SAYE [Run Freely]

Chapter 49

Translate: Sae | Edit: Ice freezing-slowly

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Jiang Bin was standing at the sidelines with folded arms. Gu Fei and the others were already in the middle of the field, yet Jiang Bin had no intention of going over.

"The fucking bastard is clearly waiting for Jiang Cheng," Li Fan stated.

Gu Fei turned to look at Jiang Bin, but Jiang Bin stayed rooted in place without a hint of moving.

"Are we gonna play or not?" Gu Fei asked.

Jiang Bin sneered and looked down at the black brass knuckle on his hand. It was only after a long time did he finally raise his head again: "Where's Jiang Cheng?"

"You can just add his debts to mine." Gu Fei said. He was well aware that as long as he didn't see Jiang Cheng, Jiang Bin wouldn't agree to start so easily. He was originally contemplating on how to solve this problem, but when he spotted the brass knuckle on his hand, he immediately knew that the situation was going to be an easy one to solve.

That brass knuckle belonged to Hou Zi. For Hou Zi to give it to Jiang Bin meant that the matters between the two of them would also have to be settled that day. Hou Zi backing up Jiang Bin was only an excuse. Hou Zi's target wasn't Jiang Cheng - it was him.

If that was how it all was, then it was actually much easier to deal with.

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"Add it to yours?" Jiang Bin started to laugh, "How come I didn't know that you took in a lackey?"

"It's not like you've been around Hou Zi for only a day or two," Gu Fei calmly relayed while fixing his wristband. "How come you haven't learned even a bit of his self-possession ah?"

"Fucking say that again!" Jiang Bin was suddenly overtaken by a surge of fury. He didn't even bother keeping his arms folded anymore as he rushed in front of him with only two steps, nearly jabbing his finger in his face.

"There are always going to be wins and losses in a game. If you want to play, then you must know how to admit defeat. Did your cousin not teach you this?" Gu Fei swept a glance at Hou Zi who was looking at them in silence with a cigarette in his mouth. Gu Fei turned his head back to look at Jiang Bin. "You made the first move during the game. He is a student, nevermind fighting back, he never even got to answer back ba? You just have to grab on and refuse to let it go. This doesn't seem like someone that has followed Hou Zi before ah."

Jiang Bin was pretty good at fighting and basketball, but when it came to articulating himself, it was a little difficult for him. Plus, there were a multitude of spectators on the stands and not a single one of them could be considered to be a good person. These people, despite whether they were being genuine or not, would still keep the word 'reasonable' at the tips of their tongues. This was why when Gu Fei finished speaking, Jiang Bing turned red in the face and froze in place without being able to squeeze out a single word.

Finally, completely infuriated, he looked over at Hou Zi.

"Hurry it up." Hou Zi said impatiently with the cigarette still in his mouth.

"It's only going to be you and me today." Gu Fei stared down at Jiang Bin, "Whoever concedes or doesn't, let's settle this in one go."

Jiang Bin stared at him for a full five seconds before squeezing a word from between the gaps of his teeth: "Fine."

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The game was only to last for half an hour. There would be no timeout nor substitutions in the middle, and aside from someone coming in to toss the jump ball, there were no referee or scoreboard either - the audience in the stands was the scoreboard.