Chapter 34 Answers [VIP]
Chapter Summary: He has fallen for Fu Xianyin.
"No."
Fu Xianyin heard her own voice say.
A voice filled with laughter came from beside my ear:
"What do you mean by 'not needed'?"
Gu Linzhao casually hooked the stopwatch's cord with his fingers, his knuckles slightly bent, the extra section of black cord resting on his pale fingertips.
"When asked 'Yes or No,' you answered 'or'?"
"Fu Xianyin, how did you get 139 in Chinese?"
Fu Xianyin was still wearing a hat on her head.
Even though she was standing right in front of the loud volume, she still felt that the tips of her ears, which had been scorched by the sun, hadn't cooled down yet.
She glared at Gu Linzhao, but the brim of her hat completely obscured her view.
Gu Linzhao could only see the girl raise her small face slightly, and a gaze that seemed to pierce him as if it were real.
He suddenly raised his hand and patted Fu Xianyin's hat brim.
Fu Xianyin raised her hand and slapped his hand away.
She was a little indignant: "No, it's one thing for you to insult me, but why did you hit me on the head?"
That's quite an exaggeration.
He merely tapped the brim of her hat; he didn't even touch Fu Xianyin's head.
Fu Xianyin lifted the brim of her hat, revealing her delicate eyebrows and eyes, which held a hint of annoyance.
Gu Linzhao inexplicably found her somewhat adorable.
He said lazily, "Oh, why don't you knock it back?"
Fu Xianyin didn't want to hit him on the head.
She just wanted to kick him.
He was a bit taller than her, and he said he wanted her to knock him back, but what happened? He didn't even lower his head. There was no sincerity in his words at all.
Thinking this, Fu Xianyin suddenly felt the lanyard on her wrist sway, and somehow, the stopwatch and lanyard ended up in Gu Linzhao's hand.
He raised his arm and shook his wrist, causing the black hanging rope to sway in the air.
"It doesn't matter whether it's Yes or No."
Gu Linzhao's voice carried a lazy laugh:
"Let's go, I'll go with you."
Then Xu Xinyu saw a tall figure following behind Fu Xianyin and Ji Zhumiao.
She muttered to Tian Tian, "Gu Linzhao is here, so he must have agreed to help us with the testing. Should we just run along this road?"
Tian Tian nodded: "It's the same place as the final sprint."
Xu Xinyu gave an OK sign and skipped over to greet Fu Xianyin and the others.
"If you two run here, it's roughly the same spot where the last leg of the relay sprints."
Xu Xinyu tapped her toes on the ground and said, "Tian Tian will blow the whistle for you."
"good."
Fu Xianyin and Ji Zhumiao nodded.
Xu Xinyu then said to Gu Linzhao, "Let's go to the finish line ahead and time them."
Gu Linzhao: "Okay."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Xinyu was about to take her to the finish line when Gu Linzhao said, "Wait a minute."
Xu Xinyu stopped and turned around.
Gu Linzhao looked at Fu Xianyin with a helpless expression and asked, "Wearing a hat while running, how can you see the road?"
Fu Xianyin: "Ah, you're going to wear it."
Gu Linzhao: "..."
He sighed and asked sincerely, "How did you manage to get 139 in Chinese?"
Fu Xianyin took off her hat, smoothed the stray hairs that had been pressed down on her forehead, and scolded as she handed the hat back:
"Gu Linzhao, are you out of your mind? What exactly is wrong with my Chinese language skills?"
Gu Linzhao took her hat and saw that she had taken off her school uniform jacket.
He reached out and took her coat with remarkable ease.
Seeing this, Xu Xinyu said to Ji Zhumiao, "Why don't you give me your coat and I'll hold it for you?"
Ji Zhumiao pursed her lips and shook her head: "It's okay, I'll wear it while running."
Won't wearing them while running get in the way?
Fu Xianyin flexed her wrists and casually asked a question.
Ji Zhumiao looked up and subconsciously glanced at Gu Linzhao.
He held the hat that Fu Xianyin had just worn in his hand, draped Fu Xianyin's coat over his arm, and kept his eyes fixed on Fu Xianyin without saying a word.
"It's alright."
Ji Zhumiao shook his head.
Xu Xinyu: "Okay, if you insist, then wear it. Try running around in it first. If you don't think it's effective, take it off later and I'll hold it for you."
