Chapter 124 Military Training 2

Jiang Ji’s brief walk from the playground was accompanied by a continuous stream of screams, like boiling water in a kettle.

When he reached Qin Qingzhuo, this time there was no wire fence between them.

The desire for a kiss in their eyes couldn’t be concealed. The warning from Li Zi about “not kissing in public” was on the verge of being invalidated. Qin Qingzhuo had no doubt that Jiang Ji truly dared to kiss him in front of everyone.

Suddenly, someone beside them shouted, “Give him a kiss!” and laughter erupted around them, followed by more shouts.

The sun was dazzling, and Qin Qingzhuo saw Jiang Ji slightly lower his head towards him.

…Would it be too obvious to turn around and walk with Jiang Ji? But if he didn’t walk, did that mean they really had to kiss in public?

In a brief moment of conflicting thoughts, Jiang Ji looked into his eyes and suddenly chuckled lightly, a youthful, somewhat triumphant expression shining in his eyes once again.

“Let’s go.” He reached out and took Qin Qingzhuo’s wrist. “Let’s go back and kiss.”

Taking advantage of the loud voices around them, although his voice wasn’t loud, he boldly spoke out.

Qin Qingzhuo had no choice but to let himself be led in the opposite direction of the playground by Jiang Ji.

Even after walking more than ten meters away, the screams behind them were still clearly audible.

Qin Qingzhuo’s skin felt slightly cool, and he could distinctly feel Jiang Ji’s warm fingers gripping his wrist. “Where are we going?”

“To find a place with no one around.” Jiang Ji pulled him forward.

“Hmm?” Qin Qingzhuo turned his head to look at him. “Why do we need to find a place with no one around?”

Jiang Ji’s calloused fingertip lightly brushed against the inside of his wrist. “Didn’t we just discuss this?”

Qin Qingzhuo chuckled and walked a few more steps. “Then come with me.”

People kept turning their heads to look back, and some were following them from afar.

It wasn’t until they were near the back door that the surroundings gradually quieted down, and the people following them gradually dispersed.

Jiang Ji hadn’t asked Qin Qingzhuo where they were going all along, but by now he had vaguely guessed where they were heading.

The underground parking lot was cool, much cooler than the scorching sun outside.

The Maybach was parked in a secluded spot, and Qin Qingzhuo did indeed take him to a “place with no one around.”

As the car door closed, the cramped interior became dim, but Jiang Ji’s eyes were shining.

In the small space of the backseat, Jiang Ji pulled Qin Qingzhuo onto his lap and leaned in to kiss him repeatedly, exposing his lie from last night, “A special important appointment?”

“A date with a boyfriend is definitely important…” Qin Qingzhuo chuckled, his eyes crinkling.

“Not sure if you can make time to come?”

“I said ‘not sure,’ not ‘definitely not…'”

“Qin Qingzhuo, are you deliberately teasing me?” Jiang Ji flicked his earlobe.

Qin Qingzhuo’s smile deepened, and this time he didn’t evade: “Yes, I am.”

He looked at Jiang Ji, and the continuous days of military training had slightly darkened Jiang Ji’s skin, making his wild and untamed temperament more apparent.

But there was a hint of grievance in his words: “Qin Qingzhuo, why did you take so long? Do you know how much I missed you?”

“How much?”

“If you didn’t come soon, I would have climbed over the wall to find you tonight.”

“What if you got caught and punished?”

“Then just expel me,” Jiang Ji said without any sense of discipline, “no need for closed training.”

“What are you talking about?” Qin Qingzhuo chuckled and leaned in to kiss Jiang Ji, turning the light pecks into a deep kiss.

In just a short while, both of them began to breathe heavily.

The clothes they wore were thin, and their bodies were pressed closely together, easily sensing each other’s reactions.

Jiang Ji’s reaction was more pronounced. The bulge in his camouflage pants pressed against Qin Qingzhuo’s lower abdomen, emitting a scorching temperature and a pulsating pulse, revealing his vibrant and vigorous desire without reservation.

Jiang Ji hugged Qin Qingzhuo’s waist, his fingers slipping under his clothes and lightly stroking along his spine.

As the desire-laden fingertips grazed his back, a wave of tingling sensations surged along his nerve endings.

In fact, when they came to the underground parking lot, Qin Qingzhuo hadn’t intended to do anything, but when Jiang Ji mentioned finding a “place with no one around,” he thought of this place.

But now, every inch of his skin seemed to be parched to the extreme, gradually saturated by desire, yet still yearning for more.

It was high noon, and there was no one around the underground parking lot. Whatever happened here shouldn’t be known by anyone.

But just now, many students had witnessed them entering. Would someone suddenly intrude?

Even if someone did, they probably wouldn’t notice the car parked in the corner…

And it had been a week since they last…

While his mind was wavering, Jiang Ji seemed to have fewer concerns. With one hand around him, his fingers traced up and down his spine, while his other hand slowly moved in circles through the fabric in a certain area.

