Li Hao queued up to receive the player's number plate and supply bag, which contained energy gels, salt pills, sports drinks and other supplies.

The route of the University Town Marathon Half Race is 21.98 kilometers around the entire university town, passing through multiple schools, and the participants are college students.

Most of the college students who participated in the competition had no experience of long-distance running, and they did not come for medals, but more to join in the fun, and for the sake of safety, to ensure that the runners could complete the race safely, a number of medical stations and supply stations were set up along the way.

Li Hao came to Xia Mo, who was doing stretching exercises, admired her delicate figure with his hands behind his back for a while, and suddenly reached out and took off her baseball cap.

Xia Mo raised her eyes and glanced at Li Hao, and said lightly: "Naïve." ”

"Are you really ready to hit the top 50?"

Li Hao squatted down and played with her hat and asked with a smile.

“……”

Xia Mo didn't speak, but her cold and serious expression showed the resoluteness in her heart.

"There is no men's and women's division in this competition, you see the big men in the sports academy, are you sure you can compete with them?"

Li Hao hit mercilessly.

“……”

Xia Mo pressed her legs quietly, leaving Li Hao with a beautiful side face.

"Well, I'm just a little concerned about you, and I can't help it if you want to hold on."

Li Hao shrugged his shoulders, got up and put the baseball cap back on Xia Mo's head, touched her head, and encouraged, "Come on." ”

After Li Hao walked away, Xia Mo raised his head to look at his back, and his cold gaze softened a little.

The starting gun goes off and the game begins.

A group of people rushed forward one after another, and the scene was the same as when the aunt and uncle rushed to buy discounted goods on the supermarket discount day.

Li Hao was unhurriedly attached to the back, this is not a run of 100 meters, no matter how fast you start, it is useless, 21 kilometers, what is the hurry.

The most important thing in running a long distance is to allocate physical strength and speed reasonably, otherwise even if you run as handsome as a horse in front, you will be tired and embarrassed like a dog in the back.

Of course, no matter how reasonably you distribute physical strength and speed, the upper limit of the human body is there, after all, they are all mortal bodies, and they are not robots, and even robots have to be charged, if there are no supplies, it is difficult for ordinary people to stick to the end, so it is necessary to eat energy gels and salt pills to replenish energy and electrolytes at the right time, which can significantly enhance the body's endurance and help you reach the end.

Li Hao kept an even rhythmic pace and ran slowly, while wearing headphones and playing a melodic song to attract the attention of the brain, thereby reducing the fatigue from the body.

His physical fitness has always been good, he used to play basketball in high school and go to the Internet café to open the black after playing basketball in high school, and the 1000-meter test is also the fastest one in the class, he is not the type of regular exercise, and he can only be attributed to his strong genes, according to his father, when he was young, his grandfather often carried hundreds of pounds of things to walk twenty or thirty miles of mountain roads.

He has surpassed many players one after another, but he has not seen Xia Mo, thinking that he should still be further ahead, this girl is also desperate to get a reward of 500 yuan, but I don't know how long she can last.

After a while, Li Hao saw a familiar waddling figure in front of his field of vision.

Stepping up and speeding to Yan Ruyu's side, Li Hao asked, "What about your brother?" ”

Yan Ruyu panted and ran slowly, turned her head when she heard the sound, and after seeing Li Hao, she shook her head and said with difficulty: "He ...... He's in front. ”

"What an irresponsible brother, this left my sister behind."

Li Hao shook his head and sighed, surpassing Yan Ruyu.

“……”

Yan Ruyu stomped her feet angrily when she saw this, you are also an irresponsible senior brother!

……

At the five-kilometer rest stop, Li Hao finally saw Xia Mo, she was eating bananas, her face was tired, sweat wet the fine hair on her sideburns, sticking to her cheeks, adding a little charm.

Li Hao took a banana, came to Xia Mo's side, and said with a smile: "Running so fast, I almost can't catch up with you." ”

Xia Mo didn't speak, gasping lightly to recover her strength, these five kilometers were too difficult for her as a girl.

