I, who advocate giving up, feel like a disqualified person

Liu Yan seemed to not know how to react and showed an expression similar to a wry smile.

"Speaking of which... Sheji, if I perform well in the competition, will girls notice me?"

He suddenly asked me.

...What...is it still about girls?

"I don't know...it depends on your luck."

I dealt with it casually, watching myself being beaten to only 10 health by the pirate warrior... Then I looked at the opponent's idiotic roar of "I will crush you!", and then clicked surrender.

"Eh? Does this kind of thing also depend on luck?"

"Yeah..." I was still a little pissed off about losing the game, and my words unknowingly became heated. "It's just a running race. Even if you're ahead, the girls from other classes will at most think, 'What class is this guy from? Why is he running faster than us?' They definitely won't warm to you. And the girls in your class...don't they have a bad impression of you from the start?"

"...Let's not talk about that..."

Judging from his expression...it seems like an old wound has been touched...I'm really sorry about that.

"But it's not so certain... Maybe some girls who don't really care about the class's interests have noticed you? After all, people are different..."

"...That seems to be true..."

This guy is so comforting...

"Oh, I forgot to ask you... Did any girls confess to you after the cultural exhibition? Didn't you perform on stage?"

"...Ah...don't mention it..."

He turned his eyes away and spoke in a sad tone.

"Rinsenkawa and Kanon, who were in charge of the singing, stole all the limelight... We, the backing musicians, were barely remembered... But our club leader was remembered by quite a few people, and received a lot of love letters from both boys and girls..."

"...."

In a sense, it's really amazing.

"I finally received a love letter, and they asked me to pass it on..."

...In a certain sense, it's really too much...

"Master...please show me a clear path..."

The clear path... Now run to the rooftop, make a wish to be reincarnated as the male lead in the harem in your next life, and then take the leap of faith.

Although I want to say this...

"There's no shortcut..." I sighed and showed him my game. "Life is like a game. Not every hand has a perfect start, and not every hand has such good luck... In these times, all you can do is think about how to deal with the situation and pray for a miracle (a lucky draw) to happen."

"...I don't quite understand..." He pointed at my phone, "but it seems like you're stuck, right?"

"Shut up!"

....................

"Ah... have you been here the whole time?"

It seemed that Liu Yan had just finished the competition. I don’t know how long he had been away and appeared in front of me again, panting.

"Um.."

"Don't you want to play anymore?" He looked at me with some surprise as I had nothing in my hands.

"...The game environment will change at noon... Anyway, if you play now, you'll increase your chances of getting beaten." I sighed, looking at the blue sky above my head. "It's really nice weather today..."

"Yeah..." Liu Yan said and sat next to me.

"Speaking of which... do you know baseball?" In his opinion, this sentence should have come out of nowhere.

"Do you know... or not?" He thought for a moment. "I don't understand the specific rules... but I see them appearing all the time in anime... What's wrong? Are you interested in baseball?"

"...No..." I scratched my head and thought for a moment. "Well, I was just wandering around bored when I met a baseball-loving senior. She told me...Baseball is like worry; you can just hit it with a bat."

"Ohhh... this idea is so cool..."

Liu Yan sighed after hearing this.

"I admit... this is a pretty cool idea."

The moment I swung the bat appeared before my eyes.

"But..." I lowered my head, "Not all troubles can be solved so easily..."

"well?"

Liu Yan suddenly asked in a questioning tone.

"What's wrong?" I was a little confused by his question.

If he can't even understand this... I'd consider taking him to a neurology department.

"Well... Sheji, you just said... knocking it down with one blow... or something like that, is the way to solve problems." He looked at me, as if feeling a little guilty. "But I think you're emphasizing the need for courage, right? There are many ways to solve a problem, but... the only way to solve it with courage is to adopt a "knock it down with one blow" mentality..."

"..."Wait...what is this? Am I actually inspired?

Yeah... I think I was wrong... Swinging the bat isn't the solution... Besides, the senior didn't say that at the time...

"Liu Yan..." I couldn't help but call him.

"...Huh? What's wrong?"

"How... did you become so smart?"

"...That's so hurtful...Is this a compliment?" Liu Yan seemed to be complaining.

"I'm definitely praising you..."

. . . . . . . . . . . .

I seem to be thinking too much.

Because of other people's descriptions...I felt that things seemed too complicated, and I even had an inexplicable fear of the answer.

.

But it does make sense...

The me who thought carefully before...and the me who thinks carefully now, the things I consider are definitely not the same.

I was just afraid of my former self...but after listening to Liu Yan's words, I realized...I had nothing to be afraid of.

Because no matter which me it is, it's still me...

