Chapter 364

Cough, cough, gag~

The sound of dry heaving suddenly rang out.

Chen Panpan from Class Six suddenly choked on the food.

Everyone turned to look, and happened to see him dragging an uncut enoki mushroom out of his mouth.

But even more disgusting, after pulling the enoki mushroom he had dragged into his throat out, he picked it up and threw it back into his mouth again.

This scene was like the last straw that broke the camel's back; combined with such sensory-impacting food, the dead stench once again assaulted the nostrils.

Pfft, pfft-pfft-pfft!

The sound of spit-takes kept ringing out.

Those with weaker psychological tolerance, like Zhang Jiaheng, LiMin, and Kang Changyi, ran straight to the slop bucket and the edge of the water tank to dry heave.

Lu Yang watched with relish, a wicked smile on his face: 'You little bastards, fighting me, making you all talk bad about me, I'll disgust you to death! Pfft, gag, gag...'

Turning to look at the tray, Lu Yang himself suddenly felt nauseated by his own action.

He almost spat out his food, so he clapped a hand over his mouth and ran straight to the flowerbed outside.

Ma Qing'an and He Zhen Tao watched Lu Yang's sorry state, then looked down at the plate dominated by feces-yellow, mixed with some fresh red, truly nauseating food, and helplessly shook their heads and sighed.

"Inflict a thousand casualties on the enemy, self-damage eight hundred!"

"I feel like it's eight hundred enemy casualties, self-damage one thousand; it's made me unable to eat, so disgusting."

"Just eat with your eyes closed; we can't waste food. I'll go to the kitchen to get some chili sauce and make do."

"Oh, what sin."

After this incident, Lu Yang's ears finally grew quiet.

No one ever again gossiped behind his back, spreading rumors and sullying his reputation.

As for what to do with that bouquet of roses, Lu Yang originally planned to call the Seventh Company Commander to take it and give it to his girlfriend Ma Shuyao.

But considering that, if he got the flowers back, Ma Shuyao would definitely tell her brother Ma Qing'an; to prevent those two from fighting again, Lu Yang abandoned the idea.

Following the principle of never wasting anything, he prepared to first go find Kang Changyi to ask, since this guy was in the midst of a hot romance and had only just started dating his partner.

If he didn't want them, he'd call Guo Yongwen to haul them away, perfect for sending to his beloved Cui Fen.

Fresh flowers are for giving to women; who gives them to men?

If it were socks or underwear, he'd reluctantly accept them.

But when Lu Yang arrived at the company headquarters to find Kang Changyi, he heard him red-faced and white-knuckled arguing over the phone.

"Didn't I tell you? I'm training during the day, I can't play with my phone."

"I know you sent the message last night; but yesterday I was asleep, didn't see it?"

"Yeah, later at night I was stealing vegetables, but I was using my phone when I got up to go to the bathroom, afraid to wake you so I didn't send you a message."

"I really am not intentionally ignoring your messages; can't you understand? I'm exhausted from training all day, and at night I haven't eaten enough, plus I've been throwing up!"

"I'm not yelling at you, I'm just explaining normally. I am an officer, after all, but I can't be glued to my phone twenty-four hours a day replying to your messages."

Kang Changyi scratched his head, banging his head like a ping-pong ball against the desk with thuds, the whole guy frantic.

"Okay, okay, okay, it's all my fault; just treat it as my mistake; I'll change, I will definitely change, as soon as I have free time I'll message you, even if it's midnight bathroom breaks I'll report to you."

"Enough, enough, I need to go fetch water to wash my feet, it's already late......"

"No, what's with the idea that soldiers all like washing feet? Where did you get that from? Can you believe those forum posts?"

"Baby, listen to me: your boyfriend is a stand-up good guy; I never go to those messy places."

"Exactly, they're the ones who go; I never go, I at most wait outside; you know I'm a clean freak, how would I go to that kind of place? Besides, it would still be breaking discipline!"

"You mean Lu Yang? He, he..."

Kang Changyi poked his head out to glance at the doorway.

