My Little Poplar - Chap 22

That night, Xu Chuang, who had been gone for half a month, returned and once again called for an emergency rendezvous with the wrath of God. Bai Xinyu thinks about his last experience and wants to kneel down to Xu Chuang.

Just like last time, 5 km in half an hour, Bai Xinyu didn’t think he could do it from the start but Chen Jing kept kicking and screaming at him to run. Chen Jing is the kind of man who will fight you to the death if you don’t do what he says and if Bai Xinyu even shows the slightest sign of giving up, Chen Jing’s eyes will eat him up.

Bai Xinyu had to grit his teeth and run as hard as he could, strangely enough, this time he didn’t have Chen Jing and Yu Fengcheng to drag him, he was still at the back of the group but not so far behind as before, by the time he was following the group back to the playground, Chen Jing gave him a firm Chen Jing hammered him on the shoulder, an excited smile on his always expressionless face said, “You’ve finished, look at the time!” Chen Jing backed his watch in front of Bai Xinyu.

Bai Xinyu said excitedly: “30 minutes, I got back in 30 minutes! No more punishments! Ha ha ha ha ha ha, I really got back!”

Qian Liang laughed and said: “Great, you’ve finally made it.”

Feng Dongyuan also patted him on the shoulder and said, “Xinyu, look, you’ve improved a lot without realising it.”

Xu Chuang shouted: “What’s all this noise, 30 minutes and you’re all so proud of yourselves. Regular army 5 km cross country, 23 minutes to pass, 20 minutes or less to excel, 26 points to pass, 23 points to excel, look at yourselves, look around, how many of you can pass, how many of you can excel? How many of you are good?”

The new recruits quickly regroup, they don’t dare to speak.

“You’ve been training for two months now but I’m not happy with your results, you’re the worst batch of soldiers I’ve ever led, what can I say about you? You’re just a bunch of spoiled brats!” Xu Chuang, in his characteristic ranting style, scolded them all, they had been dragged out of their beds in the middle of the night for a five kilometre walk, they were sleepy, hungry, tired and cold, they were already in a bad mood and they were scolded so badly, everyone’s faces were black.

Xu Chuang shouted to everyone all around, “Are you not convinced, you will soon be touching the guns, I feel sorry for you half baked people to touch the guns, the bullets consumed. In a month’s time, you’ll be tested as new recruits, if you don’t pass, you’ll go to the fucking fields and feed the pigs, in my company, they’re all trained to the nines, one defective will ruin the rest, don’t think you’ve got connections in your families and backgrounds to make a living with me, I’m telling you, no way, I’ll see you at the test. Dismissed!”

The group returned to the dormitory and complained.

Da Xiong muttered: “Is the Company Commander on fire today, pulling us up in the middle of the night and scolding us.”

Qian Liang laughed evilly: “I guess his wife kicked him out of bed in the middle of the night, ha ha ha ha.”

Chen Jing said with a glare, “Can’t keep your mouth shut, go back to your orders.”

“Sergeant…”

“Stand in the corner and recite it, I’ll test you later.”

Qian Liang cried and took his little book to memorize.

Liang Xiaomao came up to Chen Jing and said, “Sergeant, what’s wrong with the Company Commander today? Usually he seems to have a good sense when he scolds people, today it’s like he’s taking it out on us.”