Chapter 216: Qiu Shui Stinks

Sure enough, as expected, although Wang Yan slightly plucked the strings of Qiu Shui's fate, the impact was still limited. When he got up early the next day, Wang Yan didn't see Qiu Shui, thinking he must have been locked in the confinement room for the night.

By the time Wang Yan returned from his daily exercise, the boys in the dormitory also discovered that Qiu Shui hadn't returned all night, and were discussing it in a hubbub.

After breakfast and gathering on the playground, Dai Bingzhong and Sun Army Supervisor brought Qiu Shui over. They hoped for a confession to be lenient and resistance to be severe, letting the female student from last night stand out.

When asked who was not there last night, Zhao Yingnan still didn't point out Xiao Hong. This had nothing to do with anything else, just simply that her identity was a female student. If she said it out, the situation would be different from Wang Yan standing there yesterday; both men and women would be hostile to her...

In the end, Xiao Hong didn't stand out, and Qiu Shui was given a major demerit and punished with ten laps on the playground.

The team was dismissed, and everyone walked toward the comprehensive building in groups of three or five, chatting and laughing; there was still class in a while.

Wang Yan strolled along by himself. The group of boys had some grudges in their hearts about what happened yesterday, so he was left alone.

Seeing Wang Yan alone, Zhao Yingnan followed him and strolled slowly. Yang Yue had just been pulled away by three old women...

"Is it because of yesterday?"

Wang Yan smiled: "Hmm, I reasoned with them last night, and today they are all a bit embarrassed."

Zhao Yingnan widened her eyes: "Did you use force?"

"Am I just full of muscles in your eyes?" Wang Yan shook his head helplessly, then told the story of the dormitory last night: "If this isn't stupid, what is?"

Zhao Yingnan nodded after hearing it. She naturally stood on Wang Yan's side. She thought for a moment and said: "About Qiu Shui just now, do you know who the girl yesterday was?"

"Xiao Hong, right."

Zhao Yingnan was just about to speak when she heard someone call out from behind.

Wang Yan turned his head to look and saw Xiao Hong running over with her hands in her pockets. She looked at Wang Yan with a strange expression and said: "Why were you protecting me just now?"

Zhao Yingnan shook her head: "It wasn't protecting you, I would have done the same for anyone, so you don't need to think too much."

Xiao Hong laughed: "Thank you, Monitor. Then you two talk, you two talk." After speaking, she turned and walked far away.

Watching Xiao Hong's retreating back, Zhao Yingnan said: "Qiu Shui is in danger this time. A major demerit will stay on his file, and maybe the college will even expel him directly."

"We should just take care of ourselves, don't think so much, let's go, class is starting soon."

Hearing Zhao Yingnan start, Wang Yan thought she would say something like "we are all classmates, help if you can," after all, it was just a matter of her saying a word, but the result was that she just sighed and didn't play the good person. From this, it could also be seen that there was basically no hope for Qiu Shui and Zhao Yingnan.

Wang Yan was still waiting to see how Qiu Shui would pass the test, but unfortunately, just after lunch, Wang Yan was called away by a soldier sent by Zhao Guosong. The efficiency in the military was still very high; Zhao Guosong only said he would report to the higher-ups yesterday, and the result came out today.

Zhao Guosong simply gave Wang Yan some instructions, and after confirming that Wang Yan didn't have anything to bring, he directly had someone drive a jeep and took him away.

The destination of this trip was the Art Troupe under the Beijing Military Region. Wang Yan, the creator, went to cooperate with the work of music arrangement, etc. Although this song hadn't been tested, based on experience, there was basically no problem with popularization and promotion. This kind of thing counted as an achievement, and once confirmed for promotion, it would be a big achievement, so the local military region art troupe intercepted it directly, and it didn't go to the art troupe directly under the General Political Department.

The good news was that Wang Yan's identity as the lyricist and composer was retained...

After arriving at the place, Wang Yan worked around this song. To promote a song throughout the entire army, it wasn't just a simple matter of saying it; at the very least, the song had to be suitable for soldiers to sing.

So after the arrangement was initially completed and a sample was produced, Wang Yan went to the troops with a group of people, organized a regiment of soldiers to memorize the lyrics and familiarize themselves with the melody. Afterward, according to the military rhythm, they sang while running, sang while standing still, and sang while marching. After comparing it three times and confirming there was no problem and it was quite suitable, the promotion matters were initially settled. In fact, this song was originally promoted this way.

Thus, by the time Wang Yan returned to the military camp, it was already half a month later.

