Chapter 14

"Practice? I've seen plenty of stubborn soldiers. You know what? In the end, they all become obedient."

Wu Liuyi was very close to Feng Yuxiu, so close that Feng Yuxiu could see the freckles on his face, darkened by the sun.

"Squad Leader, are you afraid?" Feng Yuxiu didn't yield, looking straight at him.

The new recruits around them looked at the two in astonishment.

Just arriving at the new recruit company, they were still immersed in the superiority of having veterans wash their feet.

This sense of superiority had been crushed to pieces by Company Commander Gao Cheng's kicks.

But they didn't expect this blockhead who jumped off the train to be so stubborn.

Gao Cheng stood in the distance, smiling as he watched Wu Liuyi.

He wanted to see how this lead soldier of the Steel Seventh Company would train this unruly vulture into an obedient sparrow.

Wu Liuyi narrowed his eyes, his cheekbones protruding high, and he shouted almost like a roar. The voice was sonorous and powerful, the words loud, "Soldier Xu Sanduo! Step out!"

Feng Yuxiu took a step forward, staring at Wu Liuyi's angry eyes.

"Do you feel that I, as your Squad Leader, am not worthy of training you? Very well, I won't use what I'm best at to compete with you. See this training ground? Whoever can't hold on and stops first admits defeat!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Shi Jin, who was teaching movements to new recruits next door, was stunned, and then hesitation appeared on his face.

He strode toward Wu Liuyi and lowered his voice to persuade him, "Liuyi, you know where this kid lived. Your Xia Rongshu Village has nine twists and eighteen turns; he's very good at running."

Shi Jin wanted to say that even he hadn't outrun Feng Yuxiu.

But he forced himself to stop when the words reached his lips.

He couldn't afford to lose face like that.

"Squad Leader, I'm also from Shang Rongshu. If I can't train a new recruit into submission, how can I be a lead soldier!"

"A lead soldier has to look like a lead soldier!"

The two stood on a line, and Wu Liuyi said fiercely, "Ready, run!"

The next second, Feng Yuxiu darted out instantly.

Wu Liuyi was stunned for a moment, then a mocking expression appeared on his face.

Running isn't done like that; it's about endurance.

Starting so fast, he would soon be exhausted and unable to keep up.

He was certain that this kid was doomed to lose.

The new recruits on the training ground stopped one after another, their gazes fixed on the backs of the two.

As time passed.

Feng Yuxiu had already lapped Wu Liuyi by half a lap, and his speed hadn't weakened in the slightest.

Wu Liuyi grasped his breathing rhythm, following closely behind Feng Yuxiu's back.

Gao Cheng, who hadn't taken it seriously at first, suddenly became serious.

He bypassed the new recruits and stood on the periphery, arms crossed, staring at the two.

Three kilometers!

Four kilometers!

Feng Yuxiu's speed showed no signs of exhaustion.

And he had already begun to pull away from Wu Liuyi by a lap and a half.

"This kid is a bit eerie," Gao Cheng's expression was grave.

Wu Liuyi's ability to run like this was something he had trained for day and night.

This was the symbol of the Steel Seventh Company, someone who could rank in the top two in group army tests.

Why could this kid run so well?

A rural farmer's son, where did he get the time to train?

When they reached ten kilometers.

On the training ground, there was only the sound of the scorching wind blowing up dust.

Everyone was motionless, staring at the two in suffocation.

Wu Liuyi's eyes were bloodshot, and his pace began to show unstable swaying.

If it were a normal ten-kilometer cross-country, it wouldn't be this exaggerated.

But the problem was that Feng Yuxiu's initial speed was extremely fast.

Wu Liuyi had already fallen into Feng Yuxiu's running rhythm.

This kind of sprinting speed was something even Wu Liuyi, who was used to intense cross-country, couldn't handle.

Shi Jin was stunned, watching this scene, the nine twists and eighteen turns of the slope in Xia Rongshu surfaced in his mind.

"Shi Jin, I don't believe it. No new recruit has ever outrun Wu Liuyi."

