"..."
Wang Kang and Tian Feng were instantly dumbfounded when they saw Lin Zhe catching up from behind.
"You..."
"Didn't you sprain your ankle?"
Tian Feng stared at Lin Zhe in disbelief.
He had seen it perfectly clearly earlier!
Lin Zhe's ankle had definitely been injured. He hadn't even been able to stand!
How had he caught up now?
And judging by the way he was running, he looked completely fine!
"Wang Kang! You've gone too far!"
Li Muchan caught up from behind as well and angrily rebuked Wang Kang.
"No, Sister Li, please let me argue my way out of this..."
"No, please let me explain."
"This had nothing to do with me! I didn't know anything about it!"
Seeing that he had been exposed, Wang Kang still tried to force an explanation, but...
Lin Zhe and Li Muchan had heard his conversation with Tian Feng perfectly clearly.
The evidence was conclusive. Any further explanation would only be an excuse.
"Yes, exactly! This had nothing to do with Wang Kang. He definitely didn't tell me to do it!"
Tian Feng would have been better off saying nothing. His explanation only made them look even guiltier.
"We'll settle what happened today after the race. I'll wait for you at the finish line."
Although Lin Zhe was equally angry, he knew this wasn't the time to cause trouble.
The racecourse wasn't a battlefield.
There were plenty of other runners around.
Under the organizing committee's rules, causing trouble on the course would most likely get them removed and disqualified.
If his conflict with Wang Kang got him disqualified and caused him to fail the mission, Lin Zhe would suffer a huge loss.
Besides, this misfortune had turned into a blessing: Lin Zhe had received the [System-Level Massage Technique] as a reward, an