Chapter 27

“Then why don’t you change your name to Bloodbath?” Shen Youran raised an eyebrow. Xue Lingling was so angry she wanted to hit her. The two of them bickered as they walked towards the kindergarten.

They both picked up their children and walked towards the family compound.

The reason why Shen Youran was so close to Xue Lingling was because their children played together, and Xue Lingling was a very nice person. Shen Youran liked her.

She wouldn’t talk about people behind their backs, she would only scold them to their faces. She was bold and honest, and Shen Youran admired that.

Her husband was also a soldier in the army. She had come with him.

After coming to the army and having a child, she felt very bored at home. The army gave her a job, but she felt it wasn’t challenging enough, so she became a female soldier.

Shen Youran was impressed. She was a warrior.

Most family members who came with their husbands to the army wouldn’t even think about becoming female soldiers. But Xue Lingling was a weirdo. She thought her job wasn’t challenging enough, so she came to the army.

They chatted and laughed, and when they got home, Shen Youran rested for a while and then cooked for Junjun.

Since the last time they had a heart-to-heart talk, Lu Yifan hadn’t come back early anymore.

So Shen Youran only occasionally cooked at home. Most of the time, she cooked in the kitchen in the space.

Every time it was market day, she would take Junjun to the market for a big shopping spree.

Prices were very low in this era. She would take various tickets and money, exchange them for meat and eggs, and put them in the refrigerator in the space. As for vegetables, she would eat those grown in the space, and she would only buy seeds.

She bought seeds and fruit trees she hadn’t seen before, and they planted them in the farmland in the space.

Sometimes, when they were watering the plants, they would have a water-splashing war, so their mother-son life was quite interesting.

The next day.

Today was sparring training, the last assessment in this period.

There were twelve female soldiers in the squad, divided into pairs. The final two would fight.

They would determine a first and second place.

Shen Youran arrived in the morning with a bright smile on her face. Everyone looked at her and didn’t want to fight her.

Because she was the top performer in every training session. Their strength and endurance were not as good as hers. If they sparred with her, they might lose miserably.

Although they really didn’t want to fight Shen Youran, they had no choice, because it was all decided by drawing lots.

Shen Youran drew Gong Yan for her first match.

Since the last time Lu Zheng came to the squad and only said two words, and then Shen Youran was mocked by Gong Yan, and she retorted back, their relationship had been bad. They hadn’t spoken a word since that day.

Now they had drawn each other again. Gong Yan was very dissatisfied.

“I’m going to win!” Gong Yan’s training results were not ideal every time. When everyone heard her say this, they didn’t take her seriously at all.

Xue Lingling even came to Shen Youran’s side and whispered in her ear. “You should just take her down!”

“It’s best to knock her out in one move. See if she dares to be arrogant and talk to you anymore!” Xue Lingling also hated people like Gong Yan. She didn’t know how to train properly, all she did was talk.

She didn’t know why they had approved her application and let her join the female soldier squad.

Shen Youran smirked. “I’m not that cruel.”

Xue Lingling sighed. “You’re just too kind-hearted.”

After she finished speaking, Qiao Yu told Shen Youran and the others to prepare first. The others would also prepare and go in groups.

Shen Youran and Gong Yan faced each other.

Gong Yan was disdainful. “Although you’re first in everything, we’re still a bit different in physique. Today, I’ll easily…”

Before she could finish, Qiao Yu blew the whistle.

As soon as the command to start was given, Gong Yan attacked first. Shen Youran dodged to the side, grabbed her waist with one hand and her right shoulder with the other, flipped her over, and with a thud, Gong Yan landed on the ground.

Done in one move.

Xue Lingling was stunned. Did Shen Youran just lie?

She had already planned to knock out Gong Yan in one move?

Gong Yan fell to the ground, holding her waist, her eyes filled with tears from the pain.

“You, how could you do that? I wasn’t ready yet!” She rolled on the ground in anger, cursing Shen Youran viciously. “They say we’re all in the same boat. You’re harming your teammate!”

Shen Youran snorted with laughter. “If you talk more, you won’t lose?”

She walked over to Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu looked at Gong Yan still lying on the ground, rubbed her temples, and said with a stern face, “Get up, you’ve already lost!”

“Why? She clearly just ambushed me!” Gong Yan got up from the ground, clutching her waist. “I said that combat is about using skillful movements to take down the opponent, but she slammed my waist so hard, I want her to take me to the hospital, I want her to pay for my medical expenses!”

Gong Yan was making a fuss here, so Qiao Yu directly had someone take her away.

“If she doesn’t learn her lesson, then she won’t be allowed to come back to the female soldier squad. We don’t accept people like her!” Qiao Yu said coldly as she sent her away, then returned to the combat training ground.

Everyone was still there, and Qiao Yu didn’t say much. She blew her whistle and let them come in groups.

In the end, besides Shen Youran, another strong woman was selected.

Seeing her standing opposite her, Shen Youran still felt a little pressure. She couldn’t help but laugh. “Da Hua, if I lose later, you have to go easy on me!”

Da Hua was very strong, weighing over 150 pounds and standing about 5’10”. She was the strongest in the female soldier squad besides Shen Youran.

Shen Youran looked quite thin compared to her.

Da Hua was also a very easygoing person in the female soldier squad. She always had a simple smile on her face.

Hearing Shen Youran’s words, she shrugged and stretched her limbs. “Then let’s fight with all our strength, as long as we don’t hurt each other.”

“Good!”

After they finished speaking, Qiao Yu blew her whistle.

The two of them collided. One was physically strong, and the other had better physique and more strength.

As soon as they met, they gave each other a warning.

Neither side yielded, and the combat looked incredibly interesting.

After the combat lasted for half an hour, Xue Lingling watched with great interest, holding her chin with excitement. “I finally know why we weren’t interested before. It’s because they were too weak. This kind of combat between strong people is interesting!”

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Shen Youran and Da Hua were really using all their strength. The two of them were still in a stalemate, but their foreheads were already covered in beads of sweat.

Da Hua’s stamina wasn’t as good as Shen Youran’s, and her hand started to tremble.

Shen Youran was panting heavily. If she hadn’t been drinking spring water and taking baths all the time, she felt that she might have been taken down by Da Hua ten minutes ago.

“Last round!”

Shen Youran saw Da Hua’s weakness and lightly slapped her waist as she rushed over, then swept her leg.

Da Hua fell to the ground. She shook her head. “I give up.”

Da Hua gave up, and Qiao Yu blew her whistle again, indicating that the combat was officially over.

The first and second place had been decided.

“Wow!”

Xue Lingling ran over and helped Shen Youran, who was panting heavily. “Watching you two fight is just like watching a blockbuster movie. It’s so interesting.”

Shen Youran shook her head. “If I hadn’t seen Da Hua’s weakness, we would still be in a stalemate. In the end, it would have been a contest of stamina.”

“Yes.”

Qiao Yu spoke first. “That’s right. But you’re amazing. Now our assessment is officially over. I’ll report the scores, and we’ll divide the squads next Monday.”

Hearing that they were going to be divided into squads, everyone was quite excited.

So in the afternoon, they all got together and went to the cafeteria to have dinner together.

“Without Gong Yan, that troublemaker, the air feels so much fresher!” Xue Lingling was a very straightforward person. If she didn’t like someone, she would show it on her face.

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone nodded in agreement.

Even Da Hua, who was the most honest and never gossiped about others, felt that it made sense. “She really talks too much. She’s not suitable to be a soldier at all.”