After handing the bottle of Pulsation to Xia Nuannuan, Qin Tian walked towards the instructor and smiled as he offered a bottle of Coke.
"Instructor Qi, have a bottle of water."
"Thanks."
Instructor Qi didn't stand on ceremony, reaching out to take it. He gestured towards Xia Nuannuan with his chin and asked with a smile, "Is that your girlfriend?"
"Mmm!"
"You caught her right after coming to university?"
"No, we were classmates in high school and came here together."
Qin Tian explained with a smile.
"Oh? That's quite impressive!"
Instructor Qi said with surprise.
"What about you, Instructor? How many years have you been a soldier?"
After taking a sip of Coke, Qin Tian casually asked.
"I joined right after high school, seven years now. Can't be helped, unlike you brilliant students, I really can't get into studying."
Instructor Qi smiled, then suddenly remembered something and added, "Right, my name is Qi Hong. When we're not training, just call me by my name!"
Facing these students, whom he considered prodigies, Qi Hong didn't dare to put on airs as an instructor.
Even though he was their military training instructor now, it might not be the case in a few years.
After serving eight years, he planned to retire and wasn't sure what kind of job he would find.
These students he was instructing, after graduating from university, had promising futures. In a few years, they might be high-level executives in Fortune 500 companies, while he might just be a security guard at one of those companies.
"Then can I call you Brother Qi?"
Qin Tian tentatively asked.
"Sure!"
Qi Hong smiled and nodded in agreement.
"Brother Qi, are you seeing anyone?"
"Not yet. I haven't even retired, where would I find the time!"
"That can't be right. If that's the case, who would want to be a soldier? I know you soldier boys are very popular. Maybe you just didn't seize the opportunity yourself, Brother Qi?"
Qin Tian teased.
"Something like that!"
Qi Hong chuckled and nodded, saying no more.
Qin Tian, being perceptive, didn't press further.
Who didn't have a white moonlight from their youth!
Qi Hong was very time-conscious. As soon as the five minutes were up, he ended his chat with Qin Tian and blew the whistle for assembly.
Hearing the whistle, the students reluctantly placed their half-finished water and drinks aside and slowly began to gather.
"Hurry up, no dawdling!"
Qi Hong shouted in a stern voice.
He wouldn't put on airs with these students, but during training, he would do his job professionally.
Having been in the army for so many years and having trained several batches of university freshmen, he knew that establishing authority was necessary, otherwise, it would be difficult to manage the group.
The students instinctively sped up, but since it was only the second time they were assembling, their efficiency was still quite slow.
Qin Tian also walked over, standing ramrod straight at the front of the formation.
Qi Hong stood before the formation, hands behind his back, and began to lay down his rules in a clear and forceful tone.
"Remember who the people around you are. From now on, when I blow the assembly whistle, I'll start the timer. In ten seconds, if you're not in your designated spot, males will do fifty push-ups, and females will hold the attention stance for ten minutes. Understood?"
"Yes!"
After Qi Hong finished speaking, only Qin Tian, standing at the very front, responded loudly.
Therefore, Qi Hong raised his voice and emphasized his tone, shouting again, "Everyone except Qin Tian, are you all deaf? Did you hear me?"
"YES!!!"
This time, the classmates in the class responded in unison.
"Very good!"
Qi Hong nodded in satisfaction.
Just then, someone's phone, whose silence mode wasn't activated, let out a clear notification chime.
A female student in the second row's expression shifted slightly, and she lowered her head, trying to remain calm.
"This is the first time, so I won't pursue it, but it's also the last. Everyone with a phone now, please silence or turn them off, and place them aside with the drinks."
Qi Hong issued the command, his tone brooks no argument.
The students with phones stepped out one by one and complied.
"Nuannuan, give it to me!"
Qin Tian took out his own phone and walked over to Xia Nuannuan, extending his hand.
Xia Nuannuan nodded slightly and placed the phone she took out from her pocket into his hand.
Qin Tian, holding both phones, walked to the side and stacked them under the shade of a tree.
After the students had reassembled and stood properly, Qi Hong, using Qin Tian as an example, corrected his posture while explaining the standing at attention position to the other students.
Then came the commands to look left and right, and how to determine if one's position was aligned.
After that, Qi Hong walked into the formation and corrected them one by one.
For the males, he would directly assist, while for the females, he was more gentlemanly, using verbal cues to guide them to correct their posture.
After quite a bit of effort, the formation finally became truly neat.
"Attention everyone… Rest!"
Qi Hong gave the command.
The students, standing at attention, immediately relaxed somewhat, and some even started whispering.
"What are you doing? I said to rest, not to relax! Attention!"
Qi Hong roared angrily.
The students immediately snapped back to attention, groaning inwardly.
"I'll outline the disciplinary requirements during military training. It's very simple: obey orders, and execute them without delay!"
"I don't care about your break time. You can consider me your friend, but during training, I am the instructor, and you are my soldiers."
"A soldier's duty is to obey orders, that's the most basic principle."
...
After Qi Hong finished explaining the military training disciplinary requirements, he announced a five-minute break.
Many of the classmates could no longer stand steadily. Hearing this, they felt as if they had been granted a great pardon, and they began to complain with sighs.
"I can't anymore, I'm so tired, my legs are a bit numb."
"Me too, mainly because it's so hot. I didn't dare to wipe the sweat off my forehead earlier, it was so itchy."
"It's only just started, how will we get through the rest?"
"I thought Instructor Qi was quite easy-going earlier, I didn't expect him to be so strict!"
"Yeah, alas, looks like we're in for some hardship!"
"Is there any way to get sick leave and not participate in military training?"
"You're dreaming. If it were that easy to get leave, everyone would be lying in their dorms with air conditioning right now."
"..."
"Nuannuan, how are you? Tired?"
Qin Tian walked up to Xia Nuannuan and asked with concern.
"I'm doing alright, not tired!"
Xia Nuannuan shook her head with a sweet smile.
She was very grateful now that before the college entrance examination, she had persisted in jogging with Qin Tian every day before evening study.
Otherwise, if she were still so overweight, she would definitely be very tired.
"That's good!"
Seeing that her complexion was normal and she indeed seemed quite relaxed, Qin Tian was relieved.
The exercise before the college entrance examination, combined with the improvement from his self-made low-grade physique-enhancing potion, had not only allowed Xia Nuannuan to achieve a transformation in her appearance but also made her physique much stronger than other girls her age.
"Xia Nuannuan, I really can't tell, you have such good stamina too?"
Cheng Meng looked at her with a surprised gaze.
As a tough girl from the north, her physique was also excellent, and she wasn't even out of breath at the moment.
"It's alright!"
Xia Nuannuan smiled with a hint of smugness.