Chapter 9 Push-ups

  When Cheng and Liu Meng appeared on the playground, their classmates looked at them with schadenfreude, especially at Liu Meng.

  Before that, Liu Meng had received special treatment and didn't have to come for training, which made those kids jealous with their eyes all red, looking like a rabbit.

  "Haha, look at you pretending to be ill, now you've been found out."

  "Definitely didn't pass military training, tomorrow's supplementary training will make you guys wear it."

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  Instructor Li Zhen received a tip-off that two trainees in his class had gone to an internet cafe during training hours. It was obvious who they were, given the small number of people involved - it could only be Cheng Cheng, who often played hooky, and Liu Meng, who was always sick.

  Ran all the way to Building 7, frantically knocking on the doors of rooms 307 and 305. The auntie from the apartment complex was called over, but both rooms were empty, where were the people? This made my blood boil with anger, I'm a soldier, we have some hot-bloodedness.

  Just as he was thinking about how to deal with these two who dared to offend his authority, the two returned to the training team, wearing casual clothes that were particularly eye-catching.

  He glared at the two with a slanted gaze, sneering coldly: "Cheng Cheng, you've managed to drag your stinky self to the internet cafe. You really can pull it off. And you, Liu Meng, I didn't think you'd be able to get out of bed, yet here you are playing at the net bar."

  He shouted loudly afterwards.

  "Neither of you is qualified, wait for supplementary military training next year."

  "Pointing to the other academies in the training class, he shouted: 'And you guys, always giggling and having fun, stand up straight for me! You've only been walking for a short while, but your formation is already sloppy. What kind of soldier are you? Aren't you afraid that the female soldiers next door will laugh at you? Look at them, then look at yourselves - you're like mud that can't even stick to the wall.'"

  Cheng Cheng and Liu Meng stood, Liu Meng looked at Cheng Cheng with great dissatisfaction. It was all because of this kid's persuasion that they had to endure two more days of military training. Now look what happened, it's not good, or else they would have to make up for the military training.

  No sooner had I gone out than I was found out, this damn thing is really unlucky.

  At this time, the female soldier's training team was not far away. Liu Meng understood that someone in this female soldier class must have informed on them and gave a very unpleasant glance at the female soldier team.

  They were sitting cross-legged and resting, while the instructor was singing a song for them to listen to.

  Damn it, in this place where yin and yang are out of balance, the difference between men and women is really damn big. Liu Meng cursed again in his heart.

  Only saw a girl covering her head with printed paper of military song lyrics, this is really grasping every second to prevent sunburn, this girl must be a beauty-obsessed snob. Liu Meng thought to himself.

  The scorching weather was suffocating, the detestable military training had been going on for so long that I'd gotten a tan all over, and the printout in my hand unknowingly fanned out some wind, unfortunately it was still hot air. I excitedly glanced up at Liu Meng standing not far away, and suddenly felt much more relieved.

  At this moment, Liu Meng recognized that the girl was Gu Xian. He probably guessed something in his heart. The girls he saw on Ximen Street earlier were all wearing camouflage clothes and were far away, making it difficult to judge who they were. Now that he thought about it, one of the girls did look a bit like Gu Xian.

  "It's probably this stinky woman who made a small report."

  "Officer, I was wrong, I was very wrong. I was just taking a dump in the dormitory when my mom suddenly called me and heard that my voice was weak, so she asked if I was sick. How could I hide it from her? She immediately knew that I wasn't feeling well and got anxious, saying she would come over right away to see me. Officer, how could I let her do that? Her health isn't good either, with high blood pressure and heart problems... what if something happens on the way? No matter how much I assured or persuaded her, she just wouldn't listen. In the end, I had no choice but to say, 'If you don't believe me, I'll go to an internet cafe and video call you, so you can see that I'm fine.' That's why I rushed to the internet cafe, and in my hurry, I almost forgot to wipe my butt."

  Cheng Cheng stood on one side, seeing that the situation was going to be bad, thought for a while, and immediately shouted loudly.

  This makes sense and he indeed went to the internet cafe to watch videos, just not with his mom. He said it with a straight face, without batting an eyelid, and even had tears rolling in his eyes at the end.

  He rolled his eyes and thought, "You'd make a great actor, what a waste."

  This suddenly confused Li Zhen, he looked at Cheng Cheng and then at Liu Meng, looking at Cheng Cheng's expression, which was completely like he wanted to cry, it didn't look like he was lying.

  "Liu Meng, Cheng Cheng went to video chat with his mom, what are you doing going to the internet cafe? Don't tell me your mom also wants to video chat with you." Li Zhenji asked with concern.

  "My mom doesn't know how to video, I went to the internet cafe, mainly because of Chengcheng. I was lying on the bed resting, when I heard him shouting loudly in the bathroom, thinking something big had happened, hurriedly and struggling to get up and take a look, it turned out that he had been squatting on the toilet for too long and his legs were cramping, he was also anxious to go to the internet cafe, so I could only support him and walk slowly with him."

  Liu Meng may not be as quick to come up with lies as Cheng Cheng, but he still has the ability to talk his way out of trouble. He spoke calmly and unhurriedly, and after hearing him out, Cheng Cheng also breathed a sigh of relief.

  "So you're still doing good deeds and learning from Lei Feng?"

  "Team members should help each other."

  "So, your body is fully recovered and you can return to team training?" The tone of the words changed, Liu Meng knew it was going to be bad, but he just got past this hurdle for now, and coming back to train for two more days wouldn't be a problem.

