Chapter 250: Thief on the Wall!
Compared to training in the afternoon, training at night is much more comfortable. At least you don’t have to train under the scorching sun, and the breeze is cool.
As the main training base for the city's track and field team, the track and field stadium is still brightly lit at ten o'clock in the evening, with large spotlights illuminating the runway.
Apart from some players from sports schools, there are very few players in the city team who graduated from key high schools like Xu Cailing. Because they have to balance their studies and training, they can only come to the base for training after school. The allocation of training time is also slightly different from that of other players.
"One, one, two, two, three, three..."
Xu Cailing silently recited the rhythm commands. There was a row of hurdles closely arranged at a section of the runway. The girl was now turning sideways and raising her legs high back and forth over the hurdles at a fairly fast speed. This training program can effectively improve the strength of the hip, ankle and knee joints, as well as enhance flexibility and coordination.
Don't underestimate this seemingly simple basic training. For many ordinary people, they may trip themselves at the first hurdle. After all, the height of the hurdle is almost up to the hip, not to mention that like Xu Cailing, she can turn sideways and continuously lift her legs high to cross it.
The girl is tall and has long legs, and her hair is tied into a ponytail. As she makes standard and rhythmic movements, the ponytail behind her head sways back and forth, which is very spectacular to watch.
At the beginning, a team trained together. By this point, most of the other team members had returned to school or home, leaving only Xu Cailing, Coach Lin, and a few team members sitting aside to rest on the track.
As Xu Cailing finished the last set of exercises, several team members who were sitting nearby to rest also applauded her.
"That's amazing, Cailing! You got so good at this on your first try!"
"After this set of practice, my speed should be on par with Senior Sister Yalin, right?"
"Ha... my legs are so sore!"
Xu Cailing then breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, relaxed, and massaged her waist and legs.
Training together is a good way to enhance relationships. On the women's track and field team, Cailing is the youngest, and the other senior sisters are all from sports schools and are basically 17 or 18 years old.
Although Xu Cailing still has a great advantage in age, she is not much better than other players in performance or training techniques. After all, this is not a school, but a city team. Especially in the first team, there are many masters. Some of the top athletes are already preparing to join the provincial team and have rich competition experience. Compared with Cailing who has just joined the city team, their performance in many aspects is more balanced.
When Xu Cailing took the physical test before joining the team, she already felt the pressure brought by high-level competition. Such a training environment is a challenge but also an opportunity for her to continuously improve her level.
Teacher Lin could see that the little girl felt the pressure. Compared to training at school, Xu Cailing was much more dedicated here in the city team. While others were resting, she was still practicing on her own.
This is a good thing. Before, Teacher Lin was afraid that Xu Cailing was too arrogant and thought she was running fast, so she was unwilling to change her mode. However, relying solely on talent and improving skills unscientifically will not go far. As a very talented student, it is quite rare for Xu Cailing to recognize this problem and humbly learn and change.
"Okay, it's about time. There has to be a limit to training. Improving skills doesn't happen overnight. If you overexert yourself and damage your body, it won't be worth it."
Teacher Lin clapped his hands, raised his wrist to check the time and said, "It's ten o'clock, everyone should go back and rest."
"Got it~!"
After the team was disbanded, everyone prepared to go back to the dormitory to rest. Except for Cai Ling, the other team members were from Xuanzhu Sports School. The dormitory was right next to it. After all, the training base of the city's track and field team belonged to Xuanzhu Sports School.
"Xu Cailing, do you live nearby? If it's far, I can give you a ride."
"No need, Mr. Lin! My home is very close, less than ten minutes' walk away, it's next door to the Jingui Community!"
"Oh, that's pretty close. If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. Be safe on the road and have a good rest when you get home."
"Goodbye, Teacher Lin."
After Teacher Lin left, Xu Cailing ran to her schoolbag, sat on a chair, changed her spiked shoes, took out the plastic bag that contained the sneakers in her schoolbag and put them on.
She also took out her cell phone. Seeing the time, it was 10:05. She thought Fang Weizhiyi and the others should have finished their classes. She didn't know if Fang Wei had come to pick her up yet. If not, she planned to go home by herself...
Just when I was hesitating whether to call Fang Wei to ask, a familiar voice suddenly rang in my ears:
"Disbanded?"
"...?"
what!
The girl suddenly raised her hands and looked left and right. There was no sign of Fang Wei on the brightly lit track. There were only her senior sisters and Teacher Lin who had just left.
