Xiao Hai Yang, who had suggested singing "Night of the Naval Port," was wide-eyed and gritting his teeth. "Zhang Chi is doing this on purpose, right? He actually reported this song."
Heavens above, he, Xiao Hai Yang, had only jokingly suggested a girl’s song. But Zhang Chi had actually submitted it, and it had been chosen.
Thinking about singing "Night of the Naval Port" at the evening event, Xiao Hai Yang felt like he'd be ridiculed for the entire semester.
"Report."
"Speak!"
Pan Zhen said loudly, "I haven't heard this song. Can we play it?"
Zhang Chi nodded slightly. "I've downloaded it. The field is too noisy. Everyone just come over and listen." He pulled out his phone.
The classmates hurried over, surrounding the instructor, listening to the song playing from his phone.
The night of the naval port is so quiet.
The waves gently rock the warship.
The young sailors sleep on the waves,
Sweet smiles appear in their dreams.
The sea breeze blows softly...
The students were in an uproar after hearing the beginning.
"It's sung by a girl!"
"How can we sing this?"
"Isn't this a girl's song?"
"Can we sing this?"
They hadn't heard Xiao Hai Yang clearly last night when he said it was a girl's song. Now they felt like crying.
This military song, although beautiful, was a girl's song. If they really sang it at the event, wouldn't the students from other classes laugh them to death?
"You want us, a bunch of big guys, to sing this?" Pan Zhen glared at Zhang Chi.
Zhang Chi suddenly turned his gaze to him, staring at him with piercing eyes. "Squat, twenty minutes."
Pan Zhen was furious. He was just about to squat down, but Zhang Chi suddenly sighed. "Forget it, ten minutes."
It was clear that Zhang Chi also knew that it was difficult for these boys to sing a girl's song at the evening event. He didn't want to punish Pan Zhen too severely.
"Instructor, we can't sing this."
"Yeah, Instructor, let's change it!"
"I definitely can't sing this song. Instructor, please, let us change to a different song!"
"Yeah! Instructor, just be kind and let us change to a different song!"
The students of the Second Company, Fourth Platoon, all pleaded.
Singing a girl’s song at the evening event, in front of everyone, they, these shy young men, really couldn't bring themselves to do it.
Seeing everyone's strong reaction, Zhang Chi told them to go back to their positions, then explained. "Our song list was submitted late. The other classes have already chosen the more masculine songs."
"The only different song on our list is 'Night of the Naval Port.' This was chosen by Xiao Hai Yang."
Speaking of which, he intentionally glanced at Xiao Hai Yang, directly shifting the blame onto him.
Sure enough, everyone turned and looked at Xiao Hai Yang with angry eyes.
Xiao Hai Yang, accustomed to being arrogant, was about to glare back, but remembering that he had suggested the song, he felt a little embarrassed and lowered his head, remaining silent.
Having successfully shifted the blame, Zhang Chi nodded in satisfaction and continued, "So everyone will have to sing this song. We will practice for sixteen days on the field, then have two to three days of rehearsals, and then finally sing this…"
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Another three days passed, and Zhou Sheng Chen's military training life was going pretty well, especially compared to others.
Whenever the training became too boring, he would feign fainting and go to the infirmary to rest. He could occasionally run into Li Shu Ci and Huangfu Shu Min, who had fainted from low blood sugar.
After a day of deep thought, Zhou Sheng Chen decided to make a move on Huangfu Shu Min.
There was no other reason; Huangfu Shu Min was too beautiful. If he didn't get her, Zhou Sheng Chen felt like he would really regret it.
Having made a decision, Zhou Sheng Chen naturally had to act.
"I don't know how much I like you. I just feel, I just feel…"
He wrote a love letter and prepared some things she desperately needed. After military training ended that night, Zhou Sheng Chen disguised himself a little and then snuck into the women's military training dormitory.
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The Journalism Department’s women’s dormitory.
Xia Lang Lang, Fan Xiao Yu, and the others had already returned from taking showers. Only Yang Jia Qian was slow and hadn't come back yet.
They were chatting when Yang Jia Qian suddenly came in, gasping for breath, carrying a blue plastic basin full of food.
"This world is crazy."
Yang Jia Qian collapsed onto a chair, panting as she said, "I went out to wash my face for a minute, and I received five love letters, six bottles of Lao Gan Ma, and ten sausages."
The other girls in the dormitory heard her and erupted in a chorus of laughter.
"Isn't that great?"
Xia Lang Lang walked over and stared at the sausages in the plastic basin with shining eyes. "A blessing for all humanity!"
"But!" Yang Jia Qian suddenly changed her tone, taking out all the love letters and handing them to Fan Xiao Yu. "These are all for Fan Xiao Yu."
"Ah?"
The other girls were a little surprised. They were all for the same person. That didn't make sense. They weren't bad looking either. Why didn't anyone send them love letters?
Huangfu Shu Min looked eagerly, confirming again, "Really? There isn't a love letter for me?"
Yang Jia Qian shook her head. "No!"
"You already have your French Pierre!" Fan Xiao Yu joked, laughing.
Huangfu Shu Min pouted, a little unhappy. "But even so, that doesn't mean I can't be liked by others!"
"You haven't broken up with your French boyfriend?" A gentle male voice suddenly came from the doorway. Then Zhou Sheng Chen opened the door and came in.
Seeing a man in the women's dormitory, Xia Lang Lang and the others were startled. They quickly checked their clothes to make sure they were decent.
"I haven't been here tonight, you see?"
Zhou Sheng Chen casually closed the dormitory door and then took four marinated duck legs from a black plastic bag, handing them to the two girls in the dormitory he didn't know.
"Just the few of us in the dormitory tonight, no outsiders!"
"I went to bed early. I didn't see anything."
The two girls took the marinated duck legs with shining eyes and looked at each other, saying in unison.
During military training for five or six days, they had been eating vegetarian food every day. They were about to give up.
Now seeing the marinated duck legs, they felt closer to them than their own mothers.
They agreed to fulfill Zhou Sheng Chen's little request.
"The women's dormitory management is very strict. How did you get in, Zhou Sheng Chen?" Fan Xiao Yu curiously asked.
"Yeah, how did you get in?"
Xia Lang Lang, Huangfu Shu Min, and Yang Jia Qian were also curious, their gazes fixed on Zhou Sheng Chen.
Zhou Sheng Chen shook his head. "It's a secret I can't tell you. I won't tell you."
The four girls, seeing that he wouldn't say, didn't pursue it.
"You wouldn't be here to give Xiao Yu a love letter, would you?" Yang Jia Qian suddenly asked.
Fan Xiao Yu heard Yang Jia Qian's words and suddenly became a little nervous and expectant.
Fan Xiao Yu actually had a good impression of Zhou Sheng Chen, this handsome boy who had kindly lent her money.