He looked at the young couple walking hand in hand with a puzzled expression, and felt a strange sense of irony... although he didn't understand why.
Jie Zhouyan ran five laps around the playground and passed by the young couple several times. The last time he saw the girl shaking the boy's hand, she said, "Baby, I'm a little tired. Let's not run anymore. Let's go have lunch later."
So Jie Zhouyan thought inexplicably, not only did he not run faster, but it didn't seem to be easier either. He got tired so quickly. It was really useless.
And speaking of lunch, he often eats lunch with Yuan Yuxue.
Jie Zhouyan started to compare himself with others unconsciously.
However, Yuan Yuxue saw that he had run almost several thousand meters, so she followed the others and went to the self-service vending machine in the shade nearby to buy a bottle of water, and handed it to him when Jie Zhouyan passed by.
Jie Zhouyan didn't actually sweat, and didn't need to replenish water—to be precise, he didn't need to do so at all. But when Yuan Yuxue handed him the mineral water, he seemed to really feel the thirst of the human body, and when his fingers took the cool, misty bottle, he seemed to touch Yuan Yuxue's fingertips slightly.
That feeling of thirst came back again.
He silently unscrewed the bottle cap, tilted his head back and drank a few sips of ice water. Because he drank too quickly, some of the ice water spilled onto his neck.
Yuan Yuxue confirmed that there was no problem with the B1 playground for the time being and was about to leave before she came to say hello to Jie Zhouyan.
Jie Zhouyan silently capped the bottle. After a short silence of two seconds, he said, "I also want to see if other venues are convenient for training."
This excuse was actually very poor - it doesn't matter where you exercise, this is already one of the two largest playgrounds on campus. But Jie Zhouyan looked very serious, and even took the initiative, "Which one do you want to go? We'll go together."
He added: "If it's on the way."
If it were a normal human being, this excuse would probably be exposed as soon as he heard it, and he would even doubt whether Jie Zhouyan had any purpose.
But for Yuan Yuxue, he didn't even understand that this excuse was actually very illogical. It was almost as if Jie Zhouyan said so... He just thought along the lines of what the other party said.
"I'm going to the B2 playground." B2 is one of the small playgrounds in the Huai University campus. Yuan Yuxue's eyes fell on Jie Zhouyan, her eyelashes trembling slightly, her eyes were a very clear and beautiful pure color, just staring at Jie Zhouyan, "Is it on the way?"
Jie Zhouyan turned his head away and agreed softly.
It was lunchtime, and even though the weather was clear and cool, perfect for a walk, there were even fewer people on the small playground.
Yuan Yuxue even went up and ran two laps by himself. His breathing was steady and his pace was consistent with Jie Zhouyan's. However, after he finished running, there was still no abnormality.
It seems that the "rules" are not here either.
Yuan Yuxue turned her head and opened her mouth: "You..."
"On the way." Jie Zhouyan said.
"… Yeah." Yuan Yuxue said.
He didn't feel anything was wrong.
However, they did spend the rest of the time wandering around the campus, visiting the remaining small playgrounds, but found nothing.
If the rule does not exist, then the conditions for triggering the rule are not met.