Chapter 154: Visit

By the time Fei Er got his meal, it was already over twenty minutes later. When Fei Er carried his own meal and walked toward Zhang Fan, he only then realized that Zhang Fan had already finished eating without realizing it.

Seeing Fei Er walk over with his meal, wearing a resentful expression, Zhang Fan slightly curled his lips, wearing an inscrutable smile, and walked over. As he passed Fei Er, he gave him a wicked grin and said:

"How about it, Fei Er? Still want to go up against me? Hahahaha!" Having said that, Zhang Fan didn't wait for Fei Er to reply and walked ahead.

Fei Er just watched Zhang Fan's retreating back, then lowered his head to look at the meal he was holding, and silently shed tears in his heart.

"Wuu wuu wuu... Indeed, sticking one's neck out only brings loss! Fan Fan is really sly! And he loves to hold grudges so much! If I had known, I shouldn't have provoked him!"

Before Fei Er could react, Zhang Fan appeared like a ghost behind him, tapped his shoulder, and said in a gloomy voice:

"Hurry up and eat! Don't think I'll go easy on you and give you extra time to eat!"

Having said that, Zhang Fan left just as he had come, in a gloomy manner.

Only Fei Er remained, looking dazed like a wooden chicken, as if startled, he widened his eyes. After a moment, he reacted, then without picking a spot, he simply held his meal, squatted on the ground, and began to wolf down his food.

The surrounding females, upon seeing Fei Er like that, wore expressions as if they had seen a ghost, and they all scattered away from him. Soon, the area where Fei Er was naturally formed an isolation zone.

Even Nuoya, when passing by Fei Er, couldn't help but walk outside the isolation zone, fearing Fei Er might suddenly erupt. After passing Fei Er, Nuoya hurried to find Zhang Fan and told him about Fei Er's situation.

Nuoya originally thought that, given how close Zhang Fan and Fei Er were, he would certainly go over to persuade him upon seeing Fei Er like this. But who knew, after hearing about this, Zhang Fan not only failed to go persuade him.

Instead, he suddenly burst out laughing, which really left Nuoya baffled.

"Fan Fan, why are you still laughing? Fei Er seems really off, just like that just now! You didn't see it! That look is as if he'd been starving for several cold seasons! I can't bear to look. How can you still laugh?"

Hearing Nuoya say that, Zhang Fan even more imagined Fei Er's appearance, just like someone who'd been starving for several cold seasons eating, which made him unable to stop laughing.

"Hahaha... Nuoya, it's not as exaggerated as you say! I just told him 'Hurry up and eat, don't think I'll go easy on you, I'll give you extra time to eat'! Fei Er's look is obviously just him being anxious! There's no way he looks like he's been starving for several cold seasons!"

As Zhang Fan's words fell, Nuoya also understood and burst out laughing with a "puchi!".

"Hahaha... So that's what happened! Looks like Fei Er today was really scared silly by you!"

Saying that, Nuoya took Zhang Fan's hand and, walking along, spoke enthusiastically:

"Come on, come on, come on! I'll take you to see what Fei Er looks like now! It's definitely something you've never seen before!"

Zhang Fan was actually also quite curious about what Fei Er looks like now; upon hearing Nuoya say that, he couldn't help but want to go see. However, he felt a bit embarrassed to go, after all Fei Er would think his current state was related to him.

Now it's fine, with Nuoya leading the way, he no longer had reservations, and hurriedly followed behind Nuoya to where Fei Er was squatting.

Before even reaching Fei Er's position, Zhang Fan had already noticed a problem, furrowing his brows in confusion, but then it seemed he thought of something, and his previously tightly furrowed brows relaxed.

Upon arriving at the central position, which was where Fei Er was, Zhang Fan immediately entered his stern instructor mode, let go of Nuoya's hand, put on a stone-faced expression, and said to the surrounding females:

"What are you doing! What are you doing! All gathered here, what are you doing! Do what you should do! If there's really nothing to do, hurry to the square and stand at attention!"

Before Zhang Fan's words even finished, the surrounding onlookers scattered in all directions like a puff of smoke.

Seeing that the extra people had all left, Zhang Fan returned to his original expression, lightly smiling as he walked up to Fei Er and squatted down.

"Hey! Fei Er! Still not finished eating?"

Who would have thought, upon hearing Zhang Fan's voice, Fei Er suddenly stopped eating, threw his bowl down with a "teng!" sound, stood up, tidied his clothes, and gave Zhang Fan a solemn salute, saying:

"Report Instructor! I've finished eating! Please give orders!"

Looking at Fei Er, who was clearly messed up, Zhang Fan felt he had no strength left to retort. He looked down at the bowl and chopsticks Fei Er had just thrown down, pondered a moment, then stood up and said to Fei Er:

"Squad Leader Fei Er! What you need to do next is pick up your bowl and chopsticks, then send them to the uncle in charge of washing dishes, then go home to rest a bit, and come back for training in the afternoon! Understood?"

Upon hearing Zhang Fan's words, Fei Er was obviously stunned, for a moment he didn't even remember what "Instructor" or "Report" etc. meant, but after a moment he understood, and immediately became anxious, directly asking Zhang Fan:

"Fan Fan, what do you mean? Are you telling me to go home? Then I don't have to train? What about my troops? If I leave, who will lead them?! That's not allowed! I want to stay! I want to stay and lead the troops! I am the Squad Leader!"

