Chapter 18: Jiang Yurou Becomes the Team Captain

  The slap on the face still echoed on the military port dock, Sun Qifan was also brought back from his rational loss by this powerful slap, and he only dared to respond to Jiang Yurou's force and turned his face to one side, not daring to look straight at the angry Jiang Yurou. Jiang Yurou's hands were also tightly clenched into a ball, silently staring at Sun Qifan, waiting for him to say a word, even if it was just three simple words.

  But as the follow-up troops arrived at the military port one after another, more and more people gathered around, Sun Qifan remained silent.

  "Speak!"

  Listening to Jiang Yurou's finally unbearable scream, Sun Qifan only turned his head around, raised his eyes to look at Jiang Yurou, still not saying a word.

  "Speak up!"

  As she spoke, Jiang Yurou's right hand rose again, held high in mid-air, as if another slap was about to land on Sun Qifan's face. What Jiang Yurou didn't expect was that even at this point, Sun Qifan still didn't say the words "I'm sorry", and instead simply closed his eyes.

  Seeing Sun Qifan's willing-to-be-punished appearance, Jiang Yurou's hand, which had been suspended in mid-air, finally clenched into a fist and fell. She stomped her foot, turned around, and was about to leave. Sun Fu didn't know what his nephew had done to provoke Jiang Yurou, causing such a big commotion, but seeing that the farce was coming to an end, he saw that everyone had arrived at the military port on time as required, and immediately let out a loud shout: "Halt! You think you can disperse before assembly?"

  As soon as Sun Fu shouted like this, Jiang Yurou, who had just turned around and hadn't taken a step yet, stopped right there.

  "Assembly!"

  As soon as Sun Fan gave the order, all the students who had just come down from a 10-kilometer armed cross-country run quickly formed a neat and tidy squad. Jiang Yurou felt stifled in her heart, and she didn't want to think about the fact that the person standing next to her was Sun Qifan, who had taken her first kiss after 22 years of waiting.

  A soldier's duty is to obey orders, this was what Jiang Yurou's grandfather told her in a serious tone as an old soldier when she put on the military uniform for the first time. Jiang Yurou never dared to forget these words, so now even if the person next to her is someone she least wants to see, she can only endure and stand at attention with a stern expression.

  The sound of light footsteps stopped, Sun Fan raised an eyebrow and scanned the twenty-four students standing in front of him, looked at his watch and said: "Congratulations everyone, you have successfully passed the first test!"

  As he spoke, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Yuruo, shouting: "Jiang Yuruo!"

  Listening to the shout, Jiang Yuru hastily choked back her sobs and responded with a "Yes."

  But her voice was not loud enough, so Sun Bo had to shout again: "Jiang Yurou!"

  "Arrived!"

  "Fall in!"

  Jiang Yurou was stunned for a moment, thinking to herself if her previous actions had caused trouble. After all, Sun Qifan was Sun Fu's nephew, and slapping him in the face without hesitation in front of his uncle would be asking for trouble.

  However, she smiled and responded loudly: "Yes!" Taking a step forward, she now stood in front of Sun Bo, staring intently at the ship number behind him.

  "From now on, Jiang Yurou is the leader of the student squad!"

  Sun Fan's words made everyone involuntarily turn their heads to look at Jiang Yurou, each person's face wearing an incredulous expression, and even Jiang Yurou herself felt that such an arrangement was completely a joke.

  But Sun Fu did not make any explanation for such an arrangement, and after the words fell, he turned his head to look at Lu Tao and shouted: "Lu Tao!"

  "Arrived!"

  "Fall in!"

  "Yes!"

  Responding, Lu Tao also took a step forward and is now standing beside Jiang Yu Ruo.

  "Comrade Lu Tao is now appointed as the deputy captain of the student squadron!"

  Upon hearing the appointment notice, Lu Tao did not react like Jiang Yurou with a wooden expression, but instead his joy overflowed and he quickly raised his hand to give a military salute, responding with a loud "Yes!"

  With a military salute, Sun also hurriedly raised his hand to return the courtesy. After Lu Tao put down his hand, he continued to say: "The appointment notice is now over, and after dismissal, everyone can go up to the warship behind me to rest." As he spoke, the gangway of the 168th ship slowly descended, and all the students cheered excitedly, not waiting for Sun's order to disperse, they rushed towards the deck of the 168th ship.

  Sun watched everyone's excited look, didn't get angry, just smiled helplessly and added a sentence "dismissed", then walked towards Zhuo Yi.

  Zhuo Yi looked at Sun Fan's suddenly solemn expression and guessed what he was worried about, so she asked straightforwardly: "What's wrong? Are you still worried that Sun Qifan won't be able to handle his emotions according to your plan?"

  Sun smiled and said, "I'm not worried that he won't obey my arrangements, but rather I'm worried that he's become completely silent now."

  "What you said is also true, since this kid came back from the 094 warehouse, he hasn't mentioned anything about changing his ambition, and hasn't confronted you again. Just now, he even pulled Jiang Yurou from the bottom to first place!" As she spoke, Zhuo Yi's eyebrows were tightly locked, and she asked Sun Fan: "I have no objection to your appointment of Lu Tao as deputy captain, but how did you let Jiang Yurou become the captain? With her temperament, aren't you pushing her to a dead end?"

