Chapter 38: Strange Sensation

  Back at Sheng Sheng, the pitch-black playground was pitch black and nothing could be seen. Yin Ting Ye looked at the time, it had just passed the school's lights-out time, she should have gone back already.

  "I thought she was still here, must have been infected by her stupidity and become stupid too." He blew the hair on his forehead and turned around with a bad attitude, but then he heard a voice coming from the playground.

  Yin Teng narrowed his eyes, took out his mobile phone to shine a light, and walked slowly towards the figure, only to see a silhouette struggling to get up from the ground.

  "Pig? Congratulations to Xiaowei! You're still here!" He exclaimed, quickly walking up to her side, pulling up her arm and asking: "Why haven't you gone home yet? What time is it now?"

  "Huh? Young Master Yin, why are you still at school? Cough, ah, my throat." Xiaowei rubbed her sore and feverish throat, feeling quite uncomfortable, even swallowing saliva was painful.

  "Are you always running? Do you have to be so desperate? I'm telling you, even if you practice every day for these two weeks, it's still useless. You absolutely won't get first place. Why not just save your time and learn instead, then go ask the person who gets first place to give you the prize later?"

  "Cough. But this is what I want, and I've already signed up, so I'll give it a try anyway, can't give up halfway."

  "This is called self-inflicted defeat, seeking one's own death! Even if you practice every day now, and manage to finish the run without any problems, you still won't be able to get first place. The girl who was our school's 10,000-meter long-distance running champion last year was already a champion in middle school, what use is it for you to suddenly start trying now?"

  Yin Tengye yanked her arm, effortlessly swinging her forward. She stumbled, her footsteps chaotic, unable to stand steadily, almost falling over, and he pulled her back again.

  Xiao Wei backed away, one foot hooked around his ankle, spinning around, she pounced into his arms, hugging him tightly, her two legs went limp and bent at the knees.

  "Hey, you, what's wrong with you!" Yin Tengye only wanted to let her see his weakness, but he didn't expect her to do something that would drive him crazy again.

  Does she take him as a pillar or a toy? How can she casually hug him, after all he is also a man.

  Xiao Wei leaned against Yin Tingye's chest, her breath as weak as a strand of silk. Her entire body was left with only the strength of her two arms, and now she just wanted to hold on like this and rest for a while. Her legs really didn't have the strength to stand up anymore.

  "Sorry, Young Master Yin, sorry..." Her mosquito-like voice murmured, her mind clearly knowing he would be angry, but her body was beyond control, embracing him like this, she didn't want to move at all, just leaning against him for a while, just for a while.

  Her breathing gradually slowed down, and Yin Tong Ye looked at her raised hand, seeing that she was leaning against him, seemingly about to fall asleep. As she slid down slightly, he caught her arm and propped her up.

  Yin Teng Ye leaned her head on her own shoulder, letting her arms wrap around her neck, and held her like that as she stood in the dark playground under the moonlight, gazing at her sleeping face.

  "Hmph, you can even sleep standing up, just like a pig." He looked at her with disdain, one hand grasping her shoulder and the other wrapped around her waist, holding her close to himself so she wouldn't fall.

  "Although I'm really too lazy to care about you, as a gentleman, I couldn't just abandon a thoughtless girl like you here. Well, since I'm a gentleman, I'll hold you, and it's only because you need to hold me to rest, that's all."

  As for his current state, he himself explained that he had no reason to stay here.

  The quiet playground, from time to time, the cicadas' chirping sounds came, but did not affect someone's rest. Xiaowei breathed lightly and slowly synchronized with his breathing. When the two inhaled at the same time, his chest rose, and he felt a strange sensation.

  Yin Tengya wrinkled his brow, he twitched the corner of his lips, and slowly lowered his head to look at her chest. Although it wasn't big, it was still there. The two were facing each other so closely, they couldn't help but feel something.

  "Seriously, I'm a gentleman, but I'm also a man!" He gritted his teeth and forced out these words, then suddenly grabbed her shoulders and shook her: "Hey, Zhuo Xiaowei, wake up! Don't sleep anymore! Aren't you going for a run? Wake up quickly!"

  "Huh? What's wrong?" Xiaowei opened her eyes dazedly, and as soon as she spoke, she felt a sore throat. She touched her throat painfully and said: "Water."

  "Ah, you really are. Stand still!" He let go of his hand, turned around and saw her bag beside him, bent down to pick it up, just turned back, and saw her rushing towards him with her whole body.

  "Hey!" He hastily stretched out his idle hand, spreading five claws to prop her up, but when his hand touched her chest, he was startled and quickly withdrew it, grabbing her arm and letting her fall into his embrace.

  "Uh, sorry, I just panicked for a moment, it wasn't intentional." He apologized awkwardly, but there was no response for a while. He felt strange and looked down at her, only to find that she had fallen asleep again.

  "Whoa, scared me to death! Luckily it's just a pig. Looking at her like that, I reckon she won't be getting up again."

  Yin Tengye disdainfully curled his lip, wiggled his fingers, and suddenly found it funny, muttering to himself: "She's not that big of a deal, why was I so excited? She didn't even feel anything herself, anyway."

  Let Mu Guan Jia come to pick her up, first send Xiao Wei back to the Xiu family. Yin Teng Ye looked at Mu Guan Jia and explained the situation to the people of the Xiu family, only then did he feel at ease, letting out a breath and closing his eyes to rest.

  In the ten-square-meter room, Auntie Zhu looked at her daughter's sleeping face and shook her head helplessly. Although she knew that she had been practicing running for the sports meeting at school, she didn't know that she would be so exhausted.

  She changed into her school uniform, and Auntie Miao felt something in the pocket of the uniform. She took it out to look at it, and it was a promotional flyer for the sports day. The prize for the long-distance running event on the flyer had been circled with a red pen.

  Auntie thought for a moment and subconsciously looked at the calendar on the table. Sure enough, there was also a red circle on the date of Young Master's birthday.

  "Alas... this child." Aunt Zhu couldn't help but smile with affection despite her exasperation.

  On a quiet night, with the wind blowing, Xiaowei was sleeping in bed and turned over, feeling very comfortable, when suddenly she seemed to have been electrocuted, opening her eyes wide and sitting up straight, muttering to herself: "I still need to run, I haven't finished yet."

  Looking at the darkness in front of her, she scratched her head, feeling a bit strange, and touched her bed, wondering when she had returned home.

  She turned on the light to check the time and was shocked to find it was almost five o'clock. She immediately pulled out her book and started reading, she couldn't let the time pass by while sleeping.

  Before leaving the house, Xiaowei quickly changed into her school uniform, grabbed her backpack and rushed out of the room. She sat in the car with Shaoye facing each other, feeling a lot more at ease, as if being in the same space as Shaoye was slightly more comfortable than being with Yin Shaoye.

  Xiu Wei Chen looked at her, breaking his usual silence, and suddenly asked: "What were you doing at school yesterday?"