Dating sim loading: My girlfriend is a cunning young lady
Chapter 266 - 144. Sports Festival (9)

Chapter 266: 144. Sports Festival (9)

The first day of the sports festival concluded with the "Scramble for the Ball" contest—grabbing the basketball from the opponent’s basket and bringing it back to your own.

Although the official rules were about speed and didn’t allow snatching, it inevitably ended up with a pile of people crushing one person.

The referee struggled to control the situation, unable to pull them apart, could only keep reminding, "Your home basket! Class One! All your balls have been taken!"

The person being crushed was Dubian Che.

He had started by snatching balls from others’ hands, and because he was too formidable, the only way for Class One students to avoid his clutches was to curl up on the grass, desperately hugging the ball to themselves.

Since he couldn’t really start a fight, there was nothing he could do about being buried under the ’human mountain.’

"Game over! Class Four wins!"

Class One guys initially pretended not to hear, but after the referee blew the whistle frantically, they climbed up one by one with satisfied smiles.

With the help of his classmates, Dubian Che slowly stood up, leaning on his waist as if he could no longer hold himself up, his expression one of pain.

The whole school burst into laughter at this scene on the big screen, with the boys slapping their thighs hard and cheering in unison.

After the contest, the other boys voluntarily moved the sports equipment back to the storage, while the greatly occupied Dubian Che was permitted to rest early.

Refusing the kind assist of his female classmates, he walked to the washstand area by the pool and washed his face under the faucet spraying water upwards.

After washing his face, he tilted his neck to drink directly from the spout.

Just as the slow stream of water hit his lips, the dimming sky was replaced by a delicate face.

Mayi Asuka, holding her hair with one hand, bent her upper body down and also tried to catch the water from the same spout with her mouth.

Clear drops of water sprayed upwards; whatever she didn’t catch flowed into Dubian Che’s mouth.

"Stu... *cough cough cough*!" Dubian Che choked.

"Are you okay?" Mayi Asuka asked softly and slowly, patting his back with one hand and offering a handkerchief with the other.

"*Cough cough*, thank you!" Dubian Che wiped the corner of his mouth with the handkerchief, "Mayi, what brings you here?"

Since October began, after the swimming classes ended, the pool area rarely had visitors, and today was no exception.

If it weren’t for his female classmates’ eagerness, Dubian Che wouldn’t have come here.

"I saw Che heading this way..." Mayi Asuka began, then noticed several strands of Dubian Che’s hair damply sticking to his cheek.

Without a word, she reached out and gently brushed away his hair, her fingers lightly touching his cheek.

A warm feeling welled up in Dubian Che’s heart, and he couldn’t help saying, "Thank you."

"Hmm," Mayi Asuka, with a glint of restlessness in her clear eyes, "Che, you’re not hurt, right?"

Her gaze fell on his waist, and Dubian Che realized she wasn’t talking about the water-choking incident.

"I’m fine, what are those guys? If I weren’t afraid of breaking them, how could they have taken me down?" he said with a laugh.

If it had been Kiyono Lin, she would have said he was confidently blind; Jiutiao Mei would have mocked him for competing with a bunch of high schoolers.

Mayi Asuka just nodded slightly, completely uninterested in whether he could have won the fight, only softly saying, "It’s good that Che isn’t hurt."

This time Mayi Asuka did nothing, took a few sips of water, took back her handkerchief from Dubian Che, wiped her mouth, and left.

After she left, Dubian Che heard the singing from the campus; the broadcast had started playing "Fireworks" at some point.

The sun was about to set in the distance; he stretched lazily in a weary yet enchanting autumn twilight.

The sports festival was in full swing.

The next day, Dubian Che purposely claimed he hadn’t exercised in a long time, feeling sore all over.

Xiaoquan Aonai indeed felt sorry for him and didn’t let him compete, but when she saw him easily win first place in the club recreational competition, she was so annoyed that she knocked on his head.

Akiko laughed merrily, snacking on Pocky, puddings, Kinoko no Yama, and Takenoko no Sato—a combination of chocolates and biscuits.

There was a small mishap during the ’rugby carrying race’; a bulky senior, in an attempt to block, collided with Dubian Che.

Dubian Che, worried about injuring the senior, held back a lot, and underestimated him, resulting in him crashing to the ground.

Though he still finished first, he scraped his hand and bled a little.

"Are you okay?" the senior said apologetically.

"What’s there to worry about," Dubian Che said nonchalantly.

To the boys, such a minor injury really wasn’t something to fuss over.

"Watching your competition, I thought you were strong, so I went all out. Didn’t realize you were so fragile, I’m really sorry."

"...Senior, you should probably pay for my medical expenses."

In the end, he just rinsed the wound with water and dried it with a paper towel provided by Xiaoquan Aonai, considering it treated.

After the senior went back to his class, Mayi Asuka stared at him for a while, making him a bit embarrassed. He originally thought he’d shown off his manly charm, excitedly joking and tussling with a few friends.

After school, Dubian Che changed back into his Western-style school uniform and picked up his backpack to go home.

He was discussing with Kunii Shuichi and Saito Keisuke what time they could get online to play games, when he walked out of the classroom and saw Kiyono Lin with folded arms.

"Looking for me?" Dubian Che asked.

"I don’t want to answer the same question twice. If you have a poor memory, I suggest you..."

"I have a notebook."

After cutting in, Kiyono Lin paused and said, "I suggest you stop being human."

"... Alright, alright, in the next life, I can be a dog or a cat or whatever. But besides that, what do you want?"

"I’m going to the infirmary," Kiyono Lin said and walked away.