Chapter 21
Early in the morning, before I even opened my eyes, the group chat already had 99+ messages.
Bai Nan glanced at the time: 8:30. There was still half an hour before the meeting time. She turned over and prepared to sleep for another ten minutes.
She was facing the wall when she first woke up, but now, after turning over, she is facing the corridor. As soon as she puts down her phone, a profile picture comes into view.
——!
Seemingly noticing her gaze, Xu Xin turned her head and smiled, saying, "Good morning."
When Bai Nan first wakes up, he is a little dazed and usually needs to be in a daze for a while before he is fully awake. Now, looking at his face, his eyes have already reacted and are wide open, but his mind is still blank.
So she replied blankly, "Why am I still dreaming..."
Xu Xin: "Hmm?"
Her voice was a little low, and I couldn't quite make out her pronunciation, only hearing the word 'dream'.
He instinctively leaned closer, trying to hear what she was saying.
As the deep, three-dimensional eyebrows and eyes slowly approached, Bai Nan's pupils unconsciously expanded and then quickly contracted.
Suddenly, the curtains were drawn open, and the bright sunshine outside illuminated the entire dormitory room. One ray of sunlight happened to shine into her amber eyes.
Bathed in the soft glow of the morning sunlight, the amber transformed into amber-colored glass.
As the two drew closer, Xu Xin even saw his own reflection in the other's glassy pupils.
Because of the slightly widened eyes, the inner double eyelids were firmly covered by long and thick eyelashes, and the outer corners of the eyes were stretched into a round shape.
Like two light brown glass cat's eyes.
A voice unconsciously arose in Xu Xin's mind, and he said with a sigh, "Their eyes are exactly the same."
Even if the person in front of him was Bai Di, he could still see through those eyes that the soul inside the body was Bai Nan.
The silence between the two seemed long, but it was actually only a moment. Xu Xin moved a little further away before speaking: "What did you dream about?"
Bai Nan was now fully awake, wrapped in a thin air-conditioning blanket. She shifted her weight back, and after hearing his question, cleared her throat before replying:
"Nightmare..."
Xu Xin frowned slightly: "Nightmare?"
She nodded repeatedly, almost touching her bottom to the wall before stopping, and said with absolute certainty, "Yes! A nightmare! Super scary!"
Xu Xin parted his thin lips slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but Huang Wang, who had already folded the blankets, leaned closer.
"Bai Di, good morning!"
Bai Nan breathed a sigh of relief and replied happily, "Good morning, Huang Wang!"
Huang Wang's head was just touching the railing of the upper bunk. He rested his hands on the railing, raised his chin, and continued, "Did you dream last night? I dreamt that our instructor was Zhong Kui, with a black face and red hair, whipping us and scolding us..."
Xu Xin moved aside slightly, but his gaze remained fixed on Bai Nan.
Watching her gradually reveal a smile from the moment she met Huang Wang, her familiarity in speech, and the lightness in her body as she relaxed.
Bai Nan's gaze followed and fell on Huang Wang. He narrowed his eyes, a scrutinizing look that he himself was unaware of.
After a while, he critically noticed that Huang Wang seemed to have no sense of boundaries, and the distance between him and Bai Nan was definitely greater than that between people who had only known each other for a day.
Huang Wang was still telling her about his dream from last night when Bai Nan noticed out of the corner of her eye that Xu Xin had left the dormitory, and she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
She unconsciously loosened her tightly clenched legs.
The pleasure from her private parts turned into a sticky, foul-smelling liquid the moment she looked into Xu Xin's eyes. She tightly covered herself with the blanket to prevent the smell from escaping.
After Huang Wang finished complaining, he went into the bathroom to wash up. Except for Wang Zhuo, who hadn't gotten up yet, everyone else left the dormitory.
The entire space fell silent. She had already turned into a steamed shrimp, her whole body completely red, and she curled up and hid under the covers.
As time passed, her complexion gradually returned to normal, and the white mucus on the quilt dried into a mark.
Bai Nan knew she would have to face this sooner or later, but she never expected it to happen in this way, in front of that person...
She felt a sense of shame, as if she had been completely disarmed.
She started avoiding Xu Xin.
Whether it was eye contact or physical closeness, she was like uncooked water that, upon encountering cool mint, would stir up a burst of steam.
Xu Xin was leaning against the dormitory door waiting for her, but as soon as their eyes met, she lowered her head and quickly looked away. Although her resistance was obvious, she pretended not to know anything and turned her head to talk to Huang Wang next to her.
Throughout the journey to the playground to assemble, she deliberately avoided Xu Xin until they parted ways at an intersection, without exchanging a single glance.
"Bai Di, what happened between you and Brother Xin?"
Huang Wang watched Xu Xin's solitary figure from behind, while Bai Di beside him remained silent, not even glancing at him.
He couldn't understand why the two people who were fine yesterday were acting like strangers this morning, not exchanging a single word.
"Nothing much. By the way, shall we go to the teachers' cafeteria for breakfast? I heard they have tofu pudding there. I haven't had it in a long time, let's try it."
Bai Nan didn't want to mention Xu Xin anymore. Her ears, which had been red all morning, had only just faded. If she mentioned him again, not only her ears but her entire face would probably turn red.
Seeing that her complexion was indeed normal, Huang decided to ignore it and followed her to the teachers' cafeteria.
As the two walked away, a figure at the intersection slowly turned around and silently watched their departing silhouettes.
When he turned back, his jawline was already tense.
