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"I know I know."

The head teacher explained patiently, "I know you are not the one who proposed another competition, but there are some things you may not understand. That boy is a sophomore in high school. He has been training hard for two years and his grades in the class are very good. Excellent, his future goals have been set, and his school and parents have high hopes for him. How could such a person be willing to lose to a girl in junior high school, so he proposed to compete with you again, but you...you You should understand that you should give in to him in the second game. This... is good for everyone."

"Why?" Gu Zheng didn't understand.

"Think about it, boys all have self-esteem. If you lose a running game to a girl in junior high school, everyone will laugh at you if this kind of thing spreads. Even if you don't think about that boy's self-esteem, you should always think about him. After two years or more of hard work, let him do it once, right?”

"Isn't my hard work just hard work?"

Gu Zheng couldn't understand when hard work became an excuse for the opponent to give in. Was it because the opponent didn't work hard enough? Isn’t it better to work harder after losing?

The class teacher was a little impatient, but he still said patiently: "That's not what I meant, just, just... By the way, I just said that you are likely to get injured if you run like this. If you delay the high school entrance examination..."

"Teacher, I'm not injured." Gu Zheng interrupted her and added seriously, "Even if..."

"Oh!"

Before she could finish her words, the head teacher seemed to be unable to bear it any longer. He slapped the table hard, stood up and looked at her ferociously.

"But the boy you competed with is injured!"

Gu Zheng was startled.

The air around her became stagnant, suffocating her breathing and heartbeat.

"Did you know that in order to overtake you, his speed even exceeded his previous limit? In order to overtake you, he even risked his life. When he was about to sprint, he fell heavily onto the track, causing rupture of the ligaments in his left leg. He needed to You may not be able to fully recover even if you rest for at least three months!”

"You like competing with others in sports so much, then do you know what such an injury means to an athlete who makes a living by doing sports?"

"His future and dreams may be ruined just because you are unwilling to let him go once!"

The head teacher was roaring hysterically and breathing heavily like a half-errupted volcano. The other teachers in the office remained silent and all looked at him strangely.

The sky outside the window became gloomy, and the atmosphere was terrifyingly depressing.

"I regret."

Gu Zheng took deep breaths repeatedly, trying to get rid of the suppressed emotions in her heart. She lowered her head and said, "But this shouldn't be the reason why I should lose."

"You...why don't you understand?"

The head teacher gritted his teeth and said with great sorrow, "If you were willing to curb your competitive spirit, this accident wouldn't have happened, the boy wouldn't have been injured, his parents wouldn't have been heartbroken, the teacher who proposed the competition wouldn't have been held accountable, and I wouldn't have been... Anyway, when can you change your bad habit of being competitive? Don't you know that all the classmates in the class don't like you?"

"I do not care."

"You do not care?""

The class teacher laughed angrily, "Then can you care about other people's feelings? Do you know that other people's futures have been ruined by you! Even if that boy recovers, he won't have the courage to continue running!"

"I said, I'm sorry."

Gu Zheng still lowered his head, "But that's just because he's not strong enough."

"What did you say!"

"Giving up because of one failure is actually a sign of weakness. You have taught us similar principles many times."

"If you are so unafraid of failure, why are you obsessed with being the first?"

Gu Zheng finally raised his head and said stubbornly: "I have the ability to win honestly, why can't I be the first?"

"What if you lose one day?"

"I will not lose. Even if I lose, I will definitely win again."

The head teacher laughed angrily: "That's nice to say, but if it was a game that you took seriously, you wouldn't want to lose it no matter what, even if it was related to future games, but you still lost in the end, have you ever thought about that?" What will happen to you then?"

"To be honest, I don't know."

After a moment of silence, Gu Zheng clenched his fists and said, "But I will never beg my opponent to let me go."

The head teacher stayed for two seconds.

"It's like this again, you always do it!"

After a moment, she said angrily, "Have you forgotten? It was because of you that He Ling transferred to another school due to depression. She regards you as her best friend. Have you ever regarded her as a friend! She just wants you to let her For once, satisfy her trivial wish, why can't you show kindness for once!"

Do you wish...

Gu Zheng opened her mouth and suddenly felt a little depressed: "Teacher, you clearly know that even if I let her go, she won't be able to get the ranking she wants."

"Of course I know, but there are more than just number one and number two in this world. When can you consider the feelings of the people around you? They regard you as the closest person. Wouldn't it be nice for you to give up number one occasionally to make them happy?"

"I……"

"Please wake up, Gu Zheng! No one wants you to win all the time!"

The head teacher's face became extremely ferocious, as if he was a ghost who chooses people to devour.

"No one expects you to win all the time."

In the office, the teachers who had been silent and like puppets spoke in unison, their voices dry.

"No one expects you to win all the time."

"No one expects you to win all the time."

The sky outside the office became increasingly gloomy at some point, as if covered with a dark rag, and a strange voice also sounded outside the window. It was loud, with resentment and dissatisfaction in the tone, and it was chanted over and over again.