She turned to Gu Linzhao and said, "Let's go over there."
Gu Linzhao nodded: "Okay, let's go."
Ji Zhumiao tugged at her oversized school uniform jacket.
She didn't actually have to wear a coat.
For some reason, at that moment, she subconsciously wanted to refuse Xu Xinyu's suggestion.
She looked up and saw Gu Linzhao and Xu Xinyu walking side by side, one on each side. Gu Linzhao suddenly turned his head to the side, as if he had said something to Xu Xinyu. The two of them turned and Gu Linzhao went to the shade of the stage to get a cup, and then walked towards the finish line again.
She remembered that cup; it was the one Fu Xianyin used to keep on the table.
"Is the event ready?"
Tian Tian's voice came from the side.
Fu Xianyin brushed the hair tie off her ponytail, put it in her mouth, and mumbled indistinctly while combing her hair:
Would you like to move around a bit more?
Ji Zhumiao only then came to his senses.
She twisted her wrists and ankles and did a few simple stretching exercises.
Fu Xianyin re-tied her hair, pulling on both sides of the ponytail to tighten it.
Underneath her school uniform jacket, she wore a slightly fitted short-sleeved shirt. Unlike the loose-fitting school uniform, the short-sleeved shirt was form-fitting, subtly outlining the curves of her figure, yet it didn't cling to her skin; it was just loosely worn over her body.
The hem of her short-sleeved shirt was bunched up several times at her waist. Fu Xianyin tugged at the hem of her shirt, took a deep breath, and stood on the track in a ready position.
Ji Zhumiao stared straight ahead with a serious and focused expression. She had rolled up her sleeves to her elbows, revealing a section of her slender forearm.
Xu Xinyu and Tian Tian made the gestures that they had already prepared.
Tian Tian stood beside the two with a whistle in her mouth.
Are you ready?
She asked.
The two nodded.
Tian Tian said, "After I count down three, two, one, I'll blow the whistle, and you guys run the moment I blow the whistle."
After she finished speaking, she pinched the whistle between her fingers and shouted:
"three"
"two"
"one"
The sharp whistle has extremely strong penetrating power.
Almost instantly, Fu Xianyin shot out like an arrow released from a bow.
She was tall with long legs and a long stride, and at about 50 meters away, she had already created a gap of more than half a body length between herself and Ji Zhumiao.
Gu Linzhao and Xu Xinyu stood by the track, and Fu Xianyin felt her breathing gradually become heavier.
Her physical strength was worse than she had imagined.
Fresh air kept filling her lungs, and Fu Xianyin, taking her last breath, quickened her pace and arm swing.
Gu Linzhao and Xu Xinyu kept getting bigger and bigger in front of her.
Finally, she crossed the finish line.
Almost instantly, the taste of blood welled up in her throat. Fu Xianyin plopped down on the ground, and as if unsatisfied, she lay sprawled out on the playground.
Forget about image or anything like that, she was truly exhausted.
Xu Xinyu was shocked to see Fu Xianyin lying on the ground: "Is she... exhausted?"
Ji Zhumiao also had some difficulty breathing, but not as much as Fu Xianyin.
She came over, panting, and asked, "How many seconds?"
Gu Linzhao glanced at the stopwatch: "She's 14.1 seconds, you're 14.8 seconds."
Ji Zhumiao nodded: "Then I'll run the second leg."
Xu Xinyu asked, "Should we test it again?"
Ji Zhumiao shook her head: "No need, another test will probably yield the same result. I really can't outrun her, but..."
Her gaze also fell on Fu Xianyin, who was lying on the ground. She hesitated for a moment, then asked:
What's wrong with her?
Xu Xinyu shrugged, a hint of worry in her eyes.
“She’s not in good physical condition.” Gu Linzhao bent down to pick up Fu Xianyin’s water cup from the ground and said, “You guys practice first, I’ll go check on her.”
He handed the stopwatch to Xu Xinyu, briefly explained how to use it, and then went to find Fu Xianyin.
The sun shone directly on Fu Xianyin's face, but she was too lazy to even raise her hand, simply closing her eyes to block the sunlight.
Her thin eyelids couldn't completely block out the scorching sun, but she was truly exhausted.
Rest a little longer, then stand up.