"How does your body feel?"

Li Hao continued to ask to himself, he was actually quite worried about whether Xia Mo's knee could withstand such a high-intensity long-distance running, and the old injury of ligament strain was too easy to recur.

Xia Mo shook her head, her eyes were tough, "It's okay." ”

Li Hao nodded, glanced at the knee of her right leg, and said, "If it's uncomfortable, stop, there's no need to fight so hard." ”

"Hmm."

Xia Mo nodded, took a sip of sports drink, and then set out on the road again.

After Li Hao rested for a while, he also followed.

After five kilometers, the speed of the runners slowed down significantly, and they all switched to a jogging posture, and those with less physical strength ran as they walked.

Li Hao has been behind Xia Mo, in the end, she is just an ordinary girl, the speed of running is not fast, Li Hao is still very easy to keep up with her, but her willpower is indeed very tenacious, Li Hao can clearly feel her tiredness, but Xia Mo has not stopped, and has always maintained a running posture.

At the 10km break, everyone gasped and drank sports drinks to replenish their energy, and the number of runners arriving here was significantly lower than that of the 5km break, and some people couldn't hold on and chose to retire, which is a natural trend for the top 50 if they can finish the race.

Here, Li Hao met Yan Rusong.

"Li Hao, what do you think of your appearance...... Don't seem tired at all? ”

Yan Rusong put his hands on his knees and asked with a pant.

"It's okay."

Li Hao said lightly: "When I was in high school, I was punished by the teacher for running on the playground a lot, and I am used to this level of long-distance running. ”

Yan Rusong gave a thumbs up, "Cow! ”

"By the way, you just left your sister like this, and you won't kneel durian when you go back?"

Li Hao glanced at Yan Rusong and asked with a smile.

"It's not a wife, what kind of durian do you kneel."

Yan Rusong waved his hand and said indifferently: "Originally, I didn't want to come, she kept pestering me to come, so I had to get rid of her first, and I would take a detour to go back later." ”

Well, I've confirmed the eyes, it's my brother.

"What about you, are you going to finish the race?"

Yan Rusong asked rhetorically.

Li Hao glanced at Xia Mo not far away, nodded and said, "Well, there are 500 yuan, which is enough for a hot pot, and it will be wasted if you don't run out." ”

Yan Rusong smiled, "I didn't expect you to bend your waist for 500 yuan." ”

Li Hao smiled, "No matter how small the mosquito leg is, it is still meat." ”

In fact, there are 1,000 sign-in coins, rounded up to 1.5 million, and 1.5 million for running 20 kilometers, and many people are willing to run naked.

After starting from the 10-kilometer rest point, Xia Mo's speed slowed down again, and now Li Hao didn't have to run much, just walking could keep up.

When he arrived at the 15-kilometer rest point, Xia Mo's whole body was soaked with sweat, panting heavily, and his legs supported by his hands trembled slightly, obviously on the verge of physical collapse.

Li Hao walked over and handed over a bottle of sports drink, "Let's drink saliva." ”

Xia Mo glanced at him, took the drink, unscrewed it, and drank it in a big gulp.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you, I drank this bottle."

Li Hao said suddenly.

“……”

Xia Mo almost choked on the water, glared at Li Hao fiercely, screwed the bottle cap and threw the water back to Li Hao.

Li Hao smiled and said, "I didn't expect you to stick to this point, which surprised me." ”

Xia Mo closed her eyes and ignored him.

Li Hao, who was dumped cold, was not annoyed, sat down beside her, unscrewed the bottle cap and drank the drink, and said: "The next journey is the hardest, it is recommended that you replenish the energy gel and salt pills first, will it be so uncomfortable later." ”

Xia Mo opened his eyes and glanced at Li Hao coldly, "Disgusting." ”

Li Hao smiled and raised the drink bottle, "I think it's okay, I like your taste." ”

Xia Mo's chest heaved a few times, exhaled heavily, and stepped aside to start eating energy gels and salt pills.

