Chapter 24 Chapter 24 Saifan’s first assessment day…
Today is Sefan's weekly assessment day.
Pei Shuyu rushed back to the dormitory, changed into his training uniform, and headed to the training grounds. He didn't even have time to change the bandage on his hand. Although the scab had formed on the outside, the inside hadn't healed completely yet. The doctor had ordered a quick change and application of the bandage.
But Pei Shuyu didn't care about these things. Even if he used the same speed as when he was chased by the hungry dog, he still couldn't catch up.
In the end, Pei Shuyu successfully became the only person who was late on Saifan's first assessment day.
Li Liang was wearing an instructor's uniform and sunglasses, standing on the podium with a score sheet in his hand.
As usual, a row of supervising instructors stood around.
Li Liang saw Pei Shuyu running towards him from a distance, panting. Without waiting for Pei Shuyu to explain, he slowly opened the score sheet in front of everyone present and subtracted 35 points from Pei Shuyu's name without hesitation.
After losing weight, he walked off the stage and showed it not only to Pei Shuyu, but also to everyone present.
Many people gasped and began to whisper to each other.
Damn it! The full score is 100, and the passing score is 60. Anyone who scores below the passing score will be forced to withdraw. He hasn't even taken the exam yet and he's already lost 35 points. This guy has no chance of getting into Sevan.
Hearing everyone's whispers, Pei Shuyu felt a heavy heart. The various voices washed over him like a tide, leaving him feeling dizzy. Perhaps his brain was aware of his situation, his heart was beating rapidly.
The wound on my hand was aching at an inopportune time.
In his blurred vision, Pei Shuyu noticed the tension in his body. Without hesitation, he raised his hand and pressed it on the wound, trying to calm himself down through the pain.
The newly scabbed wound quickly cracked under the pressure of gravity.
The white bandage faintly oozes pink, then turns red.
Just now, Pei Shuyu felt that the voices of everyone on the field were like the tide, but now because of the pain, the tide is slowly receding.
Everything in front of me became clear again.
Pei Shuyu's fingers stopped trembling and his heartbeat gradually calmed down.
His consciousness returned and he slowly exhaled, and found that Li Liang was looking at him.
"Instructor. Last night..." Pei Shuyu unconsciously wanted to explain under such pressure.
"You should report before you speak." Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Li Liang, "I don't need your explanation. From now on, if you are late for a mission, will you let your comrades listen to your explanation for being late?"
Pei Shuyu admitted that he was in the wrong, lowered his head in shame, and didn't say anything else.
Although the others were standing at attention, their eyes still unconsciously glanced towards Pei Shuyu.
After scolding Pei Shuyu, Li Liang turned to look at the others. He deducted 10 points from each person's name. "Telling someone without reporting, 10 points each."
There was wailing from below.
Li Liang: "Deduct another 10 points."
It was quiet down there.
Li Liang sneered, tucked the score sheet under his arm, and walked back to the platform.
"Report!"
Someone shouted this below, attracting everyone's attention. Li Liang also stopped and looked towards the source of the sound.
Fu Zhouxing stood straight, his training suit fitting him like a tailored suit. Li Liang narrowed his eyes and didn't respond. Fu Zhouxing stared straight ahead and shouted "Report" again.
"speak."
"I wasn't whispering to anyone, so why should I be deducted 20 points?" His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone in the audience to hear.
Many people didn't know Fu Zhouxing's identity, and all of them looked on in anticipation, except for two people who knew about it and Pei Shuyu, who was preoccupied with his own affairs.
Li Liang rubbed his nose and looked at the young man sharply. Fu Zhouxing did not flinch, staring directly at him. Li Liang took out the registration form and nodded to his left and right several times.
Fu Zhouxing frowned and glanced to both sides.
One is Xiao Qingyang, the other is Yu Wei.
so what?
The kindhearted instructor loved to explain things to others. He feigned distress, "Ah, if I remember correctly, when I was showing you the grading sheet just now, the student on the left immediately turned around and said, 'I'm going to Pei Shuyu and it's cold,' and the student on the right also immediately told you, 'Our dormitory is going to be a triple-bedroom.' So what were you talking about?"
Fu Zhouxing gritted his teeth: "..."
Pei Shuyu doubted his life: "..."
Xiao Qingyang or Yu Weisheng had nothing to lose: "..."
Instructor, are you just going to sell us out like this?!
