Chapter 2043 : Willing to gamble and admit defeat!
After they explained the rules clearly to me, I understood that we would play half-time and whoever scored the most points in an hour would win.
Xiaoman and I faced off against six of them. It looked like we had no chance of winning, but you must know that they are all children whose teeth have not yet been replaced.
Of course, I haven’t played golf for a long time. I haven’t had time to play since I graduated from college, and I even forgot some of the rules.
But before we started, I made it clear to them that I have some rules. If there is a foul, no points will be deducted. Just explain it to me clearly.
They burst out laughing and said that I didn’t even understand the rules, so I came to compete with them and expected to lose!
Xiaoman also looked aggrieved and asked me in a low voice if I would do it?
I know she is quite shameless, and I am a bit shameless even as an adult, but I have almost forgotten about it.
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After the game started, I finally understood why these kids were so confident. Even though they were still young, their skills were really impressive.
The oldest among them is only seven years old, and the youngest has just entered kindergarten.
But their basketball skills are really not bad. It seems that they have been practicing regularly. Of course, the backboards are not very high, and they are specially designed for children like them.
But despite this, I still can't touch the ball, let alone shoot.
After a few rounds, Xiaoman and I had zero points, and they already had ten points.
Xiaoman was a little discouraged and ran over to me and asked: "Dad, can you do it?"
"Yes, Xiaoman, don't worry, let them go." That was all I could say to comfort Xiaoman.
Xiaoman's personality is similar to mine. He refuses to admit defeat. Even if the score is like this, he is not discouraged at all.
Our first goal turned out to be Xiaoman's, and it was a three-pointer.
Looking at her small figure, she is really stunning when she dribbles past others!
If he were a boy, he would probably be able to charm a lot of girls when he grows up!
It's a pity that she is a girl, but her personality is really like that of a boy.
Finally scoring a goal, Xiaoman became even more motivated, grabbing the ball, dribbling, turning the ball, and shooting all at once.
I was gradually mobilized, but this group of children was not easy to deal with at all. They took advantage of having more people.
I don't dare to run wild like playing ball with adults. It would be terrible if I crash these precious young masters.
So this is my weakness, I don't dare to use real force, so I have to hold back some force when dribbling.
After halftime, our score was 32, and the opponent's score was 46, which was 14 points more than us.
During the halftime break, Xiaoman actually discussed tactics with me.
She said that the shortest among them was the breach, and Wang Haochen was their main force. She would be responsible for holding Wang Haochen down later, and I would be responsible for finding the breach.
Seeing how serious she looked, of course I was serious too. This might be just a game to me, but it might really be a competition to her.
After the five-minute break, the second half began again.
This group of children also obviously discussed tactics. They seemed to know that I didn't dare to use force. Almost everyone gathered around me, leaving Wang Haochen alone to stop Xiaoman.
I couldn't touch the ball at all, so I had to pass the ball to Xiaoman, and she started to confront Wang Haochen again.
To be honest, Xiaoman on the court is completely different from his usual self at home.
She was not squeamish at all. Even if she fell down, I felt so sad when I saw her, but she got up and continued dribbling.
At this time, I saw two figures outside the court. It was An Lan holding Yang Yang.
They actually came and watched from the sidelines. An Lan even took photos with his mobile phone.
"Come on Xiaoman!"
After hearing An Lan say "Come on", I became motivated, and my mind suddenly recalled the basketball game in college.
I shouted to Xiaoman, and she immediately understood and grabbed the ball and passed it directly to me.
I interfered with the ball, then Xiaoman jumped on the spot for an alley-oop, and then made a beautiful rebound, all in one go.
The game has just begun for me, and many actions come to my mind at once.
Xiaoman and I also have a tacit understanding of each other's small cooperation, passing and cutting, cross-screening, kicking the wall "two-over-one", back-passing and reverse-cutting...
The feeling came, these kids couldn't stop me at all, and with their height and strength advantages, they couldn't touch the ball at all.
At the end of the game, I even deliberately gave them a few goals to prevent them from losing too ugly.
After 60 minutes, the game ended. The final score was 105:69, ending the whole game.
Xiaoman was so excited that the whole place started running, while the children headed by Wang Haochen all had discouraged expressions on their faces.
How proud they were an hour ago, they looked so embarrassed now.
Although we were two against six, there was really nothing we could do about it. I was an adult and I really knew how to play.
After Xiaoman and I celebrated, Xiaoman asked Wang Haochen: "How is it? Wang Haochen, are you still saying that my father is a coward?"
The boy lowered his head and murmured: "I am willing to admit defeat!"
"Then what are you waiting for? Let's run. Remember to say that we are uneducated and have no quality while running." I said.
Wang Haochen and other children all had sad expressions on their faces. They definitely didn't want to do this. After all, they all wanted to save face, and it wouldn't be good if their own adults heard about it.
I was just teasing them, but I wouldn't really let them do it.
I continued: "What? Didn't you say you were willing to admit defeat?"
But Wang Haochen said to me: "Uncle, yesterday I said you were a coward. They didn't say, can I run alone? Even if you let me run a few more laps."
This guy is really talented, I quite like this kind of boy with personality.
I smiled and said, "Okay, no need to run, I'm just joking with you."
"Uncle, is it true?" Wang Haochen asked immediately.
"Well, but you can't say that. I was drunk last night and didn't mean not to come."
"I understand, uncle, I'm sorry, I won't say that again in the future."
I smiled and touched his head, and said with a smile: "It's okay, you are great, your skills were also great just now."
He chuckled and said, "Uncle, can you teach me how to play ball in the future?"
"Uh... I'll teach you when I have time."
"Okay, thank you uncle."
I turned to wave to the other children and said, "Okay, I had a great time playing with you today. Everyone, please go home quickly."
The children all said goodbye to me one after another and went back to their homes. Only Wang Haochen was still standing where he was.
"You haven't had enough fun yet?" I asked him.
He lowered his head and kicked the fallen leaves on the ground with his feet, looking a little sad.
"Wang Haochen, do you still want to play? But they have all gone back." Xiao Man said.
"No, I...I don't want to go back."
"Why don't you want to go back? Don't your parents let you come out to play ball?" I asked doubtfully.
He shook his head and said: "I don't have a father, and my mother is not at home. I am alone at home."
"Where is your mother?" I asked again.
"I don't know. She often comes back in the middle of the night. I don't want to go back."
"Then what are you having for dinner?"
He lowered his head and remained silent. An Lan and I looked at each other, and then said to him: "Well, come to our house, and we will have dinner at our house tonight."