Chapter 42: A One-to-One Draw p2
Zhou Wanfeng stood up and stretched her limbs, then bent down to tie her shoelaces, preparing to run. Five kilometers was not a difficult thing for her.
But when Jiang Chen saw Zhou Wanfeng stand up and start to prepare, he was overjoyed and shouted, “Instructor, let’s have another match! That was just a warm-up…”
Before he could finish, Zhou Wanfeng grabbed him by the back of his collar and dragged him away, her voice clear and cold. “Admit defeat when you lose. Don’t be a disgrace.”
Jiang Chen’s words had brought a glimmer of hope to the lifeless atmosphere. A few classmates perked up. “Instructor, how about another match?”
In fact, the classmates just wanted to delay time, or give the instructor time to change his mind. They really didn’t want to run.
They looked at each other, a little shameless, but they just didn’t want to run around the playground.
“Instructor, why don’t we perform a program for you, and you can have a good laugh?”
“Instructor, why don’t we change the event? For example, a poetry recitation?” a classmate said, realizing that agreeing before had been a mistake.
They had picked the other person’s strength and their own weakness.
Wu Zihe looked at the group of first-year high school students who were trying their best to be shameless, and his face hardened. “What are you shouting about? Was the military order just a joke? A loss is a loss. I hate people who can’t afford to lose and act shamelessly.” He then pointed. “See? While you’re being shameless here, she’s already running.”
He was talking about Zhou Wanfeng and Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen was being suppressed by Zhou Wanfeng’s gaze, and he had to run.
Later, more and more classmates joined in, and the line suddenly grew.
They did what they said they would, although they were not running fast.
When the homeroom teacher of First Year, Class Three, Xu Lei, came over, he saw his students running around the playground under the sun, one by one, crooked and slanted.
“Instructor Wu, is the training this afternoon running?” Xu Lei saw that the other classes were practicing standing at attention, and some were practicing the four-sided turns. Only his class was running in circles. And even if they were running, shouldn’t they be in a neat formation?
Wu Zihe explained, “I’m having them run five kilometers. This is a basic physical training item. It can test the students’ endurance and also train their cardiopulmonary function. It’s also to let them quickly adapt to the upcoming high-intensity training.”
This group of students was very delicate. They couldn’t even stand at attention properly. The moment they thought he wasn’t looking, they would try to slack off.
The students of the surrounding classes saw the students of First Year, Class Three running and curiously asked their own instructors if they would be running in the afternoon too.
“We’re not running. We’re training properly. They’re the ones who are being punished for not training properly.”
In the hot weather, they couldn’t even run two laps. They would stop and go, and the students of First Year, Class Three were scattered all over the playground.
The instructor saw this and went to find Wu Zihe.
A short while later, the students of First Year, Class Three were gathered. They were to form a square and run around the playground together. The way they were running before didn’t look good to the leadership.
But the students’ butts were like they were glued to the ground with superglue. They couldn’t get up.
Yun Jingya’s face was flushed. She was bent over with her hands on her knees, panting heavily. On closer inspection, her calves and arms were trembling, and she was swaying, on the verge of falling. Zhou Wanfeng went up and grabbed her.
“Are you okay?”
Yun Jingya shook her head slightly, her words uneven. “I… I can’t run anymore. Huff, huff, huff, I’m… I’m so tired.”
The cries of “tired” and “hot” were endless. The ones squatting on the ground refused to get up, shouting, “Instructor, I’m a civilian soldier! Please let me go!”
“Instructor, let’s rest and then run again. I really can’t run anymore.”
Jiang Chen’s military training uniform was soaked with sweat. He was squatting on the ground, stretching his arms and shouting, “Instructor, if you’re a man, then let’s have another match! If we lose, from tomorrow on, all of our breaks will be cancelled, and we’ll also finish today’s laps.”
“Are you crazy?”
Jiang Chen didn’t care about that. Comfort was the most important thing right now. He stood up shakily, pulled the homeroom teacher over, and said in a rough voice, “Our homeroom teacher will be the witness. Instructor, let’s have another match! You won unfairly just now.”
“That’s right! It was an unfair win!”
“It was a sneak attack!”
The students didn’t know what Jiang Chen was trying to do. Anyway, they didn’t want to run anymore. Slacking off for a while was better than nothing.
Xu Lei looked at the students, their hair soaked with sweat, all of them panting heavily, their eyes dull with exhaustion. They looked quite pitiful. He couldn’t help but look at Instructor Wu.
“Fine, then let’s have another match. Is it still Kong Xiaoxu?” Wu Zihe scanned the crowd for Kong Xiaoxu. The person was still sitting on the ground and hadn’t gotten up. Hearing that there was going to be another match, he shook his head.
“Change the person, change the person! We’ll change the person!” Jiang Chen shouted, moving to Zhou Wanfeng’s side and whispering, “Boss, I heard from Jiang Yi that the classmates in junior high all called you boss. From now on, you’ll be my boss. Please help your little brother. Your little brother really can’t run anymore. If I run anymore, my life will be over. And don’t you want to spar with the instructor?”
Jiang Chen spoke in a very small voice. Only Yun Jingya heard some of it. Her big eyes were full of anticipation, and she couldn’t help but grab Zhou Wanfeng’s arm.
Three seconds. Seeing Zhou Wanfeng standing there with a blank expression, not refusing, Jiang Chen’s eyes flashed with joy. He secretly rejoiced. He had bet right. How could a master not want to spar with another master?
