Chapter 403 One Step Away
On the second day, before dawn, Yun Chen and the other three started running training again, their legs feeling as heavy as lead and enduring the pain all over their bodies.
Fu Lin could see that Yun Chen was a man of her word and was ruthless and impartial. She would never give up until she ran fifteen laps every day for half a month.
Rong Yi had never missed the Black Scale Cavalry more than now. He would rather fight on the battlefield than run.
He began to think of some crooked tactics, considering writing a letter to the Black Scale Cavalry to provoke a fight. If there was a war to fight at this time, the training running would definitely not work.
He told Luo Dongdong about his idea, and the latter glared at him:
"You're talking as if the Black Scale Cavalry aren't afraid of the Cloud Tiger. We've been in Yancheng for almost a month now, and have you ever seen a single Black Scale Cavalryman dare to show his face?"
"Oh! That's right! They all fled from Youzhou to Yancheng, thousands of miles away!" Rong Yi sighed heavily. His clothes were soaked with sweat and he felt uncomfortable. Fortunately, he took off his shirt and only left a shoulder pad to pad the weight.
After a while, Luo Dongdong couldn't stand the heat anymore and took off his shirt as well.
Fu Lin was more reserved and waited until the third day to take it off.
In the end, the three of them simply left the camp with their upper bodies naked, and their muscular bodies quickly attracted the attention of passers-by.
Yun Chen, who was at the front, also slowly discovered that he was fine when he came out a few days ago. When the people passing by saw them running in laps, they would either praise them by saying "young people have good physical strength" or help them bring a few bowls of water to quench their thirst.
Why, starting in the past two days, more and more people gathered around to watch, and in the end it even got to the point where Rong Yi and the other two needed to clear the way for her to continue running, as if she was taking three fierce hunting dogs out on the street.
The common people stood in several rows at the foot of the city wall, eating melon seeds and sighing:
"Look at that kid, with his bear back and slim waist, he's worthy of being a member of the Tiger Power Army. His physique is extraordinary. I wish he could be my son-in-law!"
"I like that one. It's tall, powerful, and looks stronger!"
"That one with the broken arm isn't bad either. He has a straight face and a serious expression. He's a bit silly, but he looks honest and reliable. Not a bad guy!"
"Why isn't the one in the front taking off her clothes? I want to see!"
"Pooh, pooh, pooh! That's General Yun!"
"Oh my god, what a sin! I always forget that General Yun is a woman!"
As time passed, more and more people gathered around and the discussions grew louder.
When young ladies began to appear in the crowd, Yun Chen had a bad feeling. Before he could order Rong Yi and the other two to put on their clothes, a matchmaker rushed up and grabbed Rong Yi, smiling and saying,
"General! Are you married? Where is your family from? How many wives and concubines do you have? I have a virgin daughter..."
Before the matchmaker could finish her words, Rong Yi rushed towards the veiled young girl behind her, scaring the girl so much that she turned pale and screamed to avoid him.
However, Rong Yi only went for the bowl of water in the old man's hand next to the girl.
Under the girl's blushing and heart-pounding gaze, Rong Yi raised his head to drink the water in the bowl, shook off the sweat on his head like a hound, and returned to the road, shouting to Yun Chen in front of him:
"Boss! Slow down! Slow down!"
Soon, the crowd of onlookers grew larger and larger, including many young girls.
Yun Chen and his three companions ran around the city fifteen times a day, which meant they had to pass every place fifteen times and receive everyone's attention fifteen times!
The onlookers also changed from watching at the beginning to joining in.
While Yun Chen and his three companions were training, local people came up to talk to them, run with them, introduce them to potential partners, and some even cheered them on and helped count laps.
As a result, the four people's running rhythm was always interrupted, which was very annoying. They became more and more tired as they ran and could not concentrate at all.
Later on, some small vendors saw the business opportunity and started selling "the best front-row tickets to watch the naked general's intense exercise". What's worse, some even quarreled with others to fight for the front row seats.
This made Yun Chen and the other three feel at a loss for words, so they had to quickly move the training location to the back mountain.
