Pay Attention To Me

Chapter 38

"You want me to lose on purpose? Have you ever thought about whether I'd feel upset?"

"You know?"

"How could I not, do you really think that I'm that thoughtless?"

Yin Che remained silent for a moment, then retreated back to his first request, "Then don't mock him, okay? Especially don't say your my......you know what."

Jiang Yao took a step closer, "What am I?"

"Don't ask when you already know. My di is my...... most important person, I owe him so much."

Jiang Yao looked at him for a long time, "Then you have to remember, you'll also owe me a favor, I'll come back for it someday."

The Class 1 PE teacher blew his whistle, "Male students, come gather up!"

The girls who'd just finished the 800-meter test sat in the grass to rest. Those with poor physical strength were short of breath, but they all raised their heads to watch when they heard the boys were about to be timed.

"Can Jiang Yao win?"

"I think......Yin Ze was too fast this time."

"Didn't he break Yin Ze's record at the sports meet last time? Maybe he can do it again this time?"

......

The bet between the two guys had already spread between the two classes long ago. There was nothing else amusing going on before the exams, so tons of students were joining in the fun.

Han Meng stood on the starting line and clapped Jiang Yao on the back, "Bring an end to the domineering strength of that stinky didi, make him realize that there are still other people outside the peak of his mountain."

Jiang Yao smiled, pushed up his glasses, and said nothing in reply.

As soon as the whistle sounded, the pack of guys at the starting line rushed forward. Even before they reached the half-lap point, an obvious gap had widened between them.

From beginning to end, Jiang Yao led the pack.

"3:19!"

When the result was called, Chen YingYing slapped her thigh, "Ai! Such a small difference!"

The girl next to her commented, "The school grass really is the school grass."

"Yeah, seems like what happened at the sports meet last time was just a coincidence......"

Chen YingYing countered, "What are you talking about? 3 minutes, 19 seconds is still really amazing, okay?! It's also a perfect score!"

Although the final results on the test record were both 'full marks', everyone knew that Jiang Yao had lost.

Yin Ze had also come over to hear the results. Chin almost pointed to the sky, he said, "Overestimated your capabilities."

Jiang Yao shifted the bangs that had been blown out of their place back down, then turned to walk towards him. He shrugged nonchalantly, "If you agree to bet, you must agree to admit defeat³."

"Did you see, Ge, he's so inferior, how could he be stronger than me? If you associate with this kind of guy, you'll be brainwashed by him."

After waiting for the two classes of students who were watching the excitement to scatter again, Yin Che studied Jiang Yao with a complicated expression, then finally decided to give him a kick, "Who made you lose on purpose? I said you shouldn't mock him, did you not understand what you heard?"

Jiang Yao didn't dodge away, bearing through the pain of the kick, "If I'd won, he would've definitely been upset. If he got upset, he'd get angry at you and you'd be in a bad mood too. I don't want to make you unhappy."

"But what about you?" Yin Che looked at him, "Aren't you unhappy?"

"That fact that you care if I'm unhappy or not makes me incredibly happy. Plus now you'll owe me a favor." Jiang Yao winked slyly, "This Friday night, got it?"

"......"

Turns out he planned this all along.

Yin Che clenched his jaw, "I got it, I'll go."

"Good." Jiang Yao felt relieved, "Can I ask you one more little thing?"

"Ask."

"If your stinky didi is your most important person, then am I the second most important person?"

"......no."

"The third?"

"No."

"Then what number am I?"

Yin Che put a hand to his forehead, feeling like a headache was coming on, "I don't know."

"Then just treat me as the hundredth." Jiang Yao suddenly drew near. He bent down, propping his knees, and looked up at his face from below a bit.

He smiled brightly, "You have to know that I can run really fast, so even if I'm currently in the hundredth place right now, I can definitely catch up to first place. Your di should watch out.

"Ah, but you're actually the one who should watch out.

"Because when I win first place......you'll be my prize."

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Footnotes:
1. Not listening... (不听不听，王八念经): internet slang/meme from a 80s nursery rhyme (usually with pic of a psyduck covering its ears), means if someone doesn't agree, they cover their ears and pretend not to hear it ↩
2. Worthless (一无是处): lacking a single good point ↩
3. Agree to a bet... (愿赌服输): idiom, if one participates in a gamble willingly, one has to bear the consequences of losing ↩

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😦 I wanted him to win....