Reborn Sanitary

November 2001, 11, Lidong, eleven o'clock in the evening.

Meng Zhan rushed back to the dormitory building with Xu Tao on his back. Xu Tao, who was cold and blue all over his body, lay on Meng Zhan's back and didn't even have the strength to move his fingers. It has been more than three months since the training camp started at the end of July. Time, Xu Tao was carried back by Meng Zhan basically after training every day. He was embarrassed at the beginning, but now he doesn't feel shy at all.

Meng Zhan rushed into the bathroom, turned on the nozzle, adjusted the water to a slightly cooler temperature, pulled the stool aside, put down Xu Tao, pulled off Xu Tao's sweat-damp coat that was already somewhat frozen, and put the The man leaned on the stool, looked at Xu Tao who was leaning on the back of the stool and closed his eyes slightly, Meng Zhan bent down and patted Xu Tao's dark and thin cheek, "Xiao Tao, sit still, don't fall asleep, I'll get you some Go clean your clothes."

Xu Tao nodded slightly, expressing that he knew it. The water flowed down the nozzle from the top of his head. Xu Tao couldn't tell whether it was water or tears flowing on his face. He had already reached his limit, the exhaustion of his body and the pressure in his heart made Xu Tao really unbearable, but every time he saw that he silently accompanied him to practice more, and carried back the immobile self lying on the training ground again and again. Xu Tao could only grit his teeth and persist. Xu Tao didn't know how long he could last, and Xu Tao didn't know how to spend the remaining nine months. When he couldn't get up, the shouts of Meng Zhan and his comrades would continue to come. Xu Tao couldn't and couldn't live up to the expectations of Meng Zhan and his comrades. Persistence, only constant persistence.

Meng Zhan, who returned to the bathroom with clean clothes and toiletries, looked at Xu Tao who closed his eyes and let the water wash him continuously. With a bruised body, in three months, in order for Xu Tao to reach the competition standard as soon as possible, he practiced uninterruptedly for [-] hours a day, and hired instructors one after another. Supported by a wave of spiritual strength, Meng Zhan could clearly see every step Xu Tao took.

It's not that I don't feel distressed, but that I can't. For Meng Zhan, who has already read the internal information, the International Special Forces Competition is too cruel. In order to survive, in order to bring this little fool in front of him in his heart to pass through the gate of hell, No matter how tired and hard it is now, Meng Zhan gritted his teeth and endured it. Meng Zhan would rather Xu Tao climb down tired now than see Xu Tao walking out of the arena with a martyr medal.

Touching Xu Tao's slightly warmed body, Meng Zhan turned up the water temperature, took out the shampoo, stood up and gently washed Xu Tao's hair, massaged his scalp, washed his hair well, and let Xu Tao rinse under the running water, Meng Zhan was quick Meng Zhan washed the training clothes that Xu Tao changed, hung up the clothes and went back to the bathroom, looked at Xu Tao who seemed to be asleep, with distressed eyes, turned off the faucet lightly, took out a dry towel and wiped Xu Tao away. Dry your body and put on clean clothes.

He picked up Xu Tao who had fallen asleep and returned to the dormitory, put Xu Tao on the bed, Meng Zhan opened the drawer, took out the needles in the drawer of Xu Tao, sat back at the foot of the bed, lifted Xu Tao's right foot, and looked at the big purple spots on the soles of his feet. Meng Zhan gently touched the bubbles, carefully opened the bubbles one by one, squeezed out the water in the purple bubbles, and put the potion on the shriveled purple bubbles.

After taking care of the purple blisters on his feet, Meng Zhan threw away the needle, took out the medicinal wine from the cabinet, carefully turned Xu Tao over, opened his clothes, poured the medicinal wine into his hands, rubbed it to heat it, and applied it on Xu Tao's back. On the big bruise, Meng Zhan rubbed it hard, Xu Tao struggled in pain even in his sleep, Meng Zhan pressed Xu Tao with his elbow, the bruise on his body had to be rubbed away, otherwise it would hurt even more.

On the back, legs, arms, and chest, Meng Zhan rubbed away the big bruises one after another with medicine wine, pulled off Xu Tao's clothes again, covered the quilt, went out to wash his hands, and returned to Xu Tao's bedroom. Taking the towel washed with hot water to wipe off the sweat from Xu Tao's forehead, and gently touching Xu Tao's forehead, Meng Zhan stood up, turned off the desk lamp, turned and left.

