Rebirth: A Cinderella's Counterattack
Chapter 309 - 291: Training Starts Unbearably

Chapter 309: Chapter 291: Training Starts Unbearably

Having gone to the cafeteria, Luo Qianqian realized she had still overestimated the place. Although it was very clean, the cafeteria still let in drafts, and hearing the howling wind whistle through the gaps in the windows, Luo Qianqian shivered.

"Wei Guang, is everyone done eating?" Seeing the now-empty cafeteria, Chang Xi was stunned, it wasn’t that late, was it?

Wei Guang nodded as expected, "But since you guys came today, I planned to cook something special just for you, so there’s no one in the cafeteria." Seeing the two holding their lunchboxes looking foolish, he felt somewhat amused, "Let you taste my cooking."

"Don’t scare me," Chang Xi waved her hands repeatedly, "I’d rather go back and eat instant noodles, I’m afraid to eat what you make."

Wei Guang, annoyed and embarrassed, clenched his fists, squeezing a few words through his teeth, "Are you sure?"

Luo Qianqian blinked, it couldn’t be worse than his cooking, and nodded happily, "Then please do, Brother Wei Guang."

Chang Xi wailed, "Xiao Meng, you don’t know, he’s the guy who once cooked in the kitchen and got sweet dumplings on the ceiling, if you let him cook, today might just end in disaster!!!"

Luo Qianqian, startled, That’s incredible? Dumplings on the ceiling? How did he manage that? Could it be a new variety—flying dumplings?

Wei Guang squinted, "Sis, have you ever heard the saying ’regard with special respect those separated for three days’?"

"I’ve scratched." Chang Xi performed an eye exercise, rubbing the upper then the lower eyelid, and then looking at Wei Guang, "I don’t see any changes, seems like you’ve gained some weight?"

Wei Guang, speechless, pointed at the TV, "The only entertainment device, you guys enjoy."

Luo Qianqian was stunned and looked at the TV, "There isn’t just one channel, right?"

"You’re really smart." Chang Xi had already turned on the TV, a look of distress on her face.

Luo Qianqian’s mouth twitched, "Sister Xi, it’s after seven, it’s supposed to be the same program now, right?"

Chang Xi turned off the TV, "That’s the best world inside, I refuse to watch."

Luo Qianqian nodded repeatedly, looking at Wei Guang busily chopping in the kitchen, her face full of curiosity, "Sis, how could the dumplings end up on the ceiling?"

"...Do you know that pressure cookers need to release steam? Where else could it go but up when it’s sprayed out?" Chang Xi, full of lament, whispered, "You have no idea, the three of us had such a hard time cleaning up the kitchen that day, and still got caught because the ceiling was too high. We couldn’t reach it; a few black sesame dumplings on it were just too conspicuous. Since then, we’ve never bought dumplings again."

"Pfft." Luo Qianqian covered her mouth, her face full of amusement as she watched Wei Guang busy at work.

Wei Guang, sensing their amusement, ground his teeth and muttered, "Hmph, those were from over a decade ago, still worth mentioning, wouldn’t I have given up on cooking if you guys hadn’t stopped cooking for me?"

It must be said, an incident from more than a decade ago really holds no reference value, Wei Guang’s cooking was quite good––although it was just ordinary stir-fried eggs, cabbage and noodles with pork, and a fried radish strip dumpling, the taste was decent, and there were no mishaps.

"You really have grown up," Chang Xi said, full of emotion.

While eating, Wei Guang really didn’t want to mind his sister.

The next day, Wei Guang finally took the two to report for duty. After barely resting, Chang Xi and Luo Qianqian changed into camouflage uniforms and put on military coats. Unlike others, Luo Qianqian also wore a padded jacket inside her oversized military coat, no wonder she did.

Wei Guang had said that the two of them could take some time to adapt today, but Wei Guang’s boss, the company commander directly in charge here, insisted that they join the squad immediately. As the deputy, Wei Guang could only show a helpless expression, who knew why the boss suddenly got so irritable like he was going through menopause.

