Ichinose, you will regret it.

Uesugi Gen greeted without changing his expression, then took a step forward and moved a distance to the left like a crab, trying to bypass Ichinose's obstruction.

But Ichinose, with a smile on his face and his hands behind his back, also took a small step sideways, blocking Uesugi Gen's way again.

"..."

Looking at Ichinose who was smiling warmly and kindly in front of him, Uesugi Gen suddenly had a bad feeling and asked hurriedly.

"Hobo, is there anything wrong? Class will start soon."

At this moment, Ichinose finally revealed her true purpose. She slowly stretched out her hands, which had been behind her back at the beginning, in front of her body and clasped them together.

"Hey... Gen-kun, let's go together."

"Participating in what?"

"Mixed men and women, two-legged tripod."

really!

Uesugi Gen silently took a small step back and began to persuade.

"Well, that's not good. Neither of us has excellent physical abilities."

Indeed, in the school files, Uesugi Gen and Ichinose Honami both had a C in physical ability, and there were many students in the class who were stronger than them.

Ichinose tilted her head and quickly gave a rebuttal.

"I was in the track and field club when I was in middle school, so I'm pretty confident in my speed."

"What about me, Fanbo, you know I'm a homebody who never leaves the house and I'm very weak."

As Uesugi Gen spoke, he coughed several times as if he was in a dramatic mood.

"That's not necessarily the case."

Ichinose spoke meaningfully.

She walked slowly to Uesugi Gen and poked the muscles of Uesugi Gen's arm with her slender fingers.

"When Yuan-jun carried me on his back on the cruise ship last time, even my breathing rhythm didn't get disrupted."

In response, Uesugi Gen continued to argue calmly.

"That's because the sail was unexpectedly light. Actually, I was already very tired at that time."

Uesugi Gen's desperate refusal made Ichinose puff up her cheeks a little unhappily.

"Gen-kun, don't you want to compete with me?"

Uesugi Gen quickly replied.

"How could that be? There's no way I wouldn't want to participate in the competition with Fanbo. It's just that it would be a bit unfair to our classmates if we participated like this."

"There must be people in the class who want to participate in this competition. It wouldn't be nice to just let them participate without asking them first."

After hearing Uesugi Gen's answer, Ichinose immediately regained his energetic look.

"Since Gen-kun is willing to compete with me, that's fine."

Then he smiled.

"No, not a single person in the class wants to participate in the mixed three-legged race. So as class leaders, we can only take responsibility and fill in this event that no one is participating in."

"..."

Uesugi Gen fell silent.

The mixed three-legged race, a competition where girls can openly compete with each other, is definitely a popular event, okay? How could there be no one signing up?

The only explanation is...

Uesugi Gen looked at the smiling girl in front of him with an expressionless face, then turned his head to look at the classroom which had become quiet at some point.

So, you guys are teaming up to trick me, right?

Wait for me!

But I lost, and it wasn't a bad thing that these guys teamed up to cheat me this time. At least they weren't as soft-hearted as they were at the beginning of the school year.

Uesugi Gen sighed and took Ichinose's little hand.

"The sun is so strong, the next month will be very hard."

"It's okay, it's okay. Because Yuan-jun is here, it won't happen at all."

117

Chapter 117 How could this be?

In physical education class.

As if to give students time to participate in the sports festival, the physical education teacher briefly reviewed the previous lessons and then left the class to the students to move freely.

There are four events in the recommendation competition, namely borrowing competition, four-way tug-of-war, 1200-meter relay race for all grades, and mixed three-legged race for both boys and girls.

Since the competition of borrowing objects is a game that relies purely on luck, the mixed male and female pairs of three teams test the tacit cooperation between the two people.

The only things left to be tested were the four-way tug-of-war and the 1200-meter relay race for the entire grade, so the test ended much earlier than expected.

After finishing the test, the students in the original Class B also started the corresponding exercises very consciously.

at the same time.

Ichinose was already running towards Uesugi Gen with the straps in hand at a brisk pace.

It seems impossible to leave the exercises until the next class.

Uesugi Gen sat in a chair and sighed as he thought.

"Gen-kun, let's go."

