Chapter 1: Are you sick?

  "Hurry up, hurry up. Four bottles of iced green tea." Hua Ming knocked on the counter, indicating to the campus supermarket staff to quickly help him get the drinks. Because the ice cabinet was behind the cash register, they couldn't get the drinks themselves.

  "No need for cold drinks." Tang Zhong stopped him and said, "Just take four bottles of room temperature mineral water."

  When speaking, he had already taken out four pieces of money and placed them on the table. Then he explained to Hua Ming again, saying: "Just after being exposed to the scorching sun, when the body temperature is extremely high, it's best not to drink beverages - this can cause great harm to the human body."

  "Hey, I used to do this all the time. Every time after playing ball, I'd drink a bottle of iced green tea or Wanglaoji - that's the only way to quench my thirst." Although he said so, Huaming still took the mineral water handed over by the waiter, twisted open the cap and gulped it down with a series of "gulp gulp gulp" sounds.

  Tang Chong didn't say anything else, took over the mineral water, twisted off the cap, and started drinking in small sips.

  Today's sun is too poisonous, even Tang Zhong got dizzy and swollen from the heat.

  He knew his physical strength, and even he felt that if this continued, his body would collapse, let alone the other students. For example, Li Yu still can't speak normally until now. All she knows is to open her mouth and pour in mineral water, and when she drinks too quickly, she chokes and tears up.

  It was for this reason that Tang Chong shouted 'dismiss' despite the risk of being punished by the instructor. Unexpectedly, someone refused to take the hint - since that's the case, Tang Chong didn't need to force them either.

  He has already said that shit stinks, but others still want to choose to eat shit instead of eating meat, that's their own business.

  After drinking some water, the four of them sat under a tree at the school gate to rest for a while, and only then did they feel a bit more comfortable. Li Yu had also caught her breath and was able to speak normally again.

  Hua Ming's mouth was watering, so he ran to buy four boxes of bird's nest ice cream. This time Tang Chong did not refuse and took a box to eat with them.

  "Should we go take a look?" Liang Tao said with concern. "We've been away for so long, will the instructor have left already?"

  Hua Ming also felt anxious after hearing that and said, "He won't make us run 20 laps around the playground again, will he? I'd rather he stabbed me to death with a knife-----anyway, I'm not running anymore. If he makes me run, I'll just fall to the ground and pretend to have heatstroke. You guys help me out and carry me to the hospital."

  "Go take a look." Tang Zhong said as he stood up.

  Among the four members of 307, Tang Zhong's age ranks second, but he is the absolute core among these people. Generally, whatever decision he makes, others will not negate it.

  Four people held ice cream boxes, walking and eating, when they arrived at the military training stadium, they found that Instructor Li Tieshu had not appeared yet. Many boys, like Tang Chong and others, could no longer hold on. Some ran to buy drinks and ice cream to enjoy, while others sat in the shade of a distant tree to cool off.

  Lu Yifei and a dozen students still insisted on standing in the scorching sun on the court, just like a few small white poplars that suddenly appeared in front of people's eyes on the Gobi Desert.

  Tang Chong glanced at them and walked straight to the shade of the trees by the side of the court. He wasn't stupid enough to stand there again.

  The other boys saw Tang Chong coming over and surrounded him, talking to him.

  "Tang Chong, where has Instructor Ran gone? Why hasn't he come yet?"

  "Right. Is he going to hide somewhere and peek at us? Then jump out and make us stand for another two hours?"

  "The class leader is just a class leader, they're better at showing off than us"

  Because Tang Chong was the first to shout "dissolve", he became the 'benchmark' in the hearts of these students. Perhaps they themselves have not yet realized this psychological change, but their subconscious has already been looking up to Tang Chong.

  Also because they all belong to 'escape', that is, now everyone is a grasshopper on the same boat. If the instructor comes, these people will be punished ----- so, they naturally united with Tang Chong in one line.

  They think that Lu Yifei's behavior is too fake and pretentious, not blending in with the masses. If the instructor comes over and sees them all hiding on one side resting, while Lu Yifei follows the instructor's orders to the end-----doesn't this make their behavior even more despicable?

  Tang Chong and they chatted and laughed, but didn't follow up on speaking ill of Lu Yifei.

  Lu Yifei's actions are his own choice. He has no right to interfere with other people's lives.

  Tang Zhong was eating ice cream under the shade of a tree, chatting with a group of boys. Someone even kindly brought over some watermelon and fruit they had bought for Tang Zhong to eat... They almost didn't drink beer to celebrate. This made Lu Yifei's mood turn extremely bad, with jealousy burning fiercely in his heart.

  Lu Yifei's physical strength was also almost exhausted, his legs were soft, and he nearly fell to the ground several times.

  But he insisted on persevering.

  He had to hold on until Lieutenant Li Tieshu arrived.

  He wants everyone to know that his choice is the right one.

  He wants to wait and see Li Tieshu punish Tang Chong and the others, let those who follow Tang Chong's "slippery" guys follow together with bad luck - at that time, they will realize how wrong it is to follow Tang Chong. They should stand on their own.

