The Female General Dominates All After Transmigration-Chapter 118 - 117: Liu Xianghu’s Secret, Crushing-Style Training
Lieutenant Xing shook his head repeatedly, the smile on his face unchanged: "No, no, no, it’s just a basketball league, there was no mention of gender." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Ling Chengyan was taken aback and continued: "Didn’t I see that the notice required a height of at least 1.75 meters? I’m not even 1.65 meters..."
"Hahaha, these conditions are set, but people are flexible. As long as you have outstanding abilities, why adhere to these rigid rules?"
Lieutenant Xing was as eloquent as ever, persuading tirelessly to the point that he was almost out of saliva, yet he still didn’t receive a positive answer from Ling Chengyan.
She said, "I’ll think about it."
The next morning, before Ling Chengyan set off, she suddenly received a notice. The instructor personally came to find her and informed her, "Just received the notice, a basketball game is being specially organized to select candidates for the national competition. Companies at the unit level are required to form basketball teams to participate. Comrade Ling Chengyan, I’ve discussed it with the company commander, and we specially entrust you with the task of organizing the team, leading training, and participating in the competition as the captain."
Ling Chengyan: "..."
The task was dropped on her head, and she had no choice but to take it up.
Once she accepted the task, Ling Chengyan showed a high level of initiative, forming a basketball team from the Automobile Company in just one day.
Most people in the Automobile Company were rural recruits. Even though there were many young people, few of them knew how to play basketball.
Ling Chengyan didn’t get hung up on that; she selected based on physical endurance and throwing ability, then found a sports school’s teacher through Wang Liansheng to teach them. In a short time, it was impossible to turn a group of people who had rarely touched basketball into professionals, but they needed to understand the game rules and then the basic movements...
Liu Xianghu, who had been quite out of it these past days, became the most diligent and hard-working member of the basketball team. Although he was only 1.72 meters tall, his effort earned him a special spot on the team from Ling Chengyan.
Some older soldiers, who were older than Liu Xianghu, were curious and pulled him over to ask: "Are you trying to earn a promotion, working so hard?"
Liu Xianghu chuckled and dismissed their guess: "Basketball, I’ve always wanted to learn watching others play, and it’s rare to have a professional coach teach us, the opportunity’s too good."
One of the older soldiers couldn’t stand his pretense any longer and scoffed: "You? If you grow another ten centimeters, I might believe you."
Liu Xianghu laughed again, not in the least annoyed: "What’s wrong with being short? Being short gives me stronger jumping ability; I can still dunk and grab rebounds!"
"Ha, this kid, saying he’s fat but still breathing heavy." The older soldiers walked away sullenly, unable to get anything out of Liu Xianghu’s mouth.
Zhang Wanxiang and Wu Qingyun, a few new comrades, joined in with laughter, nudging Liu Xianghu and asking, "Tiger Brother, are you about to take leave to go home?"
Liu Xianghu flashed his basketball menacingly at the youngsters and glared: "Get lost, talk nonsense again, and I’ll use this ball to knock your teeth out!"
Zhao Dahu, the minor "Tiger," was fearless in front of Liu Xianghu, the major "Tiger": "Tiger Brother, give us a break. If it was our platoon leader saying this, I’d believe it, but you?"
Without hesitation, Liu Xianghu threw the ball at Zhao Dahu, who skillfully caught it in mid-air.
Zhao Dahu wasn’t great at driving, but he had an advantage in basketball. At 1.79 meters, his height stood out in the entire Automobile Company, where people generally weren’t that tall.
Even though his physical stamina was slightly lacking and his throwing ability wasn’t the best, he was still the first chosen to join the Automobile Company basketball team.
Zhao Dahu teased, winking: "Tiger Brother, set the date to marry Sister-in-law already?"
With such a direct question, Liu Xianghu couldn’t hold back any longer and burst into laughter: "You boys aren’t so young yourselves. Instead of envying me, why not focus on your own matters?"
Amid the banter, Liu Xianghu eventually relented and shared his story.
He took a liking to a girl from their county city, whom he met by chance. Initially, her family opposed her dating a soldier, but their feelings were so strong that eventually, they compromised, demanding Liu Xianghu’s family to provide the ’three rounds and one sound.’ The ’sound’ wasn’t a radio but a TV set.
While Liu Xianghu’s family wasn’t badly off, affording the usual ’three rounds and one sound’ was manageable, but a TV set was challenging, costing several hundred yuan and requiring a TV ticket.
Even with a ticket, when you could actually purchase the set wasn’t guaranteed. Sometimes you had to wait for allocation plans, which could take half a year or even a year.
Liu Xianghu’s prospective in-laws gave them a one-month deadline to fulfill their request, or they’d pressure their daughter into engagement with someone else, the son of a leader, a promising civil servant...
Liu Xianghu received a tear-stained letter from his girlfriend, saying that her mother even threatened a hunger strike to force her compliance.
As it happened, Ling Chengyan had a TV ticket, a special one facilitated through planning, with sets available. After Zhang Wanxiang figured out why Liu Xianghu was so absent-minded, Ling Chengyan directly gave Liu Xianghu the TV ticket.
"My family has already planned the engagement for us; once we set the date, I’ll take leave to go home..." Liu Xianghu said this, his mouth unable to contain his smile, his face brimming with happiness that couldn’t be hidden.
"Hey, hey, Tiger Brother’s gonna get married!" Zhao Dahu chimed in wistfully.
The other young soldiers were also stirred by Liu Xianghu’s joy. Wu Qingyun, patting his arms, laughed: "Tiger Brother’s getting hitched, what’s that like?"
Zhao Dahu promptly chimed in: "A tigress, of course!"
Laughter burst out, causing a few old soldiers nearby to glance over curiously.
Ling Chengyan came over with a basketball, followed by the 1.86-meter-tall basketball coach.
"What are you talking about that’s so fun?" Ling Chengyan asked with a smile, holding the ball.
"We’re talking about Tiger Brother getting married..." Zhang Wanxiang quickly replied.
Ling Chengyan glanced at Liu Xianghu, then looked at the others, smiling: "You all should find a bride yourselves and get married too instead of just envying others."
"We’re not that envious..." Zhao Dahu replied foolishly, but the others quickly stepped away to show they didn’t know this goof.
After some banter and teasing, the basketball coach announced that he and Lieutenant Ling would play against the six of them as a team.
The young men couldn’t resist such a challenge, roaring like tigers, determined to put down their arrogant opponents with all their might.
Five minutes later, whether new recruits or old soldiers, the six-man team was stunned.
The petite Ling Chengyan’s moves were swift as lightning, her ball-handling was like the wind, unpredictable and impossible to guard against; one blink, and her rebound was already done, another blink, and there was a three-point shot from afar.
"Lieutenant, you’re amazing!" someone shouted, unsure if it was honest admiration or just brown-nosing.
