However, no one knew that Li Erqin ran beside Rong Si and asked calmly, "Do you want to give up?"
Rong Si's face was expressionless, his tightly pursed lips turned white.
Li Erqin ran at the same frequency as him. After a moment of silence, he asked, "Is the first important thing, or is the body more important?"
silence.
Li Erqin did not get an answer.
She waited for a while, and suddenly smiled strangely: "Okay."
Fine
what is it
Rong Si didn't ask. Li Erqin did not explain further.
The two ran without a word on the red plastic track.
long and endless.
There are still people who are giving up one after another, and Peng Zige is also among them.
And the two of them seemed to see nothing and hear nothing. Li Erqin always paid attention to Rong Si's breathing rhythm. Whenever his breathing began to be disrupted due to exhaustion, she deliberately increased her breathing, trying to bring Rong Si's breathing rhythm to a steady and regular rhythm.
Everyone seems to have such a node. Once they are tired to a certain extent, they will no longer notice that they are tired. Numbly, as if he could keep running as long as he didn't stop.
After going through the most painful period, Rong Si gradually found his breathing and pace. The blank white dots dissipated from his eyes, and then he turned to look at Li Erqin, who didn't look relaxed.
"Li Erqin," he said.
Li Erqin's voice was mechanical and flat: "Well."
"Li Erqin." He called her again, this time keeping his voice even lower.
The smell of blood permeated from the chest to the throat, and each occurrence seemed to tear the windpipe.
However, the words "Li Erqin" popped out from between his teeth, and he still tasted a slightly sweet taste.
"I like you."
Four words accompanied him through the autumn full of maple leaves and the snow-covered winter. I thought it would be four words that were filled with dust in the depths of my heart as the years passed. He spoke in a hoarse and weak voice on the plastic track that smelled of scorching sunlight.
Be quiet again.
Li Erqin ran with Rong Si to the last lap.
There was no one in front of the long straight runway.
- What about people
-do not know.
- Just over a few people
-do not know.
-What about the rest
-do not know.
- How many times did you run
-do not know.
The only thing that was clear in her mind at the moment was what Rong Si had just said.
I like you.
I like you.
There has never been a combination of four words that could make her question, confirm, and savor repeatedly in her heart like this.
Do you know "become happy"? It was as if clusters of flowers were rushing to bloom in the bottom of my heart, and the joy and excitement couldn't be restrained at all.
But he didn't dare to laugh. I'm afraid that if I laugh loudly, it will all fall apart.
After the last corner, the finish line that was pulled at the end of the straight track is still there.
is the end of victory.
Li Erqin turned his head to look at Rong Si, who was running forward with tightly pursed lips, with a fair and beautiful profile, a high nose bridge, and a naturally slightly raised lip corner.
Her lips moved slightly just as she was about to speak, when she saw a figure in a school uniform from another school also turning the corner and catching up with Rong Si quickly, nervous: "Someone is catching up!"
Without waiting for Rong Si to speak, she immediately continued, "I can't run anymore, hurry up and wait for me at the finish line."
Rong Si glanced at her.
Li Erqin smiled: "I want to take the first place!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Rong Si suddenly accelerated and quickly distanced himself from her.
Li Erqin watched his figure slowly approach the end and stopped. The sound of the heartbeat in the eardrum was rapid and loud. Even her temples were beating violently, she swallowed with difficulty, the white and black alternated before her eyes.
And with the sound of her heartbeat, Rong Si hit the blue finish line with a triumphant gesture.
Cheers from all directions outside the stadium sounded in an instant, filling the sky above the entire playground. The classmates and the head teacher who were waiting at the finish line rushed up and hugged Rong Si almost immediately.
Li Erqin turned to the pitch-dark sight little by little, and Rong Si was the only one who was dazzling and eye-catching.
As the athletes reached the finish line one after another, more and more teachers and students gathered at that end of the track, and almost everyone's attention was there.
At the other end of the runway, Li Erqin, who was standing alone, shook. A figure in a white short-sleeved tracksuit quickly crossed the track and caught her who fell backwards.
Rong Si was surrounded by the middle of the crowd. He tried his best to glance in Li Erqin's direction, but it was all in vain.
Can't see anything.
He couldn't use any strength in his limbs, and he was pushed and bumped, and it was difficult for him to stabilize his heels.
The palms were stuffed with cool mineral water, and at the same time there were all kinds of sounds in my ears.
"Can't sit, walk more!"
"Are you okay? Do you need to hold me?"
"congratulations!"
"Amazing!"
"I knew you could take first place!"
…
However, there was no voice he was looking for.
He tried to squeeze out of the crowd.
Li Erqin's original position was empty.
For the first time, Rong Si's mind went blank.
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In a ventilated and shady corner under the stands, Ruan Ming sat on the ground next to Li Erqin first.
Li Erqin woke up when he was carried to the exit under the stand. Very brief loss of consciousness, no major problem. It's just that the run with gritted teeth just now was too reluctant to the end. She was already the limit for 800 meters, and she ran with Rong Si for four laps.
