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As soon as Xu Jiangtong came home, he received a voice call from Tao Xihong in the company's WeChat.

"Why did you suddenly agree? Could it be someone who kidnapped you?" His tone was slightly joking.

Xu Jiangtong rubbed his eyebrows: "It's okay."

"Why don't you come to school tomorrow and I'll practice with you for a while?"

"Need not."

Tao Xihong persisted: "Volleyball is fun when there are many players."

There seems to be a fitness center near my home, so maybe I don't need to bother him.Xu Jiangtong got up and went to the grocery store to look around, only to find that he hadn't bought anything related to volleyball since he moved, and only found a toy ball to amuse the dog.

He threw the ball to Tela and compromised helplessly: "What time is it tomorrow?"

"Two o'clock in the afternoon? Anyway, the team rests on Saturday, and I'm free anytime."

Xu Jiangtong glanced at the weather forecast, and it happened that the temperature will rise tomorrow, which is suitable for playing in winter.

"Okay, see you tomorrow." He finally agreed.

When Tela saw the new toy, he immediately picked up the ball excitedly and jumped around the room.

Xu Jiangtong hung up the phone, took the ball from its mouth, and threw it out again, repeating this mechanical movement, as if returning to every day and night when he practiced tossing the ball.

In fact, Xu Jiangtong's desire to play basketball again is stronger than anyone else - any skill that has been learned for more than ten years will become a habit.

But he can't forget his childhood playmate, Felix.Xu Jiangtong practiced volleyball for 14 years, served as a setter for 7 years, and supported him for 7 years.

Seven years.

This teenage friendship was ultimately buried in Felix's jealousy.

I don't know when, Felix started to spend his days and nights, asking p to change boyfriends everywhere.

Until one time, he smashed himself temporarily blind with a ball.Only then did Xu Jiangtong realize the problem, and the situation was too serious to recover.

Sometimes Xu Jiangtong would blame himself for not noticing his strangeness in the early stage and making a decision earlier.In this way, in the end, I dragged my unhealed body and went to Russia to study alone after learning Russian for four months.

Thinking of the years of isolation and helplessness, his emotions collapsed instantly, and he lay down on the sofa and sobbed softly.

"Woo——" Tela quickly put down the ball in his mouth, picked up a box of tissues and stuffed them in his hand.

"It's okay..." Xu Jiangtong lay quietly for a few minutes, went to the bathroom to take a shower, and prepared to go to bed early.

Saturday was a long-lost sunny day. After lunch, he warmed up and drove to school.Walking into the gymnasium, one can see Tao Xihong standing outside the court, as if chatting with his teammates.

Seeing him coming, Tao Xihong raised his hand and waved: "You came quite early."

Xu Jiangtong hummed, feeling that the room was still warm, so he took off his dark gray velvet coat, revealing the sportswear underneath.

He was dressed all in black.The upper body is a black and white short-sleeved jersey, the cuffs are fully supported by the muscles of the upper arm, but the whole hand is slender and well-proportioned, especially the inner forearm, with well-defined muscles and bones.

This was the only place where Xu Jiangtong showed his flesh.Looking down, his legs were wrapped in black tights, which were probably thin in spring and autumn. They fit the muscles of his thighs and showed a little flesh color.

It's a pity that the loose ball pants cover the lines of the buttocks.

Seeing that Tao Xihong hadn't moved, Xu Jiangtong took out a hair tie from his bag and tied it on. He tidied up the loose hair at the back, took off the rubber band that was stuck in his mouth, and skillfully tied it into a high ponytail.

"I'll warm up first." Xu Jiangtong took out a volleyball from the basket and passed it to the wall at close range, looking for the touch of the ball.

After sweating on his back, he lay on the yoga mat again, raised his arms and legs, threw the ball upward continuously, kept swinging his legs, adjusted his position, and caught the ball from the gap between his legs and his body.

This action extremely tests the strength of the athlete's waist and abdomen. Without the support of long-term training, it is impossible to shake a few times.

Listening to the sound of the ball piercing the air, Tao Xihong looked at the tips of his hair and the little mole shaking on his nasal bone, and was amazed that he could combine femininity and male hormones so perfectly.

If there is such a setter in the team, he will definitely practice from morning to night every day without a single complaint.

But this action has been watched for a long time, like a cat lying on the ground playing with a ball of wool.Especially after learning about Xu Jiangtong's experience, Tao Xihong felt that he was very much like a Siberian cat whose hair was fried in the ice and snow.

He walked to Xu Jiangtong's side, waited for the ball to be thrown into the air, and scooped it up.Xu Jiangtong lay on the ground maintaining his batting posture, his eyes were dull for a moment, and then he gave him a dissatisfied look.

"To be able to play for so long, the teacher's waist is really good." Tao Xihong took advantage of the opportunity.

Xu Jiangtong's abdomen tightened, and he sat up from the yoga mat in disgust, just like a big cat with fried hair.

"Let's get started." Tao Xihong dragged the three-meter-high mobile basket to the fourth position, then called his teammates, and introduced, "This is our team's free agent Tan Xinkai, you can call him Xiao Tan."

