Love Tennis and Yumiko Miura

"Huh?" Yumiko was stunned. Double fault right at the start? Was she that nervous?

Forget it, Yumiko comforted herself, it’s just one ball.

Then Zhixian's serve did not make any mistakes, but the angle was also normal, and the beginner's serve was easily returned.

Not to mention the corners, the ball landed so comfortably that the boy on the opposite side didn't even need to adjust the angle and could just return the serve and score.

"30:0"

Naturally, Zhixian's serve was broken.

You Meizi angrily came to the backcourt and questioned Zhixian, "What's wrong with your serve? Have you never played doubles? The landing point of your serve is just a rip."

"I'm sorry, this is indeed my first time playing doubles. The out-of-bounds range is different, so I'm a little uncomfortable with it."

"Forget it, forget it. Be careful next time." Yumiko didn't intend to pursue the matter when she saw that Zhixian's attitude was sincere. After all, it would be difficult for her to control the serve if she had never played doubles before.

The second game was the opponent's boy's serving game, and Zhixian was responsible for receiving the serve.

To Youmei's surprise, Zhixian received the ball quite smoothly, which was much better than his poor performance when serving.

After two more girls' serving games, the score was 3:1, with the combination of Yumiko and Chixian leading.

Although his serve is outrageous, his tennis level is still very good. If he works harder on breaking the serve, he might still have a good chance.

Soon the two of them advanced to the next round with a score of 6:2.

After advancing, they got some time to rest and gave the venue to others who needed to compete.

"I didn't expect you to be such a good tennis player!" Yumiko praised Zhixian, "but your serve is just like an amateur's."

"Just try a few more times." Zhixian blurted out.

"Really?" Youmiko didn't take it too seriously. Even if Zhixian couldn't score on his serve, they still had ways to win.

The second round was a little more difficult, but the two won the game with 6:4.

After it was over, Zhixian seemed to still be thinking about something.

Considering the students' physical strength, only two rounds of matches were held today, with the remaining two rounds scheduled for the next day. Although the class is mostly composed of fifth and sixth graders, playing two games was still very tiring.

"See you tomorrow, Tachibana." Because they won both rounds of games, Yumiko's attitude towards Zhixian became much better, which made her feel like she had found a treasure.

"See you tomorrow, Miura."

On the way home, Yumiko was still thinking about the next opponent she might encounter and calculating the feasibility of her victory.

"Yumiko is very happy today." Mrs. Miura said with a smile.

"Yeah!" Yumiko nodded vigorously. "I won both matches today! The teacher said that the winner tomorrow will get a specially customized Yonex racket. That racket is so beautiful!"

"Then Yumiko needs to work harder!"

"Hmm!" Yumiko couldn't help but think, it would be better if Tachibana's serve could be more stable.

But she also knows that no one is perfect. Zhixian has very solid basic skills. Although her serve was a little disappointing, overall her advantages outweigh her disadvantages.

If Zhixian hits an ace on his serve tomorrow, will they be able to win easily? For some reason, such a magical idea suddenly flashed through Yumiko's mind.

"What nonsense am I thinking about!" Youmiko shook her head vigorously.

However, sometimes reality is often more bizarre than imagination.

----split line----

The third round was a tough battle, with both sides going into a tie-break to decide the winner.

In the end, it was Zhixian's serve that decided the outcome, with a direct ace ending the battle.

You know, Zhixian didn't hit a single ace in three rounds of competition. This ace that ended the game made Youmiko think it was just good luck, so she didn't take it to heart.

What she is thinking about now is how to win the final game. She had to play a tie-break, but her opponent in the final ended the game with 6:3. She consumed less physical energy than them and could be said to be in a better position to wait for the opportunity.

If she had been eliminated in the first round, Yumiko would definitely not have had any thoughts, but when she was only one step away from the championship, her desire to win became stronger and stronger, and she was completely different from the first round.

"I must win..." Yumiko muttered softly.

"No problem, we will win." Along with the voice, a bottle of Gatorade appeared in front of Youmiko.

"Tachibana?" Yumiko looked up and found it was her partner.

"We will definitely win, take a good rest."

After saying that, Zhixian left.

"It's baffling." Youmiko glanced at Zhixian's departing figure and looked down at the Gatorade in her hand. "...I hope so."

After a break at noon, the finals officially began in the afternoon.

The male teacher sat above the referee, and people were arranged at the four corners to observe whether the ball was out of bounds.

The two pairs came to the net, shook hands, and spun their rackets.

Fortunately, Youmiko guessed the direction correctly again, but she was a little hesitant about whether to choose to serve, after all, Zhixian's serve was quite unpredictable for her.

"We want the serve." Zhixian said.

"Eh? But..."

"Now there's no problem."

Yumiko looked into Zhixian's eyes and made sure that the other party was not joking, so the blonde girl gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, thinking that it was just a serving right, serving first or later is still serving!

"We choose to serve."

Except for the male teacher on the referee chair who showed a mysterious smile, the rest of the onlookers thought that Zhixian's serve would be lost.

Zhixian raised his hand, threw the ball, and swung the racket. The tennis ball flew towards the opposite half of the court under the force of the racket.

The tennis ball hit the corner accurately and then bounced out of the baseline, giving the opponent no chance to fight back.

"15:0" The male teacher on the referee chair looked as if he was used to it and reported the score in time.

Was this an accident? The onlookers started discussing it.

Zhixian's second serve was another ace.

"30:0"

The whole place was silent.

"You knew this a long time ago, right?" the female teacher asked the male teacher.

"A close-range drive is a serve that lands precisely and precisely in the corner of the court, making it difficult to return," the male teacher said with admiration. "I didn't expect him to adapt so quickly to the difference between doubles and singles courts."

