Chapter 280 I am really lucky in this life
On Thursday, April 22nd, the long-awaited Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School Sports Meet arrived as scheduled.
Schools that require students to wear school uniforms all year round no longer need to do so during these three days. Students from each class have changed into their own class uniforms, and colorful clothes with various patterns can be seen everywhere on campus.
There are black, white, blue, purple, orange, red, green... and even rainbow colors!
"Zhiyi...! Why is your class uniform white, yellow and pink?!" Wang Yushan, who was wearing a pure white class uniform, was surprised when she saw Liu Zhiyi's class uniform.
"Wow...it's not yellow and pink, it's orange and red!"
Liu Zhiyi looked up at her classmates' pure white class uniforms, then looked down at her own uniform which was stained with Fang Wei and Cai Ling's colors. For a moment, she felt like crying but had no tears.
The whole class was dressed in pure white, but her color was the most special. She became the traitor of Class 3, and all the girls were embarrassed.
It was all the fault of the stinky Fang Wei and the bad Cai Ling! It would have been fine if they had washed them together, but the bright orange and bright red ones had faded, staining her white uniform. Now she couldn't get rid of it even if she jumped into the Huangpu River...
Even during the school sports meet, the school's morning reading classes and evening self-study classes still have to proceed as normal, but compared to having classes all day, the students are still very happy.
After the morning reading get out of class, the athletes' march sounded on the campus radio, and teachers and students from each class lined up in the playground in an orderly manner according to their previous rehearsals.
Before, everyone wore the same school uniform, and when they stood on the playground, they formed a large, unified group. Now, after changing into class uniforms of different colors, they have become small groups with distinct characteristics.
First of all, there was the lively opening ceremony of the school sports meeting. Like the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, each class entered the venue in a square formation, shouting class slogans as they walked past the rostrum. Including the teachers' square formation, there were nearly four thousand people in total.
The flag bearer for Class 2 was Fang Wei, and the flag bearer for Class 6 was Xu Cailing. The two of them held up their class flags in turn and led their class formations into the venue.
Although Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School is a school that focuses on cultural studies, when facing a grand event like the school sports meet, each class team is secretly competing with each other, always hoping that their class can win more awards.
Of course you want me to play, but I won't! I'll just eat melons and cheer!
After all the classes entered the venue, Xu Cailing was selected as the student representative of the school sports meeting to take the oath on the podium.
Cailing was so nervous and excited! When she heard "Please welcome the athlete representative, Xu Cailing from Class 6, Grade 1, to the stage," she felt like her heart skipped a beat!
After feeling her pocket and making sure that the speech Fang Wei had written for her was not lost, she calmed down, hurriedly walked out of the line, and walked up the steps to the podium.
This was her second time on the podium of Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School! The first time was when she won the double championship in the city's middle school track and field games, but she was not a student of No. 1 Middle School at that time. Now standing on the high podium, looking at the nearly 4,000 people below, Cai Ling felt nervous and proud!
"Dear teachers! Dear students! Hello everyone!"
From her voice, one could hear the girl's nervousness, but her voice was still loud and powerful, neither humble nor timid.
"I am Xu Cailing from Class 6 of Senior 1. I am honored to be here to take the oath as a representative of the athletes!"
"At this moment, the sun is shining and the breeze is not dry. We are full of expectations and enthusiasm, gathering in this vibrant school sports arena. Sports are the background of our youth. They carry sweat and laughter, struggle and dreams..."
“…carry forward the spirit of faster, higher, stronger, be brave to fight and challenge yourself. No matter what difficulties and challenges you face, never back down and go all out to achieve the best results!”
"The person taking the oath is Xu Cailing!"
“Finally, I wish this school sports meeting a complete success!”
After she finished speaking, the girl took a step aside and bowed to the teachers and students below the podium.
There was warm applause in the audience!
"Cai Ling is so amazing!"
"Cai Ling's words are so eloquent!"
"Cai Ling is so brave!"
"Is she the athlete from our school's city team?"
