Rebirth of a Girl in a Boys' School

Just as Gao Qiang had predicted, after the first class in the afternoon, Lin Ruofei received a notification from her homeroom teacher, Ms. Hao: all classes after 2 p.m. today were exempt from attendance.

After packing her schoolbag, Lin Ruofei quickly ran towards the stadium...

This stadium, used specifically for the 'School Anniversary Season' competitions, was newly built this year at Yucai Boys' High School. Like the newly built swimming pool, it was just put into use this semester.

Compared to the old playground in front of the dormitory building, the newly built stadium is not only much larger in area, but also has much more complete facilities.

In addition to laying a special synthetic track for track and field events on the outer ring of the stadium, the school also specially laid a special grass field for football matches on the football field in the inner ring of the stadium. Furthermore, spectator seats that can accommodate thousands of people were built on the north and south sides of the stadium, making it a fully standardized sports venue.

When Lin Ruofei ran into the stadium with her schoolbag on her back, Gao Qiang and Zheng Dayu's group were already standing on the stadium's rubber track.

"Why are you running around like that?" Gao Qiang shouted as he saw Lin Ruofei running towards him. "The competition is about to start, why don't you save your energy?"

Lin Ruofei ran to Gao Qiang's side in one breath, and after stopping, asked, "Am I late?"

"There's still time. Check-in doesn't officially start until ten minutes later!" Gao Qiang said, then took out two white paper athlete name tags from his bag and waved for Zheng Dayu to come over and help stick them on Lin Ruofei's chest and back.

Lin Ruofei glanced at the team members standing behind Gao Qiang and saw that they were all "lunchbox" partners who had met at "Qianjishan". She immediately smiled and waved to greet the other team members.

The other group members smiled and waved in response to Lin Ruofei, but one person didn't wave back. Instead, he walked straight up to Lin Ruofei and asked Gao Qiang with a suspicious tone, "Is this the athletic genius you were talking about? He doesn't seem like it."

Lin Ruofei carefully examined the person who walked up to her: the boy was tall, over 1.8 meters, and his skin was even darker than Gao Qiang's. His dark face was covered with freckles of various sizes, but fortunately, his face was dark enough that the freckles were not so obvious.

Lin Ruofei quickly realized that she had never seen this person before.

"Oh... this child must be the eighth member who hasn't shown up yet, right?" Lin Ruofei thought to herself.

“Hmm…” Gao Qiang nodded and said, “It’s him. Let me introduce you: his name is Lin Ruofei…”

"He's so short, are you sure he can run without problems?" The freckled face still sounded very doubtful.

Before Gao Qiang could answer, Lin Ruofei chuckled twice and said, "Hehe, if you can't run well, you'll just run around aimlessly!"

“Running around aimlessly won’t do, brother!” the freckled-faced man said anxiously. “This is a matter of real money! I’m telling you, brother…” the freckled-faced man turned to Gao Qiang and said seriously, “If it doesn’t work, let’s find someone else!”

"There's no one left to replace them!" Gao Qiang pointed helplessly to the other side of the track and said, "The few brothers who could run have all been poached by He Zhiheng!"

"Sigh..." The freckled face sighed regretfully and said, "Well, we have no choice but to try anything!" After saying that, he ignored Lin Ruofei and turned around to do warm-up exercises by himself.

"Gao Chao speaks bluntly, don't take it to heart..." Gao Qiang hurriedly explained to Lin Ruofei, "He was just worried about Xiao Fen. Oh! Right, I forgot to introduce you, the kid you were talking to just now is my uncle's son, he's a sophomore in high school this year."

"Oh... I see!" Lin Ruofei said with a smile, "No wonder we're as dark-skinned as you!"

"Just run as fast as you can during the race, don't feel pressured..." Gao Qiang gently comforted Lin Ruofei, "Although my brother didn't come in first place last year, he did come in second, so he still has a good chance!"

"Actually, I'm better at long-distance running," Lin Ruofei said modestly. "As for the sprint, I can only say I'll give it a try!"

It's no exaggeration to say that Lin Ruofei is modest. Back in her junior and senior high school years, Lin Ruofei was able to win places in both field and track events in provincial competitions. Especially in middle and long-distance running, Lin Ruofei would always turn her head and smile as she finished the race, looking at all her opponents who were far behind her!

