How rude, we are pure love!

"What if I still want to escape?" The girl looked up at him, blinking her eyelashes.

"Then I will help you in the nearest place until you succeed." Qingye said without hesitation.

"Will you make my confession successful?" the girl asked again.

"No, that's not what I meant." Qingye shook his head.

"what does that mean?"

Qingye said softly:

"I will allow you to run happily without having to hide from the complicated feelings you have right now, and I will allow you to do so."

He smiled an extremely bright smile.

"It will make you smile with nostalgia and sigh 'it was so beautiful' when you look back on this youthful secret love ten years later, instead of burying it deep in your heart and sighing with regret every time you think of it."

Qingye held out his hand to her.

"Now, I'm going to use the orders of the loser that day—"

"Let's get this over with."

Clang, the sound of glass breaking rang in my head.

The world seemed to shine with colorful lights.

My eyes couldn't help but feel hot.

Really.

She squeezed the offered hand.

Under the dim light, the two hands loosened in the air, then turned into fists and gently touched each other.

"--OK."

She exhaled warm breath and smiled warmly.

"Let us move forward together."

--Then.

The stagnant time seemed to begin to flow.

At this moment, she clearly realized...

Ah, I really like passionate and strong people.

045. Comforting Ba Nai Jian [Two in One]

That night, after parting with Qingye, Shaoyan Lemon was so excited that she couldn't stop. With her whole body hot, she chose to run to school and run a few laps first.

When she ran the second lap, she heard a puzzled voice.

"What are you doing at school this late, Lemon?"

A good-looking female coach came over.

"I just suddenly felt like running for a while..." Lemon stopped on the track and smiled foolishly.

"Hmm? So enthusiastic today? Then I'll practice with you for another half an hour."

The coach raised an eyebrow and said, then she went to the vending machine to buy a can of coffee, and then stood at the finish line of the track, holding the timer in one hand.

After about three minutes, she pressed the stopwatch, looked at the girl in front of her with a bright smile, and couldn't help asking:

"Lemon, did anything good happen to you?"

"Huh? Teacher, how did you know that?"

"Because it's too obvious, idiot. You haven't stopped smiling since just now. And, even without spikes, your time is almost as fast as it has been in the past few days."

"Oh... is that so?"

Shaoyan Lemon was stunned. Seeing this, the coach next to him turned on the front camera of his mobile phone and handed it to the girl. Under the bright light, a beautiful face shining brightly appeared on the screen - the girl in the phone was smiling.

At this moment, if an ordinary girl was standing here, she would probably deny it shyly, but Lemon nodded and admitted it readily.

"Yes! Coach!"

"Anyway, it's good to be refreshed." The coach smiled. "Looks like we don't have to worry about tomorrow's game."

Lemon nodded vigorously. I will definitely win tomorrow, and then...

*

The next day, Saturday.

Today is the preliminary competition between the track and field department and other schools. The competition venue is on the playground of Lemon School. As it is getting close to the afternoon, athletes from both schools are warming up.

Lemon did not specifically invite Yanami and Kiyono to watch the game. After all, for athletes, such practice games are just commonplace. Secondly, there is really nothing interesting about a sprint of more than ten seconds. As soon as one side shouts "Come on," the other side has already finished the race.

But even so, Yanaijian still switched shifts with others and came to the school - mainly because Lemon's previous condition was a little worrying, while Qingye continued to work in the restaurant. He believed that the girl no longer needed him to go to the scene in person.

The blue-haired girl stood a little further away, carefully observing Lemon's condition, but she saw that the other members of the track and field club and the club coach surrounded the girl with serious faces, as if they were discussing something.

Lemon...something's wrong?

Ba Nai's heart tightened when she saw this. Although she knew that she could not help much if she went over now, she still rushed over worriedly.

"Excuse me, what happened?"

Everyone's attention shifted over, and Lemon in the crowd also raised her head and smiled at her, signaling her not to worry.

"I just forgot to bring my spikes!"

“Isn’t this terrible!?”

Banaijian couldn't help but scream. Even a sports idiot like her knew how important familiar sports equipment was to the game.

"It's okay, I can borrow another member's spikes."

Shaoyan Lemon's expression was quite calm - although she was a little flustered when she first discovered it, because she had placed her hopes on this match for her promise with Qingye, but she quickly returned to her usual self.

She remembered Qingye's encouragement to her.

These are minor issues, nothing to worry about.

Real determination will not be shaken by such trivial matters.

