"Attention, march rapidly!" Zhao Yuan commanded. The team set off again.
As it rained intermittently, the team had to stop sometimes. Lin Wenxi could not remember how many times they stopped. The only thing that he remembered was the warmth of Zhao Yuan's back. He felt so warm there that he nearly broke into a sweat.
After traveling for some time, he felt that someone fed him some liquid food which tasted like bread. Another time when they stopped, he heard Zheng Kai's deep voice. "Hold these two bamboo sticks in place!" After that, he felt that he was lying comfortably on a stretcher instead of being carried by Zheng Kai or Zhao Yuan.
When the team stopped again, he heard the boys leave to fetch some water and the girls chatting together. Chen Wanxin said, "Looks like he's even weaker than a girl! Zheng Kai has muscles, Wang Xiang reads the map, and Zhao Yuan is our leader. The three of us have to pack up the tents, wash the clothes and
In the beginning of his test, Zheng Kai was given 10 rubber bullets and asked to shoot an AK47 model gun. He was told that he could get 1 point by getting seven 10-rings. There were 10 scoring rings on the target, and the 10-ring was the small center spot of the target. Upon hearing that, Zhao Yuan widened his eyes in surprise and began to wonder how difficult his test would be, while touching Lin Wenxi's forehead with one hand to check whether he still had a high body temperature. The moment Zheng Kai saw the model gun, he looked grim. He observed the gun for a moment and then quickly loaded the bullets into it. He lifted up the gun, aimed and shot all the bullet shots at once. Nine of these bullets hit the 10-ring. Upon seeing that, Zhao Yuan could not help but cheer. Zheng Kai easily got one point. After that, he was asked to dismantle and reassemble an AMR sniper rifle model. He swiftly completed this task, which deeply impressed Zhao Yuan and Lin Wenxi. After gett
"You just continue to recite poetic lines containing the character 'Yuan' (deep water) and leave the rest to me," Zhao Yuan bent down to talk to Lin Wenxi. Lin Wenxi nodded and quickly recited 7 or 8 lines. "Read Tao Yuanming's poems aloud, I'll rise from Jiuyuan... Fish swimming in the deep water and birds flying among the wood, each in its own place..." The red light was on again and began to flicker, signalling to the examinees that the had to leave now. The examiner in the corner stood up impatiently. "I protest!" Zhao Yuan raised his hand high and said. "Speak," The examiner in the dark corner still remained barely visible to them. He stood still like a statue. "We're a team. According to the rules, we can answer questions together. The 20th question asks us to recite 50 poetic lines, each including a character from the examinee's name. Just now Lin Wenxi recited lines including the character 'Xi' f
"You, You are really..." Shu Xiaoman was stuck for words upon seeing the three boys hurriedly getting ready to set off again. She suddenly felt so sad that she gritted her teeth and stormed out of the room. She happened to run into Zhang An'an at the door, and Zhang An'an touched her forehead and asked worriedly, "What happened?" "An'an, Wenxi, Wenxi, he wants to join the competition again!" Shu Xiaoman said while sobbing. Zhang An'an immediately understood why Shu Xiaoman suddenly decided to give up the competition and became so sad. She looked at Wang Xiang while thinking, "I should feel lucky since Wang Xiang is such an obedient guy." She sighed and said, "Don't worry. Better days are yet to come. Will you feel better by thinking that he joined the competition because of Zhao Yuan?" "I don't know. I just feel sad," Shu Xiaoman replied with a somber face. The two girls went out to talk
