Fu Hua held out even longer than Shen Gonglin did. He stared her down resolutely, deep purple and emerald green eyes locked for what felt like ages. In the end, Fu Hua looked away first. Sigh... she had still lost to Shen Gonglin.
"You said it yourself. Twenty minutes, not one second more."
See? The purpose of a so-called bottom line was to be crossed.
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"Shen Gonglin... hey, what's wrong with you? Why do you look like you're about to die? It feels like you're about to burn yourself out completely."
After finally forcing himself to run all the way here, Shen Gonglin slumped against the wall, panting like a dead dog. Lured on by the promise of Fu Hua's reward, he had finally reached the finish line. Right now, he felt as if not a single part of his body belonged to him anymore. Kiana and Bronya hurried over from afar as well. Mei had only felt safe coming to find Shen Gonglin because Bronya was there; if Kiana had been left alone in the dorm, she definitely would have slept in and been late.
Walking up to Shen Gonglin, Kiana curiously poked him. This guy was obviously in a very abnormal state. What had happened while she wasn't around? And had the Class President and Mei both gone looking for him this morning? Why hadn't they brought her along?
"I really can't do this anymore... Mei, I need water."
Shen Gonglin waved Kiana off. He had no time to talk to her right now. Taking the cup from Mei, he gulped down over half of it in one breath. Today alone had used up what was probably a month's worth of his usual exercise. If it hadn't been for the Class President's