Those naive and innocent years

  On a sunny afternoon, the athletic field was covered with a soft orange-red hue. Although autumn had arrived, the afternoon was still hot and dry. Tian Tian's relay event was after the women's 800m race. Occasionally, she caught a glimpse of a tall and slender girl with a pale complexion standing at the edge of the field. She was said to be Peng Sze's girlfriend, wearing an all-white sports suit, with her hair tied up high on her head, extremely eye-catching among several athletes. She fanned herself with one hand while waiting for the whistle to blow, seemingly not worried about this competition. The girl next to her stared at her with provocative eyes, and she seemed to notice the unusual gaze, turning her head to scan her with a glance. The girl sneered, stretching out her middle finger, with an extremely arrogant expression. She turned her face away, ignoring the girl's provocation, and flexed her wrists and ankles. As the whistle blew, the girls rushed forward like arrows, and at first, that girl didn't run very fast, only maintaining fourth place, while the girl who looked down on her ran steadily in the front, even turning back to raise an eyebrow at her.

  Tian Tian couldn't help but smile at the scene. She didn't understand why someone would hold back their strength, and that girl's intelligence was clearly higher than the first-place girl. Moreover, she wasn't even paying attention to her, just doing her own thing. Tian Tian was fascinated by the girl and wondered how such a charming girl could fall for Peng Sze, who was so shallow. She really couldn't understand it, maybe it was just a matter of different tastes. "Tian Tian, do you know who that girl is who's been in first place?" Yao Le Tong asked excitedly beside her, seemingly unaffected by the morning's competition. Speaking of the morning's competition, the champion was naturally Zong Zhong Xian, who easily won the title amidst cheers and applause. Poor Yao Le Tong didn't even get third place, only managing to scrape together a fourth-place finish, which was somewhat disappointing. Yao Le Tong beat his chest and stomped his feet for half the day, refusing to get up from the middle of the playground. In the end, Tian Tian kicked him twice and said, "Let's go home and be embarrassed there, there are too many people here."

  "Who is it?" Tian Tian replied casually, her eyes fixed on the track, and as expected, the girl was already in third place.

  "In our second year of junior high, there was a senior named Su Yu who was in the same class as Peng Jia's son. I heard she was particularly fierce when it came to fighting. One time, a girl accidentally bumped into her, and as a result, got burned by a scorching cigarette butt that Su Yu had pinched between her fingers. Then, she got beaten up by Su Yu and her gang, and they even warned her not to tell her parents or teachers, or else they would take naked pictures of her next time."

  "This will end in trouble," Tian Tian said calmly, "don't you think it's too showy?"

  "Who says it's not, but this girl seems to be completely fearless. I heard that her family conditions are very poor and she comes from a single-parent household. I also heard that she has a good relationship with Peng Yin, do you know about it?" Yao Le Tong lowered his voice and said cautiously.

  Tian Tian's heart seemed to have skipped a beat, she had of course heard about her heroic deeds, that seductive woman as venomous as a snake and scorpion. "How could she be related to Peng Yin?" Tian Tian asked.

  "Who knows! Anyway, both women are quite ruthless," said Yao Letong.

  The two of them were quite different, the former was as cunning as a snake but didn't show off, ruthless yet precise, with careful thoughts, calculating human relationships and minor matters clearly. The latter, on the other hand, was too reckless, not knowing how to hide one's light under a bushel, and could only be said to be still too immature. At this time, the girl ran to the second place, only half a meter away from Su Yu, who had already been panting heavily, almost exhausting her physical strength, glancing back at the girl from time to time. The girl's face was not red, nor was she out of breath, maintaining an even speed as she sprinted forward, like a light and agile white dove. "What's that girl's name?" Tian Tian suddenly asked with a smile.

  "White silk." Yao Le Tong replied concisely. "It's really wonderful," he said seriously for a rare moment.

  "Yes." Tian Tian sighed, putting her hand on her stomach and gently rubbing it. What's going on today? Her stomach hurts for no reason, which has never happened before. She looked up at the sky, the next game is her team's match, at this critical moment, she absolutely cannot fall behind, let alone be absent.

  "What's wrong?" asked Yao Letong.

  "It's nothing." Tian Tian put her hands in her pockets and smiled slightly.

  At this moment, Bai Xiu, with a bright red ribbon on her chest, rushed across the finish line. Undoubtedly, she was the first place winner. She just smiled happily and waved to her class, saying hello to show her gratitude.

  "Hey, stop right there," a furious voice came from behind. "What did you just do, bumping into me?" Su Yu asked, grabbing her arm.

  "Has anyone seen it?" she retorted, "Slanderers must also produce evidence."

  "Ha! Evidence, this is evidence!" As he spoke, Su Yu pulled up his sleeve, revealing a purplish-red mark on his arm, which was clearly swollen. "Do you see that?"

  Bai Xue glanced at him and said lightly, "Don't you know that when the body is injured due to impact, the blood vessels can't flow freely, and the blood accumulates in one place. It takes some time for it to turn purple. If I had just hit you, your arm should be red, not purple. So, your injury must have been from at least yesterday. Whether you did it on purpose or your father hit you, I'm not clear about that."

  Su Yu's face turned bright red, this girl had seen through her little trick in just a few words, her entire head was numb with anger, she slapped Bai Xue's face, "Who the hell do you think you are, don't give me that holier-than-thou look, it makes me want to slap you!"

  "Su Yu, that's enough." The voice wasn't loud, but Bai Xiu surprisingly endured the slap. She ignored the audience in the stands and walked out of the stadium step by step. Su Yu was stunned for a long time, thinking that the girl would slap her back. Unexpectedly, she just clenched her fists, gritted her teeth, and endured the humiliation under the scorching gaze of the crowd, leaving without looking back.

  "Even if you're with him now, I won't give up. No one can take away what originally belongs to me." Su You shouted loudly at her back.

  "He's mine now too." Bai Xue said softly as she walked to the edge of the playground, sighing helplessly. Did Su You think that by getting closer to Peng Yin, he would be closer to her? Originally hers, what's the difference? Everyone has a past, stubbornly insisting that some people or things have not left, how foolish.

  Tian Tian gazed at the girl's straight back and crisp footsteps, her eyes slightly dazed. Not far from the girl, the boy who had chased after her was standing upright under a willow tree, one hand in his pocket, his eyes fixed on some unknown point, but his peripheral vision caught sight of the girl walking towards him with her elegant figure. Although the boy still looked youthful, there was a hint of determination between his eyebrows that wasn't there when he was younger. Time had not been unkind to this pampered and sheltered boy. When the girl was two steps away from him, he turned around. The girl quickened her pace, catching up with his footsteps in perfect harmony. Her long hair, which had been tied up, now flowed behind her like a long braid, fluttering in the wind, infinitely beautiful.