Chapter 84: The Male Side Character

Chapter 84: The Male Side Character

He Jing glanced over curiously, "What’s up?"

Ye Xiaoxiao said coolly, "I don’t know him."

He Jing: "Of course, I don’t know him either, but he’s pretty bold. He came over to hit on you, didn’t he?"

Ye Xiaoxiao felt it was necessary to clarify her stance now to avoid future trouble, so she directly said, "I’ve got a boyfriend."

He Jing was surprised: "When did that happen? You never mentioned it."

Tang Xiuxiu figured, "Is it the one who dropped you off at the start of the semester?"

Only she and Li Meiru in the dorm had seen him, so it was normal for others not to know.

Ye Xiaoxiao nodded: "Yeah, he’s in the military."

Sorry, Comrade Lu, I’m gonna use you as a cover for now.

He Jing sighed: "Looks like the good-looking ones are already taken."

After a few more words, they got back to training. The morning was rough, but the afternoon was better.

At lunch, they heard there’d be shooting practice in the afternoon, with each person getting five bullets to practice, and the total score would count toward their military training results.

Ye Xiaoxiao: "Are we actually getting guns?"

She’d never seen a real gun in her past life. In this life, she’d seen hunting rifles in the Ye family, but they were outdated and couldn’t compare to military ones.

He Jing: "It’s already been announced, so it’s gotta be true."

Li Meiru also poked her head out: "I’ve never held a gun before. There was a militia back in my hometown, and I’ve seen their guns, but they wouldn’t let us touch them."

Tang Xiuxiu: "We’re not soldiers, so we wouldn’t get the chance to see them."

With this exciting thing to look forward to, the students didn’t feel tired from the training anymore.

After the afternoon assembly, the instructor took the students to the shooting range one by one.

First, the instructor explained the basics of the gun, then taught the students how to use it.

An hour later, the instructor handed out four rifles.

The students took turns checking them out and using them in rows.

Each person got five shots, and after firing one, they passed the gun to the next student.

All the students were around twenty and had no experience with guns, so their scores were particularly poor, with very few hitting the target.

Ye Xiaoxiao’s first shot also missed the target because she was very nervous, and the experience wasn’t great.

On her second shot, she adjusted her mindset and actually hit the target.

"Ye Xiaoxiao, three rings."

The instructor recorded the score beside her.

Suddenly, there was a shout from the next lane.

The students on this side also glanced over there.

An assistant instructor walked over from the side, "A student from the neighboring class hit a ten-ring."

"He must’ve practiced before."

"He’s military material—I wonder why he went into medicine instead."

"Cut it out—he’s a Jinghua University student. He’s gonna go places we won’t."

The instructors exchanged a few words before turning back to oversee their class’s practice.

During the break, Xia Li hurried over from the front row.

"That guy from the next class, Qiao Yunhu, is a crack shot—and he’s pretty easy on the eyes too."

He Jing asked, "How do you know he’s good-looking?"

Xia Li admitted sheepishly, "I took a quick look."

Ye Xiaoxiao, who’d been resting with her eyes closed, bolted upright at the name.

Qiao Yunhu was also from the compound, but he wasn’t close to the original host and didn’t run in the same circles.

In the original book, after the female lead returned to the compound, she bumped into him, and over time, they went from disliking each other to becoming close friends.

In the book, Qiao Yunhu helped the female lead way more than the male lead ever did.

Because of his family, Qiao Yunhu had a rebellious streak—he seemed like a model student, but deep down, he was antisocial.

Some things the female lead couldn’t handle herself, Qiao Yunhu took care of behind the scenes—and he wasn’t exactly gentle about it.

The original Ye Xiaoxiao was constantly on the receiving end of his harassment.

But the book never made it clear if Qiao Yunhu played a part in Ye Xiaoxiao’s eventual imprisonment.

"There he is."

Even in a hushed tone, Xia Li’s excitement was obvious.

Ye Xiaoxiao glanced up and spotted a tall, lanky boy walking past their group.

He Jing whispered, "Keep it down—someone might hear you."

Xia Li shrugged, "So what if they hear? Pretty people don’t mind being stared at."

Even so, Xia Li kept her voice low.

He Jing teased her for chickening out.

Xia Li shot back, "It’s a big deal that I even went to look."

Ye Xiaoxiao looked away; Qiao Yunhu seemed so young now.

He must’ve met the female lead right before graduating.

Back then, the female lead was running a business near Jinghua University, which is how they crossed paths.

Which means they haven’t met yet.

Ye Xiaoxiao was considering whether to pursue this skilled male character.

Since her time travel, she first decided to stay in Baishi Village, then worked to change the fate of the Ye family, indicating that plot wasn't immutable...

The shooting training quickly ended, and another mishap happened when they were storing their weapons.

A male student pointed his gun at classmate's head while holding it.

Although there were no bullets in the gun, the instructor quickly stepped in upon seeing this and reprimanded the student.

Perhaps due to pride, the student felt he had done nothing wrong and instead sassily retorted to the instructor.

All the students were punished.

Most likely, everyone was grumbling while running while holding their stomachs.

Over three hundred people running on the training ground was quite a spectacle.

Since it wasn't a cement ground or a rubber track, but bare dirt, running stirred up a cloud of dust.

Additional training was scheduled for the afternoon, and after dinner, nothing else was scheduled.

The instructor's goal was only to train the students, not to push them to their limits.

Ye Xiaoxiao washed her hair with hot water and sat in the small square in front of the women's dormitory to let her hair dry in the evening breeze.

At this time, the girls were either doing laundry or resting, so there weren't many people in the small square.

As the sun set, Ye Xiaoxiao headed back to the dorm.

As she passed the flower bed, she saw what seemed to be Li Meiru.

A man in military uniform passed her something.

Ye Xiaoxiao didn't try to hide; as she took another step forward, Li Meiru also saw her.

There was nothing unusual, but both looked very flustered upon seeing Ye Xiaoxiao, and Li Meiru nearly dropped the item she was holding.

Then the man quickly left.

Ye Xiaoxiao continued walking.

"Xiao Xiao, wait."

Li Meiru caught up with Ye Xiaoxiao.

"Um... please keep what just happened to yourself."

Ye Xiaoxiao: "What's wrong? Do you know that comrade?"

Li Meiru: "We're from the same hometown; he just brought me some hometown specialties."

Ye Xiaoxiao: "Then you can interact normally; why are you so scared?"

Li Meiru then explained the military regulations to her.

Ye Xiaoxiao: "..."

The worry had already happened.

Ye Xiaoxiao: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone."

Hearing this, Li Meiru felt relieved.