Locking away my heart and love! Going back to 2000 to be a top student again.

The playground of the No. 1 Middle School in the city is very large and can easily accommodate the freshmen. Xu Su and her classmates searched class by class and finally saw Xi Zirong in military uniform. He was holding a notebook and had already started taking attendance.

Upon seeing them arrive, the boy nodded. "Join the team. There are fifty-eight people present."

Xu Su and Huang Feng were about the same height, so they found a spot that suited their height and stood there.

The two walked one after the other, and Huang Feng muttered softly, "I'll set my alarm for 6:20 tomorrow."

Xu Su fully approved of the decision: "I support you."

Actually, they weren't late; they just didn't expect the others to arrive so early.

Sure enough, Mr. Wu's deterrent last night was quite effective; no one wanted to leave the elite class because of three absences.

After waiting for a while, the instructor finally arrived.

After a brief self-introduction, I asked who the class monitor was.

Xi Zirong handed the notebook with the class roster to the instructor, and then another round of roll call began.

Once everyone was confirmed to be present, the coach, with a stern face, began to correct the formation.

Those who could get into the top class were all top students in junior high school, but at this point, they looked just like other classes, with a loose and disorganized formation.

Soon, the fifty-eight new students were divided into two lines, one for boys and one for girls, and arranged according to their height.

Xu Su, who is only 1.6 meters tall, stood at the front of the girls' team, while Huang Feng, who she thought was about the same height as her, stood third in another girls' team.

The instructor looked at the newly formed ranks and nodded in satisfaction: "From now on, stand in this formation."

Xu Su: "......"

After this series of procedures were completed, the school leaders finally arrived.

On the platform, the red flag was raised, and the principal of the No. 1 Middle School of the city delivered a long speech. The sun was already high in the sky, and he hadn't even finished giving a round of encouragement.

Xu Su, who doesn't sweat much, was now covered in sweat.

Behind me, many students were already muttering quietly about when the lecture would end.

Suddenly, scattered applause broke out, and the leaders' speeches finally came to an end.

The instructor came over and said, "Ten-minute break. If you want water, go get some."

The group scattered in a rush, and Xu Su ran to the water bottle and started gushing water into it.

Huang Feng looked unwell: "It's too hot. I'm afraid I'll get heatstroke."

Xu Su sat on the grass, using her hat as a fan. "It's good to get some exercise, but if you can't keep going, don't force yourself. Ask the class monitor for leave."

Every year during military training, some students suffer from heatstroke. Although the school says that students cannot ask for leave unless there are special circumstances, in reality, it is not that strict.

Huang Feng shook her head: "I felt a little unwell just now, but I feel much better after drinking some water."

Ten minutes passed quickly, and the formal training began.

The military training content is very simple, including standing at attention and some of the most common formation movements, such as standing at attention, standing at ease, saluting, squatting, sitting, marching in step, and marching in formation.

My PE teacher taught me all of these things when I was in junior high school.

The morning training session passed quickly.

Halfway through the afternoon training, Teacher Wu made a special trip to tell students that if they felt unwell, they could ask to take a break.

Xu Su noticed that the homeroom teacher of Class 11 next door had come with Teacher Wu and was also giving instructions to his students.

It wasn't until the evening that we heard that freshmen in Class 16 and Class 13 had fainted from heatstroke, and the teachers were also worried about the students' health.

By the next day, the instructors had probably received orders that the training intensity would be significantly lighter than the previous day.

The students all breathed a sigh of relief.

The military training days passed by at a leisurely pace. Looking back, Xu Su found that although he was drenched in sweat every day, the military training was quite interesting.

When the last day of military training came to lunch break, Xu Su arrived as promised, clutching her stomach. She hesitated whether to ask for half a day off to rest.

Xu Su suffered from menstrual cramps during this period, especially on the first day of her period. Even lying in bed without doing anything hurt, let alone running or exercising.

In her past life, she was too embarrassed to talk about her period. She endured it for a day, but when she got home, she was trembling with pain and didn't dare to tell Chen Shulan.

When she was with her maternal grandmother, she would have boiled eggs in sweet soup every time she had her period. But when she returned to her parents, she had to be mindful of their moods at all times. Xu Su remembers that night when she slept alone on the sofa in the living room, she cried her heart out.

They shared a dorm room and had a good relationship. When Huang Feng found out that Xu Su was on her period, she said, "Come on, go ask for leave. Your face is pale. Fu Zichen is a girl too, don't be embarrassed."

Xu Su, who is already thirty years old, certainly doesn't feel embarrassed about getting her period.

Fu Zichen lived in room 328. The two of them went up together and found that the dormitory door was locked and the students were quietly taking a nap inside.

Military training was too tiring, and Xu Su, who hadn't taken a nap in the past few days, had been sleeping soundly. The two of them were too embarrassed to knock on other people's dorm rooms and wake them up, so they exchanged a glance and decided to come back later.

Seeing them return, Qian Jia asked with concern, "Did you get your leave approved?"

They all shook their heads.

"Go find the class monitor. I just came back from the convenience store and saw him and a few boys from the class buying soda. They had several cases of it. I heard they're sharing it with everyone after military training ends this afternoon."

"Judging by the time, I should have finished shopping. I'm on my way back to the men's dormitory now."

Qian Jia returned late and happened to run into them as they went upstairs to ask Fu Zichen for leave. She only knew that Xu Su wanted to ask for leave, but didn't know why.

However, Huang Feng knew this and, worried that she might be embarrassed, asked, "Are you going?"

A sharp pain shot through her lower abdomen, and Xu Su nodded decisively: "Go!"

The boys' dormitory was right next to theirs. The two of them stood under the shade of a tree at the entrance of the boys' dormitory for a short while before they saw four boys from their class walking towards them from a distance, each carrying a case of soda.

The other party also saw them.

Wan Youping gestured towards the two girls under the tree not far away, "Class monitor, another girl is looking for you. She's definitely here to see you."

After walking a few steps, another boy recognized who was standing under the tree and exclaimed, "Holy crap! It's Xu Su! She looks amazing even in camouflage. Everyone says she's the school beauty of No. 1 High School this year, and she's waiting for you too!"

The learning atmosphere at No. 1 High School is very strong, and only the first-year students have the leisure to secretly select the school beauty. Once they reach the second year of high school, their busy studies will teach them what it means to "spend every inch of time like gold".

Xi Zirong followed the gaze and paused. Xu Su and Huang Feng were walking towards them.

Unlike the other students in the class who were nervous about the academic genius, Huang Feng casually said to Xi Zirong, "Class monitor, we need to talk to you."

Xi Zirong nodded, met Wan Youping's wink, placed the case of soda she was carrying on top of the case of soda Wan was holding, and smiled: "Wan, could you please carry these two cases of soda to the dormitory?"