Mi Le had not reflected on himself in a long time.
Today, he was finally reflecting, thinking about whether his reasoning was different from that of a normal person, that he didn’t understand 180 cm’s thoughts?
Fortunately, Mi Le didn’t ask 180 cm to commit hara-kiri. Otherwise, wouldn’t there be a mishap?
He hesitated for a moment and said: “Forget it.”
“There’s no need to sympathize with me.” 180 cm looked around, then said, “Dad, you exercise first. I’ll go buy you a sports drink.”
“No need.” Mi Le really didn’t want a drink. Moreover, he usually only drank lemon water.
“It’s just this one week!” 180 cm finished speaking and walked away quickly with large strides. His intolerance for rejection was unexpectedly like a domineering CEO.
Take the water and drink it. Don’t come to see me until you finish drinking it.
Mi Le and Zuoqiu Mingxu looked at each other, as though seeing confusion in each other’s eyes.
Mi Le looked at 180 cm again. He had already joined up with the volleyball team.
He walked to the treadmill and pressed the operation panel. He originally only wanted to warm up by a walk at a speed of 6 and a slope of 4. Ten minutes later, he would do something else. However, Tong Yi came to a treadmill adjacent to him.
The two of them didn’t look at each other. They were only able to glance at each other from the corner of their eyes.
Tong Yi adjusted the speed to 8 and started running.
After thinking for a moment, Mi Le also adjusted to 8 and ran as well.
The two of them seemed to be competing with each other. After warming up for ten minutes, they didn’t stop, but continued running.
180 cm brought a sports drink to their side and asked Zuoqiu Mingxu: “Brother, are the two of them… a little foolish?”
That even 180 cm could say this, the obvious level of competition between the two people was evident.
Zuoqiu Mingxu also wondered: “Mi Le is usually very calm. What’s the matter? Is it because Tong Yi said his feet are big and he’s unhappy?”
After looking, 180 cm curled his lips: “It’s Tong Yi’s feet that are small. His nickname is Tong Little Feet.”
“They are indeed quite small.” After Zuoqiu Mingxu looked at them, he went to the side to lift weights.
The two of them competed against each other. After running at speed 8 for 50 minutes, Tong Yi turned his head to look at Mi Le. He saw that Mi Le’s face was covered in sweat and his cheeks were a little red, as though he couldn’t persevere anymore. He finally pressed the decelerate button.
He wiped the sweat on his face with a towel and walked on the treadmill, catching his breath. He couldn’t help but laugh as he asked: “Okay, you should also stop. I see that your lips are turning white.”
Mi Le snorted softly.
Tong Yi walked for a while longer, turned off his treadmill, and saw that Mi Le had adjusted so that he was walking slowly at a speed of 4.
As he was about to leave, he heard Mi Le say, “I was previously always at slope 4.”
“Uh… and then?”
“Even with webbed feet, you can run quite well.”
“…” Tong Yi didn’t know whether to cry or laugh at Mi Le. He nodded and said: “Yes, you’re amazing.”
After thinking about it, he added a thumbs up.
180 cm walked over and threw a bottled drink at each of them, then turned around and left.
Mi Le held the drink and watched 180 cm leave. He asked Mi Le: “Does he really have to do this?”
“Or else what? He is still someone who keeps his word. He will definitely be filial to you for a week. Cherish it. In a week, he will start to be annoying again.”
After hesitating for a while, Mi Le went to stretch again. He took a break before going to lift weights with Zuoqiu Mingxu.
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As soon as he came over, Zuoqiu Mingxu went to Mi Le’s side. He pointed his chin towards the volleyball team, saying, “They are all pretty fit. They look strong, like fitness coaches.”
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“Kbcu Tl’r oluegf lr delaf ubbv. Lf tjr jc lcnfgafv agljcuif oluegf jcv tf vbfrc’a ribemt. Ol Wlc ribemtfr delaf j iba.”
“Lf’r pera jnfgjuf. Llr ifu tjlg lr jirb vfcrf.”
