w.a.n.g Yi and Chen Siyu heard that Fu Ke and Derek would be speaking on behalf of the first years. In order to be closer to their idols, they found seats in the middle of the first row. Having only come to buy soy sauce, Ning An decided to sit in the corner of the back row with He Xin, who couldn"t stop worrying about him. Ning An has never enjoyed listening to these types of leadership talks. After only listening for a short while, he drowsily wanted to sleep under He Xin"s cover. When Fu Ke went on stage and saw Ning An nodding off in the corner like a chicken pecking rice, he unknowingly frowned.
“h.e.l.lo everyone. My name is Fu Ke.” When Fu Ke walked on stage, the students started to spontaneously applaud. Standing beside him, the headmaster and the director of teaching joked, “Ah, it"s now the age of the young. Us old folks didn"t even receive such a warm welcome when we walked on stage.” Fu Ke waited for the audience to quieten down before continuing. “I know many of you have heard my name before, but here in this school, I am just an ordinary student like the rest of you.”
“You have all been admitted through your own efforts and hard work. I believe everyone should know our school"s acceptance ratio. At it"s lowest, it was 1 in 500. This means that everyone sitting here has beaten at least 500 other people to be able to sit here today.” Now and then, he glanced towards Ning An, who still looked like he was half asleep. “But this is just the beginning. In the future, the compet.i.tion will only get more intense. I believe everyone has already made proper preparations.”
“If there"s a winner, there"s bound to be a loser. A qualified soldier should by humble in victory and gracious in defeat. Everyone has something they can do. You just need to find your own position. We must strive and work hard, but we also can"t forget to take care of our health.” He once again looked at Ning An. As before, the latter still looked like he was having an out of body experience. Fu Ke really wanted to break open his skull to find out what he was thinking. Don"t tell me he couldn"t make out that I was saying military school didn"t suit him? “Finally, I am very happy to be school mates with everyone. In our coming days, let us fight together!”
“Do you feel a little better now?” The school timetable has already been sent to each student"s terminal. The remaining time in the morning was free for them to arrange themselves. They would start theory cla.s.s in the afternoon and have free time again at night. Every day after this, it was running in the early morning, theory cla.s.s in the morning, and physical training cla.s.s in the afternoon. When they reach second year, there would also be an additional practical training cla.s.s. From looking at the time distribution, this was still considered pretty relaxed. After the ceremony ended, the new students left the a.s.sembly hall in twos and threes. He Xin was still a little worried about Ning An"s condition.
“I"m okay.” Ning An also pretty much woke up. Looking left and right, he didn"t see w.a.n.g Yi or Chen Siyu. “What about those two?”
“They seem to have gone to the training rooms. Why don"t we also go and take a look.” Unlike Ning An, He Xin was earnestly listening to the presentations the entire time. At this moment, he was fired up and his blood was racing, excitedly looking forward to military school life.
“Right. Just now, was there anything important in the ceremony?” Ning An followed He Xin in an unhurried manner. Thinking back, he didn"t seem to have paid attention to anything.
“They just welcomed us and hoped that everyone would study well. Ah, right. The headmaster said that in order to motivate us students, starting from this year, he would award scholarships to the top 3 students in the year. Naturally, we are counted separately from Alphas.”
When Ning An heard the word ‘scholarship", he immediately retracted his arms that were halfway through a stretch. His spirit rose in an instant as though he was injected with chicken blood. His eyes glistening, he asked, “How much?”
He Xin didn"t expect that Ning An would have such a big reaction. Hearing the approximate amount for He Xin, Ning An quickly started making calculations in his mind. If he could obtain the first place scholarship in the year, not only could he cover this year"s tuition fee and meal costs, if he only drank nutrition packs every day, he could also save some money on food expenses. Adding this onto his own savings, this was enough for him to buy a plot of land on Nongmu Star!
