My daily life in love is too contrary to my character.

Standing in the very center, Takanashi Yuko is undoubtedly the biggest focus. Not to mention her beautiful figure and pretty face, which are pleasing to the eye, every dance move she makes is straight, perfect and smooth, and her dance is light and passionate.

Takanashi Yuko's hard work in training, making the most of every minute, did not disappoint. Until the end of the dance, she did not make a single mistake and shone brightly in the center of the stage.

The four girls shifted positions, surrounding Takanashi Yuuko in the center. The moment the music stopped, the five of them threw the colorful balls in their hands into the air, striking a finishing pose.

There was a brief moment of silence, followed by a burst of enthusiastic applause. The thugs around, who had initially been shouting incoherently, eventually erupted into a unified chorus of applause.

"Birds swim! Birds swim! Birds swim!"

Upon hearing the cheers, Yuko Takanashi first led the four of them in bowing to the judges' panel, and then bowed to those around her, which made the cheers from the audience even louder.

After a few seconds of deliberation on the judging panel, the five girls were given an exceptionally high score of 97. Upon learning their score, they hugged each other. Based on this score, winning first place in their grade should be no problem.

The other first-year students, who hadn't yet taken the stage, looked helpless but also impressed. Under Yuko Takanashi's leadership, the dance was indeed dazzling.

As Takanashi Yuuko and her group left the stage, Shiraishi Sawa Hide noticed that the audience had decreased by two-thirds, and the space suddenly felt empty.

"This group of people is really outrageous. They're not here to watch the game at all," Shiraishi Sawa said, expressing his disdain as he left the scene.

When they returned to their class's audience seats, Takanashi Yuuko and her four classmates were already surrounded by other students, who were chattering and praising Shiraishi Sawa Hide.

"Takanashi, you're amazing!" "Takanashi-chan, you'll always be my goddess!" "I'll always love Takanashi-chan!" "How dare you call me Takanashi-chan? Right, Takanashi-chan?!"...

There were too many people, so Shiraishi Sawa didn't squeeze in. He saw Takanashi Yuuko looking at him and gave her a thumbs up.

Takanashi responded with a bright smile, and Shiraishi Sawa smiled back before deciding to head over to the 100-meter track ahead of time.

Takagi Ryo's 100-meter race is about to start. He's also the first friend I made in high school, so I need to cheer him on.

With a large number of participants in the 100-meter race, including preliminary and final rounds, Takagi Ryo is now sitting idly to the side, waiting for his group to begin.

Shiraishi Sawa walked over and sat down next to Takagi Ryo. "How's your condition? Do you have a chance to break the grade record?"

Shiraishi Sawa asked in a serious tone, and Takagi Ryoya could only answer in a serious tone, "Breaking the world record now is no problem, but I really don't know if I can get into the top three in the first year."

"What about the preliminary rounds? Are there any problems?"

"Who do you think you are, you damn Shiraishi? Take him down easily!"

As the competition for the first-year group officially began, more and more spectators gathered around the track, and each class started cheering on their athletes.

Takagi Ryo was surrounded by everyone, scratching his head and thanking them for their encouragement. Suddenly, he seemed to see something, squeezed out of the circle of his class, and ran towards a girl.

After everyone realized what was happening, they tacitly stopped following Fukada Hoi from the next class.

There was no physical contact between the two. The girl simply handed Takagi Ryo a bottle of water, exchanged a few words with him, and then returned to her class.

Shiraishi Sawa looked at Takagi Ryo, who seemed to have been injected with chicken blood.

How are you doing now?

"I, Takagi Ryo, must take the top three spots in the first-year class!"

Chapter 39 The Unpredictable Situation of Shiraishi

Soon it was Takagi Ryo's turn to be in this group. Shiraishi Sawa gave him a final cheer at the starting line, and then went to the finish line to wait for the race to start.

As soon as the starting gun fired, the six people on the track took off running. It was clear that Takagi Ryo's initial statement that he would have no problem passing the preliminaries was not a lie. Within a few seconds of starting, Takagi Ryo was already half a body length ahead of the others, and the distance continued to widen as time went on.

Without any doubt, they secured first place in their preliminary group and successfully advanced.

Because it was only a preliminary victory, no one expressed their excitement too enthusiastically. Several boys who were close to Takagi Ryo, including Shiraishi Sawa, went up and gave him a symbolic punch.

"Good luck in the finals! Fukada is watching!"

