Chapter 63: The Three-Minute Round Trip

After military training in the evening, Yan Hao and Tao Feng returned to the dormitory, planning to take a shower.

Not knowing where to go to shower, they could only follow others.

They took their water cards and clothes, and came to the big bathhouse behind the teaching building.

The big bathhouse was already crowded with people.

The huge bathhouse had no partitions, only a long wall in the middle dividing it in half.

On both sides of the wall and on the outer walls, there were water pipes connected to water outlets with card-swiping mechanisms.

Slightly higher up, there were shelves for storing clothes.

Many of the outlets and shelves were already broken.

The number of people fetching water far exceeded the number of outlets, but since it was a hot day, many simply washed with cold water directly.

From the conditions of both the dormitory and the bathhouse, the school’s financial situation was indeed a bit poor.

After taking a brief look at the situation, Yan Hao felt that waiting in line was too troublesome.

Following Tao Feng’s suggestion, he directly found a spot where they could put their clothes.

After placing their things, the two of them took their buckets and went to the faucet at the entrance to get cold water.

In the high temperature weather, the water coming out of the faucet was actually still okay.

In the bathhouse, almost everyone had stripped down to just shorts.

Some more bold individuals had chosen to go .

After taking off his shirt, the scars on Yan Hao’s body and the red chain on his left hand quickly caught Tao Feng’s attention.

“Those scars are pretty scary.”

Tao Feng glanced at the two long scars on Yan Hao’s chest.

One was across the middle of his chest, and the other extended from his right shoulder down to his right chest.

In fact, these two scars on Yan Hao were not very noticeable under the dim light of the bathhouse.

From a distance, you couldn’t even see any difference.

Only up close could you tell the change in skin color.

“Oh… those are… from when I was a kid, I had bad luck and fell. Nothing serious, they just look scary.”

Yan Hao knew that whether it was his chain or the scars on his body, they would eventually draw questions from people around him.

He didn’t care, just making up an excuse to brush them off.

He had already thought of a story: for the chain, he would say he got it from praying to the gods for safety; for the scars, he would say he got them from playing too hard and falling.

He kept quiet about everything else.

Time wasn’t exactly plentiful.

After washing up, they changed clothes and prepared to grab dinner before gathering for evening training.

Walking into the back playground, Yan Hao suddenly realized something…

He touched his head and stopped.

Tao Feng also stopped in confusion and looked at him.

“What’s wrong?”

Tao Feng was puzzled.

“I forgot my hat in the dormitory. I’m going back.”

After saying that, Yan Hao started jogging back.

“It’s only three minutes left, hurry up!”

Tao Feng looked at his watch and shouted loudly toward Yan Hao running back.

Not caring about anything else, he sprinted all the way to the front of the teaching building.

It was only the first night, and he didn’t want to be the first one to be late for the assembly.

He glanced at the teaching building.

There was no one in sight.

The freshmen were basically training on the playground, while the sophomores and juniors were in evening self-study.

He took a deep breath, steeled himself, and his figure instantly appeared next to his bed.

Seeing the empty dormitory, he sighed in relief.

Grabbing his hat, he appeared back in the same spot.

He started running toward the back playground.

Before he could get two steps, his peripheral vision caught a figure behind him.

All he could vaguely make out was a girl in military training uniform.

She had probably seen him appear out of nowhere.

The girl, who should have been heading to the assembly herself, stopped in her tracks.

‘A person without evidence probably can’t cause any trouble. Even if she says it, no one will believe her.’

He comforted himself in his mind.

Since it had already happened, he could only pretend nothing happened and continue sprinting toward the back playground.

With the help of his External Aid and running skills, Yan Hao made a round trip between the back playground and the teaching building in just three minutes.

Running back to the playground, the formation had already mostly taken shape.

Panting heavily, he walked to his position.

Tao Feng behind him looked completely shocked.

Tao Feng glanced at his watch.