Lu Yang darted ahead and hid behind the wall.

He just wanted to hear how this guy was again secretly scheming against him behind his back.

"He definitely went there, and even called for special service; they had him massaged until he was vomiting white foam."

"I've got some gossip for you, want to hear? It's about Lu Yang. Shh, I'll only tell you, you mustn't tell anyone else."

"Lu Yang is dating; his partner is a little rich lady, and she sent him ninety-nine roses."

Yeah, you didn't notice, right? I heard people say he started puppy love in high school; he's a fickle little radish, that's why he didn't get into college.

Yeah, your man is so outstanding; I've never been into puppy love; besides my country, you're the only one in my heart, really, I swear; okay, no more arguing, no more arguing, be good~

If I switch to the Navy, I'll be closer to you; then when I'm off duty we can meet. Hmm, okay, I won't say more—ah, how embarrassing, okay okay okay okay, muah~

Kang Changyi kept kissing his phone over and over, like a woodpecker.

After the call ended, he felt a huge relief, half of his body slumped onto the desk.

No one told him how hard it is for soldiers to date.

Daytime training is already exhausting; at night he still has to coax his partner.

Kang Changyi genuinely felt his energy was no longer enough.

Just then, the half-open office door was pushed open, and Lu Yang walked in with his hands in his pockets, smiling all over.

Upon seeing that smile, Kang Changyi's body trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "Yang, Yang, Platoon Leader, when did you get here?"

Lu Yang: "A little while."

You heard everything?

Yeah.

Kang Changyi panicked: "Brother Yang, let me explain—I know you're innocent, it's mainly because you're too handsome; if I were a rich lady, I'd definitely chase you."

Lu Yang pointed at him, too lazy to argue: "Let me ask you, do you want that flower? It's perfect for giving to your girlfriend; otherwise I'd just waste it by throwing it away."

Kang Changyi paused, a bit embarrassed, and said: "My partner went to Deep City; I sent the flower via logistics to Flower Capital, but it wilted."

"Then never mind, I'll give it to someone else."

"Lu Yang?"

"What's up?"

Lu Yang was about to leave when he was called back.

Kang Changyi asked curiously, "You really don't know who gave this flower?"

Lu Yang rolled his eyes, "Obviously it's a prank, but it doesn't matter. After the lights go out later, we'll go to the Shushe lou for a new training session."

"Yes."

Kang Changyi patted his chest and said, "If I speak ill of anyone behind their back next time, I must close the door."

Coincidentally, after having to pee during a phone call earlier, he got up and went to the restroom.

Even the restroom's motion‑sensor light was acting up, sometimes on, sometimes off.

He stood by the small urinal, just about to pull it out to flush, when a sudden thunderclap rang in his ears.

Dong!!

Kang Changyi shivered in fright, turned his head, and saw Lu Yang's face, feeling speechless.

"How old are you, still doing this, aren't you bored, childish?"

"Oh."

Seeing his revenge fail, Lu Yang left dejectedly.

Just as his front foot left, Kang Changyi let out a sigh of relief.

He leaned on the wall, spread his legs on the urinal steps, and wobbly came down.

He reached to wipe his pants, a warm, hot patch, which made him both angry and annoyed; he had to rush back to the dorm to change his pants.

The lights‑out signal sounded, and the Shushe lou gradually went dark.

All members of the First Platoon gathered at the water room, each with a small yellow basin filled with water in front of them.

Lu Yang tossed several packets of edible salt to the three Squad Leaders of the First Platoon, explaining, "Starting today, after the evening physical drill, we'll add breath‑holding training. The requirement is simple: at least one minute."

"Each day must show improvement over yesterday; as long as we improve a little each day, those assigned to the Navy later will have a slight edge over soldiers of the same batch."

"Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

"Let's begin!"

The salt packets were torn open, and the salty water splashed into everyone's basins.

A basin of simulated seawater was thus created by Lu Yang using the simplest method.

As everyone plunged their heads into the water basin, Lu Yang silently counted a few seconds in his mind before pressing the Stopwatch…