"Go sit over there, I'll stand guard. Xiao Bei, thanks for taking her there too."
Xiao Bei whined twice.
Song Huan came at some point and stood next to her, crossing his arms as he watched her.
Hmm...he wouldn't trick her anymore, he must be testing her again.
Qin Wei made a judgment, so she stared straight ahead with determination on her face.
"If you don't come down, I'll help you down," Song Huan said, then pretended he was going to climb up.
"Instructor Song, even if you help me down I won't appreciate it. You can't explain away targeting me as discipline, I understand now, but we aren't friends so you don't have to do this."
Song Huan glanced at her, then walked over. Qin Wei backed away and naturally walked down.
"It doesn't matter, you can rest over there. Don't worry, there are no filming tasks tonight. You can leave when it's time." Song Huan said, then stood on the guard platform in standard military posture without saying another word.
Qin Wei sat on the steps next to him, still wondering if Song Huan was really being so nice.
"Instructor Song."
"Song Huan?"
"Song Gatekeeper?"
"Stupid Song Huan..."
No matter how Qin Wei called him, he ignored her.
Really, he could ignore her?
Qin Wei took out a boiled egg and openly cracked the shell on the edge of the guard platform.
Song Huan still ignored her.
"Xiao Bei."
Qin Wei called out, and the black dog's ears perked up from the corner. He stretched lazily and came over.
Qin Wei ate the egg white herself and gave the yolk to Xiao Bei.
Xiao Bei happily accepted it and wagged his tail even more enthusiastically at Qin Wei after he finished eating.
( ́・・)ノ(._.`)
Half an hour passed...
One hour passed...
So boring...
The air was a bit hot. The buzzing of insects could be heard everywhere. Fortunately, the bracelet Li Hanming gave was effective, and so far Qin Wei hadn't been bitten by mosquitoes or bugs.
A mosquito landed on the back of Song Huan's hand.
Qin Wei got up and quietly moved closer, then—
"Slap!"
She fiercely slapped it!
The sound was loud, and the back of Song Huan's hand turned red.
But he still stood ramrod straight, only shifting his gaze to Qin Wei.
"I was hitting a mosquito, dead mosquito."
To prove her innocence, Qin Wei showed him the small black dot on her hand before blowing it away.
Song Huan ignored her.
The guard duty regulations strictly prohibited sitting, lying down, leaning, dozing off, idle chatter, etc.
But...
"Obstructing duty must be dissuaded. If not listened to, it should be reported."
Song Huan finally spoke.
Qin Wei obediently sat back down on the steps.
There was still half an hour left...
In the two hours, Qin Wei had played with Xiao Bei for half an hour, stared blankly at the sky for half an hour, then paced around the guard platform for half an hour. She currently had nothing to do and felt time was passing slowly.
After a while, bored, Qin Wei started talking to Song Huan:
"You targeted me from the start. At first I didn't know why and was quite angry, but later I found out it was filmed and posted online, so I felt relieved then. It was because you kept nagging me that I didn't have time to do things that might get me scolded.
The public has high standards for public figures' words and deeds. Some things are fine for others to do but I'd get flamed online if I did them. But thanks to your relentless targeting, fewer people scolded me online this time and more people scolded you instead. So for helping divert some of the fire towards me, I shouldn't keep resenting you..."
"There aren't any cameras around here, are you acting out a TV drama with me?" Song Huan suddenly spoke, and by the time he finished, someone had come to change shifts and he had stepped down from the guard platform.
Qin Wei: "? I was just having a heart-to-heart with you..."
Song Huan pointed in the direction of the dorm building, signaling her to follow him as they walked. He told her:
"Don't overthink. I don't care at all how others scold me. In my life experiences, this is just a negligible small matter."
We have discipline, so there are some things I can't tell you...
Song Huan paused, then continued,
"But I'll say it again, injuring you is completely my fault. I deeply apologize for making you miss training. So for this period of individual training, study seriously with me.
What I teach you will be useful later on. At the very least it can make you fit the role better. Please believe me on this, I won't let you down..."
"Can I be exempt from the lines I have to copy?"
This was what Qin Wei cared about most.
"No."
Song Huan's tone softened slightly.