“Isn’t military training supposed to start at one-thirty?” Desire was clamoring, reason was wavering, and Qin Qingzhuo struggled to maintain control. He grasped the wrist of Jiang Ji’s hand reaching around to his lower back. “Isn’t it too late?”

“Still enough time,” Jiang Ji said, “but going out like this, how can I attend military training?”

Qin Qingzhuo had no response.

Forget about military training, he couldn’t possibly let Jiang Ji go out like this with a tent.

“Qin Laoshi,” Jiang Ji’s finger moved down a bit, “Is it because of being in the car or because of me that it’s so wet?”

The air conditioning in the car was quite strong, but Qin Qingzhuo felt like he was burning all over.

His previous heavy concerns were completely shattered under the assault of desire. Jiang Ji kissed his earlobe and neck, and he tilted his head slightly, his words mixed with panting, “Because of being with you in the car…”

It turned out that words spoken at a time like this were all empty, especially Jiang Ji’s earlier remark, “Still enough time.”

As Qin Qingzhuo lay on Jiang Ji’s body, while Jiang Ji wiped his body with a wet tissue, he suddenly remembered something and glanced at the electronic clock on the center console.

“It’s almost one-thirty,” he slightly snapped out of his daze and sat up to remind, “You’re going to be late, hurry.”

After Jiang Ji finished cleaning him up and touched Qin Qingzhuo’s face with the back of his hand, there was an obvious reluctance in his tone, “Are you leaving now?”

Qin Qingzhuo suddenly remembered that he hadn’t told Jiang Ji about coming to give a lecture: “Not leaving, I’m giving a lecture for you guys tomorrow. I came a day early under the pretext of being familiar with the environment.”

“So you can stay here tonight?” Jiang Ji immediately grasped the key point.

“Yeah,” Qin Qingzhuo nodded with a smile, “I was told they’ll arrange accommodation for me on campus, and I should get a message soon.”

After finishing speaking, he helped Jiang Ji zip up, got off him, and said, “Go quickly, or you’ll be punished for being late.”

“Then rest well. I’ll come find you after military training,” Jiang Ji leaned over and pecked his lips.

Qin Qingzhuo nodded in agreement.

Jiang Ji pushed open the car door and got out, while Qin Qingzhuo sat in the car, watching his figure leaving the underground parking lot.

There were three minutes left until one-thirty. It seemed a bit tight to run from the underground parking lot to the training ground. Would he make it in time?

The phone vibrated, and a message from the school staff came, saying that a room for rest had been arranged for Qin Qingzhuo in the campus hotel. Qin Qingzhuo replied with thanks, pushed the door open, and left the car, walking out of the underground parking lot.

In the afternoon, Qin Qingzhuo stayed in the room and slept like a log.

For the past few days, he had been preparing for this lecture, working overtime in the studio until the early hours of the morning every day. Sometimes it was too late, so he just slept in the studio.

When he woke up, it was already after five in the afternoon. There were a series of messages on his phone, and the group chat in the studio was particularly lively, constantly spewing out new messages.

Qin Qingzhuo had just entered when he saw someone post a screenshot of hot search—”Qin Qingzhuo appeared at the Central Conservatory to visit Jiang Ji” had already topped the hot search list. Below were several pictures: two people staring at each other across the wire mesh of the playground, a picture of Jiang Ji walking towards Qin Qingzhuo, and a picture of Jiang Ji holding Qin Qingzhuo’s wrist as they walked away.

Li Zi followed up with a sentence: “Tsk, no wonder when Ren Xi rode Jiang Ji’s popularity to top the hot search last time, Qingzhuo didn’t agree to buy the hot search to suppress them. Turns out they have their own way, I thought it was really to save money…”

Qin Qingzhuo chuckled at this message, tapping the screen with his fingers, and replied in the group chat: “Is it wrong to save money and leave it for you guys to give out bonuses at the end of the year?”

This time, not only Li Zi, but everyone else was blown away. The screen was instantly flooded with the “Thank you, boss” emoji.

When Qin Qingzhuo came out of the hotel, the afternoon military training was coming to an end.

The hotel was not far from the playground, and Qin Qingzhuo had just heard the singing from outside the room.

He walked along the perimeter of the playground, his gaze passing over the students standing in formation not far away.

Originally, he just wanted to try his luck and see if he could find Jiang Ji, after all, there were thousands of freshmen, all wearing identical camouflage uniforms, and it wasn’t easy to find someone among them. However—

“Afternoon latecomers, line up!” A loud voice from a nearby instructor rang out, “Five laps around the track as punishment!”

Qin Qingzhuo shifted his gaze and saw a tall and long-legged teenager crisply responding with a “yes” before running towards the track area of the playground.

Hmm, seems like he’s really late…

“Dismissed, everyone else!”

The students dispersed in groups, but many remained, watching Jiang Ji run laps on the playground.

Qin Qingzhuo wore a baseball cap low over his eyes and held a bottle of water, watching from a distance.

Someone recognized him and let out a short, sharp scream, quickly covering their mouth.

“Quiet!” The instructor furrowed his brow to maintain order, “No talking!”

“Instructor,” a bold girl pointed in Qin Qingzhuo’s direction, “someone over there is looking for Jiang Ji.”

