The morning training went smoothly, and the afternoon was a rare free time, or rest time. After finishing the training, Shi Jin refused Luo Donghao's invitation to go to the cafeteria together, and sat on the ground staring at Xiang Aoting who was holding the flower list and preparing to leave, with a very obvious hint.
Xiang Aoting glanced at him sideways, put down the flower list, and when everyone had almost left, he walked up to him.
Shi Jin looked up at him and said, "My hand hurts."
Xiang Aoting frowned, squatted down to pull his hand, and asked, "What's wrong? Are you hurt?"
"No, I didn't sleep well." Shi Jin let him pull his hand over. Seeing that his hand, which was still trembling just now, instantly calmed down after falling into Xiang Aoting's palm, he sighed with mixed feelings, clenched his fist and took his hand back, saying, "Fourth brother, find a place to sit down." Xiang
Aoting looked at his obviously depressed look, said nothing, and stretched out his hand to pull him up.
...
Xiang Aoting took Shi Jin to the infirmary and asked the doctor to check Shi Jin's hand. Shi Jin's finger pain was caused by psychological effects, so the doctor naturally didn't find anything. In the end, he only prescribed some medicine to reduce the heat.
Afterwards, the two went to the cafeteria to have a meal, and then found a shady corner in the playground and sat down side by side.
"It should rain in the next two days. When it rains, the military camp will arrange indoor national defense education for the new trainees. They will give you lectures, show you military movies and so on, and you can rest for a while." Xiang Aoting spoke first and handed a bottle of iced juice to Shi Jin, "Here." Shi Jin
took it with thanks, used the juice to cool his fingers that were beginning to ache again, and lowered his head and said, "Fourth brother, I have had nightmares every night these past few days. In my dreams, my father had just passed away, I received the inheritance, and then I was kidnapped, my face was disfigured, my fingers were broken, and I was in so much pain that I was about to die, and you came to save me."
Xiang Aoting frowned and looked at him sideways.
"After waking up from the dream, I began to feel pain in my hand, as if my finger was really broken. This seems to be called phantom limb pain, which often occurs in people who have undergone limb amputations." Shi Jin unconsciously rolled the water bottle, turned his head to meet his gaze, and asked, "Fourth brother, there is one thing I can't figure out. Although you saved me in the dream, you never cared about me again afterwards. Why? If it were you, why would you choose that in that situation? Can you tell me the reason?"
Xiang Aoting reached out and held his hand, took the water bottle from his hand, and said, "Xiao Jin, it was just a dream, and there is no point in assuming these things. I was wondering why you looked particularly listless these days. If you feel unwell, you should have told me earlier, I..."
"What if it wasn't a dream?" Shi Jin interrupted him and held his hand tightly. "What if it wasn't a dream, but really happened? Xu Jie once asked Xu Chuan to buy a ferocious werewolf to hurt me. Do you remember her request? Disfigurement, cutting off fingers... If I hadn't given up my inheritance, committed suicide, sneaked out of the hospital, and met Lian Jun by coincidence... That order might have been successful, right? Fourth brother, I was very close to the tragic scene in my dream. If I had only been a little bit closer, there would have been no redemption between you and me."
"Xiao Jin!" Xiang Aoting suddenly felt a little flustered, because at this moment, Shi Jin's eyes were completely out of focus, and the sunny and confident aura on his body suddenly disappeared. The whole person seemed to be pulled into the abyss, wandering around and unable to walk out.
And what Shi Jin said is indeed very likely to happen. Everything is just a little bit off, which is what he fears the most and is also the most fortunate thing. Fortunately, everything is just a little bit off, and everyone still has a chance to save it.
"That's just a hypothesis. The fact is that you are living a good life now, and your brothers also know that they have done wrong in the past. No one can hurt you anymore." He reached out and touched Shi Jin's head, soothing him, "Xiao Jin, those are just dreams. The present and the future are more important. Don't let those dreams hold you back."
