When Qin Miao heard Fan Yue’s name, he instinctively searched through the crowd of classmates and quickly spotted Fan Yue next to Qimeng.
"Thanks to the class monitor! You’re so generous!" Qin Miao concealed his feelings well; basically, no one noticed the change in his expression.
"We’re all classmates, no need to be polite..." Zhu Hong noticed the slightly damp hair on Qin Miao’s head: "But seeing you , did you just run a couple of laps? How do you feel, did you do well?"
Qin Miao honestly shared his true feelings: "It was great! Driving in real life feels completely different from playing racing games on the computer, it was exhilarating! As for my performance... let’s just say it was average." Google seaʀᴄh novel⸺fire.net
Qin Miao wasn’t sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt that Zhu Hong’s smile grew even warmer after hearing about his average performance.
Just that a little way off, the coach standing at the small classroom entrance with arms crossed, waiting for the crowd to gather for training, twitched the corner of his mouth unconsciously upon hearing Qin Miao’s words.
"No worries, it’s totally normal for the first try at go-karting to not go ideally," Zhu Hong said with a smile, patting Qin Miao: "It’s a process of gradual accumulation; your performance will definitely improve with more practice."
"Has the pre-race training been completed?" Zhu Hong finally asked: "Other classmates haven’t trained yet, find yourself a place to rest for now, and later join in a small race; there’s a small prize for the winner."
After saying this, Zhu Hong familiarly led the other classmates into the small classroom Qin Miao had visited once.
Qin Miao also smiled and exchanged pleasantries with the classmates passing by.
Until Fan Yue passed by him.
Over the phone, Qin Miao, who could initiate conversation confidently via WeChat, now stood like a block of wood, unable to do anything, not even speak when face-to-face.
And as Fan Yue passed by Qin Miao, she just smiled and greeted him, then curiously walked into the small classroom.
Finally, Qimeng came to Qin Miao’s side with a smiling face, handed him an unopened pack of tissues, and said: "Here, wipe your sweat."
Qin Miao didn’t hesitate, took it, unpacked it, and used a sheet to wipe his face.
He didn’t even thank her, as there was no need for such formalities after years of being desk-mates.
"Go for the training, I’ll take a break," Qin Miao shoved the used tissue into his pocket, planning to throw it away when he saw a trash can.
But Qimeng didn’t rush to leave, instead, she smiled and said to Qin Miao: "It’s my first time here and I’m not quite good at this, later you gotta help me out."
Qin Miao was taken aback by Qimeng’s request because she wasn’t before.
It’s not that Qimeng used to be introverted or anything; after all, someone who could call Qin Miao brainless to his face definitely had a big heart.
But Qimeng used to be a bit fussy; she generally wouldn’t make such requests directly.
She would find ways to hint at what she wanted Qin Miao to do, and if he couldn’t catch on, he would be in for a round of bashing.
This often led to Qin Miao being inexplicably beaten during their conversations.
However, speaking of beatings, Qimeng never really hit Qin Miao with any force.
Facing Qimeng’s request, Qin Miao nodded without hesitation: "Alright, but my skills are average too, so don’t mind if I’m slow."
"Oh, don’t worry about it!" Qimeng’s smile became even more radiant after Qin Miao agreed.
Even Qin Miao felt a bit dazed at the sight of her smile, thinking when did this brainless girl start looking so good when she smiles?
"By the way, did you really stay home the whole holiday without going out?" Qimeng asked curiously.
Qin Miao nodded: "Even if I went out, I wouldn’t know what to do, and it’s senior year, you know how stressful that time was, after the college entrance exams I just wanted to let loose a little."
"But I can’t compare to those who take gaming as a profession; after playing for 7 days straight, I got a bit bored."
Qimeng curiously asked: "After playing intensively for seven days, are you done with games forever?"
Qin Miao rolled his eyes exasperatedly: "No way! I just felt a bit stifled from not going out for seven days, but I still need to play games."
Qimeng shook her head helplessly.
After chatting for a bit, classmates in the distance began urging Qimeng.
Then, this girl tossed her bag with stuff in it into Qin Miao’s hands and casually headed to the small meeting room.
Qin Miao was momentarily stunned, looking down at the bag that had just appeared in his hands out of nowhere, feeling a bizarre sense of absurdity; he thought, "Am I really that close with her? How could she just throw her bag to me? Aren’t you afraid I’ll rummage through your stuff?"
But, guys often feel a sense of vanity and satisfaction when a pretty girl acts close with them.
Even if Qimeng and Qin Miao had a particularly good relationship and were quite familiar with each other, this was still true.
As Qin Miao waited for the classmates to come out of the small classroom, his mood started to change a little due to the unexpected system acquisition.
In novels, the protagonists who suddenly acquire a system remain calm, which isn’t exactly normal.
And for someone like Qin Miao, getting something suddenly is like a poor person suddenly getting rich; it’s hard not to get a bit arrogant.
Qin Miao’s mindset hadn’t changed much earlier mainly because his mind was filled with too many thoughts.