“Cr fzqfmafv bo qfbqif ktb ilnf lc atf rjwf vbgw. Tbe fnfc xcbk jybea atlr.”
“…” Mi Le felt that he had been losing his intelligence recently. He actually stopped thinking before he spoke.
*
180 cm really did as he said.
The next morning, 180 cm came knocking on the door as soon as Mi Le finished washing up.
Mi Le opened the door and saw 180 cm standing at the entrance, pointing at his feet: “I didn’t enter the dorm room.”
“Oh,” Mi Le responded.
“I bought breakfast for you.” 180 cm handed over the packed meal box.
Congee and boiled broccoli.
“How did you know what I eat?” Mi Le reached out to take it and asked.
“I discussed with Tong Yi about the chicken feed that you eat. It looks very gross, so I have a deep memory of it.”
“It’s actually okay.” Mi Le thought it was okay. At least it wasn’t bad for his stomach.
“Do you have any classes today?” 180 cm asked.
“Um… don’t tell me that you’re going to accompany me to class.”
“If there’s no need, then forget about it.”
“Forgetting about it is perfect.”
180 cm seemed about to speak for a while. He turned around and was about to leave. Tong Yi suddenly walked to the doorway and asked: “You didn’t bring me any food?”
Previously, Mi Le only opened the door and didn’t fully open it. He kept blocking the entrance as he spoke with 180 cm.
Tong Yi came over and leaned directly against Mi Le. He bent down and pressed his chin against Mi Le’s shoulder, asking.
“Didn’t bring any,” 180 cm replied, then left.
Tong Yi couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed. Then, Mi Le used his hand to press against Tong Yi’s head to move him away: “Get lost for me.”
“So fierce. If your fans knew you were like this, you would definitely lose fans.”
Mi Le took the breakfast and sat before his desk, eating it. He heard Tong Yi send a voice message: “He’s eating.”
Mi Le turned around, and Tong Yi put down his phone: “Your son asked me whether you had eaten or not. Don’t say. You’re not very old, but you have many sons. It’s like Duan Yu’s father. In the future, they will spend the rest of their lives finding brothers and sisters.”
“Your teammate is quite interesting.”
“The first day you came to the dorm, you gave him a scolding.”
“He deserved it.”
“Yes, yes, yes!” Otherwise, there would be another argument.
*
The act of acknowledging him as his father was just the beginning.
Mi Le returned to the drama club and saw 180 cm helping clean up in the drama club. He ran around the hall with a mop, his movements agile.
He paused in his steps, standing in the lobby and looking at 180 cm.
After 180 cm saw him, he immediately called out: “Dad!”
Mi Le cleared his throat and asked: “Why did you come here?”
“I came to help clean up.”
“We also have members to clean up.”
“It’s okay. I don’t have much training right now anyway. Moreover, I’m used to cleaning up the volleyball courts. Every time our coach is not satisfied with our training, he penalizes us to clean up. Our highest record is cleaning up four times in one day.”
“You actually don’t need to come over.”
“It’s okay. I’m a filial son.”
Mi Le looked at the astonished gazes of others around him and felt a bit uneasy. He didn’t know what he should say and ran away in a panic.
180 cm was quite warm and called after Mi Le’s back: “Dad, I’ll take you back to your dorm later?”
Mi Le looked back in a panic, then quickly ran away. He walked to a vacant place and couldn’t hold back, laughing.
These boys from the sports department were really amazing at being straightforward.
Although 180 cm seemed a bit absurd, making Mi Le baffled, he really had a strong ability to “penetrate the enemy’s interior.”
In just a few days, 180 cm became close with many people in the drama club and even joined the drama club’s WeChat group. In the group chat, he got to know several girls and had a lively conversation.
Today, they were discussing the freshmen welcoming of the drama club in the WeChat group.
Mi Le: Conserve funds. Renting a car to have dinner in the city is too luxurious and unnecessary.
Gong Monan: There really aren’t any suitable restaurants nearby.
