Chapter 27: By What Right Do You Laugh at Me?

Qin Yang raised his thick eyebrows after hearing this. "Is that so? Very well, I will arrange a suitable identity for you to approach him. You must get to the bottom of this."

"Understood, Dad. Don't worry."

As Qin Yulong rose to leave, Qin Yang recalled something.

"By the way, have you handed over your duties at the military unit properly? Make sure there are no slip-ups."

"It was all taken care of a long time ago, Dad. I'm not a child anymore. I'm going to sleep."

Qin Yulong waved his hand and left the tea room.

Elsewhere, on the central campus playground of Jiangcheng University, on the lawn.

Twenty or thirty men and women in military uniforms stood in a straight line, while several leaders handled the registration process.

"Over here, Lin Bai!"

Qin Ruowei pulled Lin Bai into the crowd, arriving at the recruitment desk for the National Flag Guard.

There were many students applying for the National Flag Guard, estimated to be around two or three hundred.

The guard had strict baseline requirements: male applicants had to be no shorter than 178 cm, and female applicants no shorter than 165 cm.

As Jiangcheng was a city in the south-central region, this rigid requirement alone discouraged many people.

Fortunately, Lin Bai met the height requirement.

The registration procedure was not complicated: fill out a form and collect a set of camouflage fatigues, the same ones worn during military training.

More than half an hour later, the registration ended. As the call for assembly went out, Qin Ruowei hugged Lin Bai.

"Good luck, Lin Bai! If you pass the assessment, I'll have a surprise for you!"

Lin Bai looked at her earnestly. "What surprise?"

Qin Ruowei's pretty face flushed, and she urged Lin Bai toward the assembly point.

"Go, go, go!"

At the assembly area, Lin Bai stood with the other students who had passed the registration, forming a square formation.

The captain of the National Flag Guard stood on a high platform, shouting the rules at the top of his lungs.

"First of all! Congratulations to everyone for successfully entering the National Flag Guard assessment process!"

"However, don't get happy too soon, because this is just the first step!"

"Based on my past experience, fewer than one in ten will successfully remain! Now, I will explain the assessment rules!"

"The entire assessment will last for one week! Every one of you starts with 100 points! Assemble here at five o'clock in the morning for two hours of training, and assemble again at eight o'clock in the evening for two hours of training!"

"Being late once will result in a ten-point deduction! The same applies to leaving early. Two consecutive late arrivals will be considered an automatic withdrawal!"

"After a week, we will select the top ten based on the remaining points! Do you understand?"

The captain's voice was resonant; even without a megaphone, everyone heard him clearly.

Just as the captain finished stating the rules...

[Beep! Side mission triggered!]

[Side mission content: Successfully enter the National Flag Guard with a perfect score!]

[Mission reward: Favorability Detection Card (one-time use)]

Seeing this unfamiliar item, Lin Bai was confused. "What is a Favorability Detection Card?"

[Beep! A Favorability Detection Card can detect the favorability any person of the opposite sex has toward the host, ranging from 0 to 100.]

"So that's how it is..." Lin Bai stroked his chin, thinking to himself that this was a good item; wasn't it basically the same as mind-reading?

It was a pity it was a one-time item; it would be great if it were permanent.

"Alright! If you understand, you are dismissed! Five o'clock tomorrow morning! Assemble on time! Training!"

...

After the assembly ended, Lin Bai and Qin Ruowei sat on the lawn for a while.

There were many students out for night runs, moving in groups; it was quite warm.

Lin Bai rested his head on Qin Ruowei's lap, and Qin Ruowei cradled his head. Neither of them spoke.

Suddenly, Qin Ruowei leaned down and kissed Lin Bai on the lips, pulling away the moment they touched.

Lin Bai, stirred by her provocation, rolled over and pinned Qin Ruowei beneath him, kissing her passionately.

Because it was night, the lawn was dim and visibility was low, so the kiss lasted a long time.

During the kiss, the moment Lin Bai's hand habitually climbed onto Qin Ruowei's chest, she felt as if she had been electrocuted and shoved him away.

"You pervert! You're pushing your luck!"

After scolding him, Qin Ruowei got up and ran away. Lin Bai stood up with a look of regret and chased after her.

"Wait for me, I can't see you anymore!"

Qin Ruowei's reaction once again confirmed the difficulty of taking her virginity within a month.

...

The next morning at 4:30.

Lin Bai was jolted awake by his alarm clock. Even though he was used to waking up early, the moment he saw the time, he lay back down again.

However, a second before he was about to fall asleep, he remembered the system mission and Qin Ruowei's expectations. With a roll, he sat bolt upright in bed.

In the dormitory, there were only the varied snores of the other three. Lin Bai got out of bed lightly, washed up, put on his training uniform, and headed straight for the central playground.

At four-something in the morning, the school was shrouded in mist, and not a single student was in sight.

Lin Bai jogged the whole way, arriving at the assembly point at exactly five o'clock.

Dozens of students had already gathered, some having arrived even earlier than Lin Bai.

The captain, wearing camouflage, checked his watch. Once the clock struck five, he blew a whistle!

"Alright! Time's up! Listen up, everyone! Split into ten squads. I will assign an instructor to each squad. All actions must strictly follow your respective instructor's requirements."

Several instructors divided their duties, with some recording late arrivals and others responsible for training the squads.

Lin Bai was lucky; the instructor responsible for training his squad was a young woman.

She was also a student, wearing camouflage fatigues. Her face was fair and clean, and when she smiled, two dimples appeared, making her look very cute.

Because of her cute appearance, the students in Lin Bai's squad weren't taking things very seriously.

"Everyone! Attention!"

As soon as the girl's voice rang out, several boys in the squad couldn't help but laugh.

Her voice was too youthful, sounding like a little girl's.

In the next second, the female instructor walked up to the few who had laughed and pointed at them one by one.

"You, you, you, and you—step forward!"

The four stepped forward. The instructor put her hands behind her back and said loudly, "Attention! Parade rest! Marching step, lift your leg!"

Everyone had recently finished military training and understood the commands. As she spoke, the four kicked out their first step in unison and held the pose without moving.

The instructor turned around, and under the stunned gaze of Lin Bai and the others, took four bricks tied with rope from a box and hung one on each of their feet.

They hadn't experienced this kind of intensity during their military training, and one of the four couldn't help but crack.

"Are we really playing like this?"

"Liu Cheng! You spoke without reporting! Ten points deducted!" the instructor shouted.

Not far away, the instructor in charge of recording points deducted ten points from Liu Cheng's score upon hearing this.

With that, no one else dared to speak easily.

The instructor still sounded as youthful as ever, but her authority was now undeniable.

No one could truly understand the pain of holding a brick on one's foot unless they experienced it themselves.

The four of them held on for over a minute before the first one collapsed.

"Zhou Zhenghe! Ten points deducted!"

Then came the second.

"Yuan Ping, ten points deducted!"

Then the third.

"Zheng Zitao, ten points deducted!"

When the last one fell, the instructor did not deduct any points.

Watching the four of them rubbing their legs, the instructor's expression was cold.

"Look at how pathetic you look, and you were laughing at me! What right do you have to laugh at me?"