No one... wants me to keep winning?

Gu Zheng lowered her head, memories from junior high school resurfaced in her heart.

In junior high school, she won the first place in the class for the first time. Someone in the class suspected that she was cheating and looked through her schoolbag while she was eating at noon. Finally, she took out the word book recording words from the drawer, saying that this was cheating. evidence.

But she only scored over 90 points in the English test that time;

After she won first place for an unknown number of times, they no longer suspected her of cheating. However, some people said that she was selfish. Even after she became the first in the class, she did not know how to share her learning methods with everyone and only cared about her own progress.

But she clearly answered all questions and never concealed her learning methods. It was the reason why people were unwilling to take the initiative to ask her;

She remembered this incident. When she entered high school, in order to help everyone make progress together, she took the initiative to run for class president. However, it didn't take long for some people to dislike the trend she led.

It seems that this is true. Since junior high school, no one seems to hope that she can keep winning. Even her parents are worried that she will be too tired and hurt her body. They have hinted several times that she should not be obsessed with being first. .

She has no friends and no competitors. Every time she runs, others stay far away. As soon as the test results come out, someone will whisper and say, "Look, she won't be proud for long. Sooner or later, she will lose." I was so miserable that I went home crying to find my mother."

There were many similar remarks, but she never cared. It was just that all of them seemed to confirm one thing, that is, no one seemed to want her to keep winning, and everyone wanted to see her lose.

But that was already before getting acquainted with Han Zhou.

It was dark outside the window, with only vague lights.

The chanting like a curse continued, as if trying to get into his head.

But Gu Zheng seemed not to hear it, and suddenly remembered the scene when Han Zhou gave him a birthday gift last year.

Before "twelve o'clock", this frail guy unexpectedly caught up with himself who was running forward.

He would never let himself slow down and wait for him, but would tell himself one night when it was raining heavily——

"You just need to run forward, and I will keep chasing you."

There are people in this world who want to win all the time.

If no one else wants to see you win, then just let him win.

Thinking of this, Gu Zheng suddenly raised his head and looked directly at the head teacher's face that had become cold and unfamiliar at some point.

"No, that's not what Han Zhou said." She said.

The head teacher stared at her expressionlessly: "Who is Han Zhou?"

Gu Zheng had realized that she was dreaming now, so there was no need to introduce Han Zhou to the other party. She just turned and walked to the window, as if she wanted to announce to all the sounds outside the window.

"I told him a long time ago that I want to keep winning. I told him again a while ago, and his answer has never changed."

"What's the answer?" the head teacher asked.

Gu Zheng rolled his eyes.

Han Zhou said that she was his sun.

In fact, he is also her sun.

It’s just that she wants to win, so she has to shine more light.

"He said he'd 'wait and see'."

(End of this chapter)

347. Chapter 344: A Little Small

Chapter 344: Small is a little too small

Gu Zheng opened her eyes and saw a strange room in front of her.

However, whether it was the white sheets and bed covers or the smell of disinfectant wafting in the air, she immediately understood that she was now in a hospital ward.

She felt severe pain in her forehead and legs at the same time. The wounds had been treated. She frowned slightly and quickly recalled what happened before she fell into coma——

In the afternoon 3,000-meter long-distance race, when she was about to finish her second lap, a child suddenly appeared on the track in front of her.

Although she tried her best to dodge, she still couldn't completely avoid the child. She rubbed the child's arm. She lost her balance and fell. Her legs were bruised and her head was hit on the ground.

She got up from the ground immediately, looked back at the child, and saw that the child didn't seem to be injured, so she gritted her teeth and continued running forward. She kept counting the remaining laps in her mind, and fainted after finishing the last lap. , it seemed that Han Zhou hugged him in the end...

"Guzheng, you wake up!"

Gu Zheng was recalling whether it was Han Zhou who hugged her at that time, when Han Zhou's joyful voice sounded in her ears. She was startled, and looked towards the door in a panic, only to see Han Zhou carrying a bag of medicine. He quickly walked into the ward and closed the door.

She rolled her eyes and felt relieved immediately. She knew that Han Zhou would not stay with her. It turned out that Han Zhou was going to get her medicine.

"You can still laugh."

Seeing the smile on the girl's lips, Han Zhou sat down on the bed angrily, helped her up and gave her a sip of water, and said helplessly, "You are so injured that you still have to run forward. I called you from behind, didn't you hear me?" ?"

"Cough cough cough."

Gu Zheng choked on the water, but didn't care. He pushed the cup away and asked, "Did you call me?"

"As expected, you didn't hear me."

Han Zhou sighed, took out a tissue and wiped the water droplets from the corner of the other person's mouth, and said, "I told you not to run so fast. People behind you can't catch up with you. Just run slowly. Who knows that you will run faster and faster?" , I can’t stop shouting.”

Gu Zheng was stunned. She said that she always felt footsteps coming from behind. She thought it was her opponent who was about to catch up, but she didn't expect it was Han Zhou.