The class did not attend their last period, P.E; instead, all of them were in the sports field lining up to receive their military camouflage uniform for the drill. The other classes that were inside their classroom had their military camouflage uniform distributed there.
When school was almost over, Teacher Tong reiterated that the military drill starts tomorrow, and once again, all the students must be there before 7 am with their daily necessities. They shouldn’t forget about the military camouflage uniform, whoever forgot it, will have their marks deducted!
The school dismissal bell had rung. With a week-long break, the Grade 10 students acted like birds that got freed from the cages that once held them. They went home from school with great enthusiasm.
An Jiaxin watched as Ye Jian stuffed her clothes inside her small military camo gripsack. She stood beside her and asked while gritting her teeth: “What should I do? I want to pull out all of your clothes…”
“Dun dun dun, does it look good? Is it good? Am I handsome?” Yang Yi, who was changing behind the door, walked out excitedly in her long-sleeved camouflage uniform and made beats with her mouth. “I look so good! I’m already in love with the military drill.”
Li Qian and the other girl, Liu Lizhen, also walked over in their military camo uniforms. Putting on the hat of the same color, the three of them stood in a single line and started laughing. “How is it? How is it? Aren’t we cool!”
“Wait for me, wait for me!” Zhang Yueyan, who was sleeping on Ye Jian’s bunk, ran over. The four girls in the same color stood side by side in a single line. They lifted their chins and pushed out their chests. Before Ye Jian and An Jiaxin could interject, they had already laughed themselves over.
“Cool or not, I’m not too sure, but I know this: if you girls wore this and walked normally, especially you, Li Qian, you wouldn’t need to suck in your bosom while walking.” An Jiaxin winked at them. Her meaning made everyone laugh once again while Li Qian took off the hat on her head and threw it against An Jiaxin with a face flushed with embarrassment.
Li Qian was slightly on the plump side. Her growth was decent, yet she was also quite a bashful person. Whenever she walked, she would walk with her head down as if she was afraid people would notice her chest.
Due to that, An Jiaxin had repeated this multiple times, and every time she says in her face: ‘you’re wasting your gifts’!
The five of them fought into a clump, and Ye Jian had finished packing her luggage. The vehicle from the military was waiting outside, their flight towards the capital would depart at 8 pm. That was why she must leave immediately, get into the car, and rush towards the airport.
The students in the class got notified that Ye Jian was unable to attend the military drill because her relative was sick. The five of them only returned to the dorms after they had sent her to the school entrance.
Regimental Commander Liu and Political Commissar Yan were already in the car. They were not required to accompany the leadership overseas; however, they were required to report the details about the training of the motorized infantry in the capital. They also had a large-scaled military meeting to attend, and so, they were boarding the same plane as Ye Jian to the capital.
“Vice Minister Yao’s has quite a good name in the bureaucracy. He wasn’t muddle-headed to the point of defending his daughter without any principles. According to Director Hu, nothing was set in stone. There was a case in middle school where Yao Jing had argued with a girl, and it escalated into a fight. In the end, that girl got expelled while Yao Jing was unaffected.”
Inside the car, Political Commissar Yan told Ye Jian about the things they had looked into after going back this afternoon. This way, Ye Jian could mentally prepare herself.
“There is no need for you to be afraid. Since Vice Minister Yao had announced that if Yao Jing makes one more mistake, he will send her to juvie, both of them understood that you are not someone Yao Jing can afford to mess with.”
“We had already announced that if something similar were to happen again, we would inform the municipal administration in the form of a military letter. For the sake of Vice Minister Yao’s future career, Director Hu will not act rashly. That’s why, little lass Jian, you can confidently study in school peacefully. If anything happens, Commander Liu and I will help you carry it. Understand?”
