Chapter 413 A Terrifying Experience Under the Pillow The afternoon's training was an intensive exercise on extreme obstacles.
On the training ground of Battalion No. 3, dust flew everywhere, and the smell of sweat mingled with the earthy odor, rising in the scorching air. Every trainee's face bore the mark of exhaustion, but their eyes burned with an indomitable spirit.
Except for Bai Wei.
Her condition was extremely poor; she was practically sleepwalking.
"Bai Wei! What are you dawdling for? Even a pig can climb faster than you! Get up there!"
Beneath the four-meter-high obstacle wall, Instructor Lei Kuan's roar was like thunder, making everyone's eardrums buzz.
All eyes turned to the disheveled figure standing at the foot of the wall.
Bai Wei clung tightly to the wall with both hands and tried her best to push against it with her legs, but her legs felt like they were filled with lead, sore and weak, and she couldn't muster any strength at all. She tried several times, but slipped down halfway each time, and the knees of her training uniform were worn white by the rough wall surface.
Her face was deathly pale, her forehead was covered in cold sweat, and her lips were trembling slightly.
The tingling, numbness, and swelling sensation in her wrists and lower back felt like countless ants gnawing at her bones, making every exertion feel like torture.
"Hurry up!" Lei Kuan's cursing voice rang out again.
The surrounding trainees looked at him with a variety of expressions. Some felt sympathy, some were puzzled, but most of all, they felt schadenfreude and contempt.
"What's wrong with her? She's usually so capable, why is she acting like she hasn't eaten today?"
"Who knows? He probably got angry with Su An in the canteen this afternoon and is now weak from anger," a male soldier said in a low voice with a mischievous smile.
"I think so. Didn't you hear what Su An said? She has a mental illness. Anger is damaging her liver, and her liver qi is stagnant!"
These whispers, like fine needles, pierced Bai Wei's ears.
Her mind kept replaying Su An's calm and expressionless face and those light words from the cafeteria that afternoon.
"Your body will only hurt if your mind is sick..."
"Anger injures the liver, causing stagnation of liver qi and obstruction of blood circulation..."
No! Nonsense! It's all a lie she made up to deceive me! I'm not sick! I'm just... just too tired!
Bai Wei screamed wildly at herself in her heart. She gritted her teeth and, with a strength she didn't know she had, let out a low growl and, using both her hands and feet, finally managed to climb over the wall in an awkward posture.
Bai Wei climbed out of the sandpit, spat out the sand in her mouth, and felt as if her internal organs had been displaced by the fall.
She wanted to lash out, but she didn't even have the strength to stand up straight.
Before she could even catch her breath, her foot slipped, she lost her balance, and fell straight off the wall with a "thud" into the sandpit below, getting a mouthful of sand.
Bai Wei, who was once high above everyone and adored by all, has become a complete waste, even worse than a new recruit.
The more pain she felt, the more Su An's words seemed to swirl in her mind like a curse.
Could it be... that I'm really sick?
Once this thought pops into your head, it's like a wildly growing vine that can no longer be suppressed.
...
As evening fell, the mournful dismissal whistle finally sounded.
Bai Wei dragged her legs, which felt almost like they didn't belong to her, and finally made her way back to the dormitory.
The setting sun cast a long, lonely shadow on her, conveying an indescribable sense of desolation.
She saw Su An, Chen Xiaocao, and Liu Landi walking together ahead. Chen Xiaocao was chattering away to Su An, who listened quietly, nodding occasionally with a faint smile on her face.
That scene, harmonious and heartwarming, was like a thorn, deeply piercing Bai Wei's eyes.
On what grounds?
How could she still laugh after hurting me like this?
She clenched her fists so tightly that her nails dug deep into her palms, causing a sharp pain that barely suppressed her urge to rush forward.
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