This humble Taoist priest wants to take the college entrance exam.

Chapter 202 The Battle of the Class Monitor and Little Cicada in the 4x100m Race

With Chen Shi'an carrying three others, Class 5 of Grade 11 broke the school sports meet record for the men's 4x100m relay and advanced to tomorrow's finals without a doubt.

A major comeback is always exciting, and the classes were more united than ever before.

After the men's 4x100m relay preliminaries, the women's 4x100m relay preliminaries will follow immediately.

Lin Mengqiu and Wen Zhixia both signed up for the women's 4x100m relay. The two girls watched the competition all morning, and now it was finally their turn to compete. They were both assigned to the second group and would compete together.

Chen Shi'an got really excited and wanted to see who could run faster, Lin Mengqiu or Wen Zhixia.

Let's go over to Lin Mengqiu's side first and see how she's preparing.

Lin Mengqiu was currently doing warm-up exercises at the base camp with Qiu Yufu, Zheng Yining, and Xie Mengxuan.

All four girls looked a little nervous, especially Zheng Yining and Xie Mengxuan. It was their first time participating in the competition, and the thought of so many classmates watching made their palms sweat!
"Oh no, I'm so nervous!"

"Chen Shi'an, were you nervous just now?"

"I'm not nervous."

How do you manage not to be nervous?

"..."

Chen Shi'an was stumped by Zheng Yining's question, and it took him a while to comfort her: "Don't worry, the relay race is a team event. If you cooperate well, you still have a good chance."

Looking at Lin Mengqiu, the class monitor had already warmed up and looked very serious. Occasionally, she would reach out and touch the bun on the back of her head.

"Won't it fall off...?"

"No, if the class monitor is worried, then take off your ponytail first."

"Need not."

"Come on, squad leader!"

After observing the preparations made by Class 5, Chen Shi'an strolled over to Class 11's headquarters.

The match is about to start, and Wen Zhixia, Yao Jingyan, and three other girls are warming up here.

Right now, the four girls are stretching their legs and secretly discussing some tactics.

"...Anyway, Xiaoyan, you should be positioned opposite Yufu. It would be best if you could run faster than her. If you can't run as fast as her, we must not drop the baton during the handover."

"Don't worry, Zhizhi, your happiness depends entirely on your sister!"

"What the hell... We're here to win!"

What plan are you talking about?

When Chen Shi'an's voice suddenly rang out, the four girls were all startled.

Wen Zhixia gave him a light tap, clearly annoyed.

"You scared me to death, Taoist priest! What are you doing here at our headquarters?"

"We've come to eavesdrop on your tactics."

"Get out of here! Don't you dare tell on me!"

"Good, good, keep it up, Little Cicada."

Chen Shi'an smiled and went to the arena to reserve a spot.

He had seen the preparations of both sides. Xiao Zhi was clearly more energetic, but the class monitor's determination was also good, and they managed to make the group stage feel like the final.

Soon, the women's competition began.

Although they may not have the same level of technical skill as the men's team, they are all young girls, and watching their matches is quite interesting.

Among the spectators, Chen Shi'an spotted a familiar figure.

"Principal Lin, are you here to cheer for the class monitor too?"

"Hehe, just joining in the fun, let's see!"

Lin Ming smiled. It was a rare opportunity for his daughter to have a competition, and as her father, he would definitely come and cheer her on when he had the time.

"Let's come over here and watch. Our squad leader is running the fourth leg. We'll wait for him at the finish line."

"Really! Mengqiu is running the fourth leg?"

Hearing Chen Shi'an say this, Lin Ming suddenly realized what was going on and came with him to wait at the finish line.

As the two were chatting, Chen Shi'an saw a familiar figure again.

"Aunt Mei came to cheer on Little Cicada too?"

The visitor was Wen Zhixia's aunt. The breakfast shop had closed at this time, and since her home was nearby, she came over to cheer Zhixia on.

"Hey, Shi'an! You're done with the competition?"

"Yes, I just finished my competition. Aunt Mei arrived just in time. Xiao Zhi is about to start her competition."

"Thank goodness! I thought you guys were all done competing!"

Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu, who had just come out of the base camp, saw their respective groups of friends and relatives and didn't have time to come over for a chat. Wen Zhixia waved from afar, while Lin Mengqiu turned her head and glanced in their direction.

"Are Lin Mengqiu, Qiu Yufu, Zheng Yining, and Xie Mengxuan from Class 5 of Grade 11 all here?"

"We're all here!"

"Okay, let's get ready on runway five."

