Chapter One Hundred Let's See Who's Faster

  Xiao Xiao took out her phone and saw the text message: "Little Devil Brother, I'm not adapting to the environment, fainted twice, now in the dance academy's school hospital getting an IV. I suspect I'll die soon. Meow meow. Do you think I'll die? What if I do? I'm so scared, I still want to marry you. I don't want to die. Meow meow."

  Lan Miao sent a message to herself.

  Xiao Xiao looked at the text message, thinking of her tall but frail figure, thinking of her weak body, pale and lying in bed, must be like a small sick cat curled up there, pitiful and heart-wrenching, couldn't help but feel a pang of distress.

  He made a decision on the spot and decided to go to the dance academy now to take a look at Miao Miao. He checked his phone, the dance academy was in Zhujiao District, South City of Tianjing City, which was at least four hours away from here.

  Four hours is basically an afternoon's time.

  "No way, I'll take a leave of absence." Xiao immediately separated from Lu Feng and others, found the instructor Ruan Qiang who was already very familiar with him, and told him that one of his friends was ill and hoped to take half a day off to visit her.

  "Girlfriend?" Ruan Qiang smiled and said that he couldn't decide on leave matters himself, and asked him to find Yue An, and only after asking Yue An for instructions could it be decided.

  Xiao Xiao thought it was already lunchtime now, where would she go find Yue An?

  Ruan Qiang said that the instructors of the military training were eating in the small dining hall inside the Nongda cafeteria, and Yue An could be found there.

  Xiao Xiao rushed to the dining hall on horseback and found a small restaurant, lightly knocking on the door. Although anxious in her heart, thinking of Miao Miao, she still had to follow military discipline.

  "Come in." an officer inside shouted.

  Xiao Xiao opened the door to see that there were more than a dozen tables set up in the small dining hall, all of which were round tables with abundant food. The dishes served to the military officers were all self-produced and self-sold vegetables and meats from the Nongda Xixi campus, and nowhere else in Tianjing City had such purely natural products.

  He glanced around and saw that Yue An and the instructors of the Art Academy were eating in a corner. He walked straight to Yue An's front and asked, "Report to the instructor, I have something to say to you."

  Yue An saw Xiao Xiao coming to find himself, listening to him explaining the reason for asking for leave, and did not immediately refuse because he had previously disobeyed himself. Instead, he put down his bowl and chopsticks on the table and said calmly: "Military training is not without human feelings, but there are rules. If you want to ask for leave during military training, unless it's a problem with your immediate family members, otherwise it will not be approved."

  Xiao Xiao said it's just two hours, her friend is really important.

  Lan Xin was also eating on the side, but she was embarrassed by Yue An's face, so she couldn't speak up to help Xiao Xiao.

  "Not a direct relative, no way is not going to work, you don't need to say anything more." Yue An strongly disagreed and told him not to waste any more time here, hurry up and go eat, there's still military training this afternoon.

  Xiao Xiao originally wanted to pretend to be ill and ask for leave, but he had a principle of not lying to people older than himself, let alone the other party being a soldier.

  He bit his lip, worried about Miao Miao in his heart, and reluctantly left the small restaurant where the instructor had eaten. He came to the dining hall, bought some food, and sat alone inside, eating absent-mindedly.

  Because he ate dinner late, by the time he finished eating it was almost time for military training.

  Xiao Xiao walked out of the east gate of Nongda with his hands in his pockets, looking listless. He came to the new stadium and plopped himself down among the resting team members.

  Classmates found that he had no fighting spirit at all, and was listless like a prisoner of war who had lost his will to fight. This didn't seem like the usual energetic Xiao Mo Que. Everyone asked what was wrong with Xiao Xiao?

  "It's nothing." Xiao Xiao said with a troubled expression and shook her head.

  "Training begins." Ruan Qiang gave the order.

