Chapter 35 Shut Up
After J introduced herself, no one apuded.
She took a deep breath and knew this was all happening because of Daniel Si.
Everyone was hostile to her because all of those rumors.
Brian apuded first, followed by the instructors. Seeing Brian and the instructors apuding, the rest
of the people started pping their hands one by one.
Then Brian began to distribute 21 trainees to 7 instructors.
A male colleague, a female colleague and J were distributed to an instructor called Zed Lin.
All trainees stood in front of their own instructors and started familiarizing themselves with them for a
while. Then, Bian demanded, "Everyone, tidy yourselves up. Gather here in five minutes and then start
marching."
J returned to her tent, took her hat and then ran to the water source to wash her face.
She had no time to wash her face with a cleanser. After wiping, she applied the toner, cream and
sunscreen.
When J was fitting her hat, she heard the whistle blow again.
She ran to the gathering ce rapidly and saw that all seven instructors were wearing the same
military uniforms. She was confused, because she had now forgotten which one was her own
instructor...
"J Shao, what are you doing? Go back to your team quickly!" Her confused face looked lovely.
Brian''s powerful voice surprised everyone.
Everyone was surprised by Brian''s good memory because he remembered a trainee''s name after the
first introduction.
After all the people went to their corresponding teams, J saw that Zed was staring at her. There
were only two trainees behind him, and for a moment J was suddenly inspired and started running
towards him.
When she passed him by, J carefully watched Zed. Zed was embarrassed to be stared at by a girl,
and his swarthy face even blushed a bit. J then stood behind him after she memorized his face.
Brian saw that J kept pretty much to herself and wondered why.
She was bright and lively, but umunicative. Why didn''t she join the others in conversation?
"The first activity starts now. Five kilometers of marching!"
After Brian''s order, everyone cried woefully.
Although everyone already knew that they would be in for some rough time, they didn''t expect to march
five kilometers on the first day of their training.
J stared at Brian, who looked serious, and thought, ''Did I hear him right? Five kilometers?'' Oh my
god, she would certainly die from exhaustion!
J couldn''t help but to step back and was just about to escape.
When she was just about to run away, Brian stopped her. "J Shao!" he yelled.
Everyone now stared at J with a doubtful look in their eyes.
J smiled in embarrassment and drew back her neck, "I..."
She didn''t finish her words, but Brian knew immediately what she was going to do next.
Brian kept his hands behind his back and then got close to Zed, "J Shao, you fell out of line!"
J touched her right ear and now stood in front of everyone.
"We haven''t even started marching yet and you already n to escape. 20 push-ups as punishment!"
...
20 push-ups? J, now bbergasted, looked at Brian, who had a dead-serious face, and wondered
why this handsome soldier had now be as annoying as Daniel was.
"I refuse to do it. I have the right to choose!" J stubbornly looked at Brian.
Brian was on the verge ofughing when he saw J''s face, but quickly held it back.
"Military orders are imperative. You have no right to refuse it!" answered Brian.
"I have personal liberty. This is not military training. This is devil training. We are employed by a
financialpany, not a military unit! I''m not a soldier!"
Many trainees agreed with her words and began to talk more about the matter in a low voice.
Seeing the situation at hand, the director of the HR Department began to scold her: "J Shao, if you
continue to disobey the colonel any longer, I will report you straight to the boss!"
Report to Daniel Si? J rolled her eyes in disgust.
Brian made a gesture to the director. He had rich experience in dealing with these disobedient recruits:
"J Shao, if you refuse to do push-ups alone, then the rest of the people here must do the push-ups
together with you!"
"J Shao, you can''t do this to us!"
"J Shao, as an assistant CEO, you should act on behalf of the boss!"
...
The trainees now began to criticize J with grievance against her.
J sighed, took a deep breath, bit her lower lip, took off her hat and then threw it onto the ground,
and said, "Shut up! I''m doing it!"
Then she went down to the ground and began to do the push-ups.
"1, 2, 3..." She already felt a little ufortable.
"4, 5, 6..." Even more cramped and ufortable.
"7, 8, 9..." She couldn''t hold on any longer.
"10, 11..." J fell on the ground. Brian was at first startled and was just about to check on her if she
was alright, but immediately held back.
After two minutes, J was still groveling on the ground and gasping for breath.
She was wondering why she was so weak, even after all these years of diligently practicing
Taekwondo.
"J Shao,e on!" Zed encouraged her.
He med Brian a little bit for this. Indeed, it was OK to be strict with the soldiers. But it wasn''t OK to
be so strict with a feeble girl. 20 push-ups were far beyond her capability, and he knew it.
"J Shao,e on!" The other two instructors began to encourage her.
J smiled at them, pushed up on the ground and continued counting.
"... 18, 19, 20!" And then J fell on the ground again. But now apuse started sounding all around
her.
"Take a five-minute rest, then start marching!" ordered Brian. He squat down and lifted J up on her
feet.
But J obviously didn''t seem to ept his help. She shook off his hand and returned staggering on
her own legs to her team.
Brian smiled with indifference. However it was, inevitably, people started to use J of not
discerning the good from the bad.
Because of this, they lost some time, and began to gather again.
And then they began running towards a mountain. At first everyone ran fast, but as the time passed,
several people were left behind.
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J was one of them. Since she had stopped practicing Taekwondo, she hadn''t exercised for several
years. Little by little, she gradually became thest.
Brian followed her and ran with her at a constant speed, "How are you feeling?" He looked at Brian,
who now looked a little bit more paler.
But J shed an angry look at him and then ran away from him even faster.
Her speed was three times faster than before, and soon she rejoined the team.
However, after two kilometers, she fell behind again.
Brian stayed closely by her side while the rest of the people quickly advanced past them.
''J Shao, why are you so weak? Come on!''
"You can take a rest if you feel tired, " he said. Brian felt... a sort of heartache.
He began to wonder if he was indeed being too harsh with her. After all, she was a just little girl working
in a financial firm, not a soldier in the trenches.