At the words, the instructor followed her gesture and looked at Qin Qingzhuo.

This year’s instructors were third-year students from nearby defense colleges, not much older than this group of freshmen.

After hesitating for a few seconds, the young instructor walked over to Qin Qingzhuo, politely asking, “Do you have business with Jiang Ji?”

“No, just passing by,” Qin Qingzhuo smiled at him casually, “just wanted to take a look.”

“Oh.” The instructor nodded, but didn’t leave, standing beside Qin Qingzhuo, watching Jiang Ji running laps on the playground. After a few seconds, he spoke again, “He was late this afternoon and was punished with five laps. If you have something to discuss with him, maybe another time.”

Qin Qingzhuo understood. This young instructor looked serious, but seemed a bit awkward in front of him.

With just a word from him, Jiang Ji wouldn’t have to run laps today.

But…

Recalling the scene in the car at noon, and Jiang Ji’s words about “catching up on what they haven’t done in the past few days,” Qin Qingzhuo chuckled, “Let him run. Young people have plenty of energy; a little exercise won’t hurt.”

—Better to let any excess energy be spent on himself, rather than getting into fights.

After handing the water to the instructor and asking him to pass it to Jiang Ji later, Qin Qingzhuo glanced at the track where Jiang Ji was running laps before leaving.

In the evening, Qin Qingzhuo had a dinner appointment with his senior brother from the Conservatory—also the one called “the suave beast” who helped him with his course, as mentioned by Zhong Yang last time. The dinner guests were old teachers and classmates with whom he had good relationships back in the day.

Thinking about it, Qin Qingzhuo owed his opportunity to give a lecture at the Conservatory to this senior brother’s help.

Recalling Zhong Yang’s indignant expression when he mentioned this senior brother last time, Qin Qingzhuo still found it quite amusing.

It was a late-night dinner with old teachers and classmates, and the gathering didn’t break up until late.

After finishing his military theory class in the afternoon, Jiang Ji came directly to Qin Qingzhuo’s room.

Qin Qingzhuo had returned not long ago, just finished showering, wearing a bathrobe with wet hair as he went to open the door for him.

Jiang Ji pushed the door open—also just finished showering, with hair not completely dry—his arm around Qin Qingzhuo’s waist, while his other hand closed the door behind him.

“Drinking again?” He reached up to smooth Qin Qingzhuo’s wet hair, revealing his eyes and smooth forehead.

Qin Qingzhuo smiled, “Hmm.”

“How much did you drink?”

“Not telling you.”

Taking steps backward towards the bed, until he was lying down, Jiang Ji leaned over him, planting delicate kisses, “Then I’ll figure it out.”

The scent of toothpaste mingled with a hint of alcohol, with a slight residual sweetness of wine.

The bathrobe loosened, as calloused fingertips climbed up his waist.

Qin Qingzhuo grasped Jiang Ji’s wrist, “Wait a bit, there’s something we need to do first.”

“What else,” Jiang Ji’s palm covered his waist, “isn’t this it?”

“There really is something important,” Qin Qingzhuo said, “I have a lecture tomorrow, and I don’t even know what to talk about. I haven’t even made a single slide for the PowerPoint. Do you think that’s not important?”

“I don’t believe it,” Jiang Ji didn’t take it seriously, but still asked along with his words, “What’s the lecture about?”

“What’s the lecture about? It’s about composing military songs’ melodies. I specialize in pop music, so what do I know about that? And these days, I’ve been so busy, I haven’t had time to think about it at all. I can only hope to pull an all-nighter tonight to get it done,” Qin Qingzhuo lay on the bed, looking at Jiang Ji seriously, “So, Jiang Ji, you think I asked for the night off to sleep with you? No, I’m here to make the PowerPoint presentation with you.”

He said it with such conviction that Jiang Ji’s movements stopped, half-believing, “Really?”

“I wish I were lying to you,” Qin Qingzhuo sighed helplessly.

Jiang Ji took it seriously, lowered his eyes, and thought for a moment before saying, “Then you go to sleep, I’ll help you make it.”

“You’ll do it all by yourself?” This time Qin Qingzhuo was stunned for a moment, “Then do yo still need to sleep tonight? Tomorrow, you still have a whole day of training ahead…”

“It’s fine,” Jiang Ji said, pushing himself up with one hand against the bed, about to sit up.

Only then did Qin Qingzhuo couldn’t hold back his laughter, “You really fell for it, huh? Are you that easy to fool…”

Jiang Ji realized he had been tricked by Qin Qingzhuo, his movements halted, unable to resist pinching his face, “Using this trick again, are you an actor, Qin Qingzhuo?”

“Guess what,” Qin Qingzhuo’s eyes curved with his laughter, lifting his hand to hook around Jiang Ji’s neck, leaning close to his ear and whispering softly, “Your Teacher Qin came specifically to sleep with you.”

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And End Scene!

This is the end end of this story. Thank you for everyone who saw it through to the last chapter and I hope you enjoyed reading this story as much as I did working on it. See you in the next adventure.