"Now is not the time to say that. Isn't this game very important to you? Lemon, where did you forget your shoes? I'll see if I can get them for you."

The girl said decisively, just like the handsome male protagonist.

"Well... I think I accidentally forgot it in Aqing's bicycle basket yesterday. It's probably too late now." Lemon scratched his head.

"Kyono-kun?"

Ba Naijian's expression froze for a moment, then he regained his composure and quickly took out his phone: "I'll see if I can get him to deliver it to you!"

"We can let other team members play first and adjust Lemon to the end." The coach then said that there are usually three team members participating in the short-distance race, plus other long-distance races and warm-up exercises, which can buy some time.

The blue-haired girl nodded and dialed the restaurant's number - she didn't have Qingye's cell phone number.

*

Qingye was running between the kitchen and the front hall, sweating profusely, and didn't even have time to drink a sip of water.

When his senior informed him of the news, he immediately rushed into the lounge.

Both of them were very excited yesterday and unconsciously neglected a lot of things, including this pair of spiked shoes. He deliberately put them in the lounge and planned to return them to her in the next two days - but he forgot that today was a weekend.

"If you want to compete, just tell me earlier..."

Qingye hurriedly picked up his muddy spiked shoes and called to the older sister who was resting, "Senpai Ono, I suddenly have something urgent to deal with. Please help me rotate the work. I will take over your shift tonight!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he rushed out of the lounge.

"Oh, that's no problem, but..." The older sister blinked and looked at the boy in work clothes in front of her, "You should change your clothes before going..."

Qingye trotted outside, wiped the sweat off his face, threw his spiked shoes into the basket of the bike, and got on the bike himself - he didn't know if he would be in time, so he could only do his best.

He stepped hard on the pedal.

Fortunately, he remembered the address of Banaijian School.

*

Time passes little by little.

On the playground, the track and field teams of the two schools had finished all their competitions, and only the Salt and Lemon group was left.

"The score of the short-distance race is one to one..." The tall female coach frowned. Now the key to victory lies on Lemon.

Lemon is the ace of their club, and she is more than capable of making it to the national competition. In the past, she would not have worried at all, but now that she is not used to wearing spikes, the chances of failure are too high.

"Okay, it's my turn. Give me your shoes, Xiaohai."

Shaoyan Lemon subconsciously glanced across the playground, then turned his gaze back and said with a smile.

It would be best if Qingye could show up, but if she can't show up in time, she will run with all her strength with the other person's feelings.

"That's all we can do." The coach shook his head.

Not far away, Banaijian was staring at the entrance anxiously. Wasn't the time really too tight? When she was sure that Qingye couldn't make it, she felt helpless and a hint of relief that she didn't even notice.

Lemon squatted down and took off his shoes.

The sunlight in the sky shines through the gaps in the layers of clouds and falls gently.

at this time--

"Burning salt!"

The sudden shout instantly attracted everyone's attention. Lemon looked up and saw a bicycle speeding towards them, with dust raised by the tires flying in the air.

Lemon stood up and his throat moved.

Because the boy was wearing a restaurant staff uniform, which was stained with food and sauce, and he was sweating profusely but holding a pair of shoes.

"The game hasn't started yet, take it." Qingye threw the spikes over.

Lemon caught the spiked shoes, walked up to him, blinked, and said calmly, "Aren't you working?"

"It's just past the peak period, otherwise you wouldn't be able to see the hero appear." Qingye let out a long sigh.

"I can still smell the fumes from frying tempura on you... Thank you."

Lemon changed her shoes and tied them tightly. Then, she took a step forward and whispered in the boy's ear:

"Now, if I'll just take up a little more of your time, please just watch here. I'm going to win this for you."

Looking at Qingye's stunned expression, she smiled mischievously and ran back to the track full of energy.

The body is so light.

I feel very relaxed.

She can definitely do anything now.

She stepped onto the starting blocks.

The breeze gently blew the girl's hair.

The coach's bright voice echoed across the playground.

"preparation--"

"start!"

*

With her full firepower, Burnt Salt Lemon naturally won the first place. With the full buff blessing, she even pulled away from her opponent for a full second, which made everyone sigh at how terrifying it was.

Seeing that Lemon was back to full shape, Qingye felt relieved - it was no wonder that he was such a talker and ran a red light while riding a bike.

After the game, the track and field club went to celebrate together, while Qingye pushed his bicycle and walked back with Yanami.