It was noon, and Wang Yan first reported to Zhao Guosong, and only then did he carry his things back to the dormitory building. When passing the girls' dormitory, Wang Yan thought for a moment, stopped, and found a passing female student to help go upstairs and call Zhao Yingnan.

Not long after, Zhao Yingnan ran down, stopped at the dormitory door, and looked at Wang Yan. She was so happy that she wanted to run over, but thinking that it was a bit unreserved and it wouldn't be good for others to see, she walked slowly to Wang Yan: "You're back?"

"Just got back, haven't even returned to the dormitory, came over to bring you something." Wang Yan gestured to the things in his hand.

"Why buy things, wasting money, I don't want it, take it back quickly."

"Look at this pile I have, there's plenty, if I take it back, Hou Pu and the others will just eat it all." Wang Yan put down the things, pulled Zhao Yingnan's arm, and put the things into her hands: "These things, take them back and distribute them to the female students, otherwise it's annoying if they gossip. Also Wang Xiuyu, her conditions aren't too good, it's not easy for her to go to university, give her more. This one is yours, give the other one to Yang Yue for me." Wang Yan took out two more packages and let Zhao Yingnan hold them.

Being pulled by the arm, Zhao Yingnan was blushing and shy, but when she heard the "one for each" words, her smiling face disappeared instantly. She stared with wide eyes and looked at Wang Yan aggrievedly: "It's not just for me..."

She was proud. After all, her father was a dignified Colonel Chief of Staff, and she was his only child, so she was the one who had the final say at home. Now that she had a crush on a man, and he was a playboy who didn't express his stance and didn't refuse, it was...

It wasn't that she couldn't do without Wang Yan. Yesterday, because her father came to inspect during training, Sun Army Supervisor asked her to lead the students in training. Flattery hit the hoof, causing the whole group to be punished. In a bad mood, Qiu Shui came to deliver drinks to her, but she didn't accept them.

But once she thought of Wang Yan's various actions, she found that she just couldn't bear to part with him, just couldn't bring herself to be cruel and keep away, so she felt very aggrieved.

Wang Yan directly reached out and rubbed Zhao Yingnan's head: "Don't think blindly, besides you, Yang Yue is the one I interact with most among the female students. And, your things are different, yours have more than hers."

Although she knew it was an excuse, Zhao Yingnan felt the big hand on her head and the two bags were indeed different in size, so she nodded shyly. Then she glanced at the onlookers around, and hurriedly took the things and ran back.

Wang Yan smiled and picked up the things to return to the boys' dormitory building. It was mainly because the time was too short, only a month in total, and he hadn't seen her for half a month, so he still had to spend more time together. Zhao Yingnan's personality was quite strong, and if he didn't handle it well, it would be easy to capsize...

By the time he returned to the dormitory, a group of people were lying on the beds chatting and laughing. A month had passed, everyone had gotten familiar, gradually adapted to the current rhythm of life, lost that initial passion, and gradually returned to daily life.

Seeing Wang Yan enter with things, Xin Yi said in surprise: "You're back?"

"Who is it?"

"Holy crap, Wang Yan..."

A group of people sat up and looked at Wang Yan, who had disappeared for half a month. The little grudges from before seemed to have vanished.

Everyone knew Wang Yan went to the Art Troupe because of that song. This group of people asked about this and that, what the Art Troupe was like, whether he saw any stars, etc. Wang Yan answered some questions with a smile, then put the things he brought back on the table: "Come, come, come, this is some food I bought, dried meat, cans, fruit, everything is there, everyone share and eat."

Hou Pu and the others all stepped forward, clamoring to grab, and Qiu Shui, who was sitting on the bed and feeling a bit unhappy seeing Wang Yan return, also joined in. Unhappy was unhappy, but he couldn't miss out on the food.

While tidying up the things, Wang Yan looked at Qiu Shui who was eating and asked: "Qiu Shui, how did that matter last time go?" Without waiting for Qiu Shui to reply, Du Zhong said: "Originally he was packing his things and about to leave, but look at him now, nothing happened."

Wang Yan continued to ask patiently: "How was it handled? Did you really get a major demerit?"

Hou Pu muttered: "No, raised high and dropped lightly, in the end, it was just a serious warning and a self-criticism."

Qiu Shui said: "What? Are you unhappy that I didn't leave, brother?"

Wang Yan shrugged: "Happy, I was worried about you when I was at the Art Troupe, didn't know how you would end up. Didn't expect you to have your own heavenly blessing."

Xin Yi curled his lips on the side: "Forget it, we thought the same at first. But what happened? His dad graduated from Renhe..."

Hearing this, Qiu Shui stuffed what he was eating into Xin Yi's mouth: "Just eat your food."

