Upon hearing Wang Yan's arrogant words, Wang Xuesong was first taken aback, then burst into laughter, "Hahaha, that's hilarious. Do you think that would scare me? Fine, I'll accept your challenge. I'll run you to the ground today!"
As soon as the crowd realized the duo had bet to run themselves to death, everyone went wild, and someone immediately picked up the phone, calling classmates over to watch.
After all, such a brutal race, with the bet being the beauty Roy, would definitely be big news at Wanghai Noble Academy—it had to be witnessed firsthand. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ NoᴠᴇFɪre.nᴇt
In just a short moment, tens of thousands of people flooded into the entire playground.
The bald teacher also wished for Wang Yan to embarrass himself, so he quickly directed students to the stands.
The playground of Wanghai Noble School is indeed a standard stadium, with stands capable of seating up to fifty thousand people.
At this moment, the stands were densely packed, almost completely full.
Not even the school's sports meets had ever attracted so many people.
At this time, Wang Yan and Wang Xuesong both stood at the starting point as the bald teacher brought two scoreboards to count the number of laps they would run.
Su Yamo was also unwilling to leave; she just wanted to see how Wang Yan would collapse on the track.
Although Wang Xuesong's words displeased Roy, treating her like an object being passed around, Roy still stood by Wang Xuesong's side, watching him continually stretch and said, "Senior Xuesong, go for it!"
Seeing Roy rooting for him, Wang Xuesong was pleased, and challengingly glanced at Wang Yan, who was standing still beside him, thinking, "See, I have a beauty cheering for me. Unlike you, who only has the dull Ma Jun standing next to you."
Then, Wang Xuesong turned back and smiled at Roy, sweetly replying, "Don't worry, junior, I'm a national third-place holder, only two people in the nation can outrun me. I will definitely win this race."
Roy nodded earnestly.
At this moment, a few hundred more people rushed into the playground from outside, seemingly coming to watch the commotion, led by two great beauties.
Upon seeing this, Wang Xuesong instantly brightened up as these two beauties were none other than two of the school's four goddesses, Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting.
"Even the two goddesses were alarmed," Wang Xuesong's mind immediately swirled, "If I can win over Wang Yan crisply in front of the two goddesses, how impressive would that be! Perhaps the two goddesses would fall for me, hahaha..."
Wang Xuesong grinned widely, almost ready to laugh out loud.
Indeed, just as he imagined, the two goddesses, Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting, were heading toward his direction.
Wang Xuesong couldn't help but swallow a gulp, his face full of anticipation as he looked at the two, thinking, "Am I having a stroke of luck today? The two goddesses who never talk to boys are coming toward me. Are they here to cheer for me? Wang Xuesong, your luck is quite intense."
Although the matter of Beiming Xue, Ouyang Feiting, and Wang Yan had caused a stir in the school, Wanghai Noble School is so large with a vast population, it hadn't reached Wang Xuesong's ears yet.
Under Wang Xuesong's expectant gaze, Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting truly arrived in front of him.
Wang Xuesong's mouth curved wide, revealing his teeth, a smile lit up his face; he hurriedly opened his mouth and said, "Ladies..."
But before the remaining words could be uttered, Beiming Xue and Ouyang Feiting simultaneously rushed in front of Wang Yan, looking up at him with eyes full of gentle concern.
Wang Xuesong was suddenly stunned, the remaining words were hastily swallowed back, and he awkwardly brushed a hand over his mouth.
At this moment, he heard Beiming Xue ask, "Wang Yan brother, why are you here?"
Ouyang Feiting said, "We were waiting for you in the library, but you never came. Later we heard people discussing it in the library and found out you're here."
"Yeah, what's with the cross-country running?"
"Who doesn't know their limits and dared to race against Wang Yan brother in a cross-country?"
Hearing Ouyang Feiting and Beiming Xue exchange back and forth, their concern was evident.
Wang Xuesong stared wide-eyed, almost dumbfounded by what he heard.
