New tasks would be added anytime, but the exercise would still end at the same time. This meant that the red and blue teams had to use their time more wisely, plan their deployment more rigorously, and the pressure would also be greater.
“Only pressure can show one’s strength. Ye Jian is a rising star in this exercise. I want to see how dazzling this star is.”
After the Brigade Commander finished speaking, he looked at Political Commissar Yue and smiled. Outside the general military tent, the junior and freshman students who were in charge of standing guard felt uncomfortable.
Ye Jian did not know the conversation between the Brigade Commander and the Political Commissar. She went back to the big tent in the class.
The large tents for the exercises in the northern part of the province belonged to the infrastructure. It was a large tent that could fit the entire class of students, while the female students slept in the innermost part and used a rain curtain to separate themselves so that the four sides were fixed to form a small independent space.
When Ye Jian passed by, the students in the class had braved the rain to set up the entire tent. The rain cloth was still being sorted.
Soon, everyone worked together to put the waterproof rain cloth on the bracket. They took another ten minutes to pull up the tent and then spread the damp-proof cloth inside. Finally, a simple shelter tent was built.
After finishing their work, He Jing pulled Ye Jian to the corner and whispered softly, “The teacher called Wen Zi for a talk just now, not long before you come back. It’s almost twenty minutes… why hasn’t she come back yet. Could it be that something happened to her?”
She was very worried.
Ye Jian tightened the corners of her mouth slightly. She didn’t come back for so long…perhaps because she was punished.
She made such a racket, wanting to sleep before; perhaps she was really recorded.
With a light sigh in her heart, Ye Jian said, “Don’t overthink, just wait for her to come back and ask. Let’s see if she is willing to take the initiative to mention it to us; if she doesn’t mention it, we better not ask too much.”
People of this age had to bear corresponding responsibilities for their actions.
He Jing saw that Ye Jian’s face was a little cold, so she nodded and responded with a “Yeah,” then went on sorting out her bag absently.
“Ye Jian, He Jing, you two, see if space is enough. If not, then move the curtain out a little bit.” The male student who was responsible for separating space for the female students was pulling the curtain and asking loudly, “Come here and take a look.”
There were about 40 students in the class. Although the tents were big enough, they all had to be squeezed a little bit. Ye Jian glanced at it, smiled, and said, “You don’t have to leave it that wide; just leave it as wide as one meter, and eight will do.”
He had given them three meters of space. The male students were already so crowded, sleeping outside.
Ye Jian and He Jing took the initiative to narrow the space to only 1.8 meters, which happened to be three people apiece, not allowing them to simply move around.
Xu Wen only returned when it was bedtime. In a depressed mood, she felt her way in the dark and took off her wet clothes. When she needed thicker clothes to keep warm at night, she reached into her backpack and froze.
She didn’t bring her thicker clothes…
The temperature in the mountains was already low. In addition to rainy days, the temperature fell even lower at night. Even the male students were wearing thin warm clothes to prevent themselves from catching a cold.
Xu Wen, who was so cold with goosebumps, subconsciously looked at the two sleeping girls beside her. She just wanted to open her mouth to ask…when she suddenly thought about what the teacher had said to her. Xu Wen, with red eyes, bit her lower lip and slid under the blanket in her wet clothes.
A low, squeaking sound was heard; even if she was crying under the blanket, Ye Jian, who was sleeping next to her, could hear it clearly.
Ye Jian was sleeping in the middle, and He Jing, who hadn’t fallen asleep, was on her left. She heard Xu Wen’s sob. She wanted to get up and ask Xu Wen what was wrong, but her arm was held by Ye Jian.