Zhou Wanfeng pushed him away and walked straight up to Wu Zihe. “Instructor, it’s my turn.”
The students of Class Three were taken aback and started to whisper to each other.
In fact, they knew that this person was from their class, but they didn’t know much else. It seemed that this girl was a little withdrawn and not part of the group.
Seeing Zhou Wanfeng go out, Jiang Chen pumped his fist in excitement.
Yun Jingya clenched her fists. “Go, Wanfeng!”
“I think her name is Zhou Wanfeng?”
“Why is she going up?”
“I don’t know.”
“What’s going on?”
“I think she went up on her own.”
The classmates didn’t understand and started to whisper to each other.
“Classmate, can you do it?” the class president, Wu Junfeng, asked very carefully. He was too embarrassed to call her down directly. It would be a little hurtful in front of so many people.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen immediately went over and pulled the class president, Wu Junfeng, over, and kindly told him, “If you want to talk about who has the ability now, it’s only her. You don’t know her yet. You’ll know in time. For now, you just watch from the side. You can’t go wrong listening to me.”
Yun Jingya chimed in, “He’s telling the truth. Wanfeng is very tough. You just have to cheer for her.”
Zhou Wanfeng shot them a cold glance, then looked back at the instructor and repeated, “Instructor, can I?”
Wu Zihe looked at the girl in front of him. Her name seemed to be Zhou Wanfeng. The moment he met her eyes, Wu Zihe had an indescribable feeling. He just felt that this girl, whether it was her eyes or her expression, was very calm.
Xu Lei did not stop her. During the military training, the homeroom teacher was just to follow up on the training between the instructor and the students.
And he also wanted to take advantage of the military training to understand the personalities of the students in his class. If there were no accidents, he would be with them until graduation.
“Best of three. You’ve already lost one round.”
“Alright,” Zhou Wanfeng replied.
The classmates were still confused, but they unconsciously made way for her.
The two of them stood in the middle.
Zhou Wanfeng had seen the instructor’s throw with Kong Xiaoxu just now, so she had some basic information. The instructor was fierce and fast. In close combat, if he grabbed you, you would be thrown…
A flame ignited in her eyes. Zhou Wanfeng was excited for the first time in a long time.
“Instructor, please be gentle. I’ve also practiced Taekwondo for six or seven years. I’m not as heavy as Kong Xiaoxu,” Zhou Wanfeng said with a smile in her eyes, extending her hand.
Wu Zihe didn’t plan to use his full strength either. After all, he had the advantage of age and strength. To go all out against a girl, his teammates would laugh at him later…
Wu Zihe hadn’t even gotten into a stance. He was planning to go easy on her…
But the moment their hands touched, Zhou Wanfeng’s eyes instantly darkened. She attacked.
Wu Zihe reached out to grab the girl’s left shoulder. As long as he grabbed her, the winner would be immediately decided. But Wu Zihe was careless. Seeing that she was a girl, he had held back, not using his full strength, and his speed was not fast.
But the next second, Zhou Wanfeng’s right hand directly slapped down on the instructor’s right hand. At the same time, her left hand went under his armpit and grabbed his chest. Her speed was surprisingly fast. Her body turned to the right, and her left arm directly pinned the instructor’s right arm, making it impossible for him to bend it.
Wu Zihe’s heart skipped a beat. By the time he reacted, his arm had already been pinned. Just as he was about to use his strength to break free, he suddenly found that his right shoulder joint was being held down by the girl’s small arm.
As his eyes widened in shock, the girl’s body quickly twisted to the right and back. Then his vision was inverted, and at the same time, he saw many students with wide, surprised eyes.
Amidst their shock and gasps, Wu Zihe was thrown to the ground.
“Damn, damn,” a boy unconsciously blurted out. He had been sweating just now, but now he had goosebumps.
“Go, Wanfeng!” Yun Jingya shouted.
Zhou Wanfeng changed her stance again, this time a combination of defense and offense. She stared at the instructor who was getting up and said, “A one-to-one draw.”
“Ahhh, Zhou Wanfeng, you deserve to be my boss!” Jiang Chen pumped his fist in excitement, as if he had been revived with a shot of adrenaline.
“Her name is Zhou Wanfeng? Zhou Wanfeng, go for it! I don’t want to run!” The class seemed to see a glimmer of hope. The ones who had been sitting on the ground all got up.
Their eyes were all sparkling.
Although they didn’t quite understand, anyone with eyes could see that Zhou Wanfeng was different from Kong Xiaoxu.
Wu Zihe dusted himself off and stood up, his gaze much calmer. “A one-to-one draw. Let’s go again!”
In an instant, the students next to them all shut up, afraid of disturbing them.
The last one was a sneak attack.
This time, Zhou Wanfeng’s eyes were calm and sharp. The two of them maintained a one-meter distance, becoming cautious.
This time, Wu Zihe attacked first. A wrist break to a wrist lock. Zhou Wanfeng was calm and composed, and she broke the lock with a reverse elbow.
Both of them were using combat techniques. In close combat, Zhou Wanfeng’s practical moves were more flexible and agile. She could counter any move. Wu Zihe was fierce and powerful, breaking ten moves with one force.
Zhou Wanfeng locked Wu Zihe’s arm, but he pushed his shoulder forward, creating a small gap, and with a reverse forearm rotation, he forced Zhou Wanfeng to lose her best leverage point. He then pushed, and the attack came again.
Back and forth, they had already gone past three moves.
The classmates next to them, including the homeroom teacher, Xu Lei, were all dumbfounded.