I enlisted four times! My former unit blacklisted me.

The two retreated back behind the tree.

Just as Li Cuicui was about to change her position, a slight rustling sound came from the grass at her feet.

He glanced down at it.

A slender shadow is emerging from under the fallen leaves.

It has light brown patterns on its body.

He raised his head slightly.

Its long, thin tongue flicked out twice quickly.

snake!

Li Cuicui's pupils dilated instantly.

It felt like an electric current was hitting me from the soles of my feet all the way to the top of my head.

The next second, he suddenly jumped up from behind the tree.

"snake!"

"There's a snake!"

That shout was extremely loud.

It was even more sudden than the emergency assembly call of the training team.

Zhao Long was also startled and quickly got up.

"What are you yelling about?"

"snake!"

Li Cuicui pointed to the bushes and darted to the other side of the tree.

"There's a snake there!"

Zhao Long looked down.

That was just a grass snake that wasn't very thick.

Startled by Li Cuicui's shout, it quickly swam towards the other side of the bushes.

"It's just a snake this big, what are you afraid of?"

Zhao Long glared at him.

"You've been a soldier for decades, and you're even afraid of snakes?"

"What does this have to do with how many years of military service?"

Li Cuicui's face turned pale.

"I was bitten by a snake when I was a child!"

"I can't control myself when I see this!"

"It didn't bite you!"

"It'll be too late if it bites me!"

Zhao Long retorted angrily, "Your shout just now was heard throughout the entire training ground!"

Li Cuicui's body stiffened.

They both turned their heads at the same time.

Not far away.

All the military and division leaders who were writing self-criticisms stopped writing.

Long Weiguo raised his head.

Zhao Yuanchao turned around.

Wang Gang adjusted his military cap.

Qin Gang, Liu Zhen, and other training team cadres all looked towards the direction of the big tree.

The hundreds of trainees in the training team all turned their heads.

Hundreds of eyes were fixed precisely on Li Cuicui and Zhao Long.

The two were standing behind a large tree.

One of them was pale-faced and still clinging to the tree trunk with both hands.

The other one remained in a half-squatting position, his trouser legs covered in grass clippings.

He didn't look like a regimental commander who had just arrived at the division headquarters and was about to report to the army commander.

Instead, they looked like two suspicious individuals who had been hiding behind a tree and spying for a long time, only to be reported on the spot by a snake.

The training ground was quiet for a few seconds.

Qian Kun was the first to recognize him.

"Aren't those our regimental commander and political commissar?"

Ma Teng's eyes widened.

"When did they arrive?"

Sun Dawei looked at the big tree, then at the two people's posture.

"Looks like they've been here for a while."

Hao Qiang slowly closed his eyes.

It’s over.

The inspection team needs to be expanded by two more people.

Qin Gang and Liu Zhen looked at each other in bewilderment.

The expressions on the faces of the military and division leaders also became quite interesting.

Li Cuicui and Zhao Long, however, hid behind a tree to watch the commotion.

Zhao Yuanchao stared intently at the two of them.

His eyes held both shock and anger at being humiliated in front of others.

Long Weiguo's gaze also fell on Zhao Long.

This recruit, whom I had once led, didn't report to the division headquarters first. Instead, he hid behind a tree with Li Cuicui.

After Wu Hanfeng saw the two of them clearly, his eyebrows slowly rose.

"Commander Li?"

"Political Commissar Zhao?"

Zhao Yihang also turned around.

He first looked at Li Cuicui.

He then looked at Zhao Long.

Finally, their gaze fell on the large tree where the two were hiding.

Then, he looked down at the remaining letter in his hand.

There's still quite a bit left.

There were two pens left.

Behind the big tree.

Li Cuicui and Zhao Long froze simultaneously, facing the gaze of the entire training ground.

The wind blows.

The leaves rustled.

The grass snake that had driven them out of their hiding place had already slithered into another patch of grass.

Hidden strength and name.

Only two regimental commanders remained standing behind the tree, one hugging the trunk and the other half-bent over, unsure whether to advance or retreat.

