The next day, students at Magic City Sports University were taking their annual fitness tests. On the wide running track, sports students with years of training behind them warmed up eagerly, waiting for the hundred-meter race to begin.
Yet Chen Si, dressed in a casual hoodie and white sneakers, stepped onto the grass inside the track and lined up beside a group of first- and second-class athletes.
"Hey, man, are you the timekeeper? Or... a referee?" The sports student closest to him looked puzzled.
"No, I wanted to race you guys," Chen Si replied.
"Pfft! Hahahahaha!" One of the sports students burst out laughing.
"Wait, dude, you?" The student beside him looked at Chen Si as if to say, You've got to be kidding.
"I won't get in your way. Just run your own race." Chen Si waved a hand.
Just then, another figure rushed over, grabbed Chen Si, and tried to drag him away, only to find that he could not budge him. He hurriedly said, "Seriously, man, what are you doing? Didn't you say you were just coming to look around? They're taking a test. Don't cause trouble!"
Chen Si's older cousin, Li Zhe, looked utterly exasperated. The stares from everyone around them left him mortified. As a student here, he had also spent this time worrying about Chen Si's disappearance. As soon as he had heard from Chen Si, Chen Si had asked to visit the university, and naturally, he had agreed without hesitation.
"On your marks! Set!" But a hundred meters away, the starting pistol was already being raised.
The sports students beside them all settled into their starting positions, fully focused, and stopped paying attention to Chen Si.
"Come on, move!" Li Zhe pushed Chen Si toward the middle of the field.
Bang! The