But seeing the tired and struggling students not far away, Qiao Huaiyao felt a little regretful for shaking his head just now.
However… Qiao Huaiyao lowered his gaze, falling on the hands held between the two of them. His fingertips trembled lightly, and then clenched a bit tighter.
The broadcast on the playground kept looping, “Don’t stop! Students who have finished the training should help each other, walk or run around the playground. Don’t stop—”
With the broadcast reminder, it’s possible that the school was afraid some students might not pay attention to the broadcast, so they deliberately arranged for the chief instructor to be there, holding a stick. Not to hit people, just walking around.
The effect was obvious; no one stopped. By the time Qiu Shufeng and the others returned, Qiao Huaiyao had already calmed down.
Yu Luofan was breathing heavily, “Why are we running so fast?”
“This ten-kilometer training isn’t something that ordinary people can complete,” Qiu Shufeng’s head was buzzing, and the playground in front of him started spinning.
If it wasn’t for Wang Zhan holding onto him, he would probably have already collapsed.
“I thought I didn’t have such bad stamina, what’s going on?”
Wang Zhan gave him a glance, “What’s going on? You’ve been chattering the whole way, even if someone else was in your place, they couldn’t have completed the run.”
But then again, speaking non-stop while running the whole distance is also a manly thing to do.
Bai Jinyan raised his head to adjust his cap’s brim, “Are you free later? Let’s have a meal.”
Qiu Shufeng was momentarily taken aback, as if he was being asked by them?
When Wang Zhan saw Bai Jinyan’s face, his breath caught, isn’t this…!?
Yu Luofan couldn’t react either, for a moment, the three of them froze in place simultaneously.
Qiu Shufeng, at least, knew beforehand that Bai Jinyan was Qiao Huaiyao’s brother, and he quickly regained his composure, “No need, we still have to do another lap, let’s go eat.”
Wang Zhan choked up, seeing that no one around them noticed, he forcibly suppressed the scream at his throat and managed to squeeze out a word, “Sure.”
Yu Luofan was relatively calm, “No need to bother.”
Wang Zhan’s voice was trembling, “C-can you not hold my hand, it hurts, brother!”
Yu Luofan quickly let go of his hand, “Sorry, sorry.”
Qiao Huaiyao thought for a moment and said, “How about we eat Hot Pot? We were talking in the dorm before about wanting to have Hot Pot. I know a good place nearby.”
Qiu Shufeng and the others used to go to that Hot Pot place often in their past life.
Although Qiao Huaiyao had never been there, he had heard Qiu Shufeng talk about it, saying that they would go for a meal there every break.
It was located next to the university, the prices were reasonable, and it was very popular among the students.
“No, no, no,” Wang Zhan said, “Let’s do another lap first, then we can… go eat.”
As he spoke, Wang Zhan staggered and pulled Qiu Shufeng along.
Yu Luofan nodded at Qiao Huaiyao and followed along.
Qiao Huaiyao raised an eyebrow, watching them walk away, the three of them were each walking their own way.
He looked up, approached and carefully examined Bai Jinyan’s cap brim, and teased, “Is this cap so scary?”
Qiao Huaiyao pinched his cheek with a smile, “It’s quite cute.”
Bai Jinyan let him tease, “Let’s go, let’s eat Hot Pot.”
Thinking of Hot Pot, Qiao Huaiyao just thought that Qiu Shufeng and the others might be interested in the Hot Pot place near the school.
But now, he really wanted to try the taste of this Hot Pot.
Qiao Huaiyao said, “Let’s go.”
Yu Luofan and the others walked away, Wang Zhan occasionally looked back towards them.
Qiu Shufeng gave him a pat on the back of his head, “What are you looking at?”
“Looking at Bai Jinyan.” Wang Zhan covered the back of his head and sighed, “I performed so poorly just now, ahhhh… I refused Bai Jinyan’s treat, can I still regret it?”
“It’s not too late, go find them.” Yu Luofan was about to push him over.
Wang Zhan quickly grabbed his hand, “No, no, I’m good.”
“I did feel like I’ve seen him somewhere. My eyes never forget things.” Wang Zhan, who was very knowledgeable about the entertainment industry, kept a close watch on various aspects of the entertainment circle and celebrity rankings.
Although he wasn’t a diehard fan of any celebrity, he occasionally paid attention to entertainment news.
Knowing that Bai Jinyan had been to their university before, he hadn’t really paid much attention to why he had come.
Wang Zhan shook his head, but he decided that if he saw Bai Jinyan in some popular topic on the internet, he would know in advance that he was Qiao Huaiyao’s brother.
In retrospect, he regretted it.
Why did he not accept Bai Jinyan’s treat just on time for dinner? This can’t be eaten up at a specific dinner time. Also, why did he mention ‘remarks’ during mealtime?