The white rose I picked up cried and said she liked me.

Xu Nian waved her hand, both amused and exasperated, "Forget it."

This was his first time experiencing university military training, a unique experience in his student life, and he had always wanted to experience it properly.

Although he had heard online that military training was tough, tiring, and strenuous, it was nothing to him.

After all, he was someone who could survive a whole month under the thumb of Long Teng, the living devil. A mere university military training was a piece of cake for him.

Su Zhe also came up to the group, looking worried, and said, "But I heard from the counselor that the instructors the school arranged for the freshmen military training this time are all active-duty and retired soldiers, real people from the military. The discipline is very strict. If you want to pretend to be sick, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to fool you."

"Hey, whatever," Xiao Chen said nonchalantly. "I've already heard that the instructors from outside are most worried about training us students to the point of causing trouble, so they don't dare to be too strict and turn a blind eye. Plus, my acting skills are comparable to Andy Lau and Chow Yun-fat, just you wait and see, I guarantee it will be just like the real thing."

Seeing that he was determined to do so, Su Zhe knew that further words would be of no use, so he could only helplessly shrug, turn around and return to the front of the formation to continue maintaining order.

"Good luck." Jiang Xun patted him on the shoulder and led Xu Nian to the front of the line.

Although Xu Nian is older, he has a tall and upright posture and a calm demeanor. When he stands in the formation, he is upright and full of energy, making him a model soldier. He can hold up the formation and cover up the lazy and tired state of the group of teenagers behind him, leaving a good impression on the new instructor.

Before long, the eight o'clock bell rang precisely throughout the campus.

At the same time, a sharp whistle came from the other side of the playground.

At the entrance to the playground, the official teaching staff made a grand entrance.

Dressed in crisp military uniforms, with sharp eyes and an air of menace, they marched toward the students with resounding steps and thunderous slogans, their momentum overwhelming.

The moment they appeared, they instantly became the focus of the entire room. All the students' eyes were fixed on them, their eyes filled with awe and curiosity.

This was the first time most of them had ever encountered real soldiers, and they were all impressed by the neat and uniform formation.

In no time at all, the instructors' formation arrived in front of Xu Nian's class.

One of the instructors, a tall and imposing figure, stepped forward alone, jogged to the front of the group, and stood at attention.

The moment Xu Nian saw the person's face clearly, her face immediately darkened, and she froze.

If his eyesight isn't failing him, this instructor is... is it Long Teng???

Long Teng stopped in front of Xu Nian and looked at him. Although his expression was still serious, the mischievous smile in his eyes was about to burst out.

Long Teng blew the whistle hanging around his neck twice, gave the students a standard military salute, and said in a loud voice, "Hello, students. I am your instructor for this military training. My surname is Long, and you can call me Instructor Long."

"Hello, Instructor Long," the students called out sparsely, their voices somewhat loose.

"Speak louder, didn't you eat breakfast?" Long Teng frowned and shouted.

The students were startled by the sudden shout and quickly shouted in unison again, "Hello, Instructor Long!"

This time the shouts were noticeably louder than before.

Long Teng, his face grim, slowly walked up to Xu Nian and shouted sternly, "Who is the squad leader? Step forward!"

Su Zhe quickly stepped out of the line and jogged up to Long Teng: "Instructor Long, I'm the squad leader."

"Okay, class monitor." Long Teng looked Xu Nian up and down, who was wearing camouflage, a mischievous smile spreading across his face. "Please tell me, what's this student's name?"

Su Zhe glanced at Xu Nian: "Reporting to Instructor Long, his name is Xu Nian."

"Okay, Xu Nian."

"Here!" Xu Nian answered, a bad premonition already rising in her heart.

"Run or walk 10 laps around the track!"

Xu Nian's lips trembled, and she almost spat out a mouthful of blood, her defenses crumbling on the spot.

Good heavens, is Long Teng here to settle a personal score?

In that brief moment of hesitation, Long Teng's brow furrowed even more deeply: "New recruit! Is your indecisiveness a sign of disobeying orders?"

His brows immediately furrowed. "Add 10 more laps, making it 20 laps in total!"

Xu Nian forcibly suppressed the urge to kick the person, gritted her teeth, and answered loudly, "Yes!"

Then, he left the formation and began jogging lap after lap around the track.

Long Teng turned to face all the new students, slowly pacing in front of the line, his voice cold and serious, each word ringing with conviction:

"From now on, in my eyes you are not your parents' darlings, not pampered students, but new recruits about to go to the battlefield, soldiers who are ready to fight the enemy at any time."

"When two armies clash, momentum is paramount; in a narrow encounter, the brave shall prevail."

"This new recruit named Xu Nian's mouth was practically touching my nose, but I couldn't hear him shouting!"

"The team I lead must be a team that howls, a wild wolf that can tear a piece of flesh from the enemy's leg."

"So don't try to pull any tricks in front of me, show me your mettle! Let's do it again!"

"Hello, new recruits!"

The students watched as Xu Nian ran laps around the playground under the scorching sun, and then looked at the terrifying aura emanating from Long Teng. They couldn't help but gasp and shouted with all their might, "Hello, Instructor Long!"

The shouts echoed through the sky, startling even the birds in the nearby trees into scattering in all directions.

"Good, very energetic!" Long Teng's expression softened slightly, and he nodded in satisfaction.

In the middle of the queue, Luo Chen quietly approached Xiao Chen and asked in a trembling voice, "Old Xiao, are you still faking illness to run away?"

Xiao Chen dared not utter a sound, only desperately trying to convey his thoughts with his eyes: What's the point of running? This isn't an instructor here to complete a mission; he's practically a living devil coming to kill me! I'd better just obediently follow along and train. Damn it!

One lap around the track is 400 meters, and 20 laps is 8 kilometers. For Xu Nian, who can run 20 kilometers every day in Hawaii without any problem, this is just a piece of cake. It's not even a fraction of his daily training volume, let alone a warm-up.

Xu Nian quickly finished running the full 20 laps and returned to the group, without even breaking a sweat, as if she had just eaten a bite of food and drunk some water.

It wasn't very harmful, but it was extremely humiliating. If there weren't so many classmates present, he would definitely have rushed up and kicked that shifty-eyed Long Teng's ass hard.

He stared intently at Long Teng, his eyes seeming to say: You wait until the group disbands, just wait and see if I don't deal with you.

Long Teng grinned, completely unfazed by the murderous intent in his eyes. He whistled twice and shouted to the students, "Recruits, begin training!"