Chapter 228: Other Rewards

Several people arrived at Nan Feng; the 1000m race that Mu Xi and Song Lujing were running, and not long after they went onto the field early.

Many students watching the race around the field secretly held up their phones to take photos, the camera tracking the two figures relentlessly.

Mu Xi kept his gaze straight ahead the whole time, his expression cold, not giving anyone else even a spare glance.

Song Lujing, however, was the complete opposite—he would make a scissor sign at the camera one moment, then tilt his head and raise an eyebrow the next, switching through one cool pose after another.

The female students nearby all blushed.

The others sat in the exclusive seats of Class 1, Senior Year 3, surrounded by many friends of Mu Xi and Song Lujing.

"Hey, long time no see, little sister!"

The speaker was a male student in a school uniform, smiling with his eyes, and it was Lin Yu.

Ye Yin also came over, and upon seeing Mu Youyu's pink-gold hair, her eyes lit up with surprise: "Little Yu! Your hair color is absolutely gorgeous!"

Mu Youyu smiled and greeted each of them, her voice soft and soothing to hear.

Lin Ning came over at that moment, seeing her pink-gold hair, she grabbed Mu Youyu's wrist, proudly flicked her own pink long hair at the shoulder, and exclaimed excitedly: "Treasure! Your hair matches mine perfectly! Pink and tender, basically best‑friend material!"

"Right, right! I think it's a perfect match too!" Mu Youyu was shaken by her, her body swaying lightly, and she couldn't help laughing out loud.

Jiang Liangjin stood beside her, helplessly reaching out to steady her chair.

Ye Yin casually asked: "Where are Yuan Yuan and Anni?"

Lin Ning waved her hand, wearing a look of accustomed resignation: "Don't even mention it—those two guys don't know how late they stayed up last night, only falling asleep at four, and they're still catching up on sleep in the dorm building."

"Four?!" Ye Yin widened her eyes, full of disbelief: "Don't they have a 400‑meter race in an hour? Yuan Yuan even signed up for the high jump—how could they possibly get up?"

"Hey, it's fine—what matters is participation!" Lin Ning shrugged nonchalantly, accustomed to it: "If they faint and can't run, I'll have my bodyguards carry them back—no big deal."

Ye Yin was speechless for a moment, then said: "Fine, if they really can't run, we'll take their place."

Mu Youyu had heard Lin Ning say that the past few days, Yu Anni and Yan Yuan had basically been on a foreign schedule.

Now, however, they are gradually adjusting, going to bed earlier than usual.

After they finished chatting, their gaze finally turned to Mu Xin and Qing An sitting off to the side.

One leaned against the chair back with a calm expression, the other propped his chin, his eyes wandering, looking utterly bored.

Lin Ning had seen them before and recognized them, greeting each in turn with a clear tone: "Hey, Xin bro! Hey, An bro!"

She didn't care whether she was older or younger than Mu Xin; following her friend's habit of calling them 'bro' was definitely right!

Mu Xin replied calmly, while Qing An brightened immediately, flashing a smile and saying in a light tone: "Hello there, beautiful young lady."

Mu Xin heard that, glanced at him, and added coolly: "You're twenty already."

Qing An choked, quickly corrected himself, laughing even more happily: "My mistake, my mistake! I meant beautiful little lady!"

Lin Ning couldn't help but laugh.

After chatting a bit more, Lin Ning suddenly leaned close to Mu Youyu and lowered her voice: "By the way, Youbao, how's the business competition going for you guys?"

These past few days she had shared quite a bit of the information she knew.

Mu Youyu nodded, her tone light: "Not bad, things are going smoothly—how about your team?"

Lin Ning lifted her chin, voice proud: "Our team totally relies on Yuan Yuan—she's single‑handedly carried the three of us! The money we've made is enough for two months of my pocket money."

Mu Youyu had heard her say that before, but she went along and said: "That much?"

She then turned to Mu Xin and asked: "Brother, do you know what Second Brother and his crew do for a living?"

Jiang Liangjin heard that, also lifted his gaze toward Mu Xin, obviously eager to know the answer as well.

Lin Yu, who was on their team, stood nearby, afraid that Lin Ning—who was on Ye Yin's team—might accidentally leak their team's information, so he kept his ears pricked the whole time, not even daring to breathe.

Mu Xin shook his head: "I've been at the company these past few days and haven't paid attention to the business competition."

Upon hearing that, Lin Ning's eyes flashed.

She had long heard that the rules and prizes of this business competition were set by people from Mu Xin's company, so she hurried over a few steps to stand before him, eyes full of expectation: "Xin bro, besides the announced prizes, does the first place in this business competition come with any other rewards?"

Mu Xin saw his sister also looking at him, then slowly replied: "Just 500,000 in prize money, four pure gold medals, and an internship spot at my subsidiary."

Those nearby who heard it were eager to give it a try.

Someone couldn't help but punch the companion next to him, face full of regret: "Damn, we should disband the team! I want all four gold medals for myself!"

"Is the handwriting that big?"

"And there's an internship spot at the XY subsidiary! How interesting!"

"If we win, wouldn't that basically mean, rounding up, that we've got the Y Guo Duke's Mansion backing us?"

……

Mu Youyu smiled and praised: "Brother, you're awesome!"

Being able to pull out that much capital to create the business competition!

Jiang Liangjin chimed in: "Brother, you're awesome!"

Lin Ning shuddered at being called 'brother'.

Qing An imitated the tone: "Brother, you're awesome!"

Mu Xin ignored Qing An's weird compliment, merely curling the corner of his lip at his sister and saying: "Not bad."

Waiting for this person to refute Jiang Liangjin, Lin Ning suspected he'd been possessed.

Less than five minutes later, the Senior Year 3 division began its competition.

Lin Yu heard the announcement and slumped lifelessly in his chair: "If I'd known I shouldn't have signed up for the 1000m, why schedule it in the morning? I'm so sleepy my eyelids are fighting; after two steps I'd probably collapse straight onto the track."

He was in the second batch of the Senior Year 3 1000m, and Mu Xi finished just before him.

As his words fell, a bottle of mineral water was handed to him.

Lin Yu looked up and saw Ye Zeli standing before him, wearing a clean white shirt, his eyes gentle.

Ye Zeli shoved the water into his hands, tone calm: "If you can't, I'll take your place."

Lin Ning raised her hand: "Sure, sure, senior, go ahead!"

Ye Yin, standing to the side, coolly added: "Empty."

Lin Yu immediately objected, he glared at Lin Ning and said in a firm tone: "No need! Lin Ning, I'm your brother—can this little thing stump me? Just wait and see, I'll definitely come in first!"

Lin Ning mercilessly countered: "A cousin isn't a brother—don't take advantage of me."

The two bickered back and forth.

Over here, Mu Youyu had already taken Jiang Liangjin's hand, and together with Mu Xin and Qing An, they followed the main force of Senior Year 3 Class 1, heading toward the finish line.

Mu Xi and Song Lujing eased up, and within three minutes they had finished one after the other; the students behind them, not knowing what they were saying, fell back almost half a lap.