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"What are you doing?"

Shen Tang's cold voice rang out from behind.

Li Meihua was so startled that she quickly hid the letter behind her back.

"No, I didn't do anything."

"Take it out." Shen Tang held out her hand.

Li Meihua steadied herself and regained her confidence.

"Why should I take it out? I'm going to tell Commander Zhang that you're having an affair!"

Shen Tang looked behind her, then walked over and closed the door.

"What...what do you want to do?"

Li Meihua nervously stepped back.

Shen Tang flexed his wrists and walked towards her step by step.

"Click, click, click,"

One pull, one twist, one tug.

The letter returned to Shen Tang's hands.

"Ouch—Shen Tang, you..."

Li Meihua didn't expect Shen Tang to know kung fu, and her wrist was twisted painfully by Shen Tang.

Shen Tang patted the letter in his hand. "Peeping at other people's letters is an invasion of privacy. Li Meihua, I'm going to report this to Commander Zhang."

Li Meihua quickly explained, "No, I didn't see it! I came to deliver a letter."

She took the letter written by Ji Huaizhou out of her pocket and handed it to Shen Tang.

Shen Tang poured out a letter folded into a heart shape from the envelope and raised an eyebrow.

"I never knew you had the potential to be a matchmaker. If Commander Zhang found out about this, would she praise you in public?"

Li Meihua bit her lip. "I don't know what was written in the letter. I was just running errands."

"Alright! Let's go talk to Commander Zhang!"

Shen Tang grabbed Li Meihua's arm and pulled her outside.

"I'm not going, let me go," Li Meihua said urgently.

How did things turn out like this?

Although she knew what was written in the letter, it wasn't signed with a specific name, so she couldn't identify the man at all.

Reading the letter without permission does indeed violate one's right to privacy.

No matter how I look at it, I'm not in the right.

Ji Huaizhou's letter, in particular, became a hot potato.

"Shen Tang, the letter was written by Ji Huaizhou. He likes you, and I was just delivering it for him. As for your letter, I haven't read it and don't know what it said. I will absolutely not report you to Commander Zhang. Let's just let this matter go, shall we?"

Shen Tang had no intention of making a big fuss, as it wouldn't do her any good if things escalated.

Besides, the performance is coming up soon, and she doesn't want to worry about these things.

"Alright, since you're here to deliver a letter, please return it to me."

Shen Tang unfolded a sheet of letter paper and wrote several large characters in the middle:

"Career is my priority; I don't date."

Shen Tang folded it up and handed it to Li Meihua, saying, "Thank you for your help."

Li Meihua held it in her hand and watched Shen Tang leave.

Shen Tang, you'll slip up sooner or later.

She secretly wondered if the "H" in the letter could be Huo Xiuyuan.

But those words didn't seem like something Huo Xiuyuan would write.

Huo Xiuyuan is just a blockhead; he wouldn't know how to write those love poems.

Has Shen Tang hooked up with someone else?

That's fine, then Huo Xiuyuan is hers.

When Li Meihua returned to the training hall, she handed Ji Huaizhou both Ji Huaizhou's letter and Shen Tang's reply.

Ji Huaizhou unfolded Shen Tang's reply letter, his long eyelashes trembled, and the corners of his eyes reddened.

"She's not interested in you," Li Meihua said impatiently. "Get back to rehearsing!"

Ji Huaizhou didn't say anything, stood up, turned around and left the training hall.

"Where are you going?" Li Meihua asked, frowning.

Ji Huaizhou didn't say anything and walked straight out.

Zhao Wenjing glanced towards the door, stretched, and said to Zhang Dawei:

"I'm going to the outhouse."

"Huh?" Zhang Dawei grinned in confusion. "Didn't you just get back?"

"I have an upset stomach." Zhao Wenjing strode out of the training hall.

Ji Huaizhou walked along the path and sat down on a stone bench next to the grove of trees.

