Chapter 197: 197 \n\n
Su Ran might have thought that it would be easy but her optimism was shattered the second the game has started.
That was the moment when Su Ran realized why the was a cart in the event and that it was part of the rule that the feet of the person with the marbles must never touched the ground.
Never mind the obstacles in increased difficulty, the field for the competition was not even to begin with. The cart, on the other hand, had very small wheels and was not shock-proof at all. The unsteadiness while standing on it had entirely exceeded Su Ran’s expectation.
She immediately lost two marbles as soon as they have taken their very first step.
“Oh!”
As she watched another marble went flying out, Su Ran’s chest tightened and, crouching down, she guarded the remaining marbles with her life.
Even that wasn’t easy. Even though Su Ran was already trying as hard as she could in covering up the marbles in her tray, she still lost a few more during the next bump.
This was much more difficult than just carrying the tray and walking to the finish line.
“We are at the first obstacle. I will be snaking around six times. Think you can handle that?” asked Lu Shao as he stopped in front of the first obstacle.\n
“Mmhmm.” Su Ran nodded.
Looking at the way Su Ran was protecting the marbles, something indescribable flashed past Lu Shao’s eyes.
“Do you want to win this so badly?” He asked all of a sudden.
“Of course!”
Su Ran had always taken competitions very seriously, let it be her music competitions in the past or this quality development one.
If it’s a competition, then of course it’s best to win it, not to mention that the points that they earned here could potentially affect her son’s end-of-term final scoring.
“Alright, then.” Lu Shao nodded.
“Huh?”\n“Hang on tight.”
Having said that, before Su Ran could even react, she saw Lu Shao bent down and picked her up sideway.
His hands formed into fists and was only carrying her with his arms.
Su Ran, “!”
Only after recovering from her initial shock, did she realize that Lu Shao was going to carry her like that all way to the finish line.
That being said, this was, indeed, much more stable than riding on the cart and Lu Shao was also very steady when he passed through the obstacles. It was not bumpy at all.
It was certainly true that they were not losing any more marbles and that they were progressing much faster.
Except that…
“Ugh, is this against the rules?”\n\n“That’s your parents at the very front, right? Don’t worry, they are almost here. Your team will for sure be the fastest team. Just wait right where you are.”
Su Han: I…
Finally, just liked the teacher had said, Lu Shao and Su Ran arrived at the finished line quickly under Su Han’s sword-like stare.
“Let go of her!” Su Han growled at Lu Shao.
Lu Shao only gave Su Han a look and did not say a word when he heard that.
He did, however, gently put Su Ran down and said to her, “Pardon my behavior.”
“It’s alright,” said Su Ran. He only did it to win the game, after all.
Except that, she was very focused on the competition earlier and didn’t think much of it. Now that it was after the fact and, recalling what had just transpired, Su Ran felt a little bit odd all of a sudden.
After all, she was a woman and he was a man. Em, that was a little…