Chapter 26: Nobles and generals—are they born of a special kind?

No. 1 dormitory building, basement.

In the early morning, no sunlight would come in; everyone took a washbasin and went to the washroom to clean up.

"Damn it, my skin is so itchy."

"It's probably heat rash; after a while, once the heating is on, our dorm will be the most comfortable……"

"What are we waiting for? We can't wait any longer!" Suddenly a voice shouted: "Nobles and generals—who says they're born to rule? Why force us to live in the basement? Even if the dorm being in the basement is tolerable, the classroom is also in the basement; we live underground every day, I feel like a rat! I can't wait any longer—today I'm skipping class, I'm going to see the president!"

"That's right, let's go see the president—why should we be forced to live in the basement!"

In the morning sunlight, a large crowd surged straight toward the main building, the president's office.

At that moment, inside the president's office, President Liu was listening to Du Yongfei's report.

"Sigh, we need to write a deep self-criticism report; within Ha Gong Da's campus, some outsiders reside, making management difficult, but despite such a serious leak, it's still our Ha Gong Da's work that fell short."

"Mm, I've already written the self-criticism report overnight; at the same time, today I plan to go door-to-door to persuade others to move out quickly—this time, even if they cause a fuss with the government, we're not afraid! What if another spy appears among them?"

Du Yongfei's eyes gleamed: "Also, the No. 2 dormitory building is finally vacant; I've already greeted the logistics department, and we'll restore it as soon as possible and arrange for our students to move in……"

One family just took over an entire dormitory building, and moreover demanded an exorbitant moving fee from the school—they treated the school like Tang Sanzang's flesh!

In the past, the Security Section had done work many times, but unfortunately those left were just a bunch looking to take advantage; any slight move on this side would provoke all sorts of tactics from the other, leaving the school helpless—after all, the lessons of those years made them dare not cause mass incidents.

Now it's settled!

Among these people, there actually are spies; whoever insists on not moving will also be suspected of being a spy—and that means eating peanuts!

"Do you think there's a hidden story behind this?" President Liu suddenly asked.

Du Yongfei blinked: "I heard that troublemaker say Qin Miao set him up, but……"

"Of course not—Qin Miao is exemplary in both character and academics, he definitely wouldn't do such a thing!" President Liu declared firmly: "Those people must have ulterior motives; next, we'll look into their previous abnormal behavior and write a report to submit."

"Yes." Du Yongfei knew this matter had been resolved by Qin Miao's help; they must protect Qin Miao well.

A problem the school had failed to solve for years was settled by Qin Miao in just a few days! The school is grateful but hasn't had time to show it yet—we must protect him well!

Just then, hurried footsteps sounded from outside.

"Du Yongfei, President Liu! Something's wrong, something's wrong!"

"What's wrong?"

"The students are causing trouble!"

Du Yongfei's face changed drastically; student unrest is even more serious than last night's spy incident!

As they spoke, the crowd had already surged forward, the leader having already thrown caution to the wind.

"President Liu, you're here just in time; we've come to demand an explanation—our dorm is in the basement, the classroom is also in the basement; are we freshmen just easy to bully?"

So that's the matter!

President Liu felt rueful; the timing of Qin Miao's solution was too perfect! Otherwise the school wouldn't have been able to cope with today's turmoil!

As president, he also felt guilty; failing to provide students with suitable living conditions—living and studying in the basement—is indeed somewhat inappropriate; these are all pillars of the motherland, but…… the occupation of school buildings is another lingering issue, previously unsolvable, now finally resolved!

"Fellow students, rest assured, the school will soon resolve the building issue."

"How soon?"

"Don't try to fool us!"

"At most three days, our No. 2 dorm will be vacated; as long as we tidy up quickly, we can move in!"

"No. 2 dorm?"

"That's right—it's the dormitory building previously occupied by outsiders who raised chickens inside; when we first move in, the smell might be strong……"

Among the crowd, Zhao Wanli felt conflicted, recalling the scene with Qin Miao a few days ago—Qin Miao's gaze…… could kill; could it be that Qin Miao did this?

However…… a problem the school's Security Section couldn't solve—by rights Qin Miao shouldn't have this ability!

"That bastard left?"

"Great, President Li—we'll just clean it ourselves! After cleaning, we'll move our beds in!"

"Well…… okay, you wait a moment; the school will first reassign those living in the basement of No. 1 dorm to corresponding dormitories!"

If we let them move on their own arbitrarily, it would descend into chaos!

Thus, this morning many students skipped class—they could make it up on the weekend—but moving into a spacious, bright dorm above ground is a hundred times better than living underground!

At noon, Zhao Wanli and his dorm mates lay on their beds, smelling the chicken manure in the air, thoroughly enjoying it—this finally felt like a real dorm; however…… Qin Miao's bed is still empty—where exactly does he live?

In the morning, as students tidied their dorms, Du Yongfei led Security Section personnel to negotiate again with those still occupying school buildings; unexpectedly, it went well—those people no longer acted pushy, they solemnly promised to move, and would do so soon!

They were scared!

The biggest troublemaker was arrested as a spy, allegedly having stolen confidential parts of a key national project—he's going to eat peanuts!

Ha Gong Da is no ordinary university; it's a key institution for national defense engineering, here not only teaching students but also conducting research projects—if any project were to lose something, these personnel unrelated to the school would be the first suspects!

Still hoping to get a compensation payout, now it's turned into eating peanuts—who would dare to keep occupying?

At the same time, the army firing range.

"Zhao Representative, another new shell so soon?" Xiao Deyuan's face lit with excitement.

"Yes, Ha Gong Da's side improved the plan; reportedly the range has increased considerably. Exactly how much, they themselves aren't sure—we'll know after test-firing."

"Good." Xiao Deyuan nodded: "I've heard this plan is even more advanced, and it's attracted enemy spy attention; shame I wasn't on site then, otherwise I'd have personally killed that spy!"

Zhao Representative's expression was complex.

They had caught the shell thief on the spot, but that bastard refused to admit being a spy, and despite repeated investigations they found no other suspicious circumstances—on the contrary……

Forget it—stealing is wrong anyway! Those who forcibly occupied Ha Gong Da's buildings and tried to extort money aren't anything good; even if they can't be proven spies, stealing products of a key national project is enough to send them to a labor camp to break rocks for life!

Ha Gong Da's campus has been purified; future research projects will be even safer! Just play dumb!

"By the way, I heard this shell's range is huge—is our firing range enough?"

"Of course, with a twenty‑three‑kilometer depth, how could it be insufficient?" Xiao Deyuan said: "Rest assured—this shell can fly twenty kilometers, and that's already the strongest!"

Boom!

The 152mm howitzer fired; the shells whistled as they flew toward the distance, trailing a thin wisp of smoke, looking especially magnificent.

Xiao Deyuan used a binocular to track the shell's trajectory, with composure: "This shell is interesting, lacking virtue and smoking… Damn!"

When the shells began to fall, suddenly, his face changed dramatically.

"Not good! The shells flew out of the target range! Quick, stop firing! Second Battalion Commander, Second Battalion Commander, you damn it, don't fire anymore, hurry up, take people to have a look, Heaven above, please don't hit the mountain village!"