Chapter 66 (Sixty-sixth update)
Sixty-six:
Ye Qingxi was pondering when she looked up and saw Pei Liang arrive.
"Good morning," Ye Qingxi greeted him.
Pei Liang: ...How come Ye Qingxi arrived before him again!
Pei Liang asked in confusion, "Why have you been coming so early lately?"
"Of course it's because my grandpa gets up early."
Otherwise, he would love to sleep a little longer.
Pei Liang: ...
"Do parents have to come to the sports meet?" Ye Qingxi asked him quickly.
Pei Liang thought for a moment and nodded.
"My parents came when I was in kindergarten."
Ye Qingxi: ...
"But we're in first grade now."
Can a children's sports meet be the same as a kindergarten?
"So what?" Pei Liang asked, puzzled.
For Pei Liang, previous sports meets always had parents present, so naturally the first-grade athletes would also have parents present.
Ye Qingxi quickly grasped his logic, scratched her head, and was somewhat at a loss for how to explain it.
"Are we having a sports meet?" Pei Liang asked him. "The teacher didn't say anything."
"Chen Xiang said that the teacher of Class Two had already said so."
"Oh." Pei Liang nodded.
He remembered Ye Qingxi saying that his father had gone to work and wasn't home, and he thought Ye Qingxi was worried that his father wouldn't be able to come.
“It’s okay, you can have your grandfather come. Any parent is fine,” Pei Liang said gently.
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi felt this wouldn't work.
His grandfather is sixty years old. If he were to fall, it could be fatal!
Although his grandfather was in good physical condition and seemed capable of taking on ten men, and indeed killed three, he still wanted his grandfather to live to be a hundred years old, so he certainly couldn't take that kind of risk.
Then we'll have to send his uncle.
Wait, they're having a sports meet, is it for third graders?
Does the third grade have a parent-child sports day?
Ye Qingxi rested her chin on her hand, lost in thought.
Sure enough, as soon as morning reading ended, the homeroom teacher announced, "There are two things I want to tell you all."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ? Two things? Besides the sports meet, what else is there?
"First, the school is scheduled to hold the autumn sports meet in ten days. I will send the event registration forms to the sports committee members in a bit. I hope everyone will actively sign up. This sports meet will last for three days, with the last day being a parent-child sports meet. So please tell your parents in advance so that they can make time for you to participate in the sports meet with us."
Ye Qingxi: !!
There really is a parent-child activity!
Everyone cheered "Yay!" and Chen Xiang smiled smugly: Well, he told me!
"Secondly, our midterm exams are a week after the sports meet. I'm letting you know in advance so you can be mentally prepared and do your best!"
"Ah—" The students were instantly alarmed.
Zhong Yan wailed especially loudly, "Why is the exam so soon!"
Kang Cong chimed in, "That's right, they've only just started school, haven't they?"
Ye Qingxi: ...It's been going on for a long time already, okay?
Pei Liang turned to look at the two of them speechlessly, "You two should study hard."
Zhong Yan and Kang Cong were even more worried.
Pei Liang, as expected of the leader of their little group, took the initiative to announce on the spot, seeing his friends' worried faces, "From today onwards, the three of you will do your homework with me after school every day. If you don't understand something, feel free to ask me."
Ye Qingxi: Three? Including him?
Ye Qingxi raised her hand, "I can't."
"Why?" Pei Liang looked at him. "If you think it's too much trouble to go to my house, we can go to yours instead."
"No," Ye Qingxi said. "My uncle is taking private tutoring classes recently, and I need to go with him."
"A private tutor?!" Pei Liang exclaimed in surprise. He was actually planning to apply to A University!
But is it possible to catch up with private tutoring at this time?
However, something is better than nothing, so Pei Liang nodded in support.
"Then you should ask his upbringing."
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ?
Ye Qingxi: "Why can't I just ask my uncle?"
Pei Liang: ...
Pei Liang leaned closer to him and whispered, "Do you think he can?!"
Ye Qingxi: ? ? ? !!!
Ye Qingxi felt that he was being incredibly disrespectful!
Mu Shaoyan is just a poor student in his senior year of high school, not a poor student in elementary school!
How could he not know first-grade questions!
"Of course he will!" Ye Qingxi said firmly.
Pei Liang: ...
Pei Liang nodded, deciding to trust his dear friend for the time being.
"Then you two will do your homework with me at my house. You're not allowed to go home until you finish!" He turned to look at Zhong Yan.
Zhong Yan and Kang Cong wailed again.
Seeing their despairing expressions, Ye Qingxi said considerately, "How about we put this aside for now and talk about the sports meet first?"
He asked eagerly, "Are you all going to sign up?"
"Report it!" Kang Cong said without hesitation.
“I’ll sign up too,” Zhong Yan said.
