Chapter 12 They deserved it. In physical education class, we ran two laps together...
In the physical education class, after the group ran two laps, the physical education teacher dismissed them and let them move freely.
Lin Xicai was full of worries and couldn't calm down at all. After disbanding on the spot, she ran around the track as if to vent her anger. Beads of sweat dotted her fair skin and her pretty cheeks turned red due to the intense exercise.
So many things have happened recently, one thing after another. Yesterday's incident was like a minefield buried in her life, and she didn't know when it would explode. No, maybe more than one...
Lin Xicai was running in circles. The other boys in the class were basically playing basketball on the court, and the girls were mostly sitting on the lawn chatting about gossip. Everyone's eyes would fall on the running figure from time to time, and they couldn't help but feel curious - how could someone run in circles by themselves after disbanding on the spot?
"What happened to this former top student?"
"This stamina, oh my god, is this former top student in the grade so strong?"
"So all your IQ has been converted into physical strength?"
"Ha ha ha ha"
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Lin Xicai ran until she felt exhausted, gradually slowing down, and finally began walking along the track to catch her breath. During her second lap, someone ran over from the basketball court. It was the tall, thin male sports committee member from her class.
The male physical education teacher ran over to catch up with her and handed her a bottle of water. Lin Xicai hesitated for a moment and took it. There was a burst of sighs from the people around.
The male sports committee member frowned at those people, then turned to Lin Xicai and said shyly: "You seem to like running very much."
Do you like it?
Lin Xicai was stunned for a moment, it seemed so.
In my own world, I don’t have a good body. I live like a fragile bird, carefully raised in a cage, with a life hanging on my shoulders that may end at any time.
She longed to run more than anyone else, longed for a healthy heartbeat, and now that she suddenly had it, it was inevitable that she would use this body in a compensatory way like she was doing now.
Lin Xicai lowered her eyes, hiding her emotions: "If you have something to say, just say it."
The male sports committee member cleared his throat. "Uh, the autumn sports meet is in two weeks. Can you sign up for an event?"
Lin Xicai didn't comment and looked at the water in her hands. "Oh, wait for me here."
The male gymnastics teacher smiled shyly at this and said, "I really want to offer you some water, but I can't get anyone to come. When they hear about running girls, they don't want to join."
"How many meters?" Lin Xicai asked.
"Is 1500 okay? It's really hard to catch this guy. I can't think of anyone else besides you."
1500? It sounds like a long time. Lin Xicai hesitated and said, "I've never run before."
"What you just ran was enough!" the male gym teacher said excitedly. "I was timing you. If you run at that level, you definitely won't be last!"
Lin Xicai: “…”
"I mean there's absolutely no shame in that."
Lin Xicai didn't say anything and just tilted her head back to drink water.
The male sports teacher looked at her, and his bright eyes dimmed a little.
Lin Xicai finished drinking the water and handed the empty bottle to him, "Throw away the garbage. Report it to me."
The male sports committee member's eyes curved immediately, and he clapped the empty bottle in his palm, "Lady Xia! Thank you for the emergency!"
Lin Xicai smiled, feeling tired at the moment, and walked slowly into the lawn and sat down next to the two girls she was familiar with.
The girls around her were chatting gossip animatedly, from school to other schools, from real life to TV. There was laughter everywhere. Lin Xicai listened absentmindedly, and no one seemed to be talking to each other.
Until a girl walked by with her head down from a distance, several girls lowered their voices and whispered, "Hey, Xu Tian, Li Ci's new girlfriend."
"It's still her? Haven't split yet?"
"They're fine. I saw them in the cinema a few days ago. They were so sweet."
"That's strange. To be honest, Xu Tian is just averagely pretty, right? How come..."
They didn't finish what they said, but everyone knew what came next.
Lin Xicai looked up at the sound of their voices and was slightly startled. At first, she felt a little familiar, and then she remembered that this girl was the one standing behind that person that time.
Li Ci? Lin Xicai's eyelids twitched, and she calmly asked, "What kind of person is this Li Ci?"
No one seemed to notice the emotion that flashed across Lin Xi's eyes. The question was not out of place, so they just treated it as a casual gossip and talked about it a lot.
"He's not from our school, but from Qingwu next door. He's rich, likes to have fun, and changes girlfriends frequently."
"But to be honest, compared to other young masters, he is actually quite approachable, very polite and well-educated."
"That's right. Among those young masters, the only one I don't mind is Li Ci."
"That's true. He looks like this and has a good personality. Even if he's a little fickle, it doesn't seem so unforgivable."
"Hahahaha, that's right. With his conditions, I'm even more fickle than him."
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Lin Xicai listened to their discussion quietly, frowning slightly.
They didn't hate him. On the contrary, he seemed to have a good reputation among his classmates.
So was the one I saw yesterday a ghost?
