Damn it, I'm surrounded by childhood sweethearts

A group of twenty students took the exam, including five girls. Xu Qingfan waved to them to boost their morale, "Go for it, don't be nervous, just skip in your usual rhythm!"

"Okay!"

"Brother Fan, just you wait!"

Aside from Xiao Ruawen who clenched her fist in an easy-as-pie gesture, the remaining four girls were still pretty nervous. After all, skipping rope only had one chance, and more than two misses would definitely ruin a perfect score.

The proctor blew the whistle, and the test officially began.

Worried about affecting their performance, Xu Qingfan didn't speak any further. Instead, he silently counted Lin Wanning's skips since among the five girls, she was the weakest in physical education. If she could score perfectly, then the other four were sure to do the same.

"The test is over!"

A minute passed quickly, and the proctor announced the end of the test through a megaphone.

The five girls had just completed the skipping without any mistakes. A perfect score was guaranteed. Xu Qingfan ran up with their backpacks: "Wanning got 188, a perfect score!"

In the middle school entrance exam, skipping rope scores were not differentiated by gender; as long as you skipped more than or equal to 176 times in a minute, it was a perfect score.

"Yay!!!" Lin Wanning jumped around joyfully.

"It's almost your turn, go assemble," Xia Xiaoxiao had grown a bit taller over six months. A meter seventy-two in height, her legs measured a whole meter.

"Okay, wait for me to return." Xu Qingfan tossed the backpack to the girl and trotted off to the assembly point.

"Brother Fan, go for it!"

"Brother Qing Fan, go for it!"

The five beautiful girls yelled after the departing figure of Xu Qingfan, instantly attracting the attention of other school's contestants.

"Who has those five girls' QQ, I'll gift a Spiritual Fox!"

"Who's that badass guy?"

"Jealousy is turning me purple!"

"....."

However, since the test was about to start, no overly confident student came up to hit on them.

Soon, Xu Qingfan's skipping results were out, 211 times, a perfect score.

The five girls immediately attended to him, providing water and wiping his sweat, while the onlooking crowd murmured jealously. Xu Qingfan led the five of them to the indoor track.

If the previous rope skipping was just an appetizer, then the upcoming long run was undoubtedly the main event of the day.

Under visibly hot waves, just standing on the track was already a torment, let alone aiming for a perfect score.

Running wasn't like skipping rope, where the test began immediately. Each group took at least five minutes, along with recording scores and various follow-up tasks. After entering, they could only sit in the spectator's area and watch other schools' ninth-graders run first.

"I need to go to the bathroom again." Just ten minutes after sitting down, Lin Wanning had already been to the bathroom twice, and counting this one, it was her third trip.

"Don't be nervous, I'll run with you in the inner lane later. Three minutes and thirty seconds, it's only 105 seconds per lap, very easy." Xu Qingfan held the girl's hand to comfort her.

"Hehe~ It suddenly doesn't feel urgent anymore." For some reason, Lin Wanning felt much less nervous with her hand in Xu Qingfan's.

"Then don't go, that bathroom is too stinky, I really don't want to go a second time." Xiao Ruawen pinched her nose in disgust, knowing the smell of the stadium's bathroom all too well.

"Girls don't flush the toilet either?" Xu Qingfan had never been to the girls' bathroom and asked curiously, tilting his head.

"Ew~ Definitely, some people totally lack civic sense, it's disgusting." Recalling the 'surprise' she had encountered when she pushed open the bathroom door, Xiao Ruawen instantly felt nauseous.

"Stop, can we not talk about such nasty topics?" Xia Xiaoxiao stretched out both hands and playfully slapped them both.

"All male students of Licheng Middle School class nine-six, gather at the stadium. Licheng Middle School nine-six class..."

The overhead broadcast repeated, Xu Qingfan took out his water bottle for a sip, moistened his lips, then handed his backpack to Yu: "Be right back, no need to come down. You guys conserve your energy."

"Just go." Xia Xiaoxiao, annoyed by his swagger, lightly kicked his shin.

"Brother Qing Fan, good luck!"

"Eat after you run." Zhang Yiyi pushed a piece of chocolate into his hand.

