Chapter 26 Metamorphosis
In the next few days, Instructor Chen continued to arrange basic training that increased day by day.
As the task clearly exceeded his limit, Xu Lingqu decisively chose to pay the dividends to ensure his safety. After considering what he could accomplish, Xu Lingqu tried his best to complete it, and went to the infirmary to lie down at the end of the day.
The days passed quickly in this fulfilling and busy training and precious rest time.
The day before Instructor Kaion announced that he would be returning, Instructor Chen gave the same training content as the first day.
The students carried the weights for five kilometers and started running as usual. At the command, the training began.
As they were running, there was a little commotion among the students.
Xu Lingqu, who usually came at the end of the team, suddenly appeared in the middle of the team. She was breathing freely, completely different from the way she looked on the first day as if she was about to die. Her steps were firm and steady.
The students running behind her first reaction was that it was over.
I can't even outrun Xu Lingqu now? The students behind me started to chase desperately, and the students in front of me didn't dare to slack off and ran forward desperately.
The leaders Jin and Xu Xizhen noticed the commotion among the students behind them, and they stepped up their efforts and started to speed up crazily.
Another instructor standing next to Instructor Chen stared at the students sprinting forward, stunned: "These little brats...are they crazy?"
The instigator, Xu Lingqu, ran normally at her own pace, but her ranking was not high until the end, and she was even at the bottom.
But this time, she stood there perfectly still, calm and upright like a bamboo, while the other students, especially those who were closer to her, were lying on the ground with their limbs spread out, panting and looking as if they were worse off than death.
All students completed the training five minutes faster than the previous one. Those in the combat training area reached the 25-minute standard for regular Imperial Army soldiers, and those in the non-combat training area also completed it within 30 minutes.
Everyone's potential was unleashed because of one person's extraordinary performance.
Xu Lingqu walked forward and helped Xu Xizhen up. This time, in order to maintain her leading position, she rushed too fast and fell to the ground due to exhaustion.
Jin, who was in the same situation as him, held out his hand in protest: "I want help too!"
Xu Lingqu raised his eyes and looked at the other person standing there, Shen Shouli.
"Let you help him."
Shen Shouli refused: “No, he rolled on the ground and it’s all dusty.”
Jin was so angry that he jumped up: "How dare you say that to me!"
At this moment, Tang Muwen, who was so tired that he couldn't even straighten his back, walked up. He was bumped by him and was about to fall to the ground. Xu Lingqu freed one hand and picked him up.
Tang Muwen's eyes flashed with surprise and joy: "Thank you..."
From the initial hostile disdain to Xu Lingqu's willingness to take the initiative to help him up, this is already a qualitative leap. He naturally feels happy. In his eyes, in a sense, for Xu Lingqu, who has a strong sense of boundaries, this is an act of classifying him into her own boundaries.
Xu Lingqu herself didn't think too much about it. She just didn't want to appear too heartless. Tang Muwen had been busy following her around like a follower these days.
If I don't even help someone who is willing to do something like that, it would seem a bit cold and indifferent.
Indifference, the word jumped into Xu Lingqu's mind, and suddenly the image of himself raising his gun without hesitation and shooting the infected people in the doomsday popped up again.
This word, which was once closely related to her like a brand, actually made Xu Lingqu feel uncomfortable and unfamiliar one day.
She subconsciously let go of the hand that was supporting Tang Muwen. He staggered a bit, but managed to stand steady. Without saying anything, he raised his face and smiled at her.
Xu Xizhen lay on her shoulder and acted like a spoiled child, like a golden retriever whose owner had just returned home: "Sister, you are so amazing. You are no longer the same person you were before."
Xu Xizhen rubbed her shoulder. When he first met his adopted sister, she fit the stereotypes his mother and brother had told him.
A sickly, unpleasant, short, pale and lifeless "sister".
At that time, Xu Lingqu did not fit the image of the sister that Xu Xizhen expected, and she subconsciously felt that her sister should be protected by her.
Even though her brother and mother didn't like her, in her own eyes she was just a weak person who had done nothing wrong, so she naturally put her sister under her protection.
But as she entered the trial training period at Moye Military Academy, Xu Lingqu demonstrated her strength and tenacity in all aspects in one event after another. This time, she no longer evoked a desire to protect the weak, but was strong enough to make people trust and rely on her.
"You're so old, and you're still lying on your sister and acting like a spoiled child. Really?" Jin couldn't stand the affection between the two sisters and couldn't help but interrupt. "And isn't Xu Lingqu an adopted daughter? Why are you guys acting like you've known each other for over a decade?"
Xu Xizhen, who was originally immersed in the happiness of relying on his sister, could no longer bear it. He turned around and kicked Jin, but Jin raised his hand to block it.
"Aren't you very strong? Why are you lying on our commander and pretending to be weak?" Jin shook his arm, which was numb from the kick. "I think all the extra training your brother gave you over the years was really worth it."
"How do you know so much about our family?" Xu Xizhen stepped forward to grab Jin and bring him over for interrogation. "Huh? Are you also from the Capital Planet? Are you the son of a duke, baron, or minister or general? Is it fun to pretend to be from the Three Star System?"
Jin quickly hid behind Shen Shouli: “This is what Shen Shouli told me, if you don’t believe me, ask him!”
Shen Shouli in front of them stood like a pillar between the two of them, isolating the fight between the elementary school students.
Shen Shouli turned his head to look at Xu Lingqu next to him, his eyes clearly meaning: "Do you care?"
Xu Lingqu shook his head decisively: "I can't control it."
Facing this national treasure young master who had been praised by his brother, mother, and everyone around him, Xu Xizhen remained a little calmer. She didn't go up to him and grab his collar to ask him questions. She just looked at Shen Shouli puzzledly and said, "You...you usually look like you don't care about anything, how come you know everything in private?"
Shen Shouli reached out and poked Jin backwards, and Jin fell to the ground, holding the left side of his lower abdomen.
Even when he fell to the ground, he still winked and mouthed at Shen Shouli: Thank you for taking the blame.
Obviously gloating.
"Didn't I visit your house the other day? I know it's not very normal." That's why he didn't want to socialize and hid in the garden, only to witness the host of the party, Miss Xu, kicking someone into the fountain.
For the first time in his life, he gave false testimony, saying that he saw nothing.
After saying the second half of the sentence, Shen Shouli's gaze paused at Xu Lingqu for a moment and then quickly moved away. It was useless to say anything. After all, the person in front of him was completely different. It was as if Miss Xu, who had emerged from the cocoon and transformed, always did not appreciate his kindness.
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