Chapter 219: Military Training Ends

Under the scorching sun at noon, the heat wave carried by the wind rolled and rose, slapping on the body wave after wave. The students wearing camouflage long-sleeved training jackets were already sweating profusely.

After the team was organized, Dai Bingzhong, who always had a straight face and wide eyes, couldn't help but reveal a smile and shouted loudly: "Listen up."

The students at ease stood at attention neatly. They had practiced for almost a year, and these things were the most basic.

Dai Bingzhong looked at the group of students and couldn't help but stop for a moment at Wang Xiuyu, took a long breath, and shouted loudly: "Through the joint efforts of the students, outstanding results were achieved in the competition training, which received full affirmation from the higher-level leadership. Instructor Sun and I have therefore received a collective third-class merit once. Thank you all for your full support and help in our work."

After speaking, he and Sun Army Supervisor saluted formally.

A group of students cheered and applauded. Of course, it wasn't for the achievements of these two instructors, but because this basically marked the end of military training. Staying for another month or so, they could leave.

"Alright, alright, thank you all." Sun Army Supervisor stepped forward two steps to stabilize the scene, and after everyone was quiet, he said: "In order to fully affirm and commend the unremitting efforts of the students, after repeated requests from Instructor Dai and me to the higher-level leadership, we have won a welfare for everyone."

"Tomorrow, the entire second platoon of the third company will have a day off. According to regulations, those who go out with four or more people must wear military uniforms, and those with fewer must wear casual clothes. They must return to the camp before dinner. Please abide by discipline and cherish the collective image as a university student."

"Everyone, stand at attention, at ease." Sun Army Supervisor paused and shouted with a smile: "Dismiss."

Hearing this, the students couldn't control themselves, cheering and jumping to celebrate. They had really been in the military camp for a whole year, and they really missed the outside.

After being lively for a while, the group walked to the cafeteria to eat, chatting and laughing.

Huang Qi scanned the crowd eating heartily and asked: "Monitor, where do you plan to play?"

Hou Pu grinned: "Beijing is an ancient capital of six dynasties, with many places of interest. I plan to find one closest to us to receive a patriotic education. What about you?"

Huang Qi said gently: "I just want to sleep in bed."

Gu Ming on the side asked: "Qiu Shui, is four hours enough for me to go back to the city?"

"Go back to what city, just four hours, you can go back, but you won't be back before the time is up. It's not easy to have a holiday, just four hours, don't go back to the city, think about where to go to relax and play, isn't that good."

Others nodded in agreement; that was what they thought.

Gu Ming thought about it: "That's right." Then, he looked around, and seeing no one paying attention, he ran to the girls' table behind to find Xiao Hong.

Qiu Shui turned his head and glanced, not caring. He had this bit of confidence, and looked at Xin Yi beside him: "What do you plan to do?"

Xin Yi said dejectedly: "Demon Blade, you know, what else can I do? Same as Huang Qi, sleep in the dormitory."

Gu Ming returned at this time, Xin Yi said: "What's your situation?"

"Five minutes to give me an answer." Gu Ming grinned happily, then looked at Qiu Shui. He had to understand the enemy situation, so he asked directly: "Qiu Shui, what are you planning to do?"

"I've already inquired, within a hundred kilometers of here, there is only one cinema in the county town. I plan to go to the county town to watch a movie, Farewell My Concubine, comrades. I wanted to watch it when it was filmed, and now it's finally on, I must watch it. But now there is a problem, I don't know where to get movie tickets."

Du Zhong on the side looked at Wang Yan, who was eating heartily, and asked: "Brother Yan, what do you plan to do?"

"Go out to eat."

Du Zhong raised his eyebrows cheekily: "Is it with Zhao Yingnan?"

Xin Yi, who was dejected just now, became energetic again: "You don't need to ask that, it's certain."

Wang Yan looked at the group of boys who were teasing him with a smile: "Originally I thought about packing a few hard dishes back to satisfy your cravings, hey, my heart is toward the bright moon..."

"What are you doing? What are you all doing? Classmate friendship is deep as the sea, classmates. How can you treat classmate Wang Yan like this? Be quiet, eat well." Hou Pu was the first to express unwillingness, looking at Wang Yan with a smile: "No need to bring any hard dishes, just a roast duck or roast chicken will do."

Others were unhappy, and after expressing their greetings to Hou Pu, they reported the names of dishes one by one. There was no way, they only had one generous wealthy person here, so they had to serve him well.

Only Qiu Shui was eating heartily with an unnatural expression. He was unhappy because he was unhappy, but he couldn't miss out on the food.

