Rebirth: My Childhood Sweetheart Came into My Arms

He Ziyu looked in the direction of the sound.

In the twilight, Jingran stood face to face with someone, her arms crossed over her chest, her chin slightly raised.

"Where do you get such confidence?" The boy opposite chuckled. "The teacher said you've regressed quite a bit since you stopped running for a while, and you're not in your old form anymore."

Even if I'm not as good as before, I can still beat you more than enough.

"Why don't you give it a try?"

After their verbal sparring ended, the two went to the track to warm up.

He Ziyu and Jiang Chengyu stopped in their tracks and switched to watching the show.

Jingran has been staying after school every day to run lately, just like before, spending all her spare time training.

The person he was talking to seemed to be a key player on the track and field team, named Lei Gengping. Before Jingran left the team, he liked to compete with him, but he always lost to him.

"This won't do, will it? We need a referee." Lei Gengping stretched his ankles and looked around. He saw a boy with a backpack walking by and quickly waved to him, "Xiao Zhi, come here."

The boy named Xiao Zhi stopped, looking clearly reluctant, but still obediently walked up to Lei Gengping.

"You'll stand here for us in a bit and be the referee, saying 'start the meeting,' right?"

"meeting."

After Lei Gengping finished speaking, he looked at Jing Ran and said, "Forget about buying milk tea. I don't care for that kind of fattening stuff. Let's do this: the loser has to run two laps around the track tomorrow at noon, shouting 'I am xxx's grandson' as he runs. How about that?"

Jing Ran: "..."

Lei Gengping: "What, scared?"

"It's not that I'm scared, it's that I think it's brainless." Jing Ran said with a look of disgust, "How old are you? Why are you doing such a boring punishment?"

"Don't you think you're sure you'll win? If you're sure you'll win, why do you care what the punishment is?"

"..." That makes a lot of sense, doesn't it?

"Alright then, I'll listen to you. Anyway, I won't lose." Jing Ran snorted and bent down to roll up his trouser leg.

……

"Xiao Jing is still so impulsive..." He Ziyu sighed from a distance.

"Um?"

"Lei Gengping is weaker than him, yet he's still so arrogant. Do you know why?"

Jiang Chengyu thought for a moment, "Because he called the referee?"

"Congratulations, you got it right," He Ziyu said. "When Xiao Jing was talking to him, his eyes kept glancing at the boy. He probably already planned to have him be the referee. And look at that boy's expression, doesn't he seem quite unwilling?"

"Um……"

"I saw Lei Gengping yelling at him on the playground before, and he didn't dare to fight back. What kind of fairness is there in a referee like that?"

After He Ziyu finished speaking, he crossed his arms and continued watching the play.

On the other side, Jingran and Lei Gengping finished their warm-up exercises and got into a ready position.

Xiao Zhi raised his right hand high above his head.

"On your marks—"

"preparation--"

"run!"

The moment the arm fell, Jing Ran and Lei Gengping shot out like arrows released from a bow.

Lei Gengping is an explosive type of athlete. He was very fast at the beginning and left Jing Ran more than ten meters behind.

But they are competing in a long-distance race, which requires endurance. If you exert too much effort at the beginning, you are likely to become fatigued later on.

Before long, Jingran slowly caught up and stood side by side with Lei Gengping.

"Why run so fast at the beginning? Aren't you afraid of overexerting yourself?" Jingran teased with a smile.

"..."

Lei Gengping ignored him, his eyes fixed straight ahead, his feet moving like wheels of fire.

"You can't do it like this. Long-distance running tests not only physical strength but also tactics. When to exert force and when to conserve energy must be judged based on the opponent's habits." Jing Ran followed Lei Gengping, looking relaxed and carefree, not at all like someone in a competition.

"Why are you talking so much?" Lei Gengping glanced at him, panting heavily.

At the same time, a doubt arose in my mind.

He never missed a track and field team training session after school, and he also trained hard in his spare time. How could he be no match for someone who had been resting for several months?

Could it be that Jingran's talent has really reached a level that is beyond anyone's reach?

"I was just bored, so I wanted to chat with you~" Jing Ran raised the corners of her mouth, deliberately trying to calm Lei Geng down.

"Don't get too excited yet, there are still a few laps to go." Lei Gengping said coldly, trying to regulate his breathing.

He didn't believe Jingran was made of iron and could remain calm and composed until the very end.

Seeing that he didn't want to talk to her, Jingran didn't force him and simply started humming a song.

Finally, on the last lap, Lei Gengping was left behind by Jing Ran.

Seeing that he was about to lose to Jing Ran, Lei Gengping quickly gave Xiao Zhi a wink.

Xiao Zhi received the signal, took something out of his pocket, and quietly threw it on the ground.

Jingran was running so fast that she didn't notice the extra thing on the ground and stepped on it.

Immediately afterwards, my foot slipped.

"ah--"

Unable to maintain her balance, Jingran lunged forward due to inertia and fell to the ground.

Lei Gengping, having made a late surge, excitedly swung his arms and overtook Jing Ran, running towards the finish line.

Looking at Jingran, he was probably stunned by the fall. After rolling around a few times, he sat up with a blank expression.

He Ziyu frowned and quickly walked over with Jiang Chengyu.