Li Hao looked at her slender figure with a smile, if she can take advantage of Xia Mo, the opportunity is still rare, and she doesn't take advantage of it.

The remaining six kilometers are the last mile, and the people who can stick to it here are basically tall and tall sports students, and beautiful girls like Xia Mo are mixed in, just like Samoyed mixed into the wolves, giving people a serious sense of disobedience, and many people along the way raised their mobile phones to take pictures.

Li Hao followed closely behind her, although the race has completed 34 miles, but there is a good saying, those who travel a hundred miles are half ninety, and the last part of the journey is the most difficult, which may be more difficult than the previous 15 kilometers combined, and accidents are often the most likely to appear at this stage.

It didn't take long for Li Hao's worried situation to appear, and Xia Mo, who was running slowly in front of him, suddenly stumbled, covered his right leg and sat on the ground.

Seeing this, Li Hao hurriedly came to her side.

Xia Mo sat on the ground, covering the knee of her right leg with both hands, with a painful expression on her face, clenching her teeth tightly, beads of sweat the size of beans rolling down her cheeks.

Seeing this situation, Li Hao chuckled in his heart, and the most worrying situation still appeared, Xia Mo's old knee problem recurred.

Sighing, Li Hao helped her up.

After Xia Mo stood firm, he took a few steps, broke away from his hand and was about to continue running, but was grabbed by Li Hao.

"What are you doing?"

Li Hao asked solemnly.

"I'm going to keep running."

Xia Mo broke Li Hao's hand and tried to break free from his shackles.

"How can you run when your knees are injured? Don't you want your legs? ”

Li Hao tightly clamped her slender wrist and did not let go.

"Let go of me."

Xia Mo looked at him coldly and said.

"Do you think you can run in your current situation?"

Li Hao asked rhetorically.

"I'm fine, I just twisted it."

Xia Mo was still trying to break Li Hao's big hand.

"I'm not going to let go, come with me to the hospital."

Li Hao pulled Xia Mo to the side of the road.

"I don't want you to care!"

Xia Mo suddenly opened his mouth and bit the back of Li Hao's hand.

"I'm grass!"

As soon as the back of his hand hurt, Li Hao subconsciously let go of his hand, and Xia Mo took the opportunity to break free and limped forward.

"this woman, is she a dog?"

There were beads of blood on the back of Li Hao's hand, which showed how hard Xia Mo bit him just now.

The back of his hand casually wiped on his clothes, Li Hao looked up at her stubborn back, his eyes were a little distressed and helpless.

Xia Mo's injury is definitely not just a sprain, it must be accompanied by a strain of knee ligaments, Xia Mo can stand up and barely run because of adrenaline, which reduces her pain perception, and after calming down, the sharp pain in her knee will make it difficult for her to walk.

The first measure now is to stop exercising and reduce the possibility of further injury, but with Xia Mo's stubborn and tenacious character, she has already run here, and she will definitely not give up easily, and forcibly holding her down will only arouse her resistance.

Li Hao thought for a while, exchanged 3 bottles of physical strength potion from the system mall and drank it.

So far, the only way to do this is to give up the task first and send Xia Mo to the end safely.

Coming to Xia Mo, Li Hao squatted down, and when Xia Mo didn't react, he picked her up and ran away.

"You, what are you doing?"

After a while, Xia Mo came back to his senses and struggled on Li Hao's back.

"Don't waste your efforts, you can't break it."

Li Hao smiled and said, "Besides, you can be regarded as continuing the game, so enjoy it with peace of mind." ”

Xia Mo's weight is very light, it is easy to carry it, and with the physical strength medicine at work, Li Hao will not feel tired at all when he runs, and he walks like flying.

Xia Mo struggled for a while, and when she saw that she couldn't break free from Li Hao's ruthless iron hand, she gave up, she was weak and weak now, and Li Hao's hands were still tightly clamping her like an iron hoop, so that she couldn't move at all.

