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

After finishing their meal, Long Teng and Xu Nian walked arm in arm into a quiet alley.

It's very quiet here, with few passersby, making it the perfect place for clandestine shady deals.

Long Teng took out two bottles of the promised medicine from his pocket, held them tightly in his hands, and his face was full of reluctance.

Xu Nian reached out to take it, but Long Teng held it tightly, and he couldn't take it out.

"What's going on? Are you trying to go back on your word?"

Xu Nian raised an eyebrow, and with a sudden burst of strength, managed to grab the two bottles of medicine into her hands. She immediately stuffed them into her pocket, afraid that Long Teng would change his mind and take them back.

Watching those two precious bottles of medicine leave him, Long Teng felt a pang of heartache and was extremely distressed.

......

The next morning, Xu Xi kept his promise and did not return to the formation where Xu Nian was.

As they were about to assemble, Jiang Xun, Xiao Chen, Luo Chen, and Su Zhe looked left and right, searching the entire formation, but they still couldn't find Xu Xi.

Jiang Xun made a strange "Huh?" sound, turned to look at Xu Nian beside him, and asked in confusion, "Uncle Xu, why haven't I seen your wife today?"

Xu Nian shrugged and said casually, "She went back to her own formation to train."

"Ah? I see..." Upon hearing this, the four of them showed disappointment on their faces, and even their tone became a little lower.

After spending the last few days together, they had already gotten used to training with the cute and lively girl "Xu Yiran" and subconsciously regarded her as a member of their team.

Her sudden departure was hard for the group to accept.

Seeing their dejected appearance, Xu Nian scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly, feeling inexplicably guilty about Long Teng using two bottles of magic medicine to get him to send Xu Xi away.

He subtly changed the subject, comforting him, "Train hard, there are only a few days left in military training. When the performance comes, march in perfect formation and make Instructor Long look good."

"Tyrannosaurus Rex? Pshaw!"

Upon hearing the words "Instructor Long," Xiao Chen immediately became angry and complained indignantly.

"Look at how arrogant he is. He even made Uncle Xu run 20 laps as punishment on the first day. Just look at me on the day of the performance, I'll just give him a big dump and that'll be it."

"Isn't it because I haven't given you a chance to slack off these past few days that you're afraid to stay up late playing games? And you're using Uncle Xu as a shield..." Luo Chen, who saw through everything, muttered under his breath.

Xiao Chen's thoughts were exposed, and his cheeks flushed slightly. He quickly coughed, feigning seriousness, and said calmly, "Nothing of the sort! Don't talk nonsense! I was simply standing up for Uncle Xu and couldn't stand that Tyrannosaurus Rex's arrogance!"

Xu Nian listened to their explanation and shook her head, feeling both amused and exasperated.

After a brief chat, it was time for training.

Long Teng, dressed in a smart physical fitness suit and wearing a pair of dark sunglasses, arrived in front of the neatly lined-up formation.

He exudes a cool aura, reminiscent of Psy dancing Gangnam Style. He's domineering yet carries a hint of danger.

He focused his gaze on the center of the formation, and after confirming that he did not see Xu Xi, he grinned, nodded in satisfaction, blew the assembly whistle hanging around his neck, and announced the start of the training.

Without the constraints of his superior, Long Teng completely let loose, no longer holding back, and increased the intensity of training, determined to catch up on the training progress he had fallen behind in the previous days.

During training, if any student showed even the slightest sign of falling behind or performing the movements incorrectly, he would mercilessly single them out for individual practice.

The sun quickly climbed overhead, its scorching rays baking everyone's bodies. Sweat streamed down their faces, making the students feel drowsy and dizzy. Some even found their steps unsteady.

The worse their condition, the more chaotic their formation became; the more chaotic the formation, the more dissatisfied Long Teng became, and the more intense the training became, creating a vicious cycle.

Finally, after being given three extra rounds of drill training by Long Teng and forced to run five laps around the track as punishment, Xiao Chen, who was overweight, most afraid of heat, and least tolerant of fatigue, was the first to give up.

During a break, he gathered several classmates together, lowered his voice, and said with a face full of grief and indignation, "Damn it, are kings and generals born with a special destiny? This Tyrannosaurus Rex is a tyrannical regime, preying on the common people and tormenting us innocent recruits! I'm going to revolt and rebel against them!"

Xiao Chen's words instantly resonated with his classmates.

It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. They had long been used to the days when Long Teng would go easy on them when "Xu Yiran" was around. Once they returned to their normal high-intensity training life, they all gave up.

The students rolled up their sleeves, their faces full of indignation, and marched menacingly toward the shade of the tree where Long Teng was resting.

The whole thing looked like a real uprising was about to break out, all that was missing was a classmate who would act out a scene and fish out of the lake a fish with the words "Great Chu will rise, King Xiao Chen" inside its belly.

Xu Nian, sitting to the side, was startled by their menacing appearance. She quickly winked at Long Teng under the shade of the tree, desperately gesturing to him, "Run! Your troops have mutinied!"

Long Teng leaned back on the bench, legs crossed, a bottle of mineral water in his hand, grinning dismissively, as if to say, "These weak college students? So what if they mutiny? A whole company wouldn't be enough for me. If they dare to attack, I'll make sure they suffer a crushing defeat!"

He had just stood up, stretched his limbs, and prepared to suppress the mutiny when he saw Xiao Chen and his men hurriedly pass by him. They simply walked past him without even giving him a glance before heading off into the distance.

Long Teng chuckled to himself, thinking to himself, "Is that all? I thought you guys were so capable."

He had just breathed a sigh of relief and was about to sit back down on the bench to continue resting when he caught a glimpse of Xiao Chen and the others leading a beautiful girl back to the formation in a grand procession.

Long Teng stared intently, his pupils contracted sharply, and he was so shocked that he almost dropped his sunglasses.

Who else could it be but his boss, Xu Xi?

Xu Nian watched as Xiao Chen and the others led Xu Xi back to her side, and she was both amused and exasperated. Helplessly, she asked, "Weren't you planning a rebellion? Why did you bring my fiancée here?"

Xiao Chen wiped the sweat from his brow and chuckled, "How could we dare to fight back head-on? That Tyrannosaurus Rex is all muscle; one of him could take on dozens of us. To just charge at him would be idiotic, wouldn't it?"

"This is called going against the grain, using the emperor to command the princes. It was Old Su who gave us this idea. Based on our experience lately, with my sister-in-law here, keeping the Tyrannosaurus Rex in check, he won't be able to cause any trouble."

Xu Xi sat obediently next to Xu Nian, laughing heartily, and reached out to take his arm: "Honey, you can't blame me for breaking my promise, I'm just following the will of the people~"