The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 523 - 461 The First Step

Chapter 523: Chapter 461 The First Step
Quan Jin finished drawing her eyebrows and said indifferently, "Looking at our school, there’s not a single appealing guy among these misfits."
"Hey, don’t say that. My boyfriend Qi Hao is definitely not a misfit." Susu’s boyfriend is in clinical medicine, handsome and gentle. Although his family isn’t wealthy, he excels in other aspects. To Susu, familial wealth is secondary to great love. Moreover, Susu herself was born into an ordinary family, so they’re quite well-matched."
Quan Jin glanced at Susu, seemingly about to say something, but eventually just raised her eyebrows and held back, "There you go defending him again, fine fine, only your Qi Hao is different."
"You sound so reluctant. What’s wrong with my Qi Hao? I know you have high standards, but while different strokes for different folks, you can’t just dismiss everyone else outright."
Just as the two were about to argue, Mu Chenxi suddenly picked up a deck of cards, "Let’s play Fight the Landlord. I’m so bored."
As soon as she finished speaking, the room went quiet. Quan Jin looked at her as if she were a hopeless case.
Mu Chenxi chuckled awkwardly, adding, "Playing with sticky notes."
"Count me in." Xinyu climbed down from the top bunk, "Madam here will give you all a run for your money."
Susu wanted to study so she didn’t join, and the other three sat on Mu Chenxi’s bed to play Fight the Landlord.
Soon, Mu Chenxi’s face was covered with sticky notes, nearly covering her eyes, but she still clamored, "Hurry up, next game, next game, I need to turn this around."
"You’ve been trying to turn this around all afternoon and it hasn’t happened. You’re just a hopeless case," Xinyu teased her. "You seem smart enough, so why does your IQ drop when playing cards? You had both jokers and four 2s. Even if you played blindfolded you should have won. Couldn’t you have split the 4 twos?"
Mu Chenxi said aggrievedly, "But I feel the four twos should stick together, never to be separated."
Xinyu facepalmed: "Beating you brings me no glory."
The three girls kept bickering and playing all afternoon. Midway, Susu took a call from her boyfriend, and they chatted excitedly about everything from satellite launches to presidential elections and to a myriad of other topics.
It wasn’t until Susu’s phone showed less than 10% battery that she finally hung up after dawdling for another five minutes. In a shy, sweet voice, she said, "Let’s have dinner together tonight."
After she hung up, Mu Chenxi pretended to pick something up from the ground, searching around for quite some time.
Susu couldn’t help but ask, "What are you looking for, girl?"
"I’m picking up my goosebumps that fell all over the floor."
"Pshh," Susu jumped off the bed, grabbed Mu Chenxi and began to tickle her intensely, exploiting her ultra-sensitive spots.
Mu Chenxi rolled around on the bed laughing uncontrollably, barely able to breathe, begging for mercy, "Hel...help me."
Xinyu and Quan Jin soon joined the commotion, and the four girls turned into a playful mess on the bed, ending the earlier upset with laughter.
After all the fun, Susu, munching on a hair tie while tying her hair, suddenly slapped her forehead, "Oh no, I totally forgot to tell you guys, Qi Hao said their basketball team is challenging the faculty team and he mentioned Professor Luo will join too."
"Why didn’t you say so earlier." Mu Chenxi emerged from the blankets, her hair a mess, suddenly looking serious at the three, "Are we brothers or not?"
Seeing Mu Chenxi’s energized demeanor, everyone knew what she was up to, so...
Quan Jin: "I’ve already made plans, I need to run to the lab soon, I better get going."
Susu: "Um... I..." She seemed unable to think of an excuse, scratching her head. "I, I need to go deliver some paper to Xinyu."
Mu Chenxi jumped down, hands on her hips. "Anyone who dares to step out of this door, I, I’ll drop dead right here for you to see."
The basketball gym was already packed, all rushing to enjoy the spectacle, guys for the game and girls for the players. Thanks to the rampant campus buzz, it was well known that the medical school’s Professor Luo played basketball like Akashi Seijuro from Kuroko’s Basketball.
At the time, the manga Kuroko’s Basketball was all the rage across the campus, almost every young girl had a copy, idolizing those genius basketball players.
As for the manga’s captain Akashi, with his scheming mindset, cool demeanor, meticulous thoughts, and noble upbringing, not to mention his exceptional basketball skills, he perfectly matched the real-life Professor Luo.
So, more than half of the female audience in the gym was there for Professor Luo.
There was even a cheerleading squad formed by female students spontaneously, notably several girls from medical imaging, sleek in short skirts and crop tops revealing their belly buttons, each with impressive dancing skills. They were the center of attention wherever they went, gathering whistles all around.
