Chapter 117 Preaching is useless, broken bones are better textbooks
Runway, starting point.

There was only one group left in training, and Li Meiling happened to be among them.

Unlike other students who simply waited to run, she ignored the surrounding gazes and did warm-up exercises on her own.

"This kid... resembles me."

Xia Yu looked at Li Meiling, who was quite powerful in the community, and couldn't help but sigh.

This look of ignoring others and minding his own business was so familiar. In the past, he was the only one in the class who did this, but now there was another person, Li Meiling.

Unfortunately, just like magnets, like repels like and opposites attract. Li Meiling, who is similar to him, has the worst relationship with him and glares at him more often than she glares at Xiaoying.

"Okay, you guys start by running five laps like the previous group."

Seeing that the last team had gathered, the teacher said, "But you have to consider your own physical strength. If you can't run anymore, you can walk back slowly."

"Yes!"×N
"Okay, everyone take your positions."

After giving the instructions, the teacher raised the stopwatch.

"Ready, run!"

Swish-!
In an instant, Li Meiling rushed out like a wild horse, and her speed was so fast that she surpassed the people beside her in the blink of an eye.

"So fast!"

Xiaoying looked at Li Meiling in surprise as she rushed out. Her speed was almost as fast as hers. No wonder she was so confident.

However, Li Xiaolang, who was watching nearby, couldn't help but cover his forehead. He knew it.

How can you burst out at such a speed at the very beginning of a long-distance run? You will not be able to sustain the race and will fall behind in two or three laps at most. You may not even be able to complete the last lap.

Unlike Li Xiaolang's helplessness, Li Meiling on the track was quite proud because she had left everyone far behind.

If this had been based on the previous sprint requirements, she would have won by now!
Thinking of this, Li Meiling's adrenaline surged and she couldn't help but increase her speed. She wanted to win first place and let Xiaolang know that she was not bragging.

It would be even better if I could surpass that guy Xia Yu’s record!
As I ran, the first lap ended.

Even the teacher glanced at the stopwatch in surprise. This speed would have been considered a victory in a sprint competition.

But by the second lap, Li Meiling had begun to run out of energy. Although she was still in the lead, she was obviously losing strength.

By the third lap, she had changed from running to walking quickly, and she looked listless.

The fourth lap had completely turned into a walk, and the students who had fallen behind had overtaken her one by one, but she no longer had the strength to even raise her hands. If she hadn't held on to her last breath and refused to admit defeat, she would have collapsed to the ground.

Fifth lap...

In the fifth lap, Li Meiling fell behind. The other students had already finished five laps, but she had half a lap left, so she was completely last.

The staggering Li Meiling turned into a circle-eyed person, her body was as weak as noodles, and even the BGM that seemed to be faintly present seemed to be out of power.

Finally, with a thud, Li Meiling fell to the ground.

Long distance running, big failure!

As the last group finished their training, the teacher announced the disbandment.

Li Meiling ultimately failed to complete the five laps. After four and a half laps, Li Xiaolang walked over and helped her up. After resting for more than ten minutes, her heart, which was almost beating out of her chest, gradually slowed down.

"Wow, why is this happening?!"

After she recovered, Li Meiling couldn't help but lie in Xiaolang's arms and cry bitterly. She was clearly ready to run to the first place and wait for everyone's praise, but in the end, instead of getting the praise, she lost face.

Even though no one laughed at her, she still felt ashamed!

"I've told you that long-distance running is different from short-distance running, but you didn't listen. Now stop crying and run again next time."

Li Xiaolang patted Li Meiling's back gently and comforted her. Although he knew Meiling was feeling very uncomfortable, sometimes preaching was useless and broken bones were better textbooks.

If Meiling hadn't gone through this, she wouldn't have grown.

"Sorry……"

Li Meiling didn't look up, but her sobbing had stopped, though her voice was still a little muffled. "Well, let's go to the sink and wash our faces."

Li Xiaolang replied softly, helped Li Meiling up, and walked towards the sink.

At the wash basin.

"so comfortable."

Sakura raised her head and shook her hair, looking very happy.

When it's so hot that I sweat, washing my face with cold water is really comfortable.

"Sakura, come here."

Seeing that Sakura had already washed her face, Tomoyo handed her the towel she had prepared. She didn't practice long-distance running because of her foot injury, so she didn't sweat.

"Thank you."

Sakura thanked him, took the towel and wiped the water droplets off her face.

"Although it feels good, don't rush to wash your face or hair with cold water after running, as that is also bad for your health."

Xia Yu next to him also raised his head. He wiped the water droplets on his face, wet his hands with water, pretended that he had hairspray hands and pushed his hair back, successfully creating a weird slicked back hairstyle.

It would be even better if there was some meaningless drum beats.

No, sooner or later he would have to get the karuta and manually play the BGM for himself.

"Here, Xia."

Seeing that Xia Yu had finished washing his face, Zhishi handed over the other towel in his hand.

"Thanks."

Xia Yu took the towel and started wiping his face.

Not long after they finished washing their faces, Li Xiaolang came over supporting Li Meiling.

Although Li Meiling had stopped crying, her eyes were still red. Seeing this, Xiaoying asked with concern: "Meiling, are you okay?"

"Well……"

Hearing Xiaoying's words, Li Meiling instantly thought of her arrogant appearance in front of Xiaoying before, and her face suddenly turned red with shame.

But in the face of other people's concern, she couldn't continue with her previous tough attitude, so she had to shy away and said, "No...it's okay, I'm not so unwilling that I'm crying!"

"It's okay... I'm glad you're okay."

Sakura smiled back helplessly. She didn't say anything about crying just now.

Also, I was the one who said those words before, being so unwilling that I cried.

Realizing that Xiaoying didn't ask her any more questions, Li Meiling breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly turned on the faucet to wash her face. There were still traces of tears on her face.

After washing her face thoroughly, Li Meiling breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that the previous embarrassment was nothing, it was all in the past anyway.

She paused, then suddenly asked, "Well...how can I run faster?"

"Eh?"

Xiaoying pointed at herself in surprise and asked, "Are you asking me?"

"Hmph, if you don't want to tell me, then forget it." Li Meiling turned her head away. She had made up her mind to ask the question just now.

"No, no, how could that be? I'm just very happy that Meiling asked me." Sakura smiled, and she was really as happy as she said.

"But there is no shortcut to running. I can run so fast because I practice running frequently. If Meiling wants to run faster, besides having a suitable running method, she just needs to practice more."

"Practice running."

Li Meiling muttered something and her eyes became firm.

(End of this chapter)