Chapter 93
In Lantai No. 1 Middle School, Zhang Yiwei's authority is unmatched. The popcorn incident was finally resolved by Cao Sheng and the four members of the Supernatural Society each writing a 1,200-word apology.
Even though they cursed, on Teacher's Day, September 10th, several people from the Special Ability Society still pooled their money together and worked for more than ten days in advance to hand-wrap bouquets of their favorite or most distinctive flowers for all the teachers they were familiar with.
Wang Yun’s are a few lotus flowers wrapped in calligraphy paper. The combination of red and green makes them look simple and elegant because of the low saturation.
Cao Sheng's bouquets were red hydrangeas and lilies, which were his mother's favorite flowers that he had occasionally mentioned, so Chu Zhongyuan and Gu Qingming decided to make the base of the bouquet into a flowerpot.
The young geography teacher was given bluebells and tulips wrapped in silver and white ribbons.
The four people from the Supernatural Society got together and thought for a long time, and finally decided to just send various colored carnations to Director Zhang Yiwei.
Although everyone curses at each other on weekdays, the teenagers in the third year of high school are already sensible and know that the teachers' most fundamental goal is to help them have a bright future and at least live up to their expectations in the final exams.
At least in the third year of high school, no one really hates Zhang Yiwei, the competent dean who patrols the campus all the time because he is always worried about the safety of the students.
He is almost the most frequently seen principal among all the deans at Lantai No. 1 Middle School. The old-school teacher's sense of responsibility makes him teach students who are not in his class a lesson, to prevent them from doing dangerous things when there is no teacher to supervise them.
Not only did Chu Zhongyuan prepare a bouquet of flowers, he also maliciously compiled a booklet of photos of various self-criticisms he had written and gave it to Zhang Yiwei, under the pretext of making himself the most impressive student in Zhang Yiwei's mind.
In response, Gu Qingming said: "Actually, I think you are now the student that has left the deepest impression on him."
Chu Zhongyuan touched his chin and said, "That won't do. I want to be the best in this class, and the one who has never been there before and will never be there again."
Gu Qingming: ...I don't know whether this gift is meant to express gratitude or to hurt someone's feelings.
After being busy for more than ten days, everyone felt extremely satisfied when they presented the gifts and saw the teachers, who always had stern faces and pretended to be dignified, smile.
Of course, Zhang Yiwei smiled happily after receiving the flowers, but he almost fell down after seeing the booklet given by Chu Zhongyuan, and he chased Chu Zhongyuan across two teaching buildings, but that’s another story.
The sad days passed by in a patchwork of things. In the high-paced and high-intensity life of senior high school, time seemed to have become the most flowing existence. In the blink of an eye, the relaxing moment of the sports meet was just around the corner.
But none of the students could smile at the thought of two joys combined into one.
"Family members, the points for our sports meet were earned step by step by the athletes. Don't be too arrogant."
Zhou Xiao gave every student a heads-up in advance, but everyone was busy grieving. All the senior three students carried their benches and test papers miserably and went downstairs to study hard in front of their freshmen and sophomores. Everyone also had additional miscellaneous tasks - for example, ten encouraging articles in the morning and ten in the afternoon.
The Chinese language masters are competing with each other, with such works as "Caisangzi·To Athletes", "Letter to Athletes", "Yujiaao·Autumn Gathering"... There is even a language version from the East J District.
Poems of praise in various languages were sent to the radio station for free. Gu Qingming could imagine without even thinking that Chu Zhongyuan must be very busy at the rostrum.
There is just one thing I don’t understand, why athletes also have to write cheering articles.
Gu Qingming couldn't laugh.
He threw down the exercise book in his hand, stretched, and stood up as the girl on the podium said, "Athletes from each class participating in the 200-meter race, please go to the registration office for roll call."
The boy casually threw his school uniform jacket and glasses case to Zheng Qiuji. The number plate 1501 behind him stood out clearly in the golden sunlight.
"Come on, Brother Gu! Volunteer Luo Dong and I will meet you at the finish line in a while! Get one of the top three!"
Zheng Qiuji made a cheering gesture and looked much more nervous than Gu Qingming.
Gu Qingming jumped over the red belt easily, walked towards the registration office, and gave Zheng Qiuji an OK sign from a distance.
However, although he had never seen the other party participate in a sports meet, with Gu Qingming's speed after being blessed by the supernatural power Cretaceous Storm, Zheng Qiuji even suspected that at the peak of the burst, even the current world record could be easily broken by Gu Qingming.
After all, the physical limits of psychics and humans are vastly different, not to mention the wind type, which is known for its speed.
"…The fluttering ribbons are the rare bright spot on them. Black and white cannot stop the young people from running. Come on! Sportsmen, the flowers in the hall have intoxicated three thousand guests, and the spring mountains are at the end of the plain!"
