Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

......Now it’s none of Zhixian’s business who she makes friends with or even associates with.

Yumiko sighed.

"What's wrong, Yumiko?" Yuigahama noticed that Yumiko was sighing and asked.

"Nothing, I was just wondering if I could improve on this exam or something." Yumiko made an excuse to get by.

"Is that so? I'm actually worried about my math problems, too," Yuigahama said with a silly smile. She was truly blessed to have gotten into Sobu. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she should have let off some firecrackers to celebrate.

"But at the very least, it won't be a single-digit score, right? That would be hopeless," Ebina joked. (The Great Teacher was caught in the crossfire.)

"Hahahahaha, how could it be possible that the score was in single digits, Himekina, really."

Yumiko glanced at where Zhixian was and complained casually about the trouble of the exam.

Yeah, anyway, there is no connection anymore, right?

----split line----

"Actually, I'm not very good at physics," Chiyo said.

Of the four people present, Chixian is a sports student and Mikoshiba is a poor student, so Chiyo puts her hopes on Nozaki. She has always longed for the scene where a boy gently teaches a girl how to study.

Moreover, Nozaki also had the best physics grades among the four, and Chiyo had already calculated this.

"Ah, isn't Tachibana good at physics?" Unexpectedly, Nozaki didn't play by the rules at all, completely disrupting Chiyo's plan.

"Huh?" Chiyo was dumbfounded. She remembered that Zhixian's physics score was only 60 points.

"Oh, now I remember. Tachibana got 60 points in physics because he only did 60 points of questions?" Mikoshiba interrupted.

"I was very tired from training the day before, but I couldn't sleep because of the exam, so after ensuring a passing score, I lay down and went to sleep." Zhixian nodded. Since Chiyo was the only one present who didn't know, he explained.

Is this also in your calculation, Juju?

Chiyo is desperate, so the current situation is that Nozaki teaches Mikoshiba Kunifun, and Zhixian teaches her physics. (Xiao Yuyu is officially designated as the real heroine [crossed out])

"Tachibana-san, did you also deliberately only get passing grades in other subjects?"

"Aside from physics and math, I'm not very good at most of the other subjects. But I only passed the exam because I wanted to sleep."

"How can I put it? He really acted on impulse!" Chiyo sighed.

The sense of déjà vu was so strong that she almost thought Zhixian was her senior. The senior in the manga was also impulsive and often taught the heroine Mamiko to make choices. (For example, giving up grades to choose sleep? Because lack of sleep can lead to sudden death?)

----split line----

After studying for a while, Chiyo finished her drink, so she said she would go get another one.

Because Nozaki didn't explain something clearly, he and Mikoshiba's drinks were entrusted to Chixian and Chiyo.

The two of them took four cups to receive the drinks.

"Speaking of which, why is Tachibana-san so good at math and physics? Is it because of tennis after all?"

"That's right. All sports involve physical principles, so I also learn on my own outside of the course."

"So even if you don't attend class, you can still do the exercises." Xiao Chiyo was very envious of this ability, but when she realized that he was self-taught, she felt relieved. As the saying goes, no pain, no gain.

"Of course there were other reasons." A nostalgic look crossed Zhixian's face, and then he chuckled. "Anyway, back then, the coach even joked about me playing data tennis because of this."

"Hahahahaha, Tachibana's coach is very easy to communicate with. He explained a lot of things to us that we didn't understand on the day of the competition."

"I can't miss the opportunity to show off my knowledge in a fair and honest way."

The two of them took drinks for the four people and returned to their seats.

However, Yumiko, who was not far away, saw what the two were doing. She had originally planned to go get the drinks, but when she saw Zhixian, she decided to wait until he left before going over.

Finally saw the interaction between the two.

It must have been a long time since she last saw that person smile, but now that person's smile was directed at someone else.

Her nails dug deep into her flesh, and Yumiko didn't know why she felt this way. In the past year, she thought she had completely let it go.

However, the scene of the two of them having a study session together in junior high school flashed through his mind.

It's only been a year, but everything has changed.

Junior high school extra 1

"Zhixian, I don't know how to solve this problem! Teach me!" Youmeiko held up her physics homework, feeling both justified and confident.

"Hmm, electricity problems?" Zhixian took the exercise book and raised an eyebrow, seeming a little surprised. "Why did Youmiko think of studying physics?"

"Isn't it possible?" Yumiko said with a fierce look on her face. "They all say Zhixian is very good at physics, but as their partner, I'm not good at physics at all, so I want to prove that even if it's not tennis, I can still be on par with you."

"That's a bit difficult," Zhixian replied as he drew a circuit diagram on a piece of rough paper. "Besides, I don't know much about electricity."

