Lu Yibei first jogged a lap.
Then he sprinted another lap.
The track at Jiangda University's sports field is 400 meters long. He ran back and forth like this four times.
It finally stopped.
He put his hands on his hips, lowered his head, and took a few deep breaths.
A person jogging slowly in circles came over and greeted them:
"Dude, you're awesome. I followed you twice, and I almost got a stitch on the third time."
Lu Yibei looked up, said "Huh?" and then laughed:
"Thank goodness you almost got a stitch... I've already got a stitch, damn it."
Hearing Lu Yibei's honesty, the jogger burst out laughing:
"Hahahahahahahahahaha—"
…Then, someone with a side stitch was added.
The sins are grave, north of the land.
He rested for three to five minutes and then took a deep breath.
Continue jogging.
This time it's two laps of jogging and one lap of sprinting.
Three round trips.
Many people who go for a morning run leave one after another, perhaps because it's time or they've already reached their training goals, but then another group takes their place.
The students at Jiangnan University are quite energetic; they all come to exercise during the winter.
Hao Zhangwen ran less than six laps in total before looking completely exhausted and watching Lu Yibei's performance from the sidelines.
In this lap, Lu Yibei continued sprinting. Just as he passed Hao Zhangwen, he heard the latter shout:
"Laobei! Last lap, time's almost up, need to get to the cafeteria!"
As we all know, whether college students eat breakfast or not depends mainly on when they get up.
They got up so early, and they've had plenty of exercise. If they don't eat breakfast, they'll probably have a hard time getting through the morning classes.
“…Okay!!” Lu Yibei shouted.
Then, they quickened their pace again.
Just as he was surpassing his predecessors, he heard people resting nearby whispering among themselves.
Because Lu Yibei was running past, he didn't even hear the gist of it, only catching the phrase "—There's a beautiful woman."
Lu Yibei glanced around subconsciously.
It wasn't that he was interested in beautiful women; it was simply an instinctive reaction.
It's like someone suddenly shouting, "Look, a pile of dog poop!"
Lu Yibei would also go and take a look out of curiosity.
—I'm really not interested in beautiful women!!
Even so, it must be said that good-looking people do stand out more.
Lu Yibei locked onto the location of the beautiful woman with just his eyes.
She didn't go onto the track, but stood on the side with her hands behind her back.
The beautiful woman was wearing a figure-hugging trench coat; she was quite tall, about the same height as Ji Qingqian.
Moreover, her skin color matches the winter season perfectly, as white as snow, and is similar to Ji Qingqian's.
She wore a brown baseball cap that almost covered half of her face, but you could still see her small, pink lips—similar to Ji Qingqian's.
…What do you mean, "similar to Ji Qingqian"?
This is Ji Qingqian!
"Beautiful women" alone are not enough to attract Lu Yibei, but a beautiful woman named "Ji Qingqian" is too tempting for him!
Lu Yibei slowed his pace.
"...Huh? Isn't this pretty girl here for a run?"
"Nonsense, look at what she's wearing—who runs in canvas shoes?"
"Hmph, not liking sports, not my type."
"Oh my god, buddy, you've actually picked this one?!"
"Wait, what is that beautiful woman carrying?"
Lu Yibei heard the people around him talking clearly.
…Perhaps he was surprised to see Lady Ji here, which made him unconsciously slow down.
Realizing this, Lu Yibei immediately took even faster and more powerful strides and ran towards Ji Qingqian.
Lu Yibei approached, before he could even speak.
Ji Qingqian then offered a light criticism:
"So slow, I thought you couldn't run anymore."
Lu Yibei chuckled softly:
"No, it was just a fleeting thought that I was hallucinating because I missed you so much..."
Ji Qing pursed her lips, looking at the beads of sweat on the boy's forehead and his slightly drooping hair, and asked softly:
"tired?"
"It's alright... just the last lap. Hey, wait, what brings you here? Don't you only have the third period class?"
Lu Yibei did mention his morning run plan to Ji Qingqian last night.
His sensible little girl even asked if he wanted to come with him.
Although morning runs are good for health, his girlfriend didn't have this habit, and there was no need to force it on her, so Lu Yibei refused.
I also came up with a fairly decent excuse.
Lu Yibei: "I have a roommate now."
Ji Qingqian: "Does your roommate hate me?"
Lu Yibei: "That's impossible. It's just that he's single, and seeing the two of us running together would easily dampen his enthusiasm."
Fatty Hao chimed in from the side, "Oh, right, right, right, right, right, I'm so fragile. To let Daddy get a little more sleep, your chubby brother is going all out."
Ji Qing smiled faintly and did not insist any further.
Ji Qingqian's hands, which were behind her back, were facing forward, and a plastic bag was hooked on her slender fingers.
"breakfast."
Lu Yibei was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled, "I set aside time for breakfast, so you don't need to worry..."
Ji Qingqian was a little stubborn:
"It's not because I'm worried about you, I just simply wanted to bring it for you."
The sunlight at seven or eight in the morning is the most dazzling, with golden rays mixed with reddish-orange light shining on the girl's head, making her eye-catching and dazzling.
Lu Yibei seemed to have forgotten what to say, and could only smile foolishly.
Seeing that the boy wouldn't accept it, Ji Qingqian was somewhat displeased: "Don't you want it?"
"want."
Lu Yibei said, "...Oh no, what should I do if I can't bear to eat it?"
"Fool."
Ji Qing pursed her lips, a hint of joy in her eyes, but then feigned a coldness and said, "What's there to be reluctant about? I'll bring you more when I'm in a better mood. You just need to keep me in a good mood."
Just seeing you is enough to make me jump for joy.
Ji Qingqian added in her mind.
She was in a bad mood last night because she couldn't knit well.
This morning, I got up early to queue at the cafeteria, which made me quite irritable.
But when she saw Ah Bei on the runway, her feelings were like a butterfly flying over ruins.
As the butterfly flaps its wings, the rotten, collapsed, and dirty places are restored to their beautiful state.
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