  Sun Fan heard that Zhuo Yi was actually pleading for Jiang Yu Rou, and couldn't help but look her up and down, asking: "How come, are you starting to feel sorry for your designated disciple now? I'm helping you observe her. Besides, who let her run first? This first place isn't easy to take!"

  Seeing that she couldn't out-talk Sun Fan, Zhuo Yi could only raise her hand to signal an end to the topic and said, "What are you going to do with these kids next?"

  "Do you want to know?" As he spoke, Sun Fan raised his hand and hooked a finger at Zhuo Yi.

  According to Sun Fan, Zhuo Yi immediately leaned in close to Sun Fan's mouth, perking up an ear to carefully listen to what kind of strange idea was hidden inside Sun Fan's gourd.

  "Secret!" responded Sun Fu, looking at Zhuo Yi's face which had turned green with rage. With a self-satisfied smile, he hummed a little tune as he slowly walked towards the bridge stairs.

  Zhuo Yi looked at Sun Fan's complacent expression and couldn't help but mutter a couple of sentences behind his back. However, she couldn't resist smiling again, thinking that this was the real Sun Fan she knew.

  The 168 warship, as a war-experienced military vessel, naturally became the fundamental lesson that Sun Fan would teach all the students next. However, Sun Fan didn't say anything now, and after he went up to the deck, he seemed very ordinary, watching all the students excitedly running around on the deck, he just smiled without saying a word.

  As lunchtime approached, Sun Fan let Jiang Yurou gather everyone together to prepare for going to the cafeteria to eat. Jiang Yurou also had experience in assembling teams at school, and responded to Sun Fan's instructions, coming to the helipad at the stern of the ship and shouting loudly: "Assemble!"

  Her cry made everyone turn their heads towards her, but no one immediately followed orders.

  As she looked at the other students with a pair of cold and expressionless eyes staring straight at her, Jiang Yurou's heart suddenly felt like it had been hollowed out, unsure of what to do, and she appeared somewhat anxious and restless, her small hands hanging by her sides, her fingers fidgeting nonstop.

  Who would listen to her orders? This was the only question that Zhuo Yi Jing, who was standing aside and quietly watching Jiang Yu Ruo, who looked a bit embarrassed at this moment, thought of in her mind.

  Zhuo Yi cast her gaze towards Lu Tao, the deputy captain of the student team. But what Zhuo Yi didn't expect was that after Lu Tao looked around at the surrounding students with a left and right glance, he just stood quietly in place, not moving any further towards the assembly point.

  Bao Shiping originally wanted to gather quickly upon hearing the order, but just as he turned around and took a step forward, he was stopped by Lü Kun who was standing beside him.

  Looking at Lv Kun and the few students around him with a bad intention, Bao Shiping had no choice but to push his glasses frame back and retreat, turning around to stare blankly at the sea waves slapping against the ship's hull.

  Sun Qifan couldn't help but laugh at the sight. After a snort, he calmly walked towards Jiang Yurou, muttering to himself as he went: "It seems that this new official's first fire hasn't even been lit yet." Having said that, Sun Qifan stood in front of Jiang Yurou, his hands casually tucked into his pockets, without standing at attention, looking rather languid.

  But for Jiang Yurou, this was already the best response, at least Sun Qifan listened to the order and arrived at the gathering point.

  Biting back the frustration in her heart, Jiang Yurou took a deep breath and shouted again: "Assemble!"

  This time, Lu Tao moved forward. He quickly ran to the front of Jiang Yuru and stood at the deputy captain's position. Seeing that Lu Tao had joined the formation, seven or eight other students also joined in one after another. After a minute, there were still three people who hadn't joined the formation.

  Among the three special individuals, Lü Kun was one of them. He stood in the front middle position, with his hands tucked into his pockets, looking up at Jiang Yuruo with a cold smile. The two people behind him, although not as arrogant as Lü Kun, were standing relatively properly, but they didn't dare to take another step forward.

  Jiang Yurou didn't want to delay others, so she shouted at the three of them with furrowed brows: "Didn't you hear the assembly call?"

  "Hey, you've only been team leader for half an hour and you're already putting on airs? You really think you're the big deal. " Responding to Jiang Yurou's words, Lü Kun burst out laughing, "The instructor isn't even here, who are you performing for?"

  "Lü Kun, you think I really can't cure you?" As she spoke, Jiang Yurou clenched her fists and walked towards Lü Kun.

  Although Jiang Yurong's physical strength seemed to be no match for Lü Kūn, at this moment, Jiang Yurong took every step with great stability, and the momentum was so strong that it scared the two students standing behind Lü Kūn to quickly retreat back into the formation. After all, regardless of who wins or loses in the end, openly fighting and brawling will not have a good outcome!

  Lü Kun was also intimidated by Jiang Yurou's aura, and he wasn't stupid, naturally knowing that if he really fought with Jiang Yurou, the one who would end up losing out would be himself.

  Thinking, Lü Kun pretended to be calm and smiled, shouting: "Do you know who I am?" Seeing that Jiang Yurou didn't show any fear towards him, Lü Kun couldn't help but tremble all over his body, and his speech became stuttering: "Say... it out, I'm afraid... afraid of scaring you!"

  "Isn't he just the son of a deputy mayor? What's there to be arrogant about!" As she spoke, Jiang Yurou was already standing in front of Lü Kun, her eyes coldly staring at him.