Wang Yan was tidying up things while looking 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

"Either works." The two girls looked at each other, their eyes filled with intense competitive spirit.

As for their tit-for-tat, Wang Yan simply pretended not to see it; he had already given up on the idea of sleeping together in one big bed. Both of them were quite self-centered in personality, so it was basically impossible. And in terms of their mindset, both were already fully developed; there was no chance of silently guiding them either. Even if it were possible, there was no need to waste so much energy; living separately was quite fine...

"Then let's go back to the city and eat meat at Donglaishun. You two don't have any dietary restrictions, right?"

Although the food here was decent, material conditions at this time were not as abundant as they would be later on; having big meat dishes every meal was impossible, so having a bit of oil and fat was already quite good. Wang Yan was a meat-eater, and although he had money and had eaten plenty of canned goods and such, even that could get tiresome.

Seeing the two girls nod, Wang Yan made the final decision: "Alright, then it's settled."

Yang Yue hesitated and said, "It's eighty kilometers from here to the capital, one hundred round trip..."

Wang Yan winked at Zhao Yingnan: "These are all small matters. Just make sure you get up before eight tomorrow morning, and I'll wait for you at the gate."

"Okay."

Returning to the dormitory with the two of them, Wang Yan put down his lunch box, turned around, and went out again.

He was going to find that leader at the military camp to borrow a car. He himself was very outstanding and knew the person, so he had a bit of face. Most importantly, with the addition of Zhao Yingnan's connection, borrowing a car wasn't much of a problem. Let's put it this way: basically, the instructors and students all knew he and Zhao Yingnan were involved, only Zhao Guosong didn't know. But others didn't know that Zhao Guosong didn't know, so him pulling the tiger skin of Chief of Staff Zhao was enough.

He had a license, after all, he was eighteen, and the system "living father" had issued him one. In fact, driving without a license wasn't a big problem either; after all, in this era, and with a military vehicle, there were very few checks. Moreover, even if he were really checked, law enforcement could be flexible at this time... Of course, he, Wang Mou, had always been law-abiding...

Wang Yan took care of the transportation issue at noon, while on the other side, Xiao Hong, just like in the drama, found the squad leader of the cooking squad to help buy movie tickets.

Military training was about to end, and although they were saying things about being more serious, it was inevitable that things would relax a bit.

And even without the holiday Sun Army Supervisor mentioned, tomorrow was Sunday, a rest day. Sun Army Supervisor's merit lay in letting the students leave the military camp. Generally, on the second day, Sunday, there would be no self-study on Saturday night.

It was just like that; Xiao Hong, as originally intended, tucked the movie tickets into the copy of "Love in the Time of Cholera" that Qiu Shui had given her earlier.

Although this time Zhao Yingnan did not get close to Qiu Shui again, she couldn't stop Qiu Shui from thinking about Zhao Yingnan. And Qiu Shui giving the book to Xiao Hong was also because Xiao Hong was pushing too hard; he couldn't make up his mind, let alone make a decision.

And this book is about how the male and female protagonists couldn't get married at twenty because they were too young; after all kinds of twists and turns in life, at eighty, they still couldn't get married because they were too old. The possibilities of love and the ways of love within it were perhaps the deepest emotional expression in the heart of a literary youth like Qiu Shui. He didn't know what he wanted, and he didn't know where to go.

Xiao Hong, just like originally, secretly hugged the book, snuck into the boys' dormitory building, and stealthily found the dormitory where Ren He and the boys were, intending to have a little romance with Qiu Shui.

Others were communicating feelings with girls, playing basketball, or taking walks, each doing their own thing. So, the dormitory was just like in the original drama, with Xin Yi lying on the bed alone, dreaming of being intimate with Yang Yue.

Loving someone you can't have is a very painful thing, and having that person not respond at all is an even more painful thing. So, he could only dream to satisfy himself when he had nothing to do.

Entering the dormitory, Xiao Hong looked around; except for the one lying on the bed, there was no one. Carefully approaching to check, she discovered it was Xin Yi, who was having a wet dream. She immediately found a chair to step on, smiling happily as she watched Xin Yi, who was foolishly happy and twisting back and forth while lying there.

Xiao Hong was amused by his appearance, showing her teeth and giggling.

Just at this moment, the sound of a door opening suddenly came, and Xiao Hong subconsciously turned to look at the door. Xiao Hong was usually carefree, it's true, but this was a boys' dormitory after all, and she was alone, so she was still quite nervous. And once nervous, it's easy to make mistakes. Xiao Hong ignored the fact that she was currently standing on a stool, and when she turned, her foot stepped into empty air. Feeling her body lose control, Xiao Hong screamed, while subconsciously twisting back and forth in an attempt to balance her body.

