Chapter 13 Covered Up
Outside the infirmary, a whistle sounded from the adjacent playground, falling along with the last syllable of Yan Sui's words.
Loud shouts echoed from the playground outside, but as they reached the infirmary door, they seemed to be blocked by something and stopped abruptly. Inside, there was a silence completely different from the playground.
Yan Sui stood on the other side of the curtain.
There was a curtain between her and Yu Shuli, so she couldn't see Yu Shuli's expression at the moment.
But just from the silence in the air at this moment, Yan Sui could guess what expression would appear on his face.
Without waiting for his reaction, Yan Sui pulled open the curtain between her and Yu Shuli with a "swish".
She was very fast. The moment the curtain was opened, she noticed the panic and surprise on Yu Shuli's face.
She just didn't want to wait, she wanted to see the expression on Yu Shuli's face before he put on his mask again, and then peek into his heart from his expression.
Know the secrets he is hiding.
Yan Sui raised her chin slightly: "Tell me, where did you hear that I was going to participate in the 3,000 meters?"
She raised her eyes, and the coldness in them was exposed to Yu Shuli without any concealment: "Or in other words, what secrets are you hiding, Yu Shuli?"
The timeline of Yan Sui running 3,000 meters at the school sports meet in her second year of high school was from her previous life.
It was an accident on the way to the sports meet in the previous life.
At noon on the first day of the school sports meet last year, Chen Ling, who had originally planned to participate in the afternoon's 3,000-meter race, accidentally sprained her ankle while going down the stairs to deliver information to the teacher in the office and was unable to participate in the afternoon's 3,000-meter race.
The class sports committee member found out that there were only eight girls in their sophomore year participating in the 3,000-meter race, which was just the last place for the award.
In other words, as long as you participate and complete the whole course, you can get a certificate and accumulate points for the class in the sports meet.
The physical education teacher didn't want to miss this opportunity to get points for free, but facing Chen Ling's ankle swollen like a steamed bun, he didn't have the face to ask her to participate in the 3,000 meters in the afternoon with this "steamed bun foot".
He was so anxious that he was running around Chen Ling, wailing again and again. He wished he could put on a wig and rush onto the track to complete the 3,000 meters for Chen Ling.
Yan Sui didn't know what was wrong with the sports committee member who was fine in normal times but always received so much honor from the class during the sports meet.
But seeing him howling beside Chen Ling, almost dying, she wanted to clear her ears, so she raised her hand to interrupt the sports committee member's howling: "Stop."
The howling stopped abruptly, and Chen Ling and the physical education teacher looked at her at the same time.
Yan Sui curled the corners of her lips and said, "Stop howling. I'll run the 3,000 meters for Chen Ling."
After saying this, Yan Sui saw the expression on the sports committee member's face change to a smile at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Beyond the smile, she seemed to find a hint of...
sly?
But no matter what, after she agreed to run 3,000 meters in front of the Sports Committee, there was no turning back.
The moment Yan Suizhen stood on the runway, she felt a surge of regret in her heart.
When she thought about running a few laps later, her legs hidden under her school pants trembled.
When the whistle sounded, Yan Sui quickly collected her thoughts and bent down to prepare.
With a "bang", the moment the gunshot rang out, she and the seven people in the same row rushed out together.
The goal given to her by the Sports Committee and Chen Ling was to run the entire course and get the points. After all, she was a substitute who had just been substituted into the competition an hour before the start of the game.
Yan Sui thought so too. If she could finish the race and help Chen Ling get points for the Sports Committee, her mission would be accomplished.
But when she finished running a lap and passed the seating area where their class was, she heard voices of "Yan Sui" again and again on the steps, and her name was followed by a uniform "Come on".
Yan Sui ran over with her head down, a little embarrassed on her face, but deep down she felt an indescribable emotion.
It seemed that at this moment, she suddenly understood why the Sports Committee member had such a strong sense of class honor at the sports meeting.
Perhaps driven by this sense of "honor", Yan Sui raised the goal she set in her mind, and her thoughts began to focus on the field, her eyes fixed on the classmate running in front of her.
Then--
At the turn, she accelerated to overtake the person in front of her.
After overtaking two people in a row, she reached the third lap.
By this time, my legs were gradually losing strength, and my thighs felt heavy and achy as if they were filled with lead. Every step I took was a numb, mechanical movement.
It was the cheers that never faded away in her ears that kept Yan Sui from stopping.
At some point, Yu Shuli started running around the playground with her.
She looked at Yu Shuli in surprise, but the latter just raised his eyebrows and blinked at her, indicating that she should concentrate on running.
Yan Sui didn't know when Yu Shuli started standing beside her and running with her, but during the 3,000-meter race, her consciousness was still clear, and she heard the command "Don't run with me" coming from the command podium.
But the young man who was running beside her never left.
He dodged the runner-up inspections time and time again, and never changed his pace of progress.
The moment she crossed the finish line, Yu Shuli, who was running beside her, caught her.
Then, Yan Sui's consciousness disappeared.
When she woke up again, she was lying on a bed in the school infirmary.
Around her were Chen Ling, the sports committee member, Tan Shu, and Yu Shuli, who had just accompanied her to complete the run.
Before the sports meet, she and Yu Shuli were already friends.
He accidentally pulled her out of the urban village and brought her to the sports meet, and she and Yu Shuli gradually became familiar with each other in the choir.
Because of the relationship between Tan Shu and Yu Shuli, the three of them would occasionally make plans to go out together.
But before that, they were just ordinary friends.
After running alongside others at the sports meet, Yu Shuli was scolded by the head teacher for doing so.