He unfolded the letter in his hand, looked down at it, pursed his lips, and felt a lump in his throat.

This was the first time in his life that he had confessed his feelings to a girl, and he was rejected.

His tears fell on those words, spreading outwards.

Ji Huaizhou lowered his head, his shoulders trembled slightly, and the tips of his ears were bright red.

"How are you?"

Ji Huaizhou quickly raised his hand to wipe away his tears and sniffed.

He stood up and turned around, only to see Zhao Wenjing standing behind him.

Zhang Wenjing held a White Rabbit milk candy in her hand and handed it to him.

"Eating a piece of candy will make you feel better."

Ji Huaizhou looked up at her, his gaze calm.

"I'm fine."

He didn't take the candy and walked past Zhao Wenjing back.

Zhao Wenjing raised the candy in her hand, tore open the wrapper, and stuffed it into her mouth.

She gazed into the distance, took a deep breath, sat on the stone stool where Ji Huaizhou had just sat, slowly finished the candy in her mouth, stood up, patted her bottom, and went back to training.

"Are you alright?" Zhang Dawei asked hurriedly when he saw her return. "Do you need me to buy you some medicine? Do you want some hot water?"

"Aren't you annoying? You're so long-winded. I just took a dump."

Zhao Wenjing said irritably.

"Why don't you have any children? How will you ever get married?"

"I'm not marrying you, so it's none of your business. Training!"

Zhang Dawei sighed helplessly, "Okay, okay."

In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed, and it's time for the performance.

The performance hall was packed with people, and the soldiers sat neatly in the audience, waiting to watch the show.

The team members are getting their makeup done backstage, preparing for the performance.

Zhou Nan ran over and grabbed Shen Tang, saying, "Shen Tang, I'm so nervous, my hands are shaking."

"Don't be afraid, just treat the audience below the stage like cabbages," Shen Tang said with a smile.

Zhou Nan chuckled lightly, "These cabbages are a bit dark."

Zhao Wenjing straightened her clothes and asked, "What cabbage? And black and white cabbage? That must be rotten."

The three of them burst into laughter.

"Get ready for the performance. Go on stage according to the number you drew," Director Zhang announced loudly.

The curtain rose on stage, and Li Meihua stood in the center, chin slightly raised, delivering a moving and expressive performance:

"Distinguished leaders and comrades, good evening. On this vibrant night, the joint performance by the first and second troupes of the cultural troupe officially begins. Let's welcome the first group with applause—"

Applause erupted from the audience, and the team members went on stage to perform.

"What number are we?" Cheng Lei's voice trembled slightly.

Shen Tang glanced at him. "The fifth one. There are still four ahead of you, enough to keep you on edge for a while."

"I'm not nervous." Cheng Lei's clothes were almost torn to shreds from being crumpled in his hands.

Shen Tang smiled and turned to look at the stage.

When it was Shen Tang's group's turn to go on stage, Shen Tang glanced at the audience but did not see that familiar figure.

She felt a pang of disappointment, but she steadied herself and landed steadily on the stage with a front flip. Cheng Lei, on the other side, also performed a beautiful front flip onto the stage.

The two hooked their arms around each other, spun around, and Shen Tang stepped on Cheng Lei's knee with one foot and jumped nimbly.

As the music intensified, the two engaged in a back-and-forth battle, putting on a highly tense and grueling performance.

"Bravo!" Applause erupted from the audience.

Shen Tang couldn't help but glance at the audience, a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes. She smiled and her dance moves became even more graceful.

Huo Xiuyuan stood at the very back, carrying a bundle on his back, with stubble on his face and long hair.

Shen Tang's movements froze powerfully, marking the end of the dance performance.

Thunderous applause erupted from the audience!

Cheng Lei grinned widely and took Shen Tang's hand to take a bow.

After the two stepped off the stage, Shen Tang looked up and found that Huo Xiuyuan, who was standing behind her, was nowhere to be seen.

Shen Tang frowned and strode towards the door.