When the two finished breakfast and rushed to the assembly point, the instructor had already been waiting there for a long time.
The instructor was a lean young man who didn't look much older than them. He was standing ramrod straight in a straddle stance.
Bai Nan had participated in two military training sessions. Seeing his classmates still lazily 'talking, learning, teasing, and singing,' the instructor's face grew increasingly dark.
She quickly patted Huang Wang and Chen Shu next to her. At that moment, Chen Shu was busy chatting with a girl in the front row about gossip, and she was chewing her gum noisily.
One instructor manages three classes, and the three classes are counted as one company.
As Bai Nan gave the two a meaningful look, the students from the two surrounding classes noticed the instructor's dark expression and immediately stood up straight and fell silent.
The three platoons, which are the first company of their battalion, train together in one area, far away from other companies.
At this moment, the other two classes quieted down, making Class 1 seem particularly noisy. Several girls even formed a circle around Chen Shu, completely disregarding the formation arranged by the instructor.
"Attention! On your marks! 1000-meter dash! Begin!"
The instructor gave three commands in a row, and the first to run to the front of the best-standing third class led the third class to start running.
Seeing that things were not going well, the class monitor of Class 2 immediately led the entire Class 2 to follow behind Class 3.
With only Class 1 remaining on the field, they were still disorganized. The class monitor they elected yesterday was a rather gentle girl, and seeing Classes 2 and 3 running ahead, she immediately became anxious.
Unfortunately, her voice was too soft, and the students in the back rows didn't hear her at all.
At this moment, Bai Nan noticed that Wang Zhuo opened his mouth several times, but closed it each time after seeing the class monitor.
"Wang Zhuo!" she called out quickly, "Aren't you the sports committee member? Hurry up! Catch up with them!"
Bai Nan's words were a signal; not only did Wang Zhuo hear them, but Chen Shu, who was standing next to him, also heard them.
Wang Zhuo immediately raised his voice: "Come on! Line up quickly! I'll go first, Peng Lei, remember to bring up the rear!"
Peng Lei was the tallest person in the class, so he was placed last. Obviously, Wang Zhuo wanted him to keep an eye on anyone who fell behind while running.
When the class monitor saw everyone start to get moving, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and gave Bai Di a grateful look while lining up.
If it weren't for his shout, it would probably have taken half a day just to get in line.
Bai Nan was running towards the last row of the newly arranged queue, unaware of her gaze.
Class 1 hurried and finally caught up with Class 2 five minutes later. At this time, the class monitor of Class 2 was counting the number of students in his class at the end of the line.
After confirming the number of people was correct, they noticed that Class 1 had followed.
"Hey! What's going on with your class? Didn't you see the instructor's face turn dark just now?!"
The dark-faced instructor was running at the very front, unafraid that the other instructors would hear him.
After Wang Zhuo caught up with the group, he breathed a sigh of relief when he heard someone in front of him speaking to him in a teasing tone.
He looked up and saw that it was Chen Chen, the class monitor of Class 2. The two had played basketball together on the court yesterday, and their relationship was quite good.
"Get lost! He's just naturally dark-skinned!"
Even though I knew that the instructors' dark expressions were mostly due to their class, I resolutely refused to admit it, knowing that other classes were watching the spectacle.
Chen Chen teased him a couple more times, then asked in confusion, "Wait, why are you leading the team for your class? Where's your class monitor?"
As he spoke, he glanced into the class's line. Wang Zhuo slapped his head and turned it back to normal: "Don't look around! Our class monitor isn't someone you can just look at! Go away!"
"No way! I want to see just how good-looking your class monitor is that you're protecting him so closely!" Chen Chen deliberately lagged behind a few steps and ran to the front of the class.
"Wait, where's your class monitor? Isn't he in the first row?"
He craned his neck and searched for a long time, but couldn't find the girl. He was about to turn around and question Wang Zhuo when he turned back and saw a dark face.
Holy crap!
The swear words came out without thinking, and the moment they left his mouth, Chen Chen saw the dark face in front of him darken even further.
Yu Guangli was trying to suppress his laughter, which made him so angry he wanted to bite his teeth.
"You! Step forward!"
The instructor's voice was deafening, startling Chen Chen so much that he immediately stood at attention.
"Ready for push-ups!"
"one!"
"two!"
......
As Chen Chen did the push-ups, he mentally complained. It wasn't so bad that the instructor made him do push-ups; what was bad was that he didn't specify how many he had to do!
If you do fifty of these on the first day, you can imagine how unbearable it will be in the following days.
Wang Zhuo led his class past Chen Chen with a smug grin. He had deliberately not reminded Chen Chen, since Chen Chen had come in and started making sarcastic remarks.
Hmph! Serves you right.
Just then, Bai Nan happened to pass by Chen Chen, who was doing push-ups, and the instructor was counting them beside him.
Twenty-one!
"Twenty-two!"
......
She suddenly wondered, how many push-ups could Xu Xin do?
Under the blazing sun, everyone in Class 1 of Senior Three began to sweat.
Xu Xin was the only exception; he radiated cold air even standing under the blazing sun.
He was tall and stood on the far right of the last row. Only three people were affected by his cold aura: one in front, one to the left, and one diagonally to the right.
They were all tall boys, who naturally get hot. Now, after standing at attention for half an hour in the high temperature, they were soon covered in sweat, and their training uniforms were soaked through, sticking tightly to their skin and feeling very stuffy.
However, compared to other people's sweating, they were much better off.
After all, Xu Xin's air conditioning is quite strong.
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