The palm touching his head was very warm. Shi Jin came back to his senses from the emotions that had been unconsciously aroused. He slowly let go of Xiang Aoting's hand and asked, "Then tell me, in the dream, why did you save me and then ignore me." His
intuition told him that this question was the key to lifting the nightmare curse. This question was very important, very important.
"Xiao Jin." Xiang Aoting couldn't do anything to him. He suppressed his dislike for the contents of the dream, summarized the dream information he provided, and said: "If the things in your dream really happened, then there could only be one reason why I didn't care about you later. I remember that the werewolf that Xu Chuan ordered was a violent organization abroad?" Shi Jin
was stunned when he heard this, and nodded: "Yes, the main activity area of the werewolves is abroad, and I was kidnapped abroad in the dream."
"That's it." Xiang Aoting sighed and said helplessly, "I am a Chinese soldier and my unit is quite special. If I want to go abroad to rescue you, I must have done it on my own without telling the military. If you act on your own, you will be punished. After rescuing you, I should have gone to receive the punishment and had no way to contact you. Xiaojin, how could I not care about you? No matter whether I like you or not, you are always my brother."
He explained, raised his hand and touched Shi Jin's head, his eyes full of guilt: "I'm sorry for making you so insecure. So many things have happened, and everyone only cares about the mental state of the eldest brother, but forgets that you are the one who is hurt the most. I'm sorry." Shi Jin
looked at him blankly, his nose was sore, and he suddenly chuckled. He raised his hand to cover his face, thinking that he was too stupid for not being able to figure it out these few days.
It was actually because of this, it was such a realistic and reasonable reason... That's right, with Xiang Aoting's personality, this could only be the reason. He was punished because he was punished, not because he didn't like or hated him, but because he was punished.
Shi Jin, Shi Jin, did you hear me? It's not that I don't care about you. Your fourth brother has never thought of abandoning you, never. In order to save you, he even sacrificed his future and took private actions without the knowledge of the authorities, which is a taboo in the military.
A feeling of relief suddenly emerged in his heart. He lowered his head and pressed his face against his arms to block the tears that flowed uncontrollably, and took a deep breath to suppress his emotions.
Xiao Si said distressedly: "Jinjin, don't hold it in, you will feel better if you cry."
"Why are you crying? I'm not the original owner, why should I cry for him!" Shi Jin said viciously in his heart, but he couldn't hold back his tears any longer. His shoulders shook, and he cried fiercely and aggrievedly.
Damn it, he didn't want these weak emotions left by the original owner at all! But... my God! What a mess of misunderstandings and plots!
Xiang Aoting was startled by his crying and immediately became at a loss. He reached out to pull his arm away and said, "Why are you crying suddenly? Is there sand in your eyes? Don't block it, let me help you take a look..."
What are you looking at!
Shi Jin blocked his hand, wiped his eyes vigorously, stood up and looked at him with a frown, suddenly reached out and grabbed his right hand, looking at it fiercely - it was this hand, it was this hand, it was this hand that the original owner was holding tightly in the dream.
"Xiao Jin?" Xiang Aoting looked at him with worry and confusion. Seeing that he was pretending to be serious even though he was crying, he felt like laughing at an inappropriate time. Xiao Jin, crying with a stern face, looked like a child.
"If you dare to laugh, I will knock out your teeth." Shi Jin noticed that the corners of his mouth were about to curl up, and his eyebrows sharpened. He suddenly lowered his head and bit his right hand hard, then stood up and knocked the hat on his head crooked. He blew a breath of air with relief, wiped his tears, turned around and left without looking back. Wait until
next year, next year he will definitely beat Xiang Aoting down, hard!
Xiang Aoting straightened his hat, looked at his back as he left in a daze, and glanced at the teeth marks on his hand. He couldn't help it anymore, and smiled with his head down. As he smiled, he saw the tear marks left on the ground where Shi Jin had sat. His smile faded again, and he reached out to touch the wet marks. Thinking of the dream described by Shi Jin and his trembling fingers, his lips straightened.
He had suffered too much, his youngest brother.
He tapped the ground lightly, as if stroking someone's head.
...
