She is in the fog

Jian Chun was very curious. She stopped beside Ming Mei and asked in confusion, "Why are you wearing a coat? Aren't you hot?"

"Report! There is a wound on your arm, you cannot expose it to the sun."

Jian Chun thought for a moment, then said, "Military training requires uniform dress. In this case, everyone should put on their coats."

Upon hearing this, the team immediately wailed.
"Goodbye, instructor. It's so hot, you'll get prickly heat if you wear a coat."
“I don’t want to wear a coat.”
"Why do we need dozens of people to accommodate one person?"

Jian Chun was suddenly caught in a dilemma. Mingmei didn't want to embarrass the instructor, nor did she want to involve other students. After hesitating for a moment, she took off her camouflage jacket.

So everyone could clearly see that Mingmei's hand was as soft as a twig, but there was a large, ugly and horrible scar on her arm, which formed a sharp contrast with the surrounding fair skin and was even more shocking.

Everyone stopped talking.
But He Jiahe exclaimed, "Oh my god, so disgusting and scary, how did you do that?"

Hearing the words "disgusting" and "scary", Mingmei smiled awkwardly and wanted to say something in response, but she had a tear incontinence physique and could not control her tears when she became emotional, and her eyes became red in an instant.
She blinked her eyes, and tears fell like beads that had broken off the string, unable to be stopped.

He Jiahe realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly shut his mouth, his eyes full of regret.

Soon, a female teacher nearby came to inquire about the situation and took Mingmei to the podium to rest.

The team then returned to calm.

Only then did Jian Chun have the opportunity to walk up to He Xi.
She stared at her face and always felt it was weird.

I saw that her eyes were always looking downwards, not daring to meet my gaze. There were light red marks like five fingers on her fair face.

Jian Chun glanced down, and his sight stopped when it touched his left hand.

The girl's fingers are very slender, with her thumb pressed against the second joint of her index finger, and her arms hanging naturally against her thighs.
A very standard military posture.
The only discordant thing was the reddish-brown abrasion on the back of his hand.

Jian Chun still asked curiously: "What about you? Why are you wearing a coat? Is it because you have a wound on your arm and can't be exposed to the sun?"

Jian Chun is a "gentle" instructor. She feels that even though it is military training, the students are not real "soldiers" after all, and the two still need to be distinguished.

As long as He Xi said "yes", she would let her go to the podium to rest like Mingmei.

But instead of saying "yes", she shook her head.

Jian Chun had no choice but to continue asking: "Is there any other reason why you have to wear a coat?"

He Xi still shook his head.

"In that case, for the sake of uniformity of the team, please take off your coat."

So, Jian Chun saw with his own eyes that when He Xi took off his camouflage jacket, his arms were covered with bruises of various sizes, and there was not even a piece of good skin the size of an egg.

She widened her eyes in disbelief and asked hurriedly, "How did it happen?"

"I fell by accident."

Experience told her that there was no way such dense bruises could be caused by falling! Jian Chun looked at the red palm prints on her face again and guessed about 70% of the answer.

She cleared her throat and shouted, "Everyone! At ease! Stand at attention! Stand at attention for half an hour."
Then, she looked at He Xi and whispered, "Come with me."

Jian Chun took He Xi to the shade of the tree and deliberately changed his tone to a gentler one: "Tell the instructor honestly, how did you get the injury on your arm?"

"It fell."

"If you feel wronged, you must tell your teacher or parents. They will definitely make the decision for you. Don't just hold it in. Do you understand?"

Hearing this, a strange emotion flashed in He Xi's eyes. She wanted to cry, but also found it funny.

The year her adoptive mother passed away, she was in primary school, and the boy sitting next to her laughed at her: "He Xi's mother is dead, He Xi is a wild child that no one wants."

She immediately started a fight with the other party, beating him so hard that he burst into tears and his nose bled.

When the parents were called in, the adoptive father didn't care about whether she was right or wrong, he only cared about the result. He slapped her without saying a word and asked her to apologize to him.

