The infirmary suddenly became extraordinarily quiet.
Lin Zhexia hardly dared to breathe.
She hadn’t expected that Chi Yao’s skill hadn’t diminished but had improved.
The girl was obviously dumbfounded, unable to say anything for a long time. Finally, she hurriedly said: “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb you.”
And Chi Yao had the nerve to casually accept this apology: “Yes, it was quite disturbing.”
…
After a while, the girl probably left, and it became completely quiet outside the curtain.
Lin Zhexia was just about to pretend she had just woken up, but before she could start acting, she heard:
“If you’re awake, get up.”
“…”
She sat up in bed. “How did you know I was awake?”
Chi Yao: “Pretending to sleep but still moving around. Only a blind person wouldn’t notice.”
She hadn’t moved that much.
Just a little bit, and he still noticed.
Lin Zhexia didn’t continue this topic and pulled open the curtain: “My knee doesn’t hurt much anymore. Let’s go back to the stands.”
Chi Yao supported her: “Can you walk?”
Lin Zhexia tried taking a few steps: “Yes, just a bit slowly.”
After returning to the stands, Chen Lin and Tang Shuxuan immediately gathered around.
Chen Lin examined her injury: “What happened? Does it still hurt? I was so worried when I saw you fall.”
Tang Shuxuan: “What did the doctor say?”
Lin Zhexia shook her head: “It’s nothing, just a scrape. I wasn’t careful. But because of me, our class came in last…”
Chen Lin: “Not at all. Teacher Xu was even praising you.”
Lin Zhexia picked up on this: “Praising me for what? For persevering despite physical challenges?”
Chen Lin: “…Something like that.”
Lin Zhexia: “…I knew it.”
The sports meet was drawing to a close.
The afternoon events were special, with all teachers participating.
School staff were taking photos with cameras, and students were required to sit in the stands to watch.
During this time, some girls from the neighboring school suddenly ran over to talk to her.
One look at the girl, and it was clear she had heard about what happened in the infirmary. She started with: “Is Chi Yao’s family very poor?”
Lin Zhexia: “……”
She was silent for a moment, then decided to join in: “Extremely poor.”
“When he was little, he almost couldn’t continue school because they couldn’t afford tuition. At seven, he started collecting plastic bottles from neighborhood trash bins to sell for money. By ten, he was working as child labor. At twelve…”
“Enough.” The girl couldn’t bear to hear more.
She turned to another girl beside her and said, “That’s too poor.”
“Someone that poor is not suitable.”
“…”
After they left, Lin Zhexia was bored and secretly chatted with Chi Yao on her phone-
I just helped solidify your poor persona-
After all, we’re good brothers, I couldn’t expose you publicly-
Do you want to hear my brilliant performance?
Chi-dog replied with two words: Not interested
After this topic ended, Lin Zhexia shifted the conversation to the competition below-
I think our class Teacher Xu, definitely can’t run fast-
Last time he went to an internet cafe outside school to catch students, but didn’t catch anyone.
Afterward, he secretly told us he lost face-
But he should be fine-
Because his opponents don’t look very strong either
…
Lin Zhexia became an off-field commentator, reporting the race situation to Chi Yao.