Chapter 258: Being Team Leaders Together

Facts proved that if you want to be lazy, you'll have to pay for it sooner or later.

That evening, after the heavy rain stopped, the freshmen, who had finally been given a half-day off, were called by the instructors to assemble for night training, and the evening singing activities were gone.

After that, the freshmen no longer fantasized about heavy rain.

And the heavens didn't give such an opportunity again; for the next week, it remained a sunny day that kept getting hotter.

Fortunately, everyone had already gotten used to it, and with the end of military training approaching, the freshmen were in a pretty good mood.

The time for the school-wide freshman military training performance was set for September 21st.

From 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, every class formation in the school had to participate in this performance.

School leaders, student union representatives, instructor representatives, and military officers responsible for this training mission would all be responsible for scoring each class's performance from various aspects.

After the performance, based on the rankings and the opinions of each class's instructor, various honorary awards such as "Advanced Military Training Class" and "Individual Military Training Model" would be comprehensively selected.

The afternoon before the military training performance.

The students of Economics Class 1 were standing in military posture as usual.

The time had gradually increased from the initial ten minutes to the current half an hour.

However, the students had almost adapted to it, and with the widespread use of "military training artifacts," even standing for half an hour was no longer as strenuous as it was at the beginning.

Of course, going to the school supermarket to buy these artifacts was a test for every boys' dormitory.

Each dormitory used different methods to select someone to undertake this arduous task.

For Dormitory 208, where Qin Tian lived, the method of selection was very simple: Fight the Landlord!

Chen Zhuang, that guy, pulled out a deck of cards from somewhere, and the four of them sat together playing, taking turns as the dealer.

With 100 yuan in chips each, the first one to lose everything would take all the money to the supermarket to buy these things, buying enough for the entire military training period in one go.

The final loser was Cao Mingliang, who was used to being extravagant and didn't take the chips seriously.

As long as his hand was a little bit good, he would call "Landlord" without a second thought.

After losing a few rounds, by the time he realized it, his chips were gone.

In the end, just before the dormitory was about to close at night, he ran to the supermarket at top speed and bought a large bag of "shoe insoles."

What Cao Zei didn't expect was that as soon as he entered the dormitory, he found that many people from other dormitories in the class were there, and each of them was holding a mobile phone, smiling cheekily and snapping pictures of him.

Soon, after these photos were sent to the class group, the girls in the class were amused and teased Cao Mingliang for several days.

"For tomorrow's military training performance, each class needs two people to lead the team at the front. Besides Qin Tian, recommend one more person from your class, preferably a girl."

Instructor Qi walked around the crowd, corrected the standing posture of a few boys, and suddenly said.

Hearing this, the students in the class subconsciously glanced at Xia Nuannuan out of the corners of their eyes.

Unlike other classes, where the temporary class monitor chosen by the counselor might not be able to command respect and might even be resented by other students.

Or, someone else had already shown a stronger presence, and they would have to change people when formally electing class committee members.

In Economics Class 1, the two temporary class monitors, Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan, were already the true central figures of the class.

More importantly, these two monitors were such an enviable couple; it was as if they were meant to stand in front of everyone, leading everyone forward.

Xia Nuannuan noticed the gazes falling on her and blushed with embarrassment.

"It seems to be the consensus. Xia Nuannuan, you'll be the one leading the team with Qin Tian tomorrow. Any problems?"

Instructor Qi seemed to have guessed it would be like this and asked Xia Nuannuan.

"Report to the instructor, no problems!"

Xia Nuannuan gathered her courage, her pretty face slightly flushed as she responded loudly.

Just like when the counselor appointed her as the temporary class monitor, she was a bit panicked inside, but she didn't want any other girl to lead the team with Qin Tian.

Since she was a child, she was used to lowering her presence in class and being a "little transparent."

But now that the situation didn't allow it, she could only summon her courage.

Anyway, as long as she was by Qin Tian's side, whether she was low-key or high-profile, she felt very at ease.

"Very good, at ease!"

Instructor Qi nodded with satisfaction and then gave the command.

The students in the class immediately followed the command and relaxed their bodies.

"Xia Nuannuan, step out of line and stand next to Qin Tian. I'll reorganize the team."

"Yes!"

Xia Nuannuan replied and walked over to stand beside Qin Tian.

Qin Tian tilted his head slightly to look at her and raised his eyebrows with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan glanced at him sideways, her face flushed red.

Behind the two, Instructor Qi reorganized the class formation.

Economics Class 1 had thirty-four students, and the ratio of boys to girls was exactly 1:1.

Previously, Qin Tian was leading the team at the front, and the extra girl was standing at the very edge of the third row of boys. Now that Xia Nuannuan had stepped out, she just happened to fill the gap.

Now, those with obsessive-compulsive disorder were satisfied looking at it.

After organizing the team, Instructor Qi announced a ten-minute break on the spot.

"Tian Ge, can I really be a good team leader? What if I make a mistake tomorrow?"

Xia Nuannuan said with some worry.

In the formation, if you made a slight mistake in your movements, it wouldn't be that obvious.

Being a team leader at the front was completely different; any mistake in movement might be noticed, thereby affecting the class's score.

"You're just overthinking it. I haven't seen you make any mistakes during training these days!"

Qin Tian said with a smile, walking towards the water cup Xia Nuannuan had placed on the side.

These days, he and Xia Nuannuan had been using the same water bottle, and everyone in the class was already used to it.

"There were some, but the instructor didn't notice, and I corrected them in time."

Xia Nuannuan followed quickly.

"It'll be the same then. Just don't be nervous; I'll be right beside you!"

Qin Tian leaned over to pick up the pink water cup on the ground and handed it to her with a smile.

Xia Nuannuan took it with both hands, opened the lid of the straw, took a sip of water, and then naturally handed the cup over.

"But how can you say 'don't be nervous' and just not be? There will be thousands of people watching!"

"Just like at the graduation banquet, treat them all as radishes and cabbages."

Qin Tian said with a smile and took a few big gulps of the cold, sweet and sour water in the cup.

After hearing his suggestion before, Xia Nuannuan really added honey to it, and later, not knowing whose suggestion she heard, she added two slices of lemon.

Moreover, Xia Nuannuan specially bought a small refrigerator for their dormitory online, and these days she would put some ice cubes in the cup.

Plus, the quality of the cup, which cost several hundred yuan, was excellent, and the insulation effect was great; even after more than half an hour, it was still very cold, and it felt very comfortable to drink.

"Do you think I'm a vegetable farmer? Radishes and cabbages again!"

Xia Nuannuan remembered what she said on stage at the graduation banquet, rolled her eyes at him with a flushed face, and reached out to grab the cup from his hand. ===== CHAPTER 259 =====