Volume 1 Chapter 68: Basketball

Trapped In Paradise 

Volume 1 Chapter 68: Basketball

“Ah~ When are classes finally going to start again~?”

Ning Chu lay listlessly across his desk. It wasn’t as though he particularly enjoyed studying; it was just that during the holiday, he really couldn’t relax when Wen Yang went out by himself.

But he also needed to learn to let go and trust him, which meant that every time Wen Yang left the dorm, Ning Chu ended up worrying himself sick.

He couldn’t seriously follow him around everywhere like a clingy little shadow, could he?

“Wen Yang, want to go play basketball?”

The dorm room door was suddenly pushed open, and a classmate from the neighboring room poked his head inside to ask.

Ning Chu instinctively glanced over. Seeing that it was some guy he didn’t recognize, he immediately dropped his head back onto the desk.

He was usually too busy running around trying to preserve Wen Yang’s virginity to have much of a social life himself. Wen Yang, on the other hand, often had to visit other dorms as the class representative to handle various matters, and had gradually gotten to know more of their classmates.

“Sure. Shaoqing, Ning Chu, are you guys coming?”

“Let’s go! I’m bored to death in here anyway.” Zhang Shaoqing immediately sprang out of his chair. “I’ll go change.”

“What about you, Ning Chu?”

Ning Chu was actually a little tempted, but when he looked at his height—barely 1.6 meters—he simply closed his eyes and pretended to be dead.

Unless he grew taller, basketball was probably destined to have nothing to do with him for the rest of his life.

Just look at those handsome guys, all around 1.8 meters tall on average, and then look at himself with his frail, delicate appearance...

“I’m not going out tonight. You guys go ahead.”

Wen Yang nodded. “Alright. Do you want me to bring anything back?”

“A bottle of Coke. Thanks~”

As the door closed behind them, the only sound left in the dorm was the ceiling fan making a creak, creak noise, as though it might fall at any moment.

They were only going to play basketball. That should be safe enough.

Ning Chu stretched and yawned, preparing to climb into bed and play on his phone.

Over the past couple of days, Wen Yang had gone to the cafeteria and the supermarket by himself several times without running into any trouble.

Worrying was one thing, but Ning Chu also needed to trust Wen Yang’s ability to keep himself out of trouble.

Lying flat on his bed, Ning Chu stared at the stained ceiling. After a moment of silence, he suddenly grabbed the hem of his T-shirt with both hands and rolled it up to his collarbones.

Lowering his head, he peeled the two Band-Aids off his chest.

“The adhesive is pretty strong... That hurts...”

Still, they were quite effective.

The Band-Aids could almost perfectly conceal the visible outline beneath his shirt.

Then Ning Chu suddenly noticed a small detail and muttered to himself,

“If I were a girl, not wearing a bra would mean... going without anything underneath...”

“Damn! Am I really that lewd?!”

Suddenly, he couldn’t lie still anymore and began rolling back and forth across the bed.

If he wore a bra, that would mean cross-dressing. If he didn’t, it meant going without anything underneath...

Those terms all sounded suspiciously like key tags in an adult website!

...

Several basketball courts were scattered throughout the dormitory area. Each court was surrounded by tall wire fencing to keep stray basketballs from flying out and hitting passing students.

It was already six-thirty in the evening. The furnace-like heat of the daytime had finally subsided, replaced by a gentle evening breeze. This was now the busiest time of day around the dormitories.

To play basketball, Wen Yang had changed into a tank top and shorts, along with a pair of somewhat worn-out sneakers.

“There are quite a lot of people here.”

Zhang Shaoqing was dressed in a full professional basketball outfit and had even put on long athletic socks. Walking beside Wen Yang onto the court, he proudly tugged at his jersey.

“Check this out. It cost me more than five thousand, and it even has an autograph on it~”

“Looks good.”

Wen Yang nodded blandly, then turned to the classmate from the neighboring dorm.