"With the power of love, I am invincible!" Takagi Ryo seemed very confident. The boys went to sit on the sandy ground nearby and waited for the second and third graders' preliminary round to end.

The 100-meter race schedule is as follows: after the preliminary rounds for grades 1-3 are completed, the final rounds for grades 1-3 will be held in that order.

"Hey Takagi, when did you win over Fukada? If I hadn't seen her bring you water and encourage you today, I would have been kept completely in the dark!"

"Hehe, it's not done yet, it's still in the evaluation period..."

The boys started discussing Takagi Ryo and Fukada Hoi's relationship. Takagi Ryo didn't hide anything and instead told his brothers about his pursuit of Fukada with a hint of pride.

He has every reason to be proud, after all, he was the first in Group A to find a partner that year.

"I never expected this," Arisu Takeuchi said, grabbing Ryo Takagi's neck fiercely. "I always thought Shiraishi would be the first one among us to find a partner, but it turns out you're the one who's left the group first!"

Takagi Ryo let Takeuchi Arisu shake his neck, saying, "My charm is no less than Shiraishi's!"

"We all know Shiraishi is a great fighter, but Takagi, how good are you at fighting?" Maeda Shusuke couldn't stand Takagi Ryo's smug look and asked with a smile.

Takagi Ryo was taken aback. "Wow, that's amazing! And like Shiraishi, whoever goes first beats the other..."

Maeda Shusuke stroked his chin. "Lack of energy, that's probably a lie. You can hit me. It's decided, your death is coming after the Sports Festival."

At this moment, Shiraishi Sawa raised his hand, "You guys really don't trust me to be the first one to go, Takagi probably can't beat me."

"Shiraishi, you've finally done something decent!"

.......

As they chatted, they realized that the finals for the first-year group were about to begin, so everyone stood up along with Takagi Ryo.

After warming up, Takagi Ryo took his starting position at the starting line and started running again as soon as the starting gun fired.

In the end, Ryo Takagi won the bronze medal in third place with a time of 11.77 seconds. The first two were athletes admitted through special sports programs, and they were nearly half a second faster than Takagi, which was not something that could be expected to be surpassed.

After watching this competition, there's nothing else for Shiraishi Sawa to pay attention to. Takagi Ryo's 80m and 4x100m relays are both tomorrow, as is Takanashi Yuko's group jump rope competition.

Shiraishi Zexiu returned to the class's audience seats to rest and prepare for his own match in the afternoon.

To be honest, Shiraishi Sawa was not very confident. Although he had consulted beforehand and there were no special long-distance running recruits in the first-year group, he heard that there were still a few long-distance running enthusiasts. His physical fitness was still not up to +3. Shiraishi Sawa's requirements were not high. He just wanted to get third place and a medal like Takagi Ryo.

At lunchtime, Shiraishizawa Hide had a special meal with Takanashi Yuko. The portion wasn't very large to prevent them from eating too much. After lunch, they ate a few pieces of chocolate to replenish their sugar levels.

In the afternoon races, the women's 1500m race will start first, followed by the men's 1500m race, with the start times being 3:00 PM and 3:20 PM respectively.

It was just past noon after lunch, and Shiraishi Sawa decided to take another nap to recharge. Takanashi Yuko said she would accompany her classmates who were participating in other events and cheer them on.

Although no competitive events are held at noon during the sports festival, more recreational competitions will still take place.

As expected of Takanashi Yuuko, Shiraishi Sawa Hide then parted ways with her.

"Oh, by the way, if I'm not on the playground by 2 o'clock, remember to call me from the teacher's office, Takanashi-kun." Before leaving, Shiraishi Sawa added to Takanashi, just in case he overslept.

As for why he wanted to go to Genuchi Ichiro's office, Shiraishi Sawa Hide was simply eyeing Genuchi Ichiro's recliner.

"Teacher Yuan Nei wouldn't be so petty with a student who brings honor to the class."

The office door was open, but no one was inside; they had probably all gone down to cheer on their students.

Shiraishi Sawa skillfully pulled a folding chair out from the gap next to Gennai Ichiro's table, unfolded it, and lay down comfortably. He took off his coat and used it as a blanket, set an alarm for 1:30 a.m., and slowly fell asleep in the soft sunlight.

I don't know how much time has passed, but it's definitely not 1:30 yet, because the alarm hasn't gone off, and Shiraishi Sawa clearly feels that the warm sunlight has been blocked.

