No weakness in the legs

Xu Yangyang finished her match, and before she could even catch her breath, she ran over to them. Zhu Changyu took a car to the hospital, leaving Lin Luo alone, clasping her hands helplessly.

Her mind kept appearing the rough hands of Tong Yun that had just wiped the ground and caused the skin to break and bleed, and she couldn't stop crying.

The man who had just stopped her was obsessed with getting first place. "Xu Yangyang ran first, and our class got seven extra points. It's not nice to say this, but the sprint class can't get extra points because Tong Yun can't, so we've narrowed the gap with them. As long as you can get into the top three in the 3000m, our class will win. Don't cry, adjust your state. Tong Yun has so many people with him! Missing you won't make any difference at all."

"Are you sick? What are you talking about?" Xu Yangyang panted, pushed the man away, and hugged Lin Luo.

"Is Tong Yun okay?"

"I don't know either. She lost a lot of blood." Lin Luo's hands couldn't help but tremble.

Xu Yangyang breathed heavily, "I'm sure it's okay, don't worry."

Lin Luo was not in the right state during the registration. She could not hear anything Xu Yangyang said and just looked at her knees.

"Lin Luo." Ding Wenxin suddenly appeared, walked towards them, and said softly, "Tong Yun is fine, she just didn't get enough rest and fell. She's awake now, and she was afraid you'd worry, so she sent me a message to let me pass on the news!"

Lin Xi breathed a sigh of relief, but was still frightened.

After a while, it was time to go on the track. She put on a fluorescent green vest and stood in front of the starting line, her whole heart trembling.

3000 meters, seven and a half laps, she had only one thought, to finish the run quickly.

The starting gun sounded, and she stepped out, running at an almost constant pace. People on the sidelines kept shouting encouragement for her. She saw Xu Yangyang and Ding Wenxin, and also saw Teacher Wu who came specially to cheer her up. There were also many classmates cheering for her.

She flailed her arms unconsciously, and after six laps, she began to run out of energy. She looked up at the other runners on the track. The ones from the gym class were already far ahead and almost finished.

There were about five people in front of her. The one closest to her was holding her stomach and walking slowly. Lin Luo passed her first.

She continued to run, coughing uncontrollably a few times and choking on the air. The girl behind her wanted to overtake her, but Lin Luo did not give her the chance.

With one lap left, Lin Luo saw a boy running alongside her on the track ahead. The girl tilted her head to look at him and slowed down her pace, so Lin Luo passed her.

Besides the sound of the wind, she could also hear Xu Yangyang's shouting. She was protesting to the student union, "Why can't I run with you? Why didn't you stop that boy? They looked like a couple... You stopped me, someone who would risk his life for a friend."

Lin Luo blinked her eyes, and a drop of sweat fell into her eyes, which was very painful, but she did not stop, but instead quickened her pace.

In the last 100 meters, she overtook a girl from the sprint class and took third place.

Just after crossing the finish line, her legs gave out and she fell to her knees, unable to stand. A male PE teacher said to her, "Don't kneel, stand up and walk around. Your name is Lin Luo, right? Your teacher Liu always tells me about you, saying you have such tenacity. It's a shame she was on a business trip and didn't get to see you compete, otherwise she would have been very happy."

Lin Luo couldn't hear what he said. She only felt as if her heart was about to jump out of her chest. She said in a weak voice, "Teacher, can you help me up first?"

The male teacher was still talking to himself and didn't hear her. She tried to stand up by herself with her hands, but a pair of hands supported her from behind.

Lin Luo thought it was Xu Yangyang, but when she turned around she found it was Tian Yajun.

Xu Yangyang also ran over at this time, and the two of them supported her on each side. Classmates came one after another to bring her water and praise her for being so good.

Lin Luo was absent-minded and just wanted to recover her strength quickly and go to the hospital to see Tong Yun.

They helped Lin Luo sit down on the steps next to the podium. Tian Yajun and Xu Yangyang couldn't stand each other and started bickering. Xu Yangyang started, "Your conscience has suddenly dawned on you."

