Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 720: Tips for getting up, some fishermen beg for mercy

Early morning of Monday, April 9th.

Li Luo and the other two woke up on time at six o'clock.

Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng were the first to get out of bed and go to the bathroom to wash their faces and brush their teeth.

Li Luo stayed in bed, moved closer to Xu Youyu, gently shook her awake, patted her face and said, "Wake up, let's go for a morning run together."

"Hmm..." After being woken up, Xu Youyu muttered twice in bed, and then he heard the devil's whispers in his ears.

When Xu Youyu heard the word "morning run", he was like a mouse seeing a cat. His eyes, which were originally half open, immediately closed.

The next second, she lifted the quilt to cover her head, turned her back to Li Luo, and began to pretend to be dead.

Li Luo looked at this scene with a bit of amusement, and reached out to pat her quilt: "Don't play dead, didn't we agree yesterday? You have to get up early today to go for a morning run, don't go back on your word."

"I don't want to hear it." Xu Youyu responded sullenly from under the quilt, "You guys go ahead, I'll sleep a little longer."

"Really?"

"I can't afford it."

"Then I'm going to use my ultimate move."

"Ah?" Xu Youyu was a little panicked when he heard this, even though he didn't know what Li Luo's special move was. He quickly said, "Don't mess with me, I really can't get up...ah!"

Just after begging for mercy, Xu Youyu felt his quilt being invaded by Li Luo.

Li Luo crawled under the quilt, went over Xu Youyu's waist and came to her front behind her side.

Afterwards, Xu Youyu felt herself being straightened up, and Li Luo moved up along her slender waist until he had her completely pressed under him.

The buttons of the pajamas were unbuttoned one by one.

Xu Youyu's face soon flushed, he breathed slightly, and subconsciously hugged Li Luo's head through the quilt.

"Don't... it's so early in the morning... Xixi and Zhusheng are still in the bathroom... don't touch them..."

When Xu Youyu said no, Li Luo stopped immediately.

He poked his head out from under the quilt, smiled and kissed Xu Youyu on the lips, then asked, "Are you awake now?"

Xu Youyu: "...get out."

"What a heartless woman." Li Luo pinched her cheek, "Looks like we have to continue?"

"No! No, no, no!" Xu Youyu quickly pulled him back and said with a sad face, "I'm getting up! I'm getting up!"

Even with Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng around, Xu Youyu still couldn't let go.

At times like this, she could only talk nonsense with Li Luo, or do something secretly.

But if she was really discovered by Xixi and Zhusheng, she would feel a little embarrassed.

Seeing that Li Luo was still going to bully her, Xu Youyu finally raised her hands in surrender and obediently followed Li Luo to climb down from the bed.

At this time, Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng had finished washing up and were ready to give up their seats.

Li Luo and Xu Youyu took over the sink and started brushing their teeth and washing their faces.

Ever since the four of them had been sleeping in Li Luo's master bedroom every day, Li Luo's bathroom was always stocked with toiletries for four people, so they no longer had to run to the bathroom outside to get them.

Xu Youyu became much more obedient after getting up. After washing his face, he became completely awake and had no intention of continuing to sleep.

Now that I'm up, I still have to go to Qian Daxin's designated morning jogging spot to take a look.

After Xu Youyu washed up and put on his sportswear, he went downstairs with Li Luo and the other two.

"Aren't we going to drive?"

Seeing the three of them going straight towards the gate of the community after going downstairs, Xu Youyu couldn't help but stop and asked.

"What's wrong?" Ying Chanxi asked in confusion, "We usually walk when we go for a morning run. Do we have to drive?"

"Of course we have to open it." Xu Youyu quickly pulled them back.

"It's just such a short distance. We can get there in two steps." Li Luo said with a smile.

"Try taking two steps?" Xu Youyu glared at him. "One step, two steps, where do you see?"

Li Luo: "...It only takes a few minutes to walk there normally."

"At least ten minutes, okay?" Xu Youyu corrected him with a puff of his lips. "I have to run two kilometers to get there. Is this going to cost me my life?"

"Okay, okay." Li Luo couldn't do anything with her. He took the three girls to the car with a helpless look and drove towards the south gate of Qianjiang University.

