Chapter 26: I’ll Skin You Alive If You Gossip

Fu Yuzhou had long known that Chu Ning impersonating his cousin, Fu Chen, would eventually cause trouble.

He didn’t expect Chen Mo to bring up Fu Chen so soon.

His dark eyes narrowed. “Are you free?”

Chen Mo shuddered. “Not free. As you can see, I just finished training these recruits and I’m here to report.”

Chen Mo thought Fu Yuzhou was angry because he mentioned that Fu Chen was a woman.

He quickly apologized to Fu Yuzhou, “I didn’t mean to say Fu Chen is a girl, I just thought his skin was too fair, like a girl’s.”

Like a girl?

Chu Ning was a woman.

Her skin was indeed very fair. Fu Yuzhou, who had had intimate contact with Chu Ning, knew even better that her body was even fairer and more delicate than her face.

However, he kept this to himself.

He felt inexplicably irritated by Chen Mo’s words.

“150 squat jumps on the spot.”

Chen Mo’s face darkened, and he complained, “Battalion Commander, I’ve already apologized, why are you being so petty?”

Then, Chen Mo quickly changed the subject, “By the way, Battalion Commander, you shouldn’t have let me send Chu Zhiqing home last night, she seems unhappy.”

“Why should I care if she’s unhappy?”

Fu Yuzhou’s voice was cold and emotionless.

Chen Mo was dumbfounded. “The whole team knows you like Chu Zhiqing, how dare you ask me why you should care if she’s unhappy?”

Fu Yuzhou sharply retorted, “Who told you I like Chu Zhiqing?”

“If you don’t like her, why did you personally drive 20 kilometers to pick her up?”

“You’re overthinking it, I wasn’t picking her up.”

Chen Mo was stunned, then realized, “The person you were picking up was Fu Chen, and you happened to pick up Chu Zhiqing along the way?”

Fu Yuzhou didn’t answer Chen Mo, but said word by word, “Listen carefully, I don’t like Chu Zhiqing. If you gossip again, I’ll skin you alive.”

Yesterday, he made those recruits write self-criticism because they gossiped and said the wrong things.

Now it seems that his punishment was too light, which allowed them to meddle in things that don’t concern them.

“Nine thousand-word self-criticism, hand it in before dinner tonight, or you won’t eat for three days.”

Hearing this, Chen Mo felt like a bolt of lightning had struck him. “Battalion Commander, a nine-thousand-word self-criticism is absolutely impossible, change the punishment to something else.”

Because Chu Zhiqing said she wouldn’t help them write self-criticisms anymore.

“No choice.”

Fu Yuzhou knew that these recruits could handle other forms of punishment, their only weakness was their illiteracy.

To help them improve, he could only make them write self-criticisms to improve their literacy.

Chen Mo was distraught, and now he deeply regretted his actions.

Yesterday, he thought he was punished for saying something he shouldn’t have because he knew Fu Yuzhou liked Chu Zhiqing.

Now he finally understood.

Fu Yuzhou didn’t like Chu Zhiqing.

From the beginning, they shouldn’t have thought that Fu Yuzhou, who was immune to women, would have a sudden change of heart.

Knowing Fu Yuzhou’s temper, Chen Mo clamped his mouth shut, not daring to say another word, and tried to slip away.

Suddenly, Fu Yuzhou called out to Chen Mo, “Wait, honestly tell me, who helped you write these self-criticisms?”

Fu Yuzhou threw the self-criticisms onto Chen Mo.

He had just read the self-criticisms written by the recruits. He originally thought they would be terrible, but unexpectedly, they were well-written and logical.

Fu Yuzhou wasn’t a fool, he knew immediately that someone educated had helped them write them.

Chen Mo wasn’t very literate, knowing he couldn’t fool Fu Yuzhou, he could only tell the truth: “Chu Zhiqing helped.”

Chu Zhiqing again.

Fu Yuzhou’s head was about to explode.

“Tear them up, immediately tear up all these self-criticisms, and tell everyone to cancel today’s training and write self-criticisms on the spot.”

Fu Yuzhou was so angry that his temples throbbed, and his eyes were filled with a dark, ominous glint.

He had painstakingly tried to get them to learn, but these people dared to play tricks on him and get someone else to write for them?

It completely went against his intentions.

“Nine thousand words, increase the word count to ten thousand words, if you don’t finish, you won’t be allowed to sleep or eat, for three days, no, five days.”

Another bolt of lightning struck Chen Mo. He asked Fu Yuzhou curiously, “Battalion Commander, are there ten thousand Chinese characters?”

How were they supposed to write that?

They wouldn’t be able to finish in a lifetime, right?

Fu Yuzhou didn’t bother to answer, his face dark. “If you like asking Chu Zhiqing for help, let her answer this question for you.”

Then, he kicked Chen Mo on the butt. “Still not leaving? Want to write twelve thousand words?”

“Going, I’m leaving now.”

Chen Mo left with a dark face.

•  

Noon.

It was lunchtime in the canteen.

Almost everyone in the brigade came here to get their meals.

In the Hongguang Brigade, there were two eye-catching groups: the militia company’s soldiers and the group of educated youths who had come to the countryside.

Fu Yuzhou had punished all the recruits to write self-criticisms, so when he appeared alone, he was even more noticeable.

The educated youths, who had already gotten their meals and were sitting around a table eating, had already heard about Fu Yuzhou liking Chu Zhiqing.

After Fu Yuzhou appeared, everyone started teasing Chu Zhiqing.

“Comrade Chu, Battalion Commander Fu is here, why are you eating alone? Don’t you know you should get food for the Battalion Commander?”

Chu Ning’s face was flushed, she occasionally glanced at Fu Yuzhou, her heart filled with thoughts about Fu Yuzhou asking Chen Mo to send her back last night.

“Don’t talk nonsense, don’t make such jokes.”

Jiang Ke was filled with jealousy. “I think you’re just saying that, you don’t really think so, do you?”

Jiang Ke was an educated youth, she knew that Chu Ning had received preferential treatment because of Fu Yuzhou, so she was naturally unhappy.

In addition, the incident of the women’s director personally taking Chu Ning to find Fu Yuzhou yesterday, and staying in Fu Yuzhou’s dormitory for a whole day, made her furious.

She always wanted to find a chance to get back at her.

Liu Ai was even more unconvinced. It was they, the other educated youths, who met Fu Yuzhou first. They should have a fair competition.

Why did this seemingly gentle Chu Ning get the advantage?

Unconvinced, she said pointedly, “Hypocritical, in my opinion, she’s totally insincere.”

Chu Ning knew that since yesterday, these educated youth sisters had been giving her the cold shoulder.

Their words were always laced with a sense of targeting her.

She knew without asking that these people also liked Fu Yuzhou, which made her even more insecure.

“You eat, I’ll go back to eat.”

Chu Ning had suffered a loss in her father’s matter, and she clearly understood the principle of avoiding trouble.

Chu Ning carried her lunch box and walked towards the dormitory.

But she didn’t know that at this moment, Fu Yuzhou, who had unexpectedly seen Chu Ning, walked towards her and directly blocked her path.