Chapter 12: Military Training

Lin Nan slept exceptionally soundly that night.

When the alarm went off, he realized it was already broad daylight.

"Hurry, we need to get to the assembly point!"

Urged by Lin Nan, the three of them brushed their teeth, splashed some water on their faces, and ran all the way to the Academic Affairs Office.

When they arrived, they found a male and a female student already standing beside their instructor.

Wang Chengyu whispered, "I thought we were the earliest, but I didn't expect someone to be here even earlier."

Lin Nan took a subtle look at the two of them.

Their proactive behavior suggested they were trying to take the opportunity to impress the instructor and vie for the position of class monitor.

However, Lin Nan didn't care much about that; he had no interest in being the class monitor.

*Tweet!*—

Just then, a short, sharp whistle blew.

*Tap, tap, tap...*

The sound of rhythmic running reached everyone's ears.

Everyone instinctively looked behind them.

Only then did they realize that the instructors responsible for the freshman military training for this year had arrived!

However, the instructors didn't stop there; they soon headed off to another location.

After collecting their supplies, the instructor officially issued the notice.

They were to assemble on the playground at 7:00 AM sharp tomorrow morning to begin military training.

This meant that the leisurely days for Lin Nan and his friends had come to an end.

As it happened, the three of them had all wanted to familiarize themselves with the campus early, which was why they had arrived at school ahead of time to look around.

This had allowed them to build a certain level of friendship before the military training even began.

Everyone else had only arrived in the last two days, so most of them were meeting for the first time.

Li Zewen and the bespectacled girl, Chen Qi, acting on the teacher's instructions, finished distributing the military training uniforms according to student ID numbers and sizes.

Afterward, the instructor led the students of Class 3 toward the area where the instructors were stationed.

Lin Nan and Li Zewen walked in front, while the instructor chatted with the students.

When they reached their destination, the instructor in charge of Class 3's military training, Zhang Yong, walked over with a smile.

The teacher returned the smile and was just about to step forward to shake the instructor's hand.

However, Zhang Yong marched with a firm, steady gait straight toward Lin Nan!

"You must be the instructor for Class 3, right?"

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhang Yong, and I will be in charge of the military training for Class 3."

???

The teacher’s hand, half-extended, froze in place in embarrassment.

The students around her were even more dumbfounded.

They looked from Zhang Yong to the teacher, unable to say a word.

Lin Nan looked at Zhang Yong’s extended right hand, shook it politely, and said helplessly, "Hello, Instructor. I am a student in Class 3, not the instructor..."

"Ah?! You're not the instructor? How is that possible? Then where is the instructor?"

Zhang Yong was in complete disbelief.

The face in front of him clearly carried a sense of seriousness and authority; he looked just like a teacher or a department head. How could he have mistaken him?

Lin Nan looked behind him and introduced

"That is our instructor, Teacher Luo."

A look of embarrassment appeared on Zhang Yong’s dark face.

He hurried over.

"Ahem, Teacher Luo, I am truly sorry. I thought..."

To give everyone a way out, the teacher said calmly

"It's fine, it's fine. Let me introduce everyone to you now."

"This is Li Zewen..."

...

The next morning at 7:00 AM sharp, on the playground of Yanhai University.

Square formations stood on the playground, not quite in alignment.

The instructors looked at the "fresh eggs" before them with great seriousness.

"At ease!"

"Attention!"

"You, you, and you, step out! Give me fifty squats!"

Under the scorching sun, the instructors were meticulous.

Anyone who performed a movement incorrectly was dragged out and punished as an example to the others.

Such strict methods gave the freshmen a real taste of what it meant to feel like death.

On the first day of military training, it was nothing but standing at attention, practicing turns, and standing at ease.

Under the blazing sun, some people were so dazed they couldn't even tell left from right.

Everyone was almost mechanical, repeating the same movements.

Finally, a heavenly sound rang out.

"Alright, those who didn't make a mistake this time."

"Everyone, take a five-minute break!"

Having finally waited for the break, some people collapsed right onto the ground.

Wang Chengyu was one of them.

Sweat poured off him, soaking the concrete floor, only to be quickly baked dry by the scorching sun.

Wang Chengyu couldn't even crawl up, groaning, "It hurts! It hurts so much!"

"My shoulders, my knees, my heels—there isn't a single part of me that doesn't ache!"

"Why isn't it raining? If it rained, we could rest for a day."

Lin Nan was doing a bit better than Wang Chengyu.

But the agony of standing at attention still forced him to grit his teeth, his legs trembling as he barely managed to walk to the side steps and sit down.

"Get up quickly. If you wait any longer, the ground is going to roast that fat on your butt."

"Man, if I could get up, do you think I'd be sitting here?"

The people from Class 3 helped each other to the shade.

A girl with a ponytail, a pure and cute appearance, and delicate features kept glancing in Lin Nan's direction.

Seeing this, Wang Chengyu’s gossip instincts ignited. He managed to scoot over and whispered

"Brother Nan, look at that girl behind us. She keeps looking at you. Do you think she's interested in you?"

"Even in this poorly fitted military uniform, you can still tell she has a great figure."

"She’s practically the definition of a devilish body with a pure face."

"Brother Nan, you really are charming. On the first day of training, you've already caught the eye of our class beauty."

Lin Nan turned his head to look at the row on the steps.

Sure enough, after the girl noticed Lin Nan's gaze, she instinctively looked away.

When Lin Nan turned back, she shyly looked over again, her eyes filled with curiosity.

"What are you daydreaming about?"

"This is only the second time we've met. She probably doesn't even know my name."

Just as Wang Chengyu was about to retort, a soft, sweet female voice sounded behind Lin Nan.

"Is it Lin Nan?"

Lin Nan turned his head, wondering how she knew his name.

Wang Chengyu looked at Lin Nan with an expression that seemed to say

*See? She knows your name!*

*Still going to say she isn't into you?*

The girl introduced herself a bit shyly.

"Hello, my name is Wang Yue. We're classmates."

"Um, I think I saw a streamer on Douyin who looks a lot like you, so I wanted to confirm."

Lin Nan was stunned.

He hadn't expected that one of his classmates would have watched his livestreams!

So he nodded and replied

"If it's the roleplay section, then that is indeed me."

Seeing Lin Nan confirm it, before Wang Yue could even speak, the girl behind her exclaimed in surprise

"That streamer who roleplays as gods is really you?!"

Her voice wasn't exactly quiet, and besides the people in Class 3, students from other classes also looked over toward Lin Nan's position.

(End of chapter)