The two timekeepers looked at each other, but the referee could no longer wait. There was still a 200-meter and 400-meter trial race, so I had time to waste my time on a coachman!

So the referee came over and said to the two timekeepers with a bad look on his face: "Where is the grade? Hurry up, don't waste time."

The two timekeepers looked at each other, and one of them said, "11 seconds 7."

"11 seconds 7..." The referee muttered to himself, while recording the result in the notebook in his hand.

Only when he finished writing the word "7" did he realize what kind of result it was.

The rickshaw driver ran for 11 seconds! How is this possible?

"I've been so tired recently. I don't have enough sleep and have poor hearing." The referee raised his head and asked, "What did you say just now? What is the result?"

"11 seconds 7." The timer answered again.

"So it's 11 seconds 7, look at my ears! Wait, what did you say? 11 seconds 7? You're talking about 11 seconds 7!" The referee almost screamed!

The rickshaw driver ran for 11 seconds! How is this possible? Well, I seemed to have the same idea just now.

After being surprised, the referee widened his eyes and looked at the two timekeepers.

The two timekeepers were also embarrassed. They knew that a coachman ran 11.7 seconds and was too unrealistic. After being silent for more than ten seconds, one of them said, "It's true, the timers of both of us are 11.7 seconds!"

"11 seconds 7, the coachman runs 11 seconds 7? Could it be that the two of you cheated on that coachman together!" The referee thought to himself.

The referee thought about it this way. If it were Mr. Cui Linhai and Mr. Cui, it would be possible that the timer would help him cheat. How could Chen Qiang, a rickshaw driver, bribe the timer?

"What should I do?" The referee said this.

The two timekeepers looked like they wanted to complain. You are the referee, we are just timekeepers. What should we do if you ask us? We should ask you what to do!

"Why don't you let him run once?" a timekeeper said.

"Nonsense!" The referee immediately rejected the proposal.

Because a contestant's grades are so good, he will run again. How can this be the reason? Do you still need the credibility of sports competitions?

This is a national athlete selection competition, so you still want face.

Finally, the referee said, "You confirm that his result is 11.7 seconds?"

The two timekeepers nodded at the same time.

"Sign!" The referee directly handed the small notebook in his hand to the timekeeper and asked them to sign their names.

The referee's purpose is very obvious. He will not take the blame for this 11-second 7 seconds! He asked the timer to sign the name, and the responsibility was also pushed to the timer.

The two timers had to sign their names after the 11.7 seconds, but both of them were careful, that was, they did not move the reset button of the timer, so they let the two timers stay at 11.7 seconds.

...

In the waiting area of ​​the athletes, several high-level athletes such as Li Yongping and Cheng Jinguan could feel that Chen Qiang's speed was surprisingly fast. They could even guess that Chen Qiang could surpass Cui Linhai and become the first place.

But others did not have this awareness. They did not have the awareness of sprinters and had no idea how fast Chen Qiang ran.

Zhou Songling looked happy and looked forward to the referee's announcement of Chen Qiang's achievements. He could also mock the coachman who didn't know how to be tall and thick.

The referee discussed with the timer for a long time, and Zhou Songling also waited for a long time. He couldn't wait any longer and couldn't help but shout: "Referee, what was the result just now!"

The referee glared at Zhou Songling and thought to himself that you really don’t have any pots to bring up. But when people asked, he couldn’t help but say that as a referee, he still had to maintain the fairness of the game.

So the referee answered: "11 seconds 7."

"Haha, 11 seconds 7, you all heard it. The coachman ran only 11 seconds 7! He was slower than Cui Linhai..." Zhou Songling's speech suddenly stopped. He was too excited just now and said the lines he had prepared, but at this moment he realized that Chen Qiang was faster than Cui Linhai!

"11 seconds 7!" Zhou Songling really screamed, and his voice was like a eunuch who had not been castrated.

The lowest level of a society is actually faster than Cui Linhai. How is this possible?

"11.7 seconds, wouldn't that mean that he is the first in the overall score? He has been qualified for the National Games?"

"How is it possible? How could he run so fast? Didn't someone just say that he is a coachman? Can the coachman run so fast?"

"I thought it was fresh enough for the coachman to come to participate in the National Games selection competition. I didn't expect that the real new things were still behind. The coachman won the first place!"

People around them began to talk.

Li Yongping and Cheng Jinguan were silent at the same time. These two people had actually guessed that this would be the result, but when they really saw the 11.7 seconds mark, they still couldn't believe all this.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Chen Qiang, and everyone wanted to know what kind of person the person who ran 11.7 seconds in 100 meters was!

...

At this time, Cui Linhai had already walked out of the stadium and planned to call a rickshaw to take him home.

A moment later, a rickshaw came, and Cui Linhai got into the car and told the address he was going to.

Before the rickshaw driver could take a step, someone shouted behind him: "Cui Linhai, don't leave, don't leave first!"

Cui Linhai looked back and saw Zhou Songling running over.

Zhou Songling came near Cui Linhai and had no time to breathe, and shouted directly: "It's not good, it's not good!"

"What's wrong? I'm so panicked like this? I'll say something slowly." Cui Linhai said calmly.

"Someone runs faster than you, and your 100-meter sprint National Games quota was taken away." Zhou Songling said angrily.

"What did you say!" Cui Linhai almost jumped out of the car: "There are people running faster than me? How is that possible? No, you deliberately play with me! When I left, all nine groups of competitions had been completed, and no one was faster than me!"

"I didn't fool you! When you left, the Ninth Group match was over, but there was still the tenth Group." Zhou Songling answered.

"Nonsense, there are only nine groups in total. Where did the tenth group come from?" Cui Linhai paused and suddenly remembered Chen Qiang who was playing alone. Then Cui Linhai asked, "Isn't there a rickshaw driver in the tenth group? You wouldn't tell me that a rickshaw driver ran faster than me and took away the quota for the National Games!"

"It's that coachman! He ran for 11 seconds 7!" Zhou Songling said while panting.

Cui Linhai snorted coldly and looked at Zhou Songling with a contemptuous look: "Can a coachman run 11 seconds 7? Do you think I will believe it? I said Zhou Songling, you are not the joke you are like this!"

"I really didn't lie to you. If I lie to you, it will be thunder!" Zhou Songling said confidently.

Seeing Zhou Songling making such a poisonous oath, Cui Linhai's expression finally shook, but he still didn't believe it. What Zhou Songling said was true.

"If you don't believe it, you'll know if you go back and check it out. It won't take much time for you anyway." Zhou Songling advised.

Cui Linhai thought carefully and found that what Zhou Songling said made sense. If what Zhou Songling said was true, then he would have lost the opportunity to participate in the National Games now.

"Okay, I'll go back and see you. If you lie to me, I will definitely kick you!" Cui Linhai said and got out of the car.

...

A few minutes later, Cui Linhai, who learned the truth, also showed a haunted expression.

"The rickshaw driver ran 11 seconds 7? How is this possible! I don't believe it, I absolutely don't believe it!" Cui Linhai shook his head and said.

"So many of us have seen it with our own eyes." Zhou Songling murmured in a low voice.

"I understand. It must be the coachman who cheated. He bribed the referee and the timekeeper. It must be like this. There is a shady scene in this game! Otherwise, he would not have run faster than me!" Cui Linhai said confidently.

"But the results have already come out, and he is now ranked first. Why don't you forget it?" Zhou Songling advised. He didn't think that a coachman could buy so many people.

Cui Linhai was angry. He had lost his rationality and did not listen to what Zhou Songling said at all: "Forget it? Of course, you can't just forget it. I want to go to the referee to reason!"

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Chapter completed!