On the training ground, a formation of fifty people stood in a straight and horizontal formation, each person with their feet sixty degrees apart, chest and head held high, hands hanging naturally close to the trouser line, standing at attention under the sun.
Zhou Shuyi, hands behind his back, clutching his belt, paced the formation. Military regulations prohibited male instructors from touching female students under the pretext of "correcting their movements." When other instructors saw a girl's movements weren't standard, they simply gave her a word of advice, at most demonstrating standard movements, without taking it too seriously.
But Zhou Shuyi was stubborn, insisting on meeting National Day parade standards. Even if your fingers weren't mid-line, he'd still force them to straighten. If you weren't allowed to use your hands, you could use your belt. These 50 men had already stood at attention for 40 minutes, their backs soaked, sweat dripping down their chins.
Wu Jiaying felt dizzy and faint, then collapsed against the person next to her. Wu Jiaying and Li Lulu were about the same height, and they were sitting next to each other. Li Lulu was mentally cursing Zhou Shuyi when she suddenly felt Wu Jiaying approaching. She glanced at her and saw—whoa! Jiaying's acting was pretty good, she was so convincing, even her expression was so on point!
Li Lulu held onto Wu Jiaying and yelled, "Report! Someone fainted!"
Zhou Shuyi glanced at the front of the team with disdain in his heart. Seeing that girl in the position, she must have been spoiled at home and couldn't stand the slightest hardship.
The students have been scared by Instructor Zhou's scolding these days. They know that even if someone faints, they cannot look around or move around. If they move, they have to stand for ten minutes longer and maintain a pine-like standing posture.
Zhou Shuyi walked to Wu Jiaying's seat and saw that her face was covered in sweat and she was leaning on her classmates.
"Why is it you again? Fifty people and no one else fainted, but you fainted twice in four days. What a shame! Lin Daiyu? With such a weak body, what can you do in the future when you enter society?"
Wu Jiaying's ears were buzzing, and she felt that Zhou Shuyi's words came from far away, but every word hit her soft spot. She felt aggrieved and tears flowed down her face unconsciously.
Zhou Shuyi saw the girl crying, and in his heart he confirmed her identity as a spoiled young lady, which made him even more disgusted:
"Hey~ You're crying after I said a few words to you. Did I wrong you? Why are you so annoying?"
Li Lulu also realized at this time that Wu Jiaying was not pretending to be dizzy, but was really dizzy: "Instructor, she really is not in good health. Look how thin she is——"
Before she could finish her words, Zhou Shuyi yelled:
"Did I ask you to speak? Did I yell 'Report'?"
Li Lulu's temper also flared up. Just as she was about to retort, she heard a slightly magnetic female voice shouting:
"Report--!"
Zhou Shuyi sneered in his heart: Great, now it’s my turn to challenge him. Fine, today I want to see what tricks you little girls can come up with!
"explain!"
Xuan Xuan and Qing Shan were taller and stood in the back row of girls, so they saw everything that happened in front of them. Xuan Xuan saw that Zhou Shuyi's words were getting more and more unpleasant, and she couldn't control her temper.
"School regulations state that students with special physical conditions are exempt from regular military training. Instructor Zhou should have a list of these students. It's a fact that Wu Jiaying is weak, and the department counselors all know this. The instructor can check to see if her name is on the list."
Each instructor had a list of students with special physical conditions provided by the school. If one of their teams appeared on the list, they would be given special consideration and not subjected to harsh training. However, Zhou Shuyi never let them off the hook. Every year, after more than ten days of training, he would allow each team to send these weaklings to the headquarters for odd jobs. Today, when Xuan Xuan publicly exposed this, Zhou Shuyi felt his authority was challenged.
"The instructor doesn't need your guidance on what to do! Who do you think you are? You are in the military now. You must hold yourselves to the standards of a soldier and obey your superiors. My words are orders! I don't care about the list. Don't think that you are still in your little world and no one will spoil you! You are a bunch of useless people!"
Xuan Xuan has been exhausted these days and is full of anger. Seeing that Zhou Shuyi is unmoved, the fierceness of a girl from the capital comes out, she steps out of the line and stands outside the team.
"Instructor, the military leadership approved the sending of special students to help out at the headquarters. If you don't allow them to go, does that count as disobeying orders from your superiors?"
Zhou Shuyi was stunned for a moment, then a look of sudden realization crossed his face. It seemed he had run into a thorn in his side, but he hadn't expected a girl to have the guts to challenge him. He was the commander of the Tiger Regiment, and his soldiers had been incredibly difficult to manage when they first arrived, but he had always tamed them all!
"Using your superiors to pressure me? Did you know that during training or combat, the team leader can adapt to the situation and act according to his own convenience?"
Xuan Xuan was speechless, standing there and torturing Zhou Shuyi with her eyes. Zhou Shuyi sneered, "If you dare to challenge me, I will break you!"
"What do you mean by standing up for yourself? Standing up for your classmate? That's pretty chivalrous! Fine, you'll be responsible for her training. You'll do double the training from now on, and I'll let her go to the kitchen!"
"you--!"
Military training is six hours a day now, and there are emergency assemblies at night. Wouldn't it be exhausting to train twice as much? This Zhou Shuyi is clearly trying to make things difficult for me!
"Report--!"
Classmates: Auntie, please don't "report"! Instructor Zhou was so busy being angry with you that he forgot to yell "At ease!" We can't even stand! (╥╯^╰╥)
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