Chapter 813 - The More The Merrier
The ladies kept screaming. They seemed to see hope.
Wang Jin and his friends exchanged glances with each other. Was this luck or ability? She hit the dartboard the moment she started playing? She was standing 2.37 meters away from the dartboard. This was the standard distance for a professional dart competition. And she managed to strike the dartboard immediately?
“It seems very fun. Yang Heng, shall we go and play too?” Yao Jing didn’t like the cheers and applause, especially when she noticed that Mother Yang kept looking at Ye Jian. She felt uncomfortable.
But, she couldn’t just go up recklessly. Thus, she had to pull Yang Heng along.
“Let’s go and play. You’re the host today. Go play and have fun with everyone.” When Yao Jing, who was wearing a pink princess dress, stood under the crystal lamp and whined affectionately, not only did she look cheeky and cute, she even seemed a little innocent. “If you don’t go up, that’ll really be boring.”
She couldn’t let Ye Jian take all the limelight!
Yang Heng looked at her coldly and said calmly, “If you want to play, you can go alone. Can’t you see that a few ladies have gone up already?”
A few ladies saw Ye Jian hitting the dartboard so easily so they thought that it wasn’t something difficult. Hence, they wanted to try it out.
Since someone had already gone up, it would seem weird if she didn’t. Yao Jing tilted her head and made a funny face to Yang Heng. “If you don’t plan to go, then I’ll go. What a damper will it be when everyone finally managed to gather together?”
Because of Yang Heng, Yao Jing, with her scary possessiveness, treated Ye Jian as her love rival. Hence, she wouldn’t let her love rival get any spotlight.
After Ye Jian threw her first dart at the original spot where Wang Jin and his friends threw their darts, all the ladies saw hope. They waited for the men to lose and do the 50 sit-ups.
“Junior Sister Ye Jian, are you teasing us? We all think that you have played darts before.” Wang Jin sounded a little uncertain when he took the darts off the dartboard. The dart was stuck deep into the dartboard. The way she threw the darts was the same as him. He could see that she had good control of the strength in her arm when she moved.
No matter how he looked at it, she seems to have played darts before.
Ye Jian took over the darts he passed to her. She pursed her lips and smiled at his uncertainty. “I never tease people. I only speak the truth. I really have never played darts before but I saw you and your friends playing just now. I had a good feeling.”
She had a good feeling about aiming. If she could control the strength of her arm and master the technique of throwing the dart, there wouldn’t be a big problem.
During the start of Ye Jian’s sniper training, she wore heavyweights on her wrist. As the training progressed, she had 5 kg weights on each of her hands. She laid in one position for many hours without moving so she had already learned to control the strength of her arm. Her concentration and aiming were good too.
She was able to hit her target even when Xia Jinyuan was driving the car at a very fast speed at night. Also, her memory was amazing. Thus, she just needed to copy Wang Jin’s actions to achieve the results she had just now.
“Feeling is very important when playing darts. You managed to find the feeling in one shot…” Wang Jin heaved a huge sigh. He purposely put on a sorrowful face and said, “What should I do? I think that we are unable to win you.”
Ye Jian, who was playing with her darts, instantly laughed. “How is that possible? You’re from the professional dart player association. Why will you be afraid of someone who just started playing?”
Yao Jing, who ran over, walked up the stage. She raised her voice purposely and said, “That’s right. Look at how well Ye Jian knows herself. Why are you discouraging yourselves? She just learned for a few minutes. If you’re already so scared, I think that it is quite easy to learn.”
She moved her gaze to the third year ladies that came up to the stage to take a look. She smiled and asked, “Isn’t that right? Senior Sisters, don’t you think that it’s quite easy to learn?”
During such situations, Yao Jing would always look for people she could drag down. When she didn’t have confidence in something, she would ask other people to try it. That way, she wouldn’t have to embarrass herself.
“Yes, we also feel that it’s quite easy so we wanted to try it out. However, we don’t want to compete. We just find it fun.” The ladies from Year Three laughed as they said. They just purely wanted to play. They didn’t have any intention of beating Ye Jian down like Yao Jing.
Then, they continued, “Junior Sister Ye Jian, don’t care about us. Hurry up and practice. The competition will start in five minutes. All the best! We have high hopes for you!”
“All the best, Ye Jian! I have high hopes for you too.” Yao Jing winked at Ye Jian cheekily. She walked to the dartboard and took out a dart that was stuck in the dartboard. She placed it on her hand and weighed it. She glanced at Ye Jian lightly and smiled. “It seems easy. Why not let me try it too? Senior Sisters, come and teach me. I will learn it seriously.”
“We can’t do it. Let them teach you.” The competition hasn’t started so they were still able to play if they wanted. The senior sisters pushed a boy over and laughed. “Go, go, go. Go and teach your Junior Sister Yao Jing. There are only a few minutes left. Maybe you might be able to groom a master.”
The man was shy but he still walked over. Just as he was about to explain the game using a dart to Yao Jing, Yao Jing took all the darts and said, “Thank you, Senior Brother.” Then, she started throwing the darts out one by one.
“Senior Brother, is it like this?” She was standing close to the dartboard so her dart managed to hit the dartboard however she threw it. “So this is how you play it. Senior Brother, is this correct? Look, all of my darts hit the board.”
Her appearance caused everything to become a one-man show. The young man nodded shyly when he saw this. “That’s right, that’s how you throw it. If you hit the dartboard, it’s not bad already.”
Since she didn’t need to compete, she could play however she wanted.
On the other hand, Ye Jian was more serious. She listened to Wang Jin’s explanation attentively. “Your arm strength seems very strong. The tip of the dart is embedded entirely in the board. But, this doesn’t matter. It will allow the dart to stick to the board firmly.
After dinner, the staff of the hotel cleared up the ballroom quickly and dished out fruits, small pastries, and candies. This would allow the students to continue eating while watching the competition.
The five minutes of warm-up time Ye Jian set aside for herself had ended. She only practiced twice but she nodded at Wang Jin. “Okay, we can start now.”
“Me too, me too. This is fun.” Yao Jing, who had at least five darts in her hand, ran quickly to Wang Jin’s side. Tonight, she had the most smiles and her smile was the sweetest. “Let me join. I want to play too. The senior brother just now said that I’m not bad.”
“The senior sisters are not bad too. Let us play together! Wait, we need to have some rewards. It’ll be more fun with rewards.”
This was just a game. Why do they need rewards? Wang Jin immediately stopped her. “No, no. We’re just playing for fun. There are no rewards. This is our hobby. We don’t need rewards. If you want to play, you can play with us.”
The more people playing, the more fun it would be. Yang Heng walked up and took the five darts from Yao Jing’s hand. He passed all of them to Wang Jin. “How can you leave me out of something so fun? Let’s play together.”
Yes, the more the merrier.