He had thought Yan Hao would definitely not make it, but he had actually run back before the assembly time.

Before Yan Hao could catch his breath, Yuan Hao, led by the Chief Instructor, came to the front of the formation.

“Attention!”

Yuan Hao’s forceful command came from his ears.

“Count off!”

Other squads also began shouting numbers.

The overlapping sounds of count-off instantly covered the back playground.

“Too quiet! Didn’t you eat?”

The instructor from the neighboring Sixth Company scolded a girl whose voice was too soft.

The girl then raised her voice and repeated her count.

At that moment, a figure ran in from the entrance of the back playground, stopping in front of the instructor of the neighboring squad.

The girl was about 170 centimeters tall.

Even in the loose training uniform, it was obvious she was very thin.

Her hair was simply tied up, and under her hat, you could see a clean face with delicate features.

Yan Hao had noticed her in the afternoon.

During training, she was to his left front.

With a good position and naturally outstanding appearance, it was easy for him to remember her.

“Report.”

The girl stopped and looked at her instructor, speaking loudly.

“Requesting to join the formation.”

“Why are you late?”

The instructor of the neighboring Sixth Company stared at her and demanded.

“I could have been on time, but—”

“I asked you why you’re late.”

The instructor’s voice rose, cutting off her explanation.

“I saw a Flying Man!”

The girl raised her voice again.

“That person just shua and flashed in front of me, then flew like the wind toward the playground. I was stunned… that’s why I’m late.”

She sped up her talking, quickly explaining the reason.

As soon as the girl said “Flying Man,” laughter burst out from the crowd.

By the time she finished, even Yan Hao’s squad next door was laughing.

The laughter grew louder and louder.

Only Yan Hao couldn’t laugh at all.

“Laughing? Let’s see if you can still laugh later.”

The scolding finally put an end to the laughter.

The instructor from next door smiled at the girl.

“Great, I like having students like you. That makes things interesting. Don’t you think so?”

“Yes, Instructor!”

The girl raised her voice again to respond.

“Good. Then let’s start with ten squats for fun.”

He turned to the others below.

“I already said before, everyone is a group. So if we punish, we punish together. Right?”

“Right,” the Sixth Company replied reluctantly.

“I asked if we do it together!”

The instructor raised his voice and repeated the question.

“Right!”

The reply from the Sixth Company gradually became louder.

“Alright, then let’s start.”

The instructor smiled and prepared to lead the squats.

“Hold on, Instructor Zhou. Our side also laughed just now,” Yuan Hao said with a smile to Instructor Zhou, then turned to look at Yan Hao and the others.

“We’re brother companies. If we punish, we punish together. Right?”

“Right!”

After a pause, the Seventh Company also responded loudly.

Yan Hao, blending in, opened his mouth half-heartedly.

His mood was now complicated.

“Okay, Instructor Yuan. Then let’s do it together, Sixth and Seventh Company. I’ll say a number, and you do one squat. Begin.”

Instructor Zhou said.

“One.”

Everyone squatted down and stood up.

“One.”

Another squat.

“One…”

Another one.

“Two.”

Finally the number reached two.

They didn’t know exactly how many squats they had done.

Yan Hao only felt his legs aching terribly.

Finally, they finished those “ten” squats.

“What’s your name? Say it so everyone can know you.”

After the squats, Instructor Zhou asked the girl still in front.

“Fu Ran!”

Even after doing “ten” squats, the girl’s voice was still loud.

“Fu Ran, is it? I remember. I like your personality.”

Instructor Zhou smiled.

“Alright, fall in.”

Upon receiving the order, Fu Ran walked into the formation.

As she walked toward him, Yan Hao instinctively averted his gaze, trying to avoid her.

But it was useless.

As soon as she entered the formation, Fu Ran recognized him.

“Hey! The Flying Man!”

She pointed at Yan Hao, shaking her head and looking around, her expression as if telling everyone—”Look! Look! The Flying Man is right here! See, I wasn’t lying!”