I'm a substitute for my wife's Bai Yueguang...

A new week has begun, and the training intensity this week has not increased much compared to last week, probably to let us all get used to it.

But just like what Instructor Zhang said, new trainees are arranged for night patrols every night.Patrols are carried out in shifts, with two people at each sentry point in each shift, one in one area, that is, old students lead new students.

As a matter of course, under the arrangement of Instructor Zhang, I was assigned to the same class as Director Nan.

After evening practice on Thursday night, Director Nan came up to me.

"After going back in a while, take the time to rest after you wash up, and I will call you when it's time to get up." Director Nan told me.

I nodded.

Tonight it is our turn to be on duty. The time is from 12:30 pm to 03:30 am, a total of three hours. After that, other students will come to take over.

Doomed not to get a good night’s sleep tonight, I went back to the dormitory and raced against time to wash and wash my clothes, then put on new clothes and socks, and went to bed with my eyes closed after the dormitory was finished.

It may be that the four days of military training were too tiring, and I fell asleep as soon as I closed my eyes.

I slept so deeply that when Director Nan shook me, I was dreaming of rafting.

"Yan Minqi, wake up, get up and patrol at night." Director Nan lowered his voice and whispered in my ear.

As soon as I heard the night patrol, I opened my eyes reflexively and woke up immediately.

With the light from the window, I saw Director Nan who was leaning over and standing in front of my bed, and I hurriedly sat up from the bed.

Seeing that I was about to get up, Director Nan stood up straight and took a step back, then turned around and walked to the side to wait for me.

Since I was dressed earlier, I can walk now with my shoes on.

I quickly tied my shoelaces, stood up, and walked to Director Nan.

"Director Nan, I'm fine." I whispered, afraid of waking up other students.

Director Nan nodded and took me out of the dormitory.

We came to the sentry point, handed over to the previous team, and then started night patrolling.

Director Nan took me to familiarize myself with the patrol route, and told me that we were only in charge of this small area, and other areas were also being patrolled at the moment.

We were walking on the campus in the early morning, and there was a burst of insects in the grass from time to time. The night air was cool, and the slight wind was blowing on our bodies, which was very pleasant.

"Director Nan, do you often take this road at night?" I asked out loud.

The two of us walked for a long time without talking, and I could even catch the footprints of the wind passing by my ears.

"We will often change the patrol route," Director Nan explained, "In order to keep the enthusiasm of the patrol personnel and avoid slack, except for the necessary patrol routes, the rest will be redeployed at regular intervals, and the personnel on duty will also be randomly assigned. "

"That's right." I nodded.That said, Nam Guidance doesn't take the same route repeatedly.

"But," Director Nan suddenly thought of something, and there was a lazy smile in his voice, "You look up."

I followed his instructions and looked up at the sky. There were many bright stars in the sky, as if they were very close to me.

"It's beautiful." Director Nan said with a smile, "No matter which patrol route you take, you will actually see the same starry sky."

I looked at the stars in the sky, and suddenly felt that my mood at the moment seemed to be a little moved.

"Pay attention to the road." Director Nan tugged at my arm.

The moment Director Nan's palm touched my skin, my heart seemed to be filled with the warmth of his palm.

Director Nan quickly let go of me.

"Director Nan, do you know these stars?" I asked in order to divert my attention.

"I know you," Director Nan smiled slightly, and then pointed out to me, "Look at that star over there, isn't it quite visible? It's Mars. According to the brightness observed by the naked eye, it is classified as ..."

"Can you see it?" Director Nan glanced back at me and found that my eyes were dim, so he knew that I didn't know which star he was talking about.

"Come here." Director Nan beckoned me to come up to him.

I leaned down slightly, bringing my head to his face.

"See?" He raised his finger to show me again.

Seeing that I didn't say anything, he directly grabbed the back of my head with his backhand and brought my chin to his shoulder.

Now my chin rests on his shoulder, my cheek against his.

He let go of the back of my head and pointed in the direction of Mars again, "Can I see it this time?"

This time I clearly followed the direction of his fingertips and saw the Mars he just mentioned.

"Well! I can see it!" I said happily.

He pushed my head off his shoulder, "Let's go."

"Director Nan, do you know other stars?" I asked excitedly, and continued walking with him.

"I don't know." Director Nan replied bluntly.

"Okay." I froze instantly.

"Anyway, you don't remember if I told you." Director Nan muttered in a low voice.

"Huh? When did you tell me?" The night was very quiet, and I heard his whispered complaint clearly.

"I haven't said it." Director Nan seemed a little angry, and quite cute, "I talked about it in my dream."

What Director Nan said sounded a little bit of anger in it. Although I didn't understand it, I was still a little guilty in terms of momentum.

"Then tell me again now and see if I can remember." I said eagerly.

Director Nan stopped and looked back at me, then turned back, "Don't tell me."

He strode forward, walking quickly.I hastened to follow.

Director Nan heard my footsteps and stopped. I didn't react and stepped on it.

"Silly dog." Director Nan turned around, looked up at me, and added, "Daredevil." After finishing speaking, he turned and continued walking.

I am a little bit wronged.Although I stepped on Director Nan's heel, but I really didn't mean it, did I step on him too hard, that's why he was so angry...

"Director Nan!" I chased up from behind and called out to Director Nan.

