Chapter 12
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I'm going overseas for two weeks so I won't be uploading potentially for the next 3 weeks, but I will try to make it up when I get back > <
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Du Ruo sat in the stands, looking at the sports field.
He Huan Huan held a large bag of potato chips, munching on them. She handed one to Du Ruo, who stuffed it in her mouth, and found it tasteless.
On the sports field, long jump and high jump participants were competing.
He Huan Huan bit off half her potato chip and suddenly sighed: "Ah, sometimes I really want to fall in love."
The absent-minded Du Ruo came to pay attention and looked at her strangely: “It’s autumn now, so suddenly?” She saw that He Huan Huan was looking somewhere in the stands.
Jing Ming was sitting at the bottom of their class's stand, his long legs resting on the railing, playing with his phone, his head down. Min En Zhu sat beside him, leaning against him, sometimes touching his collar, sometimes playing with his hair. Very intimate.
He seemed to be playing a game and paid no attention to her; she leaned over to look, then naturally wrapped her arm around him, looked at his screen and laughed to herself. After laughing, she lightly pecked his cheek, subtly and quickly without leaving a trace.
Jing Ming was still looking at his phone and had no reaction to the kiss.
Du Ruo stared at them.
"Don't you sometimes want to fall in love?" He Huan Huan withdrew her gaze and said honestly, "I sometimes do think about it. I feel a little envious when I see others falling in love, but it’s only occasionally. Haha."
"There are many boys and few girls in our school. If you think about it, you will easily find a boyfriend."
"Really? Then why don't our senior sisters have boyfriends?"
"..." Du Ruo looked at her speechlessly. "I'm comforting you. Can't you just accept this kindness without talking back?"
He Huan Huan chuckled. Du Ruo couldn't help but laugh too.
At the bottom of the stands, Jing Ming stood up; he intended to watch the two girls from their class compete in the three-legged race. Min En Zhu, on the other hand, had no interest and stayed seated, playing with her phone.
Jing Ming walked down from the stands and headed to the competition area.
He Huan Huan put away the potato chip bag and said: "The three-legged race is starting. Our class has two more girls competing. Let's go watch."
Du Ruo agreed. She was the only girl in their class so did not sign up for this event.
At the starting point of the track, He Huan Huan went to cheer for her classmates.
Du Ruo caught sight of Chen Si and Wang Huai Yu, who were walking around with their legs tied together. A group of boys from their class, Jing Ming, Zhu Tao, and others were standing around giving advice.
Zhu Tao: "Hold on to each other's arms.”
Zhang Lei: "Shout the beat. One, two, one."
Jing Ming didn't say anything and looked at the "three legs" of the two moving around. Suddenly, he laughed: "They're going to fall."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Si and Wang Huai Yu stumbled, and Zhang Lei and others quickly reached out to support them.
Jing Ming folded his arms and watched.
Chen Si scolded Jing Ming: "You jinx."
Jing Ming was amused: "Is it my fault that you can't coordinate well?"
"Of course it looks easy to you."
"Can't you use your brain?" Jing Ming teased. "Your steps are too small, too broken and frequent. Naturally, it is not easy to keep in tune. It would be weird if you didn’t fall. Take bigger steps, reduce the number of steps, and lower the frequency."
Wang Huai Yu thought about it: "You're right."
Xia Nan overheard and said: "Got the secret, thanks."
Jing Ming glanced at her and then joked to Chen Si and Wang Huaiyu, "The tricks’ been heard by your opponent, good luck with that."
Chen Si: "We won’t really lose. What if we tie?"
Jing Ming said: "Xia Nan's legs are longer than yours."
Chen Si laughed angrily, stretched out his arm and pointed at Jing Ming twice.
All the girls laughed.
Du Ruo didn't share the happy atmosphere. She and Jing Ming couldn't get along like ordinary classmates. It had always been that way.
The referee blew the whistle for participants to gather. The onlookers dispersed.
On the signal, pairs of girls with legs tied together ran towards the finish line, while the boys smiled and cheered beside the track.
As expected, Xia Nan and Qiu Yu Chen took first place, followed by Chen Si and Wang Huai Yu in second place.
Du Ruo went up to congratulate them.
Qiu Yu Chen was untying the rope on her leg. When she saw Du Ruo, she was surprised: "Xiao Cao, aren’t you running the 400 metre race? Why are you still wearing a skirt now?"
"... Oh my God, I forgot!" Du Ruo broke into cold sweat. "I'll go back and change right away."
He Huan Huan grabbed her and said: "Don't even think about it! The 400 metres is about to start. All the boys from our class have gathered.
Sure enough, there were fewer boys around. Some of the boys had left during the two-legged race, and they were now assembling at the other end of the field.
Several volunteers came over to clear the track, announcing that the race was about to begin.
The four of them had just entered the field when the starting gun sounded, and the men's race had begun.
Du Ruo panicked: "What do I do now?"
He Huan Huan: "Just wear this outfit and run. Don't worry, there's no rule that says you have to come in first. The important thing is to participate. The sports meet is just for fun."
"But I can't run in high heels."
Xia Nan, the owner of the high heels, quickly took off her sports shoes: "Let's switch."
"..."
"What are you waiting for? Take them off quickly."
Du Ruo removed her shoes and put on Xia Nan's sneakers. Then she looked at herself in the formal dress and covered her face: “Does it look strange?"
Qiu Yu Chen laughed: "Now you care about looking strange?"
He Huan Huan found it amusing and was very excited: "Skirts and sneakers are popular now!"
Du Ruo sighed, feeling hopeless: "It’s over. If I run like this, I will attract everyone’s attention. So embarrassing…"
Xia Nan glanced at her: "Don't worry, I'll take pictures of you when you’re running."