She explained the reason to her adoptive father, but he said, "You are an orphan anyway."

At that moment, He Xi understood that after her mother's death, there was no "parent" to support her anymore.

When she was bullied by Ning Xiaoduo for the first time in junior high school, she reported it to the class teacher immediately. However, due to the identities of Ning Xiaoduo's parents, the matter was ultimately left unresolved, and she was bullied even more in return.

So, what's the use?
Thinking of the bad things in the past, He Xi couldn't help laughing. Seeing Jian Chun's puzzled expression, she once again said firmly: "Instructor, I really fell accidentally. How about I show you again?"

Laughter, and serious explanations.
These two actions confused Jian Chun. She frowned and thought for a while before saying, "Go back to the team."

……

The one-week military training ended quickly, and a few days later, Wen Wan reported to school.

Wenwan, a gentle name, but a carefree personality. During the summer vacation, I went back to the countryside to climb trees and fell from a tree more than ten meters high. Fortunately, I only had a fracture and stayed in the hospital for a few days, so I came late.

On the first day Wen Wan returned to school, she walked up to He Xi on crutches, lifted one foot, put her hands together, and begged with a pout, "He Xi, can I change seats with you? I want to sit at the same table with Ming Mei. We are good friends."

It turned out that Mingmei's grandparents and Wenwan lived in the same community. Every winter and summer vacation, Mingmei would visit her grandparents and meet Wenwan. Gradually, the two became good friends.

He Xi didn't want to be Li Xingyu's deskmate, but seeing Wen Wan's appearance, he couldn't bear to refuse.

She nodded, packed her bag, and headed for Li Xingyu's location.

She stuffed her schoolbag into the desk, turned around and looked at Mingmei, seeing that she was chatting and laughing with Wenwan. She couldn't help feeling empty in her heart, and she didn't know where some sourness came from, which made her eyes hurt.

She glanced at Li Xingyu beside her and saw that she was staring at her intently with a very complicated look, like pity and self-blame.
She couldn't understand her eyes, so she simply ignored them. He Xi still couldn't figure out why Li Xingyu gave her a love letter and caused her to suffer such an unprovoked disaster.

Her love letters were full of love, but he turned a blind eye to her bullying by Ning Xiaoduo.
What you say is completely different from what you do. How hypocritical.

The last class in the afternoon was physical education. During the break, the students went into the locker room with their sportswear.

He Xi also took out a bag of sportswear from her schoolbag and went to the women's locker room.

As soon as she entered the door, she saw Ning Xiaoduo sitting next to the pillar opposite her, looking at her with a smile: "Xixi, I've been waiting for you for a long time, and you're finally here."

"Xixi" is the name Li Xingyu used to address He Xi in his love letters, and Ning Xiaoduo often used this name to disgust her.

Ning Xiaoduo stood up with her hands, crossed her arms and walked in front of her, raised her chin and said, "I have physical education class next class, and I forgot to bring my sportswear. Can I borrow yours?"

"My next class is also physical education." He Xi subconsciously hugged the bag in his arms tighter.

Ning Xiaoduo didn't care about all that. She nodded to the girl next to her. The girl understood and immediately reached out her hand, pulled the bag over with force, and handed it to Ning Xiaoduo.

Ning Xiaoduo took the bag, covered her nose deliberately, and said with disgust: "It smells foul."

A girl agreed, "Sister Ning, we don't have any extra sportswear, so just wear what you have. It's better than doing three frog jumps."

"Too."
Ning Xiaoduo nodded and pouted, "I don't know why the school made this crappy rule. You have to wear sportswear during physical education class. Violators have to do three frog jumps. After three frog jumps, I'm afraid you won't be able to walk the next day."
She suddenly looked at He Xi and asked knowingly: "He Xi, are you right?"

He Xi did not answer and watched them leave.
She pulled at her school uniform pants; they were stiff and had no elasticity.

