Every student whose name the PE teacher hadn't called breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at the five classmates who had stepped out.
Standing beside the pool, Qian Junran wore a miserable expression, his eyes filled with bitterness, as though he had just swallowed a whole durian, rind and all.
"Sir, I'm not feeling well." Qian Junran turned his head with utter sincerity and raised his hand. "I've got stomach cramps. I might not be able to get in the water right now."
"Are you sick?" The PE teacher was quite reasonable and didn't force Qian Junran. "You, the tall one, step out! Take him to the infirmary for a checkup."
When Zhuo Jun, the tall student he had singled out, heard that he had to go to the infirmary, his face darkened. He wanted to refuse, but one look at the PE teacher's grotesquely distorted muscles made him abandon the idea.
"Anyone else feeling unwell? You can all go to the infirmary together." The smile on the PE teacher's face was rather frightening. "The infirmary has a complete set of diagnostic and treatment equipment. The last student who went for a checkup weighed 170 pounds going in and only 70 coming out."
A few others had been thinking of pretending to be sick, but after seeing Zhuo Jun's grim expression and hearing the PE teacher's description, they immediately dropped the idea.
"Sir, my stomach suddenly doesn't hurt so much anymore." Qian Junran straightened up. "A minor injury won't take me out of the fight. I think I can do this."
"Absolutely not. I'm responsible for every one of your health. Tall one, take him there right now!" The PE teacher grabbed Qian Junran and carried him over to Zhuo Jun, his enormous body looming like a small mountain.