In a corner of the West Playground, Luo Ye Xing Nong Yaoguang sat on the ground.
"Delicious, so delicious, these are the best dumplings I’ve ever had in my life." Xing Nong wolfed down the dumplings, extremely satisfied.
"How old are you to be talking about ’in your life’? Slow down, don’t choke. You look like you came from a refugee camp." Luo Ye looked at Yaoguang: "Did she skip dinner last night and was waiting with an empty stomach?"
Yaoguang nodded, "Pretty much, she ate a little bit of food, Bai Qingchu thought she was also sick, and worried unnecessarily for a long time."
"Ah..." Xing Nong swallowed a dumpling and suddenly opened her mouth wide, her tongue rolling: "How can there be a hidden bitter gourd (secret trap) in this?"
"What did you say?" Yaoguang took a dumpling, chewed it, and mumbled: "How can you eat such delicious dumplings like that? Have you lost your sense of taste?"
Luo Ye figured it out after a moment, "Brother Ye bought a bitter gourd, the aunt wrapped some in the dumplings as a prank on the chief instructor, probably some were not cleaned out properly, that’s what you get for eating so fast, serves you right!"
"You’re terrible!" Xing Nong gulped down half a glass of water, then suddenly, with a mischievous laugh, leaned close to Luo Ye: "Luoluo, how many bitter dumplings did the chief instructor eat?"
Luo Ye gestured: "A whole plate, he didn’t get a single tasty one, I wonder if he’ll develop a trauma towards dumplings."
"HAHAHA... Serves him right!" Xing Nong laughed wildly, almost rolling over to display her schadenfreude.
Yaoguang quickly cautioned her, "Hey, be careful, don’t attract the female Yama here."
"Right, right..." Xing Nong looked around and lowered her voice, "Luoluo, I’ve got explosive news about female Yama. It seems she might be getting married, our senior encountered her buying marital supplies.
She has been the chief instructor for the past several terms, and everybody is rather cold about her affair, so, the news spread rapidly across the school, from the description, I think the man with her is similar to the one we saw last time."
"No way?" Luo Ye shuddered with alarm: "I mourn for that gentleman!"
"Together in mourning!" Xing Nong and Yaoguang simultaneously seemed to mourn.
The next morning at 5 AM, during morning exercise, the instructors were extremely solemn, Ye Xuan was not found.
After breakfast gathering at the West Playground, instead of Ye Xuan’s appearance, they found Hang Menglin and other instructors coming over.
Luo Ye felt a sudden thump in her heart. Ye Xuan hadn’t mentioned leaving last night, could there have been some sudden incident? Looking at the situation, Hang Menglin seemed to be taking part in the training.
It wasn’t that she was scared of Hang Menglin; Ye Xuan had already prepared knee pads and wrist guards for her, she just had to dodge the female Yama’s path.
What worried her was, what exactly happened to Ye Xuan, her gaze quietly turned to Shao Bo, Shao Bo shook his head, clearly, he didn’t know either, but military orders were like mountains, the instructors had to train as usual.
Standing in front of the squad, Hang Menglin looked radiant: "For the next few days, I will temporarily take over President Ye’s duties, and complete the training with everyone. After spending time together, I believe the students understand my personality.
What I hate most are the pampered students. Soldiers are built of steel, not just in will but also in body, so from now on, put away your frailty, or don’t blame me for being harsh!
Today, we’ll conduct low crawling training, a tactic used on the battlefield, speed and posture are the keys to assessing your performance..."
"Oh, we have to train in such a place? Oh my god, how can anyone survive this?" The students were dumbfounded after being brought to the off-campus training ground, the vast ground was uneven, overgrown with weeds and scattered with stones of various sizes, and the key issue was the excessive rain the day before yesterday and the lack of sunshine yesterday, the ground was still wet.
"Yes, if you get injured here, how will you participate in the selection later? President Ye is better, although strict, he isn’t cruel."
"Exactly, this isn’t training, it’s outright torture."
"Quiet, she’s coming."
Like their throats were caught, the students simultaneously fell silent, Hang Menglin looked around satisfied: "Arrange by class, line up for the training!"
After the classes lined up, the instructors took specific charge of the training, while Hang Menglin monitored back and forth, naturally staying most by the third class.
"Why are you sticking your butt up so high? Waiting to get shot?" Hang Menglin kicked Bai Qingchu’s butt.
Bai Qingchu stood up and mumbled quietly: "I’m not comfortable with my body, can’t lie down on the wet ground!"
"What did you say? Louder!"
"Reporting to the instructor, I’m menstruating, can’t lie on the wet ground!" Bai Qingchu blurted out.
I’ve said before, there’s no difference in gender here, get back in line!"
"Reporting, I’ll want to get married and have children in the future, this is something that must be considered!" Bai Qingchu stubbornly stood there, her words brutally straightforward.
Hang Menglin scoffed with a mocking laugh: "Thinking quite far ahead, our army’s female soldiers train every day, and it’s not like they all end up not marrying or having children. If you want to stay, get back in position; if you want to leave, suit yourself!"
"I didn’t come to GF in order to become a nun in the future, I don’t believe the school’s leadership will be unreasonable, I’m leaving!" Bai Qingchu walked forward without turning her head.
Seeing this, Shao Bo quickly shouted: "Bai Qingchu, stop!"
Shao Bo looked at Hang Menglin: "Coach Hang, for such matters, perhaps we can make an exception this time due to the special circumstances today."
Hang Menglin snorted: "Yu Na is in the same situation. Why can she endure it but not her?"
Zhan Hao stepped forward, and before he could speak, Hang Menglin scoffed, "What? Are you also here, or is it a heroic rescue attempt?"
Laughter broke out among the downed trainees.
Zhan Hao remained composed: "Reporting, instructor, my family has been in traditional Chinese medicine for generations. From a medical perspective, prolonged contact of a woman’s limbs with a damp ground during menstruation can easily lead to many diseases, significantly affecting future fertility.
In wartime, many female soldiers had to endure like male soldiers, but indeed many became infertile due to this reason."
"You should be working in a hospital, not the military. I have said many times, once you choose the military career, you must put aside gender. I hope this is the last time I have to repeat this. Go back and run ten laps, then rejoin your squad!"
"Yes!" Zhan Hao could only reluctantly return to the formation. He spoke out from a doctor’s perspective, but he is also a child from a military family — "Obedience to orders is a soldier’s duty," a rule he must follow.