After swaying and struggling twice, unable to save herself, Xiao Hong closed her eyes in despair, just waiting for her face to hit the floor.

Only, the pain she imagined didn't come, and the sensation from her body told her that it was a person's chest.

Slowly opening her eyes, Xiao Hong was met with those deep eyes that left a lasting impression on her. She unnaturally shifted her gaze, and then saw the exposed, knife-carved yet smooth and natural muscles. She couldn't help but reach out and touch them...

Wang Yan, who had bent down to catch Xiao Hong, stood up with a washbasin in one hand and his other arm firmly wrapped around Xiao Hong.

He had nothing to do; if he went out for a stroll, he definitely wouldn't be able to avoid Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue, and the atmosphere was truly strange. Since they were going out to eat together tomorrow, he'd better avoid it as much as possible. As for exercise, his daily morning workout was enough to maintain his state. So, he just read a book in the dormitory for a while, then went to the washroom to wash up and wash his clothes.

He had just opened the door and returned when he saw Xiao Hong about to fall. The distance from the ground was quite high, and if her posture was wrong and she hit her head, there was no telling what might happen. So, he took two steps in one, caught Xiao Hong in time, and avoided a tragedy.

Xiao Hong's height was just over 1.6 meters. Being held up by Wang Yan, her feet were directly off the ground. Feeling Wang Yan's scorching chest and the texture returned from her outstretched fingertips, Xiao Hong's face quickly turned red. She hurriedly shouted "Pervert," and accusingly said, "Let me go quickly." As she spoke, she also pushed hard against Wang Yan's chest with both hands...

Wang Yan raised an eyebrow and let go directly: "This is a boys' dormitory."

Xiao Hong took two steps back to steady herself, looking at Wang Yan's muscles: "You... you hurry up and put on your clothes."

At this time, Xin Yi, who was lying on the bed, was also startled awake by Xiao Hong's scream. He fumbled to put on his glasses, and when he saw clearly, it was exactly when Wang Yan let go of Xiao Hong. Although he hadn't seen what happened before, he had heard the words "Let me go quickly" clearly.

"Xiao Hong, are you okay?" He hurriedly asked, then reacted and looked at Wang Yan: "Are you trying to do something to Xiao Hong? Let me tell you, Wang Yan. You better think carefully, this is a major matter that will ruin your future."

"Wake up, this is a boys' dormitory." Wang Yan turned and walked to the door to put down the basin, said a word, and then looked at Xiao Hong: "And you, Xiao Hong, I think you should explain clearly, otherwise my lifelong reputation will be completely ruined in your hands."

"That... that was originally the case, who told you not to wear... not to wear clothes."

Wang Yan put on his short-sleeved shirt and said: "What I want you to say is that I saved you, not discuss whether I should wear clothes or not. If you keep being unreasonable, I'll report you."

"Fine, fine." Xiao Hong had no choice; she was indeed in the wrong. She turned her head to look at Xin Yi, who was still confused on the bed: "It's like this, I came over to find..."

After listening, Xin Yi understood what was going on. He gave a long "Oh," took off his glasses, and lay back down directly: "I know, you hurry up and leave, it's not good for people to see."

"Hey, wait a minute." Xiao Hong stepped on the stool again and took out the book: "You give this book to Qiu Shui, give it to him as soon as he comes back, can you do it?"

Xin Yi nodded: "Okay, I can do it."

"This matter is really especially important to me, I'll leave the book here." Xiao Hong put the book next to Xin Yi.

"Mm, got it, don't worry."

After nagging for two more sentences, Xiao Hong turned to look at Wang Yan: "Can't tell, you have a pretty good physique." Although she said this loudly, her face was still a bit hot.

Wang Yan ignored her and was quietly reading a book there.

Xiao Hong rolled her eyes: "Boring, leaving..."

But when she walked to the door, she looked back worriedly. Xin Yi had already closed his eyes and fallen asleep. Xiao Hong didn't trust this at all. She walked back in two or three steps, pulled out the book, and turned to look at Wang Yan: "Hey, Qiu Shui, which bed is his?"

Wang Yan tilted his head to indicate the lower bunk of Xin Yi.

"Are you a mute, can't you talk, really..."

While muttering, she looked for a position back and forth, and finally placed it under Qiu Shui's pillow. After finishing, she turned back to look at Wang Yan: "Hey, do me a favor."