The Libero is mainly responsible for defense and saving the ball, and requires flexible actions, so he is short in stature.Tan Xinkai was a freshman again, looking even weaker and helpless.

Tao Xihong asked him to stand outside the sideline of the second position, received Xu Jiangtong's back pass, walked outside the three-meter line by himself, and was responsible for throwing the ball for him.

Seeing the familiar setter training package, Xu Jiangtong consciously walked to the net and got ready.

Tao Xihong was amused by his well-behaved appearance, and threw one over.

Xu Jiangtong's attention was instantly concentrated, he quickly moved to the point where the ball fell, and picked it up—unfortunately, the ball hit the edge of the frame.

"Practice frontal passing first." Tao Xihong didn't talk nonsense, and continued to throw the ball into the court.Xu Jiangtong followed his rhythm and quickly found the feeling.

After about ten balls, he was able to pass the ball into the frame stably, and his running pace was much more relaxed.

"Add back pass." Tao Xihong continued to give orders.

His hitting posture is very good-looking, almost inadvertently bringing all the power to his fingertips.Moreover, the range of movement of the setter is far less than that of the attacker, and the top only slightly lifts up a corner with the swing of the body, hiding the abdominal muscles in the shadow.

Tao Xihong stared at his twisting waist, his body felt hot.

"You really haven't practiced for 7 years?"

"Almost." Xu Jiangtong didn't stop hitting the ball and said while practicing.

Then with a beautiful back pass, the ball fell steadily into Xiao Tan's hands.

He asked again: "Why didn't you fight?"

"No time to."

wrong.Tao Xihong still remembers the first time he asked him to play, Xu Jiangtong's emotion was clearly resistance.

"Because of former teammates?"

Xu Jiangtong froze his fingers when he heard the words, and directly passed the ball out of the court.

He loves volleyball and is an extremely talented setter.Tao Xihong couldn't imagine what happened, who made him not want to play volleyball again for seven years.

Suddenly, a crazy idea crossed Tao Xihong's brain - it would be great if he was my setter.

Driven by a strong possessive desire, Tao Xihong rushed towards the net the moment he threw the next ball.

He wants to cooperate with himself?Xu Jiangtong quickly withdrew his thoughts, adjusted his hitting posture by relying on the muscle memory engraved into his DNA, and passed it to the best spiking point for the secondary attacker, then retracted his body and took half a step back to protect his teammates.

The instant he retreated, Tao Xihong reached the highest point.

Suddenly the tit crowed outside the window, and the boy's figure broke through the afterglow of the sunset. The cry and heartbeat poured from the eardrum to the chest cavity, gushing out in an instant.

Xu Jiangtong's gaze fell on him dully, and he felt his cheeks getting hot.

"Bang——" the ball hit the ground—a perfect close-up fast.

"Why did you run up without saying a word, what if you get hurt?" Xu Jiangtong, still in shock, scolded him loudly.

Tao Xihong lifted his clothes and wiped his sweat: "Mr. Xiao Jiang, you shouldn't be chatting with me during training."

Xu Jiangtong emphasized: "It was you who started the topic."

"Then you shouldn't answer either. Anyone who is distracted during training should be criticized." Tao Xihong gritted his teeth, "Also, you shouldn't be distracted when I ask you the last question."

Because of this, Tao Xihong can basically confirm his experience, and he wants to know which bastard failed to protect such an excellent setter.

But I can only silently swear my sovereignty through such a naive trick.

Xu Jiangtong was terribly frightened by him, went to sit on a chair outside the arena, buried his face in his hands, and took a few breaths in pain.

Tao Xihong picked up his own towel, wrapped Xu Jiangtong in it, rubbed his soft brown hair through the towel, and squatted beside him: "Idiot, you obviously like playing ball so much, but you have been alone for so long .”

"It's true that I don't have time to play because of my PhD."

"Still stubborn," Tao Xihong unscrewed a bottle of water and handed it over, "Are you happy playing with me?"

"Not bad." He took a sip of the water.

"Then call you again next time?" Tao Xihong teased him, "Why don't you be my setter."

"No." Xu Jiangtong finally regained his composure, tore off the towel covering his head, raised his eyes blurred by sweat, "I'm going to make a setter across the net, every ball will make you dizzy."

Tao Xihong smiled and shook his head: "Okay, then I'll wait."

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If the professional knowledge about volleyball is not well written, please discuss it with me.

A little popular science: The volleyball starting lineup usually has 7-8 players, two main attackers, two secondary attackers, one setter, 1-2 counters, and one free agent.The actual game is 6 people.

The attacker is the source of points. Under normal circumstances, the main attacker is responsible for smashing the ball and attacking. The main attacker in the back row needs to receive a pass, and the secondary attacker needs to block the net, cover the offense of his teammates, or cooperate with the pass to play a fast break, etc.The setter organizes the offense and can be regarded as the soul of the team.The response is generally played diagonally with the setter, similar to the main attack, which requires spiking and blocking.Libero is responsible for defending and saving the ball (no need to serve and block), so there is no requirement for height, and there are more passes.

Of course, in the actual game, it is also necessary to fine-tune the responsibilities of each player according to the position of the rotation.