Chapter 54

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Hai Xiu couldn’t help laughing. Feng Fei had some anxiety in his heart “Hey… about the other people who took the make-up classes. Will they tell other people? Saying that I stupidly went to go to make-up lessons with the top students?”

“No, no, they won’t.” Hai Xiu inwardly commented ‘How could they not?

Feng Fei thought for a moment and then relaxed a bit nodding “True.”

Hai Xiu secretly snickered and checked his schedule again. His brows slightly furrowed “Morning self-study… 7:00 to 7:30, first class 8:00 to 8:45…”

Feng Fei was confused “En? What are you talking about?”

Hai Xiu pointed at the time on the schedule “There’s a 30 minute gap between the morning self-study and first class… what’s it for? Is 7:30 supposed to be 7:50?” 2Lsu9R

Feng Fei had just casually copied down what was written on the board and hadn’t really thought about it. Now looking at it he was also surprised. He got up and went up to the podium to check and told Hai Xiu “It wasn’t a typo, 7:30 really is written on the paper on the podium.”

Hai Xiu still didn’t understand and when Feng Fei walked back to the desk he said “The teacher probably made a mistake at the start of the school year it’s always like this with scheduling mistakes. It’ll definitely be changed.”

As the two were talking a faculty member walked in and pinned a Gaokao countdown board by the black board. Feng Fei was dumbfounded “This is a bit overboard right.” 

“Oh! That’s right, the last semester of senior year the school gives every person a cup of milk and an apple during the space between classes.” Feng Fei sighed “Unless you have an allergy, you have to finish them. The head teacher even checks.”  y4W8SP

Hai Xiu couldn’t help laughing “Like in kindergarten?”

Feng Fei deliberately teased him “Probably, maybe even if you just crunched an apple too loud you could also get sent to the hallway”

Hai Xiu laughed until his stomach hurt “Ai… senior year.”

Feng Fei grinned  “This is even an improved version. Even when I was in middle school it was like this. At that time it was even more exaggerated with one glass of milk and 2 eggs. Afterwards many people got inflammations (TN:  上火) so it changed into a glass of soy milk and 1 egg. It’s changed many times and from the previous year it’s been an apple and a glass of milk. UldwR2

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Hai Xiu laughed loudly and Feng Fei sighed “The directors and teachers of senior year don’t have it easy either.”

Hai Xiu smiled and looked at Feng Fei who had stopped speaking and Feng Fei grinned “Why are you looking at me like that?” xydCsZ

Hai Xiu shook his head and smiled “It’s nothing, I just thought that you’re much more mature now.”

“I’m not the kind of idiot who can’t differentiate between good and bad. Even though they’ve tortured me not a few times these past years…” The more Feng Fei thought about it the more he felt that he was very reasonable. “Look, I don’t hold any grudges. I’m also sympathetic to the management difficulties the teachers have. No matter how annoying they are, I’ll still fully cooperate with them.” 

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Hai Xiu was very supportive and repeatedly murmured his agreement.

After half an hour Feng Fei stood in the court with a frightening expression on his face. NYwZuW

Hai Xiu followed behind Feng Fei and carefully looked at his expression. Quietly reminding him “Don’t, don’t get angry, you’re so sensible…”

Half an hour earlier after the morning self-study bell rang Ni Meilin punctually walked into the classroom.

With the new semester Ni Meilin held a short class meeting as usual. She said some routine inspiring words at the beginning, Although she wasn’t very good at being sentimental, after so many years of teaching she was already very familiar with raising morale. After the speech the entire class was pumped up. Regardless of whether their grades were good or bad they all felt that as long as they worked hard these last 100 something days the test would be as easy as taking something out of their pockets (TN:Think robe pockets and not sweaty tight jeans pockets 😉 ).  

After the pre-war mobilization was done Ni Meilin explained the changes in the study schedule for the last semester. The first thing she said was what Feng Fei had already told Haixiu. That the school would give extra meals to everyone. She emphasized that every day you had to eat and finish them on time and according to the amount. Milk is not allowed to be quietly poured out, and the director will make a surprise inspection if you eat the entire apple. rM0Ldq

The entire class laughed and Ni Meilin coughed twice before continuing “Also, there’s a new arrangement we added this year.”

Ni Meilin looked at the schedule and said “Every day after the morning self-study class there will be half an hour of blank studying time. This time isn’t for you guys to play. Every day after morning self-study class you guys must immediately go downstairs and the entire class must be on the court within 5 minutes. After counting and making sure everyone is there everyone has to run, boys 1200 meters girls 800. There is no requirement on speed, this is just to increase everyone’s physical fitness. Either run or jog based on your own fitness and there’s no time requirement as long as you aren’t late to your first class. But…”

Ni Meilin glared at everyone “The head teacher will be going downstairs to keep an eye on you guys. If anyone is slacking… you know what I’m like.”

The students all fell silent for an instant and Ni Meilin added “Girls are allowed holidays every month and boys aren’t allowed to leave without special circumstances.” MWhAwY

Ni Meilin swept a glance over Hai Xiu and once again reduced the importance of some other matters. 

……

After morning self-study everyone headed downstairs either excited or complaining. Ni Meilin held Hai Xiu back and once there was no one in the classroom asked whether or not he could participate. Hai Xiu hesitated before nodding.

