The seats in the stands are arranged in tiers; there are no individual plastic seats, only long wooden benches fixed to the cement tabletop.

The stands rose in tiers, and the group sat in the middle section with a wide view.

Su Li, who couldn't sit still, was like Sun Wukong, who had just been released from the Five Elements Mountain. He kept craning his neck to look ahead. If Yan Yuan hadn't pulled him back in time, he could have knocked the heads off the people in front of him.

Yan Yuan pulled him to his side. "Can't you just behave yourself?"

"I'm honest," Su Li said innocently.

Jiang Chengzhou laughed in exasperation, "If you misbehave again, I'll nail you to your seat!"

Su Li shrank back, wanting to complain to her parents, but Lin Zhilan and Su Lang were only focused on the competition and didn't even look this way.

Linlin noticed, but pretended not to hear anything.

Yan Yuan lowered his eyes and followed suit.

With no one to stand up for Su Li, he finally became truly obedient.

The match was about to begin, and when the selected player took the stage, the audience, which had been quiet for a while, erupted in enthusiastic cheers again.

Han Mei seemed not to hear anything. She was standing on the starting line of the sixth track. After adjusting the starting blocks, she looked around excitedly.

She has participated in many competitions, but most of them are within the province.

This was her first time participating in a national sports meet, and she was more excited than nervous.

At the starter's command, the runners immediately crouched on their starting blocks, ready to start the race.

The other athletes on the track had already braced themselves with their hands on the ground, holding their breath and preparing to obey the starter's command to begin the race.

Over the loudspeaker, the starter's calm and collected voice rang out.

Then came the sound of the starting pistol.

"Bang!"

The moment the starting gun fired, all the runners sprang up from the starting blocks.

Han Mei had a good start, and her three-step acceleration at the start was very steady.

However, the runners on the other tracks were also strong. Two of them were at the same speed as Han Mei at the start, and the difference was indistinguishable to the naked eye.

Lin Zhilan pinched Su Lang's arm, feeling worried for Han Mei.

At this moment, the shouts from the spectators and staff in the stands became even more intense.

On the track, Han Mei could no longer hear any cheers or shouts around her. All her attention was focused on the track. The only sounds she could hear were her own breathing, her heartbeat, and the clattering of footsteps that seemed to be right next to her ears.

These voices urged her to hurry up, to be even faster.

Show everyone your true speed and form!

Han Mei gave it her all, running alongside another girl on the track, and together they crossed the finish line.

Lin Zhilan clenched her fists slightly. "Is it first place? Is it the champion?"

She had barely finished asking her question when the loudspeaker blared, and the referee's steady voice came through the static-filled speaker.

"Women's 100m Final Results: Lane 6, Han Mei, G City Sports Academy, First Place!"

Lin Zhilan couldn't hear the rest of the rankings anymore. She grabbed Su Lang's arm and screamed, "First place! It's first place!"

Su Lang was shaken so badly by her that he could hardly stand, but his face was full of smiles as he supported his wife with both hands to prevent her from falling off the stands.

Linlin wanted to go over and hug her mother, but before she could, her father had already taken the spot next to her mother.

She pouted, wanting to go find her older and younger brothers.

When he turned around, Su Li was already on Jiang Chengzhou's back, waving at the track below.

Yan Yuan stood to the side, hands in his pockets, a gentle smile on his lips.

Track and field competitions, especially sprints, are fast-paced and highly suspenseful. In addition to the athletes, they also cause the audience's hormones to surge instantly. Even sitting in the stands, the body will simulate a stress state close to running, stimulating the secretion of dopamine and testosterone.

Linlin's joy didn't subside so easily. She turned around and hugged Yan Yuan, excitedly saying, "Brother Yuan, Sister Meimei won the championship! She's amazing!"

Yan Yuan froze on the spot, the gentle smile on his lips fading away.

The little girl wrapped her arms around his waist and pressed herself against him, her hair brushing against his chin. Yan Yuan could smell a faint fragrance.

She was almost a head shorter than him, and her forehead touched his collarbone.

Yan Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed slightly as he heard his own heartbeat.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

A surge of heat rushed from my heart to my ears, and the tips of my ears turned bright red at a visible speed.

His fingers, which were in his pocket, curled slightly, his fingertips trembled slightly, and he even forgot to breathe.

At this moment, Yan Yuan was thrown into complete disarray.

Lin Lin only hugged him for a few seconds before letting go, her eyes sparkling and her cheeks flushed with excitement.

The radio station had already announced all the results, and the surrounding area was filled with cheers and laughter, but Yan Yuan seemed not to hear anything clearly, and he lowered his eyes to control his emotions.

Linlin tugged at his sleeve, "Brother Xiaoyuan, why aren't you excited? Sister Meimei won the championship!"

Yan Yuan's Adam's apple bobbed, and he only realized his voice was a little hoarse when he spoke.

"Yes, congratulations to her."

Linlin smiled at him, then turned to celebrate with her mother.

Yan Yuan stood there, his eyes lowered, slowly exhaling the air that had been hanging in his chest.

He looked down at the thin layer of sweat on his palms and despised himself.

That's your little sister whom you've watched grow up. How could you have such feelings for her!

Are you some kind of beast?!

After the competition, Lin Zhilan and her group waited at the exit outside the stadium.

Not long after, a team from G City Sports Academy, dressed in matching sportswear, walked out of the side gate.

Su Li, with her sharp eyes, spotted Han Mei in the crowd at a glance, and started broadcasting through the loudspeaker:

"Han! Mei! Sister! Sister!"

Han Mei was listening to the coach with her head down when she heard the voice and looked over.

Upon seeing Lin Zhilan, her eyes lit up immediately. She greeted the coach and quickly ran over.

Lin Zhilan opened her arms and hugged her, then patted her arm, her voice filled with barely suppressed joy, "Little Han Mei, how are you so amazing? The national champion!"

Han Mei was a little embarrassed and scratched the back of her head. "That's all. I was lucky today and performed pretty well."

"Don't be modest," Lin Zhilan shook the camera in her hand, "Auntie took a lot of photos of you, including photos of you receiving awards. I'll develop them and send them to your school later."

Han Mei smiled and nodded, exchanging greetings with the uncle behind Lin Zhilan.

She reached out and took off the medal from her neck, handing it to Lin Zhilan. "Auntie, could you please take this medal to my mom?"

If you don't develop a close relationship with your parents during childhood, it will only be more difficult when you grow up.

Han Mei couldn't be as close to her mother as Lin Lin, but she was very grateful to her parents and wanted Wang Xiuzhi to be proud of her.

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