Chapter 23 Exclusive Memory
At 9:2 in the morning of September , the sky was still dark blue when a sharp horn sounded suddenly, resounding over the campus of Jiangchuan No. Middle School.

Then, the silent bed began to move, followed by the sound of instructors banging and kicking the door. The corridor became noisy, and everyone started to jump. Some washed their faces while others went downstairs without washing.

Zhang Yunqi woke up early. After Wang Xiaokai finished washing up, they went to the playground together to attend the military training mobilization meeting. Men and women were secretly looking at each other. The whole football field was full of heads, just like the Japanese beef hotpot in the cartoons. Although the ingredients were neatly arranged in rows, they were still bubbling with steam.

Zhang Yunqi found the team of Class 168. The military training mobilization meeting had not started yet. The classmates were sitting in groups of three or five on the grass chatting and talking nonsense. He found an open space at the end of the team and had just sat down when three boys came to find him.

These three boys were from the same class and came to him to buy a handheld game console. One of the tall boys said to him, "We heard from Tian Zhuangzhuang that he bought his Tetris handheld game console from you. Do you still have any?"

Zhang Yunqi nodded and said there was more.

"Fifty dollars a piece, right? We want all three of them."

The three students immediately took out money from their pockets without any hesitation. Although No. 168 Middle School gathers the richest students in Jiangchuan City, and ordinary classes like Class gather a large number of wealthy students who have failed in their studies and paid high school construction fees, a handheld game console that costs fifty yuan is definitely not something that everyone can afford.

Zhang Yunqi said that we are in military training now, I will give it to you during the lunch break.

Although the three students were a little impatient, they had no choice during the military training. After thinking about it, they finally stuffed the money into Zhang Yunqi's pocket and said, "Let's pay the money and reserve it first. Give us the handheld device after the training."

Zhang Yunqi took the money and said it was done.

The three classmates left. The training had not officially started yet. Zhang Yunqi watched them go to another group of boys in the class, about seven or eight people, who surrounded Tian Zhuangzhuang and watched him play Tetris. Zhang Yunqi thought to himself that this boy was really a mobile billboard. In professional terms, it was word-of-mouth marketing.

At this time, there was a commotion at the entrance of the playground.

Zhang Yunqi turned his head and saw a group of middle-aged and elderly people with big bellies walking over. They were probably the school leaders. They walked up to the podium slowly with the officers, inspected the troops below with satisfaction, and then took turns to give speeches. The expressions on their calm faces were like they were taking a constipated shit, dragging and intermittent, and finally finished, hey! People who are taking a shit still have a feeling of not finishing it and want to take it again.

The last person to make a summary of the military training was the director of teaching, Luo Dahai. He shouted with a loud speaker: "In order to strengthen the awareness of the team, from today on, the students will have a week of military training. Only by experiencing the life of a soldier can you plan the pattern of your life. I hope that everyone will cultivate their own character in command, sublimate their content and thoughts in obedience, temper their will in pain, and forge their tenacity in rigor..."

To the students, every word Luo Dahai said sounded like a mournful eulogy, but he had no idea what was going on and spoke in a sonorous and powerful tone: "In general, the overall quality of the students is still very good. The spirit of never giving up should still be upheld, and the bad habits of some individual students should still be corrected... Okay, students, that's all I have to say. I'd like to take this opportunity to briefly talk about our school motto..."

The students in the audience all went limp.

As time passed, the weather gradually became hotter. Everyone stood in the sun, listening to Luo Dahai's incessant speech. They didn't even have the energy to applaud. Luo Dahai, who felt extremely satisfied, probably felt that it was too much, and ended the mobilization meeting in due time.

The students waved their arms and watched the leaders’ majestic backs as they walked away with affectionate eyes: Thank God, thank the earth, I never want to see you again!
After the mobilization, the freshmen rested for ten minutes.

There are twenty-four classes in the first grade of Jiangchuan No. 60 Middle School this year. There are about 1400 students in each class, which means there are more than freshmen. At this moment, they are all gathered in the playground. It is so crowded that you can't see the end from the beginning.

Ji Ling was among them, sitting in the shade of a tree to rest. Although school had already started for a day, she didn't know many people. Her only friend was Qian Yu, a classmate from junior high school. She always felt that she was not a very lively person. Just like now, she was in the team and had no interest in actively saying hello to the new classmates around her and introducing herself.

Qian Yu was different. She was a lively and lovely girl. When others found the mobilization meeting boring, she was enjoying it very much. She kept looking around for good-looking boys and interesting people. Even though it was a break, she was still looking around happily.

"Ji Ling, look over there!"

Qian Yu pointed forward, and Ji Ling looked over. Among a group of expressionless classmates, there was a girl who was tilting her head, looking at a good-looking boy not far in front of her with a slightly curious expression that she tried hard to conceal.

Ji Ling couldn't help but squinting her eyes and smiling: "You don't like that boy, do you?"

Qian Yu curled his lips and said, "I just think it's interesting. Don't you think it's just what some guys want to do when they come to participate in the military training? Some people usually don't dare to watch, but now they can watch openly."

Ji Ling said nothing.

Although she had never experienced it herself, she knew that sometimes such large gatherings were what many people looked forward to the most. In the vast sea of ​​people, they would always be able to focus their attention on someone, turning the long and boring ceremony into an exclusive memory that no one else could tell.

Ji Ling smiled and thought this was quite interesting. When she looked away, she suddenly saw a familiar figure passing by not far from her. He was wearing camouflage uniform like all the boys, but she was very familiar with that face. It was Zhang Yunqi.

Ji Ling was stunned for a moment.

How come Zhang Yunqi is here?

Without thinking too much, she greeted Qian Yu, got up and followed him, walking through the dense crowd. She called Zhang Yunqi from a distance, but Zhang Yunqi didn't hear her. She followed Zhang Yunqi's route to a nearby teachers' building. When she reached the stairs, she heard a door closing and Zhang Yunqi walked into a house.

Ji Ling went upstairs and gently pushed open the door. She then smelled a strong smell of urine and saw the toilet inside. She was stunned for a moment.

The teachers' building of the No. 1 Middle School in the city is an old building constructed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is a barracks-style building with shared toilets and kitchens on each floor. Ji Ling's family is well-off, and this is the first time she has been to such a place in her life. There is no mark on the toilet door, and she ran in blindly before realizing that she had broken into a public toilet.

At this moment, Zhang Yunqi had already pulled down his pants and was whistling in ecstasy facing the toilet bowl. Ji Ling didn't see anything, so she was not too panicked. She tiptoed back away, but she didn't expect that Zhang Yunqi heard the noise, turned around and stared at her.

Zhang Yunqi, who was confused, and Ji Ling, whose mind was empty, stood face to face in silence for five or six seconds. They both screamed almost at the same time!

Zhang Yunqi felt that something was wrong, so he covered his chest and shouted angrily: "What are you doing here, a beautiful girl like you?"

Ji Ling's hands began to point and he said something without thinking: "Xiao Zhang, um, did you cover the wrong place?"

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