Luo Xiaoqiong quickly patted Zeng Meili on the back, "Captain, it’s okay, we’re both fine. Commander Zhou already scared that person off. We just wanted to talk to you, so you’d know what’s going on."
"I know, I know," Zeng Meili took a deep breath and smiled at the two of them, "things happened so suddenly, I wasn’t mentally prepared, haha..."
"Captain, I think that outsiders aren’t scary, as long as..." Chuxia hesitated to continue; after all, they were all Zeng Meili’s soldiers. She couldn’t just say she was afraid of betrayal from inside, could she?
"I understand about this matter..."
"Ring, ring, ring..." Zeng Meili’s phone on the desk started ringing crazily. She hurriedly answered it, "Hello... yes... yes... yes!"
After hanging up, Zeng Meili waved them off, "Alright, you both go back. I’ll look into this matter carefully, don’t worry."
"Chuxia, don’t you feel that Captain Zeng’s attitude is a bit strange?" Once outside, Luo Xiaoqiong, looking puzzled, rubbed her forehead, "Why do I feel like she already knew about this?"
"Never mind, if she says she has it under control, let’s just trust her," Chuxia sighed deeply, "I’ll be more careful these next few days; nothing will happen."
"Yeah, eat with me, don’t just drink water given by others, check your bed thoroughly when you sleep, and make sure to inspect your clothes and shoes..." Luo Xiaoqiong sighed, tangled in worry, "Having to be this cautious is just exhausting. I mean, are we in a military camp or an enemy camp?"
"Is it that funny?" Seeing Chuxia suddenly burst out laughing uncontrollably, Luo Xiaoqiong looked at her disdainfully, "It’s your life that’s at stake, and you still can laugh? Do you even care?"
"No, it’s not that..." Chuxia nudged Luo Xiaoqiong’s arm, "Look at everyone’s hairstyles."
This time, it was Luo Xiaoqiong who burst out laughing.
In the afternoon, after the two of them got their haircuts, lots of team members went asking to have theirs redone, but how could the military barber have that much time? Naturally, everyone was dismissed back to their duties.
As a result, those who didn’t get their hair redone started trying to style their hair into something resembling a cabbage patch look—most of their hair looked like it had been gnawed by dogs.
"Stop laughing," Chuxia punched the still hysterically laughing Luo Xiaoqiong, "unless you want us to become the public enemies of the team."
Luo Xiaoqiong quickly suppressed her laughter but muttered resentfully, "How would they know what I’m laughing at? They want to control everything; can they even control my laughter? Huh..." she suddenly slapped her forehead, "Do you think that old man might be that Lin Chuxia’s great uncle?"
"The Lin Chuxia that replaced me?" Chuxia thought for a moment, then nodded, "It’s quite possible. When I asked him what he did, he was hesitant. Maybe he’s on the run from somewhere else, gets scared seeing someone in power?"
"Possible, if it’s really , that uncle is quite something, risking his life to visit his niece..." Luo Xiaoqiong sighed regretfully, "I hope he’s alright; otherwise, I’d feel guilty for the rest of my life."
"How did we get here? What could possibly happen to him?"
"Well, if Commander Zhou catches him and digs up his past, wouldn’t that be trouble? But then, if he really did something wrong, being caught would be inevitable, right?"
"Can you be any more conflicted?" Chuxia quickened her pace. She needed to be cautious now with one thing after another—fainting, the captain calling them, the great uncle showing up, and sporting a uniquely terrible haircut... She definitely did not want to become the focus of the entire team.
If she really became the focus of the entire team, her life would truly be unbearable.
The jealousy of other girls is dreadful. If possible, she’d rather go unnoticed, quietly get through her training period as a novice, and once fully integrated, wouldn’t have to worry as much.
The other Lin Chuxia had already settled into her era; she could not afford to keep being ostracized by this era’s people!
The other Lin Chuxia had already completely blended into that era; she couldn’t bear to keep lingering outside this era!
As the two entered their barracks, a squad member at the door shouted, "Lin Chuxia, the captain is looking for you. She wants you in her office immediately."
Luo Xiaoqiong furrowed her brows, "What’s going on with the captain? She just sent us back, and now she wants you to go back again?"
Chuxia was completely exasperated. What was this now! Did they still want her to live? Wasn’t she infamous enough yet?
"Yo, really busy indeed, next time let’s both faint during training. The treatment really is different," Yuan Mengmeng said sourly.