Chenxi looked at her three best friends standing beside her, quite worried. Though they were here to be cheerleaders too, they were wrapped tightly in old-fashioned school uniforms, listlessly waving their pom-poms with no cheerleader vibe at all.
"Shameless, utterly shameless." Chenxi stuck out her tongue at the opposing cheerleading team, dressed in such outfits that could corrupt public morals.
Quan Jin clicked her tongue twice: "Hey, we better not stand here losing face, look how stylish theirs are."
"What’s there to be afraid of, I’ve got a secret weapon." Chenxi lifted her head, "You’ll see once the competition starts."
Soon, both competing teams started to come out for warm-ups, and Chenxi spotted Luo Shangqing amidst the crowd instantly. He was wearing a white jersey, with black wristbands, standing among several teachers yet still so conspicuous.
Chenxi rubbed her eyes, pinching her face. She loved seeing Professor Luo in a jersey, unreservedly showing off his great physique, those long and strong legs, handling the ball fluidly, a pleasure to the eyes.
He was talking with a teacher beside him, then suddenly turned his head and pursed his lips in their direction, exactly towards the team of sexily dressed cheerleaders.
The look Luo Shangqing gave instantly thrilled the girls, shaking their pom-poms while jumping and shouting: "Professor Luo must win, Professor Luo must win."
"Tsk, shameless!" Chenxi clenched her fists grudgingly, just as Luo Shangqing’s gaze suddenly swept over. She wasn’t sure if he saw her or not, but anyway, Luo Shangqing turned his head back and continued talking with the teacher next to him.
After the match started, both teams fought equally hard, and the cheerleaders at the side were silently competing too.
Chenxi screamed herself hoarse cheering, however, the opposing side had the upper hand, almost attracting the attention of the whole crowd. During halftime, the other cheerleaders even ran to the sidelines providing water to the teacher’s team, one girl boldly handing Luo Shangqing a clean towel.
Although Luo Shangqing took the towel and water they handed him, he put them aside without using them, drinking from his own sports bottle instead.
"Little Four, didn’t you say you have a secret weapon? If you don’t show it now, all the spotlight will be stolen, wondering when your Professor Luo will finally notice you." Xinyu also shouted until her throat was dry, it wasn’t just about playing the game, but also about courting favor.
"Okay, I will scare them off soon." Chenxi clenched her fists, grabbing her backpack and rummaging through it.
After a five-minute break, the game resumed, and the score on the field was still very close. The student team consisted of all star players, yet on the teacher’s side, it was only Luo Shangqing single-handedly supporting the situation, maintaining such a close score was already quite impressive.
"Little Four, it’s time for your show." Susu pushed her, "Come on, cheer for Professor Luo."
Chenxi kept digging in her backpack, finally pulling out a megaphone, proudly showing off to everyone: "How about this, isn’t it blinding?"
"Oh my god, this thing is so cool." Xinyu widened her eyes, "I believe in you."
Quan Jin covered her face, oh my, this girl really goes all out.
Chenxi, full of confidence, placed the megaphone to her mouth, turned the switch on, just about to shout, but suddenly the megaphone broadcasted a seasoned hawker’s cry: collecting old refrigerators, TVs, washing machines...
Chenxi was completely flabbergasted, what’s going on, that’s not what she said.
With one loud blast from the megaphone, it immediately overpowered the whole area, and the entire stadium quieted down, hundreds of eyes all turned to Chenxi holding the megaphone, including Luo Shangqing, who was dribbling the ball and looking over with a slightly mocking expression.
"Oh crap." Chenxi hurriedly tried to turn off the megaphone, and accidentally let out a phrase which the megaphone broadcasted loudly, "Oh crap" echoed through the stadium.
Someone laughed first, followed by the whole place bursting into laughter.
Chenxi hadn’t even recovered when a school uniform was thrown over her head, and she was dragged outside.
"Wait, the game isn’t over yet... hey hey."
Luo Shangqing watched the direction Chenxi was leaving, usually solemn, he suddenly burst out laughing, like a blooming poppy, instantly lighting up the entire court.
When Chenxi returned to the dormitory, she was thrown into the corner, the three sisters circled her, pointing fingers in disappointment.
"Old Four, where did you get that megaphone?"
"I borrowed it from someone." Chenxi looked innocent, who would have thought it had a recorded message inside.
"Oh dear, do you even have a brain, using a junk collector’s device, you certainly have a wide circle of friends." Quan Jin pointed at her forehead, "Now you’ve really made a name for yourself, probably tomorrow the whole school will know that a girl from Nursing Class Three brought a junk collector’s megaphone to cheer at the game."
Susu held back her laughter: "Though you’ve embarrassed yourself in front of the whole school, your Professor Luo will definitely remember you, congratulations."