"So what were those serves he did before?" The female teacher suddenly realized.

"Yes, he wanted to hit the ball into the near corner, but it was his first time playing doubles and he wasn't sure how to control the spin and angle of his serve, so he was still trying to find the right way throughout the three rounds."

"Is this kid really in sixth grade?"

"There's more to come."

On the field, Zhixian perfectly coordinated with Yumiko's offense, and every time he touched the ball, he provided Yumiko with better offensive options.

"Dual sword style?" The female teacher also figured it out.

"In time, maybe they can become very good doubles players." The male teacher looked at the boys and girls on the court.

"But what if it's another girl?"

"Well, who knows." The male teacher smiled mysteriously again.

"Really? You're always trying to be mysterious." The female teacher said dissatisfiedly.

----split line----

"Ah, you're keeping this Yonex racket too?"

"Of course, after all, this is our first 'couple racket'."

"What the hell is this couple's racket?"

"You've also kept it well, right, Yumiko?"

"You're talking nonsense, of course I've kept it well... After all, it's a precious memory."

67. Say hello

The next day, Yumiko and Yuigahama had breakfast and went to school together.

Considering that today is Monday, Yuigahama came to Yumiko's house to spend the night wearing her school uniform and carrying a schoolbag, and the lunch box was kindly provided by Mrs. Miura.

"Holidays are coming soon. Where should we go to have fun during the summer vacation?" Yuigahama talked about the vacation while walking on the road.

"Yui, shouldn't you think about the final exams before summer vacation?" Yumiko said helplessly. Of course, she also wanted to go out and have some fun.

"Ah, there's always a way to deal with things like exams. This isn't the first time I've taken one." Yuigahama didn't care at all.

In fact, Yuigahama asked Yukinoshita to help her with her studies, but because Yumiko and Yukinoshita had a relationship that was like natural enemies, Yuigahama didn't dare to mention Yukinoshita in front of Yumiko.

"As long as I don't fail any classes and take tutoring during the holidays, I'll be fine." Yumiko had never been particularly concerned about her grades. After all, she had never been an excellent student, always with average grades. Students with this kind of grades were often the least motivated. Those at the bottom didn't study at all, while those at the top worked their ass off. Those who were in the middle studied but weren't particularly diligent, so their grades reflected this kind of mediocre, just getting by.

Although Sobu is one of the top high schools in Chiba Prefecture for college entrance exams, there are actually many students who choose not to continue their studies. However, the proportion is much smaller than that of regular high schools. After all, no matter how good a school is, there are always poor students, and no matter how bad a school is, there are always top students.

For example, Ye Shan is a real person who enjoys life, participates in clubs and firmly holds the second place in the grade.

Of course, there are also liberal arts masters like Hikigaya who scored in the single digits in mathematics.

There are many strange students in Sobu, and there are also a lot of students who are not good at certain subjects. After all, everyone has subjects that they are not very good at, which are the so-called weak subjects.

Yumiko's weak subject is called physics.

Yes, this is the subject that Zhixian is best at. He even taught himself some physics knowledge outside of textbooks, with the ultimate goal of serving tennis. However, this also made his performance in physics quite outstanding.

When Yumiko was in junior high school, Zhixian helped her with physics, and he always helped her get above average scores.

However, since she started attending Sobu High School, no one has helped her with physics. Although she has participated in study sessions, she has never really studied seriously. She spends most of her time chatting and only studies briefly.

Her physics score could no longer just pass the average, but only just passed the passing line.

As long as she doesn't have to take extra classes during the holidays, Youmiko doesn't care about her grades.

"Should I ask Zhixian to give me some physics lessons..."

"Make up for it! Of course I have to!" Yuigahama's voice echoed in her ears. Very good, Love Detective IQ3 is online. "But aren't Tachibana-san's grades very average?"

Yuigahama remembered that after the report cards were distributed, someone asked Zhixian about his score. The other party replied that it was a little above the passing score, and showed the report card to that person without any concern.

Then Yuigahama heard a string of numbers ranging from 5 points, 7 points, 9 points, and 4 points higher than the passing score.

Just crossed the line.

"Ah, Zhixian must have thought exams were too much trouble, so he only did enough to pass." Youmiko waved her hand. "In junior high, he always ranked first in his class in physics."

"Eh!? Tachibana-san is so smart! He plays tennis every day!"

"...Hayato's grades are pretty good, aren't they?" Yumiko was speechless. But there was nothing she could do about it. Chixian ignored everyone else's classes and even slept through Hiratsuka Shizuka's. And exams meant no sleep, so he must have just been trying to get by and then go to sleep.

I have to say that Youmiko knows Zhixian very well and basically guessed his thoughts correctly.

"Come to think of it, some of the main players in some sports clubs actually have good academic performance, like Hayato-kun."

(Author's voiceover: Do you know who is the top student in Seigaku? It's not Inui Sadaharu, not Tezuka Kunimitsu, not Fuji Shusuke, but me, Oishi Shuichirou!)

"But people like Hayato are the minority, right? People like Tobe are the norm, right?"

“Rather than saying small households are the norm, isn’t it better to say that this is the average level?”

"That's it!"

The two of them chatted and laughed along the way and arrived at the classroom.

As soon as Yumiko entered the class, Tobe Hayama and others came over.

"Yumiko..." Tobe just came over and opened his loud voice to say something, but was winked at by Ye Shan, so he suddenly realized and changed his words, "Good morning!"

"......Good morning."

"Good morning Yumiko."

"Good morning Hayato."

After Yumiko put her schoolbag away, Hayama deliberately lowered his voice: "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, thank you Hayato." Yumiko smiled at Hayama.

"I'm glad you're okay." Ye Shan nodded and returned to the Ministry of Revenue.