Su Jinning gritted her teeth and shoved the phone directly into Shen Moyu's hand.
Shen Moyu accepted the document without fully understanding what was happening. His pupils dilated slightly upon seeing its contents, and he met Su Jinning's meaningful gaze. Their eyes met, and Shen Moyu nodded slightly.
Su Jinning stepped forward, facing Zhao Yu directly: "So you're just making excuses." He curled his lips provocatively, as if patiently waiting for a fish to take the bait: "Or are you just afraid to admit it?"
What Zhao Yu couldn't stand the most was Su Jinning's calm and composed way of questioning him, as if he had done something that wouldn't anger her.
Zhao Yu gritted his teeth, glaring at him with venom: "So what if I pushed him? I just don't like him, what's wrong with that? Want to hit me? Come on, hit me here!"
Zhao Yu seemed to be overreacting, pointing at Su Jinning's head and moving closer to her.
Su Jinning simply took a step back, a hint of sadness in her eyes.
Faced with Zhao Yu's pressure and provocation, he simply grabbed Zhao Yu's shoulder, pushed him back, and asked, "Why did you push him?"
Zhao Yu and his followers were a little confused, not understanding Su Jinning's current attitude.
But Zhao Yu couldn't wait to answer: "What's the point of asking these questions? We just want him to break his leg and be unable to participate in the relay race. The referee isn't here, and the teacher isn't here either. What can you do to me?"
His eyebrows rose even higher, like a wild fox that thought itself clever enough, staring arrogantly at Su Jinning.
Of the three fastest runners in Class 8, Su Jinning, Chen Hang, and Gu Junxiao were the only ones who could run. Last year, they trailed Zhao Yu and his team by more than half a lap in the relay race, and their class ended up in second place. Plus, he had just been humiliated by Su Jinning. Having avenged himself, he was naturally smug.
Su Jinning wasn't annoyed; she simply nodded and said, "Apologize."
Zhao Yu glared at them and said, "You're talking nonsense!" After saying that, he walked straight through the middle of the group, bumped heavily into Su Jinning's shoulder, and turned to leave.
"And then?" Chen Hang laughed angrily, his lips turning pale. "Brother Ning, is that all?"
Su Jinning closed her eyes tightly, reached out and took the phone from Shen Moyu's hand, stuffing it into her pocket.
"What can we do?" Su Jinning's tone turned serious. "Take action directly? Just disqualify them from the competition. Would that satisfy you?"
He was right, but Chen Hang still couldn't swallow his anger: "We can't just let him off the hook like this! He's caused us trouble several times already!"
Gu Junxiao nudged Chen Hang's shoulder. Looking at Su Jinning's heavy expression, he could only advise, "Stop arguing. He's right. Don't be so impulsive."
"I..." Chen Hang stammered for a long time before finally turning around and leaving the corner of the stairs.
"Jinning, let's think about it... who will take my place in the relay race?" Gu Junxiao reminded her, his face pale as he looked at the wound on his leg.
"I don't know either." Su Jinning kept pressing her temples and gave in, "Just find someone."
The air grew heavy. Gu Junxiao was helped back to the camp by the two men. After explaining what had happened, everyone checked his wounds.
It's quite deep, and a few grains of sand have gotten into the wound; it needs to be treated immediately.
Jin Shuoshuo was extremely anxious: "Then we need to find a replacement."
Just as everyone was struggling with their thoughts, the announcement suddenly came over the loudspeaker: "The Grade 11 boys' 2000-meter relay team, please come to the tunnel for registration."
With the five minutes of check-in time almost up, no more suitable candidate has yet been found.
"I'll do it."
Everyone turned to look at the source of the voice. They saw Shen Moyu open a bottle of water, drink it, and then say, "I'll take his place."
Su Jinning was stunned for a moment, then frowned slightly: "Are you crazy or am I? Do you want to go to the infirmary again with such severe hypoglycemia?"
The 2,000-meter relay was a four-person race, with each person running 500 meters. Although Shen Moyu didn't know if he would win or if there would be any unexpected events, he suddenly wanted to give it a try.
"What's wrong with 500 meters? Stop whining and get me to the check-in." He spoke crisply and decisively, giving no one a chance to argue.
Jin Shuoshuo was also a little worried: "Mo Yu, listen to me, your health is the most important thing, winning or losing is not important."
Everyone echoed this sentiment.
Shen Moyu glanced at everyone, shook his head and said, "No, we must get first place this time." He tightened his shoelaces, unaware that his casual words had shocked everyone present.
Su Jinning looked at him with her mouth slightly open.
This guy, I understand him less and less.
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Author's Note:
morning.
Chapter 17 "Acceptance Speech"
In the 2000-meter relay, Chen Hang ran the first leg, Song Wenmiao the second, Su Jinning the third, and Shen Moyu the fourth.
Just before the race started, Chen Hang suddenly stretched out his hand and winked at the other three: "Come on, give us a boost."
After he finished speaking, Song Wenmiao and Su Jinning looked at each other and placed their hands on Chen Hang's hands.
Su Jinning turned to look at the person who was wrong: "Top student, please be lenient."
Shen Moyu said, sounding somewhat incredulous, "Me?"
"Otherwise?" Su Jinning looked at him with amusement.
Shen Moyu placed his hand on Su Jinning's hand. His hand was delicate, with fine skin; when he pressed it, he could feel the perfect bones in Su Jinning's fingers…
Su Jinning felt the warmth from the back of her hand; it was warm and slightly smooth…
It's so hot.
Does he have hemothermia?
"Go for it!!" the four shouted in unison.
This time, we must win.
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