Now that the crowds of onlookers are gone, I can finally have some peace and quiet, but running on this damn mountain road is a thousand times harder than on flat ground!
Rong Yi and the other two, who had just been running for ten days and had adapted to the intensity of the training, were wailing again. They followed Yun Chen up the mountain, and after a whole day, their legs were shaking like noodles in soup.
This went on for fifteen days in a row, fifteen laps a day without fail, no matter if it was windy or rainy, or if they felt pain or itchiness, under Yun Chen's leadership, the three of them supported each other, complained, gritted their teeth, and finally finished the run without missing a step.
After this treatment, all the lust and evil fire in Rong Yi's body disappeared; Fu Lin and Luo Dongdong were also completely cured.
The entire Huwei Army has experienced Yun Chen's strict military law, and no one dares to commit the same offense again.
When the news got out, it became a hot topic in the streets of Nan Country.
On the last day of the penalty run, Rong Yi and the other two collapsed in the tent like three lumps of mud. Only Yun Chen still had the energy to watch the night view on the top of the mountain.
She stood alone on the top of the mountain, looking at the night view. The lights of the smoky city were dotted. Although it was not as prosperous as before the war, it also had a lively atmosphere.
Yun Chen opened his arms, stretched his sore back, found a suitable tree to lean on, and couldn't help but start to miss the past.
The running training over the past fifteen days has been tiring and boring, but it has also forced people to feel and think.
It started at dawn with a dark sky and stars, continued from the rising sun to the setting sun, sweating all the way, and finally ended under the stars and the moon.
Wind, rain, sunshine, flowers, trees...
All the most ordinary things become the scenery along the way.
When running past the city gate, Yun Chen would recall the scene when he first arrived in Yancheng more than ten years ago.
At that time, she was still young and naive, preparing to go into the city to find a martial arts school to rest. She didn't know who she would meet or what path she would take. She didn't know that once she stepped into the city gate, she would meet the person she would love for the rest of her life.
When she passed by the East Market, she would think of the glutinous rice cakes from the sweet shop.
She loves sweets, with black pear cake being her first choice, honey milk cheese second, and glutinous rice cake third.
After joining the Huo Gang, she always ate desserts with all three meals, and she enjoyed them most.
But unfortunately, the chef’s skill in making glutinous rice cakes was not up to par, so she could never enjoy them to her heart’s content.
A few days later, a new pastry chef came to the Huo Mansion, saying that he was personally appointed by Huo Gannian.
The glutinous rice cakes were sweet, soft and delicious. Yun Chen ate seven or eight plates in a row. In the end, Ye Yan had to stop her from eating, fearing that she would not be able to digest them and would vomit.
Because he ate too much that day and his teeth were a little sticky, Yun Chen and Hua Jue went out to do some errands in the afternoon. Along the way, he couldn't help licking his teeth, trying to get the glutinous rice stuck on them, and from time to time he made some "tsk tsk" noises.
This made Hua Jue think that she was unhappy about something. He was inexplicably uneasy while doing his work in the afternoon and even spoke less.
Finally, Hua Jue couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed Yun Chen's neck and said:
"What exactly are you mad at me for? Just tell me! Don't go on and on about that idiotic 'tsk tsk' sounding. It's making my blood boil!"
Yun Chen picked his teeth and said, "I'm not too dissatisfied, but I'll have to add more water to the glutinous rice next time, otherwise it will be too sticky."
She still remembers Hua Jue's expression at that time, as if he had eaten a fly. Every time she thinks of it, she can't help but laugh.
Looking back now, there were actually signs that Huo Gannian was leaning towards her a long time ago, much earlier than she was.
Thinking back to when she first joined the Huo Gang, Huo Gannian didn't know her benefactor was Huo Luyu, and he had indeed sincerely sought favor for her...
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but sigh softly.
Some things and some people, once you start to miss them, it is impossible to stop.
When she had finished watching the night view from the top of the hill and had enough memories, and finally returned to the camp, Luo Dongdong, who was lying on the ground eating noodles, quietly asked:
"What episode is this? Are they going to get back together soon?"
Fu Lin replied: "Almost there, I guess it's just one step away."
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