Chapter 363: Won (3)

Chapter 363: Chapter 363: Won (3)

"See that instructor over there? I heard he’s the leader of this group of instructors. I just heard the others call him ’Chief’! How high-ranking do you think he is?"

"High-ranking? Don’t you know? Any soldier just calls their superior ’Chief’! So just because people call him that doesn’t mean his rank is actually that high! Get it?"

"Oh, so that’s how it is! Still, I think our instructor is the most handsome! Look at the other instructors—their faces are as dark as soil. Then look at our instructor’s complexion—it’s like porcelain. It’s honestly even better than most women’s! He must use skincare products! I just wonder what kind he uses. Maybe I can go ask him about it during the break!"

Pfft... A snort of laughter erupted from the formation.

The instructor, who had been drinking water, immediately spun around and started berating them. "Who was that? Which student just laughed? You are in the middle of training! You are standing at attention! There is no laughing in formation! No chatter! Don’t you know the rules?"

The students who had been whispering just moments ago instantly fell silent, as if they’d been struck dumb. The formation was quiet once more.

"Well? Who laughed just now? If no one confesses, the entire class gets punished! Standing at attention for one hour!" The instructor’s gaze swept over their youthful faces. ’Before me, these kids can’t hide a thing,’ he thought. ’Even if they don’t say a word, I can tell what’s on their minds.’

’Standing at attention! For a whole hour!’ Even ten minutes felt like the apocalypse, so an hour would be a death sentence! The students who knew the truth fixed their gazes on Shelby Fenton. The laugh had come from her! Everyone hoped she would confess on her own and not drag them all down to bake under the scorching sun. Standing at attention in this heat? They would pass out!

Shelby Fenton was probably the person here who hated standing at attention the most. She had been spoiled rotten her whole life and had never even been spoken to harshly. She’d skipped all her high school gym classes by getting her homeroom teacher to write her excuse notes. To be thrown straight into military training and forced to stand at attention was more than she could bear. ’What if I get a tan under this blazing sun? Enlarged pores don’t just shrink back! And if I have to stand for another hour...’ The thought was too horrifying to even contemplate. ℯℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Seeing Seraphina Sterling standing in front of her, a malicious glint flashed in Shelby Fenton’s eyes. "Sir!"

The instructor’s gaze landed on Shelby Fenton. "Speak! Finally, someone confesses."

Hearing the word "confess," Shelby felt a flicker of guilt, but she quickly shouted, "Sir, I’m not confessing! It wasn’t me who laughed just now, it was Seraphina Sterling! I’m right behind her, I heard her!"

What...

The students who knew the truth stared at Shelby Fenton in astonishment. It was clearly her who had laughed, but she’d just thrown Seraphina Sterling under the bus! Everyone witnessed Shelby Fenton’s skill at framing others and made an instant decision to stay far away from her. ’She’s so manipulative, a real-life backstabbing bitch!’ ’If you’re friends with someone like that, you never know when she’ll make you her scapegoat!’ ’And Seraphina Sterling is her roommate! If she’d frame her own roommate, is there anything she wouldn’t do?’

Seraphina Sterling’s luck was truly awful. One could only wonder what sins she must have committed in a past life to end up sharing a dorm room with someone like that.

"Seraphina Sterling! Was that you laughing just now? You know you’re supposed to be silent in formation, don’t you? Well? What was so funny?" The instructor shifted his gaze to her. "All of you, straighten your backs! I told you to stand at attention, not to gawk at the drama!" At his roar, everyone instinctively snapped their spines straight, not daring to relax in the slightest.