novelhk Chapter 566 Cycling Competition
Chapter 566 Cycling Competition
As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she raised her eyebrows and looked at Yang Debao with a disgruntled expression.
Yang Debao gave an awkward laugh, and the air seemed to freeze.
"Zhan Mengyan, don't misunderstand. It's nothing special that I got into the county's top high school. I didn't mean to brag in front of you, and besides, I don't have the right to brag. I just think that the campus environment and teaching staff of the county's top high school are better than those of ordinary high schools. I heard that last year, the college entrance examination pass rate and college entrance examination scores of the liberal arts classes of ordinary high schools were higher than those of the liberal arts classes of the top high schools. Zhan Mengyan, I'm not good at talking, please don't blame me. I just thought that if you also went to the county's top high school, we might even be in the same class. I could be your sports representative, and you could be your class monitor. Wouldn't that be great?"
As Yang Debao spoke, his cheeks flushed, and his eyes revealed a longing for the beautiful past.
Zhan Mengyan glanced at Yang Debao, and then gently opened the long-sealed memories, and the beautiful memories of her junior high school days surged like a tide.
"Yang Debao, it's enviable that you got into Jin County's top high school. Top high schools are better than ordinary high schools in every aspect. A hero doesn't dwell on past glories. I'm already grateful to be in an ordinary high school. I'm very satisfied, but it's hard to say whether I can finish high school. We can't go back to junior high school... I hope that in three years, no! In two and a half years, we can both pass the college entrance examination smoothly..."
As Zhan Mengyan spoke, she didn't look at Yang Debao; with tears in her eyes, she rushed towards her ordinary high school.
Yang Debao stared blankly at Zhan Mengyan's retreating figure, muttering to himself, "I said the wrong thing again. What was with talking to her about top-tier high schools and regular high schools! She had such good middle school entrance exam scores and couldn't get into a top-tier high school. She must have been very sad and aggrieved back then. Wasn't I just rubbing salt into her wounds... Sigh... My foul mouth ruined this wonderful encounter..."
When Yang Debao came to his senses, he found that Zhan Mengyan had already run quite far away, so he tried his best to catch up with her and explain things properly.
Zhan Mengyan leaned over the handlebars, her legs moving in steady, rhythmic arcs, the chain humming loudly. Behind her, Yang Debao's panting was gradually torn apart by the wind. Each time Zhan Mengyan turned back, Yang Debao's figure shrank in her vision—from a clear human form to a blurry block of color, finally disappearing at the end of the road.
Zhan Mengyan could still hear Yang Debao's teasing words from her junior high school PE class: "You girls are just not good at stamina. Keep up, don't always fall behind!" Now those words had been crushed under the tires and scattered into the morning light with the rising dust.
Zhan Mengyan gripped the handlebars tightly, her thigh muscles erupting in a scorching protest. Lactic acid accumulated like a tidal wave, and her bangs were soaked with sweat, sticking to her eyebrows. Salty beads of sweat rolled down her temples, broke at her jawline, and slammed into the rapidly receding road.
Zhan Mengyan's lungs convulsed violently like a broken bellows, yet she managed to capture a strange clarity amidst this near-limit of suffocation. The previously accepted order was crumbling—the physical education representative was no longer a yardstick for strength and speed, and she was no longer a subservient figure waiting to be measured by others.
The wheels rolled over the stones on the broken road, the vibrations traveling through the spine to the top of the head, like a knock on the head of some kind of awakening—there is a world of difference between key high schools and ordinary high schools. The darlings of key high schools, the mediocre students of ordinary high schools are issuing a challenge to you!
When the last hilltop was conquered, Zhan Mengyan straightened up and lifted the handlebars. The morning breeze instantly filled her clothes, making the hem of her dress billow like a banner.