Tennis: He's so obedient!

Chapter 16 Hua Zi, you can't handle this!

It was early morning, just as dawn was breaking!
Jiang Hong was already dressed and ready, because the competition was to start at eight o'clock, so they had to leave early!
"Old Jiang, our school's results haven't been very good in previous years, so don't be nervous!"

Li Hua was also preparing to go and supervise the battle. Last night, he said that if Jiang Hong played too poorly, he would become the second man. This morning, he was worried that Jiang Hong was too nervous and told him to relax.

"It doesn't matter, I will take action!"

Jiang Hong left a message, picked up his golf bag, slung it over his shoulder, and turned to walk out of the dormitory.

In the dark corridor, a motion-activated light would turn on with each step Jiang Hong took, giving him an inexplicably arrogant air.

Li Hua saw this from behind and had only one thought in his mind.

He managed to pull it off again!

Yesterday, I arranged to meet Yu Lin at the bus stop near the school gate!
As Jiang Honggang and Li Hua walked out of the school gate, they heard a voice calling their names.

"Jiang Hong, over here!"

After seeing the other person clearly, they realized it was Xia Ling.

Jiang Hong was somewhat surprised, because the scene yesterday was really not good, and Xia Ling was greeting him so casually today!

It’s really not that simple!

"Good morning!"

Jiang Hong nodded, which was considered a greeting.

In fact, Xia Ling came because of Jiang Hong, but it wasn't because she liked him or anything like that. It was simply because the two of them had barely exchanged ten sentences with each other.

The main reason is that Su Cheng had already stirred up her competitive spirit yesterday.

Moreover, she was usually fawned over by those boys, but yesterday she seemed to be invisible to Jiang Hong.

Therefore, she absolutely had to snatch Jiang Hong away!
Xia Ling saw Jiang Hong walking towards her and gently reached out to smooth her hair.

But the next second, the expression on his face froze.

Because Jiang Hong simply walked right past him without stopping at all!

"President!"

Jiang Hong greeted Yu Lin.

Good morning, how was your rest?

Since the tennis club had finally produced a promising talent with the potential to win a championship, he naturally wanted to show him more interest.

Moreover, according to Yu Lin's understanding, Jiang Hong had never participated in formal competitions before.

Friendly matches and official competitions are two different things.

Many players fail to perform to their full potential due to psychological issues such as nervousness.

There are many highly ranked and skilled players who always falter when they reach Grand Slam or Masters tournaments.

What a weakling in the competition!
"not bad!"

Jiang Hong shrugged and said with a relaxed expression.

In the six months before my rebirth, after graduating from university and becoming a salesperson, I had already worn down my skin to the point of being as thick as a city wall.

It's not like I'd lose sleep over a game that probably won't get many viewers!
Looking at Jiang Hong's expression, Yu Lin nodded.

"That's good. As long as you perform normally, you'll definitely have no problem in the competition with your skills!"

While we were chatting, the bus finally arrived!
When getting on the bus, Jiang Hong chose a seat towards the back.

Because the tennis court is located far from their school.

Xia Ling's eyes lit up when she saw Jiang Hong's location, and she was about to walk over when she suddenly saw someone sit down in the seat next to him!
That's right, it's Li Hua. Xia Ling glared angrily at the little fat guy!
"Old Jiang, just now, I saw Xia Ling greet you, but you seemed to ignore him?"

Jiang Hong leaned back in his chair, looking at the scenery on the bus, and said calmly.

"Women only distract me from playing!"

Li Hua sighed with a long face, "This girl has bad eyesight, why would she come looking for someone like you? If she had come to me, I would never let her suffer the slightest grievance!!"

Jiang Hong turned his head and glanced at Li Hua. At this time, the term "simp" didn't exist yet!
The current trend is still towards "warm men"!

Jiang Hong patted Li Hua on the shoulder and said earnestly, "Hua Zi, listen to my advice, you can't handle this!"

Li Hua rolled her eyes. "What? You think you can handle it? You're the one who gets to do it?"

To be honest, Jiang Hong hasn't really left the school since he was reborn!

What will one day be filled with skyscrapers is now just a wheat field.

Life moves at a slow pace, and people on the street aren't rushing around!

……

After about forty minutes, we finally arrived at our destination, and a group of people filed out.

Jiang Hong looked around and realized that this must be the largest indoor tennis court in Chang'an.

There are also several rows of stands around the tennis court.

This Chang'an University Tennis Championship has a total of 32 slots, with 16 schools participating, and each school having two slots.

Then, the two contestants from each school were assigned to the upper and lower halves of the bracket respectively. Unless they reached the finals, contestants from the same school would not fight each other!

This arrangement was originally intended to be fair, but things changed after provincial team athletes from the sports academy participated.

Every year, athletes from the sports academy meet in the finals.

Many schools are thinking that if they don't avoid it, they might as well just bump into each other and maybe even get a guaranteed admission.

However, the avoidance bracket has not been eliminated even in this competition.

The draw was completed a few days ago, but it didn't determine the participants; it only determined the tennis clubs.

Tennis clubs can swap halves of the competition bracket, so every year there's a school-wide strategy similar to the "Tian Ji's horse racing" tactic.

Jiang Hong is in the upper half of the draw, while Yu Lin is in the lower half.

However, for Jiang Hong, it doesn't matter which half of the bracket he's assigned to!
None of the players present were at a professional level.

Conversely, in high school competitions, you might encounter even higher-level players.

Because in high school, there are players who aspire to become professional athletes, as well as students who want to obtain certificates to advance their education or study abroad.

In college, most students are tennis enthusiasts, and because there is no pressure to get into a good university, their skill level may even decline.

As time went on, more and more people filled the tennis courts.

"Isn't this a college competition? Why do I see quite a few spectators who aren't students?" a tennis club newbie asked curiously.

"That's because there are very few tennis tournaments in Chang'an each year, and the championship is one of the most prestigious tennis tournaments in Chang'an. Plus, it's on weekends, so tennis enthusiasts all come to support it!" an older student explained.

"Oh, so that's it!"

……

Before the competition, Jiang Hong did some simple warm-up exercises!

It would be really unlucky to get cramps during a competition because of insufficient activity!
Around 7:30.

"Jiang Hong!"

Yu Lin called out from the side, it turned out that the competition was about to start and the contestants needed to sign in!

At this point, their schedule was decided, and once they signed, it couldn't be changed!
The referees were staff members of the tennis court, who also served as the person in charge of the registration area.

He is a college graduate from a normal university last year and has participated in two competitions!

After graduation, I worked directly at this club and also taught kids how to play!
I was quite surprised when I saw that the contestant was Jiang Hong!
Turning to Yu Lin, he asked, "Old Yu, Wang Li didn't come this year?"

The tennis community itself isn't very big, and the college tennis community is even smaller. Everyone knows which university has the best players, so seeing a new face naturally piques curiosity!

"This is our secret weapon, we're here to win the championship!"

"Then I wish you all the best!"

He thought Yu Lin was joking and didn't take it to heart. Having a provincial team participating was like a game-changer!
(End of this chapter)