Chapter 8: Taking off the Cinderella shoes

Credits: Amanda & Kathrien.  

Original Author: 牛油果桃儿.


“Ay, ay, ay, Yama’s coming, Yama’s coming.”

“Stop laughing, stop laughing.”

Someone saw Zhang Jiuling approaching, and quickly reminded the whole group to quickly reduce their smiles, adjust their military postures for standing at attention, raise their chests, tuck in their abdomens, tilt their heads high, and stand straight.

From a distance, they were definitely the brightest class in the entire military training field.

Don’t ask them why they were so good. Their class had all been trained by their devil instructor.

Zhang Jiuling was still wearing his military uniform, with his black army boots and military cap as usual. This was clearly the general dress code of the instructor, yet he still made people feel that he was clearly different from others.

No matter how many times they had seen Zhang Jiuling come here, there were always a few girls in the class who would become crazy about their handsome instructor and sigh quietly.

“Instructor, kill me~”

“Seriously, no one can be more handsome than our instructor.”

“How handsome, ah~”

Hearing what the girl next to her said, Li Jiao also glanced at him. Zhang Jiuling was walking towards them, with his sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. He also had a strong nose, being handsome.

He had come over, standing tall, heroic, and powerful, with the unique temperament of soldiers; he was cold and calm.

At the same time, he was still a bit more awe-inspiring than ordinary soldiers. Oftentimes, there was a chill in his eyes that would daunt people a little.

Li Jiao, looking at him, was actually a little scared. She had heard that the instructor had been a special forces soldier before, so that was why he looked more “fierce” than other instructors, right?

As she was thinking about it, Zhang Jiuling walked over and passed by in front of Li Jiao. She felt faint cold air drift by and couldn’t help but squint comfortably.

Although the instructor was fierce, he still had an incredibly good advantage. That is, he had his own coldness. Especially during such a hot summer, he was like a self-propelled air conditioner.

Every time he passed by, in front of her, Li Jiao would hope that he would stand by a little longer. Not because of anything else, but to cool down the heat!

Zhang Jiuling walked away, and the air-conditioner quickly disappeared. The summer heat hit again, and the hot temperature on her body made Li Jiao feel constricted.

At the same time, her heart was wailing. Instructor, could you stand there a little longer~

Zhang Jiuling walked to the middle of the class and scanned the whole class to confirm that no one was absent.

Then, he coldly said,

“Everyone, rest, then stand at ease !”

“This afternoon’s content will be a review of the famous ‘three major steps.’”

“Everyone!”

“Everyone, together – go!”

“One two one, one two one!”

“One… Two… Three… Four…”

“…”

On the military training field, every class began to move.

In the ear, the reprimands of the instructors and the slogans of the students were intertwined, forming a full-blown military training field.

In the Class 13 that was next door, the corpulent instructor was checking on the “three major steps” of his class.

With a smile on his chubby face, he “enjoyed” his class’s march rather calmly.

Smiling, he said: “Did you all drink during lunch? Everyone’s steps are like drunkards.”

His expression, whether it made you want to laugh or not, made everyone in his class dare not to say anything.

During the past few days, they had all learned that their instructor was a smiling tiger. Don’t look at him as if he was kind, he was actually cruel.

No one in the class responded, and the chubby instructor sighed with his hands behind his back, pretending to be sad.

“Ai~”

“I feel like a sheepherder, and I herd you all every day. You are all cute lambs, you can’t walk alone yet, so I have to herd all of you.”

“Alright then, come on. Arm swing training, twenty times.”

When these words came out, someone in the class wailed, ”Ah~”

The corpulent instructor flew over with a look, “What, you don’t want to?”

“Forty times.”

No one was talking now. All of them closed their mouths and were silent.

The corpulent instructor spoke again: “Now this is right.”

“Look at how you all swing your arms, are you all going to fly?”

Although these three steps were practiced before, the students still did not have muscle memory, so they would forget them quickly.

During the inspection and review in the afternoon, many classes had problems.

Various instructors were about to explode in anger.

“Hadn’t you just practiced it in the morning?”

“Look at your foot, why can’t you lift it?”

“Put down your foot, smash it down!”

