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

"Wait a minute." Lin Quanchuan took out his phone from his pocket and checked the time. "Oh my, what a coincidence. It's time for me to go home. If you're interested, you can catch up with me."

This answer was a bit beyond my expectations.

"Lingcan, what about you? Do you want to go and take a look?" I asked Lingcan, who was originally very interested but now didn't talk much.

"Hmm... I still have a lot of homework. It's such a headache~"

It seems you don't want to go either...

"Okay, then I won't chase you."

Although I think an investigation is necessary, since neither of them wants to continue, I can save some effort.

"Why?" "Yeah, it's okay without us, right?"

Oops, this reaction...

"What's wrong? It's okay for club activities to end like this." I looked at the two of them. "Am I the only one who has to deal with this?"

"...No...that's not the case...Well, since you don't want to investigate, then forget it."

"Let's disband. We can still do it tomorrow."

...I have to say, the two people's behavior is really a bit strange.

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Although I prayed for rain that day, it may be because my heart was not sincere enough, or it may be because someone's wish was stronger than mine.

In short, the sky is still sunny today.

Breathing the dry air, I didn't want to lose any precious water from my body, but the physical education class clearly marked on the schedule shattered my fantasy...and if nothing unexpected happened, I still had to retest my 1,000-meter performance.

And I was the only boy to take the test again.

And this time Ye Hui was present.

Unless the teacher has something else to deal with... Speaking of which, I'm still a little concerned about what happened yesterday. So, from another perspective, it should be acceptable.

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

"Yi Sheji... am I pronouncing the name correctly?"

"Um...no...that's right."

After I finished the race, I suddenly realized something: it wasn't because of psychological trauma the previous times, but because it's harder to get lost in thought when running with others, and I couldn't divert my attention.

Once you are alone, you can let yourself go while running.

"Oops, I feel a little sorry for pronouncing your name wrong last time." Her hearty smile instantly shortened the distance between her and me.

"It's okay... huhu... Speaking of which, did I pass?"

"Of course I passed. You see, if you work hard... even for a short time, you can make a big difference."

"Yeah...yes..."

It seems like the topic has been brought up smoothly...

"Come to think of it, the teacher should be good at sports, right?"

"That's nonsense! I'm the physical education teacher," she said, proudly emphasizing her position. "Well, since you've passed, go to your free time. get out of class is almost over."

She said as she prepared to leave.

"...Teacher, are you going to be busy?"

"Well, after all, there's already enough going on in the school team, so this make-up test can be considered as special training for you."

"Oh...thank...thank you."

I don’t know why, but I’d better say thank you first.

"It doesn't matter, as long as you can make progress. See you later."

It seems that there is a reason why Mr. Zheng is so popular.

And although the conversation just now was not long, I got some useful information.

"School team..."

I'm not sure what that is, but intuitively, it's probably similar to how art students get into university through sports. Relatively speaking, they put less effort into academic subjects.

The phrase "I already have enough to do" is also strange. Normally, when you say you're overwhelmed, you should say "I'm very busy." In other words, there's a hidden message in that sentence.

There were already enough issues... which meant that my make-up test was also one of them. And I had nothing to do with the school team. In other words, the problems weren't just with the school team; they were more likely with the students, and most likely with the students on the school team.

"What..."

So she is also a person who can't sit still...

相信的心

Dreams are important things.

But family love is sometimes not like this.

When I choose to pursue my dreams, my relatives and parents always use the so-called "expectations" and "family affection" to stop me. Even they cannot promise that I will succeed if I act according to their opinions.

That wasn't a sign of caring about family, but rather a means to achieve his own goals by ignoring my feelings, even though I had clearly expressed that I loved sports.

Whether it's a short-distance run where you don't have to think about overtaking one person after another; or a long-distance run where you allocate your energy reasonably and then become exhausted after a step-by-step progress; or a ball game where you sweat and cooperate with your teammates... every time I do these, I feel like I am constantly surpassing myself.

I just don't want to be as mediocre as others.

But the reality never let me indulge in my own ideas.

Finally, facing my parents' relentless pressure...I asked them one last... and desperate question.

He took out his cell phone with trembling hands and dialed a familiar number.

"Are you going to persist no matter what?"

The answer was...

"No matter what, you have to listen to us."

...In that case, I'd like to try and see what happens if I don't follow your arrangements.