"Stupid, here!"
"..."
Another greeting was heard, and when Xu Cailing looked up at the top of the wall outside the runway, she finally saw the furtive figure lying on the wall.
The spotlights of the athletic track did not shine on the wall. In the hazy darkness, Xu Cailing could not see his facial features clearly. But just by looking at the outline and listening to the voice, how could she not know who the guy lying on the top of the wall was!
"Fang, Fang Wei! Why did you climb over the wall?!"
Xu Cailing was excited. When she was thinking about him, he appeared, in such a strange and funny way. How could the girl not be excited? She ran towards the other side of the wall with her schoolbag in her hand.
The wall was actually quite high, nearly two meters high, and there were a lot of broken glass embedded in the top. Fortunately, it was not too dense, so it was just for show. Fang Wei lay on the top of the wall, supporting his arms between the cement gaps between the broken glass pieces, and looked down at her with a smile.
"Didn't you ask me to pick you up?"
"Idiot! I didn't ask you to climb over the wall!"
Xu Cailing looked up at him, speechless, amused, and touched, and said, "Isn't there a main door?"
"I left. The stinky security guard wouldn't let me in."
"Then you can just wait for me at the gate."
"I want to see you soon."
"..."
He said it naturally and lightly, but it still made the girl feel numb and itchy in her heart. A whole day of exhaustion from training seemed to be swept away the moment she saw him.
"How long have you been looking here?"
"Not long after, I couldn't get through the gate. I heard the whistle and ran over here to see. I happened to see you practicing the hurdles."
"Hey, then am I fast?"
“It’s like dancing.”
"I will look for you."
“Hey, hey, hey...? What are you doing?” Fang Wei was startled when he saw the girl take two steps back and then take a running start to jump over the wall.
"I'll climb over the wall and get out."
"You are stupid. It's so high, how can you flip over? There are still a lot of broken glass. Go through the main door."
"Then how did you get up the wall?"
"It's high inside and low outside. This side is uphill. I can just lay down a few bricks and it will be fine."
"It can still be like this!"
"Hurry up, get to the gate, my arms are sore!"
As he spoke, Fang Wei disappeared from the top of the wall in a flash.
"wait for me!"
Seeing him running away, Xu Cailing became anxious and quickly ran towards the gate of the base with her schoolbag in her arms.
Hearing the footsteps, Fang Wei quietly popped his head out from the top of the wall and watched the girl running along the way...
Soon, Xu Cailing appeared at the end of the wall with a schoolbag on her back. After coming out of the gate, she ran over here immediately.
She had never walked here before, and hadn't noticed that there was an uphill road. Just as Fang Wei said, the wall was high inside and low outside. As the slope rose, the lowest part of the wall was only meters from the ground. Fang Wei was meters tall, and he picked up a few bricks to put under his feet. He could easily lie on the wall and see the track and field inside.
"You're so good, just spying on my training!"
"Why, you won't let me watch it?"
Xu Cailing hit him, then pushed him away, stood on the bricks he had stacked up, and tiptoed to look inside through the wall.
The wall is in the backlight of the lights, so the scene outside cannot be seen clearly from inside the stadium, but the scene inside can be easily seen from the outside.
"Then do I count as being in a place where lights are dim?" Xu Cailing asked with interest.
"Think about it, I went through all this trouble just to find you."
"You're so anxious to see me!"
"What? Don't you miss me? It's been a while since we last met, but I wanted to see you as soon as I got out of class."
"Bah, who would miss you, you pighead! When you're hanging on the wall, you look exactly like a pig's head!"
"Then you are not allowed to eat the sausage I brought you. I will eat it myself."
As Fang Wei spoke, he picked up the plastic bag in his hand, pinched the wooden skewer, and was about to put the sausage he brought for her into his mouth.
“Grilled sausage!”
Xu Cailing moved very quickly and reached out to grab the sausage. She had just finished training and was very hungry. The delicious sausage made her mouth feel greasy and satisfied.
After leaving the wall, the two walked side by side along the street towards home.
I walked very slowly all the way. A distance that normally takes seven or eight minutes to walk would probably take more than ten minutes at this speed.
Like Liu Zhiyi, Fang Wei didn’t know if there were magnets on his body. Why was it that the two girls could never walk straight and always subconsciously squeezed towards him?
"Have you eaten it? Do you want me to give you a bite?"
Xu Cailing held the sausage to his mouth.
