Chapter 19

Messing around, my ass.

"Get out." Yu Fan suppressed his urge to kill, "Close the door. Don't come in until I let you."

Zhang Xianjing returned to her senses, "Yu Fan, are you going to beat him up?"

Wang Lu'an, "That's not possible! Yu Fan never covers peoples mouths when he beats them up. He likes to hear them cry."

Zhang Xianjing, "..." Zuo Kuan who stood at the very back looked between the two of them, "Were you two discussing something?"

Wang Lu'an, "What could they be discussing with Top Student lying there..." Yu Fan, "Get out."

"Okay." Wang Lu'an stepped back and closed the door. Before closing it, he said, "Have fun playing. I'll keep watch for you outside."

After the door closed, the classroom was quiet again.

Chen Jingshen's eyes moved. He looked back at the person in front of him.

Yu Fan's hands were no longer cold after lifting the other person up and down several times. A half warm palm was pressed onto his face and there was even a faint smell of sugar.

After the other three left, Yu Fan was still holding him down.

"Don't mention anything about that damned long jump in the future." He threatened fiercely, "And don't say anything about liking or not liking either.

You hear me?"

The three people outside couldn't stay still. Their voices as they chatted would intermittently enter the classroom.

Yu Fan, "Not going to speak?"

Chen Jingshen's eyelids moved. His eyes moved down.

Yu Fan followed his line of sight.

"….." He quickly removed both his hands.

"Why?" Chen Jingshen spoke up.

What do you mean why?

Yu Fan frowned and responded casually, "I don't want to be taken for being gay."

Chen Jingshen supported himself up with one hand and he leaned back against the wall. His collar had become messy from Yu Fan grabbing it, making him look different from usual.

A while later, he said, "Okay."

Yu Fan relaxed his brows with satisfaction. He got ready to sit back down.

"Then I'll just have a crush on you."

Yu Fan almost sat onto the ground.

During lunch break, the students began to return to the classrooms one after another.

Just as Yu Fan's fists tightened, Wang Lu'an knocked on the door and told him that there were people coming.

As soon as Wang Lu'an entered the classroom, he looked at Chen Jingshen.

The top student was sitting leisurely in his seat with a pen in one hand and his other hand fixing his collar. There weren't any wounds on that handsome face of his.

Sure enough, he wasn't beaten.

That's what he thought. Although Yu Fan looked pretty intimidating just now, he could tell that Yu Fan didn't really have any intentions to hurt Top Student.

If he wanted to beat him up, he would have already beaten him up ages ago.

Wang Lu'an opened the bag and placed the braised beef brisket in front of Yu Fan, "Hurry and eat or it'll get cold. It has been a long time since we got it."

"En." Yu Fan responded with disinterest while still playing Snake on his phone.

Zuo Kuan sat backwards in the seat in front of him and opened his own takeout, "Why is your face——" "None of your business." Yu Fan said, "Go back to your own class if you're going to be noisy."

"...…" Wang Lu'an felt that it was no fun eating alone so he similarly sat down in front of Chen Jingshen's seat. He asked as he ate, "Top Student, how did you come second in the 3000m? You had a lot of trouble with just 400m."

Chen Jingshen replied concisely, "Pushed my limits."

"That's amazing." Wang Lu'an said, "Top Student, why aren't you eating at the cafeteria?"

Chen Jingshen, "Legs hurt. Can't walk."

Yu Fan expressionlessly ate another person's snake.

"Ah, my bad! I should've also brought you a meal. You've helped me run 3000m after all." Wang Lu'an slapped his head, "How about this? I'll go grab something for you from the cafeteria. Or do you want takeout?"

"No need."

"No need to be polite with me." Wang Lu'an said, "You just finished running 3000m and you're not very fit. What if you get low blood sugar later?"

"I won't." The person who had been expressionless the entire time suddenly raised his head, "I had some sugar water earlier."

"Huh? Oh….okay then." Wang Lu'an was stunned for a moment. He didn't continue insisting.

After eating his fill, Wang Lu'an tied up the bag and rubbed his stomach.

"Do you have the lighter with you?" Yu Fan suddenly asked.

"I have it." Zuo Kuan said, "What do you say? Go for a smoke in the bathroom?"

Wang Lu'an glanced at the takeout in front of Yu Fan that hadn't been touched, "Why aren't you eating? You don't like braised beef brisket?"

"Not hungry yet."

Hearing this, Wang Lu'an got up, "Then let's go."

When he reached the door, he noticed that someone was missing. Wang Lu'an turned around and called out, "Yu Fan?"

"You guys go first." Yu Fan threw his phone into his pocket and kicked Chen Jingshen's chair, "Move."

Chen Jingshen placed down his pen and got up.

The other two had already left the classroom and were no longer in sight.

Yu Fan retracted his gaze. When he walked past Chen Jingshen, he raised his hand and hooked his finger.

The bag containing the braised beef brisket swayed in the air for a second and was then placed onto the desk next to him.

"Eat."

After coldly throwing that line out, Yu Fan left the classroom without looking back.

