Yu
Chapter 893 Courage
Most of the people on the plane cast astonished glances, but some of them burst out laughing. Obviously, they knew what Leilis was shouting. The popularity of the World Cup was no joke.
The flight attendant hurried over and signaled him to keep his voice down.
Jiang Xiao, however, looked at the four participating members of the Tianzhu team and saw a rather familiar face.
Wasn't this young man the Tianzhu guy who had asked him for an autograph in the hotel's underground parking lot?
What was his name again... well, never mind. It's not important.
The two teams were staying in the same hotel. This draw...
Jiang Xiao shook his head with a smile. Living together wasn't scary. The loser would be embarrassed!
After getting off the plane, Jiang Xiao was picked up by the national team leader. Usually, before each competition, everyone would visit each other, chat, and encourage each other.
But tonight, no one came to bother Jiang Xiao, and Jiang Xiao didn't wander into other people's rooms either. He knew it was because Wu Haoyang and he were about to fight.
But to be honest, given Wu Haoyang's personality, people didn't need to be so cautious. The strange atmosphere persisted until the next day, and even when Jiang Xiao got on the minibus, there was very little conversation in the car.
Jiang Xiao and Wu Haoyang were naturally on the same car. Jiang Xiao wanted to greet Wu Haoyang, but the Second Master Wu was squinting, holding his Green Dragon Crescent Blade, seemingly taking a nap, so Jiang Xiao didn't disturb him.
The atmosphere remained serious even after they arrived at the stadium and entered the players' locker room.
There were three Huaxia team members in the locker room: Jiang Xiao, Wu Haoyang, and Yi Qingchen.
Yi Qingchen was powerful and also the so-called "Jiu Xing Du Nai disciple," with extremely high popularity and topicality. After the last round of competition, the organizers received feedback from various parties and arranged for Yi Qingchen to enter the Bai Lin Olympic Stadium as a "fixed guest."
She didn't even dare to breathe loudly. Scheduled for the first match in the afternoon, she sat quietly on the bench, wiping her giant blade back and forth. Under her round little head, a pair of beautiful eyes darted back and forth between the two men.
"It's time, let's go warm up!" Team Leader Gong Juren pushed open the locker room door and greeted Jiang Xiao and Wu Haoyang.
Wu Haoyang stood up, turned to look at Jiang Xiao, and said with an extremely serious face, "Don't hold back!"
Jiang Xiao grinned and said, "I can't hold back even if I wanted to. The three of you brothers can't beat me."
Wu Haoyang glared at Jiang Xiao fiercely and said, "Just you wait! Hmph~"
With a snort, Wu Haoyang left, carrying his Green Dragon Crescent Blade.
Oh?
Still acting tsundere?
Jiang Xiao scratched his head and said, "Qingchen, fetch my Fang Tian Halberd!"
"Huh?" Yi Qingchen was obviously stunned. She blinked her eyes, still bent down, and took out a Fang Tian Halberd from her big bag and threw it over.
Jiang Xiao put his phone on the bench, stood up, and caught it casually. "Let's teach the young Second Master a lesson!"
Yi Qingchen's voice was soft and gentle as she asked, "Do you want me to post it on Weibo for you?"
Jiang Xiao: "......"
Yi Qingchen looked at Jiang Xiao with a look of inquiry, blinking her beautiful big eyes.
Jiang Xiao looked at her silly and cute appearance and said, "You're really ruthless! Wu Haoyang is our teammate after all, we just need to decide a winner, we can't post it on Weibo."
"Oh." Yi Qingchen looked regretful, rubbing her short hair, seeming very eager to take over Liu Yang's previous task.
Jiang Xiao walked out carrying the Fang Tian Halberd. At the door, he gently patted her short hair. Well, the feel was good.
People are really complex creatures.
Why does a girl with a gentle, shy, and well-behaved personality off the court seem to change into a different person on the court? She's simply a heartless killing machine.
Jiang Xiao sighed as he followed the team leaders to the stadium.
The first match was very special, a Huaxia civil war. The team leaders certainly couldn't let Wu Haoyang feel neglected, so two Huaxia coaches were sitting on the substitutes' benches on both halves of the field.