She lay quietly on Li Hao's back and breathed, the hot and humid breath blew Li Hao's face itching, the sweat on her body soaked Li Hao's clothes, and she could clearly feel the warmth of her body.

"Won't you get tired?"

After a long time, Xia Mo said softly.

"I was tired, but I was tired on my back."

Li Hao said with a grin.

“……”

Seeing Li Hao's lively appearance, Xia Mo wondered in his heart, he obviously ran all the way behind him, why was he tired and weak, but he was full of energy, is the gap between people so big?

Li Hao's broad shoulders and back were very comfortable, and soon she was completely relaxed, but there was a sharp pain at the knee of her right leg, Xia Mo bit her lower lip and endured it, without saying a word, her little face was covered with beads of sweat.

"Does it hurt?"

Li Hao Yuguang saw her expression and asked out loud.

"Hmm."

Xia Mo nodded slightly, resting his chin on his shoulder, his eyes closed slightly, and the cold shell took off, revealing a soft appearance.

"They all say that you can't run anymore in this situation, but you don't believe it."

Li Hao shook his head and smiled.

“……”

After being silent for a while, Xia Mo said, "Thank you." ”

"If you really want to thank me, kiss me."

Li Hao leaned over and said.

Xia Mo turned his face away and ignored him.

The closer to the finish line, the more spectators along the way, many people were shouting loudly to cheer for the runners, and soon everyone noticed Li Hao and the two.

"Am I right? He was carrying a girl on his back? ”

"You read that right, I saw it too, he was running a marathon with a girl on his back!"

"I'll go! O Nima god-man! ”

"It's too romantic to run a marathon with your girlfriend on your back!"

"Shoot it down, shoot it down! Let's see, what is true love? ”

"How did he do it? Won't you get tired? ”

“……”

There was a lot of discussion, and the tired runners on the track also noticed the movement, turned their heads to see a boy carrying a girl on his back, and overtook them in a few arrow steps, and was so shocked that they almost vomited blood.

This......

I can't outrun two people by myself?

Their hearts were hit by 10,000 critical blows, and they were unconvinced and wanted to speed up to catch up with Li Hao, but their bodies were really weak, and their legs were like being filled with lead, so they could only watch Li Hao's back get farther and farther away.

In the increasingly enthusiastic cheers and applause of everyone, Li Hao crossed the finish line with Xia Mo on his back, and the staff almost dropped their jaws when they saw this.

Running a marathon with people on your back?

This......

See you in a long time!

Li Hao ran to the stunned staff and asked calmly, "That, I have a question I want to consult." ”

"Oh...... You said. ”

The staff was stunned and came back to their senses.

"I'm like this, it's two people competing together, right?"

Li Hao asked.

"Forehead ......"

The staff hesitated for a moment, and said uncertainly: "Forget it......"

"Then the reward is also counted as two, right?"

Li Hao asked again.

Xia Mo buried her face deep in Li Hao's back, as if she didn't want to know him.

“……”

The staff looked at Li Hao with their mouths open, then at Xia Mo, and nodded dumbfoundedly, "It should be...... Forget it. ”

"That's good, remember, double!"

Li Hao smiled and made a yes gesture.

“……”

The staff was speechless, you are making such a big formation just to get those hundreds of dollars?

Li Hao stepped aside and put Xia Mo off his back.

When he turned around, Xia Mo just raised his head, and the tips of their noses touched.

“……”

For a moment, there seemed to be an electric current shuttling through, and the two of them froze in place at the same time, quietly staring into each other's eyes.

"Wow, they're so romantic!"

Someone shouted, and the sound of a photo was clicked.

When the two came back to their senses, Xia Mo's heart jumped, and he hurriedly stood up and took a few steps away from Li Hao.

Li Hao smiled and touched the tip of his nose.

In the moment just now, the distance between the two people's hearts seemed to be one step closer.

……