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This is a continuation from the first book, hopefully we can fit everything into this book and not have to do a third one.
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"Do you wan...
Birds singing their tunes as the sun sashayed through the rather sparse clouds on the eastern part of the sky, a division could be seen on the ground. In the gymnasium, on the left were the males and on the right were the females. Even then, they were split into smaller groups of two. Everyone was wearing their best athletic gear in the warm glow. With a serious look, they were all facing forward and their postures upright.
He Xiao was standing side by side the main child of the world but he was not the partner. Coincidentally, Xiao Nongzang and Xiao Rui were paired up this round. It was quite strange how events are set up for the villain and protagonist, so that they can butt heads with each other.
He Xiao's hair was pinned back, leaving only a part of the front bangs out with the help of hairpins provided by Bai Taohua. Due to the style of his hair, it brought more focus and at once, you could tell that his panda status had not slacken at all, but neither did it increase. It was lucky that Bai Taohua was not the type to have cute girly accessories, so the hairpins were rather simple in colour and shape and didn't draw further attention to his face. Imagining strawberry pink pins with silk ribbons on his pastel lavender hair was not unimaginable or impossible, but it would certainly only add to his cuteness charm.
And with the current situation... It would only make him a target to be yelled at.
It has been three days since the phobia photography challenge, and like a sharpened harpoon, everyone's aura was more acuminous from their experience. The day after the photoshoot, Jiang Man announced that their second main challenge was military boot camp. To get them ready, he tossed them into hell.
Training intensely for two days straight, if their temperament wasn't slightly affected, the trainer might have to reconsider if they were doing their job correctly.
The person in charge of He Xiao's pair was a tall young man dressed in a clean white t-shirt, a green, brown, and black on a grey background trousers, and a pair of black military boots stood with an imposing figure in front of them. The man had a newly high and tight hairstyle¹ cut, upturned chocolate eyes, a high nose with thick brows, thin lips, and a square jaw, reeking of what a military man would usually be thought to resemble. His skin was a sienne colour due to basking in the sun's embrace constantly. A sharp and stern look was plastered on his already rigid face.
Putting on a fierce aura, he barked orders at them, "Ready up! ...Begin."
Even before the person's first set of words, He Xiao had already dropped down into a plank position at the drop of a hat. He had been paying close attention to the man's body language. His partner was to go to the second round, so he did not act when He Xiao did.
His hands and feet had contact with the ground as the rest of their body remained in the air. Once the man announced 'ready up', He Xiao was in the front-leaning rest position. The cut of the sleeve of his shirt went above his shoulders and showed off his fair skin and toned muscles. You could see that his arm wasn't overly muscular and was still slender looking, despite all the workout he has done.
As soon as the man commanded 'begin', he lowered his body until his arms were at a right angle, where the upper part of his arms were parallel to the ground. As he did this, he had to keep their bodies as straight as possible or else the person in charge wouldn't count it as a push-up. Pushing up from the ground until his arms were straightened, He Xiao repeated the process until he completed as many as he could in two minutes. His speed wasn't too slow and neither was he pumping out like the man down the line.
A certain system had wasted his money again and bought custom designed banner and pom poms, cheering behind the person in charge. His face was full of smiles and his eyes couldn't get any smaller than they were at this point. It made He Xiao's lip curl up into a faint smile.
Afterward, He Xiao sat on the ground and watched his partner, catching sight of Xiao Nongzang dying as he did his push-ups. It wasn't a secret that this pampered second generation young master did not exercise as often as he should, so many who had already visited the first part of hell were staring on in schadenfreude. And Xiao Nongzang could definitely feel their gazes boring at him, making his face turn red with humiliation.
As for Xiao Rui, he only glanced at him once before averting his attention. It was the look of derision in Xiao Rui's apathetic eyes that made Xiao Nongzang burst with indignation.
He Xiao could feel the restlessness of the beast and touched the ring, hiding underneath his shirt. It seemed rather content in its current environment. His eyes lingered on Xiao Nongzang's figure for only a second before he lowered his sights back onto his partner who was lying dead on the ground, gasping for his breath.
The person in charge narrowed his eyes and was completely unsympathetic with the dying fish on the shore, sending the two to do their next exercise. He Xiao lied down on his back with his hands behind his head and his knees were bent at a ninety degree angle. Holding down onto his ankles was his partner, who was now finally recognizing that He Xiao had a nice fragrance to him. It made him feel a little bashful that he did not abhor the scent and he lowered his head, refusing to look at He Xiao.
Although He Xiao was unaware that another bee was attracted to his pollen, *cough* Mama Bao Bao would never fail to see. He 'hmphed' once. <(｀^')> The man wasn't as good as his son-in-law, so he should extinguish this seed before it sprouts.
It was unfortunate that the idol's mind was solely focused on He Xiao.
The more he told himself not to notice... The more he noticed. When they switched positions and it was He Xiao's turn to hold onto the man's ankles, he felt a tingling sensation at the touch. Even though it wasn't direct skin to skin contact, he could feel the heat off of He Xiao's hands, making his poor heart speed up even without working out yet. To make matters worse, when he sat up, he would see He Xiao's alluring grey eyes and long lashes and the fragrance would enter in his air passage.
Not forgetting to mention that his side profile was quite a sight. The curvature of his neck and adam's apple made the pitiful partner gulp, his ears blowing out steam. His body temperature became way hotter than it was supposed to, leading to him sweating already.
He Xiao who noticed his partner's body's condition was puzzled. Were the sit-ups this hard? He looked around to see some of the some of the other idols in the same position and decided that it must be.
The poor partner that was labeled as not having enough strength: 囧.
He (HX) was grateful to his wonderful manager and the original owner for their hard work, otherwise his body would be struggling currently.
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¹High and tight hairstyle: ↓↓ Example Below ↓↓
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A/N: There weren't much information on the Chinese military APFT (Army Physical Fitness Test)... So I went with my motherland's info (amurica! Lol...) that I found on the web. I only found very basic information that was like... Thirteen years old... Lol. Too old. _(┐「ε:)_ Also, trying to speed through this arc... It's taken first place in longest arc already.
