Everyone was eagerly awaiting the result and turned their attention to the target.
"Xia Lan, nine rings, nine rings, ten rings, ten rings, nine rings."
"Shi Dalin, ten rings, nine rings, nine rings, ten rings, ten rings."
Shi Dalin won the competition with three perfect scores of ten.
"Oh dear~" the female students sighed in unison, feeling sorry for Xia Lan.
Despite such excellent results, they still lost to Shi Dalin.
Xia Lan reached out her hand to Shi Dalin. She had done her best, but Shi Dalin had also done his best. In this round, she had no reason to lose.
"I...I..." Shi Dalin was so excited that he didn't know what to say. He looked at Xia Lan carefully, afraid that she would be sad.
"Hold your head high and be proud of yourself. You won because of your own ability. I didn't lose unjustly."
Xia Lan smiled at Shi Dalin.
"Thank you." Having received recognition for the first time, Shi Dalin's eyes reddened, and he excitedly shook hands with Xia Lan.
Xia Lan raised Shi Dalin's hand, and everyone began to applaud them.
The female students realized what was happening and applauded enthusiastically. Xia Lan earned the respect of her female comrades.
Let's see who dares to say that women are inferior to men!
Xia Lan's defeat also relieved the male students, who had recently received countless glares because they were not as good as Xia Lan, a female student.
Especially the instructors, they were practically glaring at them to death.
If they really lose everything to Xia Lan, they'll never be able to hold their heads up again.
The male students applauded Xia Lan from the bottom of their hearts.
Xia Lan smiled and returned to her seat, watching the other contestants' matches. Shi Dalin had successfully advanced to the top three.
In the final round, the three players took turns shooting, which tested both their patience and their mental fortitude.
Shot after shot, the instructors kept calling out their scores.
"Nine rings..."
"Eight Rings..."
"Ten rings..."
"Seventh Ring..."
Of the final three, Shi Dalin stood out, scoring almost always nine rings, with the lowest being eight rings.
However, the other two scored at least seven rings.
The outcome was predictable.
Unsurprisingly, Shi Dalin won first place in shooting.
Old Yang personally presented Shi Dalin with the badge and certificate, and the military training activity came to a close amidst applause.
On the last day of the military training activity, Qin Yu, along with Lao Yang, awarded the model student medals to all the outstanding students.
Xia Lan and several of Sudan's female classmates stood confidently on the stage, accepting the honor that belonged to them.
Qin Yu led the applause, and the instructors and everyone else joined in with enthusiastic applause, all happy for them.
Qin Yu looked at Xia Lan, who was receiving applause, his eyes filled with pride and self-satisfaction.
In the final moments, the instructors began to say goodbye to their students.
It should have been a time of relaxation and joy, celebrating the fact that I no longer had to get tanned in the sun or wake up in the dark.
But when the time to say goodbye actually came, their eyes welled up with tears, and they hugged their instructors, reluctant to let them go.
After spending a month together, everyone had developed feelings for their instructors, and a sense of reluctance welled up in their hearts at the moment of parting.
Xia Lan stood in the crowd, silently watching Qin Yu surrounded by his classmates. She didn't want to say goodbye to him.
After Qin Yu greeted them one by one, he looked at Xia Lan. Everyone could feel the sadness between the two; the lovers were experiencing another separation.
Gradually, the students surrounding Qin Yu made way for him, allowing him to walk up to Xia Lan.
It was as if I was infected by the sadness between them.
Many female classmates felt like crying when they saw Xia Lan trying to hold back her tears, even though she herself wasn't crying.
Amidst everyone's anticipation, Qin Yu slowly walked up to Xia Lan and took her hand.
In front of everyone, he suppressed the urge to embrace her, reached out and gently wiped away the tears welling up in her eyes.
"Lanlan." Qin Yu had just called her name when Xia Lan could no longer hold back her emotions.
Despite everyone still watching, she threw herself into Qin Yu's arms, and Qin Yu immediately hugged her tightly.
Without any words, everyone could feel the joys and sorrows between the two, and their reluctance to part, which brought tears to everyone's eyes.
The two held each other tightly, all the words they wanted to say contained in that embrace.
The instructors had to get on the vehicles when the military trucks blared their horns to urge them on.
Qin Yu slowly released Xia Lan and gently held her hand.
"take care of yourself."
"Um."
Xia Lan wiped away her tears and nodded obediently.
Qin Yu boarded the car with his luggage and sat on the far side. Xia Lan's gaze followed him. Qin Yu pursed his lips, and the two looked at each other.
The vehicle slowly started moving. Xia Lan watched Qin Yu get further and further away from her, silently shedding tears. Her slender figure stood like a waiting-for-husband stone, gazing in the direction he had left.
Sudan and the others came to Xia Lan's side and hugged her comfortingly.
"Xia Lan!" Qin Yu's voice suddenly appeared. Xia Lan looked up sharply and saw Qin Yu running towards her.
Xia Lan opened her arms, and Qin Yu rushed to her and hugged her tightly.
"Wait for me." Qin Yu kissed Xia Lan's forehead hard, then released her and ran away.
Sudan and the others blinked as they watched Qin Yu come and go in a hurry, moved by the deep affection between them.
"My God, he even jumped out of the car to run and hug her..."
Wu Shishi feels that she may not be able to find a husband in the future. Where can she find a man like Qin Yu to be her husband?
"I have to say, their relationship is so beautiful, even I, a grown man, am envious."
Shi Dalin also came over, and he also saw the scene where Qin Yu ran back to hug Xia Lan and kiss her forehead.
"He's gone," Xu Yu said, walking to Xia Lan's side.
"Let's go back." In front of outsiders, Xia Lan put away her vulnerability and led Sudan and the others back to the dormitory.
"Xia Lan, I know I can't compare to him, but I hope you can be happy." Xu Yu said earnestly, looking at Xia Lan's retreating figure.
"I am very happy." Xia Lan stopped and answered him without turning around.
Shi Dalin patted Xu Yu on the shoulder.
"Come on, bro, you have no hope with a woman like Xia Lan. With so many female classmates, it won't be hard for you to find a girlfriend."
"It's not worth getting hung up on one thing."
"You don't understand." Xu Yu glanced at Shi Dalin; he would never understand his feelings.
After breaking free from Shi Dalin's grasp, Xu Yu turned and left.
Shi Dalin looked at his back and clicked his tongue softly.
"Isn't it just that stubborn streak that makes you think that what you can't have is always the best? Even if you actually got it, it doesn't mean you'd cherish it."
Shi Dalin glanced at his badge and remembered what Lao Yang had told him: it would be a real shame if someone as talented as him didn't join the army.
If he agrees, Lao Yang can make an exception and recruit him into the army.
Shi Dalin looked at his hands and sighed silently.
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