Unfortunately, Lin Ruofei's mother, He Meizhen, absolutely refused to allow Lin Ruofei to pursue a career in sports, thus hindering the rise of a new star in the world of sports...

The reason Lin Ruofei made such a cautious opening statement was because she really didn't know the state of the other opponents. She was afraid that if she made a big promise, she would end up in last place, which would be a huge embarrassment!

"It doesn't matter what place you get!" Gao Qiang patted Lin Ruofei on the shoulder and said casually, "As long as you've done your best, you won't have any regrets!"

As soon as Gao Qiang finished speaking, a boy stood in the crowd with a megaphone that Lin Ruofei recognized. After clearing his throat, he shouted, "Attention all groups! Attention all groups! The 100-meter preliminary race is about to begin. Before the race, I'll explain the rules to you. Please listen carefully:"

Because we have twelve groups participating in this year's 'School Anniversary Season,' and the school stipulates that each group can send two athletes to each track and field event, and the newly built stadium has eight lanes on its synthetic track, the athletes participating in the preliminary rounds will be randomly divided into three groups to compete. Then, the top eight will be selected based on their preliminary round results to participate in the school sports meet at the end of the month, where the champion will be determined..."

"Really? We have to go twice?" Lin Ruofei couldn't help but complain to Gao Qiang, "Is this so troublesome?"

"It's the same competition every year..." Gao Qiang said, then put his finger to his lips, signaling Lin Ruofei to stop talking and listen attentively to the explanation.

Lin Ruofei had no choice but to continue listening to what the 'loudspeaker' was saying...

"The biggest advantage of this year's competition compared to previous years is: students, please look at the finish line..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ruofei hurriedly followed everyone's gaze and looked toward the finish line... There stood an electronic display screen more than two meters high at the finish line.

The man with the loudspeaker continued excitedly:

"The new stadium has installed electronic timers and electronic photo sensors at the finish line. Everyone present can see the time when the athletes cross the finish line on the electronic timer display. Moreover, every athlete will be photographed by the electronic photo sensor when they cross the finish line. This will avoid the problem of not being able to distinguish who is faster among the athletes who cross the finish line one after another, as in previous years!"

"Hmm, not bad!" Gao Qiang couldn't help but mutter to himself, "This kind of equipment will be a great help for sprint events!"

"Now I will read out the names of the three randomly assigned groups of runners. Those participating in the 100-meter preliminary rounds, please proceed to the starting line according to the order of the list I am reading, and your race and lane, and wait for check-in..."

The boy with the megaphone cleared his throat again and began to read clearly: "I will first read the list of contestants participating in the first round. Please listen carefully: First round, first lane: Contestant number one of the 'Invincible' group; First lane: Contestant number one of the 'Invincible' group; Second lane: Contestant number two of the 'Unrivaled' group; Second lane: Contestant number two of the 'Unrivaled' group; Third lane..."

"I said..." Lin Ruofei patted Gao Qiang, who was standing next to her, completely bewildered, and asked softly, "What does all this mean?"

"What was read out earlier was the team name..." Gao Qiang explained quickly while listening attentively to the announcement, "Each participating team has to come up with a team name when they register, and all team members have to wear a name tag with the team name on it during the competition..."

"In formal competitions, don't players have to wear player numbers on their chests?" Lin Ruofei said, while looking down to see what team name was on her own chest...

Just now, when Gao Qiang and Zheng Dayu were helping Lin Ruofei put on her name tag, Lin Ruofei was only focused on looking at Gao Qiang's cousin Gao Chao and didn't pay any attention to what was written on the name tag. Now that she saw it, Lin Ruofei was immediately stunned!

"Who came up with this ridiculous team name?" Lin Ruofei couldn't help but shout, "Are they suffering from 'prince syndrome'?"

On Lin Ruofei's white number tag were four bold characters: I am a handsome guy.

"We really don't like listening to this. Can't you speak properly?" a shrill voice complained from behind Lin Ruofei.

Lin Ruofei didn't even need to turn around; she knew as soon as she heard the voice: "The Tao brothers have arrived!"

