Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Who didn’t wish for Jian to stay? But this was not something for them to decide. Commissar Yan was just thinking about it. He thought about Principal Chen’s training for her and remarked, “She’s training according to the Special Forces. Coming here is a waste of her talent. Well, she could participate in our outfield actual combat. After all, she was always fighting alone with Old Chen.”
The new semester only started for less than a month, and the commander and commissar were already thinking about winter training.
Two hours later, the vehicles were ready for training. Once the sun had set, and the night fell, the twenty-odd vehicles plunged into the ‘Nine Curves Eighteen Bends’ mountain roads. Dust settled on the soldiers as they entered the second night of long-distance driving training.
The mountain road was rugged and narrow. Having rested well during the day, Ye Jian looked in front of her and did not dare to be sloppy. In the middle of the night, the drowsiness had hit her. Her instructor then took out something good to help with her fatigue. It was something that he had always brought along for his long-distance training.
She threw two raw chili peppers into her mouth and chewed on them. One bite and she could feel the kick. The hotness made Ye Jian grip the steering wheel with strength. “Instructor, are your stomachs made of steel? It’s so spicy… Will your stomach hurt?”
It was too spicy. Ye Jian, whose mouth was breathing fire, tried to divert her attention by speaking.
“Eating peppers raw, balm raw, onions… are common things. We only eat these during long-distance driving. It won’t affect our stomachs too much. My hometown never eats spicy food, but now I can’t live without it.” The instructor saw that Ye Jian’s face was flushed red because of the spiciness. After taking a glance, he immediately looked forward.
Although she was a senior high school student, she was still a girl. It’s embarrassing to keep staring at her!
After passing through dangerous paths like the ‘Death Ridge’, mountain roads, and cliffs, they continued traveling for hundreds of kilometers. It was five on Sunday afternoon when they successfully completed the long-distance mission.
The high-intensity, challenging, and continuous driving training had steeled the driver’s combat style and also made Ye Jian understand that each type of soldier had their challenges. A session of night training had changed Ye Jian a lot. She stood among a row of soldiers, like a growing eagle – moving speedily and fiercely towards its goal.
She had to rush back to school in the afternoon. After washing up, Ye Jian immediately got in a car to head back to school. She was a bit late this time around and the soldier who was sending her needed no reminders and sped off to the school.
Several gangsters who often mingled around the school saw that a car was parked by the roadside and a girl got out of the car. One of them had sharp eyes and exclaimed, before speaking to a gangster with yellow hair, “Brother Huang, isn’t that the girl that Luo Ran wanted to keep an eye on?”
“Damn, I couldn’t tell that she’s another rich student!”
Brother Huang was the gangster who was close to Luo Ran. After hearing that, he squinted and looked over with those yellowish eyes. His eyes quivered when he saw that the girl was still standing beside that car. He threw his cigarette onto the ground and walked over with his thin body.
After a few steps, he sneezed and held his nose with his fingers like someone who felt uncomfortable, while standing on the path that Ye Jian had to take to get back to school.
Her class started at seven, and it was already 6.46 pm when she reached. Ye Jian only had time to thank the soldier who sent her and ran towards the school.
She had to complete five hundred meters under four minutes, and she would need another five minutes from the school gates to the classroom… Time was of the essence and she could not afford to lose a minute.