Flender cleared his throat twice. Just then, Bai Yu happened to be running this way, and he hurriedly called out, "Bai Yu, that's enough. You can stop running for today!"
Bai Yu ran up to Flender. From a distance, no one had been able to see clearly, but now that he was close, they realized his face was pale and bloodless. He was breathing like a bellows, as though he might collapse at any second.
"No. Since you punished me to run a thousand laps, I have to finish them."
Flender was startled as well. Wiping away nonexistent sweat, he said, "Enough. I punished you just so you'd remember this lesson, not because I wanted to torment you. If you keep running and something happens, what then?"
Ning Rongrong turned to look at him.
"Then why did you make him run a thousand laps?!"
Flender cleared his throat and said nothing.
How was he supposed to know this kid was so stubborn? Once he started running, he did not rest at all. He had already finished fifty laps!
It was precisely this stubbornness that made Flender regard him more highly.
But the very next second, Bai Yu suddenly toppled headfirst to the ground!
Everyone was startled. Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu beat Tang San to it, supporting Bai Yu from either side and helping him toward his room.
Before leaving, Ning Rongrong shot Flender a fierce glare. It was all that old bastard's fault that Bai Yu had fainted!
Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu took the room key from Bai Yu's pocket and opened the door.
The dormitory conditions at Shrek Academy were average, but Bai Yu had kept this simple room neat and orderly—except for the desk.
Quite a few books lay on the desk. Some were spread open