"Genouchi-sensei, don't be so stingy, it's just a lounge chair to borrow." Shiraishi Sawah complained while rubbing his eyes, thinking that Genouchi Ichiro had come up.

"Baby dog, stop napping! It's already 1:20. Time to grind your teeth and bite!" A seductive, pleasant voice came from the person blocking the sunlight.

"Ichiri-san? What are you doing here?!" Shiraishi Sawah immediately opened his eyes after recognizing the voice. He saw Ichiri-chiyo with her back to the window, blocking some of the sunlight. Her beautiful face was not far in front of Shiraishi Sawah, looking at him with a smile.

"I'm here to cheer you on, not just today, but tomorrow too."

"How did you get into our school?" Shiraishi Zexiu, having shaken off his drowsiness, simply got up and put on his coat.

"The sports festival isn't strictly managed to begin with, and I just asked Soga-san to talk to the security guards for me, so I just got in." Chiyo said with an air of utter disdain, as if to say, "What's so difficult about that?"

Shiraishi Sawa didn't press further about how he knew which school he was from, since the student council president had probably already told him. "Then how did you know I was in this office? Did Takanashi tell you?"

“Ah~ that pretty girl’s name is Takanashi,” Ichijin said, tapping her chin thoughtfully. “Yes, Soga-san led me to your class’s area, but I couldn’t find you. After asking your classmates, only that very pretty girl told me you were in the office, and she even gave me the specific directions. Look.”

Chiyo showed Shiraishizawa a photo on her phone, which featured hand-drawn lines.

"What about your school? Are there no classes?"

“Young Miss skips classes whenever she wants,” Shiraishi Sawa said, seeing that Shiraishi-kun still wanted to ask some other questions. “Oh, Shiraishi-kun, please stop asking so many questions. I came all this way to cheer you on! I came to see you bite people, not to listen to your rambling.”

Shiraishi Sawah stopped asking. It was undeniable that Shiraishi Sawah was quite pleased and happy that Chiyo had come to cheer him on without saying a word. All that bickering hadn't been for nothing.

Because the number of participants was not large, the long-distance running event did not have preliminary and final rounds, and the first, second and third grade groups all ran together.

The schedules for Shiraishi Sawa and Takanashi Yuko's projects were close together. Shiraishi Sawa first said goodbye to Ichiyo Ichiri, asking her to wait for him at the starting line, while he went to the check-in area with Takanashi Yuko to check in.

"Keep it up, Takanashi-san!" As the two finished their registration and walked together to the starting line, Shiraishi Sawah encouraged Takanashi Yuko, who was running ahead.

"You too, Shiraishi-kun. I might not have the energy to cheer you on when you start running, so I'm giving you my encouragement in advance. Good luck!"

When they returned to the starting line to wait, Takanashi Yuko was once again surrounded by her classmates who were very enthusiastic and asked her how she was doing. Shiraishi Sawa Hide, who was also about to start but was about twenty minutes behind Takanashi Yuko, found himself alone.

Shiraishi Sawah said that it's lonely at the top, and someone as outstanding as himself naturally needs to face loneliness. However, to be honest, Shiraishi Sawah might feel even more uncomfortable if everyone really surrounded him like this.

"If you ask me, Shiraishi, it seems like you're not popular at all in class?" Chiyo walked over with a curious and amused look, looking at Shiraishi Sawahide.

"It's not that I'm not popular, it's that Takanashi is too popular."

"Another excuse."

"This time it really isn't."

Shiraishi Sawah then proceeded to introduce Meikawa Middle School to Ichiyo Ichiriki.

......

"Should we still go through?" Takeuchi Arisu asked Takagi Ryo, looking at the two figures not far ahead.

Takagi Ryo glanced at the bottle of water the girl in front of him was holding, then at the bottle of water he was about to offer her. He simply opened the bottle and drank from it himself.

"This water is a bit acidic, I don't think it makes any sense."

“I also think it’s better if we don’t go now. Isn’t that girl the one in Shiraishi’s post? She’s really pretty!” Maeda Shusuke added.

"Hey Takagi, are you the first person in our class to get a boyfriend or not?"

"I don't know right now; it needs to be verified."

"White Stone is still White Stone."

"really."

Chapter 40: Running at full speed amidst the cheers of boys and girls

Before long, all the female 1500-meter runners from grades one, two, and three were standing in an arc on the starting line.