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Chapter 223 Little Pear Blossom's Water Delivery Story

The track and field is 400 meters long.

1500 m.

That is, more than three laps around the playground.

"On your marks—get set—go!"

bang~
After the starting gun fired, Guan Ren immediately took the lead and created distance.

"Guan Ren! Don't go too fast!"

In the last second before the start, Xiaolihua anxiously gave a reminder.

But Guan Ren knew what was going on.

When it comes to school sports meets, students' psychological qualities sometimes need to be considered as well.

Guan Ren believes that even though many people know that middle- and long-distance running shouldn't start too fast, seeing a "madman" like Guan Ren who doesn't care will first give them some doubts and even pressure.

At the same time, Guan Ren was also very aware of his physical condition.

For him, the 1500 meters doesn't really require much attention to rhythm or conserving energy.

So Guan Ren kept sprinting and took the lead for a lap before he started to slow down.

The others then began to catch up.

Just before others could surpass him, Guan Ren found a pace he could handle and started to speed up slightly.

After maintaining a slight lead for another lap, he began his final sprint.

"come on! Come on!"

"Charge, Second Master!"

This final lap is often the most exciting moment for the audience.

However, just as Guan Ren was about to cross the line, a thin, silent boy behind him suddenly accelerated significantly.

"oh--!!"

The group of people nearby immediately erupted in excitement; they were from Class 9.

Guan Ren, caught off guard by this sudden overtake, unexpectedly came in second place.

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"That's enough, Ren-ge!"

"Indeed, a silver medal is still a medal."

"Tsk tsk tsk, I'm definitely not up to par, Second Master is amazing!"

"Ren-ge is awesome!"

After the competition, although the audience of Class 7 had some regrets, they were quite satisfied with Guan Ren's performance.

"I also think I'm awesome."

Guan Ren nodded, quite satisfied with himself.

Anyway, he doesn't have much of a competitive spirit.

Moreover, after some investigation, it was discovered that the one who came from behind was actually from the school training team, and he practiced running every day. It was quite normal for him to surpass Guan Ren slightly in his professional field.

As a group, with so many classes, getting second place would indeed be quite good.

Besides, this isn't Guan Ren's last battle; he still has a 3000-meter race the day after tomorrow.

"Guan Ren, how are you feeling?"

Those who were close to Guan Ren immediately surrounded him. Gu Youli saw him frowning and panting, doing high-knee stomping and other breathing exercises to catch his breath. She was afraid to ask him anything, worried that her words would disturb his breathing. So she pursed her lips, nervously clenched her hands, and stared at him intently.

After catching his breath, Guan Ren looked at his classmates around him, feeling both amused and exasperated.
"No...you guys...uh..."

He swallowed to moisten his throat.
"You guys...standing guard at the finish line...didn't anyone bring a bottle of water?"

water?
The group of people were taken aback, and then looked at each other in bewilderment.

Yes! Where's the water?
Seeing other classes handing water and towels to their athletes, while they stood there dumbfounded empty-handed, they looked rather clownish.

"Damn, how do you handle logistics? This is so unprofessional!"

"Go get Ren-ge some water!"

"Stop rushing us, stop rushing us, someone has already gone."

……

indeed so.

In fact, a moment before Guan Ren even brought up the question, two figures had already silently and quickly run away.

One of them is Gu Youli.

At the sports meet, some classes brought water dispensers from their classrooms, while others bought bottled water. Class 7 was the latter, and they left their bottled water at the assembly point.

Gu Youli jogged all the way to the meeting point, grabbed a bottle of water, and then, worried that it wouldn't be enough, grabbed two more bottles, hugged them to her chest, and ran back.

Sweat covered her forehead, and strands of hair clung to her cheeks.

To be honest, Gu Youli wasn't very good at sports, especially running. The sudden start to running caused her abdomen to ache quite quickly.

But the impact is not big.

At least compared to what she values ​​more now, it's nothing.

"Watch out, classmate!"

"?!"

During the incident, some people were playing around and almost bumped into Gu Youli.

Fortunately, the other party dodged in time, and Gu Youli only stumbled slightly.

"Are you alright, classmate?"

"fine."

It was just a tiny scratch.

Gu Youli quickly stood up, picked up the water bottle that had rolled away, and continued running towards the finish line.

……

Once she could make out the shadowy figures surrounding Guan Ren, Gu Youli held up a bottle of water:

"close…"

She opened her mouth, wanting to shout out the name of her favorite deskmate, just like she had done to cheer him on before.

But then, suddenly, it stopped in my throat.

As far as the eye could see, a girl had gone to the nearby ping-pong table and brought back the half-empty bottle of water she had finished drinking, which she then gave to Guan Ren.

He took a big gulp and choked.

The girl playfully patted his back.

Then he smiled with a hint of indulgence.

"..."

So, in mid-air, Gu Youli's arm, which was holding the water bottle, slowly lowered and gradually pulled it into her arms.

click-

Ahead of Gu Youli, several girls were surrounding Du Zihan, using their cameras to record the scene near Guan Ren.

"...Wow~ Guan Ren and Xiao Bei seem like such a happy couple~..."

"...Please don't say that, Xiao Bei already denied it to me last time..."

"...Pfft~ Not many people would believe that..."

"...And even if they're not together now, it's only a matter of time..."

"...Exactly! Childhood sweethearts are such a perfect match!"

……

Gu Youli stood there, motionless.

The girls' fragmented and vague discussions, falling into my ears, were as clear as thorns.

The blazing sun burned my skin with an unprecedented heat.

The sweat and whatever else it was wasted became exceptionally hot, and intermittently, one drop at a time, blurred Gu Youli's vision with the blinking of her eyelashes.

The sweat on her wrists slid down to the scraped area on her elbow from the fall, making her gently bite her lower lip.

"Huh? Young pear."

A girl turned around and spotted Gu Youli not far away, and greeted her:
"You're so hot from running! Are you going to bring someone some water?"

"Eh…"

Gu Youli snapped out of her daze, opened her dry lips, and looked down at the two bottles of water she was still clutching tightly, feeling somewhat lost.

"Young pear?"

"No."

A moment later, she raised her calm and pretty face and shook her head.

Her ponytail, tied slightly high at the back of her head, swayed gently.

"I took two bottles because I was worried it wouldn't be enough for myself."

"Wow, I'm so thirsty! Can I have a bottle?"

"Well, yes."

"Thank you, Yuri~"

With her arms behind her back, one hand covering the elbow of the other, Gu Youli straightened her small chest, walked back to the meeting point, and put a band-aid on herself.

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(End of this chapter)