Glancing at the others who were busy eating, Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, saying nothing more. When it was mentioned just now that Qiu Shui's dad graduated from Renhe, the atmosphere was quite subtle. It was estimated that for this kind of blatant back-door practice, those who already had some small thoughts about Qiu Shui felt even more uncomfortable. Especially for Hou Pu, who had the worst conditions here, it was even more so.

Actually, thinking about it, it was understandable. To punish Qiu Shui here, one would always have to communicate with the college side, and it had to be discussed. And Qiu Shui's dad also had strength, so in this situation, they would definitely communicate with the parents at the first opportunity.

A major demerit would be recorded on the file, which was basically ruining him. After all, when it came to things like hospital housing allocation, professional title evaluation, etc., these were important considerations. Qiu Shui's mom couldn't just watch her own son leave a file that would affect his future, so it was normal for her to exert some effort.

Of course, things definitely couldn't be done like that, after all, it didn't sound good, and so many pairs of eyes were watching. It was estimated that it was something like "considering it's a first offense, giving a chance," etc.

Qiu Shui definitely wouldn't admit it, but with his show-off nature, he definitely wouldn't be tight-lipped, and eight out of ten times he revealed the bottom line. This was the reason for the subtle atmosphere, and even Xin Yi, who was thick as thieves with Qiu Shui, couldn't help but speak. After all, as a friend, this kind of thing shouldn't have been brought up by an outsider like Wang Yan.

So now Qiu Shui was basically stinking, it was just that everyone lived in the same room, played quite well before, and had to live together for eight years in the future, so they couldn't save face and just pretended nothing happened. Most importantly, eighteen-year-old young people seeing the sinister side of society for the first time, the guy was so awesome, it was hard to guarantee that he wouldn't be useful in the future, so there was no need to become enemies.

In the afternoon, Wang Yan's return was welcomed by all the girls. After all, he had sent quite a few things before, and his evaluation also changed from "arrogant" to "good person."

Including Dai Bingzhong and Sun Army Supervisor, both welcomed Wang Yan's return. Not to mention the good feelings from running and sparring before, just the fact that Wang Yan wrote a song and sent it up, they also benefited. No matter what, he was under their command.

During rest, they also asked Wang Yan about the situation there, whether he saw any stars, etc. The stars of this time were mostly from the Art Troupe, and they were all quite curious.

An afternoon passed plainly. After evening self-study, Wang Yan waited for the peak time for washing up to pass, grasped the time precisely, and lay on the bed he hadn't lain on for half a month before the lights went out.

Now everyone was familiar, they couldn't chat for long at night, and the daily training wasn't easy, so it didn't take long for the group of boys to enter dreamland.

Compared to those later people who, even if tired like animals, still tossed and turned on the bed after returning home, and kept scrolling on their phones until the second half of the night, this should count as a kind of happiness. After all, those people scrolling on their phones didn't want to not sleep, it was just that various causes and effects created it; they wanted to sleep, but couldn't.

Just as Wang Yan was muddled, between sleeping and not sleeping, he heard a "da" sound of glass. He opened his eyes, turned his head, and saw Qiu Shui, who heard the movement, quietly get up and open the window to look down.

Qiu Shui could feel his current situation, but he didn't know how to fix it, didn't know how to get everything back on track. Plus, pulling back and forth with Xiao Hong every day, and thinking about studying Zhao Yingnan when he had nothing to do, his worries were piled up and he pondered, so he had been sleeping late recently.

After opening the window and seeing the girl below was Zhao Yingnan, Qiu Shui's face was happy, and he waved to greet her.

Zhao Yingnan below replied politely, saying the mouth shape of "Wang Yan." Qiu Shui wasn't stupid; even if he couldn't see the mouth shape clearly, he knew Zhao Yingnan was looking for Wang Yan. He didn't want to call him, but when he subconsciously turned his head to look at Wang Yan, he met a pair of eyes that looked even deeper under the moonlight. He was scared and shivered a little, saying in a low voice: "Looking for you."

Wang Yan jumped off the bed lightly, walked to the window, and took a look.

Zhao Yingnan's eyesight was still quite good. Wang Yan was sleeping shirtless, and at this moment, looking at the muscles on Wang Yan's upper body, she was a bit muddled. But fortunately, she remembered the serious business and gestured for Wang Yan to come down.

Nodding to Zhao Yingnan, Wang Yan closed the window and looked at Qiu Shui, saying in a low voice: "Thanks, sleep early." Then he got dressed nimbly, went out, and went downstairs.

