On the opposite side of the wall, a group of teenagers were running at full force. These young men looked around 17 to 18 years old, the age of senior high school students, and were playing basketball on a basketball court.
Going over the wall brought one to the senior high division’s basketball court of Foreign Languages High School. There was a fence not too far away and one could see the senior high boys playing basketball through the fence as well.
“Zhiming, quick, pass the ball to me!”
The young men running on the court were engaged in a vigorous game. All of them were drenched in sweat even though it was still spring and summer was still far ahead. Some guys had even taken off their shirts to show off their muscular and fit upper bodies.
There were also girls sitting around who were cheering for the young men in court with their excited and shrill voices.
“Ah!” A sharp cry tore through the air, commanding everyone’s attention.
The boys who were running in the basketball court looked over where the voice came from—the wall that separated them from the junior high school division—and saw two heads popping up out of the blue from the wall.
The girls who were watching the boys run on the basketball court screamed instantly when they suddenly caught the two heads that came out above the wall.
The young men paused their steps and their game.
“Don’t shout.” Yun Jian grabbed the edge of the wall with one hand, preventing her and Ning Lanlan from sliding off.
Ning Lanlan clammed her mouth shut once she heard Yun Jian. In the next second, she felt Yun Jian stomp down on the wall they were hanging off and use the momentum to push both of them up the wall.
“Ah!” Ning Lanlan screeched again but quickly covered her mouth when she was aware of what she was doing.
The guys who were dashing around the basketball court, as well as the girls who were sitting farther away and seeing Yun Jian and Ning Lanlan’s heads, watched Yun Jian jumping off the wall holding Ning Lanlan.
Even though she was supporting Ning Lanlan, Yun Jian’s speed and movement as she climbed over the wall impressed everyone there.
The guys who were playing basketball choked on their breaths in shock. One of them exclaimed as he stared at Yun Jian in astonishment, “Oh my god, this girl is amazing…”
Ning Lanlan who had yet recovered from the shock when a guy shouted at her, “Lanlan? What brings you here?”
Ning Lanlan snapped her head up at the voice, gasping in alarm when she saw who the guy was, “S-senior Zhi…Zhiming?”
Listening to Ning Lanlan’s tone, Yun Jian knew that this guy who the former addressed as Senior Zhiming must be the senior the girl said she knew earlier.
“You girls… came climbing over the wall?” A smile twitched at Xiao Zhiming’s lips as he asked after glancing at Ning Lanlan and Yun Jian.
“Huh… Mn! Jianjian brought me here,” Ning Lanlan answered after breaking out of her trance.
“Heh, Zhiming, since when did you get to know these two pretty girls? Huh? You should introduce them to me!”
While Xiao Zhiming and Ning Lanlan talked, a roguish-looking guy came over and slung one arm over Xiao Zhiming’s shoulder to say.
“Hi, I’m Ning Lanlan. She’s my friend, Yun Jian. We’re here to find Jianjian’s elder brother. He’s one of the students here to take part in the foreign languages competition in senior high division…” Ning Lanlan told the guy who looked like a bad boy type.
“Oh, the foreign languages competition, is it? Easy, we’ll take you there!” the boy replied immediately. Then, he turned to look at Yun Jian with a teasing expression.
“Let’s go.” That was all Yun Jian said since she appeared before she led the way in walking out of the basketball court.
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