She said to herself.
The noisy voices seemed to gradually fade away, and Fu Xianyin felt her body slowly becoming lighter.
Suddenly, a shadow fell over my eyes.
Fu Xianyin opened her eyes and saw a hand with distinct knuckles placed in front of her, blocking the scorching sun.
"Lying down immediately after running can easily lead to sudden death."
Gu Linzhao said.
Fu Xianyin: "Sudden death is good. It's my favorite way to die."
Gu Linzhao ignored her rambling and snapped his fingers, saying, "Come on, let me help you up."
Fu Xianyin didn't open her eyes or look where anyone was; she just raised her hand from the ground.
She didn't even use much strength; she just lifted her arm and was about to put it back down.
But someone caught him in mid-air.
The force pulled her upper body up, and then lifted her whole body off the ground.
Fu Xianyin was startled when her body suddenly left the ground.
She suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Gu Linzhao in disbelief:
"Are you fucking trying to pull me out of the ground and throw me like a javelin? Do you have to use that much force?"
Gu Linzhao just smiled.
“Don’t lie down again once you get up,” he said. “Walk slowly and take it easy. You can’t lie down right after running.”
He put the hat on Fu Xianyin's head and then unscrewed the water glass and handed it to her.
Fu Xianyin gulped down a mouthful of water and was led somewhat reluctantly across the playground by him.
My rapid breathing and violent heartbeat had mostly subsided during the short time I was lying down.
My legs are still a bit weak.
With his school uniform jacket still draped over Gu Linzhao's arm, Gu Linzhao stopped after walking about several dozen meters, turned around, and asked, "Feeling better?"
Fu Xianyin nodded.
Gu Linzhao pointed to a shady spot: "Walk over there, and then sit down, okay?"
His words were deliberate and persuasive, like coaxing a child, and Fu Xianyin laughed out loud: "Okay."
Having recovered somewhat, Fu Xianyin asked curiously, "I've already been lying down, is there any point in getting up and walking now? Shouldn't someone who was destined to die suddenly be dead by now?"
Gu Linzhao sighed: "That makes sense, but given your condition just now, I feel like if I tried to pull you up, I'd be the one who dies first, not you."
Fu Xianyin's eyes curved into a smile.
Then I heard another voice in my ear: "Let's take a walk now and help you get into a habit."
Fu Xianyin said seriously: "Habits can't be formed overnight. When I'm tired, I'll just lie down. I won't care about anything else. If I die suddenly, I'll die suddenly. It's just a matter of a moment. Rather than waiting for some disease to slowly torment me and then die, I'd rather die now."
That's the truth.
Fu Xianyin truly thought so.
Rather than waiting to die for some other reason in the future, it's better to die suddenly now.
"Can't you develop even a little bit of it?"
Gu Linzhao asked softly.
Fu Xianyin answered decisively: "Not a single bit can be cultivated, not even a little bit."
"Why?"
Gu Linzhao suddenly asked.
Fu Xianyin didn't react at first, and turned to look at him: "What? Why?"
With her arms shrouded in shadow, Fu Xianyin took off her hat and rubbed her eyes.
Gu Linzhao stopped walking and turned his head. Fu Xianyin could clearly see the serious look on his face.
He asked, "Why can't I form a habit at all?"
Fu Xianyin leaned against the tree, her arms crossed over her chest, and said matter-of-factly, "Because I don't want to. If I don't want to, of course I can't develop it."
Gu Linzhao seemed to be fixated on something, and he persisted in asking, "Don't you even want to cultivate good habits?"
Fu Xianyin suddenly burst out laughing.
She stepped forward, tilted her head with interest, and leaned closer to Gu Linzhao.
It seemed as if they wanted to see every expression on Gu Linzhao's face clearly.
“A good habit,” she repeated, then said, “Who defines whether a habit is good or bad?”
"It's me."
She raised her hand and pointed to herself: "It is I who define whether this habit is a good habit or a bad habit."
"It's not about morality or law, not about scientific theory, and certainly not about natural law, ethics, or conventions; it's me."
"Good habits are those that make me happy, comfortable, and feel good."
“Apart from that, none of them are good habits.”
Her fingers were fair and delicate, and the skin on the back of her hands was so fine that you could hardly see any lines.
