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Chapter 8 A Crushing Victory

After confirming that their opponents wanted to play a doubles match, Chen Yuan and Xu Zhiyi went to the equipment section to choose rackets.

Looking at the dazzling array of rackets, Chen Yuan was dumbfounded. What was so different about all these rackets?

He had never played badminton in college. He first came into contact with it after he started working, when Li Xin would occasionally ask him to play badminton together.

However, after a few attempts, Li Xin gave up.

Because she discovered that Chen Yuan had absolutely no talent in this area, she couldn't get her exercise to increase at all.

As for the racket, he did buy one back then, and it seems he spent several hundred yuan on it.

Then Li Xin helped him find someone to pull the line, but she didn't understand any of the technical terms like "pounds".

Seeing that Xu Zhiyi had already made her choice, Chen Yuan took the same racket as her, since he couldn't tell the difference.

"Didn't you say it was just so-so?" Xu Zhiyi looked somewhat surprised.

"It's just so-so, beginner level," Chen Yuan replied.

"Hmm?" Xu Zhiyi looked at him suspiciously, wondering if Chen Yuan was pretending to be weak while actually being strong, so she didn't expose him.

Soon, Lu Zeyan and Zhang Jianjian were also ready.

"Make him cry!" Zhang Jianjian muttered to himself, looking at Chen Yuan's indifferent expression.

As Xu Zhiyi arrived at the venue, Chen Yuan followed her over. Seeing that she was standing on the other side, he stood on the right.

Seeing that Chen Yuan had gotten into position, Lu Zeyan looked at Xu Zhiyi and said, "Let's play rock-paper-scissors and see who goes first."

Xu Zhiyi paused for a moment, glanced at Chen Yuan, and then went to the China Open to play rock-paper-scissors with Lu Zeyan.

The game was decided in one round, and Lu Zeyan won the first round.

Lu Zeyan returned to the service area, picked up the shuttlecock, and looked at Chen Yuan, who was swinging his racket. He was somewhat surprised to see that the other party was calm and composed.

Even so, he wasn't afraid, as he was still very strong in badminton.

I've won several championships in amateur competitions.

"Then I'll start!" Lu Zeyan said, and the next moment, he threw the ball and spiked it towards Chen Yuan in the opposite corner.

Chen Yuan was still recalling his badminton skills when he saw the shuttlecock flying towards him. The next moment, he instinctively caught it with a net lift, and then the shuttlecock was tossed straight up.

"Oh no, I should still be able to catch it." Seeing the ball about to land in his area, Chen Yuan stepped forward a few steps, caught the ball again, and then hit a high ball back.

The shuttlecock landed in their area and was not caught.

Chen Yuan was somewhat surprised; had he actually gotten a point?

"..."

The three people present stared at him in astonishment.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yuan was a little confused and turned to look at Xu Zhiyi.

Xu Zhiyi immediately rubbed her forehead and sighed silently.

"0-1." Zhang Jianjian snapped out of his daze, waved his little fist, and announced the score.

"Huh?" Chen Yuan was a little confused. Hadn't he crossed the line?

"You can't receive the ball twice," Lu Zeyan said with a smile.

"Oh, I see, I understand." Chen Yuan nodded seriously upon hearing this.

It felt like punching cotton. Lu Zeyan frowned. Was the other party really stupid or just pretending?

Soon, Lu Zeyan and Zhang Jianjian switched sides and prepared to serve again.

Seeing this, Chen Yuan thought they were going to change seats, so he walked towards Xu Zhiyi.

"No need to change, just stand there," Xu Zhiyi said calmly, then got into position to receive the ball.

"Oh." Chen Yuan scratched his head, continuing to stand in his right-hand area, muttering to himself, "There weren't this many rules when I fought Li Xin, were there?"

The next moment, Lu Zeyan continued to serve, smashing the ball at high speed. Xu Zhiyi took two steps forward and received it directly, then returned it with a hit.

Seeing this, Zhang Jianjian stepped forward, caught the ball, and returned it.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Zhiyi retaliated and continued to attack Zhang Jianjian.

In a short time, each of the beauties present competed with each other several times. Seeing that Zhang Jianjian was losing, Lu Zeyan stepped forward to receive the ball and then hit it at Chen Yuan, who was doing nothing.

Chen Yuan remained highly focused. When he saw Lu Zeyan pass the ball to him again, he caught it high once more, and the ball landed quietly in his own half of the court.

"0-2." Lu Zeyan said as the ball landed.

"..."

What followed was a brutal ordeal.

"0-3!"

"0-6!"

"1-6!"

"....."

"3-12!"

As the scores continued to widen, Xu Zhiyi, despite her strong amateur skills, was only on par with Lu Zeyan, while Zhang Jianjian also possessed considerable amateur talent.

As a result, most of the points were lost by Chen Yuan.

Before long, they had reached match point.

"5-20!"

Chen Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead. Looking at the score, even he, who was usually calm and collected, was a little shaken.

This sport is truly a game-changer in terms of sheer power.

He looked at Xu Zhiyi and expressed his apology. There was nothing he could do; if it didn't work, it didn't work. This wasn't something he could fake.

Although Xu Zhiyi was somewhat unconvinced, she did not blame Chen Yuan. After all, he had said that he only knew the basics, and she mistakenly thought that Chen Yuan was pretending to be weak by choosing a 26-pound racket.

With the final serve, as expected, when the ball returned to Chen Yuan's side, Xu Zhiyi was unable to reach it, and the final score was 5-21.

A normal match that would normally last 10 to 20 minutes ended in less than 10 minutes.

"Shall we stop here?" Lu Zeyan asked, seeking the opinions of Xu Zhiyi and Chen Yuan.

"Is it not over yet?" Chen Yuan asked, somewhat surprised.

"Normally it's best two out of three, but you can finish it if you want. My son and I discussed it, and if you have no objections, we'll decide the winner this way," Lu Zeyan said.

"Is that all?" Chen Yuan looked at Xu Zhiyi.

Xu Zhiyi nodded and agreed to Lu Zeyan's suggestion, so the doubles match ended early.

Chen Yuan really didn't want to play anymore. In this kind of group sport, it's very painful to have a teammate who drags you down.

He likes playing football. In 11-a-side football, one or two teammates who drag the team down don't have much of an impact in casual games, as long as you understand the basic rules.

In 5-a-side football, a balance of skill among teammates is required. In casual matches, normal teams generally won't accept a complete novice.

In singles and doubles sports, when veterans and novices play seriously, it's a complete domination.

After the match ended, the group cleaned up the venue, returned their equipment, and then sat in the rest area for a while.

Chen Yuan didn't know how the others got along, but his two groups didn't interact at all.

Lu Zeyan and Zhang Jianjian chatted casually for a few minutes, while he remained quiet. Lu Zeyan had tried to talk to Xu Zhiyi before, but she was very sparing with words.

The four sat for a while, and seeing that no one was going to arrange their next activity for the evening, Zhang Jianjian suggested going out for a walk, and then he and Lu Zeyan left first.

Before leaving, Zhang Jianjian looked at Chen Yuan curiously. Seeing that he didn't seem to have any more intentions towards her, she couldn't help but feel curious.

After the two left, Chen Yuan asked, "Should we go for a walk or go back to the villa?"

"Go back?" Xu Zhiyi rarely asked for his opinion this time.

Chen Yuan was somewhat surprised, then nodded and said, "Okay, let's go back and enjoy the air conditioning in the villa."

The two hit it off immediately, got up and left the badminton hall, heading towards the sightseeing bus.