Chen Wanxin talked and laughed all along the way and told Lin Wenxi something about her family. According to her, her father was a low-ranked official, and her family ran a small business. Throughout the conversation, she never told him what kind of official he father was or what kind of business her family ran. Obviously, she did not plan to let him know. He did not ask her for more details, as he only cared about the things that were important to him. Lin Wenxi and Chen Yuxin helped each other all along the way. After a morning's trek, Chen Wanxin expressed her concern about Lin Wenxi's health, and then they found a place to sit down and have a rest. Chen Wanxin asked Lin Wenxi to keep an eye on her backpack and shyly said that she had to leave for a moment. Lin Wenxi looked at her inquiringly. She had a blush on her cheek and said, "I have to use the toilet." "I see," Lin Wenxi responded and turned around. It wa
The next morning, Chen Wanxin looked listless, since she had been perplexed for a whole night by the thought that Zhao Yuan had left the fish only for Lin Wenxi instead of her. Lin Wenxi, however, looked energetic since he had a good sleep after taking the medicine left by Zhao Yuan. It turned out to be very effective in curing the cold. As such, Lin Wenxi helped Chen Wanxin a lot during the trip that day. In the evening, Lin Wenxi spent a lot time looking for a camping ground. Chen Wanxin could tell that he was anxiously looking for something. At 10:00 pm. Chen Wanxin stood behind Lin Wenxi with a bottle of green sauce in hand. She stared coldly at him, inserted it into the soil and stepped heavily on it. Lin Wenxi found an extinguished campfire and a flat rock used for cooking here. He could tell that they were left by Zhao Yuan, but he failed to notice two specially made hooks on the rock. Zhao Yuan had often tied the hooks on his ropes and let the girls prepare
Lin Wenxi looked at his watch. It was 3:00 am. He hurriedly pitched up his tent to have some rest. Zhang Dong walked back into the wood, nimbly jumped up and climbed up a thriving tree. As the tree had many branches, he put his backpack on some crossed branches and slept with his head on the backpack. He squinted his eyes, looking at Lin Wenxi. Lin Wenxi mounted his flashlight to a tripod holder, letting the light shot toward the slowly flowing river. The river reflected the light back on his calm face. Zhang Dong somehow felt that the night became even quieter because of the calm look on Lin Wenxi's face. Lin Wenxi rubbed his tent and the hesitantly looked at Zhang Dong. Zhang Dong smiled and turned around. He leaped to some other crossed branches of the tree and swiftly wove the smaller branches there into a nest for his head. After that, he tied himself up with two vines to create a swaying hammock for himself. He yawned relaxedly and glanced sideways at Lin Wen
"Your military instructor is talking to you. How can you be absent-minded?" Zhang Dong shouted and came at Lin Wenxi with claws. Lin Wenxi screamed and ran away. While running, he often looked back at Instructor Zhang, who still could not stand up straight and could only staggered along the way. Lin Wenxi laughed, and at that moment, a beam of sunshine happened to light up his face, making his smile look exceptionally bright. Zhang Dong was stunned upon seeing that laughing face. He quickened his steps to catch Lin Wenxi and lifted his fist. Lin Wenxi curled up upon seeing that, and then he felt that something was flicked off his head. The next moment, he saw a dried leaf falling down from his forehead. He looked back at Zhang Dong while beaming brightly. "Listen, if you want to talk, just say aloud. If you want to do something, just go for it. Don't be overcautious!" Zhang Dong shouted to Lin Wenxi. Lin Wenxi nodded earnestly.
Lin Wenxi looked at the photo silently, and gradually came out of his trance.A drop of tear flowed down his face and fell to the screen of Zhang Dong's cellphone. He wiped it off the screen and lifted up his head to look at the sky. By doing so, he stopped himself from crying. After that, he looked at Zhang Dong with a smile. "Come on. Be a man! When you want to cry, just cry. And when you want to laugh, just laugh," Zhang Dong tightly held Lin Wenxi's shoulders, his hands somewhat trembling. "Well, I remember!" Lin Wenxi replied smilingly. His smile was as bright as the clear blue sky. "I'll take a photo of you. You have to laugh out loud!" Zhang Dong smiled and lifted up his cellphone, with his camera focus on Lin Wenxi. Lin Wenxi raised a hand to make a V-sign and smiled slightly. "That's not good enough. Let's try again." Lin We