"Oh my god, she's not only good at sports, but she's also so pretty? This is the first time I've seen a sports student so pretty!"
"Haha, you're focusing on the wrong thing!"
Whether you know Xu Cailing or not, at this moment everyone remembers this girl on the stage with a unique and sassy temperament.
Fang Wei was not idle either. When Cai Ling was speaking on the stage, he took the camera hanging around his neck and took pictures of her. After all, this was the first time the girl appeared in public in front of so many people!
After Cai Ling finished her speech and oath as the athlete representative, the next speeches were made by the referee representative and the summary by the school leaders.
After this one-hour opening ceremony, the 18th Sports Meet of Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School officially began!
The school sports meet lasted for three days in total. The first two days were mainly preliminaries and selections. There was nothing much to say about the process. With Fang Wei and Cai Ling's level, they easily advanced to the finals of each event.
Just like the previous sports meet of Baitan Middle School, students were not allowed to return to the classroom during the sports meet, so each class built its own base in every corner of the campus and used the class funds to buy a lot of water and snacks for everyone to eat, drink and have fun.
When there is a competition among classmates, the whole class will rush to watch and cheer. When there is no competition they want to watch, they will gather at the base camp to play some small group games or play cards or chess.
Playing chess is allowed, but playing cards is not. However, everyone is playing, so the teachers turn a blind eye. Some students are watching, and when they see a teacher coming, they quickly put away all the cards and hide them.
No matter winning or losing, there is no gambling. Whoever loses gets to replace the player!
In addition to various sports events, there are also chess competitions, which are like playing chess at a street stall. Anyone can sign up to participate, and the champion can get a set of chess as a reward.
Taking advantage of the break between games, Fang Wei also came to participate in the chess competition and successfully made it into the top eight.
As a result, her opponent in the quarterfinals was Zhao Yueting.
"...Sir Zhao, when did you make it to the quarterfinals in chess?"
When he saw his opponent, he was shocked.
"When you were competing before, there was nothing I could do. I won too quickly. By the time you finished running, I had won~~" Zhao Yueting said proudly.
"How dare you say that? We're not in the same class anymore. Why don't you even go to cheer me on during my game?"
"Oh, the preliminary round was boring! I'll go cheer you on in the finals!"
"Are you serious...you can play chess?"
"I advise you to admit defeat immediately. I have been learning chess since I was a child!"
"..."
Damn! It’s the virgin skill again!
Fang Wei's expression became serious. When it comes to chess, it's not that you get better as you get older. The strength of the old men in the park lies in their rich experience. Even if their brain power is not as good as that of young people, when facing amateur players, they can beat all of them with their rich experience.
Young people like Zhao Yueting, who have been practicing chess since childhood, have received professional training, and have strong brainpower, are often much more difficult to deal with than old men.
There were no other interesting competitions at the moment, so Xu Cailing and Liu Zhiyi came over to watch Fang Wei play chess. Classmates who were interested in chess also came over to watch. After entering the quarterfinals, the chess area became much more lively than some less popular events.
The venue for the match was very simple, just a piece of shady open space next to the track and field stadium. There was a desk and two chairs facing each other, which was the battlefield for the quarterfinals between Fang Wei and Zhao Yueting.
The two sat opposite each other and decided who would go first by tossing a coin. Then Zhao Yueting won and went first with the red flag.
The girl still looked quite arrogant, and said with a chuckle: "Should I let you go first?"
"Stop talking nonsense and go quickly. Let me take a good look at your level of Tongzi Kung Fu!"
Fang Wei was not a professional chess player, and playing chess was just a hobby for him. At that time, he often played QQ chess, and he considered his level to be quite good!
Cai Ling Zhiyi didn't understand chess, she just knew the rules. When seeing Fang Wei and Zhao Yueting fighting, the two girls of course supported Fang Wei! It can also be seen from their positions that when Master Fang was playing chess, the two little maids stood on his left and right.
Zhao Yueting also has many supporters. As the only female chess player among the top eight, she attracted a lot of onlookers to watch the game.
