My Second Setter Wins People Over with Beatings [Competitive Sports]

"That's right, my teammates are a bunch of idiots, but they're my idiots, and I've got their backs!"

A foul-mouthed, self-deluding top spiker gong who prefers to act instead of talk, and an aggressive setter shou who'd rather play than argue. Updated daily at 3 p.m.

Li Jie and Lin Jianlu are volleyball players, 206 and 198 centimeters tall, respectively. From bitter rivals to sweethearts.

There's another volleyball novel in my collection, I Play Libero, So Bring It On. Please add it to your collection too.

Synopsis:

The reason Li Jie and Lin Jianlu became enemies probably goes back to when they were four.

The first time Li Jie met Lin Jianlu, that very night he stole his mother's five-carat diamond ring, climbed into Lin Jianlu's bed, and put it on his ring finger.

Four-year-old Lin Jianlu kept it, then turned around and beat Li Jie until he cried.

They fought their way through childhood together. Everyone saw them as rivals, and their teams were rivals too, with plenty of bad blood between them.

Until one day, Lin Jianlu experienced unprecedented bullying within his own team.

The volleyball prodigy fell from grace. Banned from competing and met with cold stares, Lin Jianlu was at his wits' end. With nowhere to turn for help, he repeatedly failed to transfer to another team. Just when he was out of options, he never expected that the only team willing to take a risk on him would be Li Jie's. It became his safe haven.

On the day he went to sign in with his new team, Lin Jianlu, alone and exhausted, mustered his last bit of strength to stand outside the office.

The door opened, and Li Jie appeared right in front of him. "Well, if it isn't 'High-Speed Attack Deer.' What happened to your deer legs?"

Lin Jianlu coldly raised his middle finger. "Asshole."

That day, the two nearly got disciplined by the team for fighting.

Later, the two nearly got disciplined by the team for making out.

In the end, Li Jie really was disciplined by the team. The reason: after a match, he got into a fight with the opposing team's top spiker. Furious, he beat the man until he could barely lift his head. His eyes were bloodshot. "You're the one who nearly had someone break his legs, aren't you?"

No one dared to stop him. Only Lin Jianlu stepped forward and grabbed Li Jie by the collar. "Let go! We just won gold. Don't make me hit you at the happiest moment of my life."

Notes:

* This is part of a sports series. You don't need to read the other books to enjoy this one. It's an ensemble cast with ten people on the team.

* Li Jie is Tao Wenchang's cousin. Tao Wenchang is straight.

* The athletes aren't based on real people. They're all original characters, and some of the competition names are made up.

Please add my next sports novel to your collection: My Rival's Blind, So I'll Protect Him.

Synopsis:

Su Zisa's rival, Yan Yiqian, has gone blind!

When everyone expected him to rejoice, he panicked.

From ages ten to fourteen, Su Zisa was still called Wen Rang. He and Yan Yiqian, who was the same age, were both track-and-field athletes. They were evenly matched and headstrong, neither willing to yield to the other. They never had a proper conversation. Su Zisa thought Yan Yiqian was so full of himself, so cold he barely seemed human, always acting like the chosen one. So he especially wanted to see Yan Yiqian humiliated after losing to him.

But he only wanted to see Yan Yiqian humiliated after a fair loss on the track. He didn't want to see him humiliated after going blind!

As it happened, Su Zisa was also recovering from an injury, so he immediately volunteered to take care of Yan Yiqian. A rival going blind is unacceptable. No one in the world gets to insult him except me! I've got his back!

And so, Su Zisa, who hadn't spoken to Yan Yiqian in years, arrived at his side with his luggage. The once-glorious athlete had become a wreck, sitting silently in a home like a garbage dump, his eyes wrapped in thick bandages.

He'd already driven away several caregivers and had completely given up on himself.

"Hello, I'm Su Zisa." Su Zisa crouched in front of his former rival, unconcerned about being recognized. He'd changed both his surname and given name, and he'd also gone through puberty and his voice change. His height and voice were completely different now.

The next moment, Yan Yiqian slowly raised his head. "Wen Rang?"

"Huh? Are you sure you've got the right person?" Su Zisa immediately denied it. Taking advantage of his rival's helplessness, he grabbed and pinched his face with abandon. So what if you're cold and aloof? You're still at my mercy. "Hey, handsome, you're so good-looking! Want me to help you to the bathroom? I'm a very attentive caregiver!"

In the eyes of outsiders, no one believed Yan Yiqian would recover. Everyone was waiting for him to throw Su Zisa out. But before long, Su Zisa was taking him outside to sunbathe. Not long after that, Yan Yiqian returned to the track he loved, training as a blind athlete.

And the guide runner holding his hand as they ran together was Su Zisa.

Su Zisa dutifully took care of his rival every day. He didn't want to see Yan Yiqian sink into despair. He wanted him back on the track, bigger and stronger than ever!

Of course, he also took plenty of liberties: touching him, kissing him, and taking him to bed. He just loved seeing that icy face trying to hide its pleasure.

As for whether his cover would be blown, he wasn't worried. Yan Yiqian would never regain his sight anyway.

Half a year later, Yan Yiqian regained his sight...

Theme: Fall in love properly, and bravely win gold.