"..." Du Ruo whispered, "No photos."
Qiu Yu Chen shrugged: "We definitely won’t be the only ones taking photos."
He Huan Huan cheered: "Exactly! Haha, it's going to be so much fun!"
"You guys..." Du Ruo sighed in resignation with no more time to chat. Her top priority was to rush to the 400-metre meeting point.
Her three dormitory friends followed to cheer her on.
The four girls ran like crazy across the grassy field.
Du Ruo rushed out of the field and ran to the starting point, looking around for the registration point. Someone shouted at her: "Watch out!"
She froze as everyone around her moved left and right, as if something dangerous was coming.
Footsteps were approaching quickly from behind.
Du Ruo turned around.
Jing Ming crossed the finish line of the 400-metre race at high speed and crashed into her!
He was shocked and could no longer stop and avoid her. He instinctively reached out and hugged her, and the two collided and fell to the ground. His chin hit her temple hard, and she grimaced in pain.
Boys are so heavy!!!
She was going to be crushed!
Apart from feeling pain all over her body, he was hot and sweating, and his heat enveloped her. He weighed on her like a mountain.
He was so heavy she could barely breathe, her heart pounded wildly, and her internal organs were aching.
Jing Ming was stunned. He quickly put his hands on the ground, stood up, and picked her up, glanced up and down, and asked: "Are you okay?"
Du Ruo's heart was racing uncontrollably. Her face turned red and white, and her whole body ached. She couldn't say a word, and just shook her head mechanically.
Min En Zhu ran up to Jing Ming and asked anxiously: "Are you hurt?"
Jing Ming said: "I'm fine."
Min En Zhu looked at Du Ruo with a puzzled expression and a hint of dissatisfaction.
No girlfriend would like the scene that unfolded.
She asked Du Ruo: "Why were you blocking the finish line?"
Jing Ming wasn't interested in getting involved and said: "Let's go."
Min En Zhu left her alone and followed Jing Ming.
Although Du Ruo was shocked by the collision just now, she had no time to take care of her violently beating heart. She quickly walked to the starting line and sprinted on the track as the starting gun sounded.
She ran like the wind, as if she were trying to escape from some monster looming over her.
She held her fluffy white skirt and ran wildly on the runway. She appeared delicate but was taking the lead.
"Look at that girl, she’s running in a skirt!"
The students in the stands were all drawn to the spectacle, smiling kindly, watching, cheering, and taking photos with their phones.
Lively, cute, willful, and free, this was what a university sport meet should be like!
They wouldn't know how panicked the girl holding her skirt truly felt.
What a beautiful misunderstanding.
Jing Ming walked through the centre of the track and field, slowly calming down his frantic heartbeat after running 400 metres.
Min En Zhu stepped forward and held his hand, saying: "You are not allowed to hug other girls in the future, got it?"
Jing Ming was confused: "Hug who?"
"Just now." She pouted and said: "Don’t you know others will fall for you too?"
Jing Ming was speechless: "Nonsense."
He walked toward the stands and happened to see Du Ruo running across the track holding her skirt. She looked slender and weak but could actually run faster than a rabbit.
After Du Ruo ran the 400 metres, she looked like a fish thrown ashore, her blood vessels about to burst. The originally beautiful dress was now soaked with sweat and wrinkled.
All her classmates came over to congratulate her for finishing first, but she could only gasp for breath, unable to react.
She drank some water and slowly made her way across the field, and her condition began to improve slightly.
She returned to the stands and sat there for a long time, but she didn't know why she was sitting there.
Gradually, the heat and chaos within her body subsided little by little. The sweat evaporated, and she felt a faint, invading coolness.
All the commotion had disappeared, receding cleanly, like a beach at low tide.
As if nothing had happened.
As evening approached, most of the competitions had ended, and there were only a few people in the stands.
Du Ruo absentmindedly glanced in that direction. Everyone in Chen Si's class had already left.
Qiu Yu Chen came over and said that their class was dismissed and asked if Du Ruo wanted to go back to rest.
Du Ruo agreed.
The various colourful ribbons and gold streamers from the opening ceremony in the morning were now scattered on the field. At this moment, as the sun set, the field looked deserted and messy.
Du Ruo and her roommates walked back to their dormitory. Along the way, the autumn breeze blew gently, and the leaves rustled above their heads.
After a lively day, the music ends and everyone disperses.
A sense of desolation after the festivities swept over them, like the returning tide of the sea at night.
The four girls were a bit weary. They were all tired after a long day and couldn't find the energy to speak. They walked quietly through the campus together.
Du Ruo walked, raised her head, took a deep breath, and looked at the sky, the setting sun, the trees, and the windows of the boys' dormitory building.
On the balcony of the third floor, there was a white shirt hanging out to dry with a black embroidered ribbon on the back of the shirt.
She immediately recognised it as Jing Ming’s. He had once worn it to a public English class.
The night wind blew, and she felt a little cold. She wrapped her coat tightly and quickened her pace: "Let's go back to the dorm quickly, I’m freezing to death."
"You're wearing too little." He Huan Huan said, "But you look really pretty, Xiao Cao. So beautiful, you truly turned into a little fairy today, hahaha."
"Pfft." Du Ruo laughed and said, "Now this little fairy is coming back to reality. Going back to the dorm, changing clothes, eating, then heading to the library!"
Qiu Yu Chen sighed weakly: "You're still going to the library today? I have no energy."
Xia Nan: "I'm not going either, I'm exhausted."
Huan Huan: "I have to go, I haven't turned in the group assignment yet."
Du Ruo smiled: "Let's go together then."
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