There was a soft door closing sound, Xu Tao slowly opened his eyes, glanced at the closed door, felt the heat from all parts of his body being rubbed with medicinal wine, and smelled the smell of medicinal wine in the room, Xu Tao sat down slowly Getting up, looking at the stars outside the window, Xu Tao stretched out his trembling arms with some difficulty. Through the moonlight that sprinkled into the room, Xu Tao looked at his trembling hands, and suddenly cried, tears falling drop after drop, along the way. Seeing Xu Tao's thin cheeks flowing, Xu Tao showed a wry smile on his face, and secretly scolded himself in his heart, "What a coward, Xu Tao, he doesn't look like a man."

Knowing that it is embarrassing for me to cry, but Xu Tao just feels suffocated in his heart. Xu Tao knows that everyone has great hopes for him. Give up, but every time when you lie on the ground, what pair of encouraging eyes you see, what Xu Tao gets is not encouragement but pressure. Xu Tao has never been a person who thinks highly of himself, and Xu Tao knows himself too well. For Xu Tao The subjects he is currently training are too difficult. It's not that he can't see the instructor's frowning again and again, and it's not that he can't see the doubtful eyes of those backup personnel looking at him, but sometimes it's really hard to just work hard. Not enough, at this moment Xu Tao is full of doubt and self-denial towards himself.

The arm that was barely outstretched fell to the side, Xu Tao buried his head between his legs. The current training results are not up to the standard in the plan. Xu Tao knows that the longer the time, the more the results will fall. According to the outline of the plan that I saw, even one-third of the skills I must master cannot be achieved, and even the most basic field first aid cannot meet the standard due to physical strength.

Moreover, the two most difficult subjects, parachute and swimming, will start training after the new year, but the previous training plan cannot be completed by himself. Does Xu Tao really doubt that he can rush into the competition with such results?Even if he rushes in, can he do what he said without holding back?

Xu Tao kept asking himself, but even if he didn't want to face it, the answer was still clearly in front of him. Xu Tao was afraid, it was real fear. If he dragged down all his teammates, Xu Tao couldn't forgive himself. His hard work was in vain, and the honor of the Fifth Battalion was completely lost because of him. How would he face it?

"Xiaotao." Just when Xu Tao denied himself, the gentle touch on the top of his head and the low voice calling from his ear made Xu Tao quietly rub his eyes on his knees, and slightly raised his head to look at the man who didn't know when he entered the room. Meng Zhan sitting beside him.

Xu Tao twitched the corner of his mouth and smiled wryly, "Captain."

In the dark room, Xu Tao sitting in a group on the bed made Meng Zhan feel a little shy. Meng Zhan, who was lying on the bed and couldn't sleep, remembered Xu Tao's damp clothes when he came back. He stood up again and wanted to secretly see if Xu Tao had a fever. , but after quietly opening the door, he found Xu Tao sitting on the bed with his head buried between his legs. Meng Zhan secretly sighed in his heart. In fact, he had carefully studied Xu Tao's training during this period. He may not be able to keep up with the progress, but he is very practical. Both the instructors and the leaders are satisfied with Xu Tao's steady progress. After all, health workers are different from combat personnel, but the instructor also points out that Xu Tao is under too much pressure, especially in the past half month. Xu Tao is going to drive himself crazy. Meng Zhan I also wondered whether to let Xu Tao take a day off. After all, there was no one day off after more than 100 days of high-intensity training. Not to mention Xu Tao, sometimes even the combatants could not bear it.

Xu Tao's wry smile made Meng Zhan frown, Meng Zhan didn't like it, didn't like Xu Tao showing such a smile, but Meng Zhan also saw Xu Tao's red eyes, sighed, Meng Zhan took off his shoes and went to bed, big hand He stretched out and picked up Xu Tao, wrapped him in the quilt and hugged him in his arms, leaned back against the wall, sat down and looked down at Xu Tao, who obviously hadn't reacted, a smile flashed in his eyes, and waited. Bring the little fool back to his senses.

Xu Tao's sluggish brain was half a beat slow since Meng Zhan went to bed and fished himself over, until he was wrapped and hugged in his arms, Meng Zhan leaned against the wall steadily and a little leisurely, Xu Tao didn't react, and waited. After Xu Tao realized the posture of the two of them, his dull brain was like a frying pan. Since childhood, no one has ever hugged him like this, not even his parents, but now he is being treated like a child. Meng Zhan hugged him, and Xu Tao struggled to move in the quilt. Whether he reached the standard or his grades were not ideal, it would all be gone. Xu Tao just wanted to get out of this embarrassing posture quickly.

Meng Zhan tightened his arms, looked down at the moving Xu Tao, his face was no longer bitter, low laughter sounded in the silent room, Meng Zhan allowed Xu Tao to move vigorously as if venting, slowly When there was a layer of sweat on Xu Tao's forehead, his face was not as pale as before, and his expression turned red because of anger and shyness, Meng Zhan hugged Xu Tao tightly with one hand and patted Xu Tao's back with the other, "Don't Move around, you think you are light, like a pig."

