100: Chapter 87 Bringing up the Rear 100: Chapter 87 Bringing up the Rear The second update is here, and there’s one more coming tonight, I’m asking for your support~, with your pink votes, staring with starry eyes~
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“Captain… Captain Zeng!”
Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong, holding their basins, rushed to the doorway, only to see the world go dark before their eyes as they abruptly halted, and there stood Captain Zeng ili, expressionless.
After sizing the two up, Captain Zeng stepped aside from the doorway.
Without a word from her, neither dared to move and stood there dumbfounded, staring at Captain Zeng.
With a sigh, Captain Zeng wore a look of helplessness, “I said yesterday, once the wake-up call sounds, you have two minutes to grab your basins and wash up, and ten minutes to finish all your indoor duties.
Can you do it?”
“Whoosh!” The mont Captain Zeng finished speaking, the two were gone in a flash.
Joking aside, if they delayed any further, not to ntion ten minutes, they wouldn’t be done in fifteen.
The two rushed to the sinks like it was a battle scene, with Luo Xiaoqiong using her strength to squeeze through and first fill her own tooth mug with water for Chuxia, quickly snatching Chuxia’s to fill, and simultaneously positioning the basin under the tap.
By the ti she’d filled the basin with water, Chuxia had brushed her teeth, quickly splashed her face, and hurried over to help Luo Xiaoqiong get water.
Working together, they managed to join the already assembled line at the door with seconds to spare in the ten-minute mark.
After scanning the line, Captain Zeng silently entered the dorm of the first squad, then the second, and so on until the tenth before she returned to the front of the line, raising her notebook, “Those I call out, step forward.”
“Wang Xiaohua, Jiang Chuni, Li Yuhua, … Lin ngran, Lin Chuxia…”
Ten people stood in front of the line.
“Do you know why I’ve asked you to step out?” Captain Zeng gestured toward the dormitory behind her, “Go have a look at the blankets you folded.
Is that what you call blanket folding?
Even a dog rolling pancakes does a better job, doesn’t it?”
“Pfft!”
“…”
The squad burst into stifled laughter, but a glare from Captain Zeng quickly restored silence.
The few stood there with drooping heads and blank expressions.
“Okay, now it’s ti for morning exercises.
Run five laps around the field.
Those who finish may rest until breakfast at seven.
Those with blankets like dog-rolled pancakes; ten laps, and only then can you eat.
If you miss the breakfast ti, wait for lunch to eat.”
“Reporting in!”
“Step forward!”
Luo Xiaoqiong stepped out, “Captain Zeng, I request to run the ten laps in place of Lin Chuxia.”
“Why?”
“I folded her blanket, and she folded mine.”
“Is that so?” Captain Zeng walked up to Chuxia, “Tell , is what she’s saying true?”
To say yes?
That seed inappropriate.
To say no?
That too seed wrong.
As Chuxia wavered, Captain Zeng turned stern, “Luo Xiaoqiong, can you also eat Lin Chuxia’s als for her?”
“…”
“Do you also need to wear Lin Chuxia’s clothes for her?”
“…”
“Should you also sleep Lin Chuxia’s sleep for her?”
“…”
“Are you supposed to date Lin Chuxia’s boyfriends for her?”
“Reporting to Captain Zeng, no!”
This ti, Luo Xiaoqiong spoke up.
“Exactly, there’s at least one thing you cannot do for her.
I said it yesterday, if you keep acting out, I’ll have you moved to another squad.
Do you think what you’re doing is for Lin Chuxia’s good?
Let ask you, when it’s ti to work, can you do everything for her?
The dical team is training independent dical staff, not little misses who need soone to hand-hold through everything.
You’ve co to be soldiers, not nannies…”
Worried, taking pleasure in the misfortune, indifferent, watching the spectacle …
Various expressions played out as Captain Zeng spoke more harshly.
Luo Xiaoqiong’s face turned bright red, but she could not find words to argue.
Just a mont ago, she’d impulsively stood up because she knew Chuxia wouldn’t be able to run ten laps.
If she had known Captain Zeng would say all this, she wouldn’t have stepped forward; she would have just helped Chuxia save so breakfast and then run with her later.
Chuxia also looked upset.
These past few days, Luo Xiaoqiong had gotten in trouble more than once because of her.
Biting her lip, her mouth filled with the taste of salt…
As Captain Zeng turned around and saw Chuxia’s condition, she was taken aback and abruptly stopped talking, “Alright, considering this is your first offense today, I’ll let it go.
But starting tomorrow, if this happens again, don’t bla for being unkind.
Now, return to your ranks, everyone runs five laps.”
After a long pause, they slowly realized what was happening and unevenly acknowledged with a “Yes”, each returning to the formation.
Everyone was puzzled by Captain Zeng ili’s change of attitude, but during the subsequent morning exercise ti, people quieted down quite a bit.
