That day, she tucked the letter into her bosom and, as if possessed, walked to the administration building, only to be caught red-handed by Instructor Qin, who seemed to have fallen from the sky.

She would never forget the look in Instructor Qin's eyes at that time; it was a look colder than the Siberian wind, as if it could freeze a person's soul.

She will never forget what Instructor Qin said at the end.

"You didn't see me today, and I didn't see you. You've already 'personally' delivered this letter to the administration building. Go back and tell Bai Wei that you've completed your mission. The organization will 'deal with' the rest seriously. Understand?"

She had a premonition that she was being drawn into a terrifying vortex that she could not even imagine.

Bai Wei, seemingly an ordinary female soldier, is actually extremely cunning.

And she, a naive pawn used as a tool, could be crushed to pieces at any moment.

So when Bai Wei found her again, her only thought was to run away!

"Comrade Bai... Bai Wei." Li Xiaoge's voice trembled like an autumn leaf in the wind, "You... you wanted to see me... about something?"

"Xiaoge, what's wrong? You look terrible." Bai Wei asked, feigning concern, and plopped down next to her, very close. "Have you been working too hard these past few days?"

The faint scent of soap emanating from her, mixed with an air of obsession, made Li Xiaoge's stomach churn.

"I...I'm fine." Li Xiaoge picked up her rice bowl and tried to stand up. "I'm full, I'll go now."

"Hey, don't go!" Bai Wei grabbed her arm with surprising strength. "I haven't finished speaking yet. Xiao Ge, I just wanted to ask you, that letter... did you deliver it?"

Li Xiaoge's body trembled violently.

She felt Bai Wei's hand pressing down on her like a red-hot iron, burning her whole body with pain.

She remembered Instructor Qin's cold warning.

She dared not speak! Not a single word!

"I...I..." she stammered for a long time, tears welling up in her eyes.

Seeing her on the verge of tears, Bai Wei felt a sense of foreboding.

The smile on her face vanished, and her voice turned cold: "Li Xiaoge, look me in the eye and tell me, where's the letter? Did you not deliver it?"

"I gave it to them! I gave it to them!"

Overwhelmed by fear, Li Xiao finally spoke. She abruptly shook off Bai Wei's hand, as if trying to shake off some plague, and retreated repeatedly.

"I handed it in to the administration building myself! I handed it in!" she cried incoherently, her voice trembling with sobs. "Please don't come looking for me anymore! Please! Please don't come looking for me anymore!"

After saying that, she abandoned her rice bowl, turned around and ran away like a rabbit being chased by a hunter, fleeing the cafeteria in a panic.

Bai Wei stood frozen in place, holding the rice bowl that only contained half a cornbread.

Her mind went blank.

Li Xiaoge's words, "I personally delivered it to the administration building," not only failed to reassure her, but instead plunged her into an even deeper abyss.

If the letter was indeed handed in, why is the situation like this now?

Why was Instructor Qin unmoved?

Why was Su An unharmed?

Why was Li Xiaoge so scared? What did she mean by saying, "Don't come looking for me again"?

Countless questions, like a tangled mess, churned wildly in Bai Wei's mind.

"Hey, isn't this Comrade Bai Wei? Why aren't you eating?"

A mocking voice rang out.

Bai Wei mechanically turned her head and saw that at Gao Kai and Li Si's table, several male soldiers were openly pointing and whispering at her.

Li Si grinned, laughing especially loudly: "What? Tomorrow is the final assessment, are you already thinking about who to get to 'improve blood circulation' for you? Let me tell you, that 'balloon therapy' that Su An got for her last time was pretty good. Why don't you perform it for us again during the assessment tomorrow?"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The entire cafeteria erupted in laughter.

"Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis" and "balloon therapy" have become indelible labels on Bai Wei, and a laughing stock known to everyone in the camp.

These piercing laughs were like red-hot steel needles, stabbing hard into Bai Wei's ears and into her heart.

She felt her face burning, and all the blood rushed to her head!

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