Currently, organic food was a very popular trend. His money would definitely increase to several times more. When the time comes, he would spend a portion of it on expanding and increasing the scale. Another portion would be used to invest in other things. Walking on a prosperous road to a brilliant future wasn"t a dream!
“Ning An, are you okay?” Ning An was still planning out how to use his future money when He Xin"s pat brought him back to earth. “I have never felt so good! I"ve decided. From today onwards, my goal is to be the first in the year!”
“Ah? Oh! Then I"ll also work hard!” Although he didn"t know why Ning An was suddenly so enthusiastic, He Xin still happily went along with his words. In any case, it couldn"t be that Ning An was like this because of the scholarship right?
Ning An, who once again had a label stuck onto him: En. It is exactly because of the scholarship ah.
When Ning An and He Xin arrived at the training rooms, there was already a circle of people there. From within the circle, Chen Siyu saw the two of them come in, so he made w.a.n.g Yi shift to the side to make room for them.
“What"s going on?” Not wasting Chen Siyu"s painstaking efforts, Ning An also squeezed through and saw two people fighting on the stage. The two sides were exchanging blows, equally matched. “They"re fighting like this, isn"t there a teacher to control the situation?”
“This is close combat training. The teacher is watching from over there.” Following the direction of Chen Siyu"s finger, Ning An saw a teacher standing to one side. “These two are really strong ah. This kind of reaction, this kind of style…… Ze ze, worthy of being born into military families.”
“This is probably also an exam item.” Ning An hasn"t forgotten the goal he had laid down just a moment ago. Looking on with great interest, he also tried to learn a few moves.
The ones on stage were Fu Ke and Derek. Their families would often meet up in private to exchange skills. These two younger generations would even more frequently meet up to compare notes and swap pointers. It"s just that today, there were so many people circling and watching them. Fu Ke felt a little nervous, especially when he saw Ning An in the crowd. In that second he was distracted, Derek"s fist almost hit his face. Fortunately, his reaction was fast and the fist brushed off to one side.
“Fu, you"re distracted. Where are you looking?” On the contrary, Derek was very used to everyone"s eyes on him, or perhaps it was because he enjoyed being in the spotlight. He also saw Ning An squeezed at the front of the crowd and raised his eyebrows in surprise. It"s this small weak chicken again. “Next time, I won"t go easy on you.”
“There"s no need!” Fu Ke"s energy suddenly surged. He performed a shoulder throw and threw Derek onto the floor. “You better first take care of yourself.”
“So brutal. I concede.” This time, Derek was thrown quite heavily. Lying on the ground in a surrendering pose, Fu Ke reached out and pulled him up. “Next time, I won"t let you have this opportunity.”
“You said the same thing last time.” Fu Ke signalled to the teacher that the match has ended. The teacher then nodded. Their marks would later be sent to their terminals. Although cla.s.ses still haven"t officially started yet, these two people were most likely to be in the first and second place of the Alphas in this year. “Every time, there"s always mistakes. I"m going to do some basic training again. Do you want to come?”
“I won"t go for now. Letting you defeat me, my heart is a little hurt. I need to first properly adjust it.” Derek"s heartbroken appearance was met with Fu Ke rolling his eyes at him. Without turning back, he headed for the basic training room next door.
“Let"s also have a go.” After the two people left, the crowd also dispersed, each finding their own things to do. Since the close combat stage was unoccupied, Ning An was eager to give it a try. His eyes swept across his three roommates, still settling on He Xin in the end. “He Xin, let"s go up.”
“Are you sure?” He Xin looked doubtfully at Ning An"s thin arms and legs. Although he himself did not have a tall or st.u.r.dy physique, when he helped his family work, he could also carry two big barrels of milk and run across the pasture. Comparing this with Ning An…… w.a.n.g Yi and Chen Siyu also couldn"t help but shake their heads.
“h.e.l.lo, small……” Derek almost blurted out and called him ‘small weak chicken". “Small cla.s.smate, excuse me.”