Chapter 14: Qiu Lin's Punishment

  The sudden emergency takeoff to intercept the unidentified foreign aircraft finally ended with the withdrawal of the enemy plane, and everyone ran to both sides of the runway to welcome the victorious soldiers.

  Although Sun Qifan couldn't give the most enthusiastic applause like other students when Sun Fan and Zhuo Yi walked down from the war machine, he looked at Sun Fan's relaxed face and a faint smile appeared on his own face.

  Sun Buan inadvertently turned his head, saw his nephew smiling at him, and couldn't help but smile in his heart. He thought that after all, it was a blood relationship, no matter how incompatible the two were in daily life, this kind of emotion could not be replaced by anything when facing life and death. However, Sun Buan did not go forward to talk to his nephew, and calmly turned his head back, walking quickly towards Zhao Hu.

  "Reporting to Commander, Tiankong 1 and Tiankong 2 have completed their mission successfully, please instruct!" After that, Sun Fan gave a military salute.

  After the toast, Zhao Hu said: "It seems that our Sun Dasheng, the treasure sword is not old. So many years have not been well touched by airplanes, but still can stand out at critical moments, beating the opponent to pee and flow, it's really a treasure of our army!"

  Listening to Zhao Hu's praise, Sun Bao just smiled awkwardly. In his heart, he actually understood that his performance was barely satisfactory.

  Zhuo Yi saw Zhao Hu turn to her, and she knew he was going to say something to her. But she didn't want to hear those official words, so just as Zhao Hu was about to speak, she quickly raised her hand to interrupt him and said: "You don't have to praise me, I just did what I should do."

  After finishing speaking, Zhuo Yi turned her head to look at Qiu Lin. She looked at Qiu Lin's excited face and thought about what she was going to say next, and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

  However, she still spoke out and resolutely said to Zhao Hu: "Comrade Qiu Lin disregarded the guard's obstruction, went out privately without permission, and intruded into the military secret warehouse 094, bringing a very negative impact on our training work. As an instructor, I suggest that her training qualification be immediately revoked and she return to her original assigned location."

  Zhuo Yi's sharp words made the scene, which was just lively and enthusiastic, suddenly quiet. Qiu Lin's hand hovered in mid-air for half a day, and she herself was also stunned on the spot for a while before slowly coming back from her blank state of mind.

  "What right do you have?!" Qiu Lin's angry roar broke through the suffocating silence.

  "Can't I make myself any clearer?"

  "Alright! If intruding into warehouse 094 cancels training qualifications, then Sun Qifan should also leave." As she spoke, Qiu Lin raised her hand without hesitation and pointed to Sun Qifan standing beside her.

  Sun Qifan was startled by Qiu Lin's words and quickly replied, "What does this have to do with me?"

  "What does it have to do with you? When I saw you, you were in the anti-submarine helicopter wind tunnel test chamber. That's a restricted area that ordinary personnel can't enter."

  After hearing Qiu Lin's words, Sun Qifan couldn't help but turn around to look at Zhao Hu and ask: "Is what she said true?"

  Zhao Hu nodded simply without explaining anything.

  This made Sun Qifan instantly stunned. Isn't this equivalent to defaulting himself and Qiu Lin as the same, being a trespasser in the 094 warehouse? Moreover, he indeed saw things that others didn't see.

  Sun Qifan suddenly burst out laughing, laughed for a while, took a deep breath and said: "Alright, I understand. Qiu Lin, I'll leave with you."

  As soon as this was said, Sun Fu and Zhao Hu simultaneously frowned and shouted in unison: "Not allowed!"

  Everyone did not expect that even the military commander would stand up and speak for Sun Qifan, and they all looked at Sun Qifan in unison. Jiang Yurou hummed softly at this time, but didn't say anything, just quietly looking at Sun Qifan.

  Zhao Hu naturally felt the suspicious atmosphere that was subtly emerging on the scene, and he also knew that he had just done something he shouldn't have done. But since his words were already out, he could only go with the flow and continued to say: "Actually, Qiu Lin and Sun Qi Fan, both of them were called by me to 094 warehouse. Especially Comrade Qiu Lin, her father is the chief designer of anti-submarine helicopters, this allows the child to see her long-unseen father, I think you all shouldn't have any objections, right?"

  The sound fell, and the scene that was originally somewhat ** suddenly became quiet, even Zhuo Yi stopped talking and didn't say another word.

  However, Zhao Hu was also clear in his mind that if he didn't punish Qiu Lin, it would inevitably make Zhuo Yi dissatisfied, and there might be problems with the subsequent work. After thinking about it, Zhao Hu said: "But, a capital punishment can be avoided, but a living punishment is hard to escape. In view of last night's emergency assembly, Qiu Lin was unable to participate, violating the iron discipline that soldiers should always be ready to throw themselves into battle. Therefore, she must be doubly punished." As he spoke, Zhao Hu looked at Qiu Lin with a cold eye and asked harshly: "Do you accept this punishment?!"

  "Good!"

  "Alright, since everyone is here now, you will stay right here and accept your punishment in front of everyone." As he spoke, Zhao Hu raised his hand and pointed to the ground.

  Qiu Lin looked at Zhao Hu's gesture and stepped forward without hesitation, instantly getting into the best push-up position.

  "Let's start!"

