Chapter 5: The Hard-Won First

  That self-proclaimed "Little Overlord" Sun Ce, let out a yawn, and weakly waved his hand: "Alright, you can go now! After you're done running, you can eat all the ginseng chicken you want, just don't slack off."

  I turned around in frustration and continued running forward with a burst of anger.

  Zhou Xiaoyu smiled mysteriously and followed me quietly, keeping a distance of about half an arm's length from me. He seemed to have a tacit understanding with me, but I knew his abilities were such that he could easily be in the top position, yet he chose to stay behind me, which was not a kind gesture, but a blatant provocation.

  I was panting and running, initially still staring at Zhou Xiaoyu with a fierce gaze, but she didn't even notice, holding her head high like an arrogant swan.

  "What exactly do you want?" My eyes blazed with fury. If looks could kill, Zhou Xiaoyu would have been dead on the track right now.

  While beside the track, Guan Xiaoyu, who had already run the entire course, closely observed the movements of the two. Zhang Xiaofei, on the other hand, was continuously clenching his fists and rubbing his palms, doing new warm-up exercises, ready to charge forward and fight with Zhou Xiaoyu at a moment's notice from Yun Chang.

  Zhou Xiaoyu didn't respond, the soft sound of footsteps accompanied by the soft sound of breathing.

  I was behind Zhou Xiaoyu, looking at his flowing long hair right in front of me, and I could even smell that special scent on him. This self-important guy must have taken another wormwood bath last night, mixed with a faint, detestable fragrance... what kind of weird hobby is this?

  At the moment of turning, Zhou Xiaoyu suddenly turned his head to look at me, with a faintly discernible sneer at the corner of his mouth. Although he had already been mentally positioned as a fox spirit, he was still a standard handsome guy. It's really strange that he couldn't be friends with me like Guan Xiaoyu, Zhang Xiaofei and Zhuge Xiaoliang, but instead became my arch-nemesis, a natural enemy.

  What have I done to offend him...

  I was a bit dazed, my eyes wandered and saw Xue Liang standing by the grass field, resting. She stood there with her white clothes fluttering in the wind, her fan fluttering, her whole person seemed to be floating as if she had become an immortal. And those drifting eyes were looking at me with great confidence and peace of mind.

  All the grievances and injustices, in an instant, turned into nothingness. Tears lingered in my eyes, but I gritted my teeth and rushed forward, shoulder to shoulder with Zhou Xiaoyu.

  His profile, looking over, big and bright eyes, clearly with surprise, I calmly looked at him, running in the midst of it, smiled confidently for the first time, not towards a deeply hated enemy, but just a fellow traveler who sympathized with me.

  For the first time I ran so hard, my heart almost exploded. Between the two options of dying from a heart explosion and being infuriated to death by Zhou Xiaoyu, I resolutely chose the former.

  My face turned red, as if all the blood in my body had rushed to my face. In Zhou Xiaoyu's increasingly lost calm eyes, I made a final effort to reach the finish line.

  When I looked back at the track, the empty track was clean and tidy, and Zhou Xiaoyu was nowhere to be seen.

  That's strange, I scratched my head with my hand.

  Next to me, Yide's earth-shaking laughter, Yun Chang couldn't help but cheer up, for the first time, I wasn't the last one.

  It's explosive news.

  They both rushed up to offer their congratulations.

  Yi De ran a step faster, grabbed my small waist with one hand, and with a whoosh, lifted me up and threw me into the air.

  I had just finished a fierce and desperate battle, and was about to take a deep breath of the long-awaited fresh air, when Zhang Xiaofei suddenly threw me upwards, and I instantly rolled my eyes back, gasped for breath, and almost fainted on the spot.

  Cloud's long arms were quick, unintentionally bumping into him, stretching out both arms to catch him, silently stopping Yide's tireless throwing action.

  Quickly put me on the ground, I was a bit weak, swaying and leaning against Guan Xiao Yu's shoulder, unceremoniously sticking out my tongue and rolling my eyes back, panting heavily.

  The refreshing and exhilarating feeling of the cool breeze all over my body, suddenly I lifted my head, but saw someone standing at the entrance of the playground, gazing in this direction. A drop of sweat fell onto my eyelashes, and then dropped into my eyes, making them blurry. When I reached out to wipe away that drop of sweat, that person had already disappeared.

  Instead, it was Zhuge Xiaoliang's enlarged handsome face that had somehow walked up beside him.

  "Congratulations, Xuande." He smiled lightly and gently, stretching out his goose feather fan to brush my hair, "You have to work hard in the future too!"

  "Alright!" I stuck out my tongue, panting, and stared at the person in front of me, who burst into a fit of laughter, trampling on his own image and letting out a miserable cry.

  Zhang Xiaofei came over and pulled Guan Xiaoyu aside, puzzled, asking: "What were you doing just now when you bumped into me?"

  "Did I bump into you?" Guan Xiaoyu said with an innocent face.

  "Nothing?" Zhang Xiaofei looked at him.

  Guan Xiaoyu slowly shook her head and said firmly: "No."

  "Really?"

  "Absolutely not."

  That expression makes people feel that asking one more question is an insult to integrity.

  "Oh......" Zhang Xiaofei let out a sigh of relief, turned his gaze to me, "Xuande! Tonight at Jingzhou restaurant I'll treat you to dinner, celebrating your first place win! Haha!"

  "Good... Ah, Yide, do you need to be so extravagant?" I glanced at Zhuge Xiaoliang and swallowed the "Great" that was stuck in my throat, swallowing too hastily, almost choking to death.

  Zhang Xiaofei stretched out his hand and put it on my shoulder: "Need, how can you not need, you actually managed to get rid of that so-called genius Zhou Huli, great achievement." While speaking, he took out his mobile phone, "Hello? Boss Liu, it's me, Xiaofei. Trouble you to book a private room tonight, the kind with karaoke, uh-huh, okay, you take care of it."

  Reel in, rushing towards my radiant smile.

  "Go, go take a bath first!" Completely ignoring my loud refusal, he dragged me forward by the collar.

  I was on tenterhooks, my eyes darting about, looking for an opportunity to slip away at any moment.

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  Guan Xiaoyu stood still, with her hands behind her back, elegant and poised.

  A face as smooth as jade, with the corners of his mouth twitching as he stared at those two people. One was busy trying to break free, while the other was completely ignoring him and refusing to let go. What a weird pair of kids! Guan Xiao Yu sighed: Ah, simplicity is truly bliss. Alas, my innocent and pure youth has flown away, never to return.

  At the moment when he was indulging in self-pity, he suddenly felt a chill beside him. It wasn't until then that Guan Xiao Yu remembered there was someone else beside him. He quickly turned his head and coincidentally met the gaze of Zhuge Xiao Liang who had been looking over at him.