Chapter 716: Chapter 716

The grueling military training continued.

As the days of military training went on, students felt that each day was more tiring than the last, with yesterday being the most relaxing day!

It started with a 7 am assembly at the beginning, but later it turned into a 6:30 am assembly for a morning run, and only after the run could they have breakfast! Then after breakfast, they still needed to stand at attention and march!

It was simply too brutal!

Minal almost fainted every day...

Every day, she found a way to be lazy!

She even wished she could faint twice because once was not enough!

However, because of cowardice, she didn’t dare to repeat the trick too often, as the instructor wasn’t a fool with a donkey’s brain...

The instructors in the first few days of military training were very strict, showing no leniency and doling out punishments sincerely, filling the hearts of students with resentment.

Minal cursed the instructor several times every day when she returned to the dormitory! She blamed the instructor for having no pity for the fragility of young girls!

When it came to housekeeping, the girls’ dormitory was let off the hook.

It was said that there was supposed to be an inspection.

But after much deliberation by a few instructors at the girls’ dormitory, they all felt it wasn’t appropriate, and the straightforwardness ingrained in their bones as soldiers retreated their courage.

In the end, they reached a consensus and decided not to enter.

This made the girls very happy, as all the girls received full marks for housekeeping.

It was said that various aspects of the military training were to be graded as well, and it was even linked to the students’ GPA, so it was also very important.

So, the students spent a full 4 days of painful and tormenting physical training...

Finally, on the 5th day, they got to enjoy the comfortable military theory classes.

Military theory classes were probably the most pleasant afternoons the students had during these days...

In a large amphitheater classroom sat students from several classes, on top, the lecture was given by a company commander, and of course, there were slideshow presentations.

The instructors sat behind the students, constantly watching them and reminding them not to fall asleep during the military theory class.

Pu Sangzhi noticed that their class’s Instructor Chen had quietly fallen asleep himself.

Military theory class was tedious.

During the class, many students were distracted, some were playing with their phones, and of course, some were sleeping.

Pu Sangzhi sat in a row with a few girls from her dorm, with Minal and Wei Zixuan sitting on her left and right sides.

All three of them were playing with their phones because a few minutes earlier, they were added to a [Freshman Group].

The group was one without advisors, just students. And it wasn’t just students from the Civil Engineering Department, but also freshmen from other departments...

The purpose of creating this group...

Pu Sangzhi thought, was probably related to the freshman ball!

Because everyone was talking about the content of the freshman ball...

After the end of military training, the university would organize a freshman ball.

It was a major social event, where students needed to find partners to attend the ball on their own.

Of course, those without partners would be left out, looking pitiful at the ball where everyone else came in pairs...

Therefore, military training turned out to be an important process for finding partners.

This stage was a great opportunity for students to get to know each other and find dance partners!

Tsinghua was a school with a significant gender ratio disparity, so the boys were the most excited in the large group chat.

Boys from various departments were showing off photos of the most beautiful girls from their departments...

Pu Sangzhi, as the Civil Engineering Department’s beauty and goddess, also had her photo shared in the group chat!

Instantly, a group of guys in the chat fawned over her! They hoped to win Pu Sangzhi over as their dance partner!

All of this was seen by Pu Sangzhi, but she didn’t speak out and just quietly watched...

Actually, she was waiting for Huo Feng to stand out and say something possessive like, "She is my partner, who dares to covet her?"

But Huo Feng didn’t stand out...

In the group, instead, two people with very similar IDs were vying for her...

One was Gu Yihao: [The beauty of the Civil Engineering Department is mine, nobody else compete with me! No one can beat me!]

The other was Gu Erhao: [The beauty of the Civil Engineering Department, just give up on her! I’ve reserved her! You guys don’t stand a chance!]

These two were utterly shameless!

Pu Sangzhi didn’t know them and had never seen these two people before, so she had no idea where they got the face to keep making such boasting claims in the group chat!

"So disgusting, these two guys..."

Wei Zixuan said in a low voice beside her, "Sangzhi, why don’t you come out and say that you have a boyfriend?"

Pu Sangzhi looked down at her phone and saw that 2 minutes ago, she sent a WeChat to Huo Feng: [Why don’t you stand out and say you’re my boyfriend?]

Huo Feng replied with: [Guess?]

His two-word reply made Pu Sangzhi slightly annoyed. It messed with her so much that she didn’t even want to clarify anymore!

"Hehe, I think I know who those two people are."

Minal tugged at Pu Sangzhi’s sleeve and whispered with covered lips, "They seem to be a pair of twins from the Computer Science Department... these few days during military training, they keep fainting and resting aside. I’ve bumped into them quite a few times!"

"Computer Science Department?"

Pu Sangzhi’s brows were teasingly raised.

