Pei Yujing stumbled, and a second before losing her balance, everyone on both sides of the track was certain she would fall disastrously.
As for going to help, in such urgent moments, their bodily reactions couldn't keep up. They were helpless, only able to watch the girl fall.
Even Pei Yujing herself turned pale with fright!
Her normally cold face turned ghostly white.
Falling during a sprint would undoubtedly result in scraped knees.
Moreover, falling in front of the whole school was extremely embarrassing.
Pei Yujing often masked her emotions with a cold demeanor, but her personality wasn't genuinely icy. She pretended, unable to ignore others' opinions, otherwise she wouldn't have been compelled to participate in the sports event today.
Pei Yujing felt utterly hopeless, left with only one thought in her mind:
She had already accepted the humiliation and injury that were to come.
However, to her surprise, she didn't fall!
A figure swiftly dashed from the side like lightning, and in the scorching heat, enveloped her like a cool breeze, giving her an unprecedented sense of security as if she was being carried away by the wind.
In that instant, it felt as though she was floating.
It was as pure as a childhood dream.
Jiang Ning gently placed her before the crowd, a wave of spiritual power stabilizing her posture.
Then, without a word, Jiang Ning turned and walked back through the track, returning to the back of the crowd.
The crowd was stunned, taking a moment to react!
"Holy crap, holy crap!" Cui Yu swore under his breath.
"Brother Ning, so cool!" Wang Longlong shouted out.
"Awesome!" Guo Kunnan cheered, that was a heroic rescue if ever there was one!
Plus, Jiang Ning's action was too awesome, sweeping the girl off in a flowing gesture, highly spectacular.
The watching students inexplicably erupted into excitement.
Amid the noise, Pei Yujing stood still in a daze, and when she finally came to her senses, her eyes searched the opposite crowd.
The person who had saved her was no longer in sight.
For some reason, she suddenly felt an emptiness inside.
Someone came up to her, saying with concern, "Pei Yujing, are you okay?"
The speaking boy was from her class, Gu Changyan.
"I'm fine," Pei Yujing replied.
"That's good, I was really scared just now," Gu Changyan said, "I told you so, not to participate, but he insisted on singling you out!"
Gu Changyan spoke with distinctive displeasure.
On the other side, Jiang Ning, after helping out, distanced himself from the crowd.
Sisters Chen Siyu exchanged looks, and turning to Bai Yuxia at the finishing line, solemnly said, "Yuxia, the task of welcoming Yang Sheng is yours. We have more important things!"
Bai Yuxia was speechless. What important things? They just wanted to find Jiang Ning, right?
After a brief contemplation, Bai Yuxia said, "Okay, you guys go ahead."
Sister Chen Siqing quickly grabbed her sister's wrist and they briskly set off.
"Jiang Ning, that girl was pretty!" Cui Yu said enviously.
The girl Jiang Ning had saved, with her cool and detached expression, had a particularly appealing look.
High and mighty was a kind of charisma that particularly attracted people.
Wang Longlong: "Pei Yujing, a junior in Class 3, her family owns 'Sister Ma's Barbecue.'"
Guo Kunnan instinctively exclaimed, "A girl from the experimental class huh! Brother Ning, seize the opportunity!"
Ma Shicheng, chewing gum, said, "Experimental class, so what? Jiang Ning's grades would still be top-notch even in Second Middle School's Qingbei class."
Guo Kunnan suddenly realized, "Sorry, my perspective was too narrow."
Only then did he remember Jiang Ning's horrifying grades.
At Fourth Middle School, apart from Xue Yuantong, no other student could match him.
Jiang Ning, with an indifferent expression and an unruffled heart, said lightly, "It was just a whim."
He possessed spiritual power and could have secretly assisted Pei Yujing without drawing any attention.
After all, that's mostly how the old Jiang Ning operated.
However, he chose to act personally this time, indeed following his instincts.
In his previous life after graduating from college and returning to Yuzhou City for development, he often visited 'Sister Ma's Barbecue,' and thanks to Sister Ma's matchmaking, he had a past relationship with Pei Yujing, although they didn't end up together and were merely friends.
The reason wasn't complicated; Pei Yujing was pessimistic, seeing no future and preferring solitude, fearful of someone entering her life.
In such situations, if it were any other guy seeing Pei Yujing's beauty and lack of romantic history, perhaps they would have persevered using passion, time, and their fervent feelings to move her.
However, Jiang Ning, after a hard three years chasing Shen Qing'e in high school, had grown disillusioned and detached.
Whoever wanted to could try, but he wouldn't.
Jiang Ning naturally didn't waste time and gave up directly.
Previously, he had been aware of Pei Yujing's presence in Fourth Middle School but had never disturbed her.
As for today, it was indeed just a whim. There were no consequences, so he just did it.
Guo Kunnan, upon hearing Jiang Ning's response, felt an indescribable feeling inside. A whim, and he saved a pretty girl good for you!
Why couldn't he have a whim and save Xu Yan?
'Xu Yan, join the competition!' Guo Kunnan hoped.
Just as this thought emerged, he silently chanted, 'Mea culpa, mea culpa.'
He berated himself, he really was a despicable person!
'Guo Kunnan, how can you be so disgraceful, putting Xu Yan in danger, are you even human?'
How could he bear to let Xu Yan take risks?
His love should be pure, pristine like summer's clear spring, winter's white snow, like flawless jade!
Free from any impurities.
Unbeknownst to him, Guo Kunnan's inner self was elevated, his mindset more fulfilled.
Looking at Jiang Ning again, Guo Kunnan felt different; he had grown.
Neither arrogant nor jealous.