Forced to Date 3 Alphas in a Comic: Chapter 16

Forced to Date 3 Alphas in a Comic: Chapter 16: Assessment

Saturday afternoon, the weather was clear and the temperature pleasant.

Chao Xun arrived at the gym early, first doing a thorough warm-up, then holding a ball and occasionally practicing shots to get familiar with the feel.

Xie Qianyi was the second to arrive. He walked in carrying a notebook and water bottle. Seeing the youth doing layups, he reminded him: “Watch your stamina.”

Chao Xun stopped his movement, hugging the ball as he greeted: “Hello, Coach.”

“Mm.” Xie Qianyi replied, “Nervous?”

“A bit.” Chao Xun answered honestly.

What he didn’t say was that a larger part of his nervousness came from fear that if he lost, he would have no reason to approach Mi Yu anymore. Then this month’s efforts would not only be wasted, but he might even fail the mission.

Thinking of this made him afraid.

Xie Qianyi comforted him: “Don’t worry, although it’s three matches, considering stamina, each match only plays two periods, with a 15-minute break in between.”

Similar to what Chao Xun had guessed. He nodded to show he understood.

At 1:50 PM, all formal members of the school basketball team had arrived. Once the person who wasn’t wearing a uniform changed into proper attire, the match would officially begin.

Mi Yu came wearing his jersey. After taking off his jacket, he warmed up on the side, making no eye contact with Chao Xun.

Chao Xun observed him secretly, having an idea in mind. He turned to Xie Qianyi and said: “Coach, if possible, I’d like Mi Yu to be my opponent for the first two matches, and my teammate for the final match.”

This way he would have reason to defeat the other twice, then gift him a victory.

This is called lowering before raising.

His face carried a pleading expression, looking pitifully at the man with curly hair tied up.

Xie Qianyi lowered his gaze to look at him, seemingly seeing through his little scheme, and joked: “You really don’t forget to do proper business.”

“Proper business is winning the match!” Chao Xun made a swearing gesture, “How hard I’ve worked to join the team, Coach, you must have seen it all.”

“Alright, I did see it.” Xie Qianyi smiled, “No matter what, you’ve also worked desperately. Good luck.”

Everyone was present. Xie Qianyi counted the number of people present, explained the match rules, and added some details about choosing teammates.

“First match, Chao Xun, Mi Yu, you two each choose your teammates. You can choose two. If there’s overlap, it depends on the chosen person’s preference.”

Chao Xun spoke first: “I choose Wei Tong, Zhuang Xu.”

The named Zhuang Xu was stunned. He stared at the slender back of the youth standing in front for a few seconds, then looked at Mi Yu’s reaction beside him.

Choose me? Why?

Mi Yu furrowed his brows. He instantly understood why the other chose Zhuang Xu. This was breaking up their combination to weaken his strength.

Zhuang Xu had a relatively steady personality, not easily losing his temper. Even when switched to the opposite side, he could integrate well into the team. In Xie Qianyi’s words, he was a versatile all-rounder.

Fine, he already called dibs, should I still fight with him over it?

Mi Yu didn’t think this mattered. He could see Chao Xun truly wanted to win, which was good.

So he said to Zhuang Xu: “You go.”

Zhuang Xu nodded.

He was also somewhat excited, having a sense of joy at being chosen. This was Chao Xun’s recognition of his strength.

He would play well.

Mi Yu chose two people he usually played with often. Xie Qianyi then arranged four other people into the teams. Thus, the first match began.

Chao Xun took a deep breath. He would treat this match as a formal one.

Mi Yu, I will defeat you.

Xie Qianyi blew the whistle.

“Shh”

—

“Hello, these are my documents, and the completed forms.”

A tall Alpha boy held a thick stack of documents in his hand, standing in the Longbei High School admissions office, handing the materials to the staff member behind the desk.

“Oh my, applying for enrollment so early?”

There were still three months until the next semester. The staff member felt somewhat strange and looked up, then froze upon seeing him.

How could someone be this good-looking.

The visitor had thick, soft light golden hair, a handsome face, and skin so fair and delicate it was like carefully carved jade. His eyes were deep, with thick and long straight eyelashes, making his gaze appear even more rippling with light, seeming to carry a weary depth of feeling when looking at people.

