Ye Xiaoxiao didn't take it to heart at first, but in the next few days, Li Meiru always brought different things back to the dormitory.

Although the items are not expensive, just small gadgets like hot water bottles and drinking bottles, they are enough to attract other people's attention.

On the seventh day of military training, rumors began to spread in the girls' dormitory.

It was said that a girl had hooked up with a soldier in the army, and the two had intimate and dissolute behavior.

Ye Xiaoxiao didn't listen to more unpleasant words.

But like everyone else in the dormitory, the first person she thought of was Li Meiru.

"Li Meiru has been acting strange lately, should we go ask her?"

As the dormitory head, He Jing wanted to make preparations in advance so that she would not be caught off guard in case the person really was from their dormitory.

Ye Xiaoxiao didn't say anything. If she went to talk to Li Meiru now, the other party would not think that she was the one who informed on her.

It had been a few days since she saw what happened between Li Meiru and that comrade.

It is certain that others also saw it during this period.

Otherwise the rumors wouldn't have spread.

I hope Li Meiru can sober up a little.

Tang Xiuxiu: "Let's wait and see. Could it be that she is blind to those rumors? If it's really her..."

Before he could finish his words, Li Meiru came in from outside.

“Woo woo woo…”

She just lay on the bed and cried.

Everyone else in the dormitory was scared.

Xia Li said weakly, "Um...what's wrong with you?"

"I really didn't do anything. Why do they say that to me?"

When Li Meiru just came back from outside the dormitory, she met several classmates from the same class. The dormitory was next door.

When she brought things back every day, those people also saw it. Now there were rumors outside, and the girls said some harsh words. This time they said it directly to Li Meiru's face.

Li Meiru made a few rebuttals, but the other side had more people and she was no match for them.

He Jing kindly advised: "The innocent will be innocent, but we are now a separate unit, you and your fellow villager should not meet recently, so as not to make things worse and turn white into black."

Li Meiru sat up and wiped her tears, "Do you also think that I am having an improper relationship with someone else?"

He Jing quickly said, "I didn't say that."

“Ding-dang!”

Someone knocked on the dormitory door.

"Student Li Meiru, come out with me for a moment."

Tao Yannan was talking at the door.

Everyone in the dormitory looked over worriedly.

Li Meiru was also scared and walked out slowly.

After going out, Li Meiru came to Tao Yanan's dormitory, where there were two girls standing. They were the two people who had just quarreled with her.

Seeing Li Meiru come in, the two of them looked at her with smug expressions.

"Student Li Meiru, I called you over here because I have something to discuss with you."

Tao Yannan had been instructed by his superiors to pay close attention to the situation of female students.

Just now she received a report that this classmate Li Meiru had accepted gifts from soldiers in the army many times and suspected that the two had engaged in improper transactions.

Tao Yanan himself certainly didn't think so.

But this is a behavior that the leader has repeatedly warned against, so she must take it seriously.

Li Meiru nervously grasped the corner of her clothes...

This is the dormitory.

After Li Meiru was called away, the remaining people didn't know what to do.

Xia Li: "It should be fine, as long as Li Meiru doesn't say anything and there is no evidence."

He Jing: "Isn't there someone to witness it? What if someone happens to see it?"

Tang Xiuxiu: "Don't scare yourself. Maybe Instructor Tao just heard some bad things."

Ye Xiaoxiao remained silent.

Li Meiru came back before the lights were turned off.

She said that two girls next door spread rumors and slandered her, but she did not admit it.

Although the matter has not been investigated clearly, Li Meiru and the two girls were suspended from military training the next day.

When everyone else went to military training, Li Meiru was called alone to the office of the troop leader.

After she entered, the first person she saw was her fellow villager, Wang Xue.

Wang Xue was a soldier under Commander Liu Zhengwei, so it was naturally Commander Liu who was in charge of the ideological mobilization this time.

Because he is a soldier, his tone of voice is rather harsh.

Liu Zhengwei just said two words and Li Meiru started crying.

"I don't know who started the rumor, but Comrade Wang Xue and I are innocent. We are just fellow villagers."

Liu Zhengwei usually has a way of training his soldiers, but he has no experience in dealing with little girls.

Seeing the other party like this, I can only be a little more gentle.

"There is no best, but it is just that your close relationship will definitely lead to gossip. Even if it happens this time, I will ask others not to discuss this matter anymore, and you two should not meet again in the near future."

This is the best solution, which can nip the harm in the bud.

After Li Meiru left, Liu Zhengwei said to Wang Xue: "If you like the girl, you should restrain yourself now. You are from the same hometown and have contacted her now. Why are you in such a hurry?

If we are destined to be together, we will meet again in the future.

Fortunately, the rumor was discovered early. If it was later, not only you, but I would also have to be punished together."

Wang Xue lowered his head and said, "I know, Captain. I just thought it's not easy for the little girl to be alone, so I'll help her as much as I can."

Liu Zhengwei: "Who has it easy? Besides her, there are nearly a hundred female students. You all want to help. As long as you don't make trouble, none of these female students will be in trouble."

Wang Xue said nothing.

Liu Zhengwei waved his hand to let the person go, "Go back and write a 3,000-word self-criticism letter and hand it in."

This is the lightest punishment.

After the people left, Liu Zhengwei leaned back in his chair and drank water from the teacup.

He was so dry-mouthed after talking about this.

Lu Han came in from outside and saw Captain Liu's look. He smiled and asked, "Are you done with the training?"

"That's all. You keep giving me trouble every day."

Liu Zhengwei sat up straight: "Tomorrow's mountain-crossing training will be your group's responsibility, right? It's thirty kilometers long and accidents are most likely to happen on the road."

"Do you still expect them to run all the way to the finish line? Take your time."

Lu Han's troops were strict with their soldiers, but they did not have any expectations for those college students.

Liu Zhengwei thought so too, just send those students away properly, "Arrange for military doctors and medicines, and there will be a few people every year."

Lu Han: "Aren't the people coming this year medical students? Let them serve me in advance."

Liu Zhengwei: "Don't be ridiculous, they are medical students, not doctors. They have to complete university courses before they can treat diseases."

Lu Han: "Don't worry, everything has been arranged. I guarantee they will remember it deeply."

Liu Zhengwei: "The teachers are waiting to present the awards in the cafeteria tomorrow. Don't go too far. No one will make it to the finish line within the stipulated time."

Lu Han laughed softly: "As you say, just do it casually."

Liu Zhengwei still had some doubts, as young people were the least trustworthy.

…

After Ye Xiaoxiao and the others dispersed and returned to the dormitory, they found that Li Meiru had already returned and was packing up.

Xia Li was shocked: "What's going on? Are you going to be fired?"

Li Meiru shook her head: "No, I'm returning something Wang Xue gave me."