Night of the Broken Gliph

The seventh round, the eighth round, and the ninth round… When Chui Yim reached the tenth round, Chan Ngou Tin’s face turned pale. 

“What’s the highest record of rounds right now, Sir?” Chui Yim asked as he continued. 

“Twelve,” Chor Shing Chit replied calmly. 

 “Oh.” Chui Yim didn’t stop. 

The eleventh round, the twelfth round…

After finishing the thirteenth round, Chui Yim finally stopped. 

“So I’ll be the class captain, right?”  

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Chor Shing Chit walked towards Chui Yim and inspected his body closely.  

He couldn’t believe there were only a few drops of sweat on Chui Yim. I’m pretty sure that this sweat is because of the heat. This meant that these exercises were just a warm up for Chui Yim. 

“Sir, don’t test my limits.” Looking at the distance between him and Chor Shing Chit, Chui Yim spoke immediately. 

Chor Shing Chit was taken aback.  This young boy is smart, huh? 

Indeed, Chor Shing Chit planned to make Chui Yim run even more to test his limits. Like he said earlier, his aim today was to find out his students’ limits and plan future lessons accordingly. The students would only improve when their limits were challenged. Yet now, the laps were just mere warm up to Chui Yim, let alone pushing his limits.

“Sir, I was born with heart problems, so I can’t perform strenuous activities. But I do train myself, so this isn’t considered a strenuous activity for me anymore. Sir, I don’t think you wish to see me faint here, right?

“Be at ease, Sir. I really do train my body. I’ll show you if you don’t believe me,” Chui Yim said, flexing his well-defined biceps to Chor Shing Chit. Chor Shing Chit reached out and pinched it. 

He couldn’t feel much fat, which showed that Chui Yim had been training his entire body diligently. As a Glipher, he had built his body well, thus he could tell with just a touch. 

He looked at Chui Yim. “Alright. But I’ll check with your father to see if you’re really ill. If you are, you will be exempted for the rest of the fitness lessons.” 

“Okay, thank you, sir.” Chui Yim nodded. He was happy with how Chor Shing Chit handled this matter as a teacher. “Sir, by the way, may I know how I can redeem my free meals at the canteen as the class captain? Are first-class meals free too?” 

Watching how Chui Yim looked at him in excitement, Chor Shing Chit sighed. That’s the only time he looked like a child.  

He led Chui Yim to the class, under the angry stares of Chan Ngou Tin. He knew that it was Chui Yim’s trick to run at a slow pace in order to become the student who lasted the longest and ran the most rounds. 

I could run more rounds if I did it like him! Chan Ngou Tin thought unhappily. However, he didn't know that Chui Yim could run up to fifty, or even sixty rounds with that speed, as it was just like walking to him. It wouldn’t cause him to breathe so rapidly that he’d collapse due to his heart. 

“The class captain is Chui Yim,” Chor Shing Chit said as he took out a wooden badge from his pocket, placing it into Chui Yim’s hand. He was obviously prepared for this competition. The words “Class captain of Grade One class” were carved on the badge. 

“We elect a new class captain every year. If you’re unhappy with the results, you can try to change it next year. Chui Yim is the class captain for this year. This is a fact that you can’t change.

“I don’t want to see anyone playing petty tricks to affect an established result, understood?” Chor Shing Chit said. He looked at the class, his eyes staying on Chan Ngou Tin the longest. 

“Yes!” All the students replied happily. Some even started to curry favour from Chui Yim. To them, a strong person like Chui Yim would definitely become a glipher in the future, but they were unsure if they could themselves. This was what most student’s parent’s taught them to do. 

However, Chui Yim ignored all of his classmates, which made Chan Ngou Tin feel slightly better, Chui Yim’s attitude showed that he wasn’t just against Chan Ngou Tin, but that he treated everyone in the same manner. 

Duh! With the age from both my lives added up, I’m can even be the father of you all! Why would I want to be on good terms with all of you? What a joke! 

This is absurd!