Fang Wei opened his mouth and leaned over to take a bite.
Then he bit the air.
Xu Cailing reacted quickly and took the sausage back immediately. Seeing Fang Wei's empty-handed attempt, she giggled, "You really want to eat it! I've already eaten it!"
"Come again if you can, and see if I will eat it."
"One, two... ah! I haven't finished counting yet!"
Xu Cailing was teasing Fang Wei by holding a sausage in her hand, and Fang Wei suddenly attacked her! He bit hard at the place where she had bitten, and bit off a large piece of the sausage.
Seeing that he wanted to continue eating without any hesitation, Xu Cailing took a few bites and quickly put the sausage into her mouth. Before she could swallow it, her tender cheeks puffed up, looking so cute that people wanted to poke them.
"Ahhh, my sausage! Give it back to me!"
Xu Cailing threw away the empty skewer and rushed over to dig the sausage out of Fang Wei's mouth.
"Hey, hey! I've already eaten it all! You want more even if I spit it out? It's all saliva, it's disgusting!"
"You're not eating my saliva too!"
The two of them were fighting and pulling each other, and the backpacks on their shoulders were twisted and turned. Under the orange street lights, the two figures were about to merge into one.
In the end, Fang Wei gave in. Instead of spitting out the chewed sausage back to her, he took her back to the sausage stall and bought three more sausages.
"Boss, three grilled sausages... and the other one should be packed in a bag."
"……okay!"
The boss was also stunned!
Hey bro, didn’t you just buy three? Even your sentence structure hasn’t changed?
Of course, there are still some changes, for example, the girl next to him has changed - unlike the quiet and gentle girl just now, the girl in front of him is much more lively and playful.
After buying the sausages, the two continued eating as they walked home.
Looking at the familiar street scenes that he had walked on more than once tonight, Fang Wei was a little dazed. He said he was going to pick up Cai Ling and take her home, but now it seemed more like finding a suitable reason to take a walk together.
"Has Zhiyi eaten yet?"
"Have eaten."
"Then save this one for her to eat. Why didn't Zhiyi come with you to pick me up?"
"She said you would be happier if I came to pick you up by myself. She went upstairs to cook noodles first, and we will take a bath together when you come back."
"I, I don't have that!"
Xu Cailing blushed and hit him, then blinked her big eyes. Naturally, she understood that Zhiyi deliberately made room for her and Fang Wei to be alone.
Just like she gave Zhiyi a racket and let her play tennis with Fang Wei, perhaps it was precisely because they took each other's thoughts into consideration that when the two of them liked the same person at the same time, their relationship could still be as close as before.
"Hang your schoolbag in front of you." Xu Cailing patted Fang Wei's schoolbag and said.
"What?" "Hurry up!"
Fang Wei had no choice but to hang the schoolbag on his back in front of him.
Then his body sank, and the impact from behind made him stagger without any preparation. When he looked back, Xu Cailing was already hanging firmly on his back.
The girl put her arms around his neck, stretched her long and slender arms in front of him, and wrapped her legs around his waist, becoming a human backpack for him.
"Xu Cailing, you can't walk by yourself, and you still want me to carry you?"
"Training is so tiring! My legs are so sore! I can't walk anymore! Carry me back!"
"..."
There is nothing I can do about it. I only have this little childhood sweetheart, so I have to pamper her.
He held the unfinished sausage in his mouth, held the girl's tight and slender thighs with both hands, lifted them up, felt the warmth of her body on his back, and then he carried her away.
"Am I heavy?"
"No no no."
Seeing that Fang Wei was holding the sausage in his mouth and couldn't speak, Xu Cailing took the sausage away from him.
"One hundred pounds, what do you think?"
"Shut up, you."
Xu Cailing stuffed the sausage back into his mouth.
Of course, being fat and being heavy are two different things. After all, due to regular exercise, the girl's muscles are still very tight, and she doesn't have any prominent or exaggerated muscles. Instead, it is a rather healthy and sharp beauty. In fact, with Cai Ling's height, she still looks thin in the arms and legs even at 100 pounds.
He had just finished training, so he was definitely tired, but not to the point where he couldn't walk. The main reason was that Cai Ling wanted him to carry her on her back. It had been like this since she was a child, and she liked Fang Wei carrying her on his back the most.
After finishing the sausage in her hand, Xu Cailing was satisfied, and her body relaxed and became soft. She hugged his neck, put her head against his, and let all her weight fall on him. She only needed to enjoy his body temperature, secretly smell his scent, and watch the street scene receding little by little beside her.
