Reborn in the 70s: Pampered by Regiment Commander
Chapter 226 - 173: Heading to

Chapter 226: Chapter 173: Heading to

The second watch of the night arrived. Ah, I could finally roll off and go to sleep. I felt so ill, if it wasn’t for my promise to everyone, I really couldn’t have endured it...

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"What are you daydreaming about? Why are you ignoring me when I’m talking to you?" Liu Meijun poked Chuxia’s arm with her chopsticks, sizing her up and down. "Seriously, don’t tell me you’ve actually taken a fancy to him?"

"What are you thinking about, just eat your food." Chuxia glared at Liu Meijun and lowered her head to start eating, internally berating herself for even thinking about that domineering guy’s attitude. Ah, maybe she really did have a penchant for masochism, getting all worked up for no reason when no one was even picking on her.

"That’s true, with Doctor Jing around, how could you possibly be interested in him?" Liu Meijun muttered under her breath, and began shoveling congee into her mouth.

At that moment, Zhang Erniu came over with her meal tray, smiling awkwardly, "I... can I eat with you guys, is that okay?"

"Take a seat," Liu Meijun shifted to make space and asked with curiosity, "Didn’t you come over a while ago? How come you’re only getting your food now?"

"I went to the latrine," Zhang Erniu replied with an embarrassed smile. "I wanted to wait for you guys, but I couldn’t hold it in, so I went to the latrine first."

No wonder she had taken off running as soon as they broke up, I thought she was just hungry. But it turned out to be something like this. Chuxia struggled to suppress the discomfort in her stomach, set down her chopsticks, and took a deep breath...

The thing she dreaded most was people talking about such matters while she was eating. This bad habit of hers was absolutely not something she could change just because she wanted to. Since coming to this era, she had tried more than once to force herself to overcome it, but with no success.

Liu Meijun looked at Chuxia with concern. "What’s wrong?"

Chuxia packed the uneaten steamed bun into her food container and sealed it, then did the same with the bowl of congee. "I’m not very hungry right now. You two enjoy your meal, I’ll head back to the dorm."

On a normal day, she might have been able to force herself to finish the congee, but today, with her dad’s surgery, she was truly frantic inside and didn’t want to sit around making herself miserable.

Zhang Erniu suddenly clutched her forehead, looking at Liu Meijun with a face full of regret, "I get it now. Chuxia didn’t eat enough because I misspoke."

"Ah," Liu Meijun sighed softly and patted Zhang Erniu’s shoulder, "Just eat. She won’t blame you, but be more careful in the future."

"Uh-huh."

"Ah!"

Zhang Erniu’s response was drowned out by Chuxia’s cry of alarm. She and Liu Meijun turned around just in time to see Chuxia take several stumbling steps backward and sit down hard on the ground. Opposite Chuxia stood a robust-looking girl they all knew from the female soldiers’ squad, named Li Shuili. She had been temporarily assigned to the women’s medical team and had once helped in an emergency.

Both of them stood up with the intention to help Chuxia, but someone moved even faster than they did, Sun Shangmei.

"Why did you push her? Is she the sort of person you should be pushing around?" Sun Shangmei helped Chuxia up and dusted the dirt off her body while she asked Li Shuili displeasingly.

"You should watch where you’re going when you walk. You’re here to be a soldier, not to act like a spoiled miss!" Li Shuili snorted coldly, dropped that comment, and turned to walk away.

"Stop!"

The soldiers still in the dining hall all turned curiously towards Chuxia. It was hard for them to imagine that such a frail-looking girl could produce such a loud voice. Clearly, she was really angry.

And it made sense. Who wouldn’t be upset about being pushed down in front of a crowd?

"What right do you have to lecture me? Is it because you’re a veteran?" Chuxia glared at her furiously. "Was it me not watching where I was going, or was it you who wasn’t paying attention to your walking?"

Li Shuili pointed to the congee stains on her clothes. "Here’s the evidence. Or should I splash some on you as well?"

Chuxia rolled her eyes in exasperation. "If you hadn’t suddenly cut in front of me and then stopped abruptly, would I have bumped into you?

You clearly did it on purpose and now you’re trying to turn it around on me just because you’re bigger, stronger, and taller. Does that give you the right to bully people?"

"How have I bullied you?" Li Shuili looked at her leisurely. "Alright, I’ll tell you straight, yes, I intentionally moved in front of you so you would bump into me, and then I deliberately pushed you down."

"Wow..."

A murmur of confused chatter rose up from the crowd. The two weren’t from the same squad and had no known grievances. This behavior was truly baffling to everyone!

"I told you, you’re here to be a soldier, not to play the part of a delicate miss. So what if she..." Li Shuili pointed toward Zhang Erniu. "So what if she said she had gone to the latrine? Does that make you so disgusted that you can’t eat? If you were like this when taking care of patients, wouldn’t you starve to death?"

"Whether I’m right or wrong in this, you don’t have the right to push me down to the ground..." Chuxia stared at her and gave a cold snort, "Apologize to me, and we can let today’s incident slide. Otherwise, you’ll bear all the consequences!"