“Just the three of us?”

“There’s one more... Over there!”

Following the classmate’s gaze, Wen Yang’s expression stiffened slightly.

Why was there a girl here too?

“Coming, coming!”

As the girl jogged toward them, Wen Yang’s eyes immediately started drifting upward, as if he were trying very hard to look anywhere but at her.

The classmate beside him introduced her.

“This is Shan Shan from our class. I couldn’t get enough people together when I wanted to play basketball before, so I called out in the group chat. She signed up. I heard she’s actually pretty good.”

Mm. Judging by how professionally she was dressed, she probably was.

Yet Wen Yang’s wandering gaze still slipped uncontrollably back toward the girl.

Like him, she was wearing a tank top and shorts. As she jogged closer, the conspicuous movement beneath her top made it difficult to look away.

Shan Shan came up to the group and pulled out a hair tie, tying her shoulder-length hair into a high ponytail. Then she spoke in an energetic, cheerful tone.

“I’m not late, am I?”

“N-No, I don’t think so...” Wen Yang was even stammering a little. As someone who’s still an inexperienced virgin, he had absolutely no idea where he was supposed to look.

Zhang Shaoqing, meanwhile, had brightened up immediately, openly sizing her up.

“So it’s just the four of us? Shall we start?”

Shan Shan took the basketball, gave a light jump, and accurately sank it from beyond the three-point line.

Then she smiled.

“I’m really good! Don’t go easy on me.”

“Let’s split into teams first... Wen Yang, why don’t you team up with her?”

Wen Yang nodded awkwardly.

He wasn’t actually very good at basketball, but he was tall, which gave him a natural advantage in the sport.

Unfortunately, his attention today was being drawn to another pair of “basketballs.”

Once the two-on-two match began, they bounced even more dramatically. Her tank top seemed barely capable of containing them, and from the side, he could vaguely catch glimpses of pale skin.

Then there was her healthy, wheat-colored complexion and her toned, slender legs...

“You don’t know how to play basketball?”

After they lost another point, Shan Shan came over to Wen Yang’s side. She tucked a loose strand of hair behind her ear and smiled reassuringly.

“It’s okay. I can teach you when I have time.”

A thin layer of sweat glistened on her wheat-colored skin, reflecting a warm orange glow beneath the lights of the basketball court.

Wen Yang quickly glanced at her, then immediately looked away again, visibly awkward and nervous.

“M-Maybe next time.”

“Sure!”

Shan Shan energetically ran forward, ducked low, and snatched the basketball away from Zhang Shaoqing.

“Damn! That was fast!”

Zhang Shaoqing chased after her with a dark expression, then turned around and shouted, “You guard the basket!”

But Shan Shan had already jumped from beyond the three-point line.

Another clean shot.

“Nice~”

“She’s incredible!”

Although she had a relatively petite build and was probably under 1.7 meters tall, while Wen Yang was still clumsily figuring out how to play, Shan Shan practically held her own against both men and repeatedly scored.

After about half an hour, the group sat down on a bench beside the court to rest.

Wen Yang used the hem of his tank top to wipe the sweat from his face and caught his breath. Then he saw a bottle of water being offered in front of him.

“Here. Have some water.”

He looked up.

Shan Shan had already plopped herself down beside him. Her smile was full of energy.

“Take a break. Later, I’ll teach you how to shoot first. You can barely even shoot properly~”

“Alright.”

“Why are you always afraid to look at me?” Shan Shan leaned toward Wen Yang with a playful smile, moving a little closer. “Add me as a friend later. Whenever I have time, I can come teach you.”

“I usually charge for basketball lessons, you know~”

“I don’t have any money...”

“You’re a classmate, so how about this~ Eighty percent of the usual price?”

Then Shan Shan suddenly smiled, her eyes narrowing into crescents.

“Actually, I’ll teach you for free!”

Wen Yang immediately felt as though he had gotten an incredible deal and happily added her as a friend.

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