In that moment, she remembered that Huo Feng had told her a few days ago that his dorm housed a peculiar pair of twins...

Then, Pu Sangzhi more or less guessed Huo Feng’s malicious pleasure!

She puffed her cheeks and immediately looked down to send a WeChat to Huo Feng: [Hey, those two in the group with similar IDs, are they your quirky roommates?]

Huo Feng replied within seconds: "Strong insight! Worthy of being my woman, Huo Feng!"

Pu Sangzhi sent him a ’courteous smile’ emoji, with a message: "What do you want to do?"

Huo Feng replied: "Nothing much. Just planning to hit them with something big and teach them a lesson!"

Pu Sangzhi: "Am I part of the plan?"

Huo Feng: "Okay, maybe there is..."

Pu Sangzhi curled the corner of her lips: "What do you need me to do?"

Surprisingly, she did not accuse Huo Feng of using her, but instead seemed very cooperative with his plan.

This understanding Pu Sangzhi was rewarded with a series of ’I love you’ emojis from Huo Feng!

Pu Sangzhi looked at her phone screen, her mouth curling into a sweet smile.

Then, Huo Feng messaged her: "Wait until those adult babies start chasing you and let me know, I’ll beat them up for you!"

Pu Sangzhi felt somewhat worried: "Isn’t hitting people bad? Won’t you get penalized?"

Huo Feng: "I’ll do the hitting, and you’ll hold me back. Just pretend to try hard to stop me, so I can hit them a few more times. After I’ve had my fun, I’ll give them a good scolding! That way, they’ll still be afraid of me even after they go back to their dorms!"

Pu Sangzhi always felt his wild solutions were not very good...

As she was hesitating, suddenly, she received a new friend notification on WeChat.

Looking down, she saw, to her surprise, it was the twins adding her...

Pu Sangzhi immediately took a screenshot and sent it to Huo Feng!

Huo Feng replied instantly on her end: "See! They’re making their move! They said they would wait until after military training, but I think they will act in the next couple of days!"

At this, Pu Sangzhi felt helpless...

But she still didn’t add the twins.

In the afternoon’s military theory class, the students were mostly slacking off and wasting time.

When the class was about to end, the instructor informed everyone that there would be a military theory exam before the end of the military training!

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After all, this was a school that gathered talented students from all over the nation, and the studying atmosphere was intense!

At 6 PM, Pu Sangzhi and her dorm mates had dinner and returned to the dormitory.

Since she wasn’t very tired today, Pu Sangzhi, having washed her hair and taken a shower, had nothing to do, so she hid in the atrium to video call Huo Feng.

Even though they were on the same campus, they hadn’t seen each other for several days.

Huo Feng asked her out every day, but she was too tired the previous few days and didn’t want to go.

Today, she wasn’t tired, and Huo Feng didn’t ask her out.

Pu Sangzhi spontaneously dialed him for a video call...

She had to admit, she missed Huo Feng a bit.

"What are you up to..."

Leaning on the windowsill in the atrium, Pu Sangzhi held up her phone, casually watching Huo Feng on the other end of the video call.

On the other side of the video, Huo Feng was also hiding in an atrium to avoid being discovered by the twins...

"Thinking of you, wifey~" Huo Feng said with a smile.

"How have you been these past days? Have you made any friends? You’re not still dining with the instructors, right?" Pu Sangzhi asked with concern.

Huo Feng pursed his lips, his sword-like brows knitting as he said, "What do you think?"

These past few days, Huo Feng really only had meals with the instructors.

Lunch with the instructors, dinner with the instructors, he was closer to them than anyone in the Civil Engineering Department.

Pu Sangzhi said somewhat disconsolately, "It’s really baffling, how can you not make any friends? You’re quite good at interpersonal relationships..."

"Hey, how could I, Huo Feng, possibly not make friends? You’re overthinking it!"

Huo Feng didn’t want to see Pu Sangzhi looking worried, so he pretended to be tough: "It’s not that simple to make friends among boys! Just you wait and see, in the future the entire Computer Science Department will be my underlings!"

No sooner had he finished his sentence than suddenly, the door to the atrium was pushed open...

Yong Mu stood there holding a phone, awkwardly grasping the doorknob...

As Huo Feng turned his head and saw him, their eyes met for a few seconds...

Just as Yong Mu was about to back out, Huo Feng suddenly waved him over: "Yong Mu, come here!"

Yong Mu was startled...

"Come on!" Huo Feng urged.

Resignedly, Yong Mu put away his phone and carefully walked towards him...

Then, Huo Feng suddenly grabbed him by the shoulders, held up the phone, and showed him to Pu Sangzhi on video, "Look, this is Yong Mu from my dorm!"

Yong Mu was even more startled.