Chapter 1065: The Story of Ling and Heng (328)
“The other four members of the sniper team have been arranged to live in a different building. Their training ground has also been changed. Boss Li is still staying in the same place, but you might not be able to find him at this time.”
“Why? He’s not in the base?”
Ah Feng nodded: “Elder Li is getting on in years. A while ago, he had a stroke and was hospitalised. Thankfully, he managed to keep his life. Recently, he has been resting and nursing his health in the Li family. Boss Li hasn’t returned to the Li family in the past two to three years, but now that the Li family’s foundation is about to collapse, he has to go visit no matter how angry he is with them.”
“When will he come back? I’ll wait for him.”
“I’m not sure. Why don’t you sit here and wait?”
“There’s no need. Tell me where the sniper team is currently. I’ll go take a look.”
Ah Feng chuckled:.”Aren’t you afraid that when K and the rest sees you, they’ll tie you down to the training ground and never let you go?”
Feng Ling’s gaze was composed. “They don’t have the guts.”
Ah Feng lifted his brows.
That was also true. If it had been in the past, perhaps those brats would have done it. But right now, everyone knew that Feng Ling was a girl. They also knew that Boss Li… cough, whoever dared to touch her truly did not value their lives.
It had been two years since she last returned. Feng Ling had thought that her heart would be unmoved but as she walked through the familiar and unfamiliar s.p.a.ces and as she approached the sniper team’s training ground, her heart was slightly fl.u.s.tered.
The kids who had once called her ‘Teacher Feng Ling’ had all grown into tall, broad-shouldered men. They were all a.s.signed into different training groups and were seriously engaging in their morning training. Feng Ling pa.s.sed by the different training grounds and glanced in shortly before continuing on her way. She did not interrupt them.
Right now, the sniper team was a.s.signed to the largest training ground leaning toward the south. In the past, the elite team were the ones using this piece of land. She had heard that the elite team now had an external training ground specifically set for their use. The facilities were much better than what was offered here. It seemed like the originally influential XI Base had expanded even more in her absence. They now had much more external training s.p.a.ces and had drawn in even more people.
Their growing influence surely brought a lot of pressure to the military. However, regardless of how unhappy the military was, they had no way of competing with the XI Base.
Inside the sniper team’s training ground.
Initially, the four members had struggled to even lift the large rifles properly. Right now, they stood in a row and held it with well-practiced movements. They then fired the rifles rhythmically.
Feng Ling stood by the side to watch them as they practiced. She looked at the rifles they were holding and did not speak. She did not make any attempts to disturb them but her hands felt strangely empty. Even though she did not wish to return to be an instructor, she truly missed holding a rifle. As she watched them practice, she strangely felt the desire to step in and pick up a rifle.
Feng Ling forced away the desire and did not move. She watched the four of them silently.
Tam was the first person to notice Feng Ling. He had originally turned back to call the instructor over to help him reload the bullets. However, he caught sight of something from the corner of his eyes and swerved around to see that Feng Ling was standing right outside the training grounds to watch them.
“Feng Ling? ” Tam thought he had seen wrongly as he cried out in astonishment.
K and the rest were preparing to fire another shoot when they heard Tam’s voice. They turned toward him hurriedly and followed his gaze to look toward Feng Ling. When they saw Feng Ling, they were all startled. Their surprised looks were immediately filled with excitement.
“Feng Ling?”
“It’s really Feng Ling?”
“My G.o.d, Feng Ling is back!”
Feng Ling did not intend on disturbing them and was startled when she was discovered so quickly. She did not wish to interact with the people in the base and was too lazy to call out to them. However, she still accepted these four people in her heart.
She smiled at them lightly. Since it was too late to hide, she directly stepped into the training ground. However, before she could properly come in, Lin Cheng and Lei Peng rushed forward and lifted her up. Tam also could not be bothered to consider if she was a man or a woman. He followed them along and lifted her up, tossing her upwards in excitement.
The three of them cried out in happiness and tossed Feng Ling up for several more times. Finally, when Feng Ling shouted softly: “Put me down, quickly put me down!”, the three of them laughed happily and lowered her onto the ground.
Feng Ling was not used to their pa.s.sion. She took a step back but found that the three men were all staring at her as though they had found something out of place.
She was dressed in a thin, comfortable set of female sportswear. It was black in colour, just like the combat clothes they were wearing. However, it was clearly a stark difference from how she used to dress. She no longer concealed the natural curves of her body. Her originally short hair had also grown past her ears. With the new changes, she now appeared much more gentle.
K stood by the side and held his rifle against the ground. As he watched the other three toss Feng Ling about, he chuckled.
“Feng Ling, I heard that you’re returning to intern as an instructor on the shooting range, aren’t you? That’s amazing! You really delivered a slap to those elders’ faces and returned in full glory! You’ve completely thrown away the shame they forced onto you! Just listening to your story makes us proud!” As Tam spoke, his eyes appeared as though they were sparkling. He watched Feng Ling’s face as he spoke and could not help but learn close to Lei Peng to say: “Ever since Feng Ling became a girl, I feel that she looks beautiful from every single angle. In the past, we used to mess around every single day. You say, was there a problem with my eyes? I actually never noticed that she’s a girl.”
Lei Peng snorted. “Your f.u.c.king brain only ever thinks about guns. When have you ever thought about girls?”
“You speak as though you knew from the start.”
“It’s because we were all too familiar with her and thought of Feng Ling as a slightly thinner, pet.i.te little brother. Who could have thought so much about the possibility, isn’t that right, K? At the time, you were so close with her but you were also clueless, weren’t you?”
K lifted his brows and turned to Feng Ling. “I really have to look for Feng Ling to settle this bill. I was deceived for so long and even suffered a serious wound when she left. For two years everyone has been searching and worrying for her frantically, but it seems like life has been good for her. She wouldn’t even return after receiving the hiring letter. It took you so long to come back. Why on earth were you dilly-dallying? Didn’t you always say that the XI Base is your home? Now that you can finally return to the base with your head lifted high, you don’t want to anymore?”