Chapter 64: High Jump

  Ouyang Luo must have been hit hard yesterday, so he didn't come to school today. I also didn't see Gu Yue Xuan, I think he shouldn't be here either! Today I won't be able to go around watching the matches because the things arranged by the news society will start today.

  Vera and I arrived early at the high jump competition area, which was already packed with people. Both the competitors and spectators were extremely excited.

  "Wow, so many people!" Veer said with her eyes narrowed, looking at the crowd in front of her.

  "Yes, many, okay, wait and take a photo later, I'll record the results! This is good for summary! In order to complete our task smoothly, we need to work harder!"

  "Alright! Let's go ahead, it seems like it's about to start!" Vera pulled me along as we limped over. Her foot injury hadn't fully recovered yet!

  After a while, the game officially started. The first contestant was ready and began to sprint rhythmically. When he reached the front of the pole, he jumped up with one foot and cleared the pole smoothly. A warm applause erupted from the surrounding crowd.

  The players behind are also very excellent, the first jump is almost all jumped over, and a few individuals have jumped past, but the pole was brought down by his body.

  I seriously watched some of my classmates' matches and recorded the scores of each contestant. When the champion comes out, we will go for an interview. But I don't know who it is, because everyone is so strong!

  "Wow, it's coming! It's coming!" I was writing on the writing board when Vera suddenly poked me with her elbow, and a very discordant black line appeared on the white paper. I frowned, "Vera, look, it's all your fault!" I handed the writing board to her.

  "Look, look, he's coming!" Vera actually ignored me and was still desperately elbowing me. Who exactly was coming? I followed her gaze to look over there.

  Han Shaojin was wearing a black sportswear, standing at the starting point of the long jump, it turned out that he was participating in the high jump competition!

  "How handsome!" Veer held up her digital camera and took a crazy shot of Han Shaozhen. I looked around and saw that it wasn't just Veer, but other girls were also taking crazy shots with their phones.

  Han Shaojin ignored all the objects around him, as if his world only had himself.

  He started to sprint, very rhythmic, the speed of jumping over the pole was very fast and neat, with a perfect landing, without leaving any trace.

  Every time he finished jumping, the surrounding area would erupt in thunderous applause, and I also followed suit by clapping my hands on the writing board. Vera was so excited that she let out a shrill cry.

  Of course, as the competition gets tougher and tougher, there are only a few contestants left in the end.

  It's the final round of the replay now, although everyone knows that the champion is likely to be Han Shaoyan, but the mood is very tense. The previous few have one who has successfully jumped over, and the others have not jumped over, which means that if Han Shaoyan doesn't jump over this time, the championship will not belong to him.

  Han Shaojian stood at the takeoff point, and the audience in the stadium held their breath, looking at him with tense expressions, expecting his jump. However, he suddenly walked towards the judge, whispered a few words in the judge's ear, and the judge looked a bit embarrassed, glanced at the front, and finally nodded, walking to the pole vault and directly raising it higher.

  "My goodness! He wants to jump straight to the highest level!" a girl exclaimed loudly.

  "He's so amazing! I like him!" A girl with high-bridge glasses said, squinting her eyes and clasping her hands together.

  "Han Shaojian, jiayou! We will always support you!" The cheerleaders on the side were shouting loudly.

  I took a look at Han Shaojian, who was already preparing to start sprinting, taking off with one foot. The live broadcast suddenly switched to slow motion, and everyone's eyes were fixed on Han Shaojian.

  Han Shaojian jumped over the pole with one foot, and the other foot nimbly crossed over, landing smoothly. His upper garment touched the bamboo pole, at which point I really thought the pole would fall down, my heart skipped a beat. However, the pole shook twice but did not fall.

  The whole audience erupted in thunderous applause...

  "Ah! He's so great!" Viola excitedly pulled on my clothes and dragged me along.

  "If you tug on it again, it'll be ruined!" I brushed away Vi's hand. "Did we get the photo?"

  "Don't worry, it's all in here!" Vera held up the digital camera in her hand and waved it in front of me.

  "Ah, good then!"

  "Are we going to interview him next? I'm getting a bit impatient!" Vicky exclaimed excitedly.

  "Now it's uncertain whether he is a champion or not, and there's still one more jump left, why are you so excited?"

  Wei'er gave me a white eye, "That one has self-awareness, knows he can't jump over and has already given up, willing to be second!"

  Giving up? I looked around and saw that there were indeed many fewer people. Everyone was slowly evacuating. Han Shao Yan also had to leave.

  "He's leaving, quick, let's go find him for an interview!" Vera was about to grab my hand to chase after him, but her hand moved too quickly and accidentally knocked the writing board out of my hands. Papers scattered all over the floor.

  Wei furrowed her brow, "What a hassle, I'll go chase after him first, you come quickly!" After saying that, she supported her injured foot and hobbled forward in a run. I really admire how fast she can run despite her injured foot!

  I crouched down and picked up the papers one by one. When I was picking up the last one, I found a paper-folded star next to it. This... seemed familiar? Ah, right! Last time, Han Shaozhen didn't even care about the danger and walked onto the track to pick this very same star, and ended up knocking me down so hard that my nose bled, and he didn't even apologize to me!

  What kind of star is this, it should be very important to him! I curiously put the star in my palm and took a closer look, it's not much different from the stars we usually fold, the only difference is that the paper is a bit softer, this star seems to have been folded for a long time. Why did he keep a star for so long? And still carry it with him all the time? Now that it's fallen off, I wonder if he knows?

  I feel like Han Shaojing is a mystery, an enigma that can't be unraveled.

  I held that star and looked for Wei Er everywhere, but didn't know where she went. It was only later that she called me to tell me she's now at the stone bench on the school's shaded path.

  When I arrived, I saw Wei sitting on the stone bench with her head down and looking depressed. When she saw me coming, she was still listless, and I really didn't know where that enthusiasm of hers had gone.

  "What's wrong? Didn't we say we were going after Han Shao Yan? Where is he?" I sat down beside Wei Er.

  Wei'er pointed to a stone bench not far from us, I followed her finger and looked over, Han Shaojian was sitting on it, with earphones in his ears listening to music.

  "Didn't you go look for him?" With Evie's personality, she wouldn't just stand by and watch from afar.

  "How could he not, he simply ignored me! I followed him all the way and told him that we wanted to interview him for our school newspaper, hoping he would cooperate. But he just said 'boring' and rejected me outright! I thought it was pointless to say more!"

  I took a look at Han Shaojian and patted Wei Er's shoulder. "I'll go take a look!"