Shen Moyu's lips were dry with thirst, so he took the water from Chen Yuanyuan and drank half a bottle, which cleared his blurry vision.
Many people were chattering amongst themselves. Jin Shuoshuo rushed over, rubbing her forehead, too angry to speak: "What am I supposed to say to you? I told you not to run away!"
Shen Moyu laughed as he listened, responding with each word, and the stuffy feeling in his chest eased.
After finishing his water, Song Wenmiao wiped his mouth with his arm and said, "I really didn't expect that our class would have another long-distance running champion now."
"And let me tell you, Zhao Yu's face turned green, just like this!" Chen Hang talked on and on about how excited he was, and even made a face at Zhao Yu, which made everyone laugh.
Amid the noise, Shen Moyu suddenly glanced at Su Jinning, her hidden gaze seemingly anticipating what he would say.
But he just silently wiped his wounds with disinfectant.
"Ouch!" Shen Moyu's left leg twitched in pain.
Su Jinning noticed his movement and said calmly, "I'll be gentle."
Chen Hang sidled up to Su Jinning and teased, "Brother Ning, why don't you praise the top student? He even bruised his leg trying to get first place."
Su Jinning turned around and glared at him, and Chen Hang immediately fell silent.
Seeing his silence, Shen Moyu felt a surge of anger and abruptly pulled his leg away: "I'll do it myself."
He got up to get the disinfectant next to him, but because of his low blood sugar, he fell back down as soon as he got up.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Chen Hang exclaimed, quickly helping Shen Moyu down.
Gu Junxiao placed a bottle of ice water on Shen Moyu's forehead and said, "Does anyone have candy in their pocket? Eating candy might make you feel better."
Upon hearing this, everyone touched their pockets, then turned around and shook their heads.
Shen Moyu waved his hand, then pressed his temples: "It'll be fine in a bit."
"Are you fucking an idiot?" Su Jinning shouted this.
The scene suddenly became eerily quiet.
"Why are you running when you have low blood sugar? Don't you know your own condition?" Su Jinning's anger hadn't subsided, her brows furrowed tightly.
Shen Moyu rubbed his temples: "What are you shouting for? Didn't we win?" His tone was also unpleasant, and the two of them started arguing again.
"Alright, alright! Winning is a good thing, stop arguing." Chen Hang rushed over to put out the fire. If there were special effects, he should have photoshopped a firefighter helmet onto the screen right now.
However, the water pipe should be padded on the mouth.
"Yeah, even the top student is doing it for the class." Chen Yuanyuan chimed in, trying to defuse the situation.
Gu Junxiao pushed Su Jinning back, but he just wouldn't move.
Su Jinning looked at him, her lips twitched, but she swallowed her words back.
"We invite representatives from the top three finishers in the 2000-meter men's relay to come to the rooftop to receive their awards and share their thoughts."
The broadcast always came at the wrong time.
Chen Hang hesitated for a moment, then thought of sending Su Jinning away first: "Brother, how about... you go?"
Seeing that Su Jinning didn't react, he simply shoved the official acknowledgment he'd copied from Baidu into his hand: "Go on, go on!"
Su Jinning gave Shen Moyu a cold look, then turned and left without looking back.
As Shen Moyu watched his departing figure, she suddenly felt a tightness in her chest, as if she were in even more pain.
Song Wenmiao patted Shen Moyu on the shoulder: "Brother Ning was worried because you had low blood sugar due to the competition."
“Yes, he has a sharp tongue, but he means well,” He Qing comforted him.
Shen Moyu rubbed his face a couple of times and turned his gaze to the other side in annoyance.
He had actually been waiting for Su Jinning to praise him, even if it was just a pat on the shoulder, he would feel that was enough.
But then I felt my thoughts were absurd and pretentious. I was incredibly irritable for a moment.
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The broadcasting room was on the second-floor rooftop, where the student council's broadcasters and commentators were located. As soon as Su Jinning pushed open the rooftop door, a senior student from the third year of high school came to greet her.
He flashed a bright white smile and praised, "Haha, your class did a great job just now."
Su Jinning smiled shyly: "It's alright."
He knew this senior high school student; they had interacted somewhat, so they were somewhat acquainted.
"Come on, hurry up and collect your prize." The senior student stepped forward and stuffed the certificate and small gift into Su Jinning's hands: "Prepare your thank-you speech, it'll be your turn soon."
Su Jinning's eyes suddenly turned cold. He ran his fingertips over the gift box for a moment, then suddenly smiled.
"Senior" Su Jinning turned to look at him, a dark glint suddenly appearing in her eyes: "I want to exchange these gifts for something with you."
The senior thought he was joking around: "The gifts are fixed and can't be changed."
"I'm not changing this." Su Jinning grinned, took out his phone, and scrolled through his photo album before finally clicking on a video.
The senior looked over in confusion. The video showed Zhao Yu confidently admitting that he had deliberately pushed and injured Gu Junxiao during the competition.
He was incredulous, speechless after reading it, but still puzzled: "So you mean..."
Su Jinning smiled, his eyes filled with an inscrutable emotion: "So I want to ask my senior for a favor." He leaned closer and whispered something in his senior's ear.
But the senior student exclaimed in surprise, "No, no, the director will kill me if he finds out! Why don't you two settle this privately... I can't help you."
Su Jinning patted his shoulder pleadingly, then raised an eyebrow: "If he pursues the matter, I'll just take the blame myself. Please help me this once, considering how long we've known each other."