Chapter 3 : The Famous Mei Xing
After being dragged by Hui Yin until they went outside of the basketball court , Ying Yue started to feel impatient and asked her
" What's the matter? Why can't you just talk to me inside?"
Hui Yin : Ying Yue, listen to me carefully.
Meanwhile...
Seeing the captain and vice captain went outside, the newbies started to chat among themselves.
" Mei Xing? How come that name sounds familiar?" one of the girls said to herself.
Knowing that they shared the same thought, another girl went over and said " You thought so too? I even felt like she looks familiar. Don't you think so?"
More and more of them started gossiping and Mei Xing knew that it was about her as they stole a glance at her from time to time.
Mei Xing thoughts
[ I have a bad feeling about this. That's it. I'm leaving. I can't believe Jia Li tricked me. She better give me a good explanation why she set me up like this. Ugh, how many times I've made a fool out of myself today..]
Seeing Mei Xing about to leave, Jun Hong instinctively grab her hand.
Jun Hong : Hey wait! Where are are going?
Mei Xing : I'm leaving. Let go of my hand.
[ Can this guy stop being anymore annoying!? There's people watching and he's making it more awkward for me to leave]
Jun Hong : Leaving? Aren't you going to play basketball with us? I mean it's a tradition for the girls team to have a friendly match against the boys team for the selection. And here I thought I finally found someone who's interesting to play with.
Mei Xing : Excuse me? What makes you think I'm interesting to play with?
Jun Hong : What I meant was..
Before Jun Hong tried to finish explaining himself, someone suddenly shouted " Ahh!!! No wonder. She's the daughter of the legendary basketball player, Wu Ju Long and the famous basketball trainer, Wang Xi Feng."
Everyone : What?!!
Jun Hong : *speechless* while staring at her. I knew I saw her somewhere...
" You could even find her family photo in the Internet. I just search for her name and guess what? She's famous among many professional athletes and even got scouted when she's just in middle school! But somehow the last update was 3 years ago. After that, there's no latest news regarding her except... "
" That's enough! ". Mei Xing shouted with anger.
Everyone fall silent.. Just as Jun Hong's grip on Mei Xing's hand loosen, she released his hand and pushed him aside.
Her expression was so scary the girl who was searching about her almost let her phone slipped out of her hand. Especially her eyes, they look as if she wanted to strangle her till death. When Mei Xing slowly walk towards her, the girl's knee became too weak to stand and ended up kneeling on the floor.
Mei Xing look down at girl and gave a sinister smile.
" I thought I've already asked them to delete whatever information regarding my family that they've uploaded in the Internet. But I guess I was wrong to actually believe that they would do so. After all, I was just a little girl back then. Who would've listen to me? So tell me. What else did you found out, huh?"
Mei Xing was smiling but her voice sounded angry.
The girl couldn't say out loud what she found out. If it was her, she too would be angry. It must have been tough for her...
"I'm.. I'm deeply sorry for your.."
Mei Xing : " I don't need your sympathy."
She grab her ball and walk away.
Just as Ying Yue and Hui Yin were about to go back, they saw Mei Xing as she walk past them.
Hui Yin : "Mei Xing? Where are you going? The match is about to start.. " she said while reaching for her shoulder to stop her.
However, Mei Xing avoided her hand and slapped her hand away from her.
Ying Yue was about to scold Mei Xing for being rude but was stopped by Hui Yin. Ying Yue then saw Hui Yin suddenly had a sympathy look instead of being angry.
Feeling puzzled, Ying Yue look towards Mei Xing. Only then she realised that Mei Xing was crying. Her expression was like someone in pain who held back her tears for a very long time.....
Even when she's crying, she still had this cold aura that felt as if it was telling people to stay away from her.
Mei Xing then ran away and disappeared from their sight.
After that, Ying Yue and Hui Yin meet up with the rest to find out what happen but....
..... Silence.....
Everyone was feeling down. Even Jun Hong was just standing there staring at his hand.
Ying Yue couldn't stand it any longer so she snapped her fingers in front of Jun Hong's face and say " Hey! What the h*ll happen just now? Why did Mei Xing left while crying? Hey! Guys?! Someone answer me."
Jun Hong : She... Cried? Haa.. I wished I could've seen it.. Another different expression eh wait a minute.. Jun Hong you idiot! She cried okay!
He look at Ying Yue then look at the girl who was still kneeling since just now.
" I think you should ask the girl that's kneeling on the floor now. "
Ying Yue and Hui Yin both look at her, expecting for an answer. After a while, the girl finally voice out " I.. I searched about her background in the Internet... Because she looks familiar and I've ever heard her name somewhere before. But then... I didn't mean to bring up something tragic.. I didn't know.. I'm so sorry.. Then she.."
" Alright, I've heard enough. Now stand up. " Hui Yin said as she helped her to stand.
Seeing everyone was so affected by Mei Xing's tragic history, she decided to postpone the friendly match until next week.
Everyone left except Jun Hong, Ying Yue and Hui Yin.
Ying Yue : Honestly speaking, I can understand how you all feel. When Hui Yin told me about Mei Xing just now, it took me awhile to truly understand her situation.
She had a promising future in the basketball world. Not to mentioned, her parents are both in the same field. Yet, 3 years ago.. That incident happened. It truly breaks not only mine, but everyone's heart.
Hui Yin : It was all over the news. It would be weird if there's someone who didn't know about it. But among the three of us here, I'm pretty sure Jun Hong suffered the most from that incident. After all... He was scouted and trained by Mei Xing's parents. Am I right, Jun Hong?
Jun Hong : .....