Huo Yuxiu stood under the tree's shade, his grim face was very distant, a pair of deep eyes looked at Yan Anran, his thin lips slightly opened: "You want to team up with me?"
Yan Anran nodded: "Well, let's run three kilometers together."
Huo Yuxiu looked behind him: "Aren't you already teaming up with Xu Yu?"
"..."
Yan Anran was reminded of this, he looked back with a little apologetic expression: "Xiao Yu, I am Yu Yu's brother, so I have to take care of him. I'm sorry."
Xu Yu shook his head: "No, it's okay, I can pair with my buddy sitting next to me, but..."
He lowered his voice and moved closer to Yan Anran.
"Ran Ran, is he really your brother? Why do I think he doesn't care about you."
"..."
Heartbroken.
"It's not that he doesn't care about me." Yan Anran smiled and nodded: "Yu Yu is just not good at expressing his feelings."
Xu Yu:? ?
Are you sure?
Yan Anran ran to Huo Yuxiu in small steps, and he smiled: "Shall we form a team?"
Huo Yuxiu didn't react, but he didn't object either.
The physical education teacher was a relatively strict middle-aged man with a small red whistle hanging around his neck, he was wearing sports clothes, had a tanned and well-built body, and his surname was Wang.
Teacher Wang took out his own stopwatch: "A team of two people, a 3000-meter relay, we will test each team individually, first team, get into your positions."
The children of the first team were already lined up. As the whistle sounded, the boy started to dash out. In fact, children do not have much skill for long-distance running. They always try to run as fast as they can in the first few meters, then they start to slow down their pace after a few hundred meters later.
In the first team, the boy only ran 800 meters, and the remaining 2,200 meters must be completed by his partner.
His partner was a girl, the girl started to slow down before she reached the 500-meter mark. The girl stopped on the field with her head down, her hair was soaked in sweat as it stuck on the back of her neck. She couldn't breathe: "I, I can't run anymore."
Teacher Wang blew the whistle: "Three thousand meters must be completed by two people together!"
The children in this school are all from wealthy or well-known background families. They are usually spoiled and can't handle hardship at all. At this time, the girl immediately walked off the track: "I can't run anymore, I quit!"
The people who were still waiting were silent.
The girl sat directly on the lawn: "I'm exhausted."
Teacher Wang was very calm, he nodded: "You can quit."
All the children looked at him, and Mr. Wang said, "The team just now forfeited, and their PE exam score for this semester is 0."
Once this sentence was announced, it was quiet all around.
Each semester of their school has a physical examination, and the physical education exam can be used as an average score and added to the total score of each subject, and each student's score will be listed and will be published to the public at each general meeting.
So the overall physical education exam is still very important to the children.
The face of the girl who just said that she quit was a bit ugly. However, she had already said that she wanted to quit, it would be quite embarrassing if she was to repent now; Teacher Wang blew his whistle: "Next group."
The next group consisted of two boys. The two of them decided on running 500 meters each, so each would get an equal amount of resting time. They tried to keep that consistent pace until the end of the relay, taking their time to run instead of rushing. At the end of the run, they both were panting in exhaustion, at least they did finish the run.
Everyone found out that to complete this task, it relied heavily on teamwork. As long as everyone helped each other, they could still finish the run. With successful examples, this gave the following groups a sense of reassurance.
The third group was Yan Anran and Huo Yuxiu.
Yan Anran warmed up his body: "Yu Yu, I will run first, I will try to run more!"
Huo Yuxiu said, "It's up to you."
Yan Anran walked to the starting line. He half arched his waist and got into starting position.
The whistle blew!
The person on the track started to run slowly. Unlike the previous ones, Yan Anran didn't take the liberty of rushing forward. His pace was steady and slow. If it weren't that he is not allowed to walk, his speed would be even slower. .
The students behind whispered:
"Is this all right?"
"The teacher didn't stop him."
"Anran doesn't seem to be tired at all running like this"
Yan Anran was actually getting tired. In fact, his physical strength was really not good. The first three hundred meters was indeed okay, but as time went on, his physical strength was slowly overdrawn, his heart was bursting, and he was having difficulty breathing. He felt that his throat was getting very dry, making him eager to drink water, but he could only lick his lips.
Three hundred meters.
Yan Anran was at his limit, he pretty much had used up all of his strength by now, sweat began to slide down his forehead, the beating of his heart accelerated, and he opened his mouth to gasp for air as he ran.
When passing by Teacher Wang, he heard the teacher's calm voice: "Pinch your lips together and adjust your breathing through your mouth."
Yan Anran was taken aback.
He tried to follow the teacher's advice, but he was even more tired. What the teacher said should be right, but he couldn't bear it. In the end, he opened his mouth and gasped for air as he ran. Yan Anran understood the girl's struggle very well now. Quitting was very tempting; but, he was the older brother, and the younger brother was still behind. If he did not complete his part, the younger brother would have to run a lot.
Sweat soaked through his clothes, Yan Anran strode hard. In the sun, the sweat slipped down and fell on his eyelashes. He stretched out the back of his hand and wiped his eyes, which caused him to staggering.
At this moment the whistle rang!
Yan Anran was startled, turned his face to look at the teacher, why would he blow his whistle.
Teacher Wang sat down and gestured: "Huo Yuxiu gets ready."
With the second whistle, a figure stepped out from the starting point, Huo Yuxiu's pace was steady, his running speed was not slow, his posture was uniform and brisk.
Soon, the two met in the middle.
Yan Anran stretched out his hand hesitantly and his gaze followed Huo Yuxiu's figure: "Yu Yu..."
Huo Yuxiu glanced at him, seeming to look at him up and down, but he ran past him without saying a word.
