Chapter 31: Uma Musume? Shibui Uma Musume!
The arrogant Nimble Beret finally succumbed to Lu Jue's intimidating… authority, and awkwardly made her way to the "Dream" lounge.
"What are you doing standing at the door? Come in."
After the outburst, Lu Jue wasn't too angry with Nimble Beret anymore, but his tone remained calm.
Nimble Beret walked into the training room, uncomfortably looking around at Silence Suzuka and the others, her gaze finally settling on Lu Jue.
Lu Jue sighed.
Why is she looking at me like that...?
I'm not fierce now, am I that scary?
"Special Week wasn't injured. Apologize properly, and this matter will be over."
"I'm sorry, I won't... dare to do it again!" Nimble Beret gritted her teeth and bowed in apology.
Lu Jue sighed again, "I'm not Special Week, she's over there."
Nimble Beret awkwardly adjusted her direction, bowed to Special Week, "I'm sorry."
"Well... Nimble Beret, I forgive you."
Despite being the victim, Special Week felt a bit embarrassed.
But she had to accept it, otherwise, wouldn't she be letting down Lu Jue's efforts?
"Is this okay...?" Nimble Beret cautiously raised her head, still half-bowed, and asked Lu Jue.
"That's fine," Lu Jue rubbed his forehead, "but you can't use that method again in the future."
"Yes, I promise!"
"Alright, you can go back now."
After letting Nimble Beret leave, Lu Jue stated the day's tasks, then had the team members leave the training room one by one.
He was the last to leave.
Just as he locked the training room door and was about to leave, Lu Jue discovered Nimble Beret hiding behind a tree, peeking her head out.
It turned out she hadn't left yet.
"Why haven't you left yet?" Lu Jue walked over and asked.
"Teacher Lu, is that really enough...? You really won't apply for arbitration with the referee?" Nimble Beret shrank back, making it seem like Lu Jue had bullied her.
Lu Jue was about to answer when he suddenly thought of a question.
Why didn't the referee team pursue this matter?
And when he approached Nimble Beret after the race, Silence Suzuka and Seiun Sky were clearly out of the loop.
If he hadn't explained, the two would have thought Lu Jue was angry because of physical contact. But physical friction is actually very common.
Connecting these two incidents, Lu Jue gradually found the answer in his heart.
In fact, the dirt fragments were very small, and the broadcast on the racecourse screen wasn't a close-up. That's why Nimble Beret was able to get away with it.
But Lu Jue's blessed eyes could see, including the Uma Musume's full-effort running posture, which didn't appear as afterimages to him.
"Su-surely not...?" Nimble Beret saw Lu Jue staring at her without speaking, and she lowered her head in frustration, "Teacher Lu, what do you need so you won't tell anyone? Anything I can do... except for that kind of thing."
His thoughts interrupted, Lu Jue finally snapped out of it.
"What did you just say?"
Nimble Beret thought Lu Jue was dissatisfied with her answer, so she immediately gritted her teeth, her ferocious expression finally harmonizing with the one-eyed eye patch on her face, "Okay... but not here!"
"No!? What nonsense are you talking about?"
Although Lu Jue wasn't in a relationship, he had seen many pigs run, and also watched some romantic movies with deep plots, so how could he not understand what Nimble Beret was talking about?
But he was just lost in thought, he didn't mean that at all.
"You didn't mean that?"
Nimble Beret slowly raised her head.
It was her first time looking at Lu Jue so carefully.
He's very handsome... including how fierce he was to her that day, he was also very handsome.
Including how he looked when he scolded her, it seemed even more handsome?
"No."
Lu Jue also rarely looked at Nimble Beret.
He had basically no impression of this minor character who only had a tiny role in the anime.
But today he realized that Nimble Beret was very good.
Not just her athletic physical qualities.
#WhiteHair #Contrast #SlightlyChubby #LongLegs
And... well, one strength that could easily defeat all his team members.
Lu Jue withdrew his gaze, "You can leave now. I won't tell anyone about your matter, but I might pay attention to your other races in the future."
"I said I wouldn't dare, and I just won't dare!"
Good heavens.
Using the toughest tone to say the most cowardly words.
"Why are you so loud?" Lu Jue's gaze narrowed, intimidating without anger.
Nimble Beret's expression immediately changed, and she took a step back, "I'm sorry..."
Lu Jue seemed to have found some amusement, but he still had things to do and didn't want to delay further, "Alright, you can go."
Nimble Beret remained standing in place.
"Still not leaving?"
"C-can you scold me a few more times? Otherwise, I won't feel at ease."
Lu Jue had never heard such a strange request, and joked, "Do you want me to hit you a few more times?"
"If you want to..." Nimble Beret said, curling up.
Lu Jue was stunned.
He was joking.
But the other party's seemingly expectant gaze... didn't look like she was joking.
"You want to get something on me?"
"Huh??"
This is too fast...
Nimble Beret seemed to have activated some attribute.
Her mind kept oscillating between "He's that kind of person!" and "He's not that kind of..." regarding Lu Jue.
"As a teacher, how could I not know the consequences of physically punishing a student? You want to retaliate, right?"
"No, no." Nimble Beret waved her hands repeatedly.
So that's what he meant.
She thought it was something else.
Lu Jue continued to parley with her for a few more sentences, and finding that Nimble Beret simply refused to leave, he sighed and said, "You won't feel at ease unless I scold you a few times, right?"
"Hitting too..."
"Stop." Lu Jue made a stop gesture.
He didn't expect Nimble Beret to be so bold.
But he was timid, he didn't dare to move.
"Next time, if you dare to do that again on the track, I won't let you off." Lu Jue said sternly, pointing at Nimble Beret, "Still daydreaming? Did you hear me!"
"I heard you!" Nimble Beret nodded repeatedly.
When she was secretly looking at Lu Jue just now, she suddenly got distracted.
If his hand wasn't pointing at her, but pinching her like pliers...
Moreover, how was this scolding? It was clearly still lecturing.
Clearly, after such a long wait, her expectations were not met.
But after Lu Jue finished speaking, Nimble Beret still left.
This way, she could use the same reason to find Lu Jue again next time.
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