Ye Ying stopped in her tracks. Her expression was dark. She spoke in an awkward tone, “Class One is in front. I won’t be going over. Hurry up and go back to your class. My parents should be reaching soon.”
It had been around one and a half hours after the shooting practice had ended. From the province to the chemical defense regiment, it would take around two and a half hours by car. Thus, her parents should be arriving soon.
The sun slowly set. The stars lit up the night sky. A cool breeze blew past them, taking the heat from the day with it.
Yao Jing didn’t want to talk to Ye Ying too. “Okay. I can’t help you but I feel that you don’t have to transfer schools. You can just change your class. Don’t let Ye Jian feel that you’re transferring because you’re afraid of her. This is just my suggestion. You can think about it.”
If she transferred school, there would be one less person to create trouble for Ye Jian. That was something she didn’t want to see.
Someone walked past them. He left a trace of refreshing mint smell. His walking speed was neither slow nor fast. In fact, his posture was elegant. Even when wearing the camouflage uniform, he looked refined. Yao Jing couldn’t help but turn to look at him again. However, all she saw was a handsome back.
Ye Ying had already left. Yao Jing stood at the same spot and looked at the direction the man went. She noticed that the person was walking towards Class One’s direction.
“Yao Jing, why are you hiding here? You’re the arts committee member of your class. You can’t sneak off like this. The singing competition with Class Five is starting soon. We’re counting on your loud voice.” Yao Jing wanted to stay a while longer but she was dragged off by her classmates who came to look for her. She had only looked down for a moment but the figure was already gone.
The students from Grade Eleven-Class One were already chatting with their instructor. A few young men, under the lead of Lu Xin, were asking him if entering the army was a good choice. They weren’t joking when they said that they would become a soldier if they couldn’t enter university.
The moment Ye Jian sat down, An Jiaxin whispered, “If being a female soldier is easy, I want to be one too. However, my parents won’t agree. They’ll want me to get a degree.”
“You can join the army even if you’re studying. You…” Ye Jian’s voice became softer. She even hunched her back. “Don’t act rashly. Listen to what Instructor Huang says first. I’ll pay a visit to the washroom. I’ll find you later.”
As expected, the military was Xia Jinyuan’s territory. She walked around for half an hour but he still found her. She hunched her back and made use of the dark sky to walk past her class. Then, she kept close to Class Two and walked past them, leaving the field.
The sky was slowly becoming darker. It wasn’t easy to find someone in this huge sports ground. But, to Xia Jinyuan, it wasn’t difficult. However… the person he wanted to find was smart too.
He saw her a moment ago but in a blink of an eye, she was gone.
He didn’t alert the people in Class One. Instead, he stopped for a moment before smiling lightly. Then, he moved towards the direction where Ye Jian went.
She had undergone special forces training. So did he. His professional knowledge was better than Ye Jian. He could analyze which was the best route to leave the sports ground without getting noticed.
The two equally smart people started an interesting game of scouting and tracing. Ye Jian raised her eyebrows when she noticed that Xia Jinyuan was on her trail. She jumped a few times and hunched her way out of the sports ground. She walked towards the forest.