"Are you cold? You don't even put on a coat after training." Fang Wei shook her head and asked.
"not cold!"
The night wind was cool. Xu Cailing pressed close to him and felt warm all over.
"How was the first day of training? Was it hard?"
"It must be very hard. Teacher Lin said that many of my movements were not planned. I had to repeat standardized movements to develop new muscle memory, and then practice bursts, sprints, and reaction speed. Although many of these training methods were also practiced in school, the requirements were much stricter in the city team..."
"So how's everyone on the team?"
"The senior sisters are all very nice! There are some movements and techniques that I am not very good at, and they will teach me and share their experience, and then I will share some of my experience with them, hehe!"
"Has our Cai Ling made it big? She can share her experience with the senior sisters right after joining the team?"
"Well, at least I'm one of the fastest runners on our team, so I can share some tips with you. I just still have a lot to learn in terms of technical skills..."
Although Cai Ling said it lightly, Fang Wei could still feel that the girl was under considerable pressure after joining the city team.
Due to the increase in training volume and the pressure of competition, it can be said that Cai Ling is currently in a period of relatively weak psychological quality. In terms of honing personal perseverance and endurance, it is not the one with greater athletic talent who can persist. The most critical thing during this period is that she can feel the improvement in her performance as soon as possible, as well as the affirmation and encouragement from those around her.
This is true for anyone doing anything. There always needs to be positive feedback of continuous progress to keep going. If after working hard for a period of time, you find that your results are still in a quagmire, then even the strongest spirit will dissipate bit by bit.
When Cai Ling was talking to Fang Wei about these things, she didn't need Fang Wei to give her any professional guidance or advice like a coach. All she needed was Fang Wei to listen and respond to her, so that she would have an outlet to let out all the accumulated pressure and little emotions.
He kept nothing secret, even telling Fang Wei what he had eaten in the city team cafeteria today.
"The food is so good? It's much better than our cafeteria!"
"Yes, but I still feel hungry very quickly after eating. I train for two hours in the afternoon, then eat at 7:30, and then start training again at 8:30, step by step..."
“It’s so compact.”
"It's very strict! You can't play with your phone during breaks. If you're caught, you'll be scolded!"
"I was wondering why I didn't see you send me a message."
"…Pah, I don't always text you when I'm playing with my phone!"
"So what do you do on your phone?"
"Snake!"
"…It was a mistake after all! I didn't expect that I would be less attractive than Snake!"
Fang Wei cried out in pain, and Xu Cailing smiled triumphantly.
Before they knew it, they had walked into the residential complex and arrived in front of the elevator door, but the girl was still reluctant to get off his back.
Fang Wei turned around and Xu Cailing reached out and pressed the elevator button. The elevator door opened and Fang Wei carried her on his back and walked in again.
After exiting the elevator and walking all the way to the door of her home, Xu Cailing was finally willing to get off Fang Wei.
Taking out the key that she had prepared long ago, she took the lead in opening the door.
The house was brightly lit and there was a faint aroma of noodle soup in the air. When I looked closely, I saw three bowls of noodle soup already placed on the coffee table. They had just come out of the oven and were still steaming.
"Zhiyi~! We're back~!"
Xu Cailing shouted into the house, and Liu Zhiyi came out from the kitchen upon hearing the noise.
"You guys are back. I've already cooked the noodles. Eat them first while I wash the pot."
"Let's eat together! I'll wash it in a while!"
Xu Cailing also walked into the kitchen, washed her hands, took the pot from Liu Zhiyi and put it aside, and then they came out to eat noodles together.
"Mmm~! It smells so good~!"
It was just a simple bowl of clear soup noodles with a beautifully fried egg on top and a few slices of green vegetables as garnish. Fang Wei and Cai Ling were already salivating just by looking at it.
"Here, we just bought an extra sausage, this is yours."
Fang Wei washed his hands, came back and sat down on the sofa between the two girls, and handed the sausage in the plastic bag to Liu Zhiyi.
"Hey! Did you buy an extra portion of sausage? I said I'd serve it to you when you came back."
"It's okay! I'm so hungry now! I'm still hungry after eating two sausages! I should be full after eating some noodles!"
"Then Cailing, I'll give you this grilled sausage. I just ate one, and I'll be too full if I eat noodles..."
"Let's eat together!"
