The playground was noisy with people, but even so, the sound of a new QQ message clearly reached two pairs of ears.
Song Qiuyu froze for a moment, then was severely startled, almost jumping up in a panic – she seemed to have forgotten to switch accounts!
She forced herself to calm down, swallowed the water in her mouth, and at the same time, fumbled in her pocket, took out her phone, and opened it, cold sweat trickling down her cheeks.
Her heart was beating so fast she felt suffocated.
Her mind was like a program loaded with garbled code, frantically throwing errors.
The hand holding the phone trembled uncontroll to stop, sweating cold.
Heh, the hand speed she’d trained over all these years for snatching red packets was finally going to be put to good use!
Steady herself and she’d win!
So, she used the fastest hand speed of her life to open QQ and quickly switch accounts.
Jiang Xiao turned his head, his gaze shifting to Song Qiuyu’s phone screen.
On Song Qiuyu’s QQ chat page, the latest message was one her advisor had just sent in the department group: “@all members Military theory class at 7 PM tonight in classroom 101…”
Her account-switching speed was incredibly fast, so Jiang Xiao naturally didn’t catch a glimpse of Shen Xi.
“I heard the senior students say that our freshment military training at Nanfeng is divided into two parts. The first day is on the school playground, and the rest of the time we’ll be training at a formal military training base called Oriental Green Boat!”
The master of account switching, online and fabricating conversation topics, said earnestly, “I think tonight’s military theory class will probably be about this.”
Jiang Xiao quietly withdrew his gaze.
Song Qiuyu secretly wiped the cold sweat from her face, still startled as she looked back at her phone screen, full of curiosity about the message the other person had just sent.
She wanted to see, really wanted to see.
If she didn’t see it now, it felt like ants were crawling on her, unbearably uncomfortable…
But how could she look?
No matter what reason she found to secretly leave and look, she would feel guilty, even if she just turned to the side slightly.
She was anxious and agitated, her fingertips frantically probing the edge of the account switch.
After five minutes passed, she obediently put down her phone, stood up, and came to attention.
What followed was a boring, exhausting, and extremely sweaty afternoon of military training.
When the military training ended, the formations on the playground dispersed.
Most people swarmed into the nearest cafeteria, while the entire 602 dorm took the long way around to the large cafeteria to eat.
“I’ll save seats, you guys go get food!” Song Qiuyu, familiar with the routine, carried four water cups and ran to pick a good spot to sit down.
This spot was an excellent viewpoint for the opera house.
However, today she had no leisure to look at the opera house.
Huddled in the corner, she pulled out her phone at the fastest speed and switched accounts.
The latest unread message: “Xi’er, I started military training today, and more importantly, I also met…”
Due to the character limit of the chat box, the message content cut off there.
She turned her head to look at Jiang Xiao and the others in line, then held her breath and clicked to view the full message.
The full latest message: “Xi’er, I started military training today, and more importantly, I also met my junior high roommate. His name is Song Qiuyu, but after three years, he’s changed a lot, become a little strange. I suspect he might have become a giving type of person, but he’s still very nice. In this regard, he hasn’t changed much from before.”
After reading it, Song Qiuyu was moved. “He’s still very nice” pierced her heart like a sharp blade.
She quickly switched back accounts, feeling guilty and ashamed, clutching her hands tightly, somewhat at a loss.
A little strange, huh?
It’s true, from an outsider’s perspective, her behavior today might seem a bit strange, especially to Jiang Xiao himself.
She just wanted to help Jiang Xiao, to atone for something, but why did it feel like she was messing things up, creating an awkward situation?
But still.
“Giving type of person”? What the heck is that?! Dang it, is he tattling on her to herself?
Hah, Jiang Xiao, you ungrateful wretch, you don’t know a good deed when you see one!
Song Qiuyu was a bit annoyed.
She lowered her head, pressed her forehead to the desk, and closed her eyes tightly.
After two seconds of painful reflection, she suddenly opened them.
After all, it was her past misdeeds.
I’ll bear it.
“Song Qiuyu, what are you doing?” Xie Zhuran’s voice suddenly rang out from across from her.
Song Qiuyu sprang up, her back against the chair, trying to act like nothing was wrong.
She smiled and shook her head, looking at Xie Zhuran opposite her, and said, “I’m fine.”
Jiang Xiao first placed her food in front of her before sitting in the seat next to her, remaining quiet the whole time.
Song Qiuyu tightly gripped her chopsticks, eating with gritted teeth.
Jiang Xiao didn’t spare her a glance, yet her unusual behavior made it hard for him not to notice.
She had been perfectly fine yesterday; what on earth had happened?
He didn’t understand.
Military Theory Class
The first half of the military theory class was quite dry, almost like a lullaby, causing many to drift off to sleep.
However, in the latter half, the middle-aged professor finally got to the point and played a vlog recorded by a directing student from last semester.
Instantly, a crisp, loud “Pay attention!” awakened many sleeping minds.
The video began with an explosive scene of military training recruits in a special forces formation, holding guns under yellow smoke, practicing to commands.
Accompanied by the instrumental music “Morsmordre,” it ignited the atmosphere in the entire hall.
Then, the camera cleverly cut to a scene of all the dance department recruits in the performance formation rushing into the heavy rain, performing a Mongolian dance in perfect synchronization.
After these two most eye-catching segments, the video’s author finally appeared, officially introducing everyone to their military training base life.
Waking up early to pack, thoughtful tips from senior students, rushing to catch the bus at 6:30 AM, and then, the first day at Oriental Green Boat… stepping out to admire the base’s fake aircraft carrier, and even being able to touch real firearms!
After watching for a while longer, most of the new students could no longer hold back and started discussing animatedly.
“I will strike as a sharpshooter!”
“The skills honed in the Delta are finally going to be shown off to my brothers!”
“Holy crap, this military training is so cool!”
“Can’t stay in this large classroom anymore, can it be tomorrow already?”
It’s coming, the big moment is coming!
Even though she had learned about it from the senior students beforehand, Song Qiuyu felt exhilarated, her face beaming with smiles.
She turned to Jiang Xiao and said, “Jiang Xiao, we can shoot targets!”
Jiang Xiao didn’t seem to be affected by the surrounding atmosphere.
Although he was watching the video, his eyes were as calm as still water, without a ripple.
Hearing her, he didn’t speak, but merely glanced at her lightly, nodding gently, indicating that he knew.
“…”
Song Qiuyu pursed her lips, almost losing her breath.
Her brow furrowed.
She wanted to say something but then thought about the hour-long bus ride they had to take tomorrow, and her expression suddenly changed, realizing something was wrong.
According to the message Jiang Xiao sent to her burner account, Jiang Xiao gets motion sick.
However, this was something Song Qiuyu shouldn’t know.
She scratched her head, thinking hard, when a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her.
She looked left and right, then feigned a troubled tone: “Speaking of which, do any of you get motion sick? I get a little carsick. That one hour is going to be so difficult!”