At first glance one might think he was a foreigner, but looking closer he seemed more like a mixed-race person. His facial lines had the subtle elegance of Easterners, yet overall had the classical European sculptural quality.

And the other was very tall, estimated to be over 190cm.

“Oh, oh, okay.”

The staff member took the things from his hand, seeing his slender, fair hand with pink showing through the joints.

This hand was also like a work of art.

The staff member truly felt this school was incredible, constantly attracting these good-looking people. Having one Mi Yu was already enough to make the school famous. Adding another one, they might need to strengthen security.

Not for any other reason, but afraid students from other schools would climb over walls to come admire handsome guys.

“Yuan Chuansi, right? Foreign nationality.” The staff member flipped through the documents in hand, praising, “Your Chinese is very good.”

“Thank you.” The other replied very politely, “I’ve been back in Z Country for half a year, only recently got all these procedures sorted out.”

He used “back” rather than “come,” the subtext being that his home was originally here.

“Alright, let me take a look.”

Entering information into the computer, then making several copies and putting them in a file folder, finally saying: “No problem. Take this form to the principal’s office to get the principal’s stamp, then bring it back to me.”

“Okay.”

“Wait, let me take you there. Almost forgot you don’t know where the principal’s office is since it’s your first time.”

“That would be troublesome for you.”

The staff member took Yuan Chuansi out, along the way introducing the various buildings of the school.

“This is the teaching building. When you enroll next semester, you’ll have classes here.”

“This is the library. It’s also open on weekends, but you need to swipe your student card to enter.”

“Over there is the cafeteria…”

“This is the basketball gym… Eh, why are there people playing ball on Saturday?”

The staff member heard the sounds of footsteps rubbing and shouting coming from the gym, footsteps slightly pausing.

Yuan Chuansi followed the sound and looked over, squinting his eyes to watch for a while.

“May I go closer to take a look?” The tall Alpha asked politely, “I’m also very interested in basketball. In the future I might try to join the school team.”

“Of course, you’re so tall, you look perfectly suited for basketball.” The staff member nodded. To avoid disturbing the people inside, he led him in through the side door, walking very lightly up to the second-floor stands.

Yuan Chuansi didn’t walk very close. He stood in the shadows of the stands, watching from afar for a while.

On the court, the youths were sweating profusely, their vigorous figures moving quickly across the floor. The basketball seemed to come alive in their hands, rapidly spinning and flying, sometimes passing through defense, sometimes shooting with precision.

Among them, a youth wearing a T-shirt was very conspicuous among the group in red jerseys. His expression was determined, his movements swift and decisive. In a few breaths, he helped his teammates score points.

“I heard there’s a municipal league during summer break, they’re probably training.” The staff member said, “How about it, our school basketball gym is pretty nice, right? This scale can compare to municipal gymnasiums.”

“Indeed very nice. I think I would also want to come play basketball in the future.”

Yuan Chuansi smiled in response, then turned and returned with the staff member.

He came quietly and left quietly. The passionate youths below didn’t notice someone had come.

—

After winning two matches with some fright but no danger, Chao Xun panted and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

The first match with Zhuang Xu on his side went relatively smoothly. The second time when Zhuang Xu returned to Mi Yu’s team, he instantly felt much more strain.

Fortunately, this time Wei Tong was also very impressive, silently going all out, performing even better than in Tuesday’s friendly match.

Thinking of this, Chao Xun gave him a grateful smile.

Wei Tong leaned over: “Awesome, Chao Xun, look at our coordination. We played the other side speechless.”

He had just played very comfortably, and winning two consecutive matches against Mi Yu, seeing the latter’s slightly dark expression, he felt indescribably satisfied.

With that, he wanted to stretch his arm around the youth’s slightly bowed neck.

Chao Xun was very tired, but still hurriedly dodged. The rest time was only 15 minutes, he had to report to Mi Yu’s side.

“Mm, you played very well, but in the next match we won’t be teammates anymore.”

After Chao Xun finished speaking, without waiting for his reaction, he ran off in a flash toward another direction.

Mi Yu, sitting in his chair wiping his hair, felt someone standing before him. He looked up and saw the person who had intercepted his ball countless times on the opposite side just now, currently before his eyes, looking at him again with that familiar, small animal-like gaze.

