Chapter 242: The Artifact During Military Training

Su Yan sighed with some exhaustion, looked at the senior, and said, "Senior, sorry, I didn't bring my phone today."

It sounded very tactful, but it was actually a direct refusal, causing an awkward look to appear on the senior's face. He waved his hands hurriedly and said, "No, it's fine, it was my intrusion."

Although he felt very embarrassed and full of regret and disappointment, this senior still had a gentlemanly demeanor and didn't intend to get angry out of shame.

Su Yan smiled politely and lowered her head to continue eating.

She indeed hadn't brought her phone, but even if she had, she wouldn't have agreed anyway.

In the two days since coming to Jiang University, she had already refused similar requests many times.

"Su Yan, are you okay?"

Xia Nuannuan asked with concern.

"I'm fine."

Su Yan raised her eyes to look at her and shook her head with a light smile.

Xia Nuannuan felt something was wrong and was about to say something more when Qin Tian interrupted her.

"Nuannuan, eat up, let's go back to the dorm to rest after!"

"Oh!"

Xia Nuannuan nodded slightly and didn't ask any more questions.

At the next table, the two seniors finished their lunch quickly and then got up and left in a hurry.

After eating only half of her bowl of sour and spicy noodles, Su Yan told Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan that she was full, then said goodbye and left first.

"Brother Tian, I feel like Su Yan is in a bad mood; she might have encountered some troublesome matter."

After watching her leave, Xia Nuannuan frowned and looked at Qin Tian beside her.

Qin Tian nodded and said, "But if you ask her like that, she won't say anything."

Xia Nuannuan pondered for a moment, her face worried, "Then what should we do?"

"Don't worry too much, just keep in touch with her; we're all in this school anyway."

"Alright then!"

After eating and drinking their fill, the two returned to their respective dormitories for a nap.

During military training, a nap is very important; even if it's just sleeping for ten minutes or so, the fatigue will fade away a lot after waking up.

The assembly time in the afternoon is two o'clock, which is exactly the hottest time of the day.

When everyone came out of the air-conditioned dorms, they immediately felt a scorching heatwave hit them, and every cell in their bodies seemed to be resisting going out.

After leaving the dormitory building, the scorching sun baked on them, making people subconsciously want to turn back to the dorm and continue lying down in the air conditioning.

"Ah ah ah... I can't take it anymore, how much money, I'm asking how much money can keep me from participating in military training?"

Cao Mingliang shouted loudly.

Boys from other classes nearby heard this and cast looks at him as if he were an idiot.

"Can you stop howling? Isn't it embarrassing?"

Chen Zhuang glanced at him with a look of disgust.

"No wonder so many people hate the rich; the way you say that makes me want to beat you up."

Qin Tian joked with a smile.

Zhuang Zhe beside them didn't speak but nodded in deep agreement.

"Damn, I'm serious; as long as I don't have to do military training, I'm willing to spend a fortune."

Cao Mingliang said loudly with heroic spirit.

Just then, the dazzling sunlight fell right on his face.

"Ah ah... so dazzling, so hot, I'm going crazy!"

Cao Mingliang raised his hand to block the top of his head and wailed to the sky.

The three of them—Qin Tian, Chen Zhuang, and Zhuang Zhe—couldn't be bothered to deal with this guy and directly quickened their pace toward the military training grounds.

"Don't walk so fast, wait for me, Brother Zhuang, use your tall body to help me block the sun!"

"Get lost!"

"Don't be so stingy, please."

"Scram!"

After arriving at the military training grounds, they found that the instructor and most of the students had already arrived.

The four girls from Xia Nuannuan's dorm had also arrived.

For some reason, Qin Tian felt a bit strange; Xia Nuannuan seemed... to have suddenly grown a little bit taller?

Her near-perfect physical fitness also gave him great eyesight, and combined with his understanding of Xia Nuannuan, he keenly noticed this tiny change.

"Brother Tian!"

Just as he was puzzled, Xia Nuannuan called out and trotted over to meet him.

Under the surprised gazes of Chen Zhuang and the others, Xia Nuannuan pulled him to a spot not far away. After carefully looking around, she quietly took out two "shoe insoles" from her pants pocket.

That's right, it was that thing that girls use every month.

Qin Tian suddenly realized; no wonder she seemed to have grown taller, it turned out she was using these height-increasing pads!

"We'll probably have to stand in military posture this afternoon, hurry up and put them in your shoes."

Xia Nuannuan's pretty face flushed, and she urged him in a flustered tone.

"Okay!"

Qin Tian smiled and took them, then squatted down to take off his shoes.

Although with his physical fitness, standing in military posture was nothing, he still accepted it calmly since it was Xia Nuannuan's kind intention.

Furthermore, it's always good to have more comfort for the feet.

The soles of military training shoes are all hard rubber, and when standing in military posture, the body's center of gravity presses entirely on the feet, so most people really can't handle it after standing for a while.

This thing is comfortable to step on and can absorb sweat, so it really counts as an artifact during military training.

"Where did you guys learn this trick?"

Qin Tian asked curiously while putting them into his shoes.

"A senior sister told Shen Siqi, don't ask anymore, hurry up, someone is watching over here!"

Xia Nuannuan urged with a blushing face.

"Let them watch, what's there to be afraid of!"

Qin Tian smiled indifferently.

"Oh my, hurry up, Shen Siqi and the others are laughing at me."

Xia Nuannuan continued to urge him with a huff.

"Alright, alright, it'll be done in a second."

Qin Tian was between laughter and tears, feeling very moved in his heart.

He didn't care about having thick skin, but Xia Nuannuan was very thin-skinned, yet she could still think of him and bring this "shoe insole" for him; one could imagine she had gathered a lot of courage.

Not far away, many students in the class also noticed Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan over there.

Because Qin Tian was facing away from them, they couldn't see what he was doing; only Shen Siqi and the other two from the same dorm knew what was going on, and they all wore teasing smiles on their faces.

"What is the class monitor squatting there for?"

Someone asked curiously.

After the morning's events, Qin Tian had already been elevated in the hearts of many students from "temporary person-in-charge" to the status of future class monitor.

"Don't know, it's weird."

"Did his shoelaces come undone?"

"Obviously not, if his shoelaces were undone, why would he be facing away from us, and Xia Nuannuan is still helping him block the view."

"Indeed, it's sneaky, very strange!"

Everyone discussed it heatedly.

"Could it be that they are using that to pad their shoes?"

Compared to the morning, Cheng Meng, who had also "grown a little taller," suddenly blurted out her guess.

"What is it?"

The girl beside her asked with a confused expression.

The other girls were also confused.

"You guys in the dorm don't know? It's using that as a shoe insole, it makes your feet much more comfortable."

Cheng Meng stood on one leg, raised her right foot, and revealed the white cloth piece at the heel of her shoe.

The few girls looked at each other, their expressions becoming complicated. ===== CHAPTER 243 =====