Chapter Sixteen: The Movement of Healthy Qi

  Xia Meng goes running by the river behind the school with Zhang Li every day after school, while Li Han continues his chef mission, bringing Xia Meng different dishes every day, including spicy tofu, ants climbing trees, fish-flavored eggplant, and sweet and sour ribs.

  The sports meeting finally arrived before May Day. Maybe it's because the end of the sports meeting is a long holiday, or maybe this year's sports meeting has male gods like Li Han and Zhang Li participating, the atmosphere at the opening ceremony was hot, and classmates were excitedly discussing, focusing on Zhang Li's 5000 meters and Li Han's 800 meters and high jump.

  I've seen the academic elite win countless awards, but I've never seen him run long-distance; I've seen Li Han play basketball and soccer, but I've never seen him high jump. There are also many students from other schools who have heard that A Middle School's two male gods have signed up for the sports meet events and have come to watch in admiration.

  Xia Meng looked at the excited crowd and felt her mood soaring. Chen Yu Meng and Wang Qi walked over, patted Xia Meng's back, "Xia Meng, today you're just participating, don't take it so seriously!" Chen Yu Meng said considerately.

  "Yes, slow down a bit, don't be so overworked, doing your best is enough." Wang Qi also said with concern, Xia Meng's "Aunt Flow" came 4 days early last night, maybe it was because of the upcoming sports meet and her spirit was highly tense, so her physiological cycle was a bit disordered.

  "Don't worry, I'm fine!" Xia Meng laughed optimistically. At this time, Zhao Yino appeared on the playground, wearing a beige suspender skirt, standing elegantly beside Li Han and chatting intimately with him. Chen Yu Meng saw her and let out a slightly disdainful "hmm".

  The music started, and the entrance ceremony of the sports meeting began. The entrance ceremony was different for each class, and Zhao Yino was in charge of holding the sign for Class 3 of Grade 1. After all classes entered, the principal gave a passionate speech that lasted for 5 minutes, followed by the oath-taking of the referees and athlete representative Zhang Li.

  The first event in the morning was men's and women's long jump and high jump. Xia Meng and Li Han's events were held at the same time. Chen Yu Meng and Wang Qi made a choice between Xia Meng and Li Han, and after hesitating for a moment, they chose to go cheer for Li Han.

  Long jump is Xia Meng's most confident event. Zhang Li stood outside the field to cheer her on, "Ready, start jumping!" The teacher waved his hand, and Xia Meng bowed her waist at the starting line, with both hands open and her eyes fixed on the front.

  She suddenly shook her head, took a big stride, and sprinted forward like an arrow, her speed increasing with each passing moment. In the blink of an eye, she reached the springboard, her right foot heavily stomping on it, making a loud "thud" sound. Her body then explosively jumped upwards, her two legs stretching out in front of her, drawing an arc in mid-air before landing softly in the sand.

  Perfect! 4m9, broke Xia Meng's long jump record, Zhang Li gave Xia Meng a thumbs up from the sidelines. Xia Meng smoothly advanced to the long jump final. Meanwhile, not far away, the men's high jump competition was filled with cheers and applause.

  When they were resting, Zhao Yino handed Xia Meng a piece of chocolate. "Mengmeng, eat this, you need to replenish some high-calorie food today." Xia Meng smiled happily: "Only you still care about me in your heart, Yu Meng and Wang Qi have long since disappeared!" Zhao Yino giggled.

  "Who says we don't miss you? We've been running back and forth between you and Li Han's place." Chen Yumeng rushed over to Xia Meng with a bowl of red sugar water in her hand.

  "Yes, Mengmeng, you were amazing just now, I'm sure getting first place is a no-brainer!" Wang Qi said happily. "Li Han's performance today was simply stunning, he just jumped 1 meter 9!" Wang Qi and Chen Yumeng excitedly discussed.