--For the 4x400m relay in the afternoon, Zhuang Fangqin had specially come down to the field.

It wasn't because of him.

After nearly an entire day of events, she had noticed —— Yu Fan took second place in long jump, Chen Jingshen took second place in 3000m, another sports student called Guan Feiyuan in her class took first place in 100m.

If she added all the other events where they came amongst the top six....

"So you're saying that our class is currently in fourth place?" Wang Lu'an was dumbfounded.

It was almost time for registration. The relay runners had gathered together.

Gao Shi was excited, "That's right. If we get 5 points in this 4x400m event, that is, second place, we will be in the top three!"

"Do your best." Zhuang Fangqin expressed, "I've been in charge of your class for more than a year and have never gotten this close to top three in any of the school's extracurricular activities."

"Can you do it?" Zhang Xianjing looked worriedly at Wang Lu'an, "You have never trained for the 400m or baton receiving."

Chen Jingshen had been carried away in front of everyone earlier today.

Although he himself had expressed that he could still run the relay, Zhuang Fangqin didn't agree and made Wang Lu'an be the third runner for the relay.

Wang Lu'an, "Don't worry. I've been watching them do their training every afternoon. I may not have eaten pork but I've seen pigs run." (KKnotes: Basically saying that although he may not have personally done it, he has seen how it works) Yu Fan threw a bag of chips at him, "If you can't speak properly, shut your trap."

Wang Lu'an caught the bag of chips and happily began to snack on it.

"Just kidding." Wang Lu'an looked at the person next to him, "Don't worry Top Student. You got second place for me earlier today so I'll do my best for this one too."

"En."

Chen Jingshen raised his eyes. His gaze swept past Wang Lu'an and stopped at the great master sitting behind him, "Good luck."

The great master walked off with his hand in his pockets, ignoring him. He went straight to the registration site.

There was a queue at the registration site.

Wang Lu'an copied Guan Feiyuan and started warming up. When he looked over, his eyes met with Zuo Kuan's, who was also lining up for registration.

Wang Lu'an was surprised for a moment, "Why are you here?"

"Surprised?" Zuo Kuan raised a brow, "Same reason as you. I'm here to cover for someone else."

"There's no one else in your class?"

"You don't know shit. I run super fast. You can just enjoy my fart during the race later." Zuo Kuan teased, "But you'll have to do your best. Final place won't be able to even smell my fart."

"You're disgusting!" Wang Lu'an nudged the person next to him, "Hey Yu Fan, go tell him. Our goal this time is——-" Yu Fan looked at the two of them like they were idiots, "First place."

Wang Lu'an , "?"

"You want to come first? You wish." Zuo Kuan laughed, "We have two sports students in our class. It's a bit impolite for you to say that you want first place."

"It's okay." Yu Fan said, "Don't we still have you?"

"….."

After registration was done, all the participants were gathered at the relay points. The race was about to start.

At the stands for class 2-7, several female students were standing up and looking over.

"Can our class really come amongst the top two?"

"I don't know. Speaking honestly, my past self would have never imagined that there would be a day where we are in the upper ranks."

"...…" "But we have Guan Feiyuan this time so the results should be pretty good.

He's the fastest runner amongst the sports students and he even won the national championships during middle school. He had training last year so he could only participate in two individual events. If not for that, we wouldn't have come last last year."

"But….would Yu Fan run seriously?"

The girls fell silent.

Chen Jingshen followed their line of sights.

The participants were already at the starting line, getting ready.

Guan Feiyuan wasn't nervous at all despite all the attention. He leisurely waited for the referee to give the signal.

Gao Shi was desperately slapping his own face. Wang Lu'an who saw this similarly did the same.

As for the last person, he stood there lazily with both hands in his pockets and his back slouched. When the referee took their place, he even stretched his back.

His classmates, "...…" He's definitely not going to run seriously!

The moment the gun sounded, everyone started sprinting.

Guan Feiyuan didn't disappoint. The two tracks next to him were also sports students like him but he had easily formed a large gap between himself and them.

After a lap, Guan Feiyuan had basically thrown them far behind. He gave Gao Shi the baton and was done with his share of the race.

Gao Shi ran as fast as he could as soon as he received the baton.

But no less than a hundred metres out, he was overtaken by the sports students from class eight.

"I'll be heading off first." Zuo Kuan got ready to receive the baton as he taunted the person next to him, "You might need to hang around a little longer."

Wang Lu'an, "Nothing good will come out from showing off."

When Wang Lu'an received the baton, their class had already fallen from first place to fourth place.

"Wang Lu'an!" Zhang Xianjing's voice travelled over from the stands, "Don't fall behind! Try and overtake one!"

Wang Lu'an brushed his hair back in a way he thought looked cool and gave her a big thumbs up.

But just as he received the baton and started to run, he stumbled and almost fell onto the ground in front of everyone.

The other people running past him had to hold in their laughter.

Zhang Xiajing, "....."

As expected, nothing good will come out from showing off.

A girl next to her said, "Oh no, we might not even be in the top six…."

