72: Chapter 72 The Company Commander Makes Empty Promises! Here's a Mission for You.

At this moment, Shen Youchu felt her cheeks burning with pain.

Humiliation! This was a humiliation even more intense than the time he gave her the middle finger in public!

He actually... really ignored her!

"Impossible... This is absolutely impossible..." Shen Youchu muttered to herself, lost in a daze.

The confidence she prided herself on was shattered at this moment by Qin Feng's indifference.

Murong Zhe was also completely stunned.

His confidence from just a moment ago had simply become a joke in the face of reality.

Finally. Finally, with the sound of a whistle, the morning's hellish training session came to an end.

Tens of thousands of university students were now like spineless mollusks, collapsing onto the ground in twos and threes.

Wails and gasps rose and fell, and the entire training ground looked like a massive camp for the wounded.

Especially those upperclassmen; they had never imagined that university life would take such a cruel turn in this way.

In front of the command post.

Like a cheetah that had caught the scent of blood, Qin Feng finally found an opportunity to talk to Company Commander Zhou Hailong.

He dashed forward, his face plastered with a fawning smile, looking just like a pug that had spotted a bone.

"Company Commander! Company Commander, you've worked hard! Let me massage your shoulders for you!"

Company Commander Zhou Hailong was taken aback by this sudden burst of enthusiasm and instinctively tried to dodge.

"Get lost. Say what you have to say, and be quick about it."

"Hehe." Qin Feng rubbed his hands together, lowered his voice, and asked mysteriously.

"Company Commander, lately... are there any missions? You know, the kind with real swords and guns, real combat missions where blood can be shed?"

Fearing that Company Commander Zhou Hailong might not understand, he quickly added, "I'm not afraid of danger! With the international situation being so tense right now, this is the perfect opportunity for us soldiers to shed our blood and serve our country!"

"Is the kid running a fever?" Company Commander Zhou Hailong looked surprised, reached out to touch his forehead, and asked in confusion, "You're just a raw recruit; instead of training properly, you're thinking about earning military merit?"

Qin Feng gritted his teeth and threw out his bottom line. "Company Commander, even... even if you send me to the front line Mess Squad to flip a spatula, that's fine! As long as I can get to the battlefield, I'll do anything!"

His inner abacus was clicking away. As long as he could leave the camp and step onto a real battlefield, wouldn't it be like a fish in the sea and a bird in the sky?

When the time came, he could just find an opportunity to slip into the deep mountains and old forests. Using the map cheat from the red treasure book, he could dig up a gold mine or a silver mine... no, wait, a tungsten mine or an iron mine, and wouldn't the military merit just come pouring in?

He might even be able to take out a few enemy Commanders along the way, and maybe capture a few dozen female soldiers while he was at it! Wouldn't his rank just skyrocket like a rocket?

Company Commander Zhou Hailong looked at Qin Feng's yearning expression—he was practically drooling—and almost laughed in anger.

"What kind of beautiful dream are you having, kid? You're a raw recruit who just enlisted; instead of training properly in the camp, you're thinking about going to the battlefield every day?"

He glared at Qin Feng in annoyance. "Not a chance! Get back to training right now!"

How could Qin Feng give up? He immediately activated his shameless mode. "Don't be like that, Company Commander! Give me a chance! I promise I won't embarrass you! I..."

Just as he was about to continue unleashing his silver tongue, Company Commander Zhou Hailong suddenly stopped, his eyes darting around as a malicious smile appeared on his face. The expression looked exactly like a creepy uncle at the village entrance tricking children out of their lollipops.

"Hmm... a mission, there actually is one." Company Commander Zhou Hailong stroked his chin, deliberately drawing out his tone. "It just depends on whether you're willing, kid."

"I'm willing! I'm willing! Only a fool wouldn't be!" Qin Feng's eyes lit up instantly, and he nodded frantically like a chick pecking at rice.

"The scale of the military training has expanded, and there is a severe shortage of instructors." Company Commander Zhou Hailong cleared his throat and assumed an earnest posture. "Many formations are lacking instructors, so... the organization has decided to give you a glorious and arduous task."

Qin Feng held his breath, his heart pounding. Glorious and arduous? It sounded awesome!

"We want you to serve as a temporary instructor for one day."

"..." The smile on Qin Feng's face froze instantly. The whole world seemed to go quiet.

It took a full three seconds for him to react, and then he shook his head like a rattle-drum. "I'm not going! Company Commander, I'm not going! I'm still a recruit; how would I know how to lead troops? You're forcing me to do something I'm not capable of!"

What kind of joke is this? I came here to go to the battlefield and earn military merit, not to be a babysitter!

"Oh? You're not going?" Company Commander Zhou Hailong's face immediately darkened, and a dangerous glint flashed in his eyes. "It seems your determination to go to the battlefield isn't very high, kid."

He started making empty promises to Qin Feng. "Think about it, this mission is a test from the organization for you!"

"If you can't even handle such a small matter, how can I entrust you with more important missions in the future?"

"If you do a good job as this temporary instructor and show me something worth seeing, it will prove your capability. Next time there's a tough combat mission, you'll be the first one I send! How about it? Will you do it or not?"

Qin Feng's heart began a battle between heaven and man. On one side was the boring, dull job of a babysitter, and on the other was the potential future combat mission and military merit... "I'll do it!"

In the end, the desire for military merit overcame everything. It's just being an instructor for a day! I'll endure it!

"That's more like it." Company Commander Zhou Hailong nodded in satisfaction, a smile of successful conspiracy appearing on his face. "Then... which formation will I lead?" Qin Feng asked, holding onto a last glimmer of wishful thinking.

"Follow me." Company Commander Zhou Hailong didn't answer directly, but instead kept him in suspense and led him into the Canteen.

Then, he raised his hand and pointed far off into a corner of the Canteen. The pose was incredibly dashing. It pointed, neither off to the left nor the right, exactly at the formation where Shen Youchu and Murong Zhe were located.

Qin Feng looked in the direction his finger was pointing and froze on the spot. Damn! He felt as if he had been struck by a bolt of lightning, charred on the outside and tender on the inside.

"Company Commander! No! Change it! Change it to any other one!" He was anxious and hurriedly tried to negotiate with Company Commander Zhou Hailong.

However, Company Commander Zhou Hailong didn't give him a chance at all. He shot Qin Feng a meaningful, sleazy grin, then greased his feet and slipped into the crowd, vanishing instantly. He was running faster than a rabbit.

"Company Commander! Don't run! Let's talk about this again! Can we change it!" Qin Feng wailed and took off in pursuit.

And just at this moment, Shen Youchu, who was still in the corner gnawing on a bun, happened to see this scene.

Qin Feng... he was running toward her! Running so urgently, so fast! The anger in her heart was instantly ignited.

You, Qin Feng! You ignored me on the training ground just now, and now that you see me eating, you're fawningly following me over? What do you take me, Shen Youchu, for? A pet you can acknowledge when you want to and ignore when you don't? Dream on!

With a "slap," she slammed the half-eaten bun in her hand onto the table and stood up abruptly. The moment Qin Feng was about to rush past her, she spread her arms and, like a wall, firmly blocked his path.

"Qin Feng!" Shen Youchu lifted her chin, her eyes cold, and demanded in a tone of judgment, "What else do you want to do!"