"I will tell him, and I will also make him flip through it carefully." Wang Yan looked at Xiao Hong indifferently: "Can you leave now?"

Xiao Hong smiled: "Thanks."

She turned her head and muttered things like "What's with the attitude," and when she walked to the door, she couldn't help but look back at Wang Yan. Meeting those eyes, she hurriedly opened the door and fled in a panic.

About an hour later, a group of people returned to the dormitory one after another.

Seeing Qiu Shui with Gu Ming, Wang Yan greeted him: "Qiu Shui."

"Hm? What's up?"

"Xiao Hong came by, put the book under your pillow, and also told you to flip through it carefully."

Actually, whether he told him or not didn't have much impact. This time, without Zhao Yingnan coming to deliver the tickets, it was hard to guarantee Qiu Shui wouldn't flip through the book out of boredom. After all, Qiu Shui had already given up on the idea of watching the movie. If he discovered the book himself at night and remembered Xiao Hong's kindness, it would be normal for him to look through it. Of course, it wouldn't be a big problem if he didn't see it; anyway, it had nothing to do with him. Although he didn't like Xiao Hong, she hadn't provoked him for the time being, so there was no need to ruin things for others.

Hearing this, Qiu Shui sat on the bed and took out the book.

Gu Ming ran to Wang Yan and asked happily: "Xiao Hong came by?"

"Aren't you asking the obvious?"

"Then what did she say?"

Wang Yan shook his head: "Nothing, she just returned the book to Qiu Shui and left."

While they were talking, Qiu Shui had already discovered the movie tickets. He wanted to take them out and show off immediately, but when he looked up and saw Gu Ming, he swallowed the words back.

Gu Ming also discovered Qiu Shui's abnormality, walked to his bed, and sat down: "Qiu Shui, what's in this book? I see you seem quite happy."

"Ah? Hey... what could be in a book." Qiu Shui didn't even draft his lies; they came right out: "Didn't I borrow this book to Xiao Hong before? I haven't finished reading it myself. Anyway, I can't watch the movie anymore, so I was thinking of continuing to read it tomorrow. I'm happy because I have something to pass the time. The few books I brought before were finished long ago."

Gu Ming didn't believe him: "Then let me see it, I've heard this book is good before, but I've never read it."

Qiu Shui lay directly on the bed: "What are you in such a hurry for? Wait until I finish reading it, then you can read it. You get up, I need to flip through it from the front to recall."

Since he wouldn't give it, he couldn't just grab it. Gu Ming got up suspiciously, lay back on his own bed to study.

Wang Yan didn't care about their business. He chatted with the group for a while, and after the lights went out, Wang Yan lay on the bed and closed his eyes to sleep...

The next day, Wang Yan got up early as usual to exercise, took a few laps with Yang Yue, who was also doing her usual routine, and then returned to the dormitory to quietly drink water and read.

At 6:30, Hou Pu and the classmates he had agreed with got up early, washed up, came back to greet Wang Yan in a low voice, and left directly to visit famous historical sites.

At 7:00, Qiu Shui greeted Wang Yan, washed up stealthily, came back, put on his clothes, and specifically looked at Gu Ming before slipping away without a trace.

After Qiu Shui left, Gu Ming opened his eyes...

Wang Yan had long known that Gu Ming was faking sleep. Gu Ming had woken up when he got up, and had stubbornly stayed there like a rabbit for more than two hours. It seems that staying with smart people for a long time really does lead to progress...

Ignoring the heartbroken Gu Ming, and estimating that the time was about right, Wang Yan went to the washroom to quickly finish washing up, came back, put on his clothes, and went directly to find the military camp leader to borrow a car, then drove to the gate to wait silently.

Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue were not the type to dawdle, and they weren't wearing makeup or anything, just casual clothes. They walked out one after another, with Xiao Hong pedaling her bicycle behind them.

Wang Yan opened the window and waved at the back. Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue walked a few quick steps, opened the door, and got in the car.

Xiao Hong, pedaling her bicycle behind, saw Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue get in the car and was quite curious about who was in the car. She hurriedly pedaled two hard steps to the front of the car and was slightly surprised to see Wang Yan sitting in the driver's seat. She was surprised that Wang Yan was actually driving himself, and surprised that Yang Yue, who had no explanation for her whereabouts yesterday, was actually following Zhao Yingnan today. She couldn't help but feel some sympathy for Xin Yi...

Wang Yan didn't care what Xiao Hong thought. After the two girls got in and sat down, he stepped on the gas and drove away.