Shi Jin used all the good free time to catch up on sleep. After leaving Xiang Aoting, he went straight back to the dormitory and threw himself on the bed. This afternoon, he finally slept well, without dreaming, and when he woke up, there was no inexplicable emotion coming out of his heart. He
felt relieved.
He put down his hand raised in front of him, paralyzed on the bed, looked at the ceiling and let out a long breath. He propped up the bed with his hands and prepared to get up for dinner. However, he caught a glimpse of a black square object next to the pillow.
What is this... His eyes lit up, and he immediately sat up and looked around like a thief. After making sure that there was no one else in the dormitory, he hurriedly took the black mobile phone next to the pillow, turned it on and took a look, and finally confirmed that this was Xiang Aoting's mobile phone! It was already unlocked and turned to silent mode!
In order to train the independence of freshmen, freshmen are not allowed to use mobile phones during the more than one month of military training in the military camp. They can only contact their families through counselors, but now, Xiang Aoting actually secretly sent his mobile phone to him!
Does this mean that they are going to give him a backdoor so that he can contact Lian Jun? Shi
Jin was so excited that he pounded the bed and felt like flying with joy—Xiang Aoting is really the best brother in the world! Long live Xiang Aoting!
He quickly threw off the quilt and got out of bed, ran to the dormitory door and looked out. After making sure that there were no familiar faces approaching, he half-crouched behind the dormitory door, and while watching the students coming and going outside, he quickly entered Lian Jun's phone number and dialed it directly.
Beep, beep, beep... Shi Jin waited anxiously, and finally when the phone was about to hang up automatically, he heard a familiar voice coming from the receiver: "What's the matter?"
Oh, this cold and distant tone, this beautiful and low voice.
Shi Jin smiled foolishly, coughed deliberately, and said, "Xiao Jin asked me to tell you something, saying that he missed you a little."
Lian Jun's voice immediately softened and rose, and he quickly replied, "Shi Jin?"
"No, I'm Xiang Aoting." Shi Jin continued to speak in a suppressed voice.
Lian Jun chuckled, and his voice softened, saying, "Okay, you are Xiang Aoting. Then does Shi Jin have anything else to tell me?"
"Yes." Shi Jin replied, grinning so hard that his teeth were showing. He sat down on the ground and said, "He wanted to ask if you ate well, how was your exercise, whether you were busy recently, and whether you slept well at night."
Lian Jun waved his hand to signal the fortune teller in front of him to leave for the time being. Looking at the photo of Shi Jin on the computer desktop, he answered carefully one by one: "Uncle Long's new nutrition meal is terrible, the exercise is not bad, I'm a little busy, and I sleep well at night. " I miss someone so much, I always wake up because I miss someone."
Shi Jin listened and imagined Lian Jun frowning while eating nutritious meals and waking up at night. The smile on his face fell, and his heart was sour and soft. He sighed: "Lian Jun, I miss you."
Lian Jun raised his hand and touched Shi Jin's photo on the computer desktop. His smile faded and he replied softly: "Me too." I miss him so much that I began to hate my current not-so-bright identity.
Shi Jin listened to his voice and couldn't help it anymore. He hung up the phone directly, looked for Xiang Aoting's mobile phone, found Xiang Aoting's social software and opened it, ignored a group on the page that was pinned to the top and had a lot of messages, logged out of Xiang Aoting's account, logged into his own account, found Lian Jun's friends, and made a video call directly.
The other side answered the phone in seconds, and Lian Jun's figure appeared on the mobile phone screen.
Shi Jin stared with wide eyes, and only when Lian Jun's figure was completely clear did he slowly relax his body, smiled at the camera, and tried to maintain a normal look, saying: "You seem to have lost a little weight, this is not good, you have to eat well, I will go back to check."
"Then I will eat more every day." Lian Jun moved closer to the camera, as if to look at his appearance carefully, and suddenly frowned and said, "Why are your eyes swollen?"
Uh... because I just cried at noon and went to sleep.
Shi Jin felt a little guilty and hid his expression by scratching his hair. He replied, "I had a half-day break this afternoon, so I stayed in the dormitory to catch up on my sleep. I guess I got sleepiness."
