"Class leader, don’t look down on people!"
"Tang Xiaohua... you..."
Even if they were simulation bullets used for the exercise, being hit at such close range was not to be underestimated, as the burning pain on her thigh was a sharp stimulus to Luo Shengnan’s nerves!
She propped herself up against the cold ground, but couldn’t even stand, and could only watch helplessly as Song Lili slowly disappeared from her line of sight.
She used all her strength to cry out Lu Sisi’s name, but for a long time... there was no response from Lu Sisi.
With anger, she pounded the ground, her eyes quickly filling with mist.
This helpless scene of Luo Shengnan was displayed on the large screen in the command center.
The coldness of the night showed no sympathy to anyone.
The supervising instructors fell into a long silence, and Commander Lu Ziqing and Chief Duan Chen sitting in the front hadn’t spoken yet...
Qi Yong pursed his lips, staring at the woman who, in the darkness, coldly fired three shots into Luo Shengnan’s thigh...
Even though he had known from the start that Tang Xiaohua was not simple, the longer the time passed... the more, and more shocking aspects of Tang Xiaohua he would discover, rendering him utterly speechless.
If these bullets... had been real live rounds, would she still have fired decisively?
Imagining this, he couldn’t help but turn his head to look at Lu Ziqing...
From the beginning, Tang Xiaohua was someone Commander Lu looked after, though not many in the military district knew it.
Was Commander Lu’s distant relative... really just that?
What was the background of Tang Xiaohua, after all?
Seeing Song Lili , Lu Ziqing also didn’t show any expression... The depth in his eyes was inscrutable, leaving one unable to guess his true stance on this matter.
"Once these three shots are fired, the soldiers you arranged might not need to come out before these recruits start killing each other..."
Duan Chen’s tone remained indifferent.
"That’s not necessarily a bad thing."
"The simulation bullets used in the exercise, although not as lethal as live ammunition, if everyone were like Tang Xiaohua and fired several shots continuously at the same spot, it wouldn’t be hard to aim to kill."
"They all signed a risk acknowledgment form, so should someone unfortunately lose their life, we can only mourn them."
Duan Chen crossed his arms and tugged slightly at the corner of his mouth, "Lu Ziqing, I hope you’re not just showing off."
"More than half of these people are children from military families, the rest are either here at the academy due to their strong ambitions and ideals or because they already have exceptional military talent."
"If they lose their composure due to Tang Xiaohua’s three shots, wasting their precious bullets on those who should be their comrades, resulting in undesired outcomes in the final selection, then it only shows that these so-called top students, excellent students, are nothing but pretty nothings, all show and no substance."
"At that point, I will present a humble apology to the President and admit frankly that the outstanding young military officers he desires, Xilin Military Academy does not have them."
Lu Ziqing rose to his feet,
"You all continue watching. I am going to take a rest. By four o’clock, even if I have not come back, proceed with the plan as scheduled."
Lu Ziqing yawned and left the command room.
Duan Chen remained seated, still watching...
At this moment, in the similarly night-time Anlin City in the distant south, sitting behind the massive desk in the President Mansion was the youngest President of the nation, his amber eyes deeply gazing at the screen, his focus intently on the cold and uncompromising woman.
He had always felt that Lili had changed a lot but was now truly suspecting for the first time... that this person was not Song Lili.