Moreover, the general team leader, Gong Juren, was sitting on the substitutes' bench on Wu Haoyang's side, giving the Second Master Wu plenty of face.
"Jiang, Jiang, Jiang..."
Jiang Xiao had just reached the exit of the players' tunnel when he heard the thunderous sound, and in this enthusiastic cheer, a very special voice came from the stands on the left side of the players' tunnel.
That voice... was particularly familiar.
"Hey, you're putting on a show here! What are you doing with 'clang clang clang'..." Another sweet female voice came.
Jiang Xiao looked up and saw a young lady with a bun hairstyle slapping Qian Zhuang on the back of the head.
"Hehe." Qian Zhuang covered his head with both hands, smiling embarrassedly. Noticing Jiang Xiao's gaze, Qian Zhuang's round face showed an excited smile, and he hurriedly waved to Jiang Xiao.
Yah!?
Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment. Qian Zhuang and You You Luming?
Jiang Xiao had seen Qian Zhuang before during the national team selection competition, but unfortunately, this little round face was eliminated in the end and failed to be selected for the national team.
And the other two bun-headed young ladies who looked exactly the same were old friends he hadn't seen in a long time!
An Youyou, An Luming!?
"Hi~ Pipi!"
"Hi~ Pipi~" The sisters with their cute buns and adorable faces revealed sweet smiles, leaning over and waving to Jiang Xiao.
Not only did they look exactly the same, but they also spoke in unison, their voices almost identical, even overlapping.
"Haha, you came all the way here to the scene to cheer for Wu Haoyang?" Jiang Xiao stopped and looked up, waving his hand.
An Youyou, An Luming, Qian Zhuang, and Wu Haoyang were once fixed teammates in high school, but they separated after going to university.
What's more, An Youyou's left cheek was painted with the colors of the red flag, while her right cheek had a golden-red character written on it: Wu!
"As long as they're Huaxia team members, we support them!" An Youyou said with a smile.
An Luming, however, was holding onto the railing with one hand, trying to lean her upper body down, with a marker in her hand. "Pipi, come up quickly and give me an autograph!"
"Oh." Jiang Xiao casually handed the Fang Tian Halberd to a coach beside him, and with a flash, he appeared beside An Luming. He held onto the railing with one hand, stepped on the stone steps of the stands with his foot, and took the pen with his other hand. "Where should I sign?"
Unlike her sister, An Luming had the red flag colors painted on her right cheek, but her fair left cheek was blank.
"Here." An Luming pointed to her left cheek. "Sign it quickly, I bet with my sister, whoever loses won't be allowed to wipe it off for the whole day."
Jiang Xiao: "Uh..."
Jiang Xiao looked at An Youyou and said, "Did Wu Haoyang write that word?"
"Hey, hurry up." An Luming poked Jiang Xiao's shoulder, almost knocking Jiang Xiao down. "It's been three years since we parted in the high school league, I really didn't expect you to grow up so fast!"
Helpless, Jiang Xiao wrote "Pi" on An Luming's cheek.
This marker should have been tinted, it was actually golden-red.
As Jiang Xiao wrote, he casually responded, "Look at you, by the way, do you have a grudge against your sister? Betting like this, she definitely won't be able to wipe off that 'Wu' character today."
"Hehe! That's right! I'm rooting for you!" An Luming reached out and patted Jiang Xiao's short hair, looking triumphantly at An Youyou beside her.
What goes around comes around!
Jiang Xiao had just patted someone else's head, and now he was being patted back.
But was Jiang Xiao someone who would suffer losses?
He lowered the marker back, raised his hand and pinched An Luming's bun. Before An Luming could react, Jiang Xiao leaned back and fell from the side of the two-meter-high stands.
"Ah!" An Luming subconsciously covered her bun with one hand, wrinkling her nose at Jiang Xiao. The fiercely cute little look was caught by the camera and broadcast to thousands of households.
It also attracted a huge amount of comments in the online broadcast:
"Discovered two identical young ladies? So cute!"
"Why are they so familiar? Oh, right, I've seen them in the high school league in my hometown, very impressive, they are the medical twins from New Danxi No. 11 High School."
"Twin daughters? And both in the medical field? Holy crap? Their dad must be eating and drinking well every day now?"