She gently placed her fingertips on the middle of her collarbone, and then lowered them slightly.
Gu Linzhao's gaze seemed to follow her hand, and he lowered it slightly as well.
"But habits are beyond our control."
He said that suddenly.
"What can be controlled and does not follow instinct cannot be called a habit."
Fu Xianyin didn't answer his question. She looked at Gu Linzhao with some confusion: "What's wrong with you today? Why are you so hung up on this? Do you want to be a philosopher?"
Gu Banxian drastically altered Socrates.
She couldn't get used to it right away.
Gu Linzhao: "Hmm, I'm in a good mood today, I'll be a philosopher for a while."
Fu Xianyin: "I'm not really used to philosophers."
She was still more used to Gu Banxian, at least when Banxian used his skills, he wouldn't go through this back-and-forth process with her. Banxian usually skipped the process and went straight to the result.
"but."
She thought for a moment, then added, "It's not impossible to get used to it. Give me some time to get used to it, okay, Guglades?"
Gu Linzhao's brows and eyes suddenly relaxed.
Even though his expression didn't change much, Fu Xianyin could clearly feel that the moment she finished speaking, Gugladi's eyebrows and eyes suddenly became relaxed, as if the spring breeze had swept across every inch of the earth, and all things finally began to mobilize their whole bodies to fully welcome spring.
She thought Gu Linzhao was amused by the "Gugeladi" remark and was just having a good time. Fu Xianyin called out again:
"So happy, Guglades, the great philosopher."
Gu Linzhao's smile deepened, and he raised an eyebrow: "You've gotten used to philosophers so quickly? What, is this a good habit?"
“Yes,” Fu Xianyin admitted, “If I’m not used to your radical rewrite of the philosopher, you’ll definitely be unhappy. So I have to get used to it and make you happy.”
Giving is always mutual. It was fine that Fu Xianyin didn't have many friends in the past, but now that she has friends, she naturally has to learn and apply this way of getting along with friends.
In retrospect, this approach to getting along was extremely successful.
Because of Gu Banxian, no, I mean Gugladi.
Gugladi's joy and happiness were so obvious that he couldn't hide them anymore.
Fu Xianyin thought she was a genius.
Learning by doing is not difficult, and the results are so good. No wonder he is a promising student who can score 692.
She praised herself without any modesty.
"Fu Xianyin!"
Xu Xinyu jogged over and asked, "How did you rest? Are you feeling better?"
Fu Xianyin touched her nose sheepishly: "I've rested enough. My stamina is too poor. I was exhausted after running 100 meters."
"It's alright, it's alright. Just practice more these few days. There's still more than a week until the sports meet. Come on, let's go connect the batons and run one more time when get out of class is almost over."
She pulled Fu Xianyin toward the playground. Fu Xianyin was still holding a water bottle in her hand. She looked around for a place to put the bottle, and a hand took the bottle from her hand.
"I'll hold the cup for you. Come find me when you're done running."
Before Gu Linzhao's smile had completely faded, Fu Xianyin gave him an OK sign.
He stood there watching Fu Xianyin's figure recede into the distance, just as he had watched her run towards him earlier.
A sudden force came from his shoulder, and Lin Anxu jogged over, saying slyly:
"What are you looking at, Brother Zhao? Why are you so happy?"
Gu Linzhao pointed to himself: "Is it that obvious?"
Lin Anxu exaggeratedly said, "It's so obvious it's explosive. You look as happy as if you've won a hundred million in the lottery."
Lin Anxu asked curiously, "What's making you so happy? Tell me about it!"
Gu Linzhao: "Ah, nothing much, just confirmed something."
Lin Anxu: "You're so happy because you've confirmed something? You're not sure it's really a lottery number, are you?"
Gu Linzhao just smiled.
He felt like he had been confused for a long time.
He was sullen and annoyed for reasons he didn't even know why.
Just now, standing at the end of the track, with a stopwatch in his hand, he watched Fu Xianyin run towards the finish line.
Gu Linzhao heard it clearly; his heart was pounding heavily and somewhat rapidly.
And so in that instant, everything suddenly connected, telling him a result in his heart.
The inexplicable troubles have become clear, and the inexplicable frustration has also found its answer.
Only then did he belatedly realize what had happened.
He has fallen in love with Fu Xianyin.
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