"You're lying! You clearly only scored 92 points, and xxx (the top ten in the class) only scored 90 points." Yumiko curled her lips. "Everyone who knows you knows that you're always studying physics on your own."

"I study kinetics for tennis. No matter how well I learn about electricity, I can't serve a charged ball, right?" Zhixian said, feeling both amused and helpless. "Are you expecting me to fire a railgun?"

"I'll trust you for now. Explain the problem to me."

"The diagram is now ready. Look at the voltage given in the question..."

Zhixian's grades were average in the class, but everyone knew that was because he put more energy into tennis.

The two freshmen achieved a good result of reaching the top 16 in the national mixed doubles competition, which was a very good start for the two who formed a team for the first time.

The second-year junior high school league is currently underway. As the top seeds in Chiba Prefecture, the Tachibana/Miura duo do not need to worry about the progress of the prefectural tournament, so they even have time to study.

"This year's county competition is so boring again." Yumiko spun her pen boredly. She didn't like studying that much and she wanted to play a comfortable game.

"If you're bored, how about participating in the Tokyo Tournament? You might not even qualify for the Kanto Tournament." Zhixian put down the history textbook in his hand, "But it's probably too late to transfer schools now."

"Ahhhhhh, Chiba's tennis is too weak! I want a stronger opponent!" Yumiko lay on the table, looking up at her partner, "Chixian thinks so too, right?"

"But in terms of the quality of opponents, mixed doubles is indeed the most mixed event, and Chiba is certainly not a major tennis prefecture." Zhixian agreed with some of Yumiko's comments. "As for the strength of the opponents, they will naturally improve later on. We'll have to proceed with caution in the national competition."

"Of course, the national tournament is still the most exciting! My opponent in the qualifiers couldn't even hold the racket properly, what a bummer."

"Yumiko feels like a disappointment because she likes challenges, right?"

"You could say that." Yumiko straightened up, two strands of golden hair swaying in front of her.

"How about trying this?" Zhixian picked up a book titled "50 Super Simple Principles of Motion Mechanics That Even a Fool Can Learn."

"..." Yumiko felt that if she read this, she would be forced to admit that she was worse than a fool.

"Just kidding." Zhixian smiled, "But I recently had an idea. When hitting back, the ball will spin on both sides of the racket at high speed, making it have super-square spin. This way, the opponent will need to use several cups of spin to hit the ball back."

"Wow, then the ball won't be able to get over the net? It's like a monster with three heads and six arms, each holding a racket blocking the ball's path." Youmeko clicked her tongue.

"If you succeed, call the guards of the Hundred Arms Titan. That way, Yumiko won't have to worry about the balls she can't save."

"...So, what is the Hundred-Armed Titan? Can you tell me something I know?"

"Yumiko just needs to know that this will help us win."

"Really? It's so mysterious. I don't care!"

Guardians of the Hundred-Armed Titan? Sounds pretty cool, Yumiko thought.

24.Midterm exam

The midterm exam is here as scheduled. No matter how well you prepare, the midterm exam is here after all.

For most people, test scores are very important. After all, they reflect a person's current learning progress.

As a rule, the results and rankings of the Sobu exams are not announced, and only the students themselves are informed. No one except the teacher knows the results of others - unless they ask.

Zhixian didn't care about grades at all. His only goal was to pass the exam, so no matter whether it was math and physics, which he was good at, or history and Chinese, which he had just memorized from books, he only managed to get around 60 points on the test.

He believed that the teachers did not need to be harsh with him as a student with sports expertise. Although they would not give him high scores, there would be no problem for him to pass, unless his test paper was really too bad.

Be merciful when you can. Zhixian knows himself well. The teacher tolerates him sleeping in class and not doing his homework every day. If he goes too far, Jingai will be the first to be dissatisfied, not to mention others.

Shizuka Hiratsuka is a weak woman with both A-level power and speed. Ordinary people simply can't compete with her, unless you're a high school student who beats up classmates for eating over-the-counter meals and hits teachers with a hat. However, according to statistics, such high school students only existed in the last century. In this century, there are no high school students who show signs of splashing hot sauce in the cafeteria.

Or if you have a hairstyle that you can't describe as a crew cut or a cow dung hairstyle, you can barely compete with Shizuka Hiratsuka, but the prerequisite is that you don't get beaten up by an unknown high school student when you describe your hairstyle.

Emmmmm, to sum it up - Jingjing, I'm not a high school student anymore!

Yes, as long as you successfully graduate or drop out of school, Shizuka Hiratsuka will have no control over you!

However, this solution requires time to settle or a chance encounter.

In short, the day of announcing the results finally arrived, and Zhixian, who had slept all day, was faced with the time to go to Jing'ai's office to get her report card.