Tian Yajun refused to give in, "Your eyes suddenly aren't blind anymore."

"If you weren't running like a snail, running the 800m in 4 and a half minutes, would you have to be in the top three? We were forced to do it. Can you try harder? You're the class monitor!"

"Who says the monitor has to be good at running? I just need good grades. Unlike someone, no matter how good he is at running, his grades can't keep up."

Since her last setback, Xu Yangyang has never been able to return to her peak. Her mother often scolds her, and she is often upset. Tian Yajun has touched her sore spot.

"Tian Yajun, do you want to fight me again?"

"Fight if you want, who's afraid of who?"

Lin Luo heard their conversation and didn't want them to fight in the playground where there were many people coming and going. It would be bad if someone reported them or a teacher saw them, but she didn't have the strength to stop them.

I could only let them stare at each other.

She shifted her gaze towards the podium, where several men and women were sitting, reading a radio script. The seat in the middle was empty, where Fu Xingchuan had originally sat.

A gust of wind blew the manuscript on the table, ruffling it until a sheet landed in the hands of the announcer closest to Lin Qiao. He picked it up, glanced at it, and said to the person next to him, "What a well-written manuscript for the senior women's 3000m! What a shame it's already over."

After saying this, he pushed the letter to the bottom.

"Have you heard? Tong Yun is a poor student. Her mother is underage and got pregnant before marriage. Her father is a gangster." Two girls from the sprint class were talking behind her.

"Oh my God! Is this true? How do you know?"

"My house is just across the street from hers, and I heard what the neighbors said. It's absolutely true."

"No wonder she only knows how to lean on men! Did you see how Fu Xingchuan hugged her just now? It was so heartbreaking! I don't know if she really fell or if she was faking it."

"I think it's fake. She sees she can't run faster than the others and is afraid of losing face if she falls. So she just falls to the ground and pretends to faint. This will also earn the men's sympathy, killing two birds with one stone."

"Shameless thing. I'm going to post her life story on the campus forum so everyone in the school will know."

Lin Xiao held her breath, her blood boiling. She stood up and rushed to the two gossipers, "What did you just say?"

"Who are you?"

Another girl leaned in closer to the person asking the question and whispered, "It's probably Tong Yun's friend."

"Hey, parallel class, what can I do for you?"

"I heard everything you said. After all, aren't you just jealous of Tong Yun?" Xu Yangyang walked to Lin Luo and said.

"I'm jealous of her, you're kidding!" The girl raised her chin, looking condescending, and pointed at Xu Yangyang. "I know you. Aren't you good friends with that guy called Zhu Changyu? Aren't you jealous? Your childhood sweetheart follows Tong Yun around every day. You're blind."

"Watch your mouth." Xu Yangyang clenched her fists, considering whether to take action. Unexpectedly, Lin Luo rushed up and grabbed her hair first. Xu Yangyang did not hesitate and went up to help her.

The melee was quickly stopped. Cheng Kaizhong, who had just finished a long jump competition, and a group of teachers saw them fighting as they walked out of the playground.

"Call all your parents."

The corners of Lin's mouth were swollen, and her hair was pulled. Cheng Kaizhong even caught her. It was awful, but she still took the blame on herself. "Teacher, I was the first to hit her. I'm the one who bears the greatest responsibility. Just call my parents."

If Xu Yangyang's mother knew about this, she would probably not have a good time for the next few months. Tian Yajun also took action. I heard that her father is an old teacher with very traditional ideas, and it would be difficult to explain.

Du Yunyan is tough on the outside but soft on the inside. The worst that can happen is that she will scold her a few times. As Lin Luo was thinking this, Du Yunyan was called to Cheng Kaizhong's office.

She was dressed quite formally, drawing on the experience she had gained in talking to important people while working in a Shanghai company more than ten years ago, so as not to be looked down upon.

But Lin Luo lowered his head.