I don’t know what the school leaders are thinking. Changing the school uniforms to this kind of material is not convenient at all.
I still miss the days when I first entered school and could wear school uniform to physical education class.

Not long after, Mingmei came in and saw He Xi standing at the door, so she asked curiously, "He Xi, the next class is physical education, aren't you going to change into your sportswear?"

“No gym clothes.”

Mingmei thought for a moment, then handed the bag in her hand to He Xi: "You can wear mine."

He Xi quickly shook his head: "No, you will be punished."

"No, don't worry." Mingmei stuffed the bag into He Xi's hands and explained, "You wear mine. Wen Wan's foot is injured and she can't go to physical education class. I just happened to wear hers."

After saying that, as if he was afraid that He Xi would refuse, he ran away without looking back.

He Xi pursed her lips and looked down. It was a light grey sports suit. She took it out of the bag and the scent of lavender filled her nose.

She walked into an empty locker room and changed into her sportswear.

She is 1.69 meters tall, taller than Mingmei, so the trouser legs go above her ankles, but overall they still fit her well and don't have much of an impact.

The bell for class rang and the physical education teacher Zhou Yang blew the whistle. Qin Yiran, the physical education committee member of Class 5, Grade , called on all the students in the class to gather in front of the physical education teacher according to the positions they had during military training.

Among the various sportswear, Mingmei in her school uniform is the most eye-catching one.

He Xi couldn't help but get nervous. Didn't she say she was wearing a gentle sportswear? Why was she still wearing a school uniform?

The next second, she figured it out.
Since Wen Wan had already injured her leg, she naturally didn't need to attend physical education classes, so she didn't need to bring sportswear at all.
Mingmei said that wearing Wenwan's sportswear was just an excuse, just to make her feel at ease wearing her sportswear.

As expected, Mingmei was called out by Zhou Yang alone.
"Why aren't you wearing sportswear?"

Mingmei licked her lips subconsciously and said, "I'm sorry, teacher. I didn't know I had to wear sportswear."

Zhou Yang was puzzled: "How could I not know?"

The sports committee member Qin Yiran hurriedly said, "Teacher Zhou, she is a new student who just transferred to our school this semester."

Zhou Yang glanced at her and said, "Even if you are a new student, the school rules clearly state it, and I don't believe your head teacher didn't emphasize it in the class meeting."

Qin Yiran raised his right hand, stretched out four fingers, and said confidently: "The teacher really hasn't emphasized this this semester, I swear."

He Jiahe couldn't help but roll his eyes. Qin Yiran really had no shame in telling lies. Teacher Zhong had clearly said that, but he was still talking nonsense.

"Really?" Zhou Yang's expression was full of doubt.

"Really not!" Qin Yiran said excitedly, "If you don't believe me, ask other people."

Zhou Yang looked at the other students in the class. They all shook their heads knowingly. Only He Jiahe was stubborn and retorted, "Teacher Zhong clearly said that. Didn't you listen carefully?"

At that moment, the whole class was silent. Qin Yiran took a deep breath and complained in his heart: "He Jiahe, if you don't speak, no one will think you are dumb!"

"Good, very good!" Zhou Yang clapped his hands, "You've all learned how to cheat the teacher together! Qin Yiran, you step out of line too!"

Qin Yiran had a bitter face and stood beside Mingmei.

Zhou Yang looked at Ming Mei and said, "Not wearing sportswear during physical education class is a violation of the rules. You should be punished by doing three frog jumps. But since you are a new student, you can only do one frog jump."

"Yes, thank you, teacher." Mingmei did not refute and accepted it calmly.

"The remaining two laps..." Zhou Yang turned his head to Qin Yiran and continued, "Qin Yiran, you make up for it."

"Yes——" Qin Yiran lowered his head, but deliberately dragged out the ending tone.

Zhou Yang said, "Let's get started. The class will start when you two finish dancing."

(End of this chapter)