CHAPTER 337: CHAPTER 194: EAVESDROPPING

"Luo... Luoluo... cough..." While eating, Xing Nong suddenly got excited, and accidentally choked on a grain of rice, coughing so hard her face turned red. Luo Ye quickly passed her some water: "Hurry, drink some water to ease it down. What’s the rush in talking?"

Yaoguang nodded: "Yeah, the way you’re getting all worked up, it looks as if you’ve done something wrong to Luoluo?"

"Nonsense!" After swallowing half a glass of water, Nong finally stopped coughing: "I just remembered, we haven’t completed the punishment task from this morning. Are we going to run or not?"

Bai Qingchu pouted: "Run what run? Both of you are already this exhausted and you still want to run? That’s too inhumane."

Yaoguang hesitated and looked around: "I... I think I also have to run 10 laps, but it was Instructor Shao who assigned it. So, do we still run?"

Xing Nong made a pained face: "Yaoguang, your task is easy to negotiate. Just talk to the instructor and it’ll be fine. But for me and Luoluo, our instructor doesn’t report to the Commander; the Commander shouldn’t interfere with the instructor’s duties. If that ’female Yama’ grabs hold of us, we’ll really be in trouble!"

Bai Qingchu looked puzzled at Xing Nong: "Why can’t the Commander manage the Instructor? Isn’t his military rank higher?"

"Sigh, girl, lower ranks salute higher ranks; that’s a strict rule. Military personnel must obey orders, a widely recognized slogan. Obedience, specifically, refers to subordinates within the same system obeying their superiors.

The Commander is only temporarily here for military training, while the Instructor is a formally appointed school staff. Her duty is to assist the Commander with normal training tasks.

In principle, the Commander has no right to interfere with the duties within the Instructor’s responsibilities. Of course, with the Commander’s abilities, using a bit of privilege could definitely solve it, but he’s such an upright person; he wouldn’t want to use special privileges for such trifles, right?

And punishing me and Luoluo, you can’t clearly say she’s wrong, and you can’t clearly say she’s right either. In normal terms, she’s excessive, but from a disciplinary perspective, she isn’t — it’s just different standards of measurement. Oh... explaining this clearly to you would take a lot, and over time you’ll understand."

Bai Qingchu thought for a moment: "Hmm, I mostly understand. To use a metaphor, within the same battalion, you absolutely obey from the bottom up, but specific task assignments definitely cannot overstep the hierarchy to avoid chaos and conflicting orders. For different battalions, in principle, one cannot randomly command those of lower rank than oneself, right?"

"Pretty much. Otherwise, if higher positions could just order lower ones around, wouldn’t it cause chaos that spreads to the Pacific Ocean? Of course, during war when the battalion system is disrupted and casualties are high, gathered soldiers must follow the principle of lower ranks obeying higher ranks and reassemble into temporary battalions.

However, the situation with the Commander and the Instructor is different; it’s a mess that’s hard to resolve. As for the school and military, they don’t have a subordinate relationship either. Sigh..." Xing Nong twisted her hair in frustration: "I’d rather the Commander be the Instructor, and the Instructor be the Commander."

Bai Qingchu stared at Xing Nong in horror: "Are... are you out of your mind?"

Luo Ye chuckled: "Of course, she wants to live. The ’Devil Instructor’ only lasts three months, but the Devil Instructor lasts four years. Think about it, which would you choose?"

Bai Qingchu weakly looked around: "Can I choose neither?"

Xing Nong tapped Bai Qingchu’s chopsticks: "Daydreaming and forcing others to join you is not good behavior. Hurry up and eat. Although the captain said we could relax, we need to remain disciplined, right?"

Yaoguang nodded: "Exactly, we’re the only few people in the entire dining hall. Staying here too long draws too much attention, speed up."

By the time they reached the entrance of the dining hall, Luo Ye had made up his mind: "To avoid heavier punishment, we should act proactively. Xing Nong, let’s go find the ’female Yama’... I mean the Instructor. Yaoguang, you go find Instructor Shao.

If we really need to run, then let’s run. No one dies from training. Against such ’Devil Commanders’, our job is to out-devil them and infuriate her!"

"Do... do you want me to accompany you?" Bai Qingchu’s voice trembled.

Luo Ye waved his hand: "No need, you go back."

Bai Qingchu hesitated and looked towards Xing Nong: "I...I’m not a fence-sitter, just scared."

"I know, I’m already quite satisfied with how you did today. Go back, girls are about to meet King Yan!" Xing Nong looked at Yaoguang: "You shouldn’t come with us either. Let’s split into three, and move out!"

...

"Shoot, why do you keep swallowing your saliva. Should I just go in myself? She wouldn’t dare to eat me." Luo Ye amusingly watched Xing Nong, who seemed full of righteousness walking there but wilted when they reached the second-floor staircase.

"I’m just not thirsty..." Xing Nong giggled: "Okay, I admit, I’m a bit nervous... hehe..."

"Look at the little nerve you’ve got. People like her, you need to stand firmer, the softer you are, the more she will bully you!"