After he finished speaking, he called out the name of the sports committee member and asked him to bring over the project registration form.
When the sports committee member saw that he seemed to want to sign up, he immediately came over with the project registration form.
He handed the watch to Zhong Yan, who placed it on her desk, and everyone looked at it together.
“This one, this one,” Zhong Yan said, pointing to the 4x50 meter relay, “we can do this one together.”
Pei Liang said with disgust, "I don't want to."
Zhong Yan glared at him, "Why don't you want it? This is just enough for four people."
Ye Qingxi: ...
"But I'm a slow runner," Ye Qingxi said weakly.
Although he didn't want to admit it, he was always last in Kuang Jie's running training sessions, and he would definitely be a drag on the team if he participated in a relay race.
Ye Qingxi didn't want to hold them back, so she said, "You guys should apply for this one, I won't."
“That won’t do,” Zhong Yan disagreed. “We’re all together. Either we don’t report it, or we report it together. There are exactly four of us.”
Kang Cong nodded and said, "It's okay, Xiao Xi. I can run fast. I'll just run faster when the time comes."
“I can run even faster,” Zhong Yan said.
Ye Qingxi was somewhat moved by what they said.
In all his years, when he was a child and in school, there were no sports meets in kindergarten.
Later, when sports meets were held in elementary, middle, and high school, he was too busy filming to participate.
So this is his first time participating in a sports meet.
Ye Qingxi naturally wanted to run the relay race with his friends and take a group photo afterward. However, he knew he was slow and didn't want to slow everyone down. Unexpectedly, his friends all wanted to run with him.
Therefore, he was even willing to run faster.
Then what else could he possibly hesitate about!
“Okay.” Ye Qingxi’s emotions instantly took over. “Then let’s run together.”
“Yes!” Zhong Yan and Kang Cong both nodded.
Ye Qingxi turned to look at Pei Liang, "Pei Liang, you're here too."
He leaned close to Pei Liang's ear and said, "Otherwise, if I run slowly and lose in the end, what if others blame me?"
"You won't blame me, will you?" he said.
“Of course.” Pei Liang looked at him.
“Then you have to sign up too,” Ye Qingxi said.
Pei Liang: ...It seems that's really the case.
Pei Liang had no choice but to accept it. What could he do? Ye Qingxi wanted to participate, and she was too slow.
“Then I’ll sign up too,” he said.
"Mmm." Ye Qingxi nodded happily.
Zhong Yan quickly wrote down the names of the four of them, saying, "There's no going back now."
The sports committee member said, "That's right! There's no going back on it!"
He completed one of his tasks, haha.
After signing up for the relay, Ye Qingxi looked at several non-running events and finally settled on three that he found interesting: badminton, shot put, and javelin.
However, he chose these three because he wanted to play, so he didn't rush to speak up. He wanted to see if any other classmates were good at these and volunteered. If not, he would then sign up.
"What kinds of parent-child activities are there?" Ye Qingxi asked, puzzled.
“Here.” Zhong Yan pulled out the bottom sheet and handed it to him.
Ye Qingxi took a look and, wow, there were quite a lot.
Tug-of-war, three-legged race, parent-child relay race, parent-child puzzle, and so on.
Ye Qingxi took a picture of her smartwatch, intending to show it to Mu Shaoyan and the others when she got back.
Thinking of this, he walked out of the classroom and called Qin Cheng.
Qin Cheng answered the phone immediately when he saw it was his caller ID.
"Brother, did your teacher tell you that there will be a sports meet?"
"Mm," Qin Cheng replied.
Do you have parent-child sports days?
"No."
The parent-child sports day is no longer held for third graders.
but……
"But it seems like you first graders have some."
"Yes, we do."
"So you called me because you want me to participate in the parent-child sports day with you?" Qin Cheng asked him.
Ye Qingxi: Huh?
Ye Qingxi blinked. That wasn't what he meant. He just wanted to ask Qin Cheng if he had any. If not, his uncle, as Mu Shaowu's designated surrogate father, could participate as his parent. If he did, then he would let Mu Shaoyan participate.
Unexpectedly, Qin Cheng asked that question.
"Isn't that right?" Qin Cheng felt a little disappointed when he saw that he didn't speak.
I'm not asking him to participate in the parent-child sports meet.
Hearing his tone suddenly soften, Ye Qingxi quickly said, "I asked you to participate, brother. I don't know if you have the time or if you can participate."
“Sure.” Qin Cheng instantly perked up again, and without hesitation, he said, “I haven’t applied for any projects, so anytime is fine.”
The sports committee member, who was looking for Qin Cheng to sign up and was about to have him sign off: ???
Didn't we just agree to sign up for the running event?!
How could he put down the pen and refuse to sign while we were talking!
“Brother, you can sign up for running,” Ye Qingxi said. “You run so fast.”