  "Alright, it's almost done, just a bit pale, but training should be fine."

  Li Zhen nodded, without saying whether the two were telling the truth or not. Someone had reported that the two had gone out to a bar, and it was difficult for him to handle. If he really made the two make up for their military training, it would also mean that he, as an instructor, had not done a good job. But if he didn't take some measures, the other students would think what? They would definitely be dissatisfied. He still had some authority, and in the future, who would listen to his words?

  It's just as well, anyway.

  "In any case, you must report to me first. Alright, I won't pursue this matter for now. You two, hurry back and change your clothes, limited to ten minutes to return to the team, timing starts now."

  Li Zhen finished speaking and started timing, military time management has always been very strict, emergency assembly regulations require punctuality, otherwise disciplinary action will be taken.

  Cheng Cheng and Liu Meng let out a sigh of relief as soon as they heard, immediately rushing back to change clothes. The sports field is at least 500 meters away from the 7th apartment building, so they took off in a sprint.

  Li Zhen took one look at Liu Meng's running posture and thought to himself that this kid was probably faking his illness, with a physique as good as this.

  Two people in camouflage uniforms, dressed neatly and appeared on the training ground, only with big sweat, dripping down. Li Zhen looked at his watch and pointed to the two of them: "It's only been 8 minutes since you came back, with your running speed, you would be among the top ten in our company."

  "It's true that a death sentence can be avoided, but a living sentence is hard to escape. You two sneaked out on your own, although it was with good intentions, it's still not right. Punish you both by standing at attention for 15 minutes and add 100 push-ups."

  "Other students rest in place, those who need to use the toilet go and use it, those who need to drink water go and drink." After Li Zhen finished giving orders, the students in the class scattered in all directions.

  Those who have been through military training know that it's not an easy task for two rookie students, and Li Zhen is standing behind them, staring at them without moving.

  Two people stood, facing the sun, with seven-spotted ladybugs crawling on their necks. They felt itchy and numb but didn't dare to scratch or shift their legs to rest.

  The body is so stiff, hot and tired, painful and itchy.

  "Damn it, I'll chop these two seven-star ladybugs to death in a moment." Cheng Cheng gritted his teeth and persisted, cursing the two bugs to get out of here quickly.

  "Head up, chest out, belly in, hands naturally hanging down, close to the trouser seam!" If there's even a slight deviation from the standard, Li Zhen corrects it immediately.

  Those who went to pee and drink water have all come back, sitting cross-legged, watching two people standing at attention.

  It's really satisfying!

  Everyone wants to become a seven-star ladybug and crawl up to bite two mouths.

  Jealousy is not just a woman's patent, men have it too.

  "What's shaking, legs clamped together." The two were almost unable to hold on, their legs shaking violently, and Li Zhen immediately took a willow branch and struck them.

  "Your mother and your uncle gave birth to you, damn it." Cheng Cheng cursed in his heart.

  "Two more minutes!"

  Liu Meng tried his best to calm down his breathing, he had strong endurance and knew that only by being calm could he last longer. Fortunately, there were only two minutes left.

  "Time's up!" Just as they couldn't take it anymore, Li Zhen shouted again, "100 push-ups next, hurry up."

  Liu Meng, who had always been very patient, was about to lose his temper and scold someone.

  No choice, just have to follow through with it.

  The two of them just ran back, without taking off their clothes inside, directly putting on camouflage uniforms and coming over. They had just stood at attention for 15 minutes, were already sweating profusely, lost a lot of salt, and their strength was greatly reduced.

  As Liu Meng and the other guy did a push-up, they were shaking all over, as if they would fall to the ground at any moment. Gu Xian couldn't help but burst out laughing, while Zheng Wen felt a bit sorry for them, after all, they were her classmates. She whispered: "Xian'er, why do you want to report them? They didn't have any grudges against you."

  "I'm filled with a sense of justice, isn't that right? How can these two guys be surfing the internet and chatting in an internet cafe while other classmates are training hard? I just can't stand it." Gu Xuan said casually, she wouldn't mention the past conflicts between Zheng Wen and Liu Meng.

  Jingpi Lijue's Cheng Cheng would have known, he was just a fish in the pond, Liu Meng's scapegoat, estimated to be directly knocked to the ground, spitting out a big mouthful of blood.

  "Alright, done! Classmates, let's give these two classmates a round of applause. Although they were punished, look at their military posture and the way they did push-ups - that's the standard." Li Zhen said with a loud and clear voice.

  "I'd like to see your horse's standard." Cheng Cheng cursed in his heart.

  "Return to the team!" The two of them quickly returned to the team, fortunately, the morning training ended soon, and they could seize the opportunity to rest at noon to recover their physical strength.

  The two men supported each other to the cafeteria for dinner, Cheng Cheng first swiped his meal card and was about to put it away when Liu Meng grabbed it and sneered: "Damn it, I'm in this mess today because you silly kid insisted on going to the internet cafe, now it's your turn to treat me."

  Cheng sincerely thought that was right, but wasn't it all caused by himself? He just reminded him of one thing, "Eat less, you've just finished training, eating too much is easy to hurt your stomach."

  "That meat, this meat, the one on this side, and the one on that side, bring me all of them." Kill just one word, if I don't kill you my conscience will be uneasy, heaven won't allow it. Liu Meng was ordering dishes while thinking resentfully.