Chapter 2049: Chapter 2250: A Casual Shot!!!

Actually, no matter what you’re doing, if you want to do it well, you have to spend a certain amount of time on it. Otherwise, it’s impossible to do anything well, be it in studying or in life. Just a short afternoon, a team that barely knows how to play basketball going to practice naturally won’t achieve great results, and Hao Jian knows this well.

Therefore, even though he arranged such tasks for Wu Jun, Ma Yantao, and Qu Liucheng, he doesn’t expect much from them in his heart. After all, reality is right there; such a short time to practice basketball is unlikely to turn out well, especially when the opponents are people who hang out on the basketball court every day.

Hao Jian’s thinking isn’t naive enough to believe he can "save the world" this way! However, he has confidence in his heart; otherwise, he wouldn’t do it this way. He generally does things with confidence, like now. He has his plans, and Qu Liucheng and the others just need to follow his arrangements.

At this moment, a smile appeared on Hao Jian’s face.

"Brother Hao, aren’t you going to practice with us?" Qu Liucheng looked at Hao Jian standing aside, seemingly lost in thought, and asked. He had never seen Hao Jian play basketball, so he was somewhat skeptical about his skills. What’s more, their match against Class Five was about to begin. This was a newly formed team, and without practice and coordination, they would have no chance of winning.

Qu Liucheng’s question was echoed by the rest, who looked at Hao Jian with puzzled expressions.

Hao Jian simply smiled silently and said, "I have my arrangements. Just wait and see."

Then, Hao Jian didn’t speak anymore and appeared lost in thought again. Although everyone didn’t understand Hao Jian’s ambiguous response, they refrained from asking further. After all, it seemed Hao Jian wasn’t someone to fight unprepared battles. Since he was doing it this way, there must be a reason, so no one asked further questions or spoke anymore; instead, they lowered their heads to do their tasks and train properly.

At that moment, Hao Jian silently smiled, greeted them, and quietly walked towards a place—the teacher’s office.

Li Weiwei was in class when her teacher suddenly called her out, dragging her out of the classroom. He criticized her for being irrational as a class teacher, letting students do such crazy things, saying it was simply incomprehensible.

He was an older teacher with some experience and authority in teaching, but somewhat conservative in thought. As a young teacher, Li Weiwei had her own teaching methods and ideas, and she didn’t know how to explain them to him.

After a round of explanations that got more confusing, she simply allowed her students to self-study, and engaged in a long conversation with him, ultimately angering him to leave, saying she was unreasonable and should act rationally.

Li Weiwei was helpless, so she allowed self-study and had no mind for teaching. Her mood was disturbed, so she returned to the office, sat at her desk, listening to music, and organized her thoughts and mood to return to a normal state.

However, just as she was calming down, Hao Jian unexpectedly appeared in front of her. She took off her earphones and looked at Hao Jian with a puzzled expression, saying, "What are you doing here!"

The match against Class Five was starting soon, and instead of training, Hao Jian came to her, which was a waste of time. So she asked him this question, and Hao Jian simply smiled and said, "Just came to sit and chat with you!"

Li Weiwei rolled her eyes at Hao Jian, saying, "Aren’t you training? If you mess this up, just wait and see."

Hao Jian smiled and said, "I won’t. Just watch."

Li Weiwei, unsure why, actually trusted Hao Jian would deliver, so she didn’t say much when he said he might succeed, instead asking, "How’s it progressing?"

The teachers in the office mostly went to teach classes, leaving just Li Weiwei alone. Seeing this, Hao Jian felt no restraint, directly pulling a chair to sit in front of her, waving his hand nonchalantly, saying, "How else could it be, just like that!"

"Just like that?" Li Weiwei nearly opened her mouth in surprise hearing Hao Jian say that. She trusted Hao Jian reasonably well to delegate this task to him, yet seeing him act so calmly made her want to smack him.

Hao Jian nodded: "Yeah! What else can it be?"

Li Weiwei truly wanted to smack Hao Jian. She trusted him to manage this matter related to class honor because she believed in his ability to handle it well. But no matter how capable one is, a task needs to be done to succeed, right? Yet Hao Jian sat here doing nothing, saying things were just "like that,"... This worsened her already bad mood.

She planned to chastise him verbally when suddenly, Hao Jian smiled slightly, saying: No need to worry, since I’m tasked with it, I’ll handle it well. I just came to inform you to remember to watch the match."

This reversal surprised Li Weiwei a bit; she couldn’t accept it and rolled her eyes at Hao Jian.

"But," Hao Jian suddenly said, "If you think we’re doomed to lose and don’t want to embarrass yourself by coming, you could skip it. But if you do, you’ll miss parts you can’t see or feel, and regret it later."

Li Weiwei listened and didn’t say anything. She worried her class’s match against Class Five would end in loss, knowing her students’ preferences and personalities. Some were exceptional at other activities, but for basketball, they lacked competitiveness.

On the other hand, Class Five’s Gao Yanfei and others were renowned for basketball in their grade. So her concern wasn’t unwarranted. Nonetheless, participating was different from not participating, especially when oppenents challenged them directly. Not acting would be a disgrace.

Thus, the odds of winning aren’t great, almost zero. The chance of losing is ninety percent, so she considered not attending the match to avoid embarrassment. But when Hao Jian said this, she changed her mind.

If Hao Jian said so, might as well check it out. Losing means leaving quickly; winning means seeing if he can surprise her.

"Alright, I’m going. Remember to come then," Hao Jian waved his hand, stood up, and walked toward the door.

Watching his back, Li Weiwei was lost in thought, suddenly feeling a bit of anticipation for Hao Jian to create a miracle. She started to look forward to it.

After opening the door, Hao Jian left the office. He came to discuss this matter with Li Weiwei, which was done, so he intended to return to the basketball court to supervise their training. After all, they were crucial to winning this match.

Thinking this, Hao Jian started walking toward the basketball court, and upon arrival, saw them practicing hard and seriously. After all, this was related to class honor, so everyone put effort, sweating profusely.

Watching this, Hao Jian smiled. He wasn’t great at basketball either, but with his skills and learning ability, learning is no hard task, right? Walking slowly over, he watched Zheng Jun practice.

Wu Jun held the ball and aimed at the basket, threw it, but missed. The ball hit the rim and bounced. As Hao Jian walked over, it bounced toward him, and he reached out, catching it and holding it.

Then, Zheng Jun and the others focused their gaze on Hao Jian, eyes fixed on him. Hao Jian smiled, feeling the ball, his eyes aimed at the rim’s direction and position.

He hesitated briefly, found his feel, lifted the ball, jumped, leaned back, exerting force, and threw. In an instant, the ball arced beautifully toward the basket.

Suddenly, everyone focused on Hao Jian, even those training on the side like Hu Lai and Fatty turned their attention toward him.

They had never seen Hao Jian play basketball and didn’t know if he could, so when he suddenly acted, eyes naturally focused on him.

"Bang!"

As everyone’s gaze landed on Hao Jian, the ball arched into the basket beautifully after he released it.

The ball went in!

Hao Jian actually casually threw a ball, and it went in smoothly, looking effortless. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Was Hao Jian actually that skilled?

Surprisingly, every face showed an expression of astonishment.