  "Can he jump 1 meter 9?" Xia Meng was a bit incredulous, she had never known that Li Han could high jump, and still jump to such a height. "Yes, Li Han jumped 1 meter 9, and the third-year student Wang Guodong, who is the record holder for this event, also jumped 1 meter 9."

  "Yes, the final list has not been announced yet, but the high jump final will definitely be exceptionally wonderful!" Zhao Yino watched Chen Yu Meng and Wang Qi's heated discussion with a cold eye, never participating.

  The long jump final has begun, Xia Meng thought to herself, she who had always excelled in sports, absolutely cannot lose to Li Han whose sports grades were just average! She was holding back a surge of energy.

  Zhang Li looked at Xia Meng and found that she seemed to have undergone a subtle psychological change, her mouth tightly pursed, her outstretched palms had become clenched fists, her tall stature, long legs were also tense.

  This won't do, Zhang Li thought to herself that something was off and she must adjust her mindset quickly! An athlete's emotional changes can directly affect their performance. She saw herself accelerating from the starting line, "pop" went the sound, her right foot had already stepped over the takeoff board, rendering her score invalid; on the second jump, Xia Meng was even more tense at the starting line, fine sweat broke out on her forehead and her lower abdomen was also slightly aching, she sprinted, accelerated, but her right foot hadn't even touched the board before taking off, her score was only 4.7 meters! Provisionally ranked fourth!

  Zhang Li hastily ran to Xia Meng's side, grasping her shoulders: "Xia Meng, look into my eyes!" Xia Meng dejectedly lifted her head, seeing Zhang Li's thick glasses behind which shone a profound and determined gaze.

  "Empty your mind, close your eyes, take a deep breath... yeah, another deep breath... go ahead, don't think of anything else, got it? Think that you're just doing your usual training!"

  The men's high jump competition was about to begin, and Li Han ran to the long jump field to look for Xia Meng. Seeing Zhang Li comforting Xia Meng in a warm scene, his heart suddenly felt like it had been bitten by ants, both itchy and painful!

  The classmates who were watching the high jump competition next door all moved to watch the long jump event.

  It was Xia Meng's turn, and she started sprinting from the starting line, suddenly accelerating her speed. She then jumped with one leg on the pedal not far away, and brushed! Her right foot landed perfectly on the pedal, jumping! She flew out and landed steadily 6 meters away!

  The whole stadium erupted! A burst of warm applause, Chen Yumeng and Wang Qi rushed onto the field, hugged Xia Meng again, laughing and jumping: "Mengmeng, you're so great!" 6 meters 1, Xia Meng broke the school record! The class teacher smiled crookedly outside the court. Li Han raised the corner of his mouth: Well done, as always so excellent! Zhang Li finally let out a long sigh of relief and laughed happily.

  The broadcast announced the results of the long jump competition, first place, Xia Meng from Class 3, Grade 1, scored a precious 4 points and broke the school record, earning an additional 4 bonus points.

  After the high jump competition ended, Xia Meng came to watch at the high jump venue. Li Han was standing outside the runway with his hands on his waist and legs swinging, watching Wang Guodong's last jump in Grade 3. He challenged 2 meters, very perfect! Wang Guodong succeeded!

  It was Li Han's turn, he swept his eyes across the crowd, saw Xia Meng, nodded at her and smiled. Then he got serious, kicked his legs, swung his arms, bent his waist, bit his lip. He fixed his eyes on the 2m1 position of the high jump bar, then started to sprint with big strides, getting faster and faster. When he reached the takeoff line, his left foot forcefully pushed off, his two arms swung upwards, his body soared into the air like a swallow, jumping upwards. He cleared the bar smoothly!

  The audience erupted in a wave of applause and cheers, he won the first place in the high jump competition, breaking Wang Guodong's record. Wang Guodong ran over, gave Li Han a warm hug: "Congratulations, kid, you're really something!" The broadcast announced again that Class 3, Grade 1 had won the championship with a score of 4+4.

  Class teacher Liu was overjoyed, on the playground like a fluttering butterfly running around, Class 3 students were jumping up and down as if they had taken stimulants!