It was the first long-distance run in the sunshine after the start of school, and also the first morning run after Qianda revised the rules. So even though it was just past six in the morning, when Li Luo drove to the South Gate, he still saw the students crowding on the street.

The vast majority of them are freshmen, with a small number of sophomores and juniors.

In the first three weeks of school, even the old students were a little ambitious, thinking that they would work hard this semester, starting with the first morning run!
So the first day's morning run has the most people coming.

Li Luo drove to the parking space next to the East Playground and stopped, then walked towards the starting point of the morning run with the three girls.

Qianjiang University has set up a total of eight facial recognition check-in points on campus, each with five facial recognition card readers.

After all the check-in points are connected into a line, it will roughly form a rectangular runway.

Start from the first check-in point on the west side of the east playground next to the south gate, pass the Entrepreneurship Center Building, the canteen entrance on the east side, then go to the fitness center on the north side, and then turn left.

After passing the small playground on the north side, you will come to the Lover's Hill in the northwest corner, turn left again, pass the back of the library, go straight all the way, and finally come to the east walkway of the west playground to complete the last check-in.

Li Luo glanced at the poster displaying the morning jogging route map next to the check-in point in the crowd, and immediately wrote it down and told Xu Youyu and the others next to him.

At this moment, a familiar voice suddenly came from the side: "Youyu! You are here too? It turns out that Li Luo brought you here."

Hearing this, Li Luo turned his head and saw Zhao Letian, who was quite tall in the crowd, waving at them.

Xie Xiuying was also following beside him.

Xu Youyu's two roommates came together and walked up to the four of them and greeted them.

"You two are here? Where is Xiaoya?" Xu Youyu raised his hand and waved, and when the people came closer, he asked curiously.

"Haha~ She said you definitely wouldn't come, so she's not in a hurry, as long as she finishes the number of times before you." Zhao Letian laughed out loud, smiling very brightly, "I didn't expect you to come on the first day." "She can't get up by herself." Li Luo complained, "I had to pull her out of bed early in the morning, otherwise she would still be sleeping in now."

"Don't say that." Xu Youyu kicked Li Luo's calf. "What's important is the result. Is it necessary to describe the process in such detail?"

"Okay, okay, let's start running, shall we?"

"Wait, wait a minute... I think we should do some warm-up exercises first." Seeing that there were too many people, Xu Youyu simply pulled them to the playground to stretch their legs and move their ankles and wrists.

Others didn't mind. There were a lot of people there anyway, so they just lined up to scan their faces and waited a little longer.

While warming up, Zhao Letian approached Xu Youyu and asked in a low voice, "I know Yan Zhusheng, who is the other girl?"

When Xu Youyu heard this, he subconsciously glanced at Ying Chanxi.

The word "cousin" almost came out of his mouth, but he didn't say it in the end. Xu Youyu suppressed a smile and simply said, "She was Li Luo and Zhu Sheng's high school classmate. She was also the successor to the president of the student union during my high school. We are all very good friends."

"Oh, so that's it." Zhao Letian nodded suddenly, and then approached Ying Chanxi very familiarly, took Xie Xiuying's hand and greeted her, and they got to know each other briefly.

After there were fewer people at the check-in point, the six people came to the face recognition machine again, completed the check-in, and started jogging.

In order to take into account Xu Youyu's speed, everyone ran very slowly.

But even so, Xu Youyu was still running out of breath, and after running about four or five hundred meters, he felt a little exhausted.

"The most taboo in long-distance running is to stop and start." Seeing that she was running so slowly that she was about to walk, Li Luo immediately pulled her arm to keep her pace. "You can even run at a walking speed, but don't stop. Otherwise, if you continue running, you will only feel worse."

Xu Youyu gritted his teeth as he was dragged by Li Luo. He felt a burning sensation in his chest as if it was being blown by a fan and he was gasping for breath.

However, one advantage of having a fixed check-in point for morning jogging is that it provides a phased goal.

Each check-in point is only a few hundred meters away. Dividing the two-kilometer length into seven or eight sections and achieving each goal one by one is much easier than running the entire course in one breath.

At least the psychological perception is still quite different.

The six people started at 6:30 and accompanied Xu Youyu all the way. Finally, at around 6:50, they arrived at the check-in point in the West Playground and completed their first morning run.