  Xiao Xiao stepped into the team, still thinking about Miao Miao in her heart, feeling more and more uncomfortable, as if she had put on a prickly woolen coat all over her body, making herself restless, not wanting to stay in the stadium for another moment.

  Classmates lined up, standing upright and neat, the first item of training was marching in step.

  In the process of keeping pace, Xiao Xiao was always one beat slower than others, which made Ruan Qiang shout at him several times.

  Sighs and worries fill my heart, how can I walk well?

  Yue An thinks that as a soldier, no matter how big the thing is, during military training, he must resolutely complete the tasks that should be completed. He sees Xiao Xiao walking in absent-mindedly and directly into the specialized class male team, wanting to severely punish this distracted kid.

  Just then, Xiao Xiao strode out of the team like a cheetah, ran several big steps to the edge of the stadium and jumped onto the fence with one leg. He stood on the iron railing of the new stadium and shouted loudly into the stadium: "Sorry, Officer Yue, I really have something to do, I'll be back after finishing this."

  Damn it! This kid wants to escape during military training, and under the eyes of all instructors, isn't this a contempt for the instructors and the mighty military discipline?

  The fellow soldiers who were undergoing military training saw this scene and, apart from admiring and marveling at Xiao's courage, also hoped that he could escape in front of Yue An. Because they had always been extremely disgusted by Yue An's ferocious attitude, if Xiao managed to escape successfully, it would undoubtedly be a slap in the face for Yue An.

  Is there anything more satisfying in this world than giving Yama a slap?

  They sincerely hoped that Xiao could escape, just like a wrongly convicted prisoner who was redeemed after escaping from prison.

  The brothers in the art school looked at Xiao Xiao, their hearts filled with joy, thinking that if this kid didn't stir up some trouble, it would be like flat beer, really not exciting.

  Ye Xiao Zhi and Bu Shuang gazed at Xiao Xiao, thinking: "This yellow-haired kid is getting bolder and bolder."

  "Ah! What's wrong with you again?" Lin Yi also didn't know why Xiao Xiao was always like this.

  Although classmates think so, they know that instructors will not sit and wait for death, nor can they tolerate the arrival of a chaotic situation.

  The four instructors from the Art Academy chased after them first.

  Xiao Xiao saw the instructor rushing over to chase him and immediately jumped back, running along Bai Shun Street.

  Two or three instructors from nearby departments joined the chase, they were quite skilled, one accelerated and easily jumped over the fence, closely pursuing Xiao Xiao on Baishun Street.

  With a whoosh, he took big strides and sped away quickly. In two or three minutes, he had already run out of Baiyun Street. At the corner, he saw two old men sitting on a flower bed by the roadside, slowly sipping green tea. In front of them were parked two old 28 bicycles.

  And besides, the bicycle wasn't locked.

  Damn it, the most suitable means of transportation for oneself. The heavens are moved by one's bravery and sent a thousand-mile horse to oneself.

  He rushed over and kicked the rear seat of the 28 car with his foot. The bicycle drove forward for a while without anyone driving it, and he jumped onto the saddle and pedaled hard.

  Five or six instructors saw Xiao Xiao had a bicycle, and his riding skills were excellent. This was like adding wings to a tiger, with speed like a rocket. They knew it was impossible to catch up with him now, so they stopped in their tracks.

  Ruan Qiang was Xiao Xiao's instructor, and according to his temperament and position, he would not allow Xiao Xiao to escape from under his command. He ran alone to the edge of the flower bed, kicked off another 28 bicycle, and continued to chase Xiao Xiao fiercely.

  A chase between two 28 bicycles unfolded in Tianjing City.

  On a sweltering afternoon, it was the time of day when traffic in Tianjing City was at its lowest. Firstly, most people were at work at this hour. Secondly, in such scorching weather, unless there was something urgent to attend to, everyone would stay indoors and enjoy the air conditioning.