The two of them didn't even dare to look at the look in Pei Shuyu's eyes. They also didn't dare to look at Fu Zhouxing's face, which was as dark as the bottom of a pot. You could hear the grinding of his teeth! It's over! How can I deal with offending the eldest young master of the Fu family as soon as I arrived?
Li Liang looked at them leisurely, "Any objections?"
Yu Wei was the first to shake her head, her head swaying like a rattle, followed by Xiao Qingyang.
Unlike them, Fu Zhouxing shook his head slowly, like a rusty robot that had just been restarted.
"You seem very dissatisfied." Li Liang got a parasol from somewhere and held it above himself, holding a sour plum juice in his hand and taking a sip every now and then.
Although it wasn't too hot that morning, the sour smell wafted into everyone's nose, stimulating their taste buds and causing their mouths to unconsciously secrete saliva. Many people had already begun to swallow their saliva.
Li Liang took another big sip and finished the sour plum juice. He placed the empty bottle on the table and stood up. "I've thought about it and it's really unfair to fine you 20 points."
Fu Zhouxing couldn't hide the truth, and his eyes lit up.
Before Fu Zhouxing could feel happy for even two seconds, he heard Li Liang continue, "These 20 points will be shared equally by the two students next to you. They will be deducted 30 points, and you won't be deducted a single point. How about that?"
Pei Shuyu frowned. What was this instructor doing? Was he trying to cause an internal conflict among them?
White clouds piled up overhead, and the sun slowly moved as time passed. The sunlight was already beginning to glare, burning the skin. The training ground was dead silent, with everyone's attention focused on Fu Zhouxing, Xiao Qingyang, and Yu Wei.
The words "They'll lose 30 points" made Xiao Qingyang and Yu Wei's faces turn pale. They looked at Fu Zhouxing with fear and pleading eyes. 30 points! Brothers! The test hasn't even started yet, and they're already halfway to the elimination line!
Fu Zhouxing pursed his lips tightly, his jawline tense.
He looked at Li Liang's face, which was covered with a slightly malicious smile, and then quickly glanced at the two pale-faced people next to him. The air seemed to freeze, and only the cry of an unknown bird in the distance seemed particularly clear.
A few seconds of silence seemed as long as centuries.
Finally, Fu Zhouxing's Adam's apple rolled, and his voice was dry but unusually clear: "Report!"
Li Liang thought he had figured it out and raised his eyebrows: "Tell me."
"Instructor! I don't accept this plan!" Fu Zhouxing's voice was filled with a desperate determination. "I'll take care of these 20 points," he paused, then said, "I'll take care of them myself."
Xiao Qingyang and Yu Wei's lips trembled, and their eyes were full of guilt and gratitude when they looked at Fu Zhouxing.
This is like reborn as a parent!
Fu Zhouxing himself seemed to be relieved, his tense shoulders slumped slightly, but his face was still ashen and his fists were clenched tightly at his sides.
Li Liang seemed a little surprised. He sneered and walked over to Fu Zhouxing, examining him from behind his sunglasses. "Oh? You want to be a hero? So loyal?"
Fu Zhouxing stiffened his neck and looked back stubbornly.
Li Liang stared at him for a few seconds. His gaze seemed to have real weight, making Fu Zhouxing almost unable to breathe.
Just when Xiao Qingyang and Yu Wei's hearts were about to jump out of their throats, Li Liang suddenly grinned, revealing a row of white teeth, but no warmth was felt at all.
"Alright, you've got guts." Li Liang slowly walked back to the podium and picked up the grading sheet again. "Since you like taking responsibility so much, you'll be responsible for these 20 points." He deliberately dragged out his voice, admiring the nervous expressions of the students below. "Discipline is discipline. 35 points will be deducted for being late, and 10 points for whispering. This is set in stone. Now, the deductions are complete!"
The sun was getting stronger and stronger, making people's scalps numb.
Li Liang looked around the room, his voice suddenly rising with unquestionable authority: "Listen up! In Saifan, you are a whole, but also independent individuals! If one person makes a mistake, the entire team will be affected! If one person acts stubbornly, the entire team will be dragged down! Today is your first lesson! Discipline, responsibility, and teamwork! None of them can be missing!"
His eyes were like lightning, sweeping across Pei Shuyu's pale face, across Fu Zhouxing's tightly pursed lips, across Xiao Qingyang and Yu Wei's frightened eyes, and finally across every student who was silent as a mouse.
