After the military training ended, the freshmen had two days of rest. First thing in the morning, Gu En was tidying up her stuff, while listening to Wang Bingbing and Huang Cai discuss their instructors, talking about how much they’ll miss them. Gu En gave them a contemptuous glance.
"It’s nothing more than a teen crush on a handsome man, whom they happened to spend a week with. You’d think their feelings were more profound, but they could forget their crushes within ten days to a fortnight." Gu En’s harsh words were clearly directed at Wang Bingbing and Huang Cai, "Look at yourselves, consider whether you’re worthy or not."
"Gu En, what do you mean by that?" Wang Bingbing, for once, decided to stand up for herself. She and Huang Cai had been comforting each other. But Gu En’s words were like a slap across their faces, leaving them speechless.
Gu En cast them both a contemptuous glance, stood up, took her stuff, and left without a word.
As a native of the capital, Gu En naturally wasn’t going to spend her two days off in the school. However, her sharp tongue left Huang Cai and Wang Bingbing fuming for a long time.
He Zhilan and Chen Xiting looked at Jiang Biyun with concern, noticing her uneasy expression.
"He Zhilan, why do I feel like Gu En’s words had a hidden meaning?" Jiang Biyun asked after regaining her composure, "Why do I feel like she was actually targeting me with those words?"
"Don’t overthink it. Gu En’s temperature fluctuates a lot. Who knows what she really wanted to say," Chen Xiting reassured her.
To describe Gu En as unpredictable like the weather would be quite accurate. At the start of the training, she used to seek out He Zhilan and have conversations with her in their dorm. But then, she inexplicably started ignoring her, and her gaze towards He Zhilan also seemed off.
How should one put it? It was the look an anti-invader would give an invader!
Seeing Jiang Biyun still pondering something, and He Zhilan remaining silent, Chen Xiting decided to change the subject, "Thanks to you, He Zhilan, our skin didn’t darken much during the military training. Look at the other girls, after a week under the sun, they almost resemble black ghosts. Jiang Biyun, isn’t that right?"
Jiang Biyun nodded after a pause, revealing a smile when the conversation topic turned to beauty, a universal desire. She pulled out a mirror and looked into it with a grin, "Those girls are going to be so envious of my skin! They’re surprised by how incredible it is for me not to darken! He Zhilan, I love you!"
During the military training, He Zhilan had lent them the cosmetics given to her by Lin Chan. Knowing that she was going to participate in the training, most of the gifts from Lin Chan were sunblocks. Premium quality products indeed had their advantages. After a week, the trio hadn’t tanned much.
While they were talking, the phone in the dormitory rang. Huang Cai, who was closest to the phone, answered. After listening for a few seconds, she directed He Zhilan to pick it up.
"Hello?" He Zhilan answered the phone, "Who is this?"
"Hey Zhilan! Is your military training over? Were you tired? How about I take you out for a nice meal at noon? I want to see whether Lin Deng’s brutal week of training made you any darker!"