Ruan Ming put his head against the wall and laughed at her: "Why are you working so hard?"
Li Erqin stared blankly, unable to speak at all.
Ruan Ming first put up one leg and put his hand on his knee: "Count, how many times have I rescued you?"
Li Erqin thought for a while: "A lot."
Ruan Ming was surprised.
Li Erqin laughed, but still couldn't make a loud voice. Every word was said in a breathless voice: "Every time you talk to me with the attitude of an ordinary friend, you are saving me."
Ruan Ming was startled: "At this time, you can seize the opportunity to reject me?"
Li Erqin nodded.
Ruan Ming laughed angrily, "I just saved you, can't you say something nice?"
Li Erqin said seriously: "As a friend, I like you very much."
"Do you have to do this?"
"Um."
Ruan Ming was speechless.
Some people passed by one after another, and it should be that the people surrounding the finish line began to disperse.
Li Erqin pursed his lips and looked up into Ruan Ming's eyes: "I'm sorry."
"what?"
"Sorry for rejecting you every time."
Ruan Ming didn't know what to say.
Li Erqin tilted his head: "But I don't like ambiguous attitudes. If you like it, you like it, and if you don't like it, you don't like it."
Ruan Mingxian's lips curved wider.
Li Erqin was puzzled: "What are you laughing at?"
Ruan Ming blinked first: "You have to thank me again, because I saved you again."
Li Erqin: "..."
After a while, Ruan Ming asked again, "Have you thought about what to thank me for? After all, I've 'saved' you many times."
Li Erqin said directly, "Please eat."
Ruan Ming disliked it first: "Are you vulgar?"
"Very vulgar."
Ruan Mingxian: "..."
"Li Erqin." Ruan Ming changed his serious tone first.
"Um."
"I'm just asking." Ruan Ming observed her expression first: "Can you let me touch the top of your head?"
"what?"
"It's like being touched by a dog."
"???"
Ruan Ming smiled first: "If you don't speak, you will take it as your default?"
Li Erqin lowered his head: "Why don't you just touch your head! Touch it!"
Ruan Ming paused first.
Li Erqin calculated: "Just a moment."
Ruan Ming put his hand on top of her head first. As expected, her hair was soft and soft.
Ruan Ming first burst out laughing, withdrew his hand.
"What are you laughing at?" Li Erqin raised his head.
Ruan Ming squinted his eyes first, satisfied: "Thank you for liking me."
Rong Si stopped walking towards them a few steps away from the shelter of the stand.
The two people not far away looked at each other and smiled, with a smile in their eyes that the other only understood.
Rong Si said, "Er Qin."
Li Erqin immediately stood up when he heard the voice, and turned around at the same time: "Rong Si."
Rong Si's expression showed no emotion: "Why are you here?"
Li Erqin pursed his lips.
Ruan Ming first followed lazily and stood up: "Li Erqin was not feeling well just now, I brought her here to ventilate."
Rong Si glanced at him and looked at Li Erqin: "What's wrong?"
Li Erqin quickly replied, "I'm tired of running. Are you all right?"
Rong Si: "Have rested. Are you feeling better now?"
Li Erqin shook his head: "Not at all."
Rong Si chuckled: "Am I taking you to rest?"
"Go back to class," Li Erqin suggested, "I don't know what happened to Peng Zige."
"He's fine."
Li Erqin said goodbye to Ruan Mingxian: "Thank you just now, then let's go."
Ruan Ming first waved his hand "impatiently": "Go, go!"
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Li Erqin followed Rong Si. Although he had just rested for a while, his feet were still soft on the ground.
Rong Si, who was walking beside him, suddenly stretched out his right hand.
Li Erqin looked over suspiciously.
Rong Si laughed: "Help you."
Li Erqin, who was afraid of missing the opportunity, immediately took his arm without saying a word.
Anyway, there are boys and girls walking with each other walking around, and they don't seem embarrassed at all.
Walk quietly.
Other competitions started again, and the special background music for the sports meeting came out on the campus broadcast, which kept the taste of memory. In the middle of the playground, there were occasional whistles, and chasing and slapsticking ran past the two of them.
Rong Si asked, "Do you like Ruan Mingxian?"
Li Erqin nodded: "Yes."
Added: "Ordinary friends like."
"understood."
It was quiet for a while.
The venue of the class was right in front of him, and Peng Zige, who saw them from a distance, stood up from his chair and lowered his head to call for Su Zi, who was sitting beside him reading a book.
Li Erqin's head is getting lower and lower.
Rong Si's mood became lighter because of Li Erqin's explanation just now: "What are you doing?"
"I… "
Rong Si stopped.
Li Erqin raised his head.
"I like you too."
The sky suddenly flew over a flock of birds.
However, Rong Si's world was silent, leaving only the voices of the two of them.
"Friends like?"
"no."
"The classmates like it?"
"no."