Those who have lost their dreams have lost their reason to live. Perhaps only by doing this will they understand.

On a bridge where not many people passed by, I slowly climbed up the guardrail and then jumped down.

what...

Under the setting sun, how beautiful does the arc of the falling water look to others?

Chapter 21: A Heart of Belief

"It's better not to sit down right after running."

Seeing that I was free, Ye Hui briefly exchanged a few words with the girl in front of him and ran towards me. The girl, who seemed to be called Xiao Lin, looked at me angrily... Actually, I didn't want to do that either.

Feeling a little guilty, I decisively avoided her gaze.

"...What does it matter?"

"There's nothing wrong with taking care of yourself... Well, what did you do yesterday? It seemed pretty... mysterious."

Maybe they used the word "mysterious" because they couldn't find the right word? After all, that situation is ridiculous no matter how you look at it.

"It was just a sudden whim of the two of them. Although it was a bit random...but it did lead me to discover something interesting."

And it happened to be on the teacher.

"Is that so... then it can be considered a club activity?" Ye Hui seemed to understand something.

"No...if possible, please don't say it was a club activity." It didn't look natural at all, and he must have been instructed by someone.

"Yeah, after all, it's a tea ceremony club... What's wrong?" Ye Hui seemed to notice my actions and asked me with some confusion.

"..."

I turned my head silently and noticed the gazes not far behind me...Rinquanchuan and Lingcan were indeed looking at me. If these two guys wanted to talk, they could just come to me openly.

After I discovered them, the two of them quickly looked away and pretended nothing had happened.

"...What happened to Rin and the others? Do they want to talk to you about something?" She followed my gaze and noticed the two people not far away.

"It's okay, don't worry about them."

"...Huh? But they clearly look like...ah, gone."

"..." Perhaps they didn't want to be stared at by us, so the two of them went to the other side of the mountain.

Speaking of which...when did the relationship between the two of them become so good?

"Come to think of it, Mr. Zheng is your homeroom teacher, Ye Hui, right?" I suddenly remembered this.

"Indeed... High school is definitely different. This is the first time I've seen a PE teacher be the homeroom teacher."

Well...the class next door has a computer teacher as the head teacher, so I don’t think there is anything strange about it.

"So, how much do you know about Mr. Zheng Yehui? After all, he's your homeroom teacher. Besides the rumored karate black belt, are there any other experiences we don't know about?"

I tried to ask for information that was not so easy to get.

"Hmm...why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

"...I don't know either. But I always feel that there is something about the teacher that I like."

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"Teacher...it's me."

The long-awaited voice came from the connected phone.

"I finally got through to you. Where are you now? I went to your store yesterday to look for you, and I heard that you hadn't been home for several days..."

"Ah...what's my parents' attitude?"

"...Of course I'm worried about you."

"Out of sight, out of mind for that kind of unfilial son." "Teacher, please don't come here again. We won't let him go down the sports path anyway." "Those things are just for him to get into high school. Right now, study is the priority." "Since he wants to run away, don't worry about it. He will come back in time."

"You are lying, teacher."

"...How could that be? I've never lied..."

"You did, teacher."

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"The teacher is not good at lying, so she always hesitates before telling a lie. It's a cute habit, right?" Ye Hui introduced me with a smile, as if he was introducing his own friend, without any sense of restraint at all.

"Oh..."

"And when she heard that someone was standing on the rooftop and wanted to jump a few days ago, she told us her own story, saying that she had also wanted to commit suicide."

"...!What?"

"It's incredible, isn't it? That teacher who seems so strong...but there's a reason for that."

"what reason."

Eager to understand, I couldn't help but move my face closer to hers.

"Ah... well... when she was our age, she wanted to pursue her dream of becoming an athlete and apply to a sports school. But her parents were strongly against it, so to demonstrate her determination, she apparently jumped from a bridge into a river... After being rescued, her parents reluctantly agreed to her decision, but it's said she still doesn't have a good relationship with them. And it seems her eardrum was damaged because of this..."

"...Ah...I seem to understand something." All the information in my mind seemed to be connected at once, and now it was time to rely on luck.

"Yehui, I have one last question."

"Hmm? What's wrong... so serious all of a sudden?"

"Does anyone in your class, or among those you know, have a family that runs a hotel?"

"Hey?"

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

"You are all lying to me..."