Chapter 005 【Fadeaway Jump Shot】

Seeing the students' reactions, Gu Feng finally understood one thing: these students were deliberately provoking him. Recalling when he went to the 76th Army's elite unit, the Prince's Company, as an instructor, those soldiers from privileged backgrounds were far more arrogant than these students in front of him.

"Line up!" Gu Feng let go of the whistle, scanned the crowd in the gym, and said sternly.

Gu Feng's roar was loud, his low growl like a wolf's howl, startling some of the girls and making them pale. Although the boys didn't react as poorly as the girls, they all stopped in their tracks.

"You have five seconds to line up properly, or each of you will run 50 laps around the basketball court!" Gu Feng's gaze swept coldly over the students in the gym, his deep voice echoing through the space.

These students were mischievous, but they couldn't bear Gu Feng's stern gaze. Some students began moving to the center, but the few students dribbling basketballs remained motionless.

Five seconds later, except for the five students dribbling basketballs, all the others had lined up in the center.

"What's wrong with you five?" Gu Feng said as he walked toward them, his serious expression making it clear to everyone that he was in a very bad mood.

As if sensing Gu Feng was about to lose his temper, someone signaled to the students, saying, "Chen Xu, come over quickly, don't make the teacher angry."

At the same time, the five students dribbling basketballs stopped. Except for one tall, slender student who remained relatively calm, the other four looked uneasy and avoided Gu Feng's gaze.

"Would he dare hit us?" The tall, slender student, though he felt a twinge of fear inside, suddenly remembered something and grew bolder, stepping to the front.

"Chen Xu..." someone else tried to warn him.

"Shut up!" Gu Feng turned and shot a fierce glare at the student who had spoken, then walked up to Chen Xu, narrowing his eyes. "Give me a reason for not lining up."

The entire gym was dead silent, Gu Feng's voice making Chen Xu and the others' ears ring.

Chen Xu and the others felt the pressure from Gu Feng, as if a mountain stood before them, causing an indescribable discomfort.

"Because I don't think you're qualified to be our PE teacher!" Chen Xu, feeling oppressed by Gu Feng's presence, said, gasping for air.

As soon as Chen Xu spoke, the expressions of many students in the gym changed. They watched Gu Feng worriedly, afraid he would hit Chen Xu, because, in their eyes, Gu Feng at that moment resembled a beast about to snap.

Gu Feng didn't hit Chen Xu but instead squeezed out a few words through gritted teeth: "Why am I not qualified?"

"Do you understand basketball? Do you know the rules? Do you know what a fadeaway jump shot is?" Speaking of basketball, a smug look appeared on Chen Xu's face as he spun the basketball on his finger.

Chen Xu's action broke the tension in the gym. Some students who had been afraid to look at Gu Feng now curiously turned their eyes toward him, wearing expressions of anticipation. Before Gu Feng arrived, Chen Xu had told his classmates that Gu Feng was a country bumpkin from the mainland who didn't even know what basketball was. Now, they all wanted to see how Gu Feng would respond.

"You play basketball well?" Gu Feng answered a question with a question, so no one knew what he was thinking.

Hearing this, Chen Xu's lips curled slightly into a confident smile. "I'm the starting guard for the school basketball team."

Chen Xu was a very handsome young man, especially when he smiled. As a fourth-year student, making the school team spoke volumes about his skills.

When Chen Xu said this with a smile, many girls turned their gazes toward him. Seeing their adoring looks, Chen Xu grew even more smug. "You still haven't answered my question."

Clearly, Chen Xu was hell-bent on embarrassing Gu Feng.

Instead of answering, Gu Feng suddenly grabbed the basketball that was still spinning on Chen Xu's finger, leaned back, jumped, and at the highest point, gently flicked the ball with his right hand.

To everyone's astonishment, the basketball arced beautifully through the air, and with a "swish," it went straight through the net.

A fadeaway jump shot!

A fadeaway jump shot from beyond the three-point line!

At that moment, the gym fell completely silent. Everyone stared wide-eyed, looking at the basketball with disbelief.

"Thud!" After going through the net, the basketball hit the wooden floor with a crisp sound, bounced a few times, and rolled to the side.

The entire gym was so quiet you could hear people breathing, as if everyone was still immersed in Gu Feng's fadeaway jump shot.

Gu Feng landed steadily, looked at the stunned Chen Xu, and asked, "Does that count as a fadeaway jump shot?"

Still in shock, Chen Xu swallowed hard, looking at Gu Feng with disbelief. His throat felt blocked, and he opened his mouth for a long time without saying a word, so he could only nod subconsciously. In his heart, he was secretly amazed: Isn't he just a country bumpkin soldier from the mainland? How can he play basketball so well?

"A fadeaway jump shot from beyond the three-point line—even Kobe couldn't guarantee making that, right?"

"Yeah! The teacher is just too cool!"

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For a moment, some of the girls in the gym who liked basketball began praising Gu Feng.

Hearing the girls' praise, Chen Xu snapped out of his shock, his expression turning quite ugly. As the Prince Charming in the eyes of the girls in his class, he didn't want anyone to outshine him, especially in basketball, his area of expertise.

At the entrance of the gym, a girl in a school uniform poked her head in, secretly observing the situation. When she saw Gu Feng make a fadeaway jump shot from beyond the three-point line, she was stunned.

After recovering, she frowned and winked at Chen Xu in the distance.

Chen Xu was already feeling very frustrated, and when he saw the girl's gesture, he gritted his teeth, wanting to say something. But before he could speak, he heard Gu Feng say sternly, "Now go run laps. Fifty laps, not one less!"

Hearing Gu Feng's words, except for Chen Xu, the other five students put down their basketballs and started jogging.

"Teacher, if you can beat me one-on-one on the basketball court, I'll go run!" Chen Xu said, his face looking very unpleasant.

"Next class, I can play you one-on-one. Right now, what you need to do is run fifty laps around the court." Gu Feng glanced sideways at Chen Xu, then, without waiting for a reply, turned and walked toward the students in the center.

"Teacher, remember what you said today." Chen Xu watched Gu Feng's retreating back, gritted his teeth, then turned and chased after the four students ahead, secretly vowing to defeat Gu Feng on the basketball court next time to regain his pride.

Gu Feng returned to the center, clearly sensing that the students' expressions toward him were worlds apart from before. Their change in attitude made his expression relax slightly. "Hello everyone, my name is Gu Feng. I'm a newly transferred teacher. Starting today, I'll be teaching your class's PE lessons for this semester."

"Clap, clap!" As soon as Gu Feng finished speaking, the students began applauding.

A few seconds later, Gu Feng made a gesture, and after the applause died down, he said, "First, run two laps around the court, then we'll do warm-up exercises."

As Gu Feng spoke, he keenly sensed that he was being watched. Subconsciously, he glanced toward the gym entrance out of the corner of his eye.

The next moment, Gu Feng clearly saw a familiar figure.