"You should be thanking me. I’m helping you correct your flaws; this way, you can become a qualified medic in the future!"

With a sense of righteousness all over her face, Li Shuili made Chuxia really want to scratch her face, even feeling her claws itching to move. But considering her petite size against the opponent’s bigger build... While hesitating, Sun Shangmei suddenly charged at Li Shuili. Unprepared, Li Shuili was knocked to the ground harder than Chuxia did before. At least Chuxia had sat down, while Li Shuili slipped on the thin porridge on the floor and ended up face-planting directly to the ground.

As for how perilous the process was, nobody quite understood, but all they saw was Li Shuili shouting, swinging her claws, and ending up lying on the ground as straight as a missile.

"Did you think the medical team’s people are someone you can bully at will?" Sun Shangmei snorted coldly, "Now we’re even." Then she helped Chuxia up, "Come on, let’s go back to the dorm."

Liu Meijun and Zhang Erniu, both stunned, hurriedly closed their lunchboxes and followed them out.

"Stop! If you two have the guts, stand right there!"

Li Shuili got up and stood with hands on her hips, shouting after them, but unfortunately, neither Chuxia nor Sun Shangmei paid her any attention. They headed straight out of the cafeteria, leaving her shouting to echo in the empty space.

Li Shuili did not chase after them, not because she did not want to, but because she had fallen too hard. Her hip bone hurt so much that she dared not move. Sun Shangmei had been consistently doing hard labor and had been through strenuous training recently. With her powerful shove, it was fortunate for Li Shuili not to have broken her hip bone.

On the way back, Chuxia’s heart was filled with mixed feelings. She never imagined that Sun Shangmei would fight for her, as she always seemed to value honor.

Fighting in the cafeteria was not exactly something to be proud of, was it?

At this moment, Chuxia even mulled over finding some way to justify the incident, but soon realized that a fight was a fight, and no amount of gold coating could change that.

"I’ve involved you in this." Feeling it was impolite to remain silent, Chuxia looked up at the grim-faced Sun Shangmei and apologized.

"You should not go out saying you’re from Red Flag Commune. Red Flag Commune doesn’t breed cowards like you. To be bullied like that and not fight back, it’s infuriating!"

Chuxia: "..." Wasn’t she just considering the disparity in strength and hadn’t had the chance to retaliate yet?

"What involvement? If you had walked away like that today, our medical team would have lost all its dignity. The female soldiers have always looked down on the medical team, thinking all of us are weak. Hmph, I just showed them who’s really frail!"

Suddenly it dawned on Chuxia—she was looking at the issue from the wrong angle! It turned out she and Sun Shangmei were not on the same wavelength at all. Could it be she didn’t feel the slightest bit... inappropriate about her actions?

"What I don’t understand is why that woman targeted Chuxia," Liu Meijun said, pointing out the crux of the matter as the other two kept fretting over trivialities.

Chuxia pursed her lips, nodding agreement: "I find it strange too. When she came to our team as a substitute, we never interacted with her, nor did I offend her. She didn’t bother with us when she left, so why is she coming after me now? And in such a manner, quite unpleasant indeed."

With a helpless expression, Liu Meijun replied, "It seems you weren’t hurt from the fall, still in the mood for jokes."

"Ah, getting all of you worried and troubled, I have to at least make light of the situation to feel better. I apologize, everyone. My dad was having surgery today, and I was extremely anxious about it, otherwise, I wouldn’t have caused such a mess. Anyway, whatever the outcome, I’ll face it alone..."

"What are you talking about?" Sun Shangmei cut her off with a dissatisfied look, "I didn’t help you just for the sake of it; I did what I should have done."

"How so?" Chuxia looked at her, puzzled. Could it be that her way of thinking was off again?

"As a member of the women’s medical team, I obviously couldn’t stand by and watch you being bullied. Besides, you’ve helped me in a critical situation before. If I did nothing, would I still be human?"

With a resigned smile, Chuxia said, "Alright, the performance event has passed, and I was moved by your determination to help you. You don’t always have to feel like you owe me."

"Even if I don’t owe you, we’re both from Red Flag Commune, and I couldn’t stand by and watch you get bullied," Sun Shangmei said earnestly, staring at Chuxia. "But I warn you, if you ever get bullied again, even if you know you can’t beat them, don’t act cowardly!"

"Okay." Chuxia could only respond helplessly. It was clear to her that if she didn’t agree, Sun Shangmei wouldn’t let her off easily. She really didn’t have the patience to argue today, not to mention dealing with Li Shuili... So annoying!

"How about I go with you to ask the captain for leave? After all, it’s your uncle’s surgery. You won’t be able to concentrate if you stay here."

"Screech!"

As soon as Liu Meijun finished speaking, a vehicle stopped beside them. Jing Zhe leaned out, "Lin Chuxia, get in the car. Your father’s surgery starts in an hour and a half."

At this point, Chuxia couldn’t care about anything else. Forget the new recruits, forget what others might say, forget maintaining appearances... for her dad, she would cast everything aside!(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)