Chapter 173: How About We Have a Match?

Nan Lizhu was quite angry: "How am I not good at playing?"

Nan Fuguang raised an eyebrow: "From childhood to now, which time have you ever beaten me at ball-hitting game? Don't you lose every single time, and then cry your eyes out after losing? It's so embarrassing."

Nan Lizhu glared at him: "You're spouting nonsense! I play ball-hitting game often, I'm very good at it now! I'm not worse than you at all!"

Nan Fuguang shrugged his shoulders, "That's just you saying that yourself."

Yu Rang persuaded from the side: "It's better to let Sister Lizhu have a turn; we've been playing for a long time already."

"I don't want to!"

Nan Fuguang refused, "She isn't good at playing, why should I let her have a turn?"

Yu Rang added: "Besides, there is also Sister Xueyin; she has come to play this as well."

Nan Fuguang saw Nan Xueyin and wavered for a moment, but ultimately said: "I haven't played enough yet, and Sister Nanyin surely isn't very good at playing this either. Wouldn't it be a waste of the court to let them play?"

"Nan Fuguang, you shameless bastard!"

Nan Lizhu cursed and swore, wanting to rush up and scratch him.

Nan Xueyin held her back.

"Sister, he looks down on us!" Nan Lizhu was filled with righteous indignation.

"I heard it," Nan Xueyin smiled slightly at her, then looked at Nan Fuguang, "It's quite boring for just two people to play; how about we have a match?"

Nan Fuguang looked at her, then at Nan Lizhu, "It's fine for me to compete with Sister, but I don't want to compete with Nan Lizhu. She cries and makes a scene as soon as she loses; it's so annoying."

Nan Lizhu was so angry she stared wide-eyed.

Nan Xueyin said calmly: "With me here today, Lizhu won't."

She asked again: "Shall we compete?"

Nan Fuguang thought for a moment, "For the sake of Sister, let's compete."

Nan Xueyin gave a hum, "Let's form teams of two. Me and Lizhu, you and Young Master Yu."

Nan Fuguang agreed, "Fine."

The general rules of ball-hitting game are to place a hole at a fixed position on the ground, and the contestant holds a club and hits the ceramic ball into the hole.

One person can hit three times per turn, and the one with the most ceramic balls in the qiu xue wins.

Before the match, Nan Xueyin suggested: "Let's place the qiu xue further away; if it's too close, everyone can hit it in, and then it won't count as a competition."

Nan Fuguang laughed: "Sister, it's so close, and Nan Lizhu might not even be able to hit it in."

Nan Xueyin shook her head: "That was Lizhu when she was small; now that she has grown up, she can already hit it quite far."

Nan Lizhu was originally going to be angry because of Nan Fuguang's words, but once she heard Nan Xueyin's words, she felt there was nothing to be angry about!

"Fine," Nan Fuguang said, "then we'll listen to Sister."

He had people move the qiu xue further away and went to pick out a club.

Yu Rang was waiting for him there and lowered his voice: "Let's just go easy on Sister and Lizhu today and let them win."

Nan Fuguang glanced at him: "Even if you have a secret crush on Sister, you shouldn't throw the game at a time like this, right? This is a competition!"

Yu Rang's face turned red: "I don't..."

He tried hard to explain: "I just think that, after all, Lizhu is your own younger sister, and you two have been at odds for so long; if she wins today and is in a better mood, your relationship might ease up in the future..."

Nan Fuguang grinned cheekily: "I don't care whether my relationship with her eases up or not; today I only care about winning or losing. I must make Nan Lizhu shed tears one more time! I want her to know that since I'm her brother for a day, I'll be her brother for a lifetime!"

Yu Rang sighed.

Everyone had chosen their clubs, and Nan Xueyin suddenly spoke up: "Since it's a competition, there must be a wager."

"Oh? A wager?" Nan Fuguang immediately became interested.

"Mm, what do you want to bet?"

Nan Fuguang said with a smile: "If I win, Nan Lizhu will have to serve me tea and water for half a month!"

Nan Lizhu widened her eyes: "You are too shameless!"

"If you don't dare, you don't have to compete. The wager was suggested by Sister."

Nan Lizhu took a deep breath: "Compete then!"

Nan Xueyin asked again: "Then what if you lose?"

Nan Fuguang didn't even think, "Then I'll serve Nan Lizhu tea and water for half a month."

Nan Xueyin looked at Nan Lizhu: "Do you agree?"

Nan Lizhu pondered for a moment, "A month!"

Nan Xueyin went to ask Nan Fuguang: "What do you say?"

Nan Fuguang thought that since he was sure to win anyway, this month would just be a formality.

So he nodded, "Fine, that works."

Nan Xueyin nodded, "Good, then let the competition begin."

"I'll go first!"

Yu Rang walked out at this moment.

He hit the ball first; the first strike did not go in.

Nan Fuguang clicked his tongue: "Throwing the game."

Yu Rang's cheeks flushed slightly; he ignored him, and the second strike did not go in either.

The third strike went in.

He carried his club back, and Nan Fuguang said crossly: "Are you really throwing the game this much?"

Yu Rang explained: "I'm not! The qiu xue is further away, it's really not that easy to hit..."

He was not lying; ball-hitting game was harder than he had imagined.

Nan Fuguang felt it didn't matter, took his club, and walked forward.

Holding her breath and focusing her spirit, she aimed at the Qiu Xue.

The first strike, it missed.

The second strike, it hit.

The third strike, it also hit!

Nan Fuguang curled the corners of his lips, feeling there was no need to continue the competition.

Now they had already hit four times.

At this distance, Nan Xueyin and Nan Lizhu combined certainly could not hit five times.

At this moment, Nan Lizhu took a deep breath: "It's my turn."

She walked forward, still a bit nervous, and took several deep breaths.

Nan Xueyin spoke: "You have grown up, you are already very capable."

Her voice was gentle, inexplicably making one's heart feel at peace.

Nan Lizhu nodded vigorously and swung the club...

It hit!

Nan Lizhu was stunned for a moment herself, her cheeks flushed slightly with excitement.

The second strike, it missed.

She adjusted her stance, and the third strike hit again!

She hit twice!

It was exactly the same number of hits as Nan Fuguang!

Nan Lizhu jumped up on the spot: "I hit two! Two!"

Nan Fuguang watched from the side with a face full of suspicion.

Two?

Was this still his younger sister who was terrible at ball-hitting game?

Nan Xueyin revealed a smile: "Yes, two."

Nan Lizhu walked back to her side, her voice still trembling slightly from excitement: "Sister, it's your turn. As long as you hit once, we won't lose."

Nan Xueyin nodded with a smile: "I know."

She pinched Nan Lizhu's cheek, took the club, and walked forward.

Nan Fuguang stared at her intently, thinking that his sister should hit at most one.

That would be a draw, not their victory, and he would not need to serve tea and water.

Nan Xueyin looked composed and relaxed as she struck a ball.

It hit the Qiu Xue steadily.

Before others could be surprised, Nan Xueyin quickly struck a second ball, then a third...

Without exception, they all hit!

Nan Fuguang looked at the scene before him, thinking he was dreaming.

Yu Rang was also shocked.

Nan Lizhu had not yet recovered from the excitement, and seeing Nan Xueyin hit all three balls, she was dumbfounded.

The courtyard was silent for a moment, then Nan Lizhu's scream rang out first: "Ahhh! Sister! We won! We won!"