Chu Zhongyuan has a very magnetic personality. His deep and clear voice came from the broadcasting station in the direction of the rostrum. Even though the sound quality was blurred by electronics, it still sounded like a summer beach, deep, blue and transparent.
But Gu Qingming could more or less sense a sense of despair in his voice.
A faint smile appeared on his lips as he stood at the registration desk waiting to go on stage. He also greeted Ayi and Luo Dong from the volunteer service office off-site.
"200m runners, groups three, please get on the starting line."
The referee blew the whistle, signaling everyone to stand still. The clean and handsome boy, dressed neatly in an ordinary school uniform and short-sleeved shirt, stood out among the professional crowd wearing sports equipment. It was obvious that for events such as the 200 meters and 100 meters, each class sent its own sports students to compete.
"Come on, students - the next one to go to the battlefield is our class labor committee member Gu Qingming! I'll say three, two, one, and cheer on!"
Zhou Xiao clapped his hands while distributing the bagged snacks that Cao Sheng had bought for the whole class, and at the same time made cheering preparations for the athletes in the class before they went on the field.
Gu Qingming was a good student and had a good personality. He always helped out when he could. Plus, he looked like a good student in a classic youth campus drama, so it was hard for him to have bad relationships with others. As soon as Zhou Xiao finished speaking, every student in Class 15 ate snacks and nodded frantically in solidarity, as if they were not there to cheer but to form a group to fight a boss.
"Really? Lao Zheng, you asked the top student in your class to run 200 meters?"
Zhang Tianhao, a troublemaker from the next class who was familiar with Zheng Qiuji, ran over and clung to the railing of the stands with Zheng Qiuji, saying in disbelief.
"I remember that Lin Ze in your class is a sports student. His grades are not bad. Why didn't you let him go? How miserable would it be for a top student to study hard every day and be beaten by a sports student?"
Zhang Tianhao touched his crew cut. He didn't have any bad intentions. Instead, he was genuinely worried about Gu Qingming's mental state while competing among a group of athletes.
He has a good relationship with Zheng Qiuji, and naturally has had several exchanges with Gu Qingming. Although the academic master is relatively silent most of the time, he is very patient and careful when answering questions. Even a low-level student like Zhang Tianhao can easily understand certain mid-level questions, as if he had been enlightened by a fairy.
“…That’s true…”
Li Zhiwei from Class 15 heard this and wondered if their massive support would bring great pressure to their top student, so he quickly shouted to Gu Qingming at the starting point: "Brother Qingming! Ranking is not important! Just participating is a victory! Don't feel pressured!"
Gu Qingming, who had become the focus of everyone's attention, was at a loss whether to laugh or cry when he heard this.
Zheng Qiuji was sitting in the audience, trying desperately to hold back his laughter.
These guys were so worried that they could never imagine that they would be the ones to have their eyes popped out by the open eyes.
However, Gu Qingming was more outrageous than they had imagined, shocking everyone present and even beyond Zheng Qiuji's expectations.
Normally, when the five-person team competes in physical running, Chu Zhongyuan always takes first place, but because this bastard uses cheats and teleports, the first place always ends in failure.
Zheng Qiuji thought Gu Qingming would be fast, but he didn't expect him to be so fast.
The boy, without Bai Kelan's help, still moved as fast as the wind. His starting movements were extremely standard. Although he was wearing a summer school uniform, looking very elegant and student-like, making the other athletes around him look like social people who had strayed into the school by mistake, he had already pulled away from everyone else the moment he started.
The boy's steps were steady, just like him. Gu Qingming had a serious expression, his fair skin made him seem to be shining in the sun, and his deep brown eyes were focused on nothing else but the finish line in front of him after he entered the race.
As expected, the strong physical fighters did not rely on their super powers to have quick reactions, and their speeds in battle were so fast that they could hardly see clearly.
Zheng Qiuji thought.
Even without his supernatural powers, Gu Qingming was still as dazzling as the wind that changed with the seasons, an unquestionably brilliant and bright person.
“I’ll go—”
"As expected of the Qingming master, he is truly well-rounded in morals, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor..."
"Oh my god, this is too fast. I left the group of athletes far behind..."
"Is this going to break the school record?"
For a while, exclamations came one after another. The distance of 200 meters is not as far as 1500 and 3000 meters, and the difference in strength naturally cannot create an exciting scene like hooping. But even if the distance is a few meters, it is enough to surprise everyone around and make them speechless.
Countless students in the stands were expressing their shock to their best friends. Zheng Qiuji even saw some teachers whispering to each other.
"You are worthy of being my benefactor!"
