Chapter 42 (2/2)
He Zhao had just opened his mouth when Xie Yu stuffed the lollipop in, quickly and accurately The sweet and cloying taste spread on He Zhao's tongue, washi+ng away the bitter taste of tobacco
”Eat it, little friend” Xie Yu see able to retaliate for the nickna into a faint smile But his tone was habitually chilly ”And remember to brush your teeth when you're done”
He Zhao was stunned for ahis teeth With the lollipop still in his mouth, he said, ”You…”
He cut hiet it I'll let you win this once”
When He Zhao had coone out again
After a while, Xie Yu asked, ”That piece of trash Old friend of yours?”
”Ji-ge? His nah schoolmates He's not bad, but he and I… have soht, if it was over a stupid grudge, they wouldn't have been able to leave so easily A fight is fair You brawl and then you go your separate ways
He'd seen e-holders on Black Water Street; they wouldn't leave you be, even after you et your friends as back-up Like a bad band-aid, they couldn't be ripped off without also losing some of your skin in the process
Be more ruthless than them, or more stupid than them, and they'll be afraid of you
Xie Yu didn't keep asking and He Zhao wasn't sure what to say
—Actually, I'rades If he said it, he'd probably be beaten to death
He Zhao thought about it and thought so in his ears again
”He Zhao, I'll solve this problelory for the school”
His homeroom teacher's face was a little blurry in his”I understand you I know you're a good kid and this was an accident Besides, you didn't do it on purpose… Don't think about it too much”
He Zhao slowly closed his eyes, then opened theo back to his dorm roo when he reached out to catch them hem of Xie Yu's shi+rt When he touched the soft o
Xie Yu hadn't gotten stable footing on the stairs and now that He Zhao let go, he lost his balance and grit out as he fell, ”…He Zhao, are you Godda was gving pep talks to the participants who had yet to participate in any events, anddistance event He already assu
”This tiot it for sure We're the best in the year, all right? Even though our cultural quotient is negative, at least we're good at gye…”
Before he finished, he saw He Zhao helping Xie Yu through the back door
”…The two of you, uh, our two long distance runners” Luo Wenqiang sed ”What happened to you?”
Awas folded up He leaned against He Zhao and pointed at him ”Ask him”
”It really wasn't on purpose” He Zhao carefully held Xie Yu's waist and said, ”Does it hurt? Do you want to go to the doctor's office again? Or back to the dorm?”
Xie Yu said, ”I want you to shut up”
So He Zhao was the lonedistance event
As they carried chairs downstairs, Luo Wenqiang was still grieving ”I shouldn't have joked about it What hopes of the whole village? Now he really is the village's one and only hope”
He Zhao carried one chair in each hand He'd coet his little friend, too
Luo Wenqiang said, ”Zhao-ge, tell ht? No probleot to the quad, He Zhao put the chairs down ”Qiangqiang, rest assured I' alone I still have the spirit ofevents for today are the long ju distance, the 100-of-war… And lastly, the teachers' 400 at everyone running around on the quad, I feel very happy This is how youths should be! Do your best, athletes!”
Xie Yu sat in his seat, looking down at his phone On his head lay the big jacket He Zhao had forcibly put on his head, saying it was to block out the sun
The 3000 distance run was always the est in duration In a little while, He Zhao would have to go to the flagpoles to report in Before he left, he said very confidently, ”You all can start thinking about what to say in the acceptance speech in first place”
Wan Da applauded ”First place for sure”
Liu Cunhao said, ”Ie”
Xie Yu kicked hiet lost”
He Zhao went and the nuht
When He Zhao had gone, Luo Wenqiang and the others got together to discuss the script to cheer for Class 3's only long distance runner They put their heads together and discussed it for a while Wan Da turned ”Yu-ge, take a look at this for us Will this do?”
Xie Yu took it and found that it wasn't any sort of encouraging script to be announced over the intercom, but the prize acceptance script He Zhao had requested
On it was Liu Cunhao's handwriting, leaning in all directions
Victory to Zhao-ge and to Class 3 Thank you to the other participants for participating in the long distance event Very regretfully, and very helplessly, you only turned out to be s lines in this wonderful drama
Liu Cunhao blinked and asked, ”How about that! Talented, aren't I”
”Thick-skinned and shaht put a sack over your head and beat you up” Xie Yu paused, then continued, ”But your Zhao-ge will definitely like it”