The girl took the initiative and fired the first shot at the beginning, as if she was going to strike first. Such a swift and aggressive momentum was quite consistent with her character.
Fang Wei was not in a hurry and responded with the screen horse. Not knowing how strong the girl was at chess, he chose to focus on defense first and then wait for an opportunity to find her weakness.
Chess can be considered a form of competitive sport. Even though chess is not included as an official event in school sports meets, it has attracted many students who like chess to participate and watch.
It’s just that most of the people are just amateurs like Fang Wei. Fang Wei defeated the opponents before the quarterfinals easily. It was not until he faced Zhao Yueting that he suddenly felt the pressure.
No wonder Zhao Yueting said that she won the game very quickly. This fierce and fierce offensive posture is not something that ordinary students can easily defend!
After a few steps, seeing that the attack in the middle was blocked, Zhao Yueting used the tactics of chariot and artillery linkage. While suppressing Fang Wei in the middle line, she chose to launch an attack from his right wing!
Before they knew it, the sidelines were already filled with spectators. Everyone was either whispering or thinking quietly, putting themselves in the shoes of Fang Wei or Zhao Yueting and thinking about what to do next. Some students felt uncomfortable holding back, but as it was a competition, they couldn't make any noise to disrupt it. Watching the game in silence was torture!
"Mr. Zhao's attack is fierce enough. Can Fang Wei withstand it?"
"Huh? Black has an advantage, right? It captured two more pawns!"
"...It's not about who wins by taking more pieces. After she gave away those two soldiers, she already has the advantage!"
"Then why didn't you just not eat it?"
"This is the uncomfortable part! Eating is uncomfortable, and not eating is even more uncomfortable!"
Fang Wei had no time to pay attention to the whispers on the sidelines. As any chess expert would see it, he was indeed having a hard time. The key was that Zhao Yueting seemed to be doing very well. She looked at the chessboard leisurely like a little old man and played with the pieces she had eaten in her palms.
Fang Wei could see that Zhao Yueting's use of the chariot gun was extremely proficient. If he didn't find a way to dismantle her chariot gun, the situation would sooner or later deteriorate.
The girl played chess very quickly. Almost as soon as Fang Wei made a move, she would follow up with the next move within a few seconds.
It was Fang who played chess so slowly, like a little old man, and sometimes Zhao Yueting got so anxious that she almost lost her patience.
In order to break through, Fang Wei made a ruthless move to break the game, and directly exchanged her most powerful double cannons. Zhao Yueting, who played chess very quickly, finally slowed down. She felt the pressure after being relaxed all the way. Her little hand hovered above the chessboard for a short time, as if she was thinking about whether to accept his exchange. If she accepted, her double cannons would be gone, and if she didn't accept, she would lose a cannon in vain.
What do you mean! You don't want to win, you just want a draw, right?! You want to trade my two cannons just because you have one more horse than me?! You want to play the endgame, right? I'm not afraid of you!
After some deduction and thinking, the speed of their chess moves suddenly increased. Almost as soon as one finished a move, the other would take over immediately. After a series of exchanges of pieces, a large area of the chessboard was left empty, and the game entered the endgame stage.
Cai Ling and Zhi Yi were both confused. Why was he moving so slowly just now, but suddenly so fast these few steps? !
Because both sides have already deduced and thought about it many times!
After the quick exchange of pieces, the speed of both sides finally slowed down, and even Zhao Yueting played slower than at the beginning.
There were remaining chess pieces on the field. Both sides no longer had their double cannons, and only had one chariot left. Zhao Yueting had two horses, two soldiers, a single prime minister and two soldiers, while Fang had a single horse, two soldiers, a single prime minister and three pawns. Although she had one less horse than Zhao Yueting, at least she had one more pawn.
After entering the endgame stage, the importance of every soldier and pawn became apparent. Both sides once again engaged in a fierce battle over the pawns, because the pawns could not retreat and no one dared to advance rashly.