Lian Jun was not so easy to fool. He looked at his face carefully again, frowned even more, and said, "You still have such heavy dark circles under your eyes. Didn't you sleep well there?"
It would be strange if he could sleep well if he had nightmares every day.
Shi Jin regretted talking on video and explained vaguely: "No, I don't have dark circles under my eyes, I got sunburned. It's inevitable to get a little tanned after military training..."
Lian Jun's eyes fell on his body again, and when he saw a bruise on his exposed arm, his face darkened and he said: "Why is there a bruise on your arm? Were you bullied there? How did Xiang Aoting take care of you?"
"No, no, no, I fell during fighting practice. Don't worry. Fourth brother is taking good care of me. Look, he even secretly gave me his cell phone to use." Shi Jin explained quickly, adjusted the camera to face only his face, and said soothingly, "Really, I'm fine here. I'm not injured or bullied. Don't worry."
After the face was enlarged, the dark circles under Shi Jin's eyes became more obvious. If you look closely, you can see the red bloodshot in his eyes.
This is obviously not caused by sleeping.
Lian Jun clenched his fists but didn't show it on his face. Seeing Shi Jin's anxious explanation, he softened his expression, took the initiative to change the subject and asked, "Are you tired from the military training?"
Shi Jin breathed a sigh of relief and chattered to him about what happened in the training in the past few days. He even deliberately picked some embarrassing things to make him happy. Lian Jun watched him gradually get more spirited, and his clenched fists slowly relaxed. He felt a little more at ease and listened to him attentively.
The two chatted for only more than ten minutes before hanging up because Luo Donghao came back. Shi Jin reluctantly exited the social software, erased his login information, hid his phone, and then found Luo Donghao and gave him a beating!
In the club, Lian Jun looked at the black screen of his mobile phone, thinking of Shi Jin's reluctant look at the end, tightened his palms, and called Gua Yi.
...
The next day, Shi Jin deliberately went to the playground early, and as expected, he met Xiang Aoting who also came early.
"Thank you for your phone." Shi Jin leaned over and handed over his hat.
Xiang Aoting glanced at the phone hidden in his hat, a little smile appeared in his eyes, took the phone back, and asked: "Did you sleep well last night?"
"Very well, my hands didn't hurt when I got up this morning." Shi Jin replied, put the hat back on his head, and suddenly asked, "Will the military camp give medals and certificates to the first place in this military training?"
Xiang Aoting's eyes moved, and asked: "What do you want to do?"
"I want to bring some special products from the military camp back to my boyfriend." Shi Jin raised his chin, looking very domineering, "He deserves the best, so I want to bring him the best."
Xiang Aoting frowned, reached out to pat his hat, and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, you train for yourself." Shi
Jin quickly leaned back to protect his hat, and added, "And I don't know who it was, but when I first joined the military camp, he said in a fierce manner that if I wanted to be his younger brother, I couldn't just be good, but had to be the best."
Xiang Aoting paused and explained, "That's not what I meant, you..."
"Alright, alright, when did you become so long-winded?" Shi Jin interrupted him and stood up straight. Seeing that he frowned again, he suddenly became serious and said, "Fourth brother, if I get first place in the military training, you can go back to the Air Force."
Xiang Aoting was stunned and called him: "Xiao Jin..."
"Don't delay your future for me. The time a soldier can fight freely in his life is too short. I would rather see you soaring in the blue sky than seeing you trapped in a military camp like this." Shi Jin looked up at him and said seriously, "If you want to be my brother, it's not enough to be just ordinary and powerful. You must give your all and become the best in the field you are good at. Only then will I recognize you."
Xiang Aoting was moved and suddenly smiled. He raised his hand and pressed his head hard, saying, "Okay, I will try my best to make you recognize me."
Shi Jin slapped his hand away, and was almost annoyed to death: "I told you not to touch my head. Do you want to fight?"