“Don’t press the grass!”

“You all practiced before and returned to me intact, right?”

The instructor of Li Jiao’s neighboring class, Class 2, was about to collapse. All kinds of Sichuan dialects were coming out.

“Look at your straight foot lift, are you going to fly and take off?

“Who told you to turn? Did you move by yourself?!”

“Be straight, be straight!”

“Put your foot down forcefully, smash it down!”

“My God~ you all really are the talents of this new century.”

“…”

Various situations frequently occurred throughout the military training field.

A student who was misleading others was picked out by the instructor. The instructor then used a twig to guide the student’s movements, but in the end, even the instructor was misled.

There were also those who could not raise their feet very high. Their instructors had asked them to take out their mobile phones, put them on their feet, and lift their feet up and hold them for muscle memory.

Compared to other classes, Li Jiao’s class, which was Class 1, was extremely calm.

Zhang Jiuling stood in front of them, watching them do kicking training, standing upright one by one, stopping in mid-air with their feet still, without daring to move.

Occasionally, there would be a dangling one, and he would glance over and freeze the person on the spot into instantly stiffening.

So, their class was extremely quiet. Who would dare for anything else to happen?

In fact, Zhang Jiuling didn’t have any special methods. He just had them practice repeatedly and intensively to remember every single movement.

He wouldn’t act like other instructors, where if you couldn’t lift your feet, they would ask you to take out your phone and put it on. Instead, he would directly ask for you to keep it in position for fifteen minutes, and if you moved or shook during that period, then you would be punished with push-ups.

With this, who would dare to make mistakes?

Now, the whole group dared not to breathe loudly or talk. They focused and looked straight ahead.

Hearing all kinds of laughter around, they didn’t have any external thoughts at all in fear that they would accidentally move. Otherwise, they would be shot with a cold stare by the aloof-faced Yama.

Zhang Jiuling looked at the time on the watch. It had been about ten minutes. He said,

“Change legs, stand still – go!”

“One two one, one two one, one two one!”

“One, two, three, four!”

“One, two, three, four!”

Class 1 ignored the soreness in their legs and shouted the slogans as they marched.

“One, two, three, four!”

“One, two, three, four!”

Zhang Jiuling: “Stand still!”

“One, two!”

The sounds of the entire class were loud and organized.

This scene drew the attention of other classes, of which all turned their heads to see which class it was.

Turning their gazes, seeing that the instructor of that class was Zhang Jiuling, they looked back again.

No wonder. It was the class of the living Yama.

Zhang Jiuling continued to give commands, “Everyone has it, every order, every action.”

“Go on – go!”

“One!”

The whole class moved out neatly and settled down. Their collective height was still the same, just like a plane.

Zhang Jiuling glanced around and continued.

“Two!”

The whole class changed their feet and stood still.

In the crowd, Li Jiao was in pain, and she couldn’t help but frown.

The blisters on her feet hadn’t healed yet, and she felt a lot of pain whenever she rubbed the soles of her shoes.

Practicing her pace now, every time she hit the ground hard with her foot, it hurt a lot.

But reluctantly this was military training. The instructor was still chanting slogans, so she couldn’t stop.

She could only grit her teeth and do it along with the others.

“One!”

Hiss~ It hurts, it hurts.

“Two!”

Mother, I’m dying.

“One!”

Hiss~ Mother, I want to go home.

“Two!”

Li Jiao then followed the whole class and started marching again. When she changed feet, she frowned because of the pain, not to mention how miserable she felt.

Zhang Jiuling had noticed her a long time ago. Everyone else was practicing goose stepping seriously, while only the little girl standing at the end of the first line had such a rich expression.

Especially when switching her feet. Her expression was simply the 囧 character. In addition, she also had white skin and looked very soft. While she suffered, she looked like a white piece of bread that had been wronged.

With this small face, she looked weirdly… cute?

Zhang Jiuling continued to give the commands: “One!”

After shouting, he looked at the little girl unconsciously.

Sure enough, the little girl instantly frowned, her mouth narrowed, her face in a grimace. Her rich expression did not disappoint him.

Seeing her pained and compelling look, Zhang Jiuling couldn’t help but feel funny because of her rather amusing look. Was it that difficult?