Zhao Yueting was so angry! So angry! This stinky Fang Wei was so annoying! He looked like he was going to use the exchange tactic to the end, forcing her to move like crazy, as if he was going to force the game into a draw.
Fang felt ashamed, but there was nothing he could do. He had seen the situation clearly. If he didn't force a draw, he would lose sooner or later. After this battle, he no longer dared to underestimate the girl.
But Zhao Yueting was not stupid. She had obviously practiced endgames before. In dealing with the endgame, Fang Wei could not find any chance for her. In addition, he made too many mistakes in the early stage and was at a disadvantage in terms of big pieces. In the end, she used the Shi Xiang Ma to trap his most powerful bicycle. After she gradually devoured two pawns, Fang Wei was stunned for a long time.
"Hehe~~"
"..."
"Do you want to continue?"
"Don't be so arrogant! Keep playing chess!"
Even though he was sure to lose, Fang Wei still refused to admit defeat, which made Zhao Yueting admire him very much. After all, if it were her, she would have given up long ago.
In the end, when Zhao Yueting made a steady checkmate move and forced Fang Wei to make the final move, the chess quarterfinals were declared the winner.
“Ga gaga gaga—! So cool—!”
Zhao Yueting was so happy. She didn't expect Fang Wei to be so difficult at first. After playing for nearly forty minutes, she finally defeated this tough guy. The girl felt refreshed!
"I'm sorry that I couldn't satisfy Mr. Zhao."
"Hahaha! Not really, it was very enjoyable! You're a good kid! But don't worry, I will lead your will to win the championship, and then we'll have plenty of opportunities to compete with each other in class for the prize chess set! Hahaha!"
"Ahhh~ Fang Wei, how did you lose!"
The two little maids also started crying. It turned out that Zhao Yueting was very smart. We should be more vigilant towards her in our daily life!
As soon as the chess game ended, a classmate came running over.
"Yueting! Yueting! Have you finished playing chess? The 4*100m preliminaries are about to begin! Go and get ready!"
"Cai Ling! Cai Ling! Come over for the 4*100m preliminaries!"
Zhao Yueting's heart skipped a beat and Xu Cailing's eyes lit up.
"Zhao Yueting, I hope you can make me happy!"
"...!!"
Seeing the expressions of the two girls, Fang Wei also smiled. It seemed that someone had avenged him... No! Doesn't that mean that Class 4 100* will be eliminated?
Fang Wei, the class monitor, fell into deep thought.
Liu Zhiyi didn't care about all that. Her class uniform was the color of Class 6, so she was half a member of Class 6. She excitedly went over to cheer for Cai Ling.
Fang Wei: “…”
Hey! I remember that among the contestants who participated in the preliminary round, in addition to Cailing's class, there were also contestants from Class 2 and your Class 3, right? !
……
Liu Zhiyi didn't watch any of her class's matches, but she watched every match between Fang Wei and Cai Ling, wearing her white, orange and red class uniform.
Zhiyi did not participate in the competition herself, but she took out her camera and took a lot of photos.
Unfortunately, the 4*100 women's team of Class led by Zhao Yueting failed to satisfy Cailing. Cailing led the team members of Class and easily advanced to the finals on the third day.
On the third day, Saturday, the school sports meet came to an end and entered the most exciting finals stage of each event.
Among them, Cailing advanced to the finals in the 4m, 100m, 1500m, *m, m, high jump, long jump and triple jump events.
Fang Wei also advanced to the finals in the 100m, 200m, 400m, and 3,000m events. He was the only top student who stood out in the finals. The finalists in each event were basically students with special talents.
There is no reason to exclude students with special talents from participating in the school sports meet. After all, this represents the highest level of school sports. Without high-quality competitive standards, such a sports meet will sooner or later lose its meaning.
The contestants are basically from the first and second year of high school. Except for the specialty classes in the third year of high school, all other classes are just spectators.
Cailing has set very high goals for this school sports meet. For example, in some individual running events, her goal is to break records.
