Xiu Xi held the basketball and smiled over at this side. The three people next to him had never seen him smile before, so they were stunned for a moment. By the time they reacted, they had already lost the upper hand.
The first shot was made by Xiu Xi. Ruan Jiaojiao was so excited that her little voice went hoarse. If the conditions allowed, she would’ve raised her little paws to clap.
Although Xiu Xi and Duan Qianyang didn’t meet often, compared to Duan Qirui and Duan Xin, the two were clearly much more in sync. From the start, they cooperated very well, basically overpowering Duan Qirui and Duan Xin unilaterally.
And in less than ten minutes, Duan Qirui had already called eight pauses in between, averaging nearly one stop every minute to wipe sweat, face, and even his hands.
When he made the motion to pause for the tenth time, Duan Xin finally got fed up and shouted, "Dad, are you playing or not? If you can’t focus, just sit aside and stop messing around!"
Initially, Duan Xin was quite happy when Duan Qirui agreed to play. He had never played basketball with his father, something that’s the most common father-son activity for others, but for him was harder than climbing the sky. He was excited about this for the whole afternoon.
But now he realized that playing ten minutes with him was more tiring than playing an hour with others!
Upon hearing this, Duan Qirui paused his motion of wiping his hands and looked at Duan Qianyang. Duan Qianyang wiped his face and could only helplessly say, "Well Qirui, if you don’t enjoy it, just rest on the side."
In fact, he had wanted to say this for some time, but he had been enduring without saying it. Now that Duan Xin spoke up, he immediately went along with it.
Duan Qirui didn’t really want to play anyway. So when he heard this, he naturally said nothing and just walked to the side.
When Ruan Jiaojiao saw him coming over, she instantly showed an expression of ’as expected’. She thought it was impossible for someone with such severe cleanliness obsession as Duan Er Ye to tolerate the excessive sweating and touching of a dust-covered basketball.
Duan Qirui didn’t sit next to Ruan Jiaojiao, but walked directly to the teaching building, went to the tap next to the bathroom to wash his hands, face, and wiped his shoes repeatedly with a handkerchief before barely feeling satisfied and walked over.
He walked next to Ruan Jiaojiao, looked at her first, then went to the side to get the shirt Duan Xin left aside, neatly laid it on the wooden steps, and then sat down.
"..." Ruan Jiaojiao.
Indeed, a real dad. When it comes to cleanliness, he uses his shirt, naturally his son’s, despite having his sports jacket in his arms.
The spot where Duan Qirui sat was about half a meter away from Ruan Jiaojiao. Upon seeing her take a little anchovy and nibble on it with her little paws, he frowned, moved a bit to a spot a full half meter distance from her.
Ruan Jiaojiao caught a glimpse of his movement from the corner of her eye but didn’t mind, continuing to nibble on her little anchovy.
The little anchovy was a bit dry, and Ruan Jiaojiao’s teeth were still baby teeth, so every time she had to fuss it in her mouth a lot, soften it, and barely eat a little bit. So now she was holding the little anchovy with her two small paws, tilting her small head to lick it, occasionally biting with her teeth and pulling back hoping to tear off a little bit.
Perhaps because she pulled too hard, when she tried once more to pull the little anchovy back, it, already licked half dry and half soft, suddenly flew out of her small paws, skidded down a perfect arc in the air, and landed next to Duan Qirui’s sports shoe.