"Got it." Xu Qingfan snapped his fingers, quickly trotting toward the assembly point.

When he arrived at the thousand-meter starting line, most of his classmate boys were there as well.

The sports teacher leading the team suddenly walked up to him, patted his shoulder, and said, "Xu Qingfan, you take the lead later. Just control the speed at three minutes and thirty seconds. If you dare to sprint recklessly, I'll be the first to smack you once the test is over!"

The sports teacher said this for a reason—Xu Qingfan's physical stamina was like that of a beast. In the school's organized physical test, he ran a thousand meters in two minutes and fifty-three seconds and didn't even bend at the waist or gasp for breath afterward.

However, those in his group weren't so lucky. Because they followed his pace, many of them started to lose strength at six hundred meters, and the last four hundred meters were almost walked.

"Got it, Teacher Li, six bottles of Minalba aren't too much, right?" Xu Qingfan knew he was joking, so he responded with a playful grin.

"What, you glutton, six bottles just for yourself?" Teacher Li blurted out without thinking.

Before Xu Qingfan could even explain, the students in the class had already started teasing not far from the track.

"Teacher, the other five bottles Brother Fan is buying for his group members."

"For his five female group members!"

"Hahaha!"

Xu Qingfan and Teacher Li turned in the direction everyone was pointing to, only to see that the five girls, who had just been in the audience, had come down and were walking towards them.

"Haha, good lad, six bottles it is, I'll buy them once you finish running!"

The exam monitors quickly arrived, and the students also prepared to take their positions on the track.

"Bang!"

As the starting pistol fired, Xu Qingfan took the lead, sprinting to the front.

The encouraging shouts from the five girls were soon drowned out by the wind. Xu Qingfan smiled lightly, enjoying his run on the track.

In fact, without the sports teacher needing to say anything, Xu Qingfan wouldn't just show off to sprint recklessly for his own sake.

This was just like getting a tattoo and acting crazy while drunk—you might think such behavior makes you look cool, but your peers would only think you're a fool.

Before long, Xu Qingfan crossed the finish line precisely at three minutes and thirty seconds, and the last student in his class also made it to the finish line before three minutes and forty-five seconds.

"Brother Fan, thank you."

"Ahhhh~ finally, the damn test is over!"

Some classmates thanked him for his unselfish leading, while others began to freak out to relieve the pressure.

Xu Qingfan smiled and nodded, reminding them, "Don't sit down just yet, help each other and keep walking."

"Here are your six bottles of Minalba, and whoever wants ice cream, come and get it—first come, first served!" Teacher Li quickly returned with a bag of water and a bag of ice cream. After shouting, the students, who had been lying down as if dead, suddenly became sprinters.

"Thank you, Teacher." Xu Qingfan pulled out a bottle from the bag and tossed it to him: "This is for you."

"You rascal." Teacher Li caught it and shook his head with a smile.

In one's school years, it's inevitable to encounter a few such teachers—easygoing and without pretense, always blending in with the students. Under their charismatic influence, even the most mischievous students would naturally obey classroom rules.

...

Soon it was time for the girls of class 96 to run the 800 meters, and they had agreed that Xiao Ruawen would lead. As the starting gun fired, the girl immediately sprinted to the front.

Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu closely followed behind her, while Lin Wanning and Zhang Yiyi fell to the second tier.

Xu Qingfan was on the inner lane, and Zhang Yiyi was on the outer lane, both running alongside Lin Wanning.

"Just a lap and a half more, we're at forty-five seconds, hang in there." Xu Qingfan was timing with his phone the whole way, providing heartfelt encouragement.

By this time, Lin Wanning had already started to feel tired. She kept thinking about her future sweet daily life with Brother Qing Fan and Yiyi, as this was the only way to share some of her fatigue.

[In the future, Wanning, Yiyi, and Brother Qing Fan will also run side by side like this, so hang in there!]

[I'm coming, happy finish line!]

The three of them crossed the finish line together, with Xu Qingfan supporting both girls, one on each side.

"Brother Fan, full score?"

Xiao Ruawen quickly came over in the same posture, supporting Xia Xiaoxiao and Wu Lingyu.

"It's done, we all got perfect scores." Xu Qingfan nodded.

"Yay!"

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