Qiu Shui watched Wang Yan and Zhao Yingnan talking intimately by the tree under the dim street lamp at the door of the dormitory building. It would be strange if he could sleep...

Wang Yan went downstairs and walked to Zhao Yingnan: "Eyes are red, cried? What happened?"

"My grandma..." After Zhao Yingnan finished speaking, she looked at Wang Yan pitifully with teary eyes: "What do you think I should do?"

"Told your dad?"

Zhao Yingnan's father being a Chief of Staff couldn't be hidden. Even if she didn't pull strings for Qiu Shui, the care from Dai Bingzhong and Sun Army Supervisor was very obvious. After a long time, they would always know.

"No, he won't approve. In his words, in the military camp, one is a soldier and cannot put private matters before public ones." Zhao Yingnan said aggrievedly: "At home, I have the best relationship with grandma. Now that she is sick and I can't go back to see her, she will definitely be sad."

"Make a phone call, talk to your grandma first, see what the situation is before deciding." Wang Yan immediately pulled the shy Zhao Yingnan to the door of the instructor's dormitory building: "You wait here, I'll go find Old Dai and Old Sun."

In the drama, Qiu Shui took Zhao Yingnan to the broadcast room to make a phone call, and even played music in the middle of the night. Wasn't that being an idiot? It was fortunate that Zhao Yingnan's father was a Chief of Staff; otherwise, this alone would be enough for expulsion. Even if the military couldn't expel university students, they could clear Qiu Shui out of the military camp. Of course, perhaps Qiu Shui was precisely because he knew Zhao Yingnan's father was a Chief of Staff that he dared to be so presumptuous...

Now changing to Wang Yan, he wanted to seek convenience. Sun Army Supervisor, a slippery person, definitely wouldn't say no, and even Dai Bingzhong, who looked a bit pedantic, wouldn't refuse, not to mention that now it was doing a favor for Zhao Yingnan, so it was easy.

Zhao Yingnan responded in a low voice: "Hmm!"

Wang Yan arrived at the door, told the person on duty downstairs, and then followed the person on duty to Dai Bingzhong's dormitory.

After bringing Wang Yan to the dormitory door, the person on duty left. This person knew Wang Yan...

Hearing the knock on the door, not long after, Dai Bingzhong opened the door and looked at Wang Yan at the door suspiciously: "No, you kid don't sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing running here?"

"Go in and talk, go in and talk." Wang Yan squeezed in familiarly, nodded to Sun Army Supervisor who had already sat up, and sat on the stool in two or three steps.

"Hey..." Dai Bingzhong shook his head helplessly, closed the door, turned back, and sat on the bed: "What's the matter, speak quickly, I'm sleeping."

"Zhao Yingnan's grandma is sick, she wants to make a phone call, so I came to find you two."

Sun Army Supervisor didn't even think: "Then let's go quickly, don't let student Zhao Yingnan wait anxiously."

Dai Bingzhong was stunned for a moment: "No, making a phone call is no problem, but why didn't she come to find us herself?"

"No, Old Dai, don't worry about so much, hurry up and get dressed."

Dai Bingzhong's stubbornness came up: "Tell me clearly, what exactly is going on."

Wang Yan shook his head helplessly: "Old Dai, think about it carefully, why didn't she find you, but found me first?"

"What else could it be? Isn't it just you two making friends."

"Hey, it's not that fast, now it's mutual affection, mutual affection."

Dai Bingzhong's eyes widened: "This is a military camp, is this a place for you to talk about love? Huh? And what mutual affection, it's not proper!"

"That's enough, military training is just this one year, the two of us are also acting with propriety, it's not a big problem."

Sun Army Supervisor chimed in on the side: "Yeah, Old Dai, don't be so rigid. The two of them haven't done anything out of line, and we can't control it."

"Right, this is well said. It's not that I'm talking about you, Old Dai, learn from Old Sun, you can be flexible appropriately." Wang Yan said with a smile: "Hurry up and get dressed, Zhao Yingnan is still waiting below. Old Sun, you don't need to move, making a phone call isn't a big deal, Old Dai is enough."

"Yeah, I'll go, you sleep."

Sun Army Supervisor originally thought about going out to show his face in front of Zhao Yingnan, but the words of the two were swallowed back: "Alright, then I won't go."

Dai Bingzhong got dressed quickly, muttering all the way, and took Wang Yan and Zhao Yingnan to make the call.

Zhao Yingnan was making a phone call with her family there. Wang Yan could barely hear it, let alone Dai Bingzhong. Leaving the space for Zhao Yingnan, Wang Yan and Dai Bingzhong chatted in the corridor.