"Are Wen Zhixia, Yao Jingyan, He Yeye, and Shen Yatong from Class 21 of Senior High School all here?"

"We're all here!"

"Okay, let's get ready on lane six."

After signing in with the referee, the eight girls went to their respective positions on the track.

Lin Mengqiu and Wen Zhixia both ran the fourth leg of the race, and their starting points were very close to each other, as it was the final straight-line sprint.

While waiting for the game to start, the two girls, who used to sit at the same table, didn't talk to each other. They just stood there and adjusted their state.

Wen Zhixia's shoulder-length short hair was tied into a small ponytail. She had taken off her coat and was only wearing a sports short-sleeved shirt. It was almost noon and the temperature was no longer cold.

To prepare for the competition, she made thorough preparations, not only changing to professional running shoes but also wearing a sports bra. She also practiced baton exchanges with Xiaoyan a lot during PE class.

Lin Mengqiu doesn't need sports bras or anything like that.

However, she had done her preparations well. Wearing professional running shoes, she raised her hand and touched the hair that was tied up at the back of her head just before the start of the race.

Wen Zhixia's expression was strange.

When did this ice queen learn to style her hair? She usually wears a ponytail.
Is there also a bamboo hairpin?

Huh……?
This bamboo hairpin looks familiar.

Wen Zhixia was stunned.

After thinking for a while, I remembered that when I first met the Taoist priest on the bus, I seemed to have seen him use a similar bamboo hairpin to tie his hair up...

The girl couldn't help herself and turned to ask her:
"That hairpin, did the Taoist priest give it to you?"

"~~~"

Lin Mengqiu stared straight ahead for a long while before finally uttering a light, cheerful word:
"Ah."

"?"

really!

Just know!
No wonder the Ice Cube Spirit was so vain about her hairpin; it turns out the Taoist priest gave it to her!

Wen Zhixia began warming up, panting heavily. The ice-cold spirit was still trying to mess with her mentality—no way! She couldn't lose this time!

I should have brought the fan! Soon, the starting gun fired from the starting line.

The girls' physical fitness is far inferior to that of the boys. Most of the girls were forced to participate in the competition, just like Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu last year. They had not even trained until the start of the competition.

"Go Mengxuan!"

"Go Yatong!"

Near the starting line, students from Class 5 and Class 11 cheered loudly for the two girls who were running the first leg.

Aside from the team of students with special talents, the difference in the first runners for the other girls was actually not that big; the difference between the second and eighth place runners was only about five or six meters.

Xie Mengxuan is in third place, and Shen Yatong is in fourth place.

After the first baton exchange, the rankings of all teams, except for the team with special talents, changed to varying degrees.

Class 5's team dropped to fourth place, while Class 11's team squeezed into third.

Another round of baton passing.

This is the third runner. Yao Jingyan took the baton from He Yeye and began to sprint forward!

Not to be outdone, Qiu Yufu took the baton from Zheng Yining and ran forward without looking back!
Xiaoyan, I'm sorry!

For our class monitor's victory, I must surpass you this time!
Xiao Yan, who was originally ranked third, was startled when she saw Yu Fu rushing up from fourth place as if she were being chased!
Hey! Yu Fu, don't do this! We used to be bunk beds!
Why don't we just pass the baton to Zhizhi and Mengqiu together? Don't try to shift the blame onto me!

Neither of the two girls wanted to run slower than the other, which would cause Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu to be blamed for starting slower than each other. At this moment, they were both pushing themselves forward with all their might, and they didn't care about any girlish modesty.

When it came to the third leg, the two athletes from Class 5 and Class 11 suddenly became incredibly determined, and the students watching from both classes cheered them on even more enthusiastically.

"Go, Xiaoyan!"

"Yu Fu, charge! Charge! Charge! Charge!"

The two girls chased each other closely, appearing almost side-by-side in Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu's field of vision in the handover area for the fourth runner.

Wen Zhixia started her pre-run.

Lin Mengqiu, who didn't do a pre-run last time, started doing a pre-run this time.

To avoid dropping the baton, the two girls didn't dare to run too fast, jogging slowly while nervously watching Yao Jingyan and Qiu Yufu pass the baton to them.

"Know!"

"Monitor!"

Almost at the same time.

Within the designated handover area, Yao Jingyan and Qiu Yufu exhausted their last bit of energy, reaching out to hand the batons to Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu respectively.

The moment you grab the baton.

Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu began to accelerate forward at full speed!

Watching their two arch-rivals walk away, Yao Jingyan and Qiu Yufu finally breathed a sigh of relief. The two staggered and helped each other to the side of the track, where they plopped down on the ground, panting heavily.

