Unfortunately, Zhi Ying didn't care about anything else as all her focus was on the empty water bottle she held, wanting to drink another bottle of water to quench her thirst.
Sadly, no one seemed to notice her silent struggle. They all surrounded Zhi Ying and talked about the exciting process of the game, focusing on describing the funny expressions of the athlete who had been overtaken.
Han Jiaojiao put back the winter school uniform for Zhi Ying, and Li Ge sneaked over to the referee, trying to find out Zhi Ying's time.
The remaining three didn't stay long either. Han Jiaojiao had a shot put match soon, and Zhao Qian accompanied her to the competition venue, planning to stay there to help her just in case.
Zhi Ying stood there for a while, then slowly fixed the sweater back on, along with the school uniform.
Wanting to drink water, Zhi Ying swallowed her still dry throat and walked to the backup area.
"..." She was left speechless when she looked around to find that there were only empty water crates on the ground in the backup area of Class Two, and there was not a single bottle of water in them.
Zhi Ying looked anxiously at the two classmates sitting in the backup area: "Is there no water left?"
"The class president has already gone to buy it outside the school, and the sports committee just carried away the last crate of water." The guarding classmate explained in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Oh." Zhi Ying reached into her pocket and felt it. She didn't bring her cell phone or campus card because of the competition today, and the class president had provided breakfast.
With a bitter expression, Zhi Ying started wandering around, trying to find the sports committee and the water crate.
Zhi Ying's school uniform was blown up by the autumn wind, and there was a sense of bleakness in her heart.
Walking to the same flower bed from yesterday, Zhi Ying suddenly saw the person next to it: Classmate Jiang Wei!
As soon as she noticed a person nearby, she thought of Jiang Wei and despite her face-blindness, she easily identified the person as him.
Almost at the speed of a trot, Zhi Ying rushed to Jiang Wei, raised her head, and asked, "Can you lend me some money?"
Jiang Wei, leaning against the flower bed with his tall frame, was stunned when he heard Zhi Ying's words and let out an exclamation, "What?"
"Money, can I borrow some money?" Zhi Ying repeated to be clearer and pursed her lips as she mumbled, "I'm a little thirsty."
Jiang Wei didn't ask why Zhi Ying didn't go to the backup area, but turned around and walked to the supermarket on campus.
Zhi Ying stood there and thought about it, and immediately followed.
To the surprise of the two, the water in the supermarket was sold out.
"You have to wait for about half an hour; our trucks are stuck on the road," the supermarket aunt explained.
Hearing her words, Jiang Wei turned his head and offered, "What drink do you want?"
Zhi Ying stared blankly at Jiang Wei for a few moments before shaking her head. "I don't know," she mumbled, still focused on her need for water.
Jiang Wei continued into the supermarket and turned back after a few seconds, calling out to Zhi Ying, "Come here."
"Mhm." Zhi Ying moved slowly and walked inside the supermarket.
The two stood in front of a row of colorful drinks on the shelves.
"What do you want to drink?" Jiang Wei asked lightly.
Zhi Ying's eyes swept around the drinks, and she shook her head, "I want to drink water."
The variety of drinks didn't entice her at all. It seemed she was far too determined to drink water, and water only!
Jiang Wei stood silently in front of the shelf, and after a while asked, "Do you want hot water?"
Zhi Ying nodded.
Jiang Wei exited the supermarket with Zhi Ying in tow, and they soon reached a nearby milk tea shop.
The owner was a young woman. Seeing Jiang Wei come in, her eyes lit up as she asked passionately, "This student, what do you want to drink?"
"A cup of boba milk tea, no boba, no milk tea." Jiang Wei said in a low voice, as if he was talking about a normal thing.
The shop owner was stunned for a few seconds. She stared at Jiang Wei's handsome face, wondering whether this student was here to cause trouble, until she saw Zhi Ying slowly coming over behind him with soft delicate steps as her legs still hurt after the long race.
Although Zhi Ying still had short hair, her skin was several degrees lighter than when she first entered school. Judging from her beautiful facial features, it could still be distinguished whether she was male or female.
Even though she had a long-standing scientific and technological masculinity, it was much easier to identify her as female by looking at her now.
The shop owner seemed to understand after a moment and put her finger on her chin as if pondering. "This student wants to drink, right?"
Zhi Ying nodded obediently behind Jiang Wei and almost raised her hand as she barely uttered, "I want a drink."
"Wait, student." The shop owner finished talking and started to rummage through the boxes. Finally, she found a brown sugar ginger tea she had bought previously and poured a bag of it into a paper cup meant for drinking coffee before filling the cup with hot water.
"Here, this is good for the body." The female owner said enthusiastically.
Zhi Ying took it, lowered her head, and sniffed. There was a strong ginger smell wafting from the drink as she thought, 'So you could drink this kind of thing after running?'
Jiang Wei had originally planned to refuse, but when he saw that Zhi Ying had already started drinking, he swallowed the words he was about to say and took out the money to pay the store owner.
The store owner held her cheeks and looked at the young high school students and said enviously, "It's good. You should cherish it!"
Zhi Ying drank what she thought was glucose water, and Jiang Wei ignored the shop owner. He walked out of the milk tea shop after paying the money.
In the end, Zhi Ying didn't get to drink water. She lowered her head, bit the straw, and then immediately followed behind the departing back of Jiang Wei.
"Oh, this boyfriend is a little cold." The female boss watched them walk away and whispered in a small voice while smiling.
"I don't think this is right," Zhi Ying suddenly said to Jiang Wei in front of her.