course, most people are not as tall as me.

Everyone doesn’t want to be a professional athlete, they just come here for the “provincial athlete” certificate.

As for the game, even though it was a best-of-three-set match, the players basically did not have the ability to hold multiple shots, and their serving skills were also very elementary. They had almost no advantage in the serving game, and the game went very fast.

There are a total of four venues here, but the games on each venue lasted less than an hour and were all over.

After only an hour and a half, all the top [-] players were eliminated, which was simply unexpectedly fast.

It was originally planned that the top 32 games would be held in the morning, but because the 16-to-16 game ended too quickly, the organizing committee made a whim and let the players who had a bye in the first round play a few 8-to-[-] games first.

Including Chen Ran, six people had byes.

Chen Ran suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart. After all, it stands to reason that the six people who had a bye should compete with those who advanced. How could there be a competition between the players who had a bye.

Chen Ran frowned, and suddenly turned his head to look, and found that there was a young man in the distance who seemed to be looking at him just now, but when he cast his gaze over, the other person shifted his gaze.

"He is my opponent?" Chen Ran suddenly had such an intuition in his heart.

Sure enough, not long after, the staff hurried over and told Chen Ran that his game was about to start, and his opponent was the young man who had just peeked at him.

Chen Ran suddenly realized that he was being treated as a weakling.

It's no wonder that he is the only junior high school student among the contestants participating in this competition, so he is naturally regarded as a stepping stone by the opponent.

Whoever draws himself will think that he has obtained a direct quota to the quarterfinals.

At this time, Chen Ran's opponent had already entered the field first and started practicing. He occasionally looked at Chen Ran, and the joy on his face could not be hidden at all.

"Hmph, you'll cry later!" Chen Ran was also amused by this guy's unscrupulous gaze.

It's funny, not angry, because there is no need to be angry.

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(End of this chapter)