  Xiao Xiao's cycling skills are naturally not to be mentioned, and crossing mountains and rivers is still a trivial matter. What about on the flat and sparsely populated streets? Moreover, there are no traffic lights controlling bicycles on the street, he rode his bicycle at high speed, almost 40 kilometers per hour, heading southwest, which was the route he had set in his mobile phone to go to the dance academy.

  Ruan Qiang was originally physically strong in the military school, and he had made up his mind to chase after Xiao Xiao. His speed was also very fast, but because Xiao Xiao took the lead ahead of him, he always followed behind Xiao Xiao at a distance of more than 20 meters.

  The bicycle whizzed past the street corner, brushing past several cars and groups of people, before turning around at the bend, squeezing the brakes, and making a drift.

  The people around were shocked and suspected Xiao Xiao was from a circus troupe.

  Ruan Qiang was in no way inferior, repeating the same movements as Xiao Xiao, always following behind Xiao Xiao.

  Xiao Xiao was riding his bicycle, thinking to himself that if he relaxed a bit more, he would be caught up by the other person. If they continued riding their bicycles like this, wouldn't he end up chasing him all the way to the dance academy? That would expose his goal and ruin his plan. He had to think of a way to shake him off.

  "Snap!" Ruan Qiang exerted himself and broke the chain of the 28 bike. He threw down his bicycle and ran forward, but his speed was far inferior to Xiao Xiao's, a cycling enthusiast. Gradually, he fell behind Xiao Xiao by a distance.

  Xiao Xiao was all too familiar with the sound of bicycle parts moving, and when he heard the sound of the pedals breaking, he immediately turned his head to see that Ruan Qiang's ride, although damaged, was still relentlessly pursuing him. This bravery and courage were admirable and intimidating.

  No wonder he's our military training instructor.

  Xiao Xiao found that Ruan Qiang's bike chain had fallen off, and he felt happy about it, thinking that this way he could ask for his help. But then he thought that if he was riding his own bike and his tools were damaged, it wouldn't be cool to take advantage of him like that.

  He was taken aback and didn't think much of it, stopping his bicycle by the side of the street, looking at Ruan Qiang with a smile in his eyes.

  Ruan Qiang saw that he had actually stopped, and he himself caught up, stopping his footsteps and frowning at him, wondering if he knew he was wrong and wanted to surrender.

  Xiao Xiao gazed at Ruan Qiang, who was over ten meters away, and gave a mysterious smile. He stuck out his tongue and made a face, then suddenly swung both arms and tossed his 28-brand bicycle to the side.

  "Bang!" The bicycle crashed heavily onto the curb, the already worn-out bike's frame was bent, the front fork was destroyed. The saddle flew off, and the wheel was flattened.

  Pedestrians passing by were suddenly shocked to see the yellow-haired kid crash, and they hastily dodged to one side, afraid of being hit by flying debris.

  Ruan Qiang saw Xiao Xiao destroy the vehicle and wondered what this kid wanted to do. Was he going to fight to the death with himself?

  Xiao Xiao shouted loudly: "Qiang Ge, you're not confident that you can catch up with me? Well, since your bike is broken, I'll just throw mine away too. Let's see who runs faster on foot!"

  Ruan Qiang hooked the corner of his mouth, gave a cold smile, adjusted his hat, tightened the military belt around his waist, and tidied up his uniform. He sneered: "Alright, let you see what it's like to combine Hong Gun and Bing Wang. How can a god-like person catch you."

  He saw him adjusting his military uniform and understood that he had made up his mind to have a big fight with himself. He also turned the brim of his own camouflage hat backwards, tightened his upper garment, pulled up his trousers, and tied his shoelaces tightly. He sneered coldly: "Alright, can all these grasp the most enchanting, the most powerful, and the most handsome little demon?"

  Xiao Xiao finished tidying up his equipment and saw that Ruan Qiang was already ready. He casually whistled a tune.

  A sharp whistle sounded like a gunshot, and Xiao Xiao and Ruan Qiang took big strides forward.