"What Wang Yan brother, what waiting in the library... Who the heck is this Wang Yan, to have two goddesses waiting for him in the library?"
At this point, Ouyang Feiting finally noticed Wang Xuesong behind Wang Yan, and with a cold snort, said, "So it's you wanting to race Wang Yan brother; you're doomed."
Wang Xuesong just opened his mouth to speak, but Ouyang Feiting rolled her beautiful eyes, gave him the side-eye, and turned her face away, ignoring him.
Wang Xuesong's face turned crimson, but on second thought, he was delighted, thinking: Since Ouyang Feiting and Beiming Xue value Wang Yan so highly, Wang Yan must be excellent at running to have won the two goddesses' favor. Hehe, but no matter how well he runs, how can he outrun me? If I beat Wang Yan today, maybe the two goddesses would change their hearts and favor me. Hahaha, next time the two goddesses will be waiting in the library for me.
The more Wang Xuesong thought about it, the more he felt it was likely, the more excited he became, ready for the race to start immediately.
At this point, the bald teacher said, "Are you two ready?"
Wang Xuesong nodded, vigorously loosened his limbs, confidently saying, "Ready."
The bald teacher looked at Wang Yan, asking, "How about you?"
Wang Yan also nodded, saying, "Ready."
But when Wang Yan answered, he didn't even look at the bald teacher; instead, he glanced at the book in Beiming Xue's hands, asking, "What book are you holding?"
Beiming Xue displayed the book and said, "Wang Yan brother said he wanted to study chemistry today, so I brought the chemistry book."
Wang Yan said, "Good, teach me chemistry while I run, that way we won't waste time."
Beiming Xue opened the book, saying, "Wang Yan brother, start by memorizing the chemical equations, carbon and oxygen combine to form carbon dioxide."
Seeing Wang Yan so dismissive, studying equations while running, Wang Xuesong was almost furious, his stomach was puffing with anger, thoughts raging: Let's see you show off, when you collapse from running I'll ask you how many chemical equations you can recall.
At this point, everyone present shook their heads. No one believed in Wang Yan, thinking he was just putting on an act.
The bald teacher also let out a cold snort, saying, "On your marks, get set, go."
Wang Xuesong had been ready for a while, as soon as the bald teacher gave the command, he dashed out.
With years of marathon training, he knew the key to marathon running: steady pace, even speed—sudden acceleration or deceleration is most forbidden. Only by maintaining an even pace can the body last the longest and run the furthest.
So, as soon as he started running, Wang Xuesong adjusted his body to his optimal state.
After running a few meters, Wang Xuesong glanced back to find that Wang Yan was still standing beside Beiming Xue, not moving at all, instead seriously asking, "Why does carbon and oxygen combust into carbon dioxide?"
Upon hearing Wang Yan's question, everyone around almost fell over laughing.
First, this chemistry question was learned in middle school yet Wang Yan didn't know it. Secondly, this was a race, and Wang Yan had the leisure to ask such a question.
In the stands, those farther away, seeing Wang Yan hadn't started running, not knowing the reason, began to jeer.
However, Wang Yan ignored the jeers from the stands, remained where he was, and looked at Beiming Xue. Beiming Xue hurriedly started explaining, offering dozens of sentences before Wang Yan seemed to sort of understand, nodding thoughtfully.
By now, Wang Xuesong had already run 200 meters, turning at the far end of the 400-meter track.
At this moment, Wang Yan finally raised his head, glanced at Wang Xuesong, then with a twist of his body, took off!
Wang Yan broke into a sprint, speeding out, covering 200 meters in over ten seconds and catching up with Wang Xuesong in half a minute. In just a moment, he had overtaken Wang Xuesong, returning to the starting point.
"One lap!" Ma Jun raised the scoreboard, shouting loudly.
Seeing this, everyone in the stands began to cheer, finally, a race worth watching was happening.
Who knew, just then, Wang Yan finished the 400 meters back to the starting point, stopping in front of Beiming Xue and said, "Now, tell me the second equation."
Seeing this, everyone opened their eyes wide in shock.