Perhaps by the second half of this year or after next year, her focus will no longer be on small-scale events such as the school sports meet. Teacher Lin also said that when her training reaches a certain stage, she will be arranged to participate in higher-level events outside, such as the Provincial Games and the National Track and Field Grand Prix.
The pressure of selection and competition in this level of competition is incomparable to that of the school sports meeting, but no matter what, as a student of Xuanzhu No. 1 Middle School, Cai Ling still hopes that she can leave her mark in the school's history.
The first two days were Thursday and Friday. Even during the school sports meet, the school did not allow students to go out or outsiders to enter the school to watch the games. When it came to the final on Saturday, relatives and friends outside the school could also come to No. 1 Middle School to watch the school sports meet.
Her sister has a competition today, and Xu Caiwei, who has now returned to the city to open a shop, certainly can't miss it!
Even though the business in the store was a little busy, after Cailing told her, she still made time to come to No. 1 Middle School to watch the game and cheer for Cailing and Fang Wei.
"Sister Caiwei! Here!"
From a distance, Fang Wei Cailing saw Xu Caiwei carrying a big bag of coffee, milk tea and snacks like a delivery woman, so she waved to her.
"Hahaha, when I first came in, the guard thought I was delivering food and wouldn't let me in! He asked me whose student's sister I was, and then asked me to register. It was so troublesome! Here, I brought you some coffee and milk tea snacks. If you can't finish them, share them with your classmates."
"Hey, this is how it is at No. 1 Middle School. The management is very strict. If you are not a parent, you cannot come in."
"Your school is so big! Much bigger than Baitan Middle School! I never thought I would be able to come to No. 1 Middle School in my lifetime!"
Xu Caiwei, in her casual clothes, looked no different from an ordinary high school student. If she was still in school, she would only be a sophomore now. As Cailing put her school uniform jacket on her sister, she really looked like a middle school student.
When she was studying, Xu Caiwei didn't even dare to dream that she would be able to be admitted to No. 1 Middle School one day. After all, in Baitan Middle School, only the top five students in the school had a chance. However, she didn't expect that her younger brothers and sisters would realize her unfulfilled dream.
"It's better to study! Even the air has the unique smell of school!"
"Hahaha, sister, you are exaggerating! It seems you didn't study seriously before!"
"I'm stupid."
"A fool can also make dreamy starry sky, morning rose and forest mist?"
"Hey, if the exam is about this, then I think I can still get a high score!"
To be honest, Xu Caiwei still finds it a little unbelievable that her silly sister chose to pursue a career in sports.
I knew before that Cai Ling could run fast, jump high, and was very naughty, but I never thought that these "inconspicuous" qualities would lead her to a life path that is completely different from that of ordinary people.
My sister doesn’t know, but Cai Ling knows. If Fang Wei hadn’t always supported and encouraged her, she might not have the confidence to take this path.
If you ask her which time point was the fork in her life, Xu Cailing herself couldn't tell. Was it the day Fang Wei said he wanted to apply to No. 1 Middle School? Or the day she became the sports committee member? Or was it earlier, a path that was predestined to be formed by the details of her daily life and the people and things she encountered?
Young girls don't have so many feelings about fate and sadness, but Xu Cailing occasionally feels lucky that she and Fang Wei have always been so good, and that she has embarked on the path of her childhood dream. She feels that she is really lucky in this life! At all the crossroads, she has reached the place she wants most.
"By the way, this is my first time watching your game!"
"Wow! How dare you say that! Even my parents have watched my games! Only you haven't!"
"Hey, I'm here now. When does the game start?"
"It's about to start! Fang Wei, why don't you warm up? You're about to go on stage!"
"You're just talking about Ah Wei, aren't you also very relaxed?"
"I promise to break the record and win the championship~"
"So arrogant! Come on, come on, you came all the way here, don't let me down!"
"Hum hum!"
The bright morning sunshine shone on the playing field. Fang Wei was squatting on the ground changing his shoes while the two sisters were talking.
Liu Zhiyi sipped the Morning Rose sweetly and raised the camera in his hand.
Youth is as colorful as her class uniform~!
(End of this chapter)