Why should I be afraid of something I've done? All I need is the courage to swing the bat... and with so many people helping me... how could I not come up with the right answer?

"So..."

I feel a little more motivated.

"Think carefully... that's right..."

Not everyone will cooperate.

Let’s put the troubles aside for now.

Because I don’t seem to have much time to think about all these messy things... Isn’t there a theory that when a person encounters something worse than the current situation, he will feel that the original situation is not so bad.

Moreover, although the problem I encountered is difficult to solve at the moment and is troublesome enough, it is not terrible, and it is not that oppressive. In other words, it can be solved slowly, and even if it cannot be solved, there probably won't be any trouble... Ah, as expected, I still have doubts in my mind... But there is no point in worrying about it now, after all, I have no clue at the moment.

But let's put all that aside for now. Perhaps because I often encounter similar situations, I always feel that in addition to the energy I've already consumed by skipping rope, other things will come up and make me consume additional energy... Ahhh... I don't want to participate in other activities anymore. I'd rather listen to the class in the classroom...

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but look around... There were some enthusiastic guys...

"Sheji, it's your turn to jump rope..."

Liu Yan suddenly reminded me.

"Oh...can you wait a moment..." I glanced at my phone nervously, "I'm almost winning this round..."

"But it's about to start. If you don't go now, you'll be considered a forfeit... Do you know what happens if you forfeit?"

...I thought about Brother Nan’s reaction...and silently clicked surrender.

Chapter 20: Not everyone will cooperate

"....."

Although there aren't any rules, skipping rope is generally a female event, so I felt a bit embarrassed to be surrounded by female competitors.

No, no... How can I feel ashamed? This is too outrageous.

"Um...you're a contestant from Class 3, right?"

The girl opposite me asked me.

"Um...yeah..."

Because I was asked this question suddenly, I was naturally a little nervous, especially since my opponent was a girl.

"I noticed you were daydreaming just now, so I'm worried you might miss a few when we start... Can you pay a little more attention?"

"Ah...ah...ok."

To say such things to an opponent you just met for the first time...it turns out that girls in real life are not cute at all.

"here we go..."

As the referee blew the whistle, the row of students across from me began... their performance...

I nervously counted the number of times the girl across from me skipped rope... I tried to suppress my gaze that was about to wander to her breasts... Ahhh, would this make people think I was only jumping rope for this? I didn't think too much about it at the time...

However... because of my ideological struggle, I seem to have forgotten how many I counted to... Well... the current number plus thirty should be correct... It's not a formal competition anyway.

As I was thinking this, one minute was up, so I started reporting the number to the referee.

"...Are you really counting?"

When I came back, my opponent looked quite unhappy.

"...I've been counting..."

Even though it's a bit against my will...I won't admit it.

"Why do I feel like you're distracted? Are you just making up a number?" she asked me with a frown.

"How is that possible... I counted very carefully..."

Before I could finish my words, another whistle blew... Is it my turn...

So I quickly picked up the skipping rope, and my opponent, although still looking dissatisfied, continued to count for me...

Well... although I didn't have much confidence before, but now it seems... skipping rope is not that difficult. I just need to master the rhythm. The most important thing is endurance... because the rhythm may be disrupted due to physical strength.

Just like me...

"...Huh... I'm so tired..."

I couldn't wait to leave as soon as the game was over, but was stopped by that girl.

"Wait... did you count yours? Do you want to compare them with mine?"

"...No need, as long as you are happy." I said this and left in a hurry.

...Do I still need to check? Anyway... I don't care about my grades, I just need to jump hard... There are definitely people who deliberately check less or play tricks... and there are definitely quite a few of them. Don't ask me how I know... It's not like our school hasn't done it before. After school, someone would brag about how much they checked less than others, as if the honor certificate in the class was due to their so-called hard work.

In other words...if that's how it was awarded, then why should I consider it an honor? Isn't that ironic?

Others would definitely count it themselves and then ask the referee to verify it. However, it was just an activity on campus, and others might not have any expenses just because they didn't want to make a fuss.

I think there is no point in doing this.

So, it’s not because I trust others, but because I’m too lazy to care.

Yes, in fact, the so-called trust is caused by one’s own laziness.

Asking someone to bring lunch without worrying about them making excuses to keep it to themselves is called trust, but in reality, it's just too much suspicion. Asking a friend to do shopping without worrying about them buying fake goods for cheap is called trust, but in reality, it's just too much suspicion. The teacher assigns homework but only checks on a few top students. It's called trust, but in reality, it's just too much suspicion.

For example, there was a certain unscrupulous teacher who often flicked my forehead.

...Sure enough, only laziness can bring peace to the world. If everyone is too lazy to do bad things, there will be no disputes.

In other words... laziness is justice.