Xu Tao is about to blow up the fryer, who is the pig?Is there such a skinny pig?Besides, who asked you to hug him, what does it look like to be hugged by someone like yourself?You bully others with your training results, and you want to rest for a while when you go back to the dormitory. Are you still bullying?The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more angry he struggled, Meng Zhan looked down and saw that Xu Tao's eyes really had anger, he slightly loosened his arms, but he didn't let go completely, but just wrapped his hands loosely Xu Tao, "Xiaotao, do you want to give up? Don't want to participate in the competition?"

Xu Tao's brain full of anger will react very quickly. Hearing Meng Zhan's doubts about him, he suddenly raised his head and stared at his eyes full of anger, "You fart, when did I say I won't participate in the competition? When did I say give up?" gone?"

Xu Tao's low roar just made Meng Zhan squint at Xu Tao, "If you don't give up, why don't you sleep in the middle of the night and pretend to be melancholy?"

"You are depressed, when did I become depressed, I just can't sleep, sit up and move my back." After Xu Tao yelled, why did he think this was so awkward?But looking at Meng Zhan's obvious expression of disbelief, Xu Tao resisted the sudden rising of guilt and stared at Meng Zhan with wide eyes, expressing that what he said was true.

Seeing Xu Tao's wide-eyed eyes with a little guilt, Meng Zhan smiled lowly, lowered his head and bumped Xu Tao's forehead, and pressed against Xu Tao's forehead to prevent him from escaping, "Xiao Tao, how long have we known each other? I don’t know what kind of dung you are lifting your buttocks? Do you think you can’t do it when you move your back? Do you think you can’t handle it anymore? Do you think the instructor is dissatisfied with you? The eyes of other comrades in arms are full of suspicion ? Even with myself, I doubt that I will be a hindrance."

Xu Tao wanted to open his mouth to refute Meng Zhan's one question after another without stopping, but he couldn't say it when he reached his mouth. What are you pretending to be?Everyone can see the results of my training, but I really can't do it.

Xu Tao, who suddenly seemed to have lost all his strength, leaned against Meng Zhan's chest in frustration, and looked down at the washed white quilt, "Captain, I'm tired, very tired, sometimes I really want to lie on my stomach I can't get up on the ground, but whenever you encourage me to stand up, I think I can't let you down, but I really can't, no matter how hard I try, I still can't keep up with the progress, I'm afraid, I'm afraid to really go When I entered the arena, I dragged down everyone’s footsteps. Captain, I know I’m not a smart person. I even thought, forget about being exhausted.”

The choking of the last sentence made Meng Zhan feel distressed. Meng Zhan knew that the training subjects in the training syllabus were too difficult for Xu Tao, and could even be said to be a task that could not be completed at all. Meng Zhan patted Xu Tao on the back as if to comfort him, listening Xu Tao muttered what was in his heart, but his mind was spinning quickly. The health workers actually had only one purpose in the competition, which was field rescue. As long as they could keep up with the team and fulfill the responsibility of a health worker, Meng Zhan suddenly realized that all of their Everyone went into a misunderstanding, trying to train Xu Tao into a combat team member, but completely ignored Xu Tao's professional nature.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhan looked down at Xu Tao who was bowing his head, stretched out his hand to lift Xu Tao's drooping head, Xu Tao looked at Meng Zhan with red eyes, Meng Zhan smiled, lowered his head slightly, and lightly bumped Xu Tao's forehead , "Xiaotao, if all the training subjects are stopped and you are only allowed to exercise your physical fitness, do you think you can persist in a full-speed raid of 200 kilometers for four days and three nights during the competition?"

Xu Tao was stunned, although he didn't understand what Meng Zhan meant, but he still thought about it seriously, and after a while, Xu Tao nodded slowly, "Yes, if I only exercise physical fitness, I can last for four days Three nights of competition."

Meng Zhan smiled, and patted Xu Tao on the back, "Xiao Tao, we are all stupid. In fact, the only duty of a health worker is field rescue. You only need to keep up with the team during the competition. Those training subjects are really useful. There are not many, and there are only three items in detail, rock climbing, parachuting, and swimming. Rock climbing, there is a safety rope, and we will take you over the rock wall; while parachuting, you only need to jump off; as for swimming, there is an assault boat. You don’t need to row a boat, but you have to learn to swim; you see, in fact, there is not much that you really need to do, the rest is a 200-kilometer raid, all you need is your physical strength to keep up, but I believe your physical strength is completely lacking. question."