Member E: Shall we have a cookout?
Member G: Probably! That works. We can buy things ourselves and go to a scenic area in the mountains to find a small lakeside for barbeque.
Si Li: Let me tell you a story of what happened when our sports department first arrived.
Mi Le: Speak.
Si Li: At that time, Tong Yi led us volleyball team members to the back of the school to break off corn. We couldn’t find the farmer, so we put 300 yuan between the leaves and carried the corn away. The farmer saw us leaving and didn’t notice the money. He reported to the school leaders and the whole school was looking for tall boys, so they found us. We were punished to run ten laps around the school.
Member O: ???
Member R: Didn’t you give them money?
Si Li: That’s right. After they found us, we said that we had actually left money. The farmer returned and really found it. He was quite embarrassed and even sent us another heap of corn.
Gong Monan: Why did you mention this?
Mi Le: Suddenly in a poetic mood?
Si Li: Let me continue.
Gong Monan: Go on.
Member P: Isn’t this a happy ending? Why did you still have to run laps?
Si Li: Because Tong Yi is obtuse. He took us up the mountain and found a small riverside to light a fire and roast corn. After the smoke rose, the school leaders came with water buckets and fire extinguishers, and then they saw us roasting corn. Our coach was furious. He punished us to run laps and even kicked Tong Yi’s leg so that it was bruised.
Mi Le: …
Member E: Er…
Member P: Hahahahahaha!
Si Li: It’s worth mentioning that the corn we took initially was not ripe and couldn’t be eaten at all. Only the corn that the farmer later gave us could be eaten.
Mi Le: What month was it then?
Si Li: End of July.
Mi Le: It would be strange if they were edible.
Si Li: Dad, you even know this?
Mi Le: Baidu it.
Si Li: Dad, you’re really amazing.
Member A: Hahahaha, you silly people.
Member B: I’m going to die from laughter.
Member C: Then what should we do now? If a cookout isn’t possible, what do we eat?
Si Li: Based on our experience of having come a few months earlier, there is indeed a restaurant that can serve as a gathering place.
Mi Le: You can communicate with Gong Monan and reserve it.
Si Li: However, to reserve this restaurant, there are some special requirements that you must be able to accept.
Mi Le: What do you mean?
Si Li: That’s another story.
Mi Le: …
Gong Monan: Say it.
Si Li: We do know a restaurant. Initially, when we were in confined training here, the cafeteria only had five dishes per day. If we went late, there would be none. We were all crying from cravings. Tong Yi brought us cycling around, and we really discovered this place.
Si Li: This is the largest wedding restaurant out of all the nearby villages. When we went there, some people just happened to be hosting a wedding banquet, so we went.
Si Li: They had a general account, and you pay when you go in. We saw that someone had even given them 50 yuan. After looking at each other, we were too embarrassed to also give 50 yuan. Each of us paid 100 yuan to go in and have a meal. No one knew whether we were from the bride’s side or the groom’s side.
Si Li: The most suffocating thing is that, while we were eating, we were observed by villagers, exclaiming that these young men were really tall. We had a very strong sense of shame while eating this meal.
Mi Le looked at his phone and couldn’t help but laugh.
Tong Yi was also sitting in the dorm, playing a game. Hearing Mi Le’s laughter, he turned back to look at Mi Le and asked: “What are you laughing at?”
“Are you on the neighborhood committee? You’re managing everything?”
“No, I’ve lost several times and I’m annoyed. If you have any jokes, just tell me.”
Mi Le’s gaze as he looked at Tong Yi was a bit complicated.
He didn’t know what Tong Yi’s mood would be if he told Tong Yi that he was actually one of the main characters of the joke.
Author’s Notes:
Tong Yi: Why did you become close with my wife’s family before me?
Si Li: If you pretend to be pitiful, you could get close with them as well.
180 rizzing the drama club in lieu of the sports ‘club’s shenanigans
Si Li: Si Li, is my name, and I’m silly as well because silly is my rizzy, I’m the rizz God.