Director Nan slowed down, but did not turn to look at me.

"I'm sorry!" I said loudly, "I didn't mean to just now."

Director Nan's footsteps stopped, and he finally turned his head to look at me, "Childish."

Did he just laugh?He was against the light, and I couldn't quite see the expression on his face.

"Why are you still standing there?" Director Nan saw that I was still stuck in place, and said, "Come on, we haven't finished half of the journey yet."

So I followed up in a hurry.

Director Nan said that night patrols are usually performed by two people separately, and generally they don’t go together like this, because they are new students, so let’s get acquainted with this form for the time being.

I nodded.

Director Nan didn't talk to me much after that, and the night patrol became extremely silent.

Until 03:30, when the mission was over, we went back to the sentry point for the handover.

After the handover work was completed, Director Nan sent me downstairs to the dormitory.

"Go back, you can still sleep for a while." Director Nan said to me.

I nodded, said "Goodbye, Director Nan" to him, and then went upstairs.

I walked along the railing on the side of the corridor to the door of the dormitory. I deliberately stayed close to the railing so that I could see downstairs.

Director Nan was still standing under the street lamp.It wasn't until I walked to the door of the dormitory that I looked back again, and the figure under the street lamp moved and left.

I went back to the dormitory and lay on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep.

After getting along during this time, I think Director Nan is a very gentle person.

Although when we first met, I felt that he was a bit cold and harsh, and difficult to approach, but after actual contact, I found that he was actually more serious and responsible, without any pretensions, and sometimes unexpectedly cute.

Last week, I could accept Director Nan's occasional indifference and ignorance of me, but tonight his hot and cold attitude towards me made me feel inexplicably irritated at the moment.

I closed my eyes, and the more I thought about it, the more chaotic I became, and the more I thought about it, the more energetic I was. I started to sort out my thoughts from the first day I entered school, and sorted out until he sent me back tonight.

I tossed and turned in bed, and couldn't figure out what was wrong.

The roommate on the upper bunk suddenly turned over heavily, causing my lower bunk to sway and sway, and my heart was beating accordingly, and I felt my breathing became a little short.

It may be that the training during the day is too tiring, coupled with staying up late and thinking wildly, the heart is a little overloaded.

I tried to adjust my breathing, get rid of the miscellaneous thoughts in my head, and let myself fall asleep quickly.

Can't sleep.

And it's hard not to think about it.

The wake-up call finally blew and I got out of bed, I looked out the window and realized it was my first night.

The head is like sleepwalking.

The sun was so hot this morning that we were sweating down our necks just standing in the military posture.

Director Nan didn't look at me when he walked past me.

He used to check carefully every time he passed by, picking on my faults, but not this time.

I'm a little lost.

"Because today is Friday? Everyone is not in a high mood!" Instructor Zhang walked around leisurely, looked at everyone and said, "Waiting for the holiday, right? Everyone is listless, and they don't look like soldiers!"

"All of them!" Instructor Zhang shouted dissatisfiedly, "3000 meters ready!"

3000 meters is okay, instructor Zhang is still merciful, I thought to myself.

The sun rose higher and higher, and by the time I ran the last lap, my top was soaked through the chest.

Director Nan didn't follow me this time either. He stood by and watched us run from a distance, just as indifferent and alienated as when I first saw him.

After running to the finish line, we all panted and rested.

I lowered my head, my head was suddenly dizzy, my eyes couldn't see anything, I could feel that I fell to the ground, but I couldn't use my strength at all, my hands and feet didn't listen to me.

I seem to smell a faint fragrance, someone helped me up from the ground, why do I feel dizzy... Ah, am I head down?Somebody picked me up?This is too exciting... I thought in a daze.

"Yan Minqi, Yan Minqi?" Someone was calling me, the voice sounded in my buzzing ears, it seemed a little familiar.

"Director Nan...is that you..." I opened my eyes but couldn't see the picture in front of me, I reached out to grab the air, "I can't see..."

"Don't move, it's me." Director Nan pressed my hand and said, "Sit down properly."

Then he pinched my face and poured something super nasty into my mouth, so nasty that I wanted to call for help.

"Swallow it." Director Nan ordered.

His tone was a bit fierce, but I was obedient right away.I swallowed obediently, without any emotion.

Director Nan sat behind me and asked me to lean back.

I leaned on his back and felt that what I drank just now was not so bitter.

After a while, my vision returned to normal.But Director Nan didn't ask me, so I don't really want to say, I want to stay like this for a while longer with him.

"How do you feel now? Is it better?" Director Nan behind me suddenly asked.

With a guilty conscience, I was so frightened that I stood up on the spot.

I jerked together, my head was still a little dizzy, I supported my head, and slowly turned to face him.

Director Nan looked up at me in surprise, "How are you?"

I said truthfully: "It seems that there is no..."

"Sit down," Director Nan ordered, "rest in place for 10 minutes."

"What about you?" I blurted out.

Director Nan gave me a blank look and motioned for me to sit next to him.

"Yes!" I stood at attention and saluted, grinning at him.

Director Nan didn't have any expression on his face, but he didn't tell me to shut up and stop laughing either.

I leaned over and sat down, shifted my position, and leaned against Director Nan's back like before, thinking that I would be able to sleep well tonight.