"Our parent-child sports day is on the third day, so we just need to free up the third day."
"Okay," Qin Cheng replied.
Ye Qingxi hung up the phone and thought to herself, "Great! Qin Cheng has signed up first. What kind of parent-child activities can he and Qin Cheng participate in?"
Three-legged race?
Meanwhile, the sports representative of Class 1, Grade 3, looked at Qin Cheng earnestly and asked, "Why aren't you signing up? Didn't we agree to sign up for the 100-meter race?"
Qin Cheng said in a calm tone, "I want to participate in my brother's parent-child sports meet."
"That won't cause any delay."
Qin Cheng: "Conserve your energy."
Sports Committee Member: ? ? ?
Sports Committee Member: ...
Qin Cheng lowered his head and began to do his homework.
Sports Committee Member: ...
The sports committee member had no choice but to leave.
However, he had only taken two steps when he heard Qin Cheng calling him again.
The sports committee member quickly turned back and saw Qin Cheng pick up a pen and sign his name on the 100-meter mark.
The sports committee member exclaimed with delight, "Thank you!"
"You're welcome," Qin Cheng said.
He felt that since he had already agreed, he should still participate.
Moreover, Ye Qingxi also said that he could sign up for a running class.
After school in the afternoon, Ye Qingxi rode in Li Wei's car home.
Mu Feng was sitting on the sofa reading a financial magazine when Cotton Candy nestled against his leg, her belly rolled over, her little hands resting on her chest, sleeping adorably.
Ye Qingxi walked over and gently touched Cotton Candy's belly.
Marshmallow was fast asleep, stretching out her front paws, arching her belly forward, and stretching. Then she put her two paws together and continued to sleep.
Ye Qingxi couldn't help but laugh, thinking that cats were really cute creatures.
After playing with the cat, he talked to Mu Feng about the sports meet.
"Who would you like to accompany you?" Mu Feng asked him.
"I'm fine with anything." Ye Qingxi was very balanced, mainly because he didn't know who would have time.
Mu Feng thought for a moment. Since Mu Shaowu was not there, Mu Zheng should go instead. However, Ye Qingxi had done so much for Mu Shaoyan recently, shouldn't he, as her uncle, show his appreciation?
So Mu Feng said, "I'll ask them for you and see who has time."
Ye Qingxi nodded: "Mm."
Mu Feng picked up his phone and sent a message in the group chat: [Xiao Xi is going to participate in the parent-child sports day, does anyone have time?]
Mu Shaoting was surfing the internet when he saw the message and immediately signed up: "Me, me, me... I'm not like my second brother who's far away, nor am I like my eldest brother who's busy with work, nor am I like Mu Shaoyan who's at the crucial juncture of his senior year of high school. I'm a college student; my time is the least valuable thing of all."
Mu Zheng: [...You focus on your class, I'll go.]
Mu Shaowu, who had just sat down to rest: ? ? ?
Mu Shaowu: [No, what's there to ask? It's Xiaoxi's first time participating in a parent-child sports day, so of course it's my turn as her dad to go!]
Mu Shaoting: ? ? ?
Mu Shaoting: [Brother, do you have time?]
Mu Shaowu: [I can ask for leave.]
Mu Shaoting: [Forget it, bro. If you come, their school will probably explode. That's not appropriate.]
Mu Shaowu: ? ? ?
Mu Shaowu: ...
Mu Shaowu was utterly speechless: [Can't I just change my appearance?!]
He's not stupid!
Mu Shaoting: ? ? ?
Mu Shaoting: ...
Mu Feng was very satisfied: After all, it was Ye Qingxi's first parent-child sports meet, and the fact that Mu Shaowu, the new father, was back meant that the child could feel his attention to her, which was good.
As he was pondering this, a new message popped up.
Mu Shaoyan: [Bro! Who are you?! You're a top star! You can cause such a traffic jam at the airport! If you come to Xiaoxi's school and get recognized, it'll be so dangerous! And with your popularity, how could you possibly not be recognized? It's too dangerous! They might have to cancel their sports meet and turn it into a celebrity meet-and-greet! Is that appropriate? That's not appropriate!]
Mu Shaoyan: [As for you, brother, you work so hard! You're making millions every minute, the company can't do without you! What will happen to the contracts if you leave? What about the meetings? What about the urgent documents? So you can't leave! No one can afford to waste your time!]
Mu Shaoyan: [I can't help my two older brothers in other ways, so I can only do my best in this parent-child sports meet and participate on their behalf. Please rest assured, I will do my best to lead Xiaoxi to victory and will definitely not let Xiaoxi down!]
Mu Shaowu: ...
Mu Shaoting: ...
Mu Zheng: ...
Mu Feng: ...
Mu Feng sneered. He could tell that she had indeed been studying recently; her word choice and sentence structure had improved significantly!
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