Although she said that, military training was all about physical exercise, and considering her fitness level was already so poor, she had to persist no matter what.
Vivian also felt uneasy constantly having Gu Yan accompany her swimming. Once she got used to the water, biting through the pain, she let Gu Yan go practice the tasks she wasn’t confident in.
Pull-ups.
Gu Yan needed to see how long she could do pull-ups because among the various tasks, this one was the most challenging for her.
Gu Yan initially thought that all it took to do pull-ups was having strong arms, but the reality was not so at all. She found that her arms quickly lost strength, and then she embarrassingly just hung there.
By coincidence, Luo Xixi and a few other girls ca by. After not passing her initial run, Luo Xixi seed to be stimulated by sothing or figured out a strategy because she managed to pass eventually. Hence, she also had the opportunity to move on to the next training task.
Gu Yan felt a bit downcast. It’d be more tolerable if anyone else had seen her instead of that annoying Luo Xixi.
Gritting her teeth, she attempted another pull-up, but because she had no strength left, her hands loosened, and she fell straight down!
Although there were soft mats below, so falling wouldn’t hurt, falling in front of Luo Xixi was... Gu Yan didn’t need to imagine to know the schadenfreude on Luo Xixi’s face.
Luo Xixi wouldn’t dare to bully her, but she might mock her.
But the expected embarrassing fall didn’t happen; Gu Yan was caught by soone.
The person set her down smoothly and said, "Hasty climbers have sudden falls, and besides, pull-ups also require core strength."
Gu Yan looked up at him, saying happily, "How co you’re here?"
"Our morning training finished, so I ca to check on you." Bai Li naturally extended his hand, gently pushing Gu Yan’s disheveled fringe to the side.
The gesture was natural and practiced
As if he had done it countless tis already.
And indeed, he had done it countless tis, and Gu Yan was very used to it, not feeling there was anything wrong with it.
However, Luo Xixi and the girls were a bit surprised to witness this scene.
A girl whispered, "Hey, that guy is the Insectoid exchange student, right? When did he get so familiar with Gu Yan?"
Luo Xixi pursed her lips.
She had always harbored a mix of envy, jealousy, and hatred towards Gu Yan, not to ntion that incident that occurred earlier.
But later, her mother told her, "Gu Yan is indeed better than you. Apart from being beautiful, all of her advantages co from her parents and siblings."
Similarly, with so many halos behind her, Gu Yan would attract those who intended to get close to her and use her to achieve various goals.
Simply put, as Gu Yan grew older, the number of n around her would only increase, but most of them would have impure motives.
At this mont, Luo Xixi watched with complex feelings as Gu Yan and the Insectoid exchange student whispered to each other, both looking innocent and without sches.
She suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for Gu Yan.
Surrounded by so many n, most of them not truly sincere, was too sad, too pitiable.
Suddenly losing the mood to revel in Gu Yan’s troubles, Luo Xixi spoke magnanimously to her friends, "Let’s go, let’s practice shooting."
"Right, that’s what I’m most worried about."
There were a lot of people practicing shooting, with a need to queue up, and in fact, most people were worried about this part.
If one managed to complete the prior tasks, only to have their shooting be inaccurate, then the relentless training would go on indefinitely, which would be too miserable.
On the contrary, the least number of people practiced pull-ups.
Bai Li said in a calm and gentle tone, "Your weakness is a lack of physical strength, and based on your fitness, you may not have the energy to do pull-ups after completing the first three tasks."
Gu Yan made a sad face, "Then what should I do?"
By that ti, everyone else would have passed, and there she’d be, still huffing and puffing in training... She might as well stay at the weight-bearing long-distance running, at least then she’d have ten buddies to share the hardship with.
And there she’d be, hanging there all alone...
A flicker of amusent passed through Bai Li’s cool eyes, "There’s a way. Tell , out of these tasks, which one do you think is the strongest?"
"Shooting! But that one is fixed, it has to be the last. The second is swimming, I really love water! Then cos the thorn pit, climbing the ice mountain, and lastly pull-ups..."
After thinking for a mont, Bai Li said, "Like this, do pull-ups first, then go swimming, then to the thorn pit, next climb the ice mountain, and shooting will still be last."
Gu Yan asked, "Can the order be changed?"
Bai Li replied, "As long as all are completed, it’s fine. Since only shooting is specified to be the last, it proves that the order of the others can be changed. If you’re not sure, you can ask the instructor."
"Alright, then I’ll go ask the instructor!"
This arrangent reminded Gu Yan of an old saying, like matching horses in a race, cough cough, although it wasn’t exactly horse racing, it had a similar trick to it.
Gu Yan imdiately ran to the instructor to ask about this. Actually, all the instructors had been tipped off by Adolf, to take special care of this young lady within the rules.
And changing the order of the test did not violate their regulations, as long as the last task was shooting.
Why was shooting set as the last task? Many instructors knew that other tasks would be completed by everyone; it was just a matter of ti.
But shooting could make many people’s previous efforts in vain. Well, after all, training the students didn’t have to be that gentle.
After confirming she received a positive answer, Gu Yan went and tried the other tasks, and finally agreed with the sequence Bai Li had arranged for her.
Passing should be very hopeful!
Compared to her scholarly family, where only she was the underachiever, setting her sights on just passing might not be very ambitious, but Gu Yan was aware of her shortcomings. Moreover, if she couldn’t even pass, it would be even more humiliating for her family.
If there weren’t so many people on the training field, Gu Yan would’ve embraced Bai Li happily!
He smiled warmly, "Fight on, Xiaoyan."
"Yeah!"
The two had stayed on the training ground for too long, or to be more specific, an Insectoid being so close to the Gu Family’s little princess was definitely going to attract attention.
As an outstanding senior student, Lu Yu was here to assist the instructors and train the juniors. Of course, he noticed this scene.
He had fallen for Gu Yan at first sight, but she was not warm to him, and every ti they t on campus, he only got a polite ’hello, senior,’ with nothing more.
Lu Yu also knew that Gu Yan ca from a high-status family and pursuing her would definitely be difficult.
He wasn’t in a hurry. He could take it slowly, and besides, he was about to graduate, and with his qualifications, he was certain to join the military. Perhaps then, he could catch the eye of either Commander Gu or Commander Su.
To Lu Yu’s knowledge, neither Commander Gu nor Commander Su cared much about family background, so even if his family’s status was ordinary, it wouldn’t matter.
Especially considering how young Gu Yan still was—only eighteen. Commander Gu and the others surely wouldn’t want her to have a boyfriend or get married so early!
So Lu Yu had always been patient.
But now, watching that annoying Insectoid hovering around Gu Yan, Lu Yu’s face darkened, and he blocked the Insectoid’s path.
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