In fact, Li Jiao was close to death.

Mother, come and save me. My feet are soon going to be useless.

It hurts, ahhh-

“Two!”

Hearing the order from the instructor, Li Jiao hurriedly changed her feet’ position again. After practicing this way a few times, the soles of her feet felt almost too painful.

Once she raised her leg, it was unconsciously lower than average, so it stood out.    

Zhang Jiuling glanced at her and said lightly,

“The last one in the first row, raise your feet.”

Suddenly she was called and after listening, Li Jiao quickly raised her feet.

Zhang Jiuling continued: “One!”

Thinking that her foot was low just now, Li Jiao straightened her steps this time and tried to lift her foot a little bit higher.

As soon as she raised her leg, Li Jiao felt a little loose under her foot. It was as if something had been thrown out.

Immediately afterward, the whole group saw a white unidentified object fly out, like a parabola, crossing a perfect arc.

Straight to the instructor who was in front of the team.

Zhang Jiuling was shouting a slogan when suddenly his eyes flashed, and he looked in the direction where the white object was flying and squinted his eyes slightly. It was as if it was a shoe?

He stayed calm and took a step back indifferently.

“Clatter!”

A little white shoe landed steadily in front of him.

At that moment, Li Jiao felt that the world was still.

She looked at the white object lovingly from a distance.

It was over. Shoes. This was a big deal.

The people in Class 1 stared at the little white shoe, then looked at Li Jiao subconsciously, realizing what was going on.

All of them bowed their heads, their shoulders shaking violently.

“Pfft-”

“Hahahahaha-”

Li Jiao’s small face turned red when she heard the faint laughter around her. From her chin to the tip of her ears, she burned red.

It was over. Now, this would be awkward.

Zhang Jiuling looked down at the little white shoes under her feet and pointed his toes straight at her as if he was going to walk straight towards her.

He raised his head, looked towards the end of the first line, saw that familiar little face, and raised his eyebrows. It was her again?

He had just called her out. Was this revenge on the spot?

Ashamed, Li Jiao was afraid to look into his eyes. She buried her head and stared at her bare right foot, which was wearing pink bunny socks and lying alone on the other foot.

But now, she looked pitiful.

It was over. What would she do now?

Should she go and pick it up, or pretend that the shoe wasn’t hers?

Ahhhhh, the instructor hopefully wouldn’t think she had deliberately done that, right?

Ahhhhhh, what would she do now, ahhhhh…

Everyone could not hear her internal screaming. Just when the atmosphere was embarrassing, the instructor of Class 2 led their class by.

That instructor seemed to be called Liuzi, and he knew Zhang Jiuling. When passing by, he saw the shoes in front of Zhang Jiuling, and stretched his neck, took a wide-eyed look, and joked.

“Eh, boss, whose Cinderella crystal shoes in your class are these?”

“Pft-”

“Hahahaha-”

The people in Li Jiao’s class couldn’t help it when these words came out. All of them trembled and smiled happily.

Hearing the laughter, Li Jiao’s head dropped even further, and her face was burnt red badly. After that, she was now completely famous in a bad way.

Zhang Jiuling looked at the end of the team. The little girl had shrunk her neck and lowered her head, like a little quail, almost burying herself.

Oh, so she had the courage to do it, but she didn’t have the courage to admit it?

Glancing at the little white shoes on the ground, Zhang Jiuling bent over, reached to pick it up, and walked in Li Jiao’s direction.

After a while, Li Jiao still lowered her head, hearing the laughter around her slowly stop. But she still didn’t dare to look up. My God, was there anything more embarrassing than this?

Mother, I really want to go home, ahhhh-

As she was about to cry tearlessly, a pair of black military boots suddenly appeared in her sight, and at the same time, she smelled a familiar cold fragrance.

She suddenly raised her head and didn’t know that Zhang Jiuling had come over. She raised her head, just to crash into his deep cold eyes, unable to see any emotion.

She was taken aback, but then quickly lowered her head and tightened her eyebrows.

It was over, it was over. She was going to die, and the instructor was going to scold her.

It was over, it was over. What should she do, what should she do, what should she do?

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