When they reached door 206, Xing Nong stretched out her paw to knock, but suddenly a male voice inside startled her, causing her to quickly retract her paw.

"Menglin, dad just wants you to have dinner with us, get to know the relatives and friends. I will definitely bring you back before 10 PM. I’ve waited for so long to have you back..."

Xing Nong shivered and lowered her voice: "Menglin? Is that the Instructor speaking, huh?"

Luo Ye nodded, pointing towards the door: "Let’s listen for a bit to decide whether to leave or enter."

"I’m not going!" Hang Menglin’s emotionless voice came out.

"Why?"

"I’m not married to you, why should I go? Today is my duty day, what does it look like if I leave for personal matters? Want to trap me in misconduct?"

"Menglin, dad only has one birthday a year, can’t you make an exception? You can ask a colleague for help, right?"

"Who doesn’t have a birthday once a year? It’d be troublesome to celebrate twice! If I said I’m not going, then I’m not going. Why all the fuss?"

"Hang Menglin, can you please be a bit reasonable? Isn’t it natural for a future daughter-in-law to attend her father-in-law’s birthday banquet?"

"Who is your future daughter-in-law? Liang Huaping, if you keep nagging, our friendship as classmates is over!"

"Me...I am a man. I have to be responsible for you, right?"

"Did I ask you to be responsible? People should take responsibility for their own actions. It’s my fault if I suffer losses when I’m drunk. If I can’t even handle this, do I still deserve to call myself a soldier?"

Luo Ye quickly covered Xing Nong’s mouth and cautiously moved her to the staircase entrance. My gosh, this was too explosive. If the female Yama found out their privacy got leaked, wouldn’t she eat them alive?

"You’re trying to suffocate me?" After reaching the first floor, Luo Ye finally took her hand off Xing Nong’s mouth.

Luo Ye lowered her voice: "If I don’t suffocate you, you’d scream! We are trainees, got it? Trainees can be tortured for valid reasons by her. Although we want to train harder, it doesn’t mean we should be masochists and give her the opportunity!"

"Right, I really got too excited," Xing Nong said, patting her forehead in fear. "What shocked me is that there are actually men who want to marry her? Luoluo..." Someone’s eyes glistened: "Should we hide and see what that man looks like?"

Luo Ye shook her head: "No, not interested."

"Just a look, Luo Luo, I’m just curious," Xing Nong whined, tugging on Luo Ye’s arm.

"You’re impossible!" Luo Ye started walking forward while Xing Nong’s face fell: "Just curious, really. You’re stripping away the small joys of life."

"I didn’t say no, did I?" Luo Ye rolled her eyes: "Do you want to wait at the door to be caught by her? Can you guarantee she won’t come down with that man or look down from a window?"

Xing Nong gave a thumbs up, impressed: "Boss, respect, respect."

Luo Ye pushed Xing Nong’s finger back: "Hanging gourds under the utility poles, fitting lamps!"

As soon as they hid behind the wall, they saw a man in his 30s walk out from Building No. 2, about 178 cm tall, moderately built, with an ordinary face and glasses, looking quite gentle.

"Not a bad guy, how could he not think this through?" Xing Nong retracted her head, puzzled.

"Let’s hurry to the West Playground. She’s bound to check on us after this incident, run!" Luo Ye pulled Xing Nong and they dashed off.

They had only run half a lap when Hang Menglin appeared on the West Playground. When they reached her, she yelled, "Stop!"

The two pretended to do cool-down exercises.

"Alright, let’s call it a day. Dismissed!"

Mou Ye and Mou Nong exchanged incredulous looks, then quickly stood at attention and saluted: "Yes, Instructor!"

"I’m not unreasonable; I just don’t like trainees who don’t follow discipline. Understand?"

"Understood!"

"Good, you can go now."

Walking a good distance away, Xing Nong patted her chest: "Love really changes people. It seems that man came to find her and saved us. Too bad, she’ll probably revert to her usual self someday!"

Luo Ye chuckled and punched Xing Nong playfully: "Be content, let’s go take a shower. I feel awful!"

"Luo Ye?" At the dormitory staircase, a pretty girl stopped Luo Ye.

"Yes, I’m Luo Ye. And you are?" Luo Ye looked at her curiously, sure that she didn’t know her.

The girl smiled: "I’m Feng Hua, from the ’99 class. I want to talk to you about something..." she gestured reassuringly: "Don’t worry, it’s nothing bad."

Luo Ye tugged at her clothes: "Can we talk after I shower? I feel uncomfortable."

"Sure, I’ll wait for you at the entrance of the West Playground," Feng Hua smiled and waved as she left.

Xing Nong watched Feng Hua’s departing figure with a puzzled face: "Luoluo, she’s not in love with Boss Ye or someone, wanting to challenge you, is she?"

"Stop imagining things. Let’s shower quickly, and we’ll know after I talk to her. Who am I to be afraid?"

"Right, who is Luoluo? A little leopard!"

"Annoying, I’ll kick you!"

Nu’an update number two, let me clarify: what follows is not a typical jealousy plot. It’ll surprise you, hehe.

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