The class did not have their last physical education class. Instead, everyone was at the sports ground collecting their camouflage uniforms for the military training. The other classes who had lessons had their camouflage uniforms sent to the classrooms.
After the classes were over, Mrs. Tong reiterated that the military training will commence tomorrow and everyone had to be in school by seven o’clock with their daily necessities and camouflage uniforms. If they forgot, their points would be deducted!
The bell rang at the end of the class and the Year One students who have their seven day holiday went home happily, like birds out of their cages.
An Jiaxin watched as Ye Jian stuffed her clothes into the little camouflage bag and ground her teeth, “What should I do? I feel like taking all your clothes out...”
“Ta-da, does it look good? Does it? Handsome?” Yang Yi walked out cheerfully from behind the door dressed in the camouflage uniform. “It’s so cool! I already like military training.”
Li Qian and another girl, Liu Lizhen had also changed into their camouflage uniforms. They walked over and put on a same-colored hat. The three of them stood in a line and cracked up, “How is it? Handsome, right?”
“Me too, me too!” Zhang Yueyan, who slept on top of Ye Jian, ran over and stood with them. All of them raised their chins and chests. Before Ye Jian and An Jiaxin could even speak, the whole room broke out in laughter.
“I can’t tell if it’s handsome or not. But I do know that when all of you are in your uniforms, you don’t have to walk with your chest out. Especially for Li Qian.” An Jiaxin blinked and made everyone burst into laughter. Li Qian’s face was flushed red as she took off her cap and threw it at An Jiaxin.
Li Qian was plump and she had developed well and was bashful. When she walked, she would be shy, for fear that people would look at her chest.
An Jiaxin had talked about this several times and she would comment that it was a waste of god’s gift!
The five of them made a ruckus and Ye Jian had packed up her luggage. The military unit’s car was waiting outside and she had to catch a plane at eight in the evening to fly to the capital city. She had to leave immediately after school.
Her classmates knew that Ye Jian could not join them for the military training because she had to take care of a patient. The five of them sent her off at the school gate before returning to the dormitory.
Commander Liu and Commissar Yan were already in the car. They did not need to accompany the leader to go abroad, but they had to go to the capital city to report on the training status of the motorized infantry. They also had a large military conference to attend, which was why they could go to the capital city on the same plane as her.
“Deputy Commissioner Yao’s reputation in the government is not too bad, he did not abuse his authority to protect his daughter. As for Director Hu, that is not necessarily the case. Yao Jing had a tussle with a female student when she was in junior high. In the end, the girl dropped out of school but Yao Jing was fine.”
In the car, Commissar Yan told Ye Jian about the information they had obtained about Yao Jing’s parents, to prepare her mentally.
“But don’t be afraid. Deputy Commissioner Yao had said that if Yao Jing made another mistake, she would be sent to the Youth Detention Center. That shows that they know that you’re not someone that Yao Jing can afford to provoke.”
“And we have said that we would send a military letter to the commissioner if similar things happened again. For Deputy Commissioner Yao’s future, Director Hu would not dare to act carelessly. Jian, rest assured and study peacefully. If anything happens, Commander Liu and I will back you up. Understand?”