"Hey, you're here?" Shizuka Hiratsuka glanced at Zhixian, who obviously looked like he had just woken up, and said, "Here, take it." After saying that, she nodded towards the place where the report card was placed.

"Ah, thank you, teacher." Zhixian stuffed the report card into his pocket without even looking at it, as if it was of no importance to him.

"I said, don't you plan to take a look?" If there were special effects, there would definitely be a row of black lines on Mr. Hiratsuka's head, and then a red curve representing strength similar to two inverse proportional functions would appear on his clenched fist.

After hearing what Shizuka Hiratsuka said, Chixian stopped - he had originally planned to leave.

"Although the exact value is unclear, the approximate range is known. Based on the variance, it should be 63.45."

"...You're actually pretty good at math, aren't you? People who aren't good at studying wouldn't joke about something they're not good at." Shizuka Hiratsuka said helplessly, "Especially since the person you're talking to is a teacher."

"But Hiratsuka-sensei is a Chinese language teacher, and I'm not good at Chinese at all."

"You mean you're not good at Chinese? You don't write down the ancient poetry or prose dictation?" Hiratsuka Shizuka recalled grading papers. "Each time, only the essays were good, and only the argumentative essays scored high. I even suspected you were doing it on purpose."

"I didn't mean it. I'm not good at writing narratives, and I don't have that many things worth narrating." Zhixian answered calmly.

"...If your tennis training wasn't so hard, I really wanted to throw you into the service club." Shizuka Hiratsuka covered her face with her hands.

"Is it really okay for a minor like me to join this club that sounds unhealthy? Service and all that, are they going to film a period drama?" Zhixian calmly complained about the name of the Service Club.

"You're quite talkative, aren't you? Why are you so silent in class every day? Is that intentional?"

"I'm not silent, I just sleep longer."

"......" Shizuka Hiratsuka was speechless. This was indeed not intentional. "Okay, you can go." So she waved her hand, indicating that Zhixian could leave.

Being a teacher is so difficult.

25. Break

"Ju, someone is looking for you." On the second day after the results were released, Zhixian, who was catching up on his sleep in the classroom, was called by Ye Shan, who was sitting next to him.

Generally speaking, Ye Shan would not do such a thing, because even the teachers were very indulgent to Zhixian, so he did not touch this nail.

"Someone's looking for me?" Zhixian stood up reluctantly. If it was a teacher looking for him, Ye Shan would definitely explain it clearly, but with just a "someone's looking for you", he had no idea who it was.

He doesn't have many friends, or even very few, and they all know that he is sleeping so they usually don't come to him during breaks.

"Who is it, at this time?" Zhixian yawned and walked out of the classroom.

"Ah! I'm sorry for disturbing you, Ju-san. I forgot you were supposed to be sleeping! I'm so sorry!" Zhixian was caught off guard when he was apologized to as soon as he walked out the door.

"Sakura?" What came into view was a head of bright orange hair and its petite owner.

"Yes, because Nozaki-kun and Xiaoyuyu said that I should thank you very much, so I wanted to come and say thank you..." Chiyo was a little embarrassed. After all, she came to Class F of the second year without thinking, and completely ignored the fact that Zhixian was sleeping.

"Have I done anything that deserves your gratitude?" Zhixian thought, I didn't help you conquer Nozaki, and even if I helped, it couldn't be Nozaki Mikoshiba who asked Chiyo to thank him.

Chiyo took out the test paper hidden behind her back and said, "I got 80 points in physics this time! Thank you so much for the tutoring from Tachibana-san. This is the first time I've gotten such a high score!"

So that’s how it is. Zhixian finally understood.

"congratulations."

"It's all thanks to Tachibana~" Chiyo smiled brightly, probably because she didn't expect to get such a high score.

"Oh, right, there's this!" Chiyo handed over a pink lunch box, "This was made by Nozaki-kun, everyone gets a share.

"Thank you for bringing it here specially." Zhixian took the pink lunch box.

At this time, the blonde girl brushed past him and walked into the classroom without a trace of emotion on her face.

"Nozaki-kun said please be sure to express your thoughts," Chiyo added.

"I see. It's just another source material, right?" Zhixian couldn't help but laugh. "I'll give him the impression of being a 'senior'."

"Ahahahaha, it's not easy for Tachibana-san either..." It's really embarrassing to be regarded as the prototype of a character by friends, especially when Zhixian knows in his heart that he is the prototype.

So people like Mikoshiba who are kept in the dark are actually happier, otherwise it is hard to imagine any exaggerated reaction he would have.

Zhixian shook his head vigorously, getting rid of the image in his mind of Mikoshiba questioning Nozaki with a submissive look on his face after knowing the truth.

"See you at the Nozaki house after that."

So after saying goodbye to Chiyo, Zhixian decided to go back to sleep and calm down.