Chapter 79: Award of rank—Trainee Private!
As soon as Xu Yan left, Mo Wenyuan asked, "Captain, what are your plans?"
"I'm a little undecided!" Tang Jue shook his head.
"Can't make up your mind?" Mo Wenyuan was stunned, then said: "What is there to consider? Just let him pass the probation period. This kid's performance is amazing. Not only is his military quality superb, but he can also solve the problem of Jiang Danian not being able to tell left from right, which we were helpless against. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is a genius. Are you going to test him?"
"I know all this. His performance is indeed excellent, even better than I imagined. If it were someone else, I would definitely let him pass the probation period. But this kid is different. He is born to deserve a beating. He is like the erratic Monkey King. If I don't put a tight hoop on his head to restrain him, he dares to turn the entire army upside down!"
"That's true!" Mo Wenyuan nodded, agreeing deeply with Tang Jue's words. Even with the constraints of the probation period, Xu Yan still caused a lot of trouble. If he lost this restraint, God knows what kind of trouble would arise!
"Then have you figured out how to restrain him?" Mo Wenyuan asked with interest.
Tang Jue glanced at him and whispered a few words. The latter's face suddenly became strange. After staring blankly for a while, he said uncertainly: "Captain, you are not serious, there has never been such a rank in the army..."
"He deserves us to make an exception for him!" Tang Jue said with a curled lip.
Seeing that Tang Jue seemed to have made up his mind, the surprise on Mo Wenyuan's face turned into joy, "Indeed, I believe his expression will be very interesting when he sees his military rank, haha..."
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"One, two, one, two one, two, three, four..."
Loud slogans rang out, and the recruits marched in unison, conducted a vigorous parade review, and then returned to the rostrum.
Under the red flag fluttering in the wind, the new recruits stood upright, staring ahead with their bright eyes, their hearts filled with excitement and anticipation. After three months of training, they welcomed the first turning point in their military career - the awarding ceremony.
After three months of training, countless efforts and countless sweat, today they will take off the coats of new recruits and become a formal soldier, a glorious soldier of the Chinese People's Liberation Army!
Xu Yan stood in the queue, looking up at the podium in front of him, clenching his fists silently, and muttered to himself: "This day has finally arrived!"
Under Xu Yan's expectant gaze, the regiment commander Zhong Ding gave a speech to everyone. It was nothing more than praising and then criticizing them, such as everyone did a good job, but they should not be complacent, and they should be more strict with themselves to become real soldiers in the future. Xu Yan was so sleepy after listening to this. Fortunately, the speech was not long, and soon it was time for the awarding of ranks that Xu Yan was most looking forward to and interested in.
Under Tang Jue's leadership, the new recruits took a solemn oath, and then everyone took turns to step forward and receive their collar badges. There were not many new recruits this year, so it was Xu Yan's turn soon. When he received the collar badge, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that the captain looked at him in a strange way, which made him murmur in his heart, thinking: "If someone is too attentive to others for no reason, he must be a traitor or a thief. Could it be that this old guy has taken a fancy to me and really wants me to be his son-in-law?"
"If he uses his position as the regiment commander to pressure me, should I resist firmly or succumb to his tyranny?" Xu Yan thought aimlessly as everyone returned to the ranks. When his comrades were putting on collar badges for each other, he secretly observed the regiment commander, only to see him looking at him from time to time with a strange smile on his face. Not only him, but other military leaders also had the same expression.
This made Xu Yan's heart skip a beat, and he became even more worried. He was really afraid that the head of the delegation would suddenly designate him as his son-in-law on the rostrum.
But he quickly gave up this idea. Anyway, he was not planning to stay in the army for long. After becoming a formal soldier, he would leave here and return to Donghai No. 1 High School to pick up the campus belle. By then, the sky would be high and the emperor be far away. Even if the captain really had this idea, he would not have to pay any attention to him!
With this thought, Xu Yan gradually relaxed and began to look around. He saw many recruits with flushed and excited faces, as if they had drunk fine wine. There was a strange glow on their faces, as if they were not wearing a collar badge, but a sense of honor and mission.
Xu Yan curled his lips and continued to shift his gaze, only to find that everyone in Class 3 was also staring at him strangely. He blinked in confusion and muttered in his heart, "These idiots must have been shocked by my heroic demeanor."
Is it really?
Xu Yan soon realized something was wrong, because in the eyes of his comrades, he did not see admiration, but only suspicion, surprise and inquiry.
After the awarding ceremony, seeing that everyone was still looking at him like that, Xu Yan couldn't help but ask, "You guys are crazy, why are you staring at me? Haven't you ever seen a handsome guy?"
"I've seen a lot of handsome guys, but this is the first time I've seen someone as handsome and different as you." Luo Yifei said, trying not to laugh, his eyes fixed on Xu Yan's shoulder.
Noticing their gazes, and seeing that everyone seemed to be looking at his shoulder, Xu Yan could not help but turn his head to look, and saw a collar badge lying quietly on his shoulder, with two large golden characters on it, shining brightly and a little dazzling, which were the word " apprentice .
Apprentice!
Xu Yan was dumbfounded. He looked at his own collar badge, then at the collar badges of his comrades, and then his face gradually became gloomy. Others' collar badges only had a bar and a curve, but his had two more words inexplicably.
"What the hell, what is this, a trainee private?"
Xu Yan's face turned pale, and it felt like ten thousand alpacas were galloping past his head. He was shaking with anger.
After going through untold hardships and making endless efforts, he finally met the requirements for being a company commander. He thought he could become a formal soldier, return with an extremely strong attitude, and be proud of himself by hooking up with the school beauty. But who knew that he would get such a result. He was given a crappy title of trainee private. When had there ever been such a title in the army? It was obvious that they were making a fool of him!
Especially when he thought of his previous self-conceit and how he misunderstood that the team leader wanted to make him his son-in-law, Xu Yan couldn't help but feel dizzy in front of his eyes. Even with his thick skin, he couldn't help but feel hot on his face at this moment. He wished he could find a hole in the ground to crawl into. It was so damn embarrassing. How could the other person like him and want him to be his son-in-law? It was clearly because he wanted to make a fool of himself!
He was being played like a monkey, but he still felt good about himself and was entangled in some trivial things. This was absolutely an unforgivable shame and humiliation for him! Unforgivable!
