Ducky was down.
Ducky had fallen.
Ducky…
Quack!
After Ducky went down, Ye Shuang and the others went over to check on her.
“Is this where it ends?”
“So frustrating.”
“I was clearly only one step away.” An Shiyaya lay on the bed, gripping the sheets tightly as she spoke.
“You’re the person who threw a shot put zero meters and then twisted your waist. You were a billion steps away from your goal.”
After leaving An Shiyaya in the care of the other school nurses, Ye Shuang and the others returned to the stands to wait for the next event.
“Up next is the women’s 400-meter, Group A. All participating athletes, please report to the starting area.”
Luo Xi’s voice rang out over the loudspeakers.
“Group A?” Ye Shuang seemed to remember something, and his gaze fell on the two fishes. If he remembered correctly, the two fishes had signed up for this event.
Just as Ye Shuang looked over, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi stood up. They slowly made their way down from the stands, one after the other, as if they had already made up their minds.
“Is this Little Yu and Xiaoyi’s race?”
“Yeah. And today, they’re going to settle things once and for all.” Ye Shuang nodded.
“Ehh—”
At this moment, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi were already standing on the track. Since it was the 400-meter, it was just one lap around this track.
“Give up now. Can you even keep up with my speed?” An Shiyu rolled her wrists, bounced lightly in place, and spoke.
“I’m going to outplay you,” Anshi Yi replied.
“Oh? You’re serious?” An Shiyu narrowed her eyes, then smiled. “Looks like you’ve forgotten who’s the elder and who’s the younger.”
Soon, all the athletes took their places in their respective lanes. An Shiyu and Anshi Yi had been assigned lanes one and two.
If they were judging purely by physical advantages, An Shiyu actually had the edge—at least when it came to running.
“Now, the women’s 400-meter, Business C Group event is about to begin. We have… Huh? Chairman, you want the microphone… Bzzzt—”
“Go, my precious granddaughters~~~”
At that moment, Grandpa An Shi’s figure appeared directly on the giant screen. He was still wearing that outrageously flashy pink T-shirt. In his left hand, he held a sign reading “❤Little Yu❤,” and in his right, one reading “❤Xiaoyi❤.” The scarf around his head bore the words: “My precious granddaughters are the strongest in the world.”
Wearing something like that would have been bad enough, but he had even used the stadium’s giant screen to show off the entire outfit.
As for the students in the stands, they had long since grown accustomed to this scene. Everyone knew that their chairman was a hardcore granddaughter fanatic.
Nothing unusual here.
What harm could one silly old man do?
As the main participants—and especially as the two people being watched by everyone—An Shiyu and Anshi Yi did not look particularly pleased. Xiaoyi, however, had a stronger tolerance for this sort of thing and recovered quickly. An Shiyu, on the other hand, clenched her fists before finally taking a deep breath and forcing herself to calm down.
But in the very next second, Anshi Yilang made a rustling sound, and three or four fans printed with cartoon portraits of An Shiyu and Anshi Yi suddenly appeared on his body. He then began dancing in place.
“Eh, eh, eh-eh-oh.”
“Go, go, go!” Grandpa An Shi had gained quite a bit of weight recently, and the way he twisted and danced was actually rather… coquettish. More accurately, it was painfully embarrassing to watch.
“Chairman, please don’t interfere with the athletes’ competition.”
“W-wait—”
In the end, several other members of the board dragged him away, his face covered in embarrassment.
“Wait! Charge forward with Grandpa’s power! Go, go, go!!!!”
The screen instantly went dark. Quite a few students in the stands broke into a cold sweat.
This was just a running event, wasn’t it? Why did he make it sound like they were heading into the final battle of the entire story?
Once Grandpa An Shi had been escorted away, the broadcast finally became quiet again.
“Er… Thank you to the chairman for cheering on our lovely athletes. All right, let’s continue with the event.” Luo Xi took the microphone back, her cheeks faintly red. She cleared her throat.
“Ahem. All contestants, please get ready.”
Through the microphone, the sound of Grandpa An Shi struggling could still be heard faintly—something about his granddaughters being the cutest in the world, and telling them to let him go.
Ye Shuang and the others in the stands were all covered in black lines.
“This old man… Has he never wondered why Little Yu and Xiaoyi aren’t close to him?” Ye Shuang thought silently. He had to admit that the old man was a little too weird. Still, Ye Shuang was already used to it. He had seen something similar at the previous sports meet.
He just hadn’t expected Anshi Yilang to broadcast himself to the entire audience.
After the little interruption, the referee prepared to raise the starting pistol.
Bang!
At the sound of the gunshot, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi shot forward at the same time. Their speed was incredible. In an instant, they opened up a huge gap between themselves and the other girls behind them!
The girls who had started running after them were dumbfounded. They had only just thrown themselves into their sprints, yet the two in front had already run far ahead.
Seriously?
Did you two have rocket boosters?
Even so, An Shiyu was still a step ahead of Anshi Yi.
Just as she had said, Anshi Yi couldn’t catch her when it came to speed.
An Shiyu was about to claim the victory when a burst of static suddenly came over the loudspeaker.
“Bzzzt… So what if I like older men?”
The familiar voice made An Shiyu freeze for a moment.
That voice…
Was that me?
When did they…?
An Shiyu’s mind fell into disarray for several seconds. Her hands and feet seemed to stop obeying her, and she stumbled several times, nearly falling over.
“Go~” Anshi Yi grinned from the lane beside her. It was as if she had been prepared for this all along. Taking advantage of An Shiyu’s momentary loss of coordination, she instantly overtook her!
At that moment, An Shiyu finally understood what “I’m going to outplay you” meant.
Playing dirty!
Watching the long ponytail bouncing in front of her, killing intent flashed through An Shiyu’s eyes. Her hands and feet seemed to leave afterimages as she rapidly closed the distance!
The two soon returned to running side by side—
“My goodness! The athletes in lanes one and two are incredibly fast. They’re at least half a track ahead of the others.”
“They’re neck and neck now.”
“They’re approaching the finish line!”
With Luo Xi’s startled cry, An Shiyu and Anshi Yi crossed the finish line at exactly the same time!
“Let’s see who came in first!”
The giant screen lit up again. In the replay captured by the high-speed camera, Anshi Yi’s schoolbag, being slightly larger, crossed the line first!
“Well, looks like having a little extra padding came in handy.” Anshi Yi watched the replay on the screen and teased her.
“Hmph. Just you wait.” An Shiyu merely snorted.
She didn’t hold it against Anshi Yi for using such an underhanded tactic. After all, the two of them had tacitly agreed that anything went. Even though An Shiyu was a little annoyed, she wasn’t going to keep making an issue of it.
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