novelones Chapter 62 I don't care, I just miss you
Chapter 62 I don't care, I just miss you
"You ran ahead all by yourself, and your class wasn't even in the same formation as you."
Wang Haochen's hand was still raised in mid-air as he angrily demanded, "What did you say?!"
"What's it to you? Ran-ge led the team to first place. You're busy chasing your top twenty."
Li Yifan chimed in, "Ran-ge arranged the formation, Ran-ge planned the windbreak, and Ran-ge assigned the tasks of helping people. What did you do?"
Wang Haochen's face darkened. He lowered his hand, looked at Yao Ziwen and Li Yifan, and spoke with a serious tone.
"This is about collective honor. How can you all be so driven by personal gain?"
He shook his head: "I know I said a few things to your dorm before. But wasn't it all for your own good? It's okay to be slow, but you can't just give up. A lack of ambition will make it hard to succeed in society. Classmates, am I right?"
He turned around and looked at the students behind him.
No one responded.
Several girls in the back row lowered their heads, one pretending to tie her shoelaces. Several boys turned their faces away. Someone in the crowd whispered, "We couldn't have gotten first place as a group without Lin Ran," the voice wasn't loud, but everyone around heard it. The person next to them nodded in agreement.
Wang Haochen's hand was still outstretched, and the air was silent for a few seconds. He slowly withdrew his hand, a smile still lingering on his lips, but it froze. He turned around and walked towards the side of the line. As he passed Lin Ran, he paused.
He glanced at Lin Ran's face, then returned to the formation with a gloomy expression.
Lin Ran leaned against the edge of the line, holding a half-empty bottle of mineral water. Sunlight shone on his face, and he squinted as he gazed at another formation.
A young girl stood in the front row of the line, her cheeks flushed from exercise, making her even more charming.
As if sensing Lin Ran's gaze, Su Peixue also looked in this direction.
In the instant their eyes met, the girl winked her almond-shaped eyes at Lin Ran sweetly.
Her cherry lips moved slightly, and she mouthed "Master" in lip language.
Lin Ran immediately transformed into a level 100 lip-reading master.
Yao Ziwen nudged Lin Ran and exclaimed excitedly, "Ran-ge, did you see that? Su Peixue is smiling at me!"
"You're talking nonsense! They were clearly coming for me!" Li Yifan retorted, sticking his neck out.
"Pshaw, you'd better not flatter yourselves."
However, before Lin Ran could even speak, Wang Haochen said casually, "Su Peixue was just greeting me. We were friends in high school. I don't remember Su Peixue being close to you guys."
Lin Ran raised an eyebrow: "Class monitor, you're so close to Su Peixue? We went to the same high school, how come I didn't know?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Haochen's expression became flustered for a moment.
Yao Ziwen said, "Yes, Lao Lin is from Hunan, and so is Su Peixue. What about you? Aren't you a local? How come you knew her in high school?"
Wang Haochen chuckled and said, "I met her through playing games! We used to duo queue before she became a streamer, and I even taught her how to play many of the heroes."
After he said that, many boys in the class looked at Wang Haochen with envy.
Lin Ran remained noncommittal: "Hehe, okay, I'll ask Su Peixue later."
Wang Haochen suddenly panicked. He dared to talk nonsense because he was sure that no one would dare to ask Su Peixue, because judging from the posts on the campus forum in the past two days, Su Peixue did not respond to any boy's advances.
But now it seems that Lin Ran really does know her?
However, he thought again that if they were really close, Lin Ran would probably have gone to see her long ago just to show off!
Given her current status as a top freshman, which guy who's close to her wouldn't want to try and seduce her?
It seems that Lin Ran, like himself, is also faking it.
The rest period ends here.
The instructors directed each class to line up again.
Zhao Qian folded the report card and put it back in his pocket.
"The class that ranks first in the group will have their accommodation upgraded from an eight-person room to a four-person standard room with a private bathroom. There will also be a dedicated shady area for training."
He paused, his hawk-like gaze sweeping across the entire class.
"Meet at six o'clock tomorrow morning. The standard rooms aren't for your comfort, but to give you more energy for training. Understand?"
"Listen carefully!"
The voices were in unison.
After the group dispersed, the students walked back to their dormitories in twos and threes.
A girl called out to Lin Ran and whispered, "After military training, we'll elect a new class monitor. How about you be the one?"
Several girls nearby laughed and joked at Lin Ran. When their eyes met, they blushed unconsciously and then ran away hand in hand.
A girl ran a few steps, then looked back at Lin Ran, and then whispered to herself with a grin.
Lin Ran is very handsome, with clear and innocent eyes, making it easy for him to win the favor of girls.
Coupled with the team leadership he just demonstrated, he won over the girls in the class.
The base's dormitory buildings are a row of gray-white buildings with whitewashed exterior walls, some of which have peeled off, revealing the red bricks underneath.
The standard room was on the second floor, at the end of the corridor. Yao Ziwen pushed open the door and was the first to rush in.
"A private bathroom!" He rushed into the toilet as if he had been starving for a long time and had just seen a delicious meal.
"I've never fucking loved taking a bath more in my life!"
Li Yifan tossed his luggage onto the bed by the window. "A four-person room is nice, especially since we're all in the same dorm."
"Come on, let's go eat quickly, I'm exhausted today! After eating, come back, take a shower, and go to sleep! Training starts tomorrow, sigh."
The food in the cafeteria is not bad; although the taste is average, at least it's quite oily.
The instructors were well aware that these students, who had just entered university, had never experienced hardship since childhood, and their physical training had already reached their limits. If they didn't get enough nutrition, they were prone to problems.
After eating, we returned to the dormitory and lined up to take a shower.
Lin Ran took out his phone and chatted with Su Peixue.
"Livestocker, Xuexue misses you."
"Didn't we just take a walk together yesterday? I saw you just now."
"I don't care, I just miss you."
Su Peixue posted a picture of a cat covering its face, with a cute big eye peeking out between its paws.
Yao Ziwen came out of the bathroom after showering and drying his hair. He saw Lin Ran chatting on his phone with a maternal smile on his face and teased, "Oh, Lin Ran, are you experiencing your first crush? Well, as someone who's been there, I can tell from your expression that you have a crush on someone. Is it the girl who called you on the day you registered?"
Lin Ran nodded slightly.
"Is she from our school? Are you dating her?" Li Yifan asked.
"Yes, not yet."
Lin Ran was still chatting with Su Peixue when he casually replied.
Yao Ziwen chuckled: "We all know it's not official yet! Old Lin is still a novice, unlike me, a seasoned player in the dating scene. I've been through countless battles, and I can basically make a woman go crazy for me with just three sentences."