  As soon as Zhao Hu gave the order, Qiu Lin also exerted herself. In July, Zhanjiang was scorching hot, and the sun beat down on the earth, making it possible to sweat profusely just by standing in the sun, and even more so with a slight movement.

  But just as Qiu Lin finished ten push-ups, the sweat had already soaked through her camouflage uniform. Sweat dripped from her hair ends, eyebrows, and nose tip, pattering onto the scorching hot cement floor, only to disappear in the blink of an eye.

  Wait until Qiu Lin finishes fifty push-ups, the camouflage is already completely wet with sweat, and the sweat starts to drip onto the ground from the corners of her clothes. Her face has turned pale, but she still grits her teeth and persists, just to be able to seize this opportunity to stay behind, she must prove herself.

  So even if she gritted her teeth and held her breath, now only able to support one push-up, she never thought of giving up.

  Her speed slowed down, and every time she dived down, her arms would tremble non-stop.

  Taking a deep breath, Qiu Lin didn't care about losing her feminine image, holding her breath until her face turned red and she slowly lifted herself up.

  Now, with each push-up completed, Qiu Lin felt that her physical strength had been completely exhausted. She could only support herself there, enduring the scorching of the originally delicate palms by the merciless earth. But she didn't shed tears, even though sweat had already stung her eyes; she didn't give up, even though her physical strength had been completely depleted.

  She took a deep breath again, and Qiu Lin put herself down once more. But this time, she couldn't hold on and lay down, even with her cheek tightly pressed against the scorching ground, she felt much more comfortable than continuing to hold on.

  Looking at Qiu Lin's heavy breathing, her originally cherry-red lips had turned pale, Zhao Hu knew that Qiu Lin's physical strength was gone.

  Looking up at the sun that was right overhead, Zhao Hu said: "Alright, push-ups are over for now. Next is crawling with a load for 100 meters." As he spoke, Zhao Hu got into the vehicle and personally drove it to a spot 100 meters away, where he stopped horizontally.

  He turned his head to look at the military vehicle a hundred meters away, and the heat haze rising from the ground made Zhao Hu distorted within a hundred meters.

  "Get down!"

  As Zhao Neng gave the order, Qiu Lin, who had no strength left, could only roll over and face Zhao Hu, preparing to kowtow. But she didn't know what it meant to kowtow with a heavy load, so she quietly looked ahead.

  "Up!" With Zhao Neng's another order, a female soldier decisively pressed her back against Qiu Lin's back, with both hands clasped behind Qiu Lin's shoulders.

  "Begin!" From afar came Zhao Hu's order to set off.

  However, Qiu Lin's hands were desperately grasping and crawling on the ground, but her entire body didn't move forward at all. Everyone was quietly watching her, time passed by second by second, it seemed like a long time had already passed, but Qiu Lin only crawled less than ten meters forward.

  Qiu Lin, once again, was completely out of energy. She stared at the seemingly endless distance in front of her and finally burst into tears, crying while weakly pounding the ground.

  Just as Qiu Lin was about to give up, Sun Qifan ran out and ran to the front of Qiu Lin, tearing off a piece of tape from his hand to cover Qiu Lin's eyes. Everyone didn't know what Sun Qifan was doing, but he just smiled and said to Qiu Lin: "The finish line is not far away, believe in yourself!"

  "Really?"

  "Trust me, just as I trust you. Let's start!" With that, Sun Qifan flashed to the side, knowing that what followed was up to Qiu Lin herself.

  Perhaps without the intuitive feeling of distance, the fear and disappointment in her heart also decreased a lot. Even though the speed was still not improving, Qiu Lin was still crawling towards Zhao Hu with great determination.

  The distance was slowly shortening, and just as Qiu Lin was about to approach Zhao Hu, everyone jumped up happily.

  When Qiu Lin arrived in front of Zhao Hu, she didn't stop; instead, she continued to move forward. This made everyone feel incredulous, and even Jiang Yu Ruo couldn't help but walk up and ask Sun Qi Fan in a low voice: "What did you do to make her look so energetic now?"

  Sun Qifan looked at Qiu Lin, who was still challenging herself after her success, and said with a smile on his face: "I didn't do anything, I just made her forget the fear in her heart and strive for her goal without hesitation."

  As her voice fell, Qiu Lin finally stopped. When she untied the gauze that covered her eyes and looked at Zhao Hu behind her, she couldn't help but smile.

  Looking at Qiu Lin's smile as bright as a summer flower, Zhao Hu also smiled and walked up to her, extending his hand and saying: "Congratulations, you've proven yourself today, you have the qualifications to continue staying here."

  Qiu Lin looked at Zhao Hu's right hand in front of her eyes, which was full of calluses, and tears burst out instantly.

  With Zhao Hu's support, Qiu Lin struggled to stand up, at this moment her hands were already bleeding, fresh blood and sweat dripping from her fingertips. But she didn't make a single sound of pain, instead she ran to the front of Sun Fan and Zhuo Yi, trembling as she raised her right hand to salute the two instructors, saying: "Reporting... Instructors, Cadet Qiu Lin has completed the task, requesting... to return to the team..."

  "Agreed!" Sun Fan responded to Qiu Lin's request without hesitation, his smiling face couldn't help but turn to look at Zhuo Yi on the side.

  Looking at Sun Fan's smug face, Zhuo Yi glanced at Qiu Lin who had already proven herself and said with a willing-to-lose tone: "Isn't it just washing your socks for a month? Look how proud you are, cut it out!"