Ni Meilin looked at Feng Fei who was waiting at the back door of the classroom for Hai Xiu and sighed in her heart. She gently smiled at Hai Xiu “Go.” dHgyu

Feng Fei went downstairs with Hai Xiu and asked to confirm “There’s really nothing wrong?”

Hai Xiu held some vigilance in his heart and was afraid that Feng Fei would notice something and tried to cover it up “There’s no problem, Teacher Ni was just… afraid of delaying my classes. But I think it’s pretty good… exercising with everyone, I… I’ll start to like exercising.”

Feng Fei didn’t know whether to laugh or to cry and nodded his head “Then it’s fine. Actually 1200 meters is just 3 laps. As long as you don’t make a mad sprint you won’t be tired.”

The two of them went downstairs and found that the rest of their class was already lined up. Hai Xiu looked around confusedly and didn’t know where he should stand. Feng Fei directly grabbed the back of Hai Xiu’s collar and dragged him beside him. hMP3Ld

The gym teacher came over to count the number of students and glanced over the group before nodding his head. “Everyone is here. Hey! Your class! He Hao! Feng Fei!”

He Hao looked up blankly “What’s the matter teacher?”

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Feng Fei had been pinching Hai Xiu’s ears and when he heard the teacher call out his name he thought that his small movements had been discovered and quickly let go of Hai Xiu.

The gym teacher said “You two have to run 3000 meters! The rules are that boys have to run 1200 meters, girls have 800 meters, and athletes have 3000 meters. Don’t forget.” FZ39 d

Feng Fei was stunned and hurriedly said “Teacher, I’m not an athlete!”

The gym teacher glanced at Feng Fei and frowned “What are you haggling for?! Even if you aren’t an athlete aren’t you still a school club member? (TN: maybe it’s like how in college you have the school made school team and the student made school club?)  Just run the 3000 meters!” 

The students laughed, this gym teacher was also the school team’s basketball coach. He had always regretted that Feng Fei refused to take the Gaokao as an athlete but he still liked him. When he passed by Feng Fei’s side he said “Don’t try to be lazy! When the athletes start later you come over immediately and I’ll take your time.”

Feng Fei “…” paIMBo

After the gym teacher walked far away Feng Fei gritted his teeth “What kind of special luck is this…”

Feng Fei originally didn’t even consider 1200 meters as a task and didn’t do any preparatory stretches. But now that he heard that he had to run 3000 meters he could only loosen up his joints with a sullen expression. Hai Xiu wanted to laugh but also didn’t dare to. He stood beside Feng Fei at the starting line and said “How about… I… I run 3000 with you?”

“Don’t make trouble.” Feng Fei originally didn’t really want Hai Xiu to come down and just wanted Hai Xiu to integrate better into the group and conveniently exercise a bit as well. However he didn’t intend to let him waste his strength with him. Feng Fei lowered his voice and coaxed “There’s no need, you don’t run often so 3000 meters will exhaust you. I can even  run 5000 meters without problem, it’ll be easy.”

There was no shortage of tall and handsome boys within the athletes and Feng Fei this school grass was even more eye-catching. Many girls from other classes also came over, watching Feng Fei while quietly laughing and giggling. S30Bv1

The gym teacher loudly reminded everyone to stand up once they were done preparing. Hai Xiu still wanted to accompany Feng Fei and begged “Let’s run together, I run from time to time with you and I don’t feel tired.”

“Can these be compared? When you really start running you’ll know. You’re looking for trouble when there’s no trouble.” 

As soon as Feng Fei put on a stern expression Hai Xiu immediately became obedient. The surrounding athletes looked over curiously and the girls in the distance who were looking at Feng Fei were also guessing what the grades number one had done. Hai Xiu felt a bit foolish and smiled with a bit of self mockery. Feng Fei thought that he still wanted to bargain with him and seeing that the gym teacher was about to blow the whistle he impatiently picked up Hai Xiu just as he was about to say that he would leave immediately. 

Hai Xiu: “!” BFQ5ji

The classmates on the side all looked over and laughed and shouted.

Feng Fei carried Hai Xiu to the viewing platform. After setting him down, he threatened, “Obediently stay here, if you dare to come down and run with me I’ll beat you.”

Hai Xiu felt like he had no more face to meet other people. Blushing, he lowered his head and nodded furiously. Feng Fei patted his head with a smile and jogged back to his running lane making a ready gesture to the gym teacher.  The gym teacher blew the whistle and Feng Fei rushed out first.

On that day Feng Fei finished first in the 3000 meter. n3dNqx

The gym teacher smiled and slapped Feng Fei’s shoulder, giving him a bottle of water as a reward. (TN: Pretty bad reward if ya ask me) Feng Fei smiled and said thank you to the teacher, taking the water before running over to Hai Xiu who had just finished his 1200 meters. He passed the water bottle to Hai Xiu raising his eyebrows “Ge is powerful ba?”

Hai Xiu smiled and nodded vigorously. Not far away Ni Meilin glanced over and turned a blind eye before turning around to supervise the other students. 

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Hai Xiu also sweated a bit from the run and unscrewed a water bottle and handed it to Feng Fei first. Feng Fei took 2 gulps before passing the water bottle back to Hai Xiu and the two shared a water bottle.

Feng Fei threw the empty water bottle into the trash can and laughed with a smile “Senior year ah…” uciPfK

Hai Xiu smiled “We’ll have to go up soon, the first class is starting soon.”

Feng Fei nodded his head and followed Hai Xiu upstairs.

There were 107 days before Gaokao.

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