Chapter 18

“Mom, you’re so funny!” Junjun held his stomach and laughed uncontrollably. Shen Youran grabbed a handful of mud from the ground and smeared it on him.

They played for a long time. Shen Youran needed to exercise, so she came out of the room and went to bed.

The days continued like this.

In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.

The next day was the assessment.

Shen Youran deliberately exercised a bit longer in the space. Junjun didn’t water the plants. Instead, he watched his mother exercise seriously, sometimes mimicking her punches.

“Junjun, do you want to learn with Mom?”

Shen Youran was just asking. If Junjun was interested, she would teach him. If not, she wouldn’t force him.

Her child could have his own hobbies and interests.

“Can I learn with Mom?” Junjun’s eyes lit up when he heard Shen Youran’s question, “I think Mom looks really cool when she’s doing this. If I can, I want to learn with Mom.”

“Okay!”

After Shen Youran agreed, she quickly started teaching him. They practiced on the grass in the space for two or three hours.

When they thought it was about time, they came out of the space.

Lu Yifan came back late as usual. When he came back, he found that Shen Youran and Junjun’s room was closed. He didn’t say anything and went back to his room to sleep.

But after he went back, he couldn’t sleep.

Because Shen Youran’s change was so drastic, it was beyond his imagination.

The previous Shen Zhao Di, although she could go a day or two without bothering him, she would still try to get his attention and hope that they could truly be together.

This time, he also thought Shen Youran was lying.

He thought Shen Youran wouldn’t be able to hold out for three days, but it had been half a month. Every time he came back, Shen Youran and Junjun would stay in their room and not come out.

They never bothered him, and they never said a word about not divorcing.

Was this still Shen Zhao Di?

Lu Yifan didn’t know what he was thinking. In the end, he pulled the blanket over his head and covered himself. Maybe Shen Zhao Di was playing a game of hard to get. If he thought too much, he would lose!

He wanted to marry a beautiful and kind girl like Zhou Xiaohui, not a shrew like Shen Zhao Di who was full of lies and tantrums!

With his thoughts solidified, Lu Yifan went to sleep.

The next day, Shen Youran took a leave of absence from the canteen, sent Junjun to Mo Xiaoyun’s house, and gave her some fresh vegetables, “Please take care of Junjun for me. I’m going to take the assessment today.”

“Go ahead. I hope you do well!” Mo Xiaoyun took Junjun into her house, “We’ll all be waiting for you to come back. I hope you have good news.”

Shen Youran nodded and went to the recruitment selection center.

Most of the people who came to become female soldiers were because their family conditions were poor. They were strong and sturdy. As soon as Shen Youran arrived, she saw many people who were very muscular, even the women.

She walked into the crowd and felt out of place.

Fortunately, a few female soldiers with similar figures came soon after. After handing in their application forms, they were given a number tag. They would be arranged into groups for physical training, and then the pre-assessment would begin.

Shen Youran’s number was three.

When her name was called, she stepped forward and saw Mo Xiaoyun’s husband, Zhao Dazhuang. He nodded to her, “Xiaoyun told me. You can apply temporarily, but the assessment depends on you. Good luck!”

“Thank you, Dazhuang.”

Shen Youran exchanged a few polite words with them and then walked onto the assessment training ground.

The first assessment was physical endurance. They had to run five kilometers with a weighted backpack. They had to finish within the minimum time, otherwise, they would fail.

Shen Youran put on the weighted backpack. During this time, she had been exercising and also supplementing with spiritual spring water. Her physical fitness had already returned to its peak from her previous life, and it was likely that she was even stronger.

Running five kilometers with a small weight was nothing. Even twenty kilometers, she could finish.

Confident that she could complete it, Shen Youran heard the whistle blow and dashed forward with her backpack. People around her were timing her.

A total of ten people participated in the first round of assessment. They could not exceed five minutes, otherwise, they would fail.

Two male soldiers were responsible for recruitment and timing. There was also a female soldier supervising.

Zhao Dazhuang watched from afar.

Soon, they saw someone coming back. As soon as they saw the figure, everyone took out their stopwatches, their eyes widened.

Did they see correctly?

The person who came back was less than five hundred meters away, but it was only two minutes!

“Who could it be?” The female soldier was excited, “I didn’t expect them to be so fast. They’re almost faster than the male soldiers.”

The two male soldiers responsible for the assessment were also stunned. By the time they reacted, Shen Youran had crossed the line. They pressed the stopwatches in their hands.

Two minutes and eighteen seconds!

“You’re so fast!” The female soldier who pressed the stopwatch rushed over, excited, “Your time is already faster than half the male soldiers.”

After seeing Shen Youran’s performance, Zhao Dazhuang also felt relieved.

He could only help with Shen Youran’s application form, but he couldn’t decide whether she could enter the army.

Because the army’s review process was very strict.

Now that he saw how amazing she was, Zhao Dazhuang felt relieved. Maybe what she told his wife wasn’t a lie.

She really was training hard, she really wanted to be a female soldier.

“To fulfill my dream of being a female soldier, I get up early every day to exercise!” Shen Youran grinned, “Now I can finally take the assessment, I’m going to give it my best shot.”

The female soldier nodded and praised her, “You’re really amazing!”