Ichinose, with an excited smile on her face, grabbed Uesugi Gen's hand and ran towards the track.

There's no other way. Now that things have come to this, I can't let this girl down.

Uesugi Gen shook his head and started running after Ichinose, reminding him as he ran.

"Don't run so fast. We still have practice to do later. You'll be very tired if you run so fast."

It was only at this time that Uesugi Gen discovered it.

The mature and steady Ichinose Honoki who appeared at the beginning of the school year had disappeared at some point, leaving only the girl in front of him who was jumping and skipping with him like a little bird.

……

In order to avoid being damaged by the sun's AOE range, Uesugi Gen specially found a shady place.

The first practice session for the two of them probably won't be smooth. It's impossible for them to run fast all at once, so they need to stay here and work on their rapport first.

"Give me the straps and I'll tie them."

Uesugi Gen extended his palm towards Ichinose.

Ichinose handed the bandage in his hand to Uesugi Gen with a smile.

Uesugi Gen maintained a half-squatting position and slowly wrapped the straps around his own legs and Ichinose's legs.

Although he had long been accustomed to Ichinose's vanilla-like body odor, the faint fragrance still made Uesugi Gen involuntarily speed up his breathing.

"How is it, does it feel tight?"

"It's not tight, Gen-kun is very gentle."

Uesugi Gen just turned his head to look at Ichinose, but Ichinose had already squatted beside Uesugi Gen, with his arms folded, looking at Uesugi Gen who was lying quietly on the ground.

"..."

For a moment, no one spoke. Legs touching legs, arms touching arms, they just stared at each other quietly, so close that they could feel each other's breath...

I do not know how long it has been.

"that……"

Uesugi Gen was the first to speak in the silence.

"Honami, why don't we practice next time."

The two of them had changed from squatting to sitting next to each other on the ground.

"do not want!"

Ichinose continued to stare at Uesugi Gen intently.

"Just wait a moment."

"Have you seen enough?"

"Wait a moment..."

"Isn't it enough?"

"not yet……"

……

"Um, Honami-san, there are only five minutes left before get out of class ends."

Uesugi Gen reminded helplessly.

"Woo..."

Ichinose Honoki, startled awake, let out a cute cry, "How could time have flown so quickly!"

"There are only five minutes left. Even practicing won't produce the desired results. Let's go back."

As Uesugi Gen said this, he reached out to untie the straps around their legs.

At this moment, Ichinose stretched out his hand to stop Uesugi Gen's actions.

"Well...at least, a little practice."

Ichinose's pretty face flushed and she looked at Uesugi Gen a little embarrassedly.

"Well, at least I can take some mental solace in not wasting this class time."

"It's all Gen-kun's fault."

"Okay, it's all my fault."

Uesugi Gen touched Ichinose's little head like he was coaxing a child, then stood up and brushed the dust off his clothes.

"Be careful, your legs might get—"

Before he could finish his words, Ichinose, who was halfway to his feet, began to stagger and lean forward.

Uesugi Gen was quick-witted and quick-handed. He turned around and took Ichinose into his arms.

"boom!"

The two men fell to the ground.

Uesugi Gen held Ichinose in his arms, looked at the white clouds that appeared and disappeared in the gaps between the leaves, and said something with emotion.

"Sure enough, I guessed it wouldn't be that simple, so I specially chose this piece of grass."

After binding the legs, the participants' center of gravity changes, and the remaining two legs alone have to support the weight of two people, making balance more difficult.

Especially when turning, accelerating or decelerating, this rapid change in center of gravity can easily cause instability and greatly increase the risk of falling.

It is obvious that the two people do not belong to the above situation. There is a very common saying for their situation - falling on flat ground.

"Fanbo, try again next class. Maybe the feng shui of this land is not good today."

A slightly unwilling voice sounded in Uesugi Gen's arms.

"try again!"

"Now there's a problem..."

"Hmm? What's the problem?"

"How do we stand up now?"

Two people and three legs, Ichinose is in Uesugi Gen's arms...

If the two of them fell to the ground normally, with Ichinose in Uesugi Gen's arms, they could stand up separately.