Chapter 28: School Sports Day 05

Chapter 28

【How could you snatch Shen Qiuyi's script!】

【Who told me to be a helpful good girl?】

【.....】

Shen Qiuyi could clearly feel Yan Xi's strain on her back.

Yan Xi's body was not short at all, standing at 5'6", and Shen Qiuyi was not short either, at about the same height.

The two had similar body types. For Yan Xi, especially for her weak body, it was a very large burden.

She's so skinny.

Shen Qiuyi could feel the bones on Yan Xi's back through the layer of clothing.

She looked like she hadn't been eating well.

Yan Xi carried the girl all the way, jogging a stretch.

The girl's breathing grew increasingly heavy, sweat sliding down the back of her neck, her vision somewhat blocked by her disheveled hair.

With every step, her feet shook.

"Yan Xi, put me down," Shen Qiuyi said weakly, resting her pale face on Yan Xi's shoulder.

Shen Qiuyi felt the pain in her feet grow sharper, the wound chafing against the fabric, almost unbearably painful.

She unconsciously grabbed a handful of Yan Xi's clothes.

"...Don't...don't talk..." Yan Xi took a deep breath. She could feel the deteriorating condition of the person on her back.

"Shen Qiuyi, endure it a little longer, we'll be there soon."

In her pained daze, Shen Qiuyi heard these words. She suddenly, inexplicably, felt like crying.

She hadn't cried when she lost the race just now, when Zhu Yayi left her behind alone after she fell on the track, unable to get up with no one around.

She didn't know where this feeling came from.

The girl ran swiftly, even as every inch of muscle in her legs screamed in pain.

Yan Xi ran for who knows how long before finally arriving at the infirmary.

"Yan Xi?" Ji Yao, wearing a white doctor's coat, looked at the two people who rushed in with some surprise.

Yan Xi was too out of breath to speak. She felt like her lungs would give out at any moment. Her hands holding Shen Qiuyi were numb, her legs lightly trembling.

"Please...take good care of her...her legs are injured. I still have a competition to get to...I'll get going first." She had no interest in finding out why Ji Yao was here either.

Yan Xi placed the now deathly pale Shen Qiuyi, who looked like she would faint at any second, onto the hospital bed.

"Take good care of her." Having said this, Yan Xi walked out the door.

【Pandora, maximize my agility.】

【Are...are you sure?】 Pandora was frightened.

【Your legs are already at their limit. You want to max it out! You'll cripple your legs!】

The extreme value adjustments in the system didn't just require an extreme price. There were also consequences. Last time when Yan Xi increased her strength to press down Zhao Fangdian, the price was that her hands hurt for a whole night afterwards.

It was the kind of pain reaching into the flesh, tendons and bones.

That was still a short period of use. If used for longer, her hands may have become completely crippled.

The instant the system warning sounded in Yan Xi's mind, her legs turned soft and weak, as if she was carrying 8 pounds of firewood. Pain exploded in her lungs. Every breath felt like knives flaying her lungs.

Agonizing soreness flooded her body, freezing her movements for a beat. Yan Xi instinctively psyched herself up.

Endure...

Yan Xi bit down hard on her lower lip, tasting a hint of blood. Paying no heed, she continued to push herself.

She overtook the runner-up. With 10m to go she was right on the heels of first place.

She couldn't lose!

【Open it again! Pandora! Do it!】

Having been yelled at by her for the first time, Pandora reflexively activated it for her again.

Yan Xi was breathing with all her might. Her mind contained only a moment of terrifying determination—she must, absolutely, win!

Closer and closer!

Just a little more!

"Beep!"

The sound marking the finish line rang out as the race ended.

She lost.

She lost...

What a useless trash she was!

Yan Xi dug her nails deep into her palm again until blood seeped out, her gaze somewhat blank.

It's fine...

It was over. She didn't have to win per se...

Over...

Yan Xi suddenly shuddered all over, unable to stop trembling. She desperately suppressed these abnormal signs.

After who knew how long, she suddenly heard Zhou Zhou's mocking voice from overhead.

It seemed Zhou Zhou had also just run over from the broadcasting room, with Yan Xi's class still trailing far behind to find her.

"Yo, if it isn't our transfer student..." Zhou Zhou had won the shuttlecock kicking competition and was more than happy to see Yan Xi discomforted.

Letting her make him lose face until it reached the Pacific Ocean, he couldn't not mock her a bit in return.

"I admit defeat. You won." Yan Xi cut him off, walking straight past him.

The pain made her thoughts almost incoherent. Sweat slid down her face, yet Yan Xi maintained a nonchalant appearance.

Seeing Yan Xi's expressionless face, Zhou Zhou felt somewhat irritated.

"Transfer student!" Zhou Zhou's voice grew urgent and impatient, even he did not know why.

"Wait for the striptease dance."

His words were malicious again.

Upon hearing this, Yan Xi hesitated, suppressing the trembling weakness in her legs. She did not respond to him, and continued walking without turning back.

If maintaining contact required only malice, she had always been quite unconcerned.