My thoughts seemed to be suddenly dragged back to that narrow alley, that damp telephone booth...
The uneasiness lurking in her heart was about to stir. Lin Xicai forced herself to comfort herself and told herself not to scare herself. Such a big shot might not really take her seriously. It would be really outrageous if he blamed her just because of an unverified call to the police.
In this class, it was Lin Xicai's turn to organize the equipment. Although it was called organizing equipment, it was actually just a basketball and a few pairs of badminton rackets.
Lin Xicai counted and put away the things in the equipment room and was about to sign and leave. When she turned around, she saw a person standing at the door of the equipment room, which was originally empty.
Just like yesterday, Li Ci was leaning against the door, looking at her with his head tilted.
Lin Xicai stood up suddenly, her heart tightened uncontrollably, and for a moment she seemed to be back in that damp telephone booth.
A chuckle came from my ear, "Why are you so nervous?"
"What do you want to talk to me about?" Lin Xicai said, "If it's about what happened yesterday, then it's a misunderstanding."
Li Ci looked at her and asked, "Which incident yesterday are you talking about?"
Lin Xicai was a little confused and didn't understand what he meant.
He clearly came here with bad intentions to cause trouble, and now he's pretending to be stupid.
She had a very bad feeling with this person, even worse than Xie Shi. Lin Xicai didn't want to be in the same space with this person at all. After a moment of stalemate, Lin Xicai lost her patience and was about to walk around him. However, before she took half a step, her arm was grabbed by someone and pushed back easily. Lin Xicai staggered back two steps and supported herself on the table with her palm.
"Aren't we just chatting?" Li Ci said, "Are you always so rude?"
"What do you want to do?"
"Yesterday morning was the first time we met, right?" Li Ci stared at her, his voice suddenly deeper, revealing some ambiguous and strange meaning. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Lin Xicai was a little surprised. She thought he would ask about calling the police last night, but who knew he would ask such a strange question.
Yesterday morning...
She quickly realized he was talking about the time they met at the corner.
But she was even more confused.
A look? What look? What kind of look could have troubled him so much, even more than his concern for calling the police?
Lin Xicai recalled carefully and still did not feel that he had offended him in the slightest yesterday morning. On the contrary, because of the false appearances he had pretended to have created twice before, she even showed a preconceived goodwill and favor towards him.
Lin Xicai frowned, "I don't quite understand what you mean."
"Think about it again." Li Ci said.
During the stalemate, a tall and thin figure ran over, with a look of panic that he had not yet recovered from.
When Li Ci saw the girl, he clicked his tongue and waved to her to come over.
He hugged the girl, hooked his fingertips in her hair and played with it, pinched her face, and said in an intimate tone, "Why are you here?"
Lin Xicai stared at his movements and expression, and she got goosebumps all over her body. At a certain moment, she had an illusion that the person he was holding in his arms and playing with was not a living person, but a doll.
In other words, he was playing with a living person in the same way and manner as he was playing with a doll.
She hadn't eaten anything in the morning, but her stomach suddenly felt full and she felt a little nauseous.
The girl's eyes fell on her for a moment, then looked away, tugged at his clothes, and said in a low voice: "Didn't you say we were going to eat?"
Li Ci smiled, turned to look at Lin Xicai, and said in a doting and indulgent tone, "My girlfriend is jealous. Think about it first, we can talk about it another day."
Lin Xicai stood there, watching the two leave. She felt sick to her stomach, and the urge to vomit grew stronger.
The equipment room returned to its peaceful state, empty and deserted, with only her as the only living being.
But suddenly, the long-lost feeling of being watched returned. It felt as if a gaze had been fixed on her since a moment ago.
This feeling made her feel a little suffocated, and she did not feel relieved because she had temporarily escaped danger.
Once again, she was forced to feel the difference between this world and her original world.
This world looks very similar to her world on the surface, but every detail inside it cannot stand scrutiny and is twisted and weird everywhere.
It's like a fake and shoddy imitation satin. It looks similar at first glance, but when you get closer you can see that the similar exquisite pattern is actually a dense mess of ghost symbols.
And she was trapped in such a place at this moment.
She hated this place, hated every setting here, hated everyone here, whether it was Xie Shi, Li Ci, or even Fu Yanxiu.
She didn't understand why such a strange thing would happen even though the strategy mission had been changed.
…
Xie Shi sat on the top floor of the playground stands, a gloomy emotion flashed across his eyes, and the stagnant water was slightly rippled.
When he was just hesitating whether to drag this lofty soul down, a hand had already grabbed her tightly before him.
A stupid and hypocritical woman and a vicious and dissolute man, they deserve to be entangled.
What was about to happen was probably a good show. That's what he thought.
But when that slender figure walked out of the venue, and when her anxiety and fear were exposed to the sun, she unexpectedly felt a little irritated.
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