“Why is Teng Yi here? Third-year students don’t participate in the sports meet,” Chen Manbai said.

“Who knows, maybe he came to cheer for his girlfriend.”

Just as Jian Xiangxiang finished speaking, they saw a graceful female figure running toward the grandstand from across the field.

It was none other than Fang Wan.

“Wow, Jian Xiangxiang, is your mouth blessed? How do people appear right after you mention them?” Chen Manbai made a gesture of respect.

“Tell me who you want to see, I’ll summon them for you.”

“I want to see money.”

“Pah, why are you so materialistic? Don’t you have any sweet girlish dreams?”

Sweet girlish dreams…

Ruan Yu couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

She wanted to look away, but her gaze seemed glued to the grandstand railing. She watched as Fang Wan ran up the steps with small steps, and then stood beside Teng Yi. They were talking about something unknown, with Fang Wan gesturing animatedly like an excited child.

“Weren’t all of Fang Wan’s events yesterday? Teng Yi wasn’t here then, was he?” Xia Qiaofeng wondered.

“Who knows, let’s not worry about them,” Chen Manbai ended the topic. “Quick, eat something, Ruan Yu has to run the 3000 meters soon.”

“Right, right. Ruan Yu, eat more, we’re counting on you.” Jian Xiangxiang stuffed chocolate into Ruan Yu’s hand while winking at her.

As they chatted, the registration area began calling for the women’s 3000-meter event.

Ruan Yu heard her name and stood up.

“I’m going,” she said.

“Wait, we’ll go with you.”

The three quickly cleaned up their things and walked with her toward the registration area.

Passing the grandstand, Ruan Yu couldn’t help but look up. Fang Wan had gone somewhere, but Teng Yi was still there, leaning against the railing alone, maintaining his previous posture, like a king surveying his domain.

Ruan Yu wanted to quickly escape his line of sight, but unexpectedly, their eyes met directly.

“Top Scholar!” Teng Yi called out.

Ruan Yu moved her gaze away, pretending not to hear, but Jian Xiangxiang immediately responded, nudging Ruan Yu with her elbow.

“Ruan Yu, I think Teng Yi is calling you.”

Ruan Yu had no choice but to stop and look at Teng Yi properly.

Her three roommates tactfully walked away, leaving behind trails of hushed giggles.

Teng Yi came down from the grandstand, taking three steps at a time, quickly walking toward Ruan Yu.

“Why are you avoiding me?”

“I’m not,” Ruan Yu played dumb.

“Just now, when I called you.”

Ruan Yu was silent for a few seconds, then suddenly lifted her head, protesting quietly: “Can you not call me Top Scholar at school?”

“Why not?”

“It’s embarrassing.”

Teng Yi’s lips curved into a smile: “Then what do you want me to call you?”

Before Ruan Yu could answer, she heard her name being called again from the registration area, seemingly urging her.

“I have to go, we’ll talk later,” she said, turning to leave.

The colored flags along the track made “swoosh swoosh” sounds in the wind.

She had walked a few steps when she suddenly heard him call out from behind.

“Xiao Yu, good luck!”

Ruan Yu turned to look at him. He stood tall on the dark red track in his cool black outfit, his baseball cap blocking the light in his eyes but not his presence. The fluttering flags behind him suddenly fell silent, and in that instant, the whole world became merely a decorative background to him.

Only one voice remained in her ears.

Xiao Yu, good luck!