Zhang Fan looked at Fei Er, who had regained his energy, smiled, and said:

"All good now? Not being difficult anymore? Hahaha... I thought you could keep being stubborn? I can understand it as: have you already accepted your identity as Squad Leader? Can I understand it as: you already know the duty of being a soldier?"

"Alright! I think you should still go rest first; you caused a scene at noon today, I can tell you're really uncomfortable. Hurry up and go!"

As soon as Zhang Fan finished speaking, Fei Er eagerly said: "I know! I know! It's just about obeying orders and following commands, right? I'll do just as you said! But you also have to promise to help me lead the troops! Otherwise I won't forgive you! Humph!"

After saying that, Fei Er lowered his head, picked up the bowl and chopsticks he had just thrown down, then with an arrogant, proud expression walked toward the washing area.

Watching Fei Er leave, Zhang Fan restrained himself from curling his lips, silently smiled, then together with Nuoya walked toward the square already filled with people.

After returning to the high platform, Zhang Fan took out his short flute that could produce a sharp whistle, lightly blew it, and the females below couldn't help but cover their ears with their hands, fixing their gaze on Zhang Fan on the high platform.

Zhang Fan saw everyone looking at him, satisfiedly curled the corner of his mouth, and moved the short flute away from his lips.

"Alright! Is everyone here now? The squad leaders of each squad will now begin to take roll call! Also, I need to say that because the first squad leader took leave for personal reasons, I will be leading the first squad's training this afternoon. Alright, let's begin roll call."

After saying that, Zhang Fan descended from the high platform, then went to the squad that Fei Er was responsible for, and began to take roll call.

"From now on, report numbers from left to right!"

Just saw Zhang Fan give an order, the entire first squad's nineteen members all stood up neatly in front of him, then each reported their numbers one by one. Compared to when Fei Er trained before, it was a completely different performance.

Zhang Fan could of course tell the difference, after all, that high platform wasn't just for show! The title of Instructor wasn't empty! It actually carried real authority, capable of deciding whether everyone could officially join the Tribe Guard Team!

After finishing roll call for the first squad, Zhang Fan stepped back onto the high platform, waited for all squad leaders to finish roll call, confirmed that aside from Fei Er being absent, everyone else was present, then Zhang Fan announced the new training item: running.

"Exactly! Right! Running again! Although Zhang Fan doesn't really want everyone to run, but given the limited venue and resources, Ba Ke Er's side probably hasn't prepared the other training equipment yet, so for now we'll just run."

The females below, upon hearing Zhang Fan say they'd run, also didn't have anyone like Fei Er this morning who wanted to retort or show off, because Fei Er's fate was already evident, and everyone was smart enough not to repeat his mistake.

Thus, almost as soon as Zhang Fan's order was given, the females below began to run, following the formation from this morning's training, circling the Tribe Center Square.

Zhang Fan saw everyone so proactive, didn't say more, directly descended from the high platform, took position at the rear of the line, and began to run.

In the afternoon, when Fei Er returned to the square to train, Zhang Fan had already led the main force in running for no less than twenty laps.

Seeing everyone in a panting state, Fei Er couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart.

"Oh! Good thing I don't have to run today! This is also the first time I've seen so many people running! Look at this! Tsk tsk tsk"

While Fei Er was still feeling relieved, Zhang Fan had already ordered everyone to stop and return to their original positions to stand.

Zhang Fan, standing on the high platform, at a glance saw Fei Er standing outside the square with a relieved expression, Mo De lowering his head to gaze at Fei Er, and Ba Ke Er tightly holding a dragon egg, furrowing his brow.

To be precise, it was Ba Ke Er who tightly fixed his gaze on Zhang Fan.

After Fei Er had his fill of the excitement, he also hurried back to run to Zhang Fan's face, looking at him with hopeful eyes, and said with a giggly smile:

"Hehe, Fan Fan, look, how good I am to you! I even called your Ba Ke Er over! Hehe, you definitely don't know! Ba Ke Er came to see you at noon today while you weren't paying attention."

Fei Er's words just fell, Zhang Fan lifted his head and saw Ba Ke Er had already disappeared. Just as he was about to feel disappointed, he heard Ba Ke Er's voice.

And this voice was especially close; Zhang Fan turned his head and discovered that Ba Ke Er had unknowingly stood beneath the platform, only hearing Ba Ke Er softly say:

"Fan Fan, I came to see you together with the child. You also shouldn't be too hard-pressed; training doesn't need to be so rushed. Moreover, the matter you entrusted to me, I have already completed. You all can start training with the new weapons tomorrow."

After Ba Ke Er finished saying these, he still held back and did not utter the words on his lips.

Zhang Fan looked at Ba Ke Er's hesitant expression, slightly furrowed his brows, but also did not ask, merely softly thanked Ba Ke Er.

At this moment, Fei Er had already sneakily returned to his own territory.

Zhang Fan saw that Ba Ke Er had no intention to continue speaking, and also did not try to keep him; he simply slowly walked down the platform, walked up to Ba Ke Er, raised his hand and gave him a warm embrace.