Chapter 209: The Conspiracy in the Long Jump
Chen Tianlong had been watching these two people all along. What exactly were they trying to do with this setup?
Even Chen Tianlong was a bit puzzled.
Not long after, it was Chen Tianlong’s turn again. But this time, he was on guard. After all, the actions of those two just now were unusual, and who knew if they were about to execute a plan.
Therefore, Chen Tianlong did not accelerate at first but moved forward steadily. Suddenly, he noticed someone sticking out a foot—it was without a doubt Hao Jian’s.
Chen Tianlong didn’t panic; instead, he deliberately jumped up a bit, and then began to speed up.
However, Chen Tianlong thought to himself, if Hao Ren acted like that before, it wouldn’t have affected him, even if he did trip and fall to the ground; it would just hurt a bit without much impact. What was Hao Ren’s intention with this?
After thinking for a while, Chen Tianlong accelerated directly. Amidst the cheers of the crowd, he suddenly pushed off the ground and soared into the air.
At that instant, he noticed Liu Wenbin standing at the back of the crowd ahead, and suddenly something flicked out of Liu’s hand.
The object was aimed at his eyes. It turned out this guy wanted to blind him.
Even with Chen Tianlong’s quick reflexes, he hastily jerked his head, but the object hit his face, immediately causing a fiery pain, clearly injuring his face.
In pain, Chen Tianlong landed directly into the sandpit.
Wu Mengting and Zhao Lei, among others, clearly noticed something weird and saw Chen Tianlong holding his face as he walked out of the sandpit, prompting them to quickly rush over.
The crowd was surprised. What happened to Chen Tianlong? Toothache?
Why did he only jump such a short distance, 3.87 meters?
After the commotion, the field returned to calm. Everyone felt he had likely botched the jump. However, he still had one more chance. As long as he seized it well, with Chen Tianlong’s ability, he could definitely reclaim first place.
"Chen Tianlong, what happened to you?"
Wu Mengting looked at Chen Tianlong’s slightly swollen face, tenderly touched it, and asked with concern.
"It’s nothing. I don’t know why, but when I jumped, I just happened to get hit by something that flew over." Chen Tianlong didn’t reveal the truth, but Zhao Lei, standing beside him, detected something suspicious.
"Oh? Such a thing? Could it be that someone...."
"Haha, it’s nothing. Shouldn’t be, maybe it’s just a mischievous student who accidentally threw something over. Don’t worry, I’ll be more careful later."
Chen Tianlong grinned to reassure Wu Mengting.
However, when he passed by the runway, he intentionally glanced at Hao Ren. This guy actually dared to harm him. After a cold smile, Chen Tianlong devised a plan. Since they don’t respect him, why should he respect them?
"Chen Tianlong, you only have one last chance, make sure not to make any mistakes, or you’ll miss the first place."
The sports teacher thought Chen Tianlong had great potential. He didn’t know what went wrong earlier, resulting in such a poor performance, which puzzled him.
"Hehe, thank you, teacher. I’ll do my best."
Seeing the teacher’s concern, Chen Tianlong chuckled as a response.
At this moment, Chen Tianlong stood on the starting line again, and the other two also began to prepare.
Suddenly, Chen Tianlong moved.
This time, he wasn’t at a uniform speed but accelerated. However, when Chen Tianlong reached Hao Ren’s position, he suddenly lifted his right foot.
Sure enough, Hao Ren stuck his foot out again, quickly enough that almost no one noticed. However, in an instant, Hao Ren sprang out like a spring because the top of his foot was essentially wrecked.
As it turned out, Chen Tianlong lifted his foot not to run past but to stand still and waited for Hao Ren to extend his foot before stepping on it hard, then quickly resumed his sprint.
This movement was very fluid. A keen observer noticed something strange and thought someone was trying to mess with Chen Tianlong, but he just stepped on it back.
Most of the audience didn’t see clearly.
Only after overcoming this hurdle, was there still the need to be wary of Liu Wenbin. Chen Tianlong soared again, and this time was Liu Wenbin’s only chance.
What he threw was not just one stone but three. This time, Chen Tianlong undoubtedly couldn’t avoid them.
Seeing those stones coming towards his face, and there were three, Chen Tianlong felt powerless, as this was in mid-air and he had nothing in his hands, not to mention there were three stones thrown.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Suddenly, half a meter from Chen Tianlong’s face, the three stones astonishingly got knocked down. After three sounds in the air, they quickly hit the ground, and as Chen Tianlong was about to land, he again used his fleeting lightweight skill to step another stride.
"Seven meters ninety-three...."
"Wow....."
Upon hearing the scorer report this result, the entire audience erupted, and Liu Wenbin outside was stunned.
What just happened?
It was clearly about to succeed; how did the stones he threw suddenly fall to the ground with a thud. He looked around a few times but didn’t see any suspicious people.
After landing, Chen Tianlong didn’t rush out; instead, he quickly assessed his surroundings, sure that someone had helped him. Otherwise, at least two of the three stones would have hit his head.
His leap speed, plus the speed of the stones, combined together, was comparable to a bullet. If they really hit him, he’d likely have a concussion, if not worse.
The first time was probably Liu Wenbin practicing, the thrown force was noticeably weaker, but this time, he likely used all his strength.
Looking around, not spotting any suspicious individuals, Chen Tianlong walked out of the sandpit.
At this moment, Wu Mengting rushed over excitedly, saying, "Chen Tianlong, you won! This should be the first place score; no one will surpass you."
"Haha, let’s hope so."
Chen Tianlong looked at Hao Jian not far away, who was taking off his shoes to check his own foot, and couldn’t help but smile wryly. Hao Ren would likely have trouble walking for a while.
However, he’ll just have to suffer in silence. Hao Jian wasn’t foolish enough to openly stir up trouble; that would be like openly admitting he tried to mess with Chen Tianlong in the long jump event.
Knowing that the task had failed, Liu Wenbin didn’t linger, lest Chen Tianlong come to see, which would be awkward.
Although Chen Tianlong also knew they were behind it, encountering them openly would still feel a bit uncomfortable. So, Liu Wenbin walked up to Hao Ren and said, "You okay?"
"Damn, that Chen Tianlong did it on purpose, with so much force," Hao Ren cursed.
"Haha...."
Liu Wenbin didn’t want to speak, finding Hao Ren amusing, thinking, what do you mean on purpose? We were the ones plotting against him, right?
"Alright, help me back to the dorms; the task probably failed this time."
Hao Ren had to admit they had failed.
After all, the sports meet was nearing its end, with only the awards ceremony left tomorrow.
Most importantly, both Mo Shaoyun and he were already injured, and with only Liu Wenbin left, there’s nothing more they could do. They decided to just give it up.