The girls have burned out; the rest is up to you...

This is the finish line.

Chen Shian, Lin Ming, and Li Yimei all looked up and gazed at the other end of the track.

The pre-race area has a slight curve, which is blocked from view by the crowd of spectators.

When they reached the 100-meter straight section, Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu appeared in their field of vision.

Lin Ming raised an eyebrow, and Li Yimei's eyes lit up. Before the two elders could even call out, Chen Shi'an spoke up first.

"come on--!"

"Go, little cicada!"

"Come on, squad leader!"

The stadium was bustling with activity, with cheers rising and falling. But even from a distance of 100 meters, Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu could miraculously hear Chen Shi'an's cheers clearly.

There was no time to think about how loudly the stinky Taoist priest had shouted so that his cheers could still be heard from so far away in such a noisy environment. Wen Zhixia and Lin Mengqiu's minds were blank. Apart from Chen Shi'an's cheers, all they could hear were their own footsteps, their heartbeats, and the sound of the wind in their ears.

This was perhaps the fastest and most strenuous run the two girls had ever made in their lives.

Wen Zhixia is short, but her short legs make her walk incredibly fast!

Once she entered the 100-meter straight, she reached her peak speed and began to gradually widen the gap between herself and Lin Mengqiu beside her!

one meter!
Two meters!

Three meters!

Four meters!
Yu Guangzhong and Wen Zhixia could no longer see Lin Mengqiu's figure, but she dared not relax at all.

Lin Mengqiu is slow to warm up when playing ball, and she is also slow to warm up when running.

With the competition halfway through, Lin Mengqiu finally began to take advantage of her long legs to catch up and gradually close the gap with Wen Zhixia in front of her!

Four meters!

Three meters!

Two meters!

one meter!
Lin Mengqiu reappeared in her peripheral vision. Wen Zhixia gritted her teeth and unleashed her full strength!

It's one thing if you catch up in the second half of the badminton game, but you're absolutely hopeless in a 100-meter dash!!

The team of students with special talents in the group reached the finish line first, but even as the group winners, everyone's attention was drawn to the top scorers in both arts and sciences who were locked in a fierce battle.

"Keep it up, Zhizhi!! Keep it up!!"

"Go, squad leader!! You're so close!!"

The students from Class 5 and Class 11 on both sides of the field were in an uproar. As the top classes in both arts and sciences, and the two girls representing the best level in their classes, watching them compete against each other on the 100-meter track, what could be more exciting and youthful than this?

Lin Mengqiu was numb. She didn't know if the hairpin had just provoked the annoying cicada. The cicada seemed determined to keep going. Even though she had caught up, she was still about half a meter behind and couldn't overtake it.

If only the race distance could be increased by another twenty meters, but the 100-meter distance is fleeting.

Before the finish line, Wen Zhixia leaned forward and pushed hard, securing second place in the group stage by a narrow margin of about half a meter over Lin Mengqiu!

Because her body leaned too far forward as she crossed the finish line, Wen Zhixia staggered and was about to fall.
Lin Mengqiu was also distracted by her defeat, and her fast-running body didn't have time to react, so she also staggered and was about to fall forward.

Fortunately, the two were on adjacent tracks. Just as they were about to fall, Chen Shi'an rushed over, opened his arms, and steadily caught the two girls on his left and right.

"oh--!!!"

The cheers at the scene erupted instantly, several times more enthusiastic than during the sprint.

None of the students watching the match saw how Dao Ye did it; they just felt that he rushed over as if he had teleported.

But none of that matters. What matters is that he not only caught people, but he caught two at once!

With so many people watching, Wen Zhixia's fierceness when she crossed the finish line vanished completely, and her cheeks instantly burned, turning red from her ears to her chin. She was overwhelmed with a mix of shyness and joy, and even her breathing trembled slightly.

Lin Mengqiu, standing to the side, wasn't much better off. As she got up, the bun at the back of her head brushed against Chen Shi'an's arm, and the slight touch made her stiffen.

Her usually indifferent face now showed only the panic of being caught steadily. Listening to the laughter around her, she lowered her head, her ear tips burning red.

"Is Mengqiu alright?"

"Is Zhizhi alright?"

Lin Ming and Li Yimei quickly walked over upon seeing this.

The two girls then hurriedly left Chen Shi'an's arms.

When they exchanged a glance, they couldn't help but silently curse each other in their hearts—

[You definitely did this on purpose!]
(End of this chapter)