Tan Rou's behavior of running in the outer lane perplexed the professional athletes, with several professional athletes who had come to watch the competition discussing her behavior in the stands.
"What's going on? This is the first time I've seen someone run in the outer lane," said one male athlete. "This is a competition, even if it's just an amateur one, it's about ranking, doesn't she care about her position at all? Then why did she come to compete?"
"Her behavior is indeed a bit strange," said a female athlete, "but don't you think the behavior of the few people next to her is even stranger? As soon as she ran to the outer lane, immediately three people also followed her outside. Surely those three can't be her bodyguards, right?"
"Indeed, the behavior of those three is even more suspicious," said the male athlete.
It wasn't only the professional athletes who spotted something amiss—the citizens who came to watch the competition also felt something was off.
