Chapter 10 (1/2)

Chapter 10

Zhang Ganggang brought his camera along on the day of the sports meet. As they were walking in the formation, he was taking photos. When Ji Qinyang was participating in the high jump event, he was taking photos. Even when Qi Fei was lying on the ground panting with his tongue out after the 1500m running event, he also took photos of that.

“…” Qi Fei shouted angrily at the camera that was in his face. “Zhang Ganggang what the hell are you taking photos of? Quickly help me up!”

Zhang Ganggang reached out. “Yes, yes.” He looked around, “Where’s Xie Meng?”

Qi Fei twisted the bottle of mineral water open and poured it over his head. “He’s part of the second team doing the high jump. Ji Qinyang has left to accompany him and didn’t come to cheer me on!”

“That’s normal.” Zhang Ganggang consoled him. “People always prefer the new to the old.”

Qi Fei, “…”

Where the high jump area was, Xie Meng was warming up, and Ji Qinyang was next to him. Xie Meng was dressed differently from the rest in short-sleeved shirts and shorts, he was in a simple trousers and a shirt. Ji Qinyang was talking to him with his hands in his pockets.

When Zhang Ganggang dragged Qi Fei over to cheer him on, Xie Meng was about to do his jump.

“Xie Meng!” Zhang Ganggang yelled. “Fighting!!!”

Xie Meng heard him, and turned his head and waved. Ji Qinyang suddenly pulled at him.

“?” Xie Meng looked down and found that his shoelaces were loose. Before he could bend down, Ji Qinyang had already crouched down.

“…” Unconsciously, Xie Meng pulled his foot back

Ji Qinyang looked up. He raised his brow at Xie Meng. “Why did you move your foot?”

Xie Meng felt awkward. “There’s no need…”

Ji Qinyang ignored him, and deftly tied his shoelaces. Pressing his hands on his knees, Xie Meng shyly thanked him.

Ji Qinyang smiled. “Fighting.”

Xie Meng nodded. He extended his hand to Ji Qinyang, and from the corner of his eyes, he saw that Zhang Ganggang was still taking photos…

Zhang Ganggang was very excited. “The two of you, come closer. I’ll take a few more shots.”

As the ranking of the classes were according to points, so other than the athletes having to work hard, the cheer team also had to work hard. Every note that was submitted could be awarded an extra point, and Maitreya led Wu Xiaomei and the rest of the girls to busy themselves writing.

Writing was one thing, but there also needed to be participants. As there were too few students, in the end, Class Three had to have the athletes cheer each other on, and you could often see the comical sight of the athletes running all over the place.

After finishing the high jump, Xie Meng went to watch Zhang Ganggang throw shot put. Amongst a group of sturdy and muscular professional athletes, Zhang Ganggang looked like a little abused chick in a nest that did not get enough food…

“Hi…” Zhang Ganggang trembled with fear. “Friendship first, competition second…”

A group of bulky fatties looked down at him.

“…” Zhang Ganggang’s look on his face screamed his fright.

After the track and field events, the results of Class Three were not ideal. Other than Ji Qinyang and Xie Meng getting the top two scores in high jump, Qi Fei getting second place in the 1500m run, as the champion was a national runner who easily lapped him…

“We’re 30 points away from first place.” Qi Fei held Zhang Ganggang’s camera as he calculated. “If we can win the 100m relay race, we’ll cut the lead in half.”

Ji Qinyang tapped his chin. “We have to rearrange the order of the runners. Qi Fei will be the first one, I’ll be the last one.”

Chen Dong raised his hand. “I’m not that good, so I’ll take the second spot.”

Ji Qinyang, “Then the third spot will be for Xie Meng.”

Xie Meng glanced at Ji Qinyang, and gave just a nod.

Zhang Ganggang headed towards them in a hurry. “I went to check it out! The other classes don’t  have any good runners, so Class 6 is our biggest competitor. Zhuo Xiaoyuan will be taking the last position!”

Ji Qinyang smiled. “The time for revenge has come so soon.”

Qi Fei was stretching his legs. Hearing that, he cheered out loudly. The four people stuck the numbers on their back, and when they were about to enter the track, Xie Meng suddenly stopped Qi Fei.

“I’ll swap with you.” He handed Qi Fei his number. “I’ll go first.”

Usually, the speed between the both were similar. Qi Fei did not think too much about it, and swapped with Xie Meng. When they were in the respective positions, Ji Qinyang did not see Xie Meng when he turned around.

A hundred metres away, Qi Fei waved at him.

Ji Qinyang squinted. He stared at the runners in the first position. Xie Meng was already preparing to start running, and his back looked full of energy.

The starting gun went off.

Cheers and encouragement rang from the audience. The girls also stopped writing notes, and Maitreya took the lead in cheering his class on, while Zhang Ganggang took photos with much anxiety and nervousness.

“Xie Meng’s in the lead! Xie Meng’s in the lead!” Wu Xiaomei was about to jump off the stand. Coming around the curve, Xie Meng had an obvious lead from the runner in second place.

Chen Dong shouted from the second position. “Hurry hurry hurry!!!”

Xie Meng handed the baton over. Because his speed was so fast, he had ran with Chen Dong for nearly ten metres, and their lead was apparent. For the second runner, his pressure was a lot lesser.

Zhang Ganggang ran up to hug Xie Meng.

“It’s not over yet.” Xie Meng laughed as he rubbed Zhang Ganggang’s head. He saw that Chen Dong had already passed the baton to Qi Fei, and Class Six had also caught up. For now, it was hard to tell who would be first.

“I’m going to the finishing line.” Xie Meng told Zhang Ganggang. The third runner was already halfway done, and the two classes that were leading were neck to neck. Ji Qinyang, in the last position, was already prepared to take the baton.

Zhuo Xiaoyuan took his baton at about the same time.

At the finishing line, Xie Meng’s eyes were glued to the runners passing the last curve. There were more and more people from Class Six joining him, and they were all yelling out Zhuo Xiaoyuan’s name together. Ji Qinyang’s lead was not obvious.

Zhang Ganggang was extremely anxious. Qi Fei and Chen Dong had also came over, but their cheers of encouragement were no competition for the volume of Class Six. In a fit of anger, Qi Fei brought the group and waited right in front of the finishing line.

“Yang-ge!!!!” Qi Fei roared with all his might.

Zhang Ganggang shouted as he took photos. “W High’s Number 1 Beauty!!!!”

Chen Dong, “Obedient pretty boy!!!!”

Xie Meng, “…”

Everyone was staring at him.

Xie Meng took a deep breath and yelled, “Ji Qinyang!”