The field was an 800-ter middle track, and after two laps, so team mbers with poor physical strength began to slow down.
Then, scattered here and there in small clusters, they spread out over the entire field.
Since the male and female soldiers who had passed the recruit phase trained at several large fields, this middle field was occupied only by these hundred dical female soldiers, which was relatively quiet.
Captain Zeng stood at the starting point, holding a stopwatch in her hand.
“The first day, why be so harsh?” Liang Xiangyang walked over.
“Ah!” Captain Zeng sighed and then recounted the events of the previous night, concluding, “I need to make an assessnt of the physical fitness of all the team mbers.
Today is the first morning exercise, and I’ve told them that those who finish the run early can go eat first.
I believe everyone will give their all to finish early.
In the upcoming training, I want to make a detailed plan, tailored to everyone’s physical fitness, otherwise…”
Liang Xiangyang waved his hand, “Xiao Zeng, the physical requirents for dical soldiers aren’t as high as those for regular soldiers.
But, in the military, strength and honor are highly valued.
If you treat them differently, you’re essentially rejecting those female soldiers with poorer physical fitness.
You an well with your tiered approach, but to them, it feels like a negation.
This practice might ruin so capable talents.”
“But…”
“Are you worried that female soldiers like Lin Chuxia might fall behind in the training schedule, dragging along at the end and then losing all their confidence?”
“Yes…” Captain Zeng nodded, “There are about twenty female soldiers like her.
It’ll be extrely difficult for them to train with the main group.”
“Once selected, everyone should be treated equally,” Liang Xiangyang said with a smile, “Just do what needs to be done, without special treatnt.
You’re not helping her that way, understand?”
“I…” Captain Zeng blushed, realizing she had been pinpointed, “Director…”
“Alright, continue the training,” Liang Xiangyang said with a wave of his hand and turned to leave.
After a couple of steps, he turned back, “I’ve entrusted their training to you because I believe in your capability to get them to the main field earlier.”
“Yes!” Captain Zeng’s eyes lit up.
After three laps, Chuxia’s throat began to wheeze.
Although she had been exercising all along, when had she ever undergone training of such intensity?
Luo Xiaoqiong kept pace with her, matching her rhythm.
“Xiaoqiong, don’t mind , you run.”
“I’ll stick with you.”
“If you insist, I’ll request a transfer out of third squad.”
“I’ll stick with you.”
“I’m not joking!” Chuxia’s voice grew stern, “I’m very tired, don’t make waste energy, okay?”
“Chuxia…”
“I an what I say!”
Chuxia’s voice carried determination.
“Chuxia, I’ll be with you for just one day, okay?” Luo Xiaoqiong had to soften her tone to negotiate.
“No, Xiaoqiong, don’t push .”
“Chuxia…” Luo Xiaoqiong was still sowhat reluctant.
Her mother had told her to take good care of Lin Chuxia, saying that Chuxia was her future sister-in-law, that if she was good to Chuxia, Zhao Qiliang would surely be good to her.
Okay, even if not for those reasons, she genuinely wanted to be with Chuxia—those were just reasons she gave herself to stay resolute.
Chuxia sped up without saying a word, her face flushing red, sweat sticking to her forehead, dripping down along strands of hair, her pretty face showing an unhealthy hint of red, her eyes looking a bit dazed…
Seeing her like this scared Luo Xiaoqiong.
She quickly said, “Chuxia, I’ll do as you say, don’t speed up, run slowly, I’m going ahead…”
Four laps now…
Chuxia felt as if her legs were filled with lead, her throat on fire.
If it wasn’t for the constant thought in her mind not to disappoint her parents, she probably would have collapsed by now.
On an 800-ter lap field, four laps totaled thirty-two hundred ters.
Walking, she might have managed, but jogging, that was really too much for her.
She was now second to last, the female soldier behind her looking just as rough.
It seed they were the two odd flowers in the dical team.
Leading the run was Sun Shangi, who, seeing the two slender figures ahead, smiled slyly and pumped harder, catching up.
“Lin Chuxia, put so strength into it, don’t let us down in Red Flag Commune.”
Chuxia rolled her eyes—screw losing face, what did Red Flag Commune have to do with her?
“Not convinced?” Sensing Chuxia’s discontent, Sun Shangi laughed triumphantly, “If you’re not convinced, try to catch up with .
Run with to the finish.
I’ve already completed it.
I’ll risk my life to keep you company for one more lap, how about that?”
Chuxia rolled her eyes again—big bully!
“Making a fool of yourself!” Sun Shangi muttered, quickened her pace, and left Chuxia far behind.
Screw losing face!
Chuxia was now in a state of confusion, with her mind exceptionally clear.
She chanically moved her legs, felt the woman behind her speeding up, and pushed herself to the limit.
No matter what, if she could be second to last, she was determined not to be last!
How dignified!
Isn’t it?
(To be continued.
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