"Alas... such beautiful and lovely young ladies, but I will never be able to get them. I feel so sorry for them."
On the green field, Jiang Xiao took the Fang Tian Halberd from the coach's hand and looked up at Qian Zhuang. "I'll write one for you too, I'll carve it on your face!"
Qian Zhuang shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no..."
Jiang Xiao endured the urge and patiently listened to Qian Zhuang saying "No need," then hurriedly waved goodbye to the trio: "I'm going to warm up, let's chat after the game!"
Qian Zhuang nodded repeatedly: "Go, go, go..."
Jiang Xiao: "......"
An Luming couldn't help but say, "Get lost!"
Jiang Xiao: "Okay~"
For the first time, Jiang Xiao was cursed so comfortably, and quickly turned and left.
Amid the deafening cheers, the host sitting in the Huaxia hosting booth also announced: "CCTV! CCTV! Hello, friends! I am the host Li Li!"
Ye Xunyang said: "I am the host Ye Xunyang."
Li Li said excitedly: "It is really lucky to be able to host the match of Jiang Xiaopi!"
Ye Xunyang: "......"
In such a chaotic and noisy scene, Li Li was very keenly aware of the unnatural expression on Ye Xunyang's face, and he hurriedly said: "This is not only the luck of our Huaxia people, but also the luck of the people of the world.
Both Jiang Xiaopi and Wu Haoyang are strong among the strong, and there is no doubt that this will be an extremely exciting match!"
Ye Xunyang glanced at Li Li, feeling that this guy was rounded up quite well, and then said: "Indeed, Jiang Xiaopi still chooses to use the Fang Tian Halberd today, and Wu Haoyang also brought his Green Dragon Crescent Blade..."
The host was broadcasting on the sidelines. While the audience was waiting anxiously, the warm-up time was quickly passing.
Jiang Xiao and Wu Haoyang walked onto the green field with their weapons.
Li Li said excitedly: "They are on the field! The war is about to begin!
Player Wu Haoyang is ranked seventh in the national team and wears the No. 7 national team jersey. And player Jiang Xiaopi, as the captain of the national team, wears the No. 1 jersey.
But according to the news we got from previous interviews, player Jiang Xiaopi has not directly competed with player Wu Haoyang in the national team's ranking competition."
Ye Xunyang said with a smile: "Speaking of which, these two players have quite a connection. They are both players from Huaxia, Beijiang Province, and they encountered each other in the Beijiang Provincial High School League, but that match was a team battle.
And Jiangbin No. 1 High School, represented by Jiang Xiaopi, also defeated New Danxi No. 11 High School, represented by Wu Haoyang at that time."
Li Li continued: "Now, the two old opponents are standing on the World Cup stage to compete in the individual competition. Who will be better? Let's listen to the pre-match exchange between the two!"
The two hosts stopped their commentary and listened carefully to the conversation between the two on the field.
Jiang Xiao stuck the long pole of the Fang Tian Halberd into the grass, wrapped his arm around the Fang Tian Halberd, stood upright with his right leg, crossed his left foot over his right leg, and pointed his toes on the ground, tilting his round head and looking at Wu Haoyang from a distance.
He grinned, trying to stimulate Wu Haoyang's fighting spirit and increase Wu Haoyang's anger under his playful and frivolous appearance: "Don't be nervous, Second Master, hold the knife steady~ Also, protect your kidneys, maybe I'll touch them later."
In their last duel, Jiang Xiao's little black hand touched Wu Haoyang's waist and directly stabbed Wu Haoyang out of the field...
Wu Haoyang suddenly picked up the Green Dragon Crescent Blade and pointed it at Jiang Xiao from a distance, saying, "Stop talking nonsense!"
Jiang Xiao curled his lips and said, "You lost in the last duel, didn't you? I'm worried that you'll have psychological shadows and be afraid when you see me. What if you can't show your true strength?"
"Afraid? Hehe." Wu Haoyang's extremely heroic face showed a disdainful smile. "Cowards have died many times before they die."
Jiang Xiao: "Hmm?"
Wu Haoyang's tiger eyes were bright, holding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, pointing at Jiang Xiao from a distance, and said word by word: "Warriors only die once in their lives!"
Jiang Xiao's expression froze: "Holy crap?"