  Time passed minute by minute and second by second, Lu Yi Fei's body also became weaker and weaker.

  He felt dizzy and his eyes were spinning, as if countless flies were flying around his ears.

  "Whoosh-"

  He heard something fall over.

  Then he heard Tang Zhong's shout.

  "Someone has fainted. Hurry and save them."

  Is anyone fainting?

  Lu Yifei thought: Who is it?

  He wanted to see who had fainted. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, his body fell to one side.

  Everything went black before losing consciousness --

  Lu Yifei opened his eyes and saw the light on top of his head.

  "It turned out that it was already dark outside." Lu Yifei thought to himself. It seemed he had slept for a long time.

  He wanted to speak, but his throat was parched. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't make a sound.

  "Want some water?" It was the voice of counselor Li Qiang.

  He nodded.

  Soon, Li Qiang brought over a large glass of boiled water. With the support of two male students, he sat up from bed and took the glass to drink several big gulps.

  His parched body was replenished with water, and the flame of anger in Lu Yifei's heart also dissipated a lot. At least, his throat was no longer on fire like it had been earlier.

  "What's wrong with me?" Lu Yifei exclaimed.

  "You fainted." Li Qiang looked at Lu Yifei with a expressionless face and said. "Lost several bottles of water, supplemented some water and salt. The doctor said there's no problem now. But you need to rest well."

  "What exactly happened?" Lu Yifei said. He thought to himself, why hasn't Teacher Li praised me yet? I didn't fear the scorching sun, I didn't desert, I persisted in following the instructor's orders until the very last moment, until I fainted-----what kind of spirit is this? What kind of awareness is this? They should set themselves up as a model for new students!

  Lu Yifei decided to steer the topic in that direction and said, "What about Instructor Li Tieshu? He gave the order to stand at attention and hasn't shown up since?"

  "Officer Li Tieshu is sick," said Li Qiang. "Acute gastritis." "It's nothing serious now."

  Li Tieshu, the instructor, suddenly felt uncomfortable in his stomach and thought he needed to have a bowel movement. After giving the students an order to stand at attention, he rushed to the bathroom in the library next to the playground.

  Unexpectedly, after squatting down like this, the symptoms did not alleviate but instead the stomach started to have severe cramps.

  The severe pain soon became unbearable. A teacher working in the library went to the bathroom and heard the instructor's low moan, then called for someone to send him to the hospital.

  It was also because of this reason that he couldn't say "dismissed" to a class of students.

  Lu Yi Fei thought of using this opportunity to teach Tang Chong a lesson, so he brought a group of students to bask in the sun.

  "Acute gastritis?" Lu Yifei was shocked. At that time, they were still guessing whether Instructor Li Tieshu would sneak a peek at them in the dark. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be this reason that made him not appear all along.

  "Yes." Li Qiang said. "In addition to you, two other classmates also suffered from heatstroke. However, they have already woken up and are now being sent back to their dormitory for rest."

  "It doesn't matter." Lu Yifei said with relief. It seems that this reward won't be realized for a while.

  "Are you Lu Yifei, the class monitor of Class One?" a loud and husky voice suddenly rang out.

  "It's me." Lu Yifei said, looking at a big man in uniform standing behind Li Qiang.

  "What's wrong with you, kid? Are you out of your mind?" the big-headed one scolded. "The instructor is not here, and as the class leader, don't you know how to give a dismissal order? You're something else. A student gives a dismissal order, but you lead a group of students to forcibly resist... Have you read too many books until you've gone stupid? Can't you use your brain for once? How's it feel being a hero?"

  Li Tieshu suddenly had stomach pain, which was a sudden event. Originally, no one could say anything about him. Even the head of the troops could only comfort him.

  However, due to Lu Yifei's 'foolish' behavior, three students in the class led by Instructor Li Tieshu fainted from heatstroke. These students fainted because Instructor Li Tieshu did not give the order to 'dismiss'.

  This way, Instructor Li Tieshu would have to endure the torment of the virus and take responsibility for this heatstroke incident among students.

  This big guy is Li Tieshu's fellow soldier, he came here on behalf of the troops to comfort these heat-stroke students.

  However, after knowing the whole story, no matter what, he couldn't put on a good face to Lu Yifei.

  Thinking of Li Tieshu's possible encounter, he was so angry that he couldn't help but scold the kid loudly.

  "I-" Lu Yifei's heart was filled with endless grievances, wanting to explain a few words. His eyes welled up, and tears began to flow.

  Li Qiang patted Lu Yifei's shoulder and said, "Don't be sad. You didn't want this to happen either-"

  He also said: "At that time, Tang Zhongdu told you to disperse, why didn't you listen to him? If you had dispersed earlier, such a thing would not have happened."

  Lu Yifei knew that Li Qiang, although he didn't say it outright, was also blaming himself in his heart.

  He thought about it and cried even more sorrowfully.