Don’t Pretend to be Poor with Me

so handsome! Mom loves you! The basketball team is amazing now that they have you!”

He even said he isn’t charming.

This is called ‘not charming’?

Xia Zhiye suddenly felt a bit regretful asking Song Yan to play basketball.

But it was already too late.

The other members of the team watched as Song Yan revealed his skills, and simply felt as if they gained a precious treasure: “Not bad, pretty accurate.”

“That was just good luck, my accuracy in-game is only average.” Song Yan’s expression didn’t change.

The team member in the center waved his hand, “That’s fine, average accuracy is enough.
With the skill you showed just now, you’re definitely not lacking.
Liu Yue, what do you think.”

The person who just spoke looked at Liu Yue.

Everyone knew about the previous conflict between Liu Yue and Song Yan.
Although they cooperated on a stage play later on, and it seemed that they didn’t have any problems after, they should still ask after all.

Liu Yue also only smacked the ball, and didn’t meet the other’s eyes: “Up to you guys.”

Seems he didn’t quite reject the idea.

“Then Zhou Ziqiu, you’ll be the point-guard to fill Shang Huai’s position.
Song Yan will be shooting guard, Liu Yue will remain as the center, and I’ll be the forward.
There’s no problem, right.” Xia Zhiye spoke lazily, but the more leisurely he spoke, the more it made people feel as if he were unquestionable.

It was only when gazing at the audience’s obedient reaction did Song Yan realize that Xia Zhiye usually smiled with a good-temper in front of him, to the extent that he had nearly forgotten that this person was said to be No.3 Middle High’s legendary little tyrant.

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And as soon as he started to play ball, Xia Zhiye’s aggressive playing style, full of aggressive confrontation and shots from unconventional angles, made Song Yan realize that Xia Zhiye usually didn’t fight back simply because he didn’t want to fight back.

The youth’s nimble, short hair was slightly soaked by his forehead sweat, and he removed his school uniform jacket then tossed it to the side.
Because he had been jumping, the hem of the loose t-shirt he was wearing rose upwards, exposing a slim and powerful waist, as well his straight and slender legs.

Because of Xia Zhiye’s innate, careless calm and self confidence, the dim, yellow glow of the street lamps became a spotlight.

When Xia Zhiye carried the ball past another person, made a three step lay-up, and completed a very beautiful dunk that won the screams and cheers of the entire audience, Zhou Ziqiu stood at the backcourt, smirked lightly, then looked to Song Yan: “Actually, our Lord Xia is pretty good? Anyway, he’s pretty popular with the girls.”

He could tell.

This person is usually lazy without a proper appearance.
Once he comes out, he’s as provocative as a peacock, and it was unknown exactly who he was trying to show off to.
Couldn’t he stop attracting girls’ attention.

While thinking, the referee had already blown the whistle to stop the match.

Their team easily won against the training team by 37 points.

The power forward from the training team directly laid down on the ground and gasped: “I can’t go on, Lord Xia, you’re playing too hard today, can you not play like this in the future? Your fake out move was so fast it nearly made me feel like I had a concussion.”

Another teammate that had endured no small amount of trauma also expressed: “Lord Xia, I didn’t say this, but your feint nearly tricked my teammate over here.
The last time I saw such an extensive play was when Shang Huai wanted to chase a girl.
Don’t tell me, Lord Xia, you also want to chase someone?”

The teammate originally only unintentionally teased the other, but Xia Zhiye standing next to the court while dribbling the basketball unexpectedly ‘Mm’ed in response.

The person who asked stared blankly, and hadn’t quite reacted yet: “Lord Xia, what do you mean by ‘mm’?”

“It means what you think it means.” Xia Zhiye casually tossed the ball towards the other, “If you have time to gossip like this, you ‘re better off thinking about why you continuously weren’t able to guard against me.
Also, next time we practice, reserve the indoor basketball court of the Arts and Sports building.”

“Why? Isn’t it pretty nice here?”

“There’s too many people watching here.”

Teammate: “???”

Weren’t they playing basketball in order to let others watch?

If it wasn’t to enjoy the cheers of pretty sisters, who would want to stay here to sweat, bleed, and even cry with a group of gross guys like you?!

The teammate was nearly angered to death.

But Xia Zhiye acted alone, and didn’t leave them any space to rebut at all.
After speaking, he faced Song Yan, and handed the other a bottle of mineral spring water that he had already opened: “What do you think about your first time cooperating with us?”

“Not bad.” Song Yan drank a sip, “Other than a certain person’s feint being so flashy it made me feel dizzy, there wasn’t any other problem.”

Xia Zhiye was entirely earnest: “There’s no other way around it, their strength was too much that it carelessly injured their teammate, it’s also not something I can control.”

“……”

How could there be someone so shameless.

