“I heard from one of Mother’s former comrades, Mr. Cai said that no one dared to claim that their marksmanship was better than Mother’s. I think I have inherited Mother’s talent.”
Ye Jian had been in the sun for such a long time that even the hairs on her forehead were dampened by sweat. The sweat droplets cling to her delicate forehead. A drop of sweat gathered at the tip of her hair, making a long length as she spoke. It dropped to her eyelashes, and Ye Jian blinked so that it didn’t go into her eyes.
Ye Jian, whose eyes were accustomed to being stimulated by sweat, didn’t feel any discomfort. The smile on Father Fu’s face made her eyes shine like stars. She looked delicate, not tired from training. On the contrary, she was more charming and confident.
Father Fu realized that his daughter…really liked this kind of training!
He was happy but also a little bit sour at this realization.
This kind of training was actually very painful, but his daughter would rather suffer so much than go back to Ye Zhifan’s house again when she was fourteen years old. This meant that the suffering at that house was far more difficult than the one during training.
His fist was clenched very lightly; he didn’t want to show any anger on his face. Instead, he smiled and gently wiped the sweat from Ye Jian’s forehead, “Yes, your talent is inherited from your mother, but you’re more than your mother.”
“I’m very happy. My daughter has grown to be so outstanding without her parents’ company or protection. Jian’er, I’m proud of you.”
Seeing his daughter’s excellence, he blamed himself for not finding both mother and daughter last time.
Ye Jian didn’t realize Father Fu’s hidden self-blame. When she started shooting with a moving target, Father Fu was so amazed, he had to endure not applauding his daughter on the spot.
The hostage target appeared at the same time as the kidnapper target. Sometimes the target would suddenly retreat after appearing for a short while. At the same time, the hostage target would appear again. Father Fu discovered that several soldiers were shooting with self-defense pistols at close range. The two types of targets alternated too much, so the hostage targets would be shot mistakenly.
But Ye Jian did not shoot wrongly. Her reaction was directly proportional to the speed. The hostage target appeared to interrupt the shooting, but she still managed to shoot the kidnapper target successfully. The targets moved far and near, but she could immediately switch between the rifle and submachine pistol to complete the shooting.
“What they’re practicing now is sharp-eyes-and-quick-hands, and brain-hands-respond to make sure that they could respond synchronously. Ye girl could complete training like this very well, without a single mistake.”
Principal Chen’s explanation made Father Fu underwear more clearly how many hardships his daughter had gone through in the past.
The entire sniper training session came to an end at 11 in the morning, and it was also time for Ye Jian to leave the base.
After the end of the training, Ye Jian did not leave immediately. She stayed back a little to exchange experiences with the other soldiers.
They had three types of guns: rifle, submachine gun, and self-gun pistol. Ye Jian, who was standing next to the sniper soldiers, could quickly change the shooting of the three guns as the targets positions changed. The action was so fast that it only left everyone surprised.
“You have to form a consciousness of conditioned reflexes. Your hand has to accurately pick out the gun you need to use at the moment any kind of target appears, instead of spending too much time thinking and picking out the guns.”
“This all depends on your memory. There are no other shortcuts to improve. Only by practicing more, the brain can respond in line with your hands, and ultimately you can increase your speed.”
Ye Jian didn’t hide her secrets. She would answer to the snipers as long as she could, without being ambiguous.
The sniper soldiers listened carefully and remembered Ye Jian’s advice. When Ye Jian left the base, they felt a bit regrettable that they didn’t see her in the afternoon training.