The two girls even bathed together on weekdays, so it was normal for them to eat grilled sausages together. Liu Zhiyi took a bite first, then Xu Cailing took another bite, and put the remaining half in Fang Wei's bowl.
Fang Wei was stunned for a moment, rolled his eyes and said, "Why do I feel like you are feeding a dog?"
"Eat it if you want, or give it to us if you don't want."
"Eat, eat, eat! How can the food in my bowl escape?"
Fang Wei dodged with the bowl in his hand, avoiding Cai Ling's chopsticks.
The hungriest period in a person's life is probably when he is a student. Elementary school students are hungry, middle school students are hungry, high school students are hungry, and college students are also hungry. It seems that they can never be full. If they don't eat something after evening self-study, they will definitely have an empty stomach and toss and turn in bed, unable to sleep.
Maybe I ate too much when I was a student, so I wasn’t that hungry after graduation. I ate the fast food I longed for when I was a student until I vomited at work, and when I got home from overtime at night, I didn’t dare to eat such high-calorie snacks for fear of gaining weight...
Fang Wei and the other two didn't care about that. They just ate when they were hungry! With the metabolic capacity of young people, how could the energy have a chance to accumulate and turn into fat?
[Slurp——]
The sound of unrestrained slurping of noodles could be heard in the living room.
“Will it be salty?”
"No way! It tastes just right! Zhiyi, your cooking skills are already better than mine! How can you fry an egg so beautifully?!"
Xu Cailing picked up the egg from the bowl. Liu Zhiyi blinked and smiled shyly: "...Actually, the other side wasn't fried well."
Fang Wei picked up the egg and turned it over to have a look. Sure enough, the other side of the poached egg was a little fried and the yolk inside was exposed.
"Hahaha, you flipped it too early. Just wait until it's set a little before flipping it. But it won't affect the taste at all."
"That's good."
[Slurp——]
They ate noodles and drank soup in big mouthfuls again. Seeing Fang Wei and Cai Ling eating happily, without even a mouthful of soup or a strand of noodles left when they put down their bowls, Liu Zhiyi felt a strong sense of accomplishment and happiness in his heart.
After all, she was the mother of the family! Seeing Fang Wei and Cai Ling eat up all the noodle soup she had cooked, she was so happy.
“Phew~ It feels so good!!”
"I feel warm all over!"
"Okay, you two go take a shower, I'll go wash the dishes, it'll be eleven o'clock soon."
"Then leave it to you!"
Fang Wei stacked up the three empty bowls and took them into the kitchen to wash them. Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi also returned to the room, took some clean clothes and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
You help me wipe it, and I help you rub it. Occasionally, we playfully throw the bubbles in our hands onto each other's delicate skin like throwing snowballs.
"Sneak attack!"
"Ah...! Cailing, stop scratching! It's itchy!"
The two girls also have different body shapes, one is plump and the other is perky, but such scenery can only be seen by themselves and the large mirror in the bathroom.
"Zhiyi, what did you and Fang Wei play when I was away this afternoon?"
"Nothing, just running, playing ball, eating..."
"Hmm? I don't believe it. You smell a lot like him!"
"You obviously have more on you! Cailing, where did you go just now? Why did you take so long to come back?"
"Just come back, he carried me back."
"How to carry it?"
"Carry it like this!"
Xu Cailing hugged the slippery Liu Zhiyi from behind, and the two girls giggled and played around while taking a bath.
Two girls took a shower together, which saved time and water. Because when they took their last shower, there was still plenty of hot water in the water heater, which had a not-so-large capacity.
When she was taking off her pants, the bathroom door opened with a bang, and Cai Ling, wearing pajamas and with wet hair, rushed in wetly.
Fang Wei was startled and hurriedly shook off his pants that had been pulled down to his knees.
"What are you doing? Can't you see I'm taking a shower?"
"Who wants to see you? Just wash your clothes. I left my key in my pocket."
Fang Wei was shirtless, and the girl walked in carelessly, bent down and rummaged through the dirty clothes in the washing machine for a while, and took out the missing key.
As he left, he looked around, scanning Fang from head to toe with ill intent.
"Don't leave if you don't leave yet, I tell you!"
Fang Wei reached out to grab her, she giggled and ran out quickly.
"close the door!"
"……boom!"
The door was closed, but the strong scent of the girls after bathing still lingered in the bathroom.
Fang Wei took a deep breath, not knowing for a moment whether to take a shower first or calm down first...
(End of this chapter)