"Xiao Jing, are you alright?"

Jingran looked at the two of them, "Ayu, Brother Yu, what are you doing here?"

"I've been watching you for a while," He Ziyu said, going to help Jingran up. "How did you suddenly fall?"

Jingran scratched his head. "It feels like I stepped on a small stone."

"Small stones?"

"It must be this." Jiang Chengyu bent down and picked up the "culprit" from the ground, placing it in his palm.

They are sparkly glass marbles.

Besides the one in Jiang Chengyu's palm, there were several more on the ground. If I'm not mistaken, they were probably all scattered there by Xiao Zhi.

"That's so despicable!" He Ziyu said, holding the marbles with a look of displeasure.

He originally thought that Lei Gengping would at most get the referee to help him act like a scoundrel.

I never expected these two to resort to such underhanded tactics.

It seems that Lei Gengping planned this match in advance, rather than it being a spur-of-the-moment decision.

"Brother Yu, take Xiao Jing over there and check if he's injured. I'll go talk to them."

No sooner had He Ziyu finished speaking than Lei Gengping shouted from the finish line, "How about that? I won. A bet's a bet!"

"..."

He Ziyu walked up to Lei Gengping, held up the glass marble in his hand, and asked, "Is it fun to win like this?"

Lei Gengping was slightly taken aback.

They quickly returned to their arrogant and domineering ways.

"The glass beads are quite pretty, where did they come from?"

"Don't you know where this came from?"

"I don't know," Lei Gengping said shamelessly. "Maybe some kid accidentally dropped it on the ground."

"Did I say it was found on the ground?"

"..."

He Ziyu stared at Lei Gengping with a cold and indifferent gaze.

This bastard has been jealous of Jingran for a long time. I don't know if he's used similar methods before, but today he just happened to run into trouble with his underhanded tactics. He needs to be taught a lesson to vent his anger.

How dare they bully He Ziyu's friend?

They've got some nerve.

"I saw your friend throw marbles on the ground with my own eyes. This is not a big deal, but it's not a small deal either. If anything happens to Xiao Jing, you will definitely be held responsible."

Upon hearing this, Lei Gengping quickly replied, "It's his business if he throws it, what does it have to do with me? I was just focused on running and didn't see anything else."

"Yeah, you really didn't see anything. Jingran fell down right in front of you and you didn't even bother to help her up. With your character, you shouldn't even be competing. Who knows what even more despicable things you might do on the field?"

"He Ziyu, are you out of your mind? What did I ever do to you?!"

"Jingran is my friend, don't you think?"

During the stalemate, a tall figure walked over from a distance.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Bei Yao.

The first thing Bei Yao did after finishing his evening self-study was to go to the playground to find Jing Ran. Hearing He Ziyu and Lei Gengping talking from afar, he immediately rushed over.

He threw his schoolbag on the ground, stretched his wrists, and looked at Lei Gengping.

"I heard someone bullied my baby?"

Lei Gengping: "..."

He Ziyu seized the opportunity to fan the flames, "Yeah, yeah, Xiao Jing was racing with him just now, and his friend threw a lot of glass marbles on the ground, causing Xiao Jing to fall. I don't know how he is now."

As he spoke, he handed the glass bead in his hand to Bei Yao.

Bei Yao took the glass bead and looked at it for a few seconds before looking up and meeting Lei Gengping's eyes.

"Now you have two choices."

"First, put this thing in your anus."

"Second, run blindfolded, and we'll throw marbles at your feet as you run. You can choose."

After Bei Yao finished speaking, He Ziyu couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Looking at Lei Gengping again, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

After a long pause, Lei Gengping moved his lips and asked, "What if I don't choose any of them?"

"That makes it even simpler," Bei Yao said, closing in step by step. "If you don't choose either one, then do both. Anyway, I've finished my evening self-study session, so I have plenty of time to waste with you."

Lei Gengping, overwhelmed by Bei Yao's powerful aura, swallowed hard.

Although No. 8 Middle School does not have the rule of "following superiors blindly", Bei Yao is, after all, a senior. Being a year older inevitably creates an invisible sense of pressure. In addition, he is a sports student and is half a head taller than Lei Gengping. Just his presence alone is enough to make Lei Gengping feel intimidated.

"So, have you made your choice?" Bei Yao asked.

select……

What's the point of choosing? This is just a multiple-choice question!

Having failed in his attempt to steal a chicken and ended up losing more than he gained, Lei Gengping looked dejected and said, "I...I choose the second one..."

……

Ten minutes later, Lei Gengping, with his eyes covered, began to run cautiously around the playground.

"Left, left, left, it's veering off course!" Xiao Zhi acted as Lei Gengping's eyes, giving him directions.

"What do you mean left? It's clearly right." Jingran held a glass marble in her hand. "And can you run a little faster? Show me some racing speed!"

Lei Gengping: "..."

He really wants to run fast!

But being blindfolded is scary enough, and with people around him throwing things at his feet at any moment, it's no wonder he can't run fast.

"Look at you, dawdling like a limp noodle," Jingran clicked her tongue in disdain. "Why don't you shout 'I'm Jingran's grandson' a few times? Maybe that'll give you some energy?"