"It's okay. This is only the third runner." Zhang Xianjing cupped around her mouth and shouted, "Yu Fan! Do this seriously and get first place!"

The others were getting ready to run the last lap with a serious look on their faces. Yu Fan on the other hand…..

His expression was lax as he looked back to see where Wang Lu'an was.

Wang Lu'an had already fallen to fifth place. He used everything he had to run the final sprint, successfully shortening the distance. As he gave Yu Fan the baton, he said, "Brother, I'll leave——" Before he could finish speaking, the other party had already received the baton and took off like an arrow.

"….it up to you." Wang Lu'an finished speaking with a stunned look.

When Yu Fan overtook the first person, the students from class seven didn't even realise that he was from their class.

The student in fourth place felt a gust of wind blow past him and that was then followed by the back view of a young man flying ahead.

Yu Fan sprinted down the tracks, the wind brushing his hair back. Many teachers and students were only now able to see his face clearly —— So fucking handsome.

The school security guard who came to patrol was standing by a tree.

When he saw this scene, he resisted his urge to light a cigarette and proceeded to look up at the sky emotionally.

That's right.

Every time this kid skipped class and was caught by him, he would run this fast.

"Has he…..trained before?" Guan Feiyuan asked in daze as he watched that figure fly down the tracks.

"No." Wang Lu'an paused for a moment, "I think?"

When Yu Fan overtook the student in third place, the students in class seven finally returned to their senses.

The students in class eight didn't expect a dark horse to appear in the last lap. They immediately raised their banners and cheered for their class representatives at the top of their lungs.

"——-Don't get overtaken by class seven! They were in last place last year!"

You dare?

Several class seven students immediately stood up!

At a time like this, they no longer cared about what their usual relationship with Yu Fan was like. They shouted at the top of their lungs——-"Go Yu Fan!!!"

"Go!! Overtake him!"

"Almost, almost, almost———-Yes!!! Ahhhhh he overtook another one!

He'll be second place if he overtakes another one!!!"

Amidst everyone's cheers, Yu Fan overtook the student in second place.

The closer he was to the finish line, the faster Yu Fan ran——— When he was shoulder to shoulder with the student in first place, everyone held their breaths.

The two of them crossed the finish line almost at the same time.

The two classes were both silent for a while before a question drifted out from the stands, "Who came first? Who was first?!"

The two referees exchanged their opinions and announced, "Class 2-7!"

Class seven immediately exploded into cheers.

The finish line was very close to their stands. Wang Lu'an, who had ran over to rest after running his share, shot up with excitement and slapped the butt of the person next to him with great force——-"Hahahahaa! Eat my brother's fart!!!"

Zuo Kuan, "...…" Yu Fan had to run for a while after crossing the finish line before he could stop. As he waited for the result, he stood with his back facing the stands, his hands on his knees as he caught his breath.

The school uniform clung firmly onto his back, outlining his thin build.

His shoulders rose and fell with his breathing.

The moment he came to a stop, several girls waiting on the sidelines looked like they wanted to come over but they hesitated when they met his eyes.

Wang Lu'an finally calmed back down. Sitting on the stands, he did a rough count, "Fuck, Yu Fan is amazing. After just running 400m, there are three girls wanting to deliver him a bottle of water."

Zuo Kuan said sourly, "That's normal. If I was a girl, I would also do the same."

Wang Lu'an stretched out his neck, "Hey, that girl from class four is there too. I swear she has a crush on my brother…."

Chen Jingshen retracted his gaze and suddenly asked, "Crushes can deliver water?"

"Huh?" Wang Lu'an was taken aback, "I guess so. Why?"

"Wang Lu'an!" Gao Shi called out to him from below, "Come down here!

We need to register!"

"Coming!"

Wang Lu'an placed down the packet of chips in his hands, quickly ran down the steps and went with Gao Shi to the registration site.

A figure hurried past behind him.

Chen Jingshen, who had come down the stairs, bent down and picked up a bottle of water from the box. Without looking back, he went over to the tracks.

"Classmate Yu, are you okay? Would you like some water?" The third girl who came to give him water looked at Yu Fan shyly.

The boy had his head lowered awkwardly as he avoided her eyes.

She gathered her courage and continued, "When you were running just now, I was cheering you on. I'm not sure if you heard….."

"Sorry." Yu Fan said stiffly for the third time today, "I'm not thirsty" Although he was turning her down, his voice was still gentle. The tone was different from when he read his self-reflection.

The girl suddenly felt that Yu Fan wasn't actually as scary as the rumours said. She might even have a chance.

She tightened her grip around the bottle of water, "Then….."

A dark shadow enveloped her.

The girl was taken aback. She subconsciously looked back——And was met with the face belonging to the student ranked first in their year.

Chen Jingshen raised his hand and held out a bottle of water.

Just as he opened his mouth, "Yu——" "Get lost."

The person who originally had his head lowered had suddenly raised his head and fiercely spat out those two words with an icy look on his face.

"?" The girl trembled.

She then silently retracted the hand that was holding a bottle of water.