After running, Xu Youyu was panting, leaning in Li Luo's arms, his face flushed, and his chest heaving violently.

"Today has been great. I didn't expect you to be able to hold on to the end." Li Luo stopped teasing her about her weak stamina and started praising her instead.

Although it was a little embarrassing that it took me twenty minutes to finish running two kilometers, it was better than sleeping in every day.

Xu Youyu took a long breath in Li Luo's arms, finally feeling a little better, and walked slowly.

"Youyu, do you want to go back to the dormitory or home?" Zhao Letian asked.

"Let's go back to the dormitory. Do you want to join us?" Xu Youyu said after thinking for a moment.

"Well, I have to go back as well." Zhao Letian nodded and said, "Where's Xiuying?"

Xie Xiuying shook her head and whispered, "I have to go to the library."

"Oh, right." Zhao Letian nodded suddenly and said, "Then you go first. I'll take Youyu back."

"Okay, bye." Xie Xiuying responded softly and nodded. After greeting them, she turned and walked towards the library in another direction.

After glancing at Xie Xiuying's back, Xu Youyu pulled Zhao Letian and followed Li Luo into the car.

"I'll take you two back to the dormitory first, and then take Zhu Sheng to the other side." Li Luo said after starting the car.

"I know." Xu Youyu leaned against Zhao Letian and responded.

Sitting in the car, Zhao Letian did not forget to chat with Yan Zhusheng. Because Yan Zhusheng had applied to join the badminton club before, Zhao Letian said, "Zhusheng, do you want to play badminton with us next time? But your campus is across the river, so it might be a bit troublesome."

"Sure." Yan Zhusheng nodded. "I'm taking the driver's license test recently and will be able to drive next month."

"Oh, then let's make an appointment to play badminton." Zhao Letian smiled, "There is an indoor badminton hall over at the north playground. The environment is very good. It is the exclusive venue for our badminton club."

"Oh." Yan Zhusheng nodded in agreement, indicating that it was no problem.

At this time, Li Luo also asked Xu Youyu: "How is Xie Xiuying doing now? With the subsidy for poor students, she should have no problems in life, right?"

"Don't worry, Xiuying is fine." Xu Youyu waved his hand and said, "Didn't she go to the library?"

"The library has been recruiting administrators for part-time projects at the school."

"My mother works there and has the power to choose people, so I asked her to help me pick Xiuying."

"Huh?" Zhao Letian was surprised when he heard this. "How come I didn't know this? I thought Xiuying chose it herself."

"In fact, if she chooses by herself, there is a high probability that she will be picked. I just added a little insurance." Xu Youyu said with a smile.

"That's great too." Zhao Letian hugged Xu Youyu's arm and said, "I didn't know your mother actually works in our library."

"Working in a library is very leisurely, and the salary isn't that much." Xu Youyu mentioned this casually, then changed the subject and continued, "Xiuying found a tutoring job on weekends. After tutoring, she would work part-time as a waitress at Uncle Li's hot pot restaurant."

"You have to thank your dad for this, otherwise the hot pot restaurant wouldn't easily hire such a part-time student."

"She has a good monthly income now, so her daily life will definitely be no problem at all."

"She's just a little tired. I see she doesn't spend much on daily expenses since she works so many jobs."

When Zhao Letian heard this, he immediately whispered, “You Yu, you are often not in the dormitory, so you may not know.”

"Xiuying doesn't spend much money privately. Apart from the money for poor students, most of the money she earns from part-time jobs is sent back home."

"I heard her hiding in the balcony and calling her family. I heard a little bit."

"Ah?" Xu Youyu was stunned. He didn't expect this to happen.

But after all, this was Xie Xiuying's own choice, so she couldn't say much.

"We're here." Li Luo stopped his car at Qingxi Dormitory and said to Zhao Letian and Xu Youyu in the back seat.

After the two went downstairs, Li Luo took Ying Chanxi and Yan Zhusheng home again and changed into casual clothes.

After dropping Ying Chanxi off at the school gate, Li Luo took Yan Zhusheng to the campus across the river for class, and then came back.

He also has a class at 8 a.m., which is Xu Rongsheng's modern and contemporary literature. As a class representative, he definitely cannot be late.

(End of this chapter)