But the first thing Du Yunyan did was not to talk to Cheng Kaizhong, but to raise her chin and ask, "Who beat my daughter like this?"

Cheng Kaizhong sneered, "Lin Qiao was the first to make the move."

The other parent also arrived, and Du Yunyan questioned the girl, "She must have had a reason for fighting. It's impossible for her to fight for no reason. What did you do?"

The girl didn't dare to speak, but her parents were overbearing. "I told you to ignore people with poor grades, but did you see that? Your daughter started a fight, and the mother has no manners."

Cheng Kaizhong sided with that side, saying that it was Lin Qi who started the fight first, and if the other party did not apologize and refused to reconcile, the consequences would be serious.

Du Yunyan ignored his words and remained in a stalemate with the other party. She didn't ask about the cause and effect, but she firmly believed in Lin Luo.

Later, Xu Yangyang and Tian Yajun came into the office. Xu Yangyang explained the situation and told them the whole story.

"We will never apologize until you apologize to Tong Yun. At worst, we can call the police." Du Yunyan slammed her hands on the table with a tough attitude, as if she was going to change the venue and go to the police station in the next second.

The other party was startled and the girl burst into tears on the spot. Her parents scolded Du Yunyan as a shrew and pushed the girl's back a few times, telling her to stop crying and that it was embarrassing.

"Don't cry, I'm here now. If you said something wrong, you should be punished. Apologize to me." Tong Yun and Director Wang came in together. She was limping, and there were blood stains on the knees of her school uniform.

The girl stopped crying but couldn't speak. Tong Yun stood there waiting for her to speak. She must hear the apology that Lin Luo had fought for her today.

About half an hour later, the girl sobbed and said, "I'm sorry, I was wrong."

Tong Yun nodded. The girl's mother had already left with a sullen look. After apologizing, she also wanted to leave, but Lin Luo stood up and held her back. "I was wrong to hit you. I'm sorry. But if you dare spread what I said today, I don't mind hitting you again."

She lowered her voice for the second half of the sentence. She didn't know whether the girl accepted her apology or heard her threats. Anyway, she ran out of the office. Cheng Kaizhong suddenly appeared and asked, "Is this a settlement?"

Du Yunyan stared at him and glanced at Director Wang standing next to her. "When I came here, I ran into a former classmate from Class 11, Grade 2. I asked about Lin Luo's situation. She said that the homeroom teacher always targeted Lin Luo and often ignored her. Is that true? Teacher Cheng..."

"Who said that? It's nonsense!" Cheng Kaizhong said loudly. The wolfberry water on the table vibrated because of his sound waves, and a few drops of water splashed on his hands.

It was hot water. He covered his hands and said, "Nothing."

"I think so too. Teacher Cheng wouldn't do such a thing." Du Yunyan helped Tong Yun sit down and said to Director Wang, "Tong Yun's grandmother and I are very familiar with each other. Tong Yun also calls me aunt, just like family. I would like to ask Director Wang to pay more attention to our Tong Yun in the future. If there is anything, you can call me."

"Okay." Director Wang took the card with the phone number written on it from Du Yunyan with both hands.

Du Yunyan learned about their usual study situation and was willing to leave only when school was almost over. She even asked for leave for them before leaving.

Lin Luo helped Tong Yun walk out of the school gate, and Du Yunyan poked her purple mouth corner.

"pain."

"You still feel the pain! I thought you had forgotten it. Lin Luo, you've become so brave that you even dare to fight." Du Yunyan pulled her ear, without using much force, and her tone was not fierce.

Lin Luo carried her and gave her a thumbs-up. "Mom, I was wrong. You look so handsome today."

Du Yunyan pushed her away and walked between the two of them, putting her arm around one of their shoulders. "Today I feel like I've been transported back to more than a decade ago, when I was in my early twenties and had just entered the workplace."

Lin Qi asked her, "Do you miss it?"

"No, I hate it." She looked down at her feet. "My legs are weak."