65: Chapter 65: Undercurrents Surge, Highest Alert Sounded!

As soon as Qin Feng walked through the door, he was hoisted up by Zhao Hu and Li Lang, one on each side.

"Brother Feng! You are my own brother!"

Li Lang was so excited that his face turned bright red.

"That middle finger just now was simply a stroke of genius! It was so satisfying!"

"You didn't see the expressions on that pair of scumbags; they looked as ugly as if they'd eaten shit!"

Zhao Hu also chuckled, his fan-like hand slapping Qin Feng's shoulder with a "thump, thump" sound.

"Brother Feng, well done! That kind of woman should have been told to get lost a long time ago! She isn't worth it!"

Qin Feng felt dizzy from being shaken by them and smiled helplessly. "Alright, alright, put me down. It's no big deal, is it really worth all this?"

"How is it not worth it!"

Li Lang looked serious. "This concerns a man's dignity! Remember to tell them to pay back the money."

Qin Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

He hadn't thought that much about it.

He simply felt that for someone like Shen Youchu, saying even one more word to her was a waste of his own life.

Cutting the Gordian knot was the most efficient way to solve the problem.

The aftershocks of this incident were far greater than Qin Feng had imagined.

Within half a day, the entire New Recruit Training Camp knew about the "Middle Finger Gate" incident, and it even reached the ears of many veterans.

Qin Feng's image in everyone's minds was refreshed once again.

Before, he was a tough guy who could single-handedly take on a hundred people, a monster who could counter-kill an instructor.

And now, he had gained another label—a ruthless man who tears apart green tea bitches and beats up freeloaders.

Especially that line, "I have no interest in public buses," and the final, resolute middle finger, which were embellished and retold by countless people, becoming the newest trending meme in the camp.

For a time, Qin Feng's popularity was unmatched.

In the Canteen, as soon as he appeared, the surrounding chatter would automatically drop an octave.

On the training ground, no one dared to look at him with a defiant attitude anymore.

Of course, where there are winners, there are losers.

In the corner, the faces of Wei Kai and Shi Lei were darker than the bottom of a pot.

"Damn it, he got to show off again!"

Wei Kai cursed under his breath, the chopsticks in his hand nearly snapped in two.

He had expected to see the spectacle of the century where Qin Feng would kneel and beg for mercy, but instead, he watched a one-sided crushing.

The frustration of having his expectations dashed was even worse than getting beaten up himself.

"Brother Kai, don't be angry."

Shi Lei advised from the side.

"He can only be arrogant for a few more days. Once military training ends and we go back to school, we'll have plenty of ways to deal with him."

"What the hell do you know!"

Wei Kai suppressed his anger.

"Can't you see? That woman, Li Qingxue, seems to be treating this simp differently too."

Upon hearing this, Shi Lei also wilted.

That's right, that is Li Qingxue.

The school beauty and top student of Jing University.

Sure enough! All the good cabbages are being arched by pigs.

The two looked at each other and both saw a deep sense of powerlessness in the other's reaction.

They realized that whether it was in military ability or popularity with women, they had been left miles behind by Qin Feng.

This all-around crushing made them breed a kind of almost desperate jealousy.

...

Since that day, Shen Youchu and Murong Zhe had vanished into thin air and never appeared again.

Qin Feng's life returned to peace.

However, in this peace, there was a touch of something different.

Due to adjustments in the military training program, Li Qingxue did not remain in the New Recruit Training Camp.

Instead, she was transferred to the medical research institute at the rear of the Military Region to participate in an urgent research project.

But between the two of them, a strange tacit understanding seemed to have developed.

Every day at noon, Li Qingxue would appear in the New Recruit Training Camp Canteen right on time, neither too early nor too late.

She would get two servings of food and sit quietly by the window, reading a book while waiting.

And Qin Feng would always rush to the Canteen the moment training ended.

He would naturally sit opposite Li Qingxue and take the food she handed him.

There wasn't much conversation between them; sometimes they wouldn't even say three or five sentences by the time they finished a meal.

But everyone in the Canteen could feel that aura that no one else could break into.

"Hey, look, here they are again."

"Tsk tsk, this is almost becoming a permanent fixture of our Canteen."

"I finally understand what a heavenly couple is. One is inhumanly fierce, the other is unbelievably beautiful—a perfect match!"

"I'm so jealous, I'm so jealous. When will I ever get treated like that?"

Li Lang and Zhao Hu were long used to it; they even took the initiative to act as "guards," chasing away anyone who wanted to crowd around to watch the spectacle.

When there was no training at night, Qin Feng and Li Qingxue would take walks along the paths of the camp.

Under the moonlight, their shadows were stretched long.

Li Qingxue saw Qin Feng's gentle side for the first time.

He would tell some interesting stories from his childhood. Although they were plain, when told from his mouth, they had a unique flavor.

He would also listen attentively to Li Qingxue as she talked about complex medical theories, even offering his own unconventional insights, which caused Li Qingxue to have sudden moments of enlightenment, as if she had found a treasure.

"You seem... not quite like what the legends say."

During one walk, Li Qingxue suddenly spoke up.

"Oh? What am I like in the legends?" Qin Feng asked with interest.

"A heartless fighting machine, a madman who beat an instructor to the ground." Li Qingxue tilted her head to look at him.

Qin Feng smiled. "That's just my combat state; normally, I'm quite normal."

"Is that so?"

Li Qingxue stopped walking. She walked in front of Qin Feng, stood on tiptoe, and reached out to gently touch the scabbed scar on his forehead.

"Does this still hurt?"

Her fingertips were slightly cool, carrying a hint of softness.

Qin Feng felt his heartbeat skip a beat.

"It stopped hurting a long time ago."

"Liar."

Li Qingxue withdrew her hand.

"How could it not hurt? In the future, don't risk your life like that during exercises."

She just looked at him like that, the moonlight spilling onto her face, making her originally cold and aloof features soften quite a bit.

"Qin Feng, what kind of person are you, really?"

Qin Feng did not answer.

His mind was full of thoughts about how to complete the task assigned by Company Commander Zhou, how to prove his worth, and how to officially enlist as soon as possible to activate that military rank system, which was just one step away.

Life continued in this calm yet slightly ambiguous atmosphere for another half a month.

That evening, just as training ended.

A piercing alarm suddenly sounded throughout the entire camp!

It was not a signal for an exercise, but the highest-level emergency alarm, representing that a major incident had occurred!

"Woo—woo—woo—"

The shrill alarm cut through the sky, and everyone was stunned.

Immediately after, a dignified and urgent voice came over the camp broadcast.

"Attention everyone! Attention everyone! This is not a drill! Repeat! This is not a drill!"

"All personnel, assemble at the central square immediately! You must all be in position within ten minutes!"

"All personnel, assemble at the central square immediately!"