Li Zhiwei, who was rescued in the Lantai incident, looked happier than if he had won the award. After a brief noise, Class 15 burst into huge cheers.
"Although, first place in the 200-meter race is definitely ours! Record-breaking, record-breaking, big sister!"
Lin Ze hurriedly climbed up from the playground to the stands, unable to hide his joy.
Zheng Qiuji patted Zhang Tianhao, who was too stunned to speak, and picked up a bottle of energy drink from the public table of Class 15.
"Let's go pick someone up."
There is a kind of elegance like that of a hidden master who "leaves himself after the work is done, hiding his achievements and fame."
When Zheng Qiuji arrived, Luo Dong and Ayi were already reminiscing about the past with Gu Qingming. Even Chu Zhongyuan, who was supposed to be on duty at the radio station reading a script frantically, appeared beside Gu Qingming.
"You haven't changed at all. You're still the same as in junior high school. Whenever there's a sports meet, you become the center of attention."
Luo Dong sighed, and Ayi nodded frantically on the side.
"Here, your energy drink. Brother Gu, you don't know that everyone in the class is going crazy for you and banging their heads against the wall for you."
Zheng Qiuji handed the clothes to Gu Qingming.
"Come on, Xiao Ming, I can already imagine the grand scene in the class right now. Do you want me to perform a crazy show for you online?"
No one knew what new and terrible idea Chu Zhongyuan had come up with. His eyes rolled around, making Gu Qingming feel a stomachache.
He took out his glasses from his pocket, put them on first and said modestly, "No, no, I was just running, and the physiques of people with special abilities are different from those of ordinary people... Logically speaking, this is considered cheating..."
Gu Qingming pushed his glasses with a helpless look and pressed down Chu Zhongyuan who was eager to try.
"Zhang Yiwei patrols the stadium every day, family, you'd better behave yourself."
Upon hearing this, Chu Zhongyuan stood at attention obediently. This was more effective than anyone else's advice.
Zheng Qiuji said sourly: "It seems that I am not a superpower because of my physical fitness being taken advantage of by the sports specialty students?"
Zheng Qiuji, who enjoyed being an audience member on the first day, did not expect that his "good days" were yet to come.
In order to respond to Boss Cao's call, Zheng Qiuji, who has never been good at sports, even forced himself to sign up for the long jump. However, he did not expect that Luo Dong had carefully prepared a big gift for him as a token of encouragement.
Luo Dong, whose writing skills have always been poor, actually carefully wrote a cheering article specifically for Zheng Qiuji, and sent it to Chu Zhongyuan, waiting for him to read it.
The persecuted long jumper Zheng Qiuji was sweating profusely and threatened from a distance under the rostrum: "You are not allowed to read it! Chu Zhongyuan, if you dare to read it, I will kill you!"
Chu Zhongyuan ignored him and cleared his throat.
"Ahem - to the long jump athlete Zheng Qiuji -"
The loud broadcast faded away with Chu Zhongyuan's voice that he couldn't control and smiled.
Zheng Qiuji covered his face in despair and could only look at Luo Dong angrily, thinking that he would definitely deduct more food from the young master.
"No, how come such an outrageous broadcast script was approved?"
Lin Ze was passing by and was shocked.
"Hmm... maybe because there are people at our radio station?"
Gu Qingming shrugged and turned to Zheng Qiuji.
"Take it easy."
Gu Qingming, who was also deeply affected by this, patted Zheng Qiuji's shoulder sympathetically. With his outstanding performance in the past two days, many people in the school wrote cheering articles for Gu Qingming. Chu Zhongyuan even complained to him that those graceful and beautiful writings sounded like some kind of love letters.
"Don't forget, after your competition there will be the Teachers' Obstacle Course. We can watch them improve and feel better."
"Who are you looking at? Are you looking at Boss Cao killing everyone?"
Zheng Qiuji replied sullenly.
"No, look at Zhang Yiwei."
Gu Qingming gave a mysterious smile.
The two young men looked at each other, and Zheng Qiuji was the first to lose control and burst into laughter.
"The athletes and heroes on the sports field—"
The athletes' entrance song was still playing majestically on the speakers on the rostrum, and colorful flags were fluttering on the playground, making Lantai No. 1 Middle School look incredibly lively.
The photography department's drone flew through the air. The stands were crowded with people. Class committee members were busy collecting and distributing things.
The golden sunshine was shining brightly. Perhaps God couldn't bear to see the misery of the senior high school students, so he made an exception and gave them three short days of sunny weather, breaking the curse that it would be cloudy and rainy before the sports meet.
The time of peace lasted too long, so long that they seemed to have almost forgotten the existence of Ceobe, as if there was no mystery or fighting in this world, only boring yet interesting school life, endless examinations, and friends who would always be with them.
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