The next morning.

Bai Ying was woken up by Chen Ao.

She rubbed her eyes drowsily, fumbling for the watch on the pillow. With the help of the little light, she could barely see the time and muttered softly, "Boss, why are you calling me at five o'clock?"

"Don't sleep." Chen Ao, already dressed, stood beside the bed and said coldly, "Get up and train."

"What?"

Bai Ying was still a little confused, listening to Shen Ao's cold voice which was different from usual, and for a moment she couldn't tell whether she was dreaming or not.

Chen Ao ruthlessly broke Bai Ying's fantasy with a stern face, "You are not dreaming. Your period is over and you have to continue training."

"No way!"

Bai Ying couldn't help crying out loudly, turning her head to look at Chen Ao eagerly, "Can we make a deal? I'll rest for one more day today and start training tomorrow."

Shen Ao pulled the corner of his lips lightly, and raised a ruthless arc, "Of course... no."

Bai Ying wanted to discuss it with Chen Ao again, but she didn't expect that Chen Ao would urge Bai Ying to train and really treat her as his own soldier.

"stand up!"

Shen Ao's face was cold, the air pressure around him dropped, and even his voice was full of majesty, "I will start counting down to ten. If you don't get up, I will do an extra hundred push-ups, 10, 9, ..."

One hundred push-ups?

Please, she can't even do ten!

Bai Ying was frightened and suddenly became much more alert. Before her brain could react, her body had automatically put on her clothes and stood opposite Shen Ao in an orderly manner before he finished counting down.

"I'm fine!"

Chen Ao glanced at Bai Ying's expression, not missing the subtle dissatisfaction, and directly pointed out: "Bai Ying, do you think I am too strict with you?"

Bai Ying stole a glance at Chen Ao's expression and hesitated, "Is it... or is it not?"

"Heh." A smile flashed across Chen Ao's face, so quickly that Bai Ying wondered if she had seen it wrong.

"Let's go, let's run around the farm first."

Chen Ao called Bai Ying and left the cowshed.

It was still early, the sun had not risen yet, and the people on the farm had not gotten up yet. Only a few militiamen were on guard duty.

Chen Ao was leading the race in front, while Bai Ying, who was behind him, started panting heavily before running half a lap. "Boss, I can't run anymore."

“Follow me!”

Shen Ao's breathing was still long and powerful, as if he was not exerting much effort.

Bai Ying continued to beg, "Can you run the remaining half lap tomorrow?"

"Today's work must be done today." Chen Ao showed no sign of negotiating. "Can you skip today's meal and eat it tomorrow?"

Hearing this, Bai Ying fell silent.

Chen Ao slowed down his pace and aligned himself with Bai Ying. He glanced at the exhausted Bai Ying, trying his best to suppress the pity in his eyes. His voice softened a little, "Bai Ying, only your enemies want you to be weak. The reason I was so strict with you during training was because I hoped you could protect yourself when I'm not around."

“…”

Listening to Chen Ao's heartfelt words, Bai Ying was somewhat moved. She did not continue to pester Chen Ao to reduce her training, but continued to run forward with gritted teeth.

Chen Ao reminded from the side, "Don't breathe with your mouth open. Use abdominal breathing and breathe rhythmically to avoid getting a stitch in the side."

Bai Ying followed Chen Ao's instructions and adjusted her breathing. In order to maintain her strength, she didn't say another word. It was only because of her inner determination to not give up that she gritted her teeth and persevered.

“Huff, huff, huff…”

After finally finishing a lap, Bai Ying was too tired to lift her hands and collapsed on the stool, motionless.

Seeing this, Shen Ao shook his head and smiled, then went to make breakfast.

After finishing her meal and resting for half an hour, Bai Ying finally came back to life.

After a lot of exercise, my body is not tired but I feel relaxed. My mind is also quite clear and I can even recite the prescription without looking it up.

After saying hello to Shen Ao, Bai Ying rode away on her bicycle in high spirits.

As soon as I left the farm, I happened to see Gao Haiyang parking his car and getting out of the car with the soldiers.

Bai Ying only glanced at the other person and quickly looked away, slipping away so quickly.

"Why……"

Gao Haiyang had just spoken when Bai Ying had already ridden away on her bike, and a helpless expression appeared on her face.

The soldier asked curiously, "Captain Gao, do you know that female comrade?"

Gao Haiyang nodded, "She is Captain Shen's wife."

"Captain Shen is married?!" The soldier was shocked and asked, "Does anyone in the Shen family know about this?"

Gao Haiyang shook his head, "I probably don't know."

If the Shen family knew that Big Brother Shen married a country woman, they would probably be furious, right?

However, he had little contact with the Shen family, so he naturally wouldn't have nothing better to do than tell the Shen family about this.

His most important task right now was to persuade Brother Shen to go back to the capital with him.

If I still can't persuade Brother Shen today, I'll have to go find Bai Ying next time and start with her...

——

Brigade clinic.

Bai Ying had just parked her bicycle at the door when she saw Zhou Li arriving shortly thereafter.

Zhou Li, who is always lazy, actually came early today!

Bai Ying felt somewhat relieved. It seemed that Zhou Li was really serious this time and planned to study medicine with her.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Li ran up to Bai Ying and said breathlessly, "Bai, Bai Ying! You better be careful. I saw Chen Fuyou go to see your sister-in-law early in the morning. The two of them are sneaking around together and I think they're going to harm you!"

Bai Ying nodded, "I know. My sister-in-law asked me to attend the beam raising ceremony of their new home today."

"Ah? You won't agree to it?"

"Well, I want to see what they are planning to do today."

Seeing Bai Ying's calmness, Zhou Li felt relieved. She seemed to remember something, and a gleam of light flashed across her puffy eyes. "I'll go back to the educated youth camp to get something. I'll go to the banquet with you at noon!"

Looking in the direction where Zhou Li disappeared in the blink of an eye, Bai Ying couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

So, Zhou Li is so active because of her stuttering, right?

Not long after, Zhou Li came back with a big bulging bag of something in her hand. It was wrapped in a paper bag and seemed to contain some kind of medicinal powder.

Bai Ying sniffed it gently and frowned immediately, "This seems to be a medicine used for breeding pigs and cattle, right?"

The taste is somewhat familiar.

"That's right! These pills are left over from when I drugged your man."

Zhou Li slapped the powder onto the table and said proudly, "I'm an expert at drugging! If your sister-in-law dares to drug you, I'll kill her!"

Bai Ying's mouth twitched: "..."

This is true.

Zhou Li could even drug Shen Ao, not to mention Huang Xia and Chen Fuyou.

I remember that she asked Shen Ao later, it stands to reason that the boss has been in the army for many years and should be very vigilant, how could he be so easily poisoned by Chinese medicine?

Shen Ao's face darkened immediately, and he said...