I Am A Killer

I AM A KILLER : CHAPTER 46 ♦ PERFORMANCE PREPARATION

Qin Ke Xuan's action of chopping off her hair without even twitching her brows had her onlookers' hearts panging—the majority of guys liked females with long hair.

Xiao Xie Lieutenant lightly coughed. "Ahem, come out and introduce yourself to everyone." He was also a young adult a little over twenty years old, and so, he understood these recruits' feelings. It couldn't be helped that they were excited about meeting a female recruit after being cooped up in this dull SF every day. This appropriate relaxation also was able to elevate their enthusiasm towards their intensity training.

Qin Ke Xuan stood before everyone, and said: "I'm Qin Ke Xuan."

"...That's it?" In the end, Xiao Xie Lieutenant couldn't help but ask after waiting for a while.

Qin Ke Xuan nodded her head.

Everyone was a little disappointed. They'd originally thought she'd be a Lin mei mei dropping from the sky*. However, this Lin mei mei that had proceeded to slap paint on her face and bunched her hair to chop it off very forcibly swerved herself down the lane towards a Lin di di*. That aside, why was it that this Lin mei mei had a temperament more manly than the soldiers them! Freaking hell! It's all those famous X guys that's had the current generation of girls poisoned into thinking that appearing gender-neutral was the new definition of looking cool and hot! Was it easy for them to be a soldier?! Their superiors were male, their subordinates were male, those that flew in the sky were male, those that swam underwater were male, even the goddamn chicken on their dinner table was a rooster! Freaking hell, did they even know how long they've been deprived of seeing a female?! Freaking hell, why was it that they had to go around worshipping those X guys?! Freaking hell, was their aesthetic standards still normal?! Was it?! Freaking hell, did they think it's easy for us to be soldiers?! Did they?!

* 天上掉下个林妹妹 = a Lin mei mei dropping from the sky; this is a reference to Jia Bao Yu's lyrics in "Dreams of the Red Chamber" book, 《红楼梦》, where the "Lin mei mei" is referring to "Lin Dai Yu": the first time Jia Bao Yu had met Lin Dai Yu was when she first stepped into the Jia Mansion. At that time, Jia Bao Yu had thought Lin Dai Yu was as pretty as a goddess/an immortal descended from heaven/an unparalleled beauty, and so, he said it as "a Lin mei mei dropping from the sky".

* 弟弟 = di di; younger brother

Xiao Xie Lieutenant looked at the disappointed expressions colouring the recruits' faces, and couldn't help but say, with awe-inspiring righteousness, to Qin Ke Xuan: "Try not to use too much oil paint, the chemicals are bad for your skin." Frankly, he himself was, too, feeling as those his heart had been scratched. Wasn't her fair skin all good and pretty, why the heck did she colour on the oil paint?! Would she lose a piece of meat if these females-deprived soldier boys looked at her too much?!

Qin Ke Xuan asked in suspicion: "You'll grow pimples?"

"Hah! Pimples' not the problem, you'll even get wrinkles, freckles..." Before Xiao Xie Lieutenant even started, the recruits started gabbling all at once about the disadvantages of using oil paint. The SF high-quality oil paint-specialised manufacturer would definitely vomit blood if they heard them.

Even though Qin Ke Xuan wasn't the most concerned about meaningless things like her appearance, she would still be unable to accept it if she were to walk around with a grandma face at her young age. Hence, she decided not to use too much of this oil paint unless it was necessary.

Xiao Xie Lieutenant nonchalantly overlooked the thumbs-up the new soldiers were secretly giving him and became serious. "Alright! Lunch's starting soon, 200 push-ups. The earlier you finish, the earlier you can lunch!"