"Old Dai, twenty-three this year, right?"

"Yeah, what's wrong?"

"The second term is almost over, can you still sign up?"

Dai Bingzhong sighed: "Let's see, I don't know either. To tell you the truth, I really don't know what to do after leaving the army. After all, I don't know anything, I only know how to be a soldier."

Wang Yan's kindness flared up: "How about I help you exert some effort?" As he spoke, Wang Yan tilted his head back, signaling to find Zhao Yingnan.

Dai Bingzhong was very tempted, but in the end, it was a long sigh: "Forget it, she seems to have opinions about me. Don't let me affect you two."

"Yo, just now you said I was not proper, now you're afraid of affecting us? Old Dai, you change your face quite fast."

"What do you know, I'm doing this for your own good. You say you finally got into university, don't study hard, and are dating, do you think that's proper?"

"Is it that I misunderstood you?" Wang Yan shook his head: "Can I fight?"

"Can fight."

"I wrote a song, it's already initially decided to be promoted throughout the army, do you think I have talent?"

"Have talent."

"I got into the best medical school in the country, do you think I'm smart?"

"Smart." Dai Bingzhong looked at Wang Yan impatiently: "What exactly do you want to say?"

"I mean, even if I don't become a doctor, I can live very well. At the very least, I don't have to worry about food, drink, or getting a wife. What else are you worried about?"

Dai Bingzhong felt his good intentions were fed to a dog. He was thinking for Wang Yan, but Wang Yan, this son of a bitch, was showing off to him. His eyes widened immediately: "What am I worried about for you? Even if you starve to death, it has nothing to do with me."

"Look at you, are you a dog, changing your face as soon as you say so. Let's talk about something serious..." Wang Yan shook his head and looked at Dai Bingzhong: "Old Dai, I found that the girl named Wang Xiuyu among the girls looks at you differently."

"We are fellow townsmen, naturally close, of course it's different."

"Playing dumb, right? Based on my understanding of young girls, she doesn't look at you like a fellow townsman."

At this time, it was still early for the Wang Xiuyu incident. The two had only known each other for a month, and their communication might be more than others, but it hadn't reached the later stage, and there was only a sprout in Wang Xiuyu's heart.

So, Dai Bingzhong felt it was normal: "You're just thinking too much, I'm five years older than her, besides, she's a university student, can she fancy me? Don't talk nonsense, I don't care, but she is an innocent girl."

"Alright, pretend I didn't say anything."

Wang Yan was just laying the groundwork. After all, even with his existence, he didn't dare to say that this kind of thing wouldn't happen. But he had already mentioned it to Yang Yue, and she would help if she didn't understand, but he didn't know if it would be useful.

This was the most critical point. A group of people only cared about laughing at her for not knowing this or that, and didn't say to explain it to her. Yes, it's nothing, one can choose not to explain, but is it okay to mock her?

Including Zhao Yingnan, she didn't mock her, but when Wang Xiuyu made a fool of herself, she didn't explain anything either, but instead shook her head and said nothing with a high-and-mighty attitude. What was that for?

Unlike Hou Pu, when he made a fool of himself, a group of boys would still explain. This difference was more than a hundred thousand miles.

The two talked for a while, and Zhao Yingnan, who had been on the phone for a long time, also came out with a smile.

"Thank you, Wang Yan." Zhao Yingnan selectively ignored Dai Bingzhong on the side and looked at Wang Yan affectionately.

"Is your grandma okay?"

"She's fine, the situation is still very good. Just caught a cold, but since she's old, a small illness is also a big illness, so she was tossed quite a bit."

"That's good, it's getting late, go back and rest."

"Hmm!" Zhao Yingnan nodded happily, and only then said to Dai Bingzhong next to her: "Sorry to trouble you, Instructor Dai."

Dai Bingzhong said: "Alright, you two go back, there's training tomorrow."

"Leaving, Old Dai."

Wang Yan raised his eyebrows at Dai Bingzhong and walked away chatting and laughing with Zhao Yingnan.

Dai Bingzhong stood there watching Wang Yan's back, not knowing what to say for a while. He didn't know anything when he was eighteen. These children from rich families in the city are just different...

After sending Zhao Yingnan to the door of the dormitory building and watching her walk in while looking back three times, Wang Yan strolled back to his dormitory.

Quietly opening the door and entering, he took off his clothes in three or two strokes, jumped onto the bed lightly, and Wang Yan closed his eyes to sleep.

Of course, he could feel that Qiu Shui wasn't asleep. As for what Qiu Shui was thinking, he didn't know, and didn't care. He had already handled it... ===== CHAPTER 217 =====