"But I'll copy them for you. You just need to remember, it's intellect and courage."
...
The concert in the southwest had indeed fulfilled fans' wish to see Qin Wei, but in the military training videos of the past few days, there was almost no sign of her. Coupled with her unclear injury, many people expressed great concern about her recent situation.
The filming crew was also very thoughtful. After finding out more people could watch this video, they worked even harder than before. It was just a pity Qin Wei was injured and almost never with the team. The filming crew had limited access and couldn't walk freely around the barracks, so they always failed to capture her.
Today they were practicing rifle drills, and Qin Wei, who hadn't shown her face for a long time, finally appeared at the shooting range.
But her left arm was still fixed with bandages.
She stood at the very edge of the shooting range, watching the others enviously as they walked up one by one, picked up a gun, took aim, and fired.
That night’s comments—
[I finally saw the goose again, she’s still alive, whew!]
[If she didn't show up again soon, I would've thought the nasty instructor fed her to the sharks.]
[It's not that bad, the accident causing the injury was just that. The school even released that video segment. Mainly my older sister is frail while the other party is too strong. Luckily it was just a minor injury.]
[My older sister is weak and bulliable (protect my dog head).]
[But still...I feel bad for my husband.]
[Ever since Er Ya went to military training, her wife fans strangely kept increasing...]
[Actually it was from when she clashed fiercely with the Against the Wind crew. Us sisters already loved her then. (//∇//) She's so handsome, I love her so much!]
[And a lot of people, after seeing her shocked reaction to being called husband a few days ago, wanted to call her husband even more hahahaha.]
[You guys see how my husband looks longingly at the others practicing guns. Seeing that even makes me feel bad for him.]
[Are rifles expensive? How much is one?]
[The Type 95 rifle they use, probably five thousand to ten thousand yuan.]
[Not that expensive. I was prepared to spend several hundred thousand for one for my husband.]
[Oh? You wanna buy one for our husband too? That's pretty gutsy.] (Friendly reminder: this is just casual fan talk, purely fictional. Please abide by laws and regulations.)
...
Qin Wei picked up the rifle from the rack. The real gun was heavier than she expected, and operating it with just one hand probably wouldn't work.
"Instructor Song, I want to..."
"No you don't." Song Huan beside her said,
"It's not impossible with one hand, but there's no meaning if you can't control the rifle. You've looked enough, time to go back to your training."
When the third week ended, it had been solid training for all the trainees. With the foundation built during the first three weeks, everyone's stress resilience and fitness had improved. Even those children who cried at the start were now eager for any training, raring to go.
Zheng Qiancheng stood at the front of the lined up squad:
"We'll go easy today! You pick the training!"
"Instructor Zheng, are we doing rifle practice today?"
"Instructor Zheng, I wanna try rock climbing!"
"Me too, rock climbing, rock climbing!"
"Me too, rock climbing!"
"Instructor Zheng, I..."
"All of you shut up!" Instructor Zheng said. After interacting for so long, they all knew despite Instructor Zheng's loud yelling and seemingly fierce exterior, he didn't actually have any other shortcomings.
He wasn't ill-intentioned. Blunt and straightforward, he would say whatever he wanted to say. Moreover, he did every training exercise together with the trainees. Anything he said he could do, he really could.
If you were lazy he would criticize you. If your technique was lacking he would correct you. His rewards and punishments were clear. He earned their obedience on this point, so they willingly followed orders.
Instructor Zheng glanced at Qin Wei in the squad. Although she still hadn't recovered from this injury and spent some of her time with Instructor Song, she was with everyone in the squad for most of it. For things she couldn't do herself, she would just stand quietly on the side watching.
As soon as Qin Wei saw Instructor Zheng look at her, her heart thumped.
"Lateral prone crawl. Whoever competes with Qin Wei and wins decides what we'll do." After Instructor Zheng spoke, a hubbub of discussion followed:
"Oh that's going a bit overboard...my older sister's still limping..."
"Hehehe, there's my Qiao's Panda alright. That mouth has been eating bamboo shoots." (Idiomatic expression meaning blunt and insensitive speech.)
"Isn't that bullying the goose a bit?"
"Instructor Zheng, spare my husband. My husband can't handle it..."
