CHAPTER 816: CHAPTER 717: DISLOCATED LIVES 15

There are doctors specifically in the summer camp to handle some emergencies that happen during the kids’ training. Coach Wang took Meng Jiao there.

There were two male and two female doctors there. After Coach Wang mentioned the need to assess Meng Jiao’s injuries, he handed her over to the two female doctors. The female doctors initially assumed that a student at the camp had bullied another girl.

Since it wasn’t appropriate for Coach Wang to speak ill of a student in front of others, he merely mentioned the injury assessment and left. The two female doctors, noticing Meng Jiao looking wronged and on the verge of tears, initially felt a bit of pity before calming her down and beginning the examination.

Meng Jiao remembered Mo Siqi hitting her in private areas. Mo Siqi, being a girl, probably assumed Meng Jiao would feel embarrassed to expose those areas for examination, but Meng Jiao was unbothered, stripping down completely, startling the two female doctors.

However, once she undressed, Meng Jiao was dumbfounded to see that the places Mo Siqi had viciously hit her bore no marks. Instead, she had a couple of bruises on her arms and legs, but they weren’t even classified as minor injuries and certainly didn’t indicate bullying.

In fact, these two bruises were intentionally left by Wen Shuangshuang. During the struggle with Mo Siqi, a physical confrontation with Meng Jiao was inevitable, making it plausible for her to have bruises. It would have been odd if no marks were left during such a tussle.

Normally, someone without bruises would be believable, but since Meng Jiao insisted on the injury assessment and her facial marks seemed to have slightly expanded, Wen Shuangshuang speculated that Meng Jiao might have a constitution that bruises easily, like bruising with a light touch, hence the two bruises were left.

Earlier, Meng Jiao thought that stripping would reveal her body covered with terrifying marks. The two female doctors also expected to see a girl covered in injuries when Meng Jiao stripped completely, yet there were hardly any marks on her body.

One of the female doctors held Meng Jiao’s hand, carefully checking her body. When she released her and looked elsewhere, she noticed a large red mark on the spot she had been holding on Meng Jiao’s arm.

The doctor was stunned. She didn’t use any force, yet Meng Jiao’s skin showed such a large red mark. This made the doctor think of people who are particularly prone to leaving visible marks even from minor injuries, suggesting that the bruises on this girl’s body might not be from being hit but perhaps from a light accidental bump or scrape.

Both female doctors’ expressions soured. They wondered if this girl was using her bruise-prone body to frame someone else. With this thought in mind, when the doctors looked at Meng Jiao’s pitiful face, their attitudes shifted.

With stern faces, they had Meng Jiao get dressed. After they went out, they directly told Coach Wang that Meng Jiao’s body only had a few bruises and that Meng Jiao had a constitution prone to marking, meaning even slight abrasions could leave a trace.

Upon hearing this, Coach Wang frowned, casting an annoyed glance at the miserable, sobbing Meng Jiao. Everything became clear: Mo Siqi must have hit Meng Jiao, but not severely, and Wen Shuangshuang intervened in time.

Meng Jiao, knowing her body bruised easily, wanted to use it to frame Wen Shuangshuang and Mo Siqi. While her scheme wasn’t meticulous, it was malicious enough.

Enraged by Meng Jiao’s malice, Coach Wang didn’t take Meng Jiao back; he immediately sent her to isolation. Meng Jiao pouted but dared not speak because being in isolation meant no training, no meals from the small window, and no chores, so she complied willingly.

No matter how compliant Meng Jiao seemed, Coach Wang had already decided to call her parents to take her away. He wouldn’t allow a student like Meng Jiao to remain in the camp.

Laziness, unwillingness to work, or not fitting in were all teachable issues, like Mo Siqi who was once troublesome, but a malicious heart and bad character weren’t teachable in a two-month camp.

With Meng Jiao absent for a night, Wen Shuangshuang and her two friends had a restful sleep. Early the next morning, passing by the isolation room, it was silent within. Whether Meng Jiao was actually confined, Wen Shuangshuang figured she wouldn’t be staying after this incident.

Indeed, after a day of training, news spread that Meng Jiao was taken home by her parents. It was said her mother pleaded with Coach Wang for a long time, but he firmly expelled Meng Jiao from camp.

Enraged, Meng Jiao’s mother even hit Meng Jiao before leaving with her crying daughter. Hearing this, Wen Shuangshuang, Wang Xiao, and Mo Siqi breathed a collective sigh of relief, finally free of the unpredictable tricks of their former roommate.

The day after Meng Jiao’s departure, students who had been discussing the incident had no more interest in why she was expelled, as their training regimen changed once more.

At the morning lineup, before running, Coach Wang announced their first training: a five-kilometer cross-country run with gear—blankets, pots, bowls, kettles, and extendable camping tents.

Though these weren’t like military gear, the meaning was the same. Everyone carried equipment as they ran outside the camp, and the pace of the cross-country run was swift. Though little was added, the five-kilometer run left them exhausted.

Fortunately, everyone’s fitness had improved. After the five-kilometer run, they could still hold on, with Wen Shuangshuang making the most progress. Previously, she needed help when running unburdened. Now, after the run, she was the least tired of all.

Wang Xiao pointed at Wen Shuangshuang, breathing heavily, exclaimed, "You’re a freak! Your fitness is improving way too fast. How am I supposed to handle this as someone who’s trained since childhood?"

Relax the body with a slow walk, then stand at attention for fifteen minutes. After breakfast and a half-hour rest, instead of practicing diving, the coach had them doing push-ups, sit-ups, frog jumps, pull-ups, climbing high walls, and crawling under low nets.

After this entire routine, all the students were wiped out. Although the training volume was only half of what real soldiers endured, it already left these boys and girls feeling like they were on the brink of death. By the day’s end, trembling arms and legs were normal.