Following Meng Zhan's soft explanation, Xu Tao's eyes slowly lit up, he freed his hands, grabbed Meng Zhan's arm, and looked at Meng Zhan eagerly, "Captain, is it okay?"

Meng Zhan nodded seriously, "Okay, I will go to the leader tomorrow to communicate. We have all entered a misunderstanding and ignored your responsibilities. You are a health worker and not a combatant. You don't need to train those subjects at all."

Xu Tao looked at Meng Zhan with some excitement. Although he also felt that what Meng Zhan said was reasonable, he also understood that neither Meng Zhan nor himself made the final decision. Can the leaders agree?

But regardless of whether he agrees or disagrees, Xu Tao is grateful, warm, and unknown to Meng Zhan, who is sincerely thinking about himself at this moment. , from the embarrassment of the first acquaintance to the search in the vast desert, I don’t remember when it started. Whenever I looked up, I saw this person’s lean but straight back, like an old hen guarding his back everyone.

Meng Zhan let Xu Tao stare at him in a daze with a peaceful face, slowly and quietly tightened his arms, tightly bound the little fool's thin body in his arms, and gently stroked the little fool's bony body with his palm consciously. On the back, when Xu Tao recovered from his memory and found himself leaning against Meng Zhan's arms again, he suddenly lost the initial shame and anger, and instead automatically adjusted a comfortable posture for himself. Xu Tao's actions made Meng Zhan's eyes flash With a hint of surprise, he looked down at Xu Tao who had his eyes closed, and tightened his arms again.

"Brother, I'm tired, you can stay with me for a while." Xu Tao's low voice showed undisguised tiredness, Meng Zhan lowered his head and put his chin on Xu Tao's head, "Sleep, I'll be with you."

Xu Tao, who lowered his head, twitched the corners of his mouth, his closed eyes slightly bent, and he told himself quietly in his heart, "Xu Tao, just this time, just indulge this time, the captain is not your shield, the captain is not your wall, you can take a temporary rest But it can’t be relied on, otherwise.” Xu Tao’s heart sank for a moment, he didn’t know why he thought of the irresponsible couple, and after throwing away the couple who suddenly appeared, Xu Tao calmed down and counted the heartbeats in his ears slowly. past.

Meng Zhan, who hugged Xu Tao tightly, looked down at Xu Tao who was sleeping in his arms, with joy and slight excitement in his heart, tightening his arms, Meng Zhan carefully and secretly put his lips on Xu Tao's forehead, and raised his head again. There is a tenderness and nostalgia on Zhan's face that no one can see.

The next day, for the first time, Xu Tao did not wake up from the noise of the alarm clock. Xu Tao, who woke up naturally, opened his eyes and saw the white light outside the window. He rushed to open the room and rushed out. Just when he reached the corner, Xu Tao bounced out with a bang, and was grabbed by someone and hugged him in his arms.

Xu Tao looked up in fright, Meng Zhan looked at him with a smile, Xu Tao quickly patted Meng Zhan and wrapped his arms around him, "Captain quickly let go, I'm late." Zhan got out of his arm and was about to run outside.

Meng Zhan grabbed Xu Tao, "You have a rest today." Xu Tao froze and looked back at Meng Zhan, his eyes widened with surprise and confusion, "I rest? Why?"

Meng Zhan laughed, and took Xu Tao back to Xu Tao's dormitory. Xu Tao's face was full of doubts and his heart was still a little heavy. Did he disqualify himself from the competition because of his poor grades?

Meng Zhan took Xu Tao back to the dormitory and saw the doubts and worries on Xu Tao's face when he looked back, so he tapped Xu Tao, "What are you thinking? After discussing it, your training plan is re-customized, a new training outline will start tomorrow, and you will be given a day off today so that you can take a good rest."

Meng Zhan just told Xu Tao the result, but did not say how the result came about. Meng Zhan pulled Zhou Wei out of the bed at six o'clock in the morning, and the two discussed Xu Tao's training outline. They patted the table and pointed to their noses. They quarreled for more than an hour, until all the instructors were called, and the final conclusion was that Xu Tao could change the plan, but Meng Zhan issued a military order. During the game, Meng Zhan was responsible for everything Xu Tao did. This competition did not achieve the expected results, so Meng Zhan waited to take off his military uniform and retire.

Meng Zhan didn't say all this. For Meng Zhan, the process is not important, as long as he meets his own requirements. Xu Tao can't meet the training standards, but Meng Zhan can. There are still nine months to go. On the basis of improving the existing achievements again.

But Meng Zhan didn't intend to tell Xu Tao, as long as he saw Xu Tao's surprised face, with a smile, seeing Xu Tao's bright smile for the first time in more than 100 days, Meng Zhan felt it was worth it.

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After the episode, I have a fever and a headache~!