“Mi Yu classmate, you’ve already played two matches as my opponent.” Chao Xun asked in a carefully probing tone, “For the next match, can you be my teammate?”

“How come, Wei Tong can’t play anymore, so you come running to ask me?” Mi Yu responded coldly.

“I don’t know, but I might not last until the end.” Chao Xun silently apologized to Wei Tong in his heart, sorry for using you then cutting ties, and said in a manner of showing weakness, “My coordination with you is the best. Without you in the next match, I think my chances of losing are very high.”

“…”

“So, can you come?”

Chao Xun wiped the sweat from his eyelashes, then stared unblinkingly at the school heartthrob before him.

Mi Yu annoyedly threw his towel, thinking can I not agree? You’ve come to me wiping tears and acting spoiled.

“Got it.” He coldly spat out these three words, then said in an apparently irritated manner, “Stop blocking in front of me. With such poor stamina and you still don’t go sit down.”

A stone fell in Chao Xun’s heart. He sat down in the chair beside him.

Wei Tong stood not far away with a dark expression. Seeing him go talk to Mi Yu again, he knew who would replace him as the next teammate.

Mi Yu again. Chao Xun really likes this cocky kid.

But it was undeniable that Mi Yu’s basketball skills were a bit higher than his. Wei Tong was very depressed, but couldn’t find a reason to vent.

Zhuang Xu took two bottles of energy drinks and walked to Chao Xun, giving him one, then giving the other to Mi Yu, then sitting down beside him.

“Old Zhuang, Chao Xun just asked me to be his teammate.” Mi Yu unscrewed the bottle and took two gulps.

“Mm, I heard.”

Mi Yu wiped the corner of his mouth moistened by the drink, gritting his teeth: “You’re also playing next match. I’m going to destroy the other side.”

The 15-minute rest ended, both teams assembled.

This match was an overwhelming victory without suspense. With Chao Xun’s full coordination, Mi Yu once again found that silky smooth feeling from a week ago, at one point pulling the score gap to 40 points.

In the final period, Chao Xun really couldn’t sustain anymore. He was in a relay battle, but several on the opposite side had just entered the court with full stamina.

The final score difference was 28 points. For Chao Xun, Mi Yu, and Zhuang Xu who had played three matches, this was indeed a pretty good result.

“Congratulations on passing the assessment.” Xie Qianyi smiled and walked forward, handing Chao Xun a towel, “You can choose your jersey number now.”

Chao Xun took the towel, revealing a sincere smile.

This is really great, he won.

This joy of victory brought by competition, he hadn’t experienced in a long time.

Being a student is truly joyful, Chao Xun thought. The feeling of going all out to do one thing without any worries, it’s captivating.

“Mi Yu classmate, I won, three matches!”

A head half a height shorter than him leaned over. The youth’s cheerful voice accompanied his approaching footsteps, stopping beside Mi Yu. The latter slightly lowered his eyes, and could take in the expression on his small face completely.

His wet hair was pushed back, revealing a full forehead. The youth’s clear brows and eyes were like distant mountains holding ink, his cheeks flushed red, his eyes shining with two little suns.

“Mm, not bad.” Mi Yu uncomfortably averted his gaze from him, rarely giving positive affirmation.

After speaking, he couldn’t help but glance at what expression he would have.

The youth smiled with curved eyes, two shallow dimples appearing on his cheeks, his expression both gentle and satisfied.

Mi Yu somehow thought again of him sitting beneath the window, with the rose flower shadows swaying outside that scene, a smile like a flower.

“Being a Beta is also good.”

“…What?” Chao Xun suddenly heard this out-of-nowhere sentence, and for a moment couldn’t understand its meaning.

“…” Mi Yu’s expression was conflicted, as if he had never praised anyone in his life and felt awkward. Finally, he gave up on himself and said: “I said you being a Beta now is also good, much better than pretending to be some Omega.”

Chao Xun felt today was truly a great success, like having the pride of work achievements being affirmed.

“Mm, I also think so.” Chao Xun smiled and reached his hand toward him, jokingly saying, “Senior Mi, please guide me much in the future.”