In this relay, Yan Anran ran 600 meters and Huo Yuxiu ran 2,400 meters. When the boy stopped, his face was not flushed, or breathless, or even sweating, as if it was just a simple warm-up exercise.
The other people who had finished the relay run were catching their breath and resting on the lawn, Huo Yuxiu stood aside, his refreshing aura was out of place compared with others.
Inevitably the children felt it was unfair:
"Why does Yuxiu not seem to be tired at all, is this normal at all?"
"Is he a monster? It's terrifying."
"Shhh...I've seen this on TV before. People like him are all problematic."
"Be quiet, don't let him hear you, Huo Group is quite powerful, and my family has asked me to be on good terms with him."
"What are you afraid of? How could he hear us when he's so far away? If it weren't because of the Huo family, with his attitude, who would want to talk to him. I wonder if he is a mute or something, he doesn't seem to speak at all."
Huo Yuxiu leaned against the railing of the playground and he was playing with a small red rope. He was about seven or eight meters away from the group; logically speaking, if the voice of the child over there was a little lower, he would not be able to hear it.
But even if he did not deliberately listen to their conversation, he could hear them clearly.
Noisy.
Boring.
"Hey." There was a gentle voice, and Yan Anran handed a few water bottles to the children: "What are you talking about?"
When the children saw Yan Anran, they all said: "We are talking about Huo Yuxiu, Ran Ran, don't you think he is strange? He didn't get tired from running and did not sweat. Did you notice that he did not get red or out of breath after running two kilometers! It's terrifying!"
Huo Yuxiu's fingertips paused slightly.
Yan Anran listened quietly. He looked not far away. The young boy stood there quietly, with no one around him. He lowered his head slightly and looked at the things in his hands, as if he was not interested in this place, nor he did not care about his surroundings.
Yan Anran held the water bottle and smiled slightly: "That's because Yu Yu has super powers."
The children were taken aback.
"You know those heroes in those TV dramas. They somehow obtain this power they have, but they are also very troubled with this ability. In the end, the heroes will use their super power to eliminate evil for the people and become well respected, they are here to protect everyone." Yan Anran's voice was gentle and soothing, and it had a very reliable and reassuring power: "Just like I couldn't run just now, Yu Yu protected me."
The children thought Anran makes sense!
"Gosh, can Yu Yu fly? Can he fight little monsters?"
"Will a villain try to kill him? Then what should we do?"
Yan Anran said seriously: "We have to pretend that we don't know, and don't tell anyone, so that the bad guys won't know about Yu Yu's existence."
"It makes sense!"
"Then are we going to talk to Yu Yu?"
"No." Yan Anran tried to coax them: "If Yu Yu doesn't want to tell us, we have to pretend that we do not know and protect him quietly. If he learns that we know, he may transfer to another school. It's always like this on TV dramas."
"Oh my god, you are right, we should all protect Yu Yu secretly, right?"
"Ah, now that you say it, the reason he doesn't speak to us is because he is afraid that bad people will hurt us, that's what they show on TV."
Yan Anran smiled and calmed the crowd: "I guessed so too, maybe Yu Yu is physically strong. Some people are sick and won't sweat."
Everyone now basically thought that Yu Yu must be a great hero protagonist. Children who are in fifth grade, no matter how preconscious are the children's minds, they also have the most imaginative minds, and they believe in the heroes on TV dramas and cartoons.
Yan Anran stood next to Huo Yuxiu only after reaching an agreement with everyone, and he passed the water bottle in his hand: "You want some water?"
Huo Yuxiu glanced at him lightly: "I'm not thirsty."
Yan Anran was a little surprised: "It's so hot today, how can you not be thirsty after running so much? You have to drink plenty of water, or you will get heatstroke."
Huo Yuxiu didn't answer, his whole body was filled with a breath of alienation: "If you need water, that is something for you, but I don't need it."
Yan Anran was taken aback.
"Didn't you hear what they said, I'm a monster." Huo Yuxiu sneered, his voice was flat, without any extra emotions: "You don't need to take care of me, and you don't need to act like my big brother. You can find the teacher to rearrange your seat. I won't tell Dad."
Stay away from me, you don't know what kind of monster I am, why come close to me with a hypocritical appearance.
Then, leave in screaming again?
If so, I would rather you haven't been here.
Standing on the lawn in the scorching sun, Yan Anran was a little bit at a loss. His small white face was flushed from the sun. At this moment, the fingers holding the water bottle clenched unconsciously: "Yu Yu..."
Huo Yuxiu walked directly past him.
Yan Anran took a deep breath on the spot, he hesitated for a while, before deciding to catch up with the person who was walking a few steps away from him, then he shoved the water bottle into the other's hand forcefully.
Huo Yuxiu looked at him in surprise.
And the little face that was still crying just now was full of seriousness, Yan Anran seemed not to be hit by cold words at all, but had a stronger aura: "Whether you are a superman or something, since you are going to school with us, you are a human being. As for us human beings, after running such a long distance, we need to drink some water in this hot weather, so you have to drink too."
Yan Anran pinched his waist: "Next time you run, remember to act like you're catching your breath after running, also bring a mist spray with you and spray some on yourself to make it look like you're sweating."
"Hey, do you even listen to what I say to you? This is dangerous. Do you want to be taken away? I am sitting at the same desk with you, it's not because of my father's instructions. You helped me and protected me when I was running today. So I will also protect you..."
The sun shone on the two kids. After running more than two kilometers, Huo Yuxiu was not hot, but looking at the delicate and beautiful young kid before him, Yan Anran had a pair of wet apricot eyes. It could be that the sun was too bright, he seemed to see light in the other's eyes. Generally speaking, the boy seemed to be preaching, but his voice was soft and fierce, like a cat scratching.
Huo Yuxiu lowered his eyes, feeling a little hot and thirsty.
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