Chapter 239: The First Place (2/2)

At the same time, a booming voice came out from the cell phone.

”Victory! We won! First place! We won first place! Well done!”

It was still Mr. Zheng's voice. However, when he was shouting, the athletes in the room were all dumbfounded.

After several seconds, Yueyang Zhu said first, ”Did you hear that? Did Mr. Zheng say we won? Did he say we won first place?”

”You also heard that, right? So I heard correctly!” Kun Shen was shocked.

”Was the one who shouted just now Mr. Zheng? It's impossible! It couldn't have been Mr. Zheng! How could our relay team win first place?” Tingshan Chen asked in uncertainty.

”It had to be Mr. Zheng!” Kun Shen said, ”I've known him for years, the one who shouted just now was him!”

”Couldn't we have misheard it? You should know our voices on the phone are different from our voices normally.” Tingshan Chen argued irrationally, ”I suggest we confirm it with Mr. Zheng.”

Kun Shen nodded, and shouted to his cellphone, ”Mr. Zheng! Mr. Zheng! Are you still there? Mr. Zheng!”

”Sorry, I'm here. I was too excited just now and forgot you were still on the phone.” Mr. Zheng's voice came out again; apparently, he was the one who shouted ”first place” before.

The hope in Tingshan Chen's heart was smashed instantly.

On the other side of the phone, Mr. Zheng said, ”Well, Shen, you said you wanted to ask me about something, right?”

”Mr. Zheng, were you the one who shouted 'we won' just now?” Kun Shen asked immediately.

”I remember I shouted. Not just me, Coach Wang and Coach Liu beside me shouted too. It was too noisy, sorry for that,” Mr. Zheng said coyly.

”Mr. Zheng, you mean our relay team won, right?” Kun Shen asked anxiously.

”Of course! Our relay team won the race, otherwise, why would I shout?” Mr. Zheng said.

”What about the ranking? Did they get first place?” Kun Shen's tone was even weaker.

”That's for sure. To come in first place is also called winning!” Mr. Zheng paused a bit. ”Shen, you seem a little bit weird today.”

”Ah, I'm fine, I'm okay. I have to hang up now.” Kun Shen ended the phone call, then looked at Yueyang Zhu and Tingshan Chen, who were beside him.

”Did you hear that? The relay team won! They came in first place!” Kun Shen said.

”First place! Does that mean they got through the qualification round and can enter the official race at the National Games held in August?” Yueyang Zhu was out of his wits.

”The relay team actually won first place! That Yihao Wu is much weaker than me. How could he enter an official race at the National Games?” Tingshan Chen clenched his fists, not wanting to accept that fact.

”Well, Shen…” the athlete with Tingshan Chen said suddenly. ”Shen, it seems you've forgotten something.”

”What?” Kun Shen asked automatically.

”You forgot to ask Mr. Zheng where we could buy local delicacies,” the athlete said.

Kun Shen stared at him malevolently. Now, he was really not in the mood to buy any local specialties.