The next day, Li Mengmeng was so tired that she couldn't even get out of bed, and it was only thanks to Chen Niannian that she wasn't late.

"At ease, attention, head up, hands clasped at your sides, chest out, stomach in, eyes looking straight ahead." Instructor Zhou corrected everyone's posture over and over again.

After the boys' formation was in position, Instructor Zhou went to the girls' formation.

"Reporting numbers"

“”

"Pfft!" Li Mengmeng couldn't help but laugh when she heard someone give the wrong number.

"Don't make a sound. You, step forward." The instructor pointed at Li Mengmeng, signaling her to stand up.

Li Mengmeng, her face flushed, stepped forward and faced everyone.

The instructor sternly ordered, "Do 50 squats."

Li Mengmeng felt embarrassed to do this in front of so many people, and she hesitated and refused to do it.

"Are you going to do it or not?" After waiting for more than ten seconds, the instructor asked sternly.

Seeing the gazes of the entire class directed at her, Li Mengmeng's face flushed red, tears welled up in her eyes, and she bit her lip as she began to do squats.

"1, 2, 3, 4..." The instructor counted from the side. When she got to the 20th one, Li Mengmeng finally couldn't hold on any longer and sat down on the ground, unable to get up.

"Get up and finish." The instructor remained unmoved and said coldly.

"I can't do it anymore." Tears instantly streamed down Li Mengmeng's face.

"Even if you can't do it, you have to do it. The most important thing for a soldier is to obey orders." After saying that, the instructor pulled Li Mengmeng up and said, "Keep going."

"Instructor, she can't keep going. This is her first time doing such intense training. You're being too heartless." Chen Niannian couldn't help but argue with Li Mengmeng, who was crying with tears streaming down her face.

"This is military discipline; those who break the rules will be punished."

“But she can’t do it now, could she leave it for next time?” Chen Niannian knew that military discipline was strict, so she pleaded for her beforehand.

"There's no room for negotiation. That's discipline," Instructor Zhou said without any hesitation.

"Niannian, stop talking, I'll do it." Li Mengmeng stood up and continued doing squats, but she fell to the ground again after only two.

A surge of anger rose within Chen Niannian. She found Instructor Zhou repulsive and, holding her breath, strode forward to stand beside Li Mengmeng.

"Instructor, I'll do it for her!"

Looking at the girl with fiery eyes and a stubborn expression, Instructor Zhou's eyes darkened slightly, and he said, "Okay, but you have to do 200."

A soft gasp came from the girls' line, but the sound immediately disappeared.

"Niannian, no need, I'll finish them myself. There aren't many left." As soon as Li Mengmeng heard about 200, she gritted her teeth and stood up to start doing them again.

“Okay, you said it, I’ll do it.” Chen Niannian pulled Li Mengmeng up and stood up, then started doing squats.

As she did each task one by one, Li Mengmeng called out the numbers, and the girls in the line all widened their eyes in amazement.

"What is that girl doing over there? Is she being punished?"

"How many squats did he have to do as punishment? I've counted, it must have been almost dozens."

Among the boys, whispers arose as they looked at the girls' line not far away.

Yue Jiaoyang looked up and saw a petite girl doing squats. Because of the distance, he couldn't see her face clearly, but her back looked somewhat familiar.

So, he unconsciously started counting while staring at her back. When he reached 150, he was quite surprised; he hadn't even counted the ones she had done before. This girl was amazing! She had done so many; even he might not have been able to finish them all in one go.

"Instructor, I'm done!" Chen Niannian looked at Instructor Zhou without even panting.

Instructor Zhou was shocked. This little girl had amazing stamina. Yesterday, the team was in disarray, and Instructor Zhou, as a soldier, frowned at the sight.

So today he plans to make an example of a few people to set a good example and establish the right attitude towards military training, hence the punishment was indeed quite severe.

Seeing Li Mengmeng like that, Instructor Zhou initially regretted his decision, but Chen Niannian's provocation put him in an awkward position. So, he deliberately tried to make her back down.

To his surprise, this young girl not only completed the task he was given, but also did it so easily.

"That little girl must have been her friend," Instructor Zhou thought, a hint of admiration in his eyes.

Seeing the figure who had done the squatting exercise return to the ranks, Yue Jiaoyang withdrew his gaze and continued to stand at attention.

"Chen Niannian, you're really amazing." After the morning military training, a group of girls surrounded Chen Niannian and chattered excitedly.

“I used to live in the countryside and do farm work, so this is nothing to me.” After Chen Niannian finished speaking, she noticed that several girls were frowning and looking disgusted, so she turned around and left.

“Chen Niannian, I’m also from the countryside, but I can’t do all of this at once,” Zhang Yibo suddenly said, then looked at Chen Niannian with sympathetic eyes, as if to say, “I understand you.”

At that time, the teaching staff in rural areas was weak. Even in rural areas located in the suburbs of Beijing, most of the students who were admitted to key high schools like No. 1 High School were still children from the city. For most rural students, it was already a great achievement to be admitted to a provincial key high school.

"Niannian, thank you." Li Mengmeng was already moved to tears.

"Then you have to treat me to lunch," Chen Niannian joked.

"No problem, I'll treat you to the most expensive one."

Liang Yuxin then spoke up, saying, "I'll treat you to lunch. I, Liang Yuxin, have never been subservient to anyone, but Chen Niannian, I've decided to be your loyal friend."

"It's my treat, it's my treat, no one is allowed to take it from me!" Li Mengmeng insisted.

"Then you treat me to lunch, and I'll treat you to dinner," Liang Yuxin immediately came up with a good idea.

"Okay, let's go." Then the three of them walked hand in hand and side by side toward the school cafeteria.

No one noticed that Zhang Yibo was clenching his fists tightly, his face grim.

In the afternoon, Instructor Zhou increased the difficulty, making all the students squat down, clench their fists, raise their shoulders, and hold the position. After training like this all afternoon, everyone was suffering terribly.

That evening, another piece of bad news arrived...

After dinner, everyone received another notification and came to the classroom. Class teacher Zhao Peng was already sitting on the podium, with books of various shapes and colors beside him.

After all the students had arrived, Teacher Zhao cleared his throat and said, "From now on, come here for evening self-study after military training and dinner every day. Class ends at nine o'clock. The class monitor will lock the door. If it's duty, it will be done in groups. The first person in each row will temporarily be the group leader, and we will reassign them later."

"Ugh, I still have to go to evening self-study."

"I'm exhausted."

"Teacher Zhao, who is the class monitor?" a student asked.

"Then let's choose Chen Niannian. Chen Niannian will be the class monitor for now. This is just a temporary acting class monitor. After the military training, we'll get to know each other better and then vote again to select the best candidate."