“So who’s the person you want to chase? How come I wasn’t aware.” Song Yan resisted the idea of splashing the water on Xia Zhiye’s face, and instead twisted the bottle shut, and pretended to ask casually.

Xia Zhiye chuckled: “Guess.”

“……”

Guess what, he really was trying to take advantage of one’s weaknesses.

Song Yan picked up the school uniform jacket he had taken off, then turned around and left, too lazy to even take another look.

Seeing the two girls next to the court seeing this opening and preparing to come over to talk to Song Yan, Xia Zhiye hurriedly walked over with his long legs and managed to catch up in two strides.
He then took the opportunity to grab Song Yan’s shoulder from behind, showcasing an extremely intimate posture.

Song Yan also allowed the other to lean on him, and didn’t even move.

The pair’s seemingly similar bracelets appeared harmonious under the moonlight.

The two girls behind them, who had just glued together their broken hearts stared at the gay scene: “……”

Forget it, they’d rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage.

After three seconds of silence, they wiped the nonexistent tears from their lost love, then sorrowfully discussed where they should go to drink milk tea tonight.

Meanwhile Xia Zhiye continued to hang off of Song Yan, then casually asked: “You really don’t know who I want to chase?”

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Song Yan expressionlessly ‘mm’ed in reply.

Xia Zhiye smirked: “What a coincidence, he3 doesn’t know either.”

“……”

Song Yan didn’t think it was a coincidence, and only felt that Zhiye was asking to be beat.

But in the next second, Xia Zhiye lazily tossed out another sentence: “But he’ll know soon.”

Song Yan’s fingertips that had been holding onto his school uniform unconsciously tightened for a moment.

This slight movement wasn’t obvious, but was coincidentally seen out of the corner of Xia Zhiye’s eyes, and the smile on his lips immediately deepened: “So if I confess, what kind of gift do you think would be better to give?”

“Give whatever you want to give, what does it have to do with me.”

“The most important thing is that his family has money, and his insight must be pretty high.
He definitely won’t like an ordinary gift.
A little master like you probably would understand his tastes, so can you give me some advice?”

Advice my ass.

Song Yan originally wasn’t in the best mood, but once Xia Zhiye mentioned the matter of giving gifts, he immediately grew even more irritated.

Some people wore the shoes that he had spent nearly half his savings on, then went to fight over his business on the Penguin group chat, made money off of him on King’s Glory, all to finally send a gift to a girl he didn’t even know at all.

He really hasn’t ever met such a disloyal bastard.

But that bastard still hung off of his shoulders and asked: “So exactly what kind of gift is he sure to like, one that’s unique and irreplaceable?”

Song Yan was nearly annoyed to death.
He ruthlessly slapped away the other’s hand, then unhappily replied: “Just give yourself as a gift.”

“?”

Turns out Song Yan’s actually so wild?

But it wasn’t that good to be so direct the first time you confess.

Xia Zhiye began to seriously consider the feasibility of this suggestion.

Meanwhile, although Song Yan was angry and vexed, he also didn’t know that he gave Xia Zhiye a rotten idea, and only coldly retorted: “If you like her, then just say it directly.
If she dates you, it’s definitely because she likes you, not because she likes the gift you gave her.
So just tell it as it is and try your best.
There’s no reason to play tricks and deceive her.”

Otherwise, even if you manage to buy a gift that she likes, then the two of you get together, later on, when she discovers the disparity between the rich and the poor, you’ll still break up.

Might as well explain your situation clearly from the beginning, and when the other party willingly accepts it, then it’s a happily ever after.
But if the other can’t accept it, then there’s no reason to continue interacting with the other party.

Anyway, other than the fact that Xia Zhiye was a bit poor, his looks, grades, and ability were all not bad.
If he sent himself over, there was enough to spare.

In his mind, Song Yan had already drawn up a complete value system for Xia Zhiye’s pursuit of rich girls as a destitute learning god.

Meanwhile Xia Zhiye only stared at Song Yan and couldn’t help exposing a smile completely filled with joy.

Sure enough, his Song Daxi was a cute and pure little master.

Only seeking himself, and not his money.

How nice.

Such an easy to satisfy person, later when Song Yan sees the washing machine he specifically bought for the other, then Song Yan would definitely be so happy that he’d wrap Xia Zhiye up in a hug.

Just thinking about it, Xia Zhiye felt it would be quite beautiful.

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The author has something to say:
Natural couple: refers to a couple that clearly spends everyday together yet aren’t on the same wavelength at all, but are still inexplicably affectionate.

notes:

1.
yyds stands for 永远的神, lit.
forever god.
Essentially refers to something amazing/the best

2.
In Chinese culture, eating vinegar essentially means being jealous (in love), so adding ‘too much vinegar in the sweet and sour spareribs’ has the connotation that XZY is feeling jealous

3.
Reminder: due to the way CN pronouns are, when XZY says ‘he’ here, it can actually mean either he/she in CN.