My Little Poplar - Chap 63

At that moment, there was a knock on the door, Bai Xinyu stretched his neck to look at the door and saw that it was Huo Qiao who came in. Bai Xinyu saw Huo Qiao, he really hated him, he had mixed feelings about Huo Qiao, some envy, some jealousy, through the try-out, probably Huo Qiao, the smiling tiger, had left a big shadow in everyone’s heart, one wanted to slap him twice!

Huo Qiao, as if not seeing the torn expressions of the two, smiling to himself, walked in and said: “You two are awake, how are you feeling?”

Bai Xinyu said with a tense face: “I don’t think I’m crippled.”

Huo Qiao laughed: “Good, it’s rare to get three entrée at once, it’s a once in a decade chance that doesn’t happen for years.”

Bai Xinyu thought of the two soldiers who had come out of the gas chamber, he felt so bad for them, the most painful and difficult time was over, all they had to do was get up and walk 100 metres again, they would have passed the try-out but they failed at the most crucial moment, it was so cruel, if Chen Jing hadn’t pulled him up, he would have been able to do it. He would have had the same fate, so he can especially relate to those two men.

Huo Qiao said: “Are you thinking of those two people who gave up? It’s a pity for them.”

Bai Xinyu said with a grimace, “Yes.”

Huo Qiao laughed lightly: “They gave up at the last minute, for us, as long as we didn’t have our legs broken and we didn’t lose our lives, we shouldn’t have given up on the mission.”

“But they didn’t give up because they weren’t fit, it was the way you selected them that was…”

Huo Qiao said: “That’s precisely why I can’t have them. If they really couldn’t stand up but didn’t give up in their hearts, maybe I’d take them on at my discretion but they’re in the same state as you and Chen Jing and they’re giving up because of resentment and discontent, that alone, disqualifies them from being Special Forces, to compromise a mission for immature personal reasons, that’s a big no no. It’s a big no no.”

Bai Xinyu was dumbfounded, he knew Huo Qiao was right but his heart was still in his mouth, he said: “Then I… If I wasn’t class president, I’d probably give up too.”

Huo Qiao smiled at the corners of his lips, a gleam in his eye, “Really? Are you really going to give up?”

Bai Xinyu pursed his lips, his head was spinning, would he give up? In that situation, if Chen Jing hadn’t pulled him up off the ground, would he have scrambled to his feet, just to be able to take two more steps after Yu Fengcheng’s back, or would he have simply closed his eyes and rested? He didn’t know, because there was no if, so what he would have done, he couldn’t tell. He shook his head and said, “I don’t know, I just know that, compared to both of them, I may not be qualified.”

“Yes, you may not qualify, you were lucky, your Little Sergeant pulled you through at a crucial time, as to whether you qualify or not, there will be a second round of try-out to test you.” He finished and walked over to Chen Jing’s bed, sat down, smiled and patted Chen Jing on the shoulder, “Little Chen, you did not disappoint me.”

Chen Jing smiled bitterly and said, “Platoon Leader, it was a fluke for me.”

“You are not a fluke, I believe you have what it takes to pass the try-out and you have certainly proved my vision, you and Fengcheng are the soldiers I think most highly of, I am very happy with the results of this try-out.”

Bai Xinyu sighed, thinking to himself that he had been a total accidental winner, all this way, without Yu Fengcheng, he would not have made it to the gas chamber and without Chen Jing, he would probably not have made it to the end, with his strength, would he have made it through to the second round? would he have made it through to the second round?