Li Cuicui's face gradually turned red.

Zhao Long's lips twitched uncontrollably.

I was hiding perfectly well just now.

If we just persevere a little longer, this matter will pass by unnoticed.

As a result, a grass snake, not even as thick as a finger, directly forced the two of them from hiding into public targets.

Zhao Long gritted his teeth and said, "I told you, what's there to be afraid of with just a snake!"

Li Cuicui glared at him.

"Shut up!"

"What do we do now?"

"What else can we do?"

Looking at the hundreds of eyes on the training field, Li Cuicui wished she could disappear back into the bushes.

But the person has already been exposed.

If you crouch back down at this point, it's not considered hiding.

He was told to run away in front of the army commander.

Zhao Long took a deep breath and quickly straightened his military uniform.

"past."

Li Cuicui lowered her head and patted the grass clippings off her trouser legs.

"Should we explain that we just arrived?"

Zhao Long glanced at him.

"Do newly arrived people squat behind trees with their trouser legs covered in mud?"

"Just say that I saw a snake and went to check it out."

"You need to squat for half an hour to check for snakes?"

Li Cuicui: "..."

This reason certainly doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

"Then say we're observing the training of the drill team."

Zhao Long sneered.

Why not observe the training session at the training field?

"Does he really have to hide behind a tree, only showing half his head?"

"This won't work, that won't work."

Li Cuicui grew anxious: "You, as the political commissar, should at least come up with a plausible reason!"

Zhao Long remained silent for two seconds.

"To tell the truth."

"So you said we saw the army commander and the others being disciplined, so we didn't dare go over?"

"..."

"You might as well let me say I'm researching the habits of snakes!"

The two argued quietly for a few moments.

The gazes on the training field grew increasingly strange.

Especially Zhao Yuanchao.

He sat on the grass, holding the 15,000-word self-criticism that was less than two pages long, and stared intently at the two men.

The meaning in his eyes was very clear.

You two had better come over right away.

Dare to run and see what happens!

Li Cuicui and Zhao Long exchanged a glance.

In the end, they didn't dare to delay any longer.

The two emerged from behind the tree, one after the other.

At first, I tried to remain calm.

But Long Weiguo was watching from ahead, and the more they walked, the more uneasy they felt.

Finally, normal walking was transformed into a quick jog with short steps.

They looked just like two students who were caught red-handed by the teacher at the door after being late for class.

Qian Kun's eyes lit up.

"The regimental commander and political commissar are here."

Ma Teng whispered, "They run pretty fast."

Sun Dawei said, "How can we not hurry? The army commander is watching."

Hao Qiang remained expressionless.

"If they had known they would be chased out by the snake, they probably wouldn't have turned off the fire."

"If we just floor the gas and speed out of the division headquarters, we might still have a chance."

The four people spoke in hushed tones.

As Li Cuicui passed by the training team, she happened to hear the last sentence.

His face darkened even more.

Did he floor the accelerator and speed out of the division headquarters?

He does want to!

The license plate, name, company, and the staff on duty all registered the information.

Even if he manages to drive away today, he'll have to come back tomorrow to explain why he turned around and left after seeing the commander.

The problem will only get worse then.

Li Cuicui and Zhao Long quickly approached Long Weiguo and stood at attention to salute.

"Greetings, Commander!"

Long Weiguo sat on a stone stool, holding a pen in his hand.

Hearing the two voices, he slowly finished writing the last word, carefully added a period, and then looked up.

"You're here?"

The tone was not harsh.

It even sounds a bit easygoing.

But the more this happened, the more uncertain Li Cuicui and Zhao Long felt.

Zhao Long quickly answered.

"Reporting to the commander, we have just arrived at the division headquarters!"

Long Weiguo glanced behind them.

"Just arrived?"

"yes!"

"Where did you park the car?"

Zhao Long's Adam's apple bobbed.

Stop at that intersection.

"Then why did you come out from behind the tree?"

Zhao Long: "..."

Li Cuicui: "..."