"These names were come up by the three of us brothers..." The eldest brother, Tao Yushun, walked up to Lin Ruofei first and said angrily, "How could you say we're sick? By the way, what was the name of the illness you mentioned again?"

"Anyway, it doesn't sound like a good illness!" The second brother, Tao Yusheng, also came over.

"It's been so hard for us three brothers to be so loyal to you, Brother Lin..." Tao Yuxin, the third brother, said with a hint of sadness, "yet you speak ill of us three brothers behind our backs!"

"Give me a break!" Lin Ruofei said, pouting. "If you're so nice to me, why would you bet on me losing in a gambling game..."

"That's...that's...that's two different things!" the third brother, Tao Yuxin, stammered in his defense.

"The three brothers said that if the group name isn't this, all three of them will leave the group!" Gao Qiang patted Lin Ruofei on the shoulder and continued, "You're in lane three for the second round, hurry up and come with me to wait for check-in!"

Lin Ruofei nodded, ignoring the 'Tao brothers', and then followed Gao Qiang to the starting point of the track.

“Gao Chao was placed in the third round, so the competition isn’t too fierce. But your group…” Gao Qiang whispered to Lin Ruofei, “Last year’s first and third place finishers are both running in the same round as you…”

"Who came in first place last year?" Lin Ruofei asked curiously.

“The one standing in the same row as you, on the eighth track over there…” Gao Qiang winked at Lin Ruofei and said, “The ‘I Am the Only One’ group.”

Lin Ruofei turned her head and looked over: she saw a tall boy who was at least 1.9 meters tall.

"Hmm..." Lin Ruofei nodded approvingly and said, "Judging from his appearance, he's definitely a 'contestant' level player!"

"The one right next to him in lane seven, also from the 'I Am the Only One' group, is last year's third place..." Gao Qiang asked in a low voice with a rather serious expression, "Are you confident you can beat them?"

"Let's give it a try!" Lin Ruofei replied with a relaxed smile.

At this moment, the athletes in the first group had already taken their positions on the track, while students waiting for their physical education class were gradually taking their seats in the stands on the north and south sides.

Lin Ruofei looked around: a conspicuous blue figure suddenly caught her eye...

"It's him!" Lin Ruofei snorted and said, "Hmph! He actually came to watch the show, he must be incredibly bored!"

This distinctive blue figure was none other than Lin Ruofei's mortal enemy: Zhang Yang.

“Zhang Yang, look…” Yu Jialiang, who was sitting next to Zhang Yang, suddenly pointed at Lin Ruofei, who was standing at the starting line, and said, “That girl who’s always getting on our nerves, what’s her name, Lin…”

“Lin Ruofei,” Guo Yang, sitting on the other side, added.

"Yes! It's that kid surnamed Lin!" Yu Jialiang said angrily, "He can actually do a bit of everything!"

"Maybe we'll only come in last place!" Zhang Yang said with a disdainful laugh.

"That's for sure!" Yu Jialiang sneered. "Can this kid really be good at everything? Unless he takes off his underwear and wears it on the outside right now..."

The three of them immediately blurted out at the same time: "Become Superman!"

The three of them then burst into laughter...

"Tch! They're definitely talking bad about me again!" Lin Ruofei was furious when she saw Zhang Yang and his two friends gesturing and laughing together in the stands.

But what happened in the next second was enough to make Lin Ruofei stop breathing!

Just as Lin Ruofei was angrily glaring at Zhang Yang, her eyes inadvertently swept over a spot not far behind him and she noticed someone standing quietly in the stands, looking towards the arena...

"Ah...it's him!" Lin Ruofei felt as if her heart and time had stopped. At this moment, all she could see and think about was the person in the stands!

The person in the stands was none other than Zhou Jianfei, the dream lover that Lin Ruofei had been longing for day and night.

At this moment, the brilliant sunlight was shining obliquely on Zhou Jianfei's sculpted, handsome face...

Lin Ruofei was some distance away from Zhou Jianfei, making his appearance somewhat blurry, but this did not prevent Lin Ruofei from recognizing him at a glance: because those who are remembered do not need to be looked at too closely!

Lin Ruofei stood frozen in place, dumbfounded, staring straight at Zhou Jianfei in the audience...