Watching the jeep drive away, Xiao Hong couldn't help but think of the scene from last night... Thinking of the key point, she shook her head and focused on pedaling her bicycle toward the county town. Her Qiu Shui was still waiting there...

Eating a meal didn't take long. Neither of the two girls could eat much, so it was just Wang Yan eating meat in big mouthfuls. He wasn't drinking, so it didn't take long. Under his control, he didn't let anyone feel ignored, and it was even quite harmonious. Of course, it was also because the two of them gave him face and didn't throw a tantrum. Otherwise, the only one unhappy would be Yang Yue; after all, she was the one who had pushed herself onto him. If she wanted to receive more, why did she have to push herself forward?

After the meal, Wang Yan packed a lot of meat dishes, including roast duck and roast chicken, and there was a portion for both the girls and the boys. Although he didn't like those three gossiping old women, for the sake of Wang Xiuyu, Wang Yan would still bring some. He didn't know what Wang Xiuyu would become in the future, but for now, he appreciated her and would take care of her along the way.

After packing a pile of food, Wang Yan drove the two of them for a ride before returning to the military camp.

Carrying the big and small bags back, Wang Yan received a warm welcome. Although it was cold, the weather was hot now, so it didn't have much impact. The group of boys who felt mistreated wolfed down the food, almost calling him "Dad."

And the next day, Xin Yi also learned from Xiao Hong that Yang Yue had gone out to eat with Wang Yan along with Zhao Yingnan. It was likely that he was disappointed too many times, and after grabbing Wang Yan and nagging for a while, he quieted down. From beginning to end, he never thought that Wang Yan had the heart to enjoy the blessings of having both...

After that, the look in Xiao Hong's eyes when she saw Wang Yan was a bit strange. In the past, they wouldn't say a word when they met, but now they would greet each other every time they saw each other.

Qiu Shui also sensitively discovered this bad trend and reduced his thoughts of studying Zhao Yingnan, trying to stabilize Xiao Hong.

Wang Yan felt that perhaps Xiao Hong had chatted with Qiu Shui about something, or perhaps through her own thinking, she had also noticed the key to the problem. Knowing that getting close to Gu Ming wouldn't make Qiu Shui jealous, she turned to study Wang Yan instead. You, Qiu Shui, aren't you thinking about Zhao Yingnan? Fine, then I'll think about Wang Yan.

As for Gu Ming, he had always been a dog. Although he did indeed lick his way to a night of pleasure later, that wasn't what he was pursuing. What he wanted was the fusion of soul and flesh, not just flesh...

Finally, there was still a military knowledge competition, but without the Shura field of Zhao Yingnan and Xiao Hong, the whole thing went very smoothly. The contestants were the two squad leaders, Zhao Yingnan and Hou Pu, as well as Wang Yan and Xin Yi, who had good grades. Naturally, Wang Yan had the best grades; his college entrance exam score was the highest in the class...

As for the one month of preparation time where they didn't have to participate in training and had drinks and snacks, it was useless; Wang Yan didn't care about those things. And it was already the late stage of military training, so even if they trained, it wasn't as strict as at the beginning.

The result was naturally very smooth. After all, with Wang Yan's memory and knowledge base, this kind of competition was really child's play. He alone was enough; there was no need for four people. Finally, under Wang Yan's leadership, Ren He surpassed other universities and won the first-place honor.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Yan stopped Gu Ming's idiotic move of wanting to confess to Xiao Hong in front of students from several schools and high-level military leaders after the competition ended. After all, without such a fool, it was somewhat boring, and it made him lose a lot of fun.

It must be said, Gu Ming really had no brains. This had nothing to do with American education; after all, no school or teacher would teach people to act without regard for consequences. If it succeeded, it was fine, but if it didn't and he was disciplined, wouldn't that just give Qiu Shui a chance? Besides, why did he have to confess here? Couldn't he do it after returning to school? Purely idiotic.

In early August, the 1992 military training was successfully completed. The students who had been trained for a year were about to leave the military camp and start a brand-new university life.

Wang Yan did not agree to Zhao Yingnan's proposal to leave with her the day after tomorrow. After all, there was still Yang Yue, and Zhao Yingnan definitely wouldn't take her. It was fine that Yang Yue had pushed herself onto him, but since he already had ideas, he had to keep the balance.

So in the end, after saying goodbye to Dai Bingzhong, Sun Army Supervisor, and other soldiers he had a good relationship with, Wang Yan took Zhao Yingnan and Yang Yue and boarded the train back to the capital with the main force...