My Classmate is 200 Million Years Old

hat case, let me go through the list and write down the interested students.
Firstly, for the male items…”

Sports were the guys’ forte.
There were students participating in all the items.
In fact, there were item that had multiple students vying for the spot, and the students even decided to battle it out later in the afternoon to determine who would be the one to represent the course.
Other than the stamina items such as 3km item that was settled after a quick discussion, the participants for all the other sporting items — including unpopular items like track and field — would only be finalised after their “battle” later in the afternoon.

After a long pause, the chairman sighed: “Next, for the female items…”

The handful of female students in their course were sparsely distributed among the students.
The chairman surveyed the girls and sighed mentally when he noticed that all of them wore an indifferent expression.
While they excelled in academics and were persistent in completing their daily morning rounds, he knew that their abilities wouldn’t bring them far in a competitive event like this.
Perhaps the only ray of light was the rumoured Xuan Mo, but unfortunately, it seemed that she didn’t participate in school events. 

“First off, we have track and field and 100m sprints, interested students please raise your hands…”

It wasn’t long before the chairman’s forehead was coated in a sheen of sweat.
He managed to get participants for the easier items, as well as some of the ones that required stamina.
The only items that were still empty were the ones that were highly competitive, such as the 100m, 200m and 400m types.
Items like these were usually the limelight of the event.
Because of that, the girls didn’t want to participate.
There was only one girl who’d gingerly raised her hand for the 200m item, but she later regretted her decision and decided to pull out. 

Well, it couldn’t really be helped, girls were generally more thin-skinned, and they weren’t here because of their physical prowess either.
Also because the students weren’t completely familiar or comfortable with each other, so if they slipped up, they’d be throwing the face of their course.
There was no way they would take such a risk. 

The chairman turned to the various class reps for help.

The class rep for Class One had been excited for a while now.
He cleared his throat and stood up: “Eh, I have students who have registered their interests with me.”

The chairman’s eyes glowed: “Go ahead.”

“Xuan Mo from my class authorised me to sign up for her in her stead for the Sports Fest.
Let me see, the school said that individuals can only participate up to a maximum of two items; we’ll take the 100m sprint and 400m sprint for Xuan Mo then.
As for group items, we’ll take medley relay, the 4x100m relay and normal relay.
Besides these, if necessary, Xuan Mo can also sit in as the reserve member for all the items.” He glanced gingerly at Xuan Mo.
Xuan Mo didn’t expect her class rep to be so “generous” and treat her as the miracle pill that can fill in anywhere help was needed.
And so, Xuan Mo looked at him meaningfully, her eyes squinting. 

The class rep shrunk, but still mustered up the courage to finish up: “If there are more, we can discuss this privately again.”

A buzz sounded among the students for a while before everyone turned to look at Xuan Mo with a complicated expression.
Frankly, the students didn’t have much of an impression of this person other than whatever they’ve heard from rumours.
Not only so, rumours about her sounded way too exaggerated to be true.
Xuan Mo herself on the other hand was very low-key, so the rumours appeared all the more like publicity blown out of proportions.
However, her Sports Fest participation seemed to tell otherwise.
It was only then did the students come to a clear realisation that a gem will always be a gem, you can’t hide its glow even if you bury it among charcoal.
Similarly, Xuan Mo was capable enough, she needed no publicity.