“Sorry, I will be more careful next time.” After Ye Jian finished speaking, she waited quietly for the picket registration to be completed so that she could take her ID and return to her dormitory.
It was really late. She wanted to take a quick wash and go to bed soon.
However, she didn’t expect that her cooperation made the picket think that she was challenging him. He thought that Ye Jian was being arrogant and thought that she was above the law just because she was slightly famous in school.
It was Ye Jian’s turn to be cold now. When a picket confiscated her ID, Ye Jian stretched out her hand to stop him and said, “Excuse me, you can register my name, but you can’t confiscate my ID.”
Her action and words provoked the picket, and the leader immediately yelled coldly, “Take her to the security room for confinement! Tell them to call her leader! And also tell her team leader that she not only returned to school in the middle of the night, which violated school rules but also hindered the pickets from doing their official duties!”
Ye Jian often heard the male soldiers complain that the pickets were unreasonable. She hadn’t seen or encountered them before, so she had always kept an open mind about their complaints.
But after tonight’s encounter, she finally understood the male soldiers’ complaints.
She took her ID back but was pushed directly on the shoulder by a picket. At the same time, another picket directly tried to buckle her shoulder to drag her to the security room.
Ye Jian avoided. Her eyes became a little cold, but she remained polite as she said, “I can go to the security room with you, but you have to give me back my ID. It’s not that I don’t want to cooperate with you, but we will be going out to the fields tomorrow after our assembly for target shooting training, and an ID is required to register for a gun, so I can’t give my ID to you. I hope you understand.”
Target shooting training in the field was shooting with real ammunition, so the trainees were required to present their ID for a gun. Without an ID, they wouldn’t be allowed a gun.
The problem now was that once her ID was confiscated, she couldn’t have it back for at least a day or two. If she gave it to them tonight, even if the team leader came to the security room tomorrow, she still might not be able to get it back in time.
Ye Jian had always been a person who never held grudges with others, especially in school. She would not take the initiative to hold a grudge against others. She would just laugh it off, no matter how big or small the matter was. She had lived two lives; after all, she didn’t want to argue too much.
But the pickets had made her angry tonight.
Ye Jian suppressed the anger in her heart and patiently said again, “You have also already registered my name and ID number. I really can’t give you the ID.”
“So what? You don’t want to hand in your ID just because you can’t hand it in? Are you the picket, or am I the picket?” The leader’s temper was not very good. Seeing that Ye Jian insisted on returning to her dorm with her ID and resisted going to the security room, his anger became even more intense, “Don’t you think you’re above the law, just because you’re a little famous in school. You are only a freshman; you’re still far from graduating in your senior years. Who knows how you would be like then! I’m not returning your ID to you! You dare to snatch it from me? If you dare, then I guarantee you won’t be able to go back to your dorm tonight.”
Having said that, he first acted to buckle Ye Jian’s wrist and then escorted her to the security room.
Ye Jian was about to laugh out of anger. She stepped back and said again, “Don’t fight, don’t fight. You’ll only make things worse for the both of us if you make a move. I understand that you, as pickets, have your own responsibilities. But hey, I’ve also been cooperating with you throughout the whole process. I did not even hinder your job. And I have also explained to you why I cannot let you confiscate my ID tonight.”
“You want me to go to the security room? Sure, let’s go now. There’s no need to fight.”
The school’s pickets had always been known for their strictness and dedication, especially older pickets, who were also very caring for the students. But she guessed that the group of pickets that she encountered tonight was… the one the male soldiers’ hated the most.