"Now!" Li Liang suddenly slammed the score sheet in his hand, making a crisp "snap" sound, instantly drawing everyone's attention back. "The assessment officially begins! The first item is a basic physical fitness test! A five-kilometer cross-country race with a load! The target is a loop around the mountain behind the base, and the time limit is 25 minutes! One second overtime will result in a one-point deduction! Falling behind by more than 50 meters will be considered giving up, and 10 points will be deducted! Now! Immediately! Go to the equipment depot to collect your weighted backpacks! Within five minutes, I want to see everyone standing at the starting line!"
As soon as the order was given, the originally silent team exploded instantly like boiling water dropped into a frying pan.
The students didn't bother to look at Pei Shuyu and Fu Zhouxing's precarious scores, nor did they bother to sympathize or watch the show. They all ran towards the equipment depot! Time is the score! No one wanted to lose points on the first item!
Pei Shuyu rushed out with the crowd almost reflexively. The wound on his arm pierced with sharp pain from the intense running, but he gritted his teeth and forced himself to ignore it. 35 points! He only had 5 points left to make a mistake! Every point was precious, and he had to give it his all.
Fu Zhouxing followed closely behind, his face still tense, but the aggrieved look in his eyes was gone, replaced by a deep concentration.
Xiao Qingyang and Yu Wei exchanged a glance, each seeing a mixture of fear and relief. If it weren't for Fu Zhouxing... they couldn't imagine what kind of hell they would have been in. Not daring to delay, the two also rushed to the equipment depot.
The entrance to the equipment depot was instantly crowded with people. Heavy military backpacks filled with sand and gravel were neatly stacked. Pei Shuyu rushed forward, spotted one, and reached out to grab him.
"Hiss!" The backpack strap suddenly cut into the injured part of his arm. The intense pain made his vision go black, and he groaned, and his movements faltered. The person next to him had already slung his backpack on and rushed out of the equipment storage room.
Cold sweat broke out on Pei Shuyu's forehead. He took a deep breath, endured the severe pain, and used his uninjured hands and body to barely throw the heavy backpack onto his back.
The weight of the backpack made him stumble, and the wound on his arm stung even more from the friction of the rough canvas straps. He didn't dare to stop, adjusted his center of gravity, gritted his teeth, and rushed out.
By the time he reached the starting line, most of the students had already put on their weights and were jumping on the spot to stretch their joints and adjust their breathing.
Fu Zhouxing, Xiao Qingyang and Yu Wei were also in place. Fu Zhouxing glanced at him, his eyes lingering on his bleeding bandage for a moment, and his brows frowned slightly.
Li Liang stood on the platform next to the starting line, holding a stopwatch in his hand. His sunglasses reflected the glaring sunlight, making it difficult to see his eyes.
"Ready--" Li Liang's voice came through the loudspeaker, cold and without a trace of emotion.
Pei Shuyu took a deep breath, trying to ignore the pain in his arm and the heaviness of his backpack, forcing himself to focus on the track beneath his feet. His heart began to beat faster again from the tension and pain.
"run!"
At the command, dozens of figures rushed out like arrows, and the heavy footsteps instantly rang out on the training ground.
Above the training ground, the base monitoring tower.
This was a commanding vantage point with an excellent view. The huge one-way glass windows offered a panoramic view of the entire training ground below. The low hum of the air conditioner inside the room blocked out the scorching heat outside.
Several real-time monitoring screens are embedded on the wall, clearly displaying training images from different angles.
Lu Hean was wearing simple casual clothes and standing upright in front of the window.
He held a military telescope in his hand, with the lens steadily aimed at the starting line of the cross-country race below, and the focus was firmly locked on the pale young figure.
Yu Jingheng was lazily leaning against the console beside him, his well-tailored casual clothes totally out of place in this militarized environment.
He was bored as he tossed a small metal part he had taken out from somewhere, glancing at the crowd below that was swarming like ants.
"Hey, Lu He'an." Yu Jingheng drawled out his words, a hint of teasing in his voice, "What happened to the deal? You tricked me into coming all this way here, saying you'd take me to meet your omega boyfriend, whom you kept hidden like a treasure. What happened?"
He raised his chin, pointing down at the dusty, sweaty, brutal training scene. "You brought me here to see this? The new recruits' training for Sevan? Do I look like someone so carefree and compassionate as to come and watch people suffer?"
Lu Hean's hand holding the telescope didn't move at all. He just turned his head and replied calmly, his voice low and steady: "He's in there."
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