Gao Cheng was full of disbelief, but his eyes revealed deep affection.

He liked strong soldiers; he felt like he had wasted his meal just by looking at weak ones.

Clearly, Feng Yuxiu was the strong soldier he loved in his eyes.

"Company Commander, is this soldier okay?" Shi Jin was pleasantly surprised.

"He's okay," Gao Cheng nodded, then changed the subject, "But this kid is too hot-headed. Although such a soldier is good, he doesn't obey you, and I don't like that."

"Company Commander, should we stop? Liuyi's face has changed. You know, Liuyi has never admitted defeat; even if he runs himself to death, he'll grit his teeth and finish," Shi Jin hurriedly advised.

Gao Cheng frowned, "This kid is too damn eerie. But you're right, they can't keep running. This kind of pulling could tear Liuyi's lungs out."

After saying this, Gao Cheng strode forward and roared, "Stop! Do you have nowhere to use your energy? Get to training!"

Feng Yuxiu stopped instantly, his chest heaving slightly, his face turning a bit sallow.

But this scene made Gao Cheng's pupils shrink.

Long-distance running shouldn't be stopped immediately; one must gradually slow down to let the body adapt to the rhythm.

This kid stopped instantly without the slightest discomfort.

Looking at Wu Liuyi, his pace gradually slowed, and he only stopped after running another hundred meters.

He bent over, his chest heaving for a long time before he slowly stood up, his sallow face turning deathly pale.

"Company Commander, I haven't lost yet!" Wu Liuyi glared at Feng Yuxiu, turned to look at Gao Cheng, and argued unconvinced.

"Why are you being so serious with a new recruit? Are you here to be a top-ten model soldier? Go train!"

"You! Return to the ranks!" Gao Cheng turned and pointed at Feng Yuxiu.

Feng Yuxiu's gaze was cold as he turned and walked into the ranks.

The new recruits lost interest one after another.

So it was a tie.

But they were also greatly shocked that he could run like that.

Even a donkey would have to pant a few times if it ran like that.

These two were like nothing had happened.

"Sanduo, why do you have to be so serious? You offended the Squad Leader in the army; aren't you afraid he'll give you a hard time? How did you become like this?" Cheng Cai lowered his head and said in a low voice.

"Get lost!"

The first show of force didn't work.

Wu Liuyi was holding back a breath of anger.

Consequently, the new recruits in this squad suffered.

Their standard movements had to be even stricter than other squads.

Any slight mistake would be met with Wu Liuyi's crazy humiliation.

"Your grandmother wouldn't shake like that even if she had a stroke! Raise your legs, keep your shoulders level! Look straight ahead!"

"Are you talking to me? Are your eyes glass beads? Can't you see you're so far off?"

"Very good, very good, hold it... are you holding back pee or poop? Press your buttocks onto your legs!"

When he saw Feng Yuxiu, Wu Liuyi wanted to speak, but found he couldn't pick out any faults.

Every move he made was standardized.

Even if he raised his leg for half an hour, he wouldn't move a muscle.

Seeing that if this continued, he would lose his prestige.

Wu Liuyi's eyes rolled, and he walked up to Feng Yuxiu, "Tired?"

"It's okay," Feng Yuxiu said coldly.

Wu Liuyi puffed up his face, spraying saliva onto Feng Yuxiu's face, "Can't you say 'Report'? Because of your stupidity, everyone, push-ups, get ready!"

Shi Jin was stunned, suddenly realizing, "This is an attempt to make Xu Sanduo feel guilty through collective responsibility? Not a bad idea."

In the army, mistakes are mostly punished collectively.

If one person in a squad often makes mistakes and defies orders, the whole squad is punished.

Faced with collective corporal punishment, the person who made the mistake will also feel guilty and try to restrain their next behavior as much as possible.

But when Shi Jin looked at Feng Yuxiu doing push-ups in the ranks.

His smile gradually solidified.

That kid was doing them more standardly and energetically than anyone else.

There was only persistence in his eyes; there wasn't the slightest trace of guilt.