Shen Youran smiled but didn’t say anything. She went to another place to wait for the next assessment.

After completing all four or five assessments, Shen Youran’s results were the best among all the participants. The two male soldiers in charge of the assessment, looking at the outstanding scores, both felt a little embarrassed.

Sometimes they were in charge of female soldier assessments, sometimes male soldiers.

They had seen many people’s training results, but they had never seen anyone as good as Shen Youran.

Even if they had, it was rare.

“Assessment ends!”

Zhao Dazhuang gave the order, the assessment ended smoothly. Everyone collected the scores and they would be released to their hands in a week. Those who passed would then go through other family investigation reports, and they would be able to become female soldiers.

Shen Youran finished all the tests and went back to Mo Xiaoyun’s house to pick up Junjun.

“How did it go?”

Mo Xiaoyun was picking vegetables, Junjun was helping her. Shen Youran sat down and helped with the vegetables too, “I think it went well. The two soldiers in charge of the assessment said I should be able to enter the army smoothly.”

“Since they said so, it’s a done deal!”

Mo Xiaoyun was also genuinely happy for Shen Youran. Shen Youran helped finish the vegetables, “Then Sister Yun, we’ll go now, thank you for your help.”

“No!”

Mo Xiaoyun tightly held Shen Youran’s hand, “I always thought you were a strong-willed person, but we didn’t spend much time together. Now I really want to be friends with you. If you’re willing to be friends with me, stay for dinner, how about that?”

Mo Xiaoyun had a fiery personality. Since she decided to be friends with Shen Youran, she wouldn’t be shy about it anymore.

“Okay!”

Shen Youran stayed for dinner. In the evening, Zhao Dazhuang came back and they chatted briefly.

“Although your test scores are very good, you’ll definitely pass, but don’t spread the word yet. The real results will be released in a week, so be patient and wait.” Zhao Dazhuang gave her a few words of advice.

Shen Youran nodded.

This was the first time he had interacted with Mo Xiaoyun like this. After having dinner, he felt that she was a really nice person. He could try to get to know her better in the future.

Shen Youran didn’t have the idea of not making friends after coming to this world, as long as they clicked, she could make friends.

They played for a while, and Shen Youran suggested going home. Mo Xiaoyun personally saw them off.

“We’re friends now, if you don’t have time to take care of Junjun, send him to my place. I like this kid, he’s so well-behaved and adorable!” Mo Xiaoyun gave her a thousand and one instructions, Shen Youran waved goodbye with a smile.

Back in the house, Mo Xiaoyun talked about Shen Youran again.

“She’s strong-willed, she’s really a good person. It’s good that you two are friends!” Zhao Dazhuang never interfered with his wife. After they finished talking, they packed up their things and went back to the house to rest.

Shen Youran also took Junjun back home.

She hadn’t seen Lu Yifan in a while, and she hadn’t heard anything about the Shen family. Shen Youran lay on the big bed in the space, she felt that this life was simply too good.

“Mom, the saplings we planted are growing really fast, they’re so tall now!”

Shen Youran was lying in bed, Junjun ran in from outside, his face beaming with excitement.

“Then Mom will go with Junjun to take a look?” Shen Youran got out of bed, and the two of them went to the field hand in hand. Shen Youran saw that the fruit tree seeds they had planted had indeed grown to Junjun’s waist.

She knew that the space was amazing, but she didn’t expect that even fruit tree seeds could grow so well.

After all, it took several years to grow these trees in the fields outside.

“Mom, this fruit tree is growing so fast, will it bear fruit in a while?” Junjun squatted in front of the sapling, “It was only this tall the day before yesterday, today it’s already taller than my head, it’s growing so fast!”

Listening to Junjun’s muttering, Shen Youran touched his little head and explained, “If it were outside, it would probably take three to five years, or even longer, to grow a fruit tree like this.”

“But this is our secret space, the environment, sunlight, and sunshine here are different, so it grows faster. Junjun, you have to keep this secret, okay?”

“Okay Mom, I won’t tell anyone about the stories in our secret space.” Junjun said, holding Shen Youran’s hand, “Mom, can we plant a grapevine?”

Shen Youran would definitely fulfill Junjun’s request, but because the market day wasn’t here yet, they planned to go in a day or two.

Junjun heard that they were going to the market and excitedly danced with his hands, counting on his fingers, “I heard there are so many delicious things at the market, so many delicious things, there’s peanut brittle and little bread, I heard there’s also delicious mung bean cake…”

Junjun was immersed in happiness, halfway through his words, he suddenly remembered something, shook his head and said, “Mom, I just want a grapevine.”

Shen Youran looked at him and couldn’t help but laugh. She picked him up and said, “Mom will buy you anything you want, Junjun.”

Junjun immediately went to the happy place. Shen Youran looked at his smiling face and felt extremely satisfied.

Children are like that, they can be satisfied with very small things.

The two of them played in the space for a while. The next morning, Shen Youran took Junjun to the canteen to work.

Serving food was a very simple job. Shen Youran went there and helped put the things on the stove, then waited for the soldiers to come and eat.

“Zhao Di ah,” an old voice came from a distance. A woman in her fifties walked over with a smile, holding a bowl, “My grandson wants to eat steamed buns, so I made a few. Take two for Junjun.”