Not far away, Luo Donghao was staring at Xiang Aoting and Shi Jin who were "flirting". Various love story titles such as "The Domineering Instructor Falls in Love with Me", "Love Enemies - From Dislike to Love", "The Man Who Made the Dandy Young Master Grow Up" popped up in his mind. He couldn't bear it and took a step back, raising his hand to cover his chest - is it really like this? The reason why the instructor likes to make things difficult for Shi Jin is because of this...
Xiang Aoting and Shi Jin both noticed Luo Donghao's undisguised gaze and turned their heads to look.
Luo Donghao was startled and turned around to hide behind a tree to pretend that he had never appeared.
"What's wrong with him?" Xiang Aoting asked with a frown.
Shi Jin shook his head and replied, "Maybe he ate too much for breakfast and couldn't hold it anymore so he vomited."
...
The people in the team found that after resting for half a day, Shi Jin's enthusiasm for training suddenly increased.
But at this time, no one felt anything specific. After all, everyone had been practicing some collective basic projects in the past few days. Knowing that Shi Jin's physical strength and endurance were very good, everyone didn't feel particularly amazing or shocked that Shi Jin's performance was better than ordinary people, except that they sighed that Shi Jin really didn't look like a young master. But when the basic training was completed and everyone started to change venues to practice crawling forward and crossing obstacles, they finally realized one thing-this young master Shi Jin was simply a monster!
While everyone was still slowly learning the key points of crawling forward, Shi Jin had already taken the lead and successfully crossed the obstacles and crawled to the finish line, leaving the students behind him covered in dust; when everyone was still falling to their deaths in the first obstacle course, Shi Jin had already swiftly climbed over the last wall and sat down to drink water and rest; when doing fighting exercises, because Shi Jin could always knock down the students who were cooperating with him in a few moves, the instructor had to go on the field and fight with him himself... In this way, everyone stood on the land of mortals, looking up at Shi Jin rolling in the world of the strong, and their hearts ached so much that they could not breathe.
"What on earth did he eat to grow up..." Liu Yong collapsed on the edge of the sand pit, looking at Shi Jin who had trained for an entire afternoon but still had the energy to fight Xiang Aoting. He felt that he was unworthy of breathing the same air as him.
Luo Donghao sat next to him, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and was also looking at Shi Jin, and replied: "I'll tell you something even more desperate. When the life counseling instructor came to check the housekeeping, Shi Jin also got the highest score. On the second day of entering the camp, he could fold the quilt into a tofu block."
"Ahhh, I don't want to live anymore." Liu Yong tilted his head heartbrokenly, and with the corner of his eye he saw Shi Jin punching Xiang Aoting on the shoulder. He felt his shoulder aching as well, and he shrank his neck and said, "The instructor seems to like Shi Jin very much. He's been fighting with Shi Jin every day these days, teaching him the essentials of the moves and so on. I'm so jealous."
Luo Donghao's expression froze when he heard that. He looked at Shi Jin, who quickly stopped and leaned over to show concern after hitting Xiang Aoting, and told Xiang Aoting that he was fine. He then touched Shi Jin's head with his backhand, closed his eyes tightly, and said sullenly, "Don't be jealous. This is not... It's something you should envy... Forget it, let's train. You can do actual shooting training the day after tomorrow. If you don't hurry up and cross the obstacles, be careful that the instructor will keep you alone and let you train alone."
Liu Yong was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly got up from the ground. He thought of something and suddenly said expectantly: "Shi Jin is very strong in other items, maybe his shooting skills are terrible? My uncle runs a shooting gym, and I grew up holding a gun. Do you think I can beat him?"
Luo Donghao looked at his naive expression, hesitated for a moment, sighed, and left directly.
...
Two days later, at the shooting range.
Luo Donghao pointed to Shi Jin's score with his chin and asked, "Liu Yong, can you win?"
"This TM..." Liu Yong was about to cry, and said sadly, "Shi Jin is actually a monster. Among all his events, his shooting is the best. He doesn't want to let people live."
Luo Donghao patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "It's okay. There is still a training event to do. You still have a chance to beat him."
Liu Yong shook his hand down and said angrily, "The training tests physical strength and endurance. I can't win!"
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