Both were assigned to Class One, the most outstanding class. Class leader Zhang Jin was very unhappy about having to take on such obvious burdens. Even ordinary soldiers couldn’t just join Class One since they had won the top spot seven times in a row. Yet here they were with two girls who couldn’t be scolded, beaten, or punished, leaving him with no one to vent his frustrations to.

"All present, ten kilometers cross-country, at the double, run!"

"Ducklings, ducklings, ducklings."

As the neat chants slowly faded away, Wei Guang finally looked away, frowning at the company commander, "Boss, they are just girls."

"Why don’t you mention that one of them is your sister?" Qin Liang rolled his eyes, "You want them to achieve results in the shortest time possible, discipline is necessary. Let them understand their limits so they can gradually keep up with the pace."

"But..."

"No buts, it was your father’s order," Qin Liang said softly. "It seems the weather in Capital City has become quite severe, huh?" Otherwise, why would Chang Xi, a pampered young lady from your family, end up in such a place?

At that moment, Luo Qianqian was gasping for breath, drenched in sweat, burdened by her heavy and multiple layers of clothing. She and Chang Xi had been left far behind, yet the class leader of Class One was still following them closely.

Luo Qianqian bit her lower lip tightly, refusing to stop. Chang Xi had already given up halfway. Luo Qianqian could no longer see anyone ahead. She felt dizzy, her throat hurt, her legs felt light, and she was both hot and tired, but she never stopped moving.

This was her path to save her brother; she couldn’t fall. Slowly but surely, she kept moving forward.

Eventually, the last member of Class One, apart from them, returned to the starting point. Luo Qianqian hadn’t even completed half of the distance yet. Clenching her teeth tightly to prevent herself from collapsing, she tasted the flavor of rust in her nostrils – was she bleeding? Luo Qianqian continued to grip firmly, not daring to relax; she feared she might collapse and not be able to get up if she did.

The class leader was initially following her out of duty, and the deputy leader stayed by Chang Xi’s side, but he too felt determined.

Two hours later, Luo Qianqian, drenched in sweat, ran back to the finish line. After crossing it, the teeth she had been tightly clenching loosened, and she collapsed to the ground.

Zhang Jin lifted Luo Qianqian up, "Basic training, I’ll take her to the infirmary." It was just a collapse from exhaustion, but when Fang Rou unbuttoned her clothing, she was shocked. The sweat had soaked through the inner layer of her jacket. Hurriedly, she grabbed some clean clothes to change Luo Qianqian into, fearing that otherwise, even if she woke up, she would catch a cold from the damp.

With disgust, she threw the sweat-drenched clothes into a basin and looked at Luo Qianqian’s cheeks, flushed from the intense exercise, "She’s really quite cute." She gently poked Luo Qianqian’s cheek with her finger, smiled, wiped her down, dressed her in clean, tidy clothes, and covered her with a blanket.

"How about that?" Qin Liang walked up to Zhang Jin, having personally seen how anxiously the proud class leader had carried the young girl to the infirmary.

"What about what? It’s normal for me to be anxious about my team," he then looked at Chang Xi, who was still gasping for air, and shook his head slightly, "That girl has a lot of perseverance, she kept going despite bleeding from the mouth, but her physical condition is lacking. We’ll have to take it slow. The weight is a big problem too, we have to ease into it, or it might backfire."

"Yeah, as long as you’re okay with it. That girl is our deputy company commander’s beloved sister. You better not let him hear you speaking ill of her, or he might challenge you to a one-on-one," Qin Liang said with a smile and turned to leave.

"Even if I weren’t okay with it, there’s nowhere to complain, you’re the biggest officer around here," Zhang Jin rolled his eyes and continued with his training.

When Luo Qianqian woke up, it was already dim dawn the next day. She felt sore all over and smelled something unpleasant. She really hated it, but taking a bath was such a luxury here; they only had one day off per week to go to the city for it.

Rubbing her sore legs, she got up, looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings and the clothes in the basin, and resignedly got up to wash up and launder her clothes.

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