But his relationship with Yan Sui has undergone some subtle changes because of this running-along.
Later, when Yan Sui recalled when she fell in love with Yu Shuli, the scene of the sports meet that day unconsciously emerged in her mind.
The young man ran beside her, the outline of his face was dyed with a yellow halo in the sunlight, and the tenderness and determination revealed between his brows towards her laid the foundation for her to have this relationship.
The unintentional hug at the end was the first time she smelled the refreshing scent of soapberry on him.
In her previous life, she agreed to the Sports Committee to participate in the 3,000-meter race on behalf of Chen Ling at noon that day.
According to the timeline of this life, it was not yet the time for her to participate in the 3,000-meter race in her previous life, but why did Yu Shuli ask her if she had a 3,000-meter race in the afternoon?
Meeting the coldness in her eyes, Yu Shuli's expression became even more panicked.
Yan Sui took in his reaction and became even more certain that there must be something about Yu Shuli that she didn't know.
The answer to this question can explain why he frequently appears at time points in this life that he did not appear in his previous life.
Yan Sui pursed her lips and stood quietly in front of Yu Shuli without saying a word, waiting for his answer.
After an unknown amount of time, Yan Sui saw Yu Shuli breathe a sigh of relief, and his shoulders visibly sank.
"I'm just asking a random question. Why are you taking it so seriously? It's scary."
A joking answer gently covered up her previous strong questioning.
Yan Sui asked, "What do you mean?"
Yu Shuli clasped his hands together and made an apologetic gesture towards her: "Sorry, sorry, I asked your class sports committee member if you had any competitions this afternoon, and he told me you had a 3,000-meter race, so I wanted to cheer you on."
"I'm really sorry for asking your Sports Committee about your affairs without your consent."
Yan Sui didn't believe this answer and frowned, asking, "I don't have a 3,000-meter race, so why would he tell you that I want to run 3,000 meters?"
"I don't know about that. Yesterday afternoon after school, I went to your classroom to wait for him to finish class so we could play basketball together. I casually asked him who in your class was participating in the 3,000-meter race, and he pointed you out to me."
Yan Sui didn't understand why the Sports Committee said she had a 3,000-meter race when she clearly didn't have one.
When Yu Shuli said this, Yan Sui had been observing the expression on his face, not missing any change.
But Yu Shuli's expression didn't seem fake, and she didn't see any trace of nervousness on Yu Shuli's face when he was lying.
"If you don't believe it, you can go ask your class sports committee member," said Yu Shuli.
These words fell into Yan Sui's ears, as if trying to extinguish the flame of doubt in her heart.
She raised her eyes and scanned Yu Shuli's face inch by inch, trying to find any unnaturalness in his expression. Even a slight trace of it would refute his words.
However, when she carefully scanned every expression on his face, she did not find anything unusual.
He looked calm, his eyes meeting Yan Sui's directly, allowing her to study his face.
It was like a battle without the smoke of gunpowder, and Yan Sui's doubts were defeated by his frank expression.
At the same time, Cheng Jia, the classmate Tan Shu had mentioned, hurried over. Seeing Tan Shu standing in front of Yu Shuli, he asked hesitantly, "Uh... am I here at the wrong time?"
Yan Sui turned her head to look at Cheng Jia: "You are his classmate, right?"
"Uh...yeah, you are?"
"Friend Tan Shu," Yan Sui raised her chin slightly and nodded in the direction of Yu Shuli, "Tan Shu was afraid that he would faint, so she asked me to stay here to watch him. She said that if you had diarrhea, she would ask you to take him to the school gate and she would ask a teacher to take you two to the hospital."
"I see."
Cheng Jia quickly walked to Yu Shuli and pulled his arm, "Then let's go."
Yu Shuli didn't move.
"What? Do you want to wait until the bleeding stops before going to the hospital?" Cheng Jia increased the strength in his hands and immediately pulled Yu Shuli up from the hospital bed.
Yu Shuli could only follow him two steps towards the door, and stopped when he passed Yan Sui: "Then I'll go first."
Yan Sui nodded: "Well, go quickly."
"So what happened just now..." Yu Shuli's voice paused.
Yan Sui did not answer him directly, but said: "I understand."
The answer was neither light nor heavy, making it difficult to understand her emotions at the moment.
Yu Shuli stood in front of her, wanting to say something but hesitant, but in the end he said nothing and left the infirmary with Cheng Jia.
After Yu Shuli left, Yan Sui still stood where she was just now.
Thinking of Yu Shuli's reaction just now, she felt a little complicated.
"In that short period of time, could you see into his heart?" Feeling the system's electric waves in her mind, Yan Sui asked directly without any hesitation.
"I'm sorry, host. I don't have the authority to see into his affairs."
Yan Sui sighed: "Although there was no sign of lying in what he said just now, the panic on his face at the beginning made me feel that this matter was not as simple as he said."
She paused for a moment and said affirmatively: "I still feel that he is hiding something."
"Host, whether Yu Shuli is lying or not, we can find out by verifying it. Everything has its cause and effect. Since he can give this reason, can't we find the answer by finding the other party involved? My current authority can still be used on non-protagonists."
Yan Sui suddenly asked: "System, I have always wanted to ask you a question."
"Please speak, host."
“Are you a real person or just a string of code?”
“…”
Without waiting for the system's answer, Yan Sui knew that her question was a bit presumptuous, so she didn't continue to ask.
She just feels that sometimes when the system infers the result of a thing, it is as if a machine is writing a program, and the answer is finally obtained through one line of code after another.
Only occasionally, when she talked to the system, she could vaguely sense a hint of emotion in its words.
If it's a machine, it should have no emotions, right?
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