Chapter 580: Getting Set Up at the Assembly
The Red Scorpion leaders snapped back to their senses after a while. Sneaking glances at their boss, they finally understood why they were involved in Capital University’s military training, which they had initially found quite surprising. At one point, they even thought that their boss wanted to recruit a few seedlings with potential from this batch of students. However, they were too naïve. The reason was that their boss’ fiancée was involved in the training.
Lu Chengzhou saw no one but his fiancée, his gaze falling upon her as soon as he appeared. She stood lazily in the students’ midst looking back at him with a cocked eyebrow and a wicked grin on her face. Her chin was slightly lifted and her arms were crossed in front of her chest. She looked very much like a female hooligan. Lu Chengzhou cleared his throat as a smidge of amusement flashed across his eyes.
Meanwhile, Qin Fang stood with his arms akimbo and he secretly greeted Gu Mang, which she pointedly ignored.
Over on the freshmen side, Tang Xiaoxiao was staring dumbly at Lu Chengzhou and when she finally came back to reality, she grabbed Zheng Miao’s arm and shook it hard in excitement. “Ahhhh! Omigosh! That instructor is drop-dead gorgeous!”
Although the other girl had heard about the instructor being handsome, she had not expected him to be so fatally attractive. Even Song Jiaying, who had been distracted the entire time, was enthralled. The female students around them were excitedly gushing, “Ahhhhh! He’s so handsome! This is too much for my heart!”
“I didn’t come here for nothing! Ahhhhh!”
“I have this sudden urge to fight for that spot! Even though I’m unworthy of an Adonis like him, I’d be content to look at him every day!”
“Same here! What a hunk!”
Gu Mang, meanwhile, was made speechless by these frenzied girls.
Tang Xiaoxiao then bumped her on the shoulder as she tried to contain her bubbling excitement. “Look, Gu Mang! Isn’t he such a dreamboat?”
She looked down and squeezed her wrist before looking back up at Lu Chengzhou. She lazily said, “He’s okay.”
Never expecting such a perfunctory answer from Gu Mang, Tang Xiaoxiao turned her head toward her in utter disbelief. “He’s only okay to you?!”
Even Zheng Miao’s eyes were wide when she heard that. Gu Mang only gave a bland acknowledgement in response.
Just as Tang Xiaoxiao was about to refute Gu Mang, Gu Mang looked up and her exquisite features were exposed in the light. Tang Xiaoxiao swallowed her words back down. Yeah, she has the right to say that since she’s also a looker herself.
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The school leaders, who came together with the freshman, were now walking over toward Lu Chengzhou. Principal Ren knew exactly why Red Scorpion was responsible for this military training. Every action of his oozed with respect as he stood before Lu Chengzhou and greeted him. “Young Master Lu.”
The vice-principal and the rest of the discipline committee were shocked to see this humble display coming from the principal, but nonetheless, they, having encountered all sorts of situations, remained calm on the surface.
While the class reps maintained order for their respective classes, the school leaders had a brief exchange with the people from Red Scorpion before they walked over to the podium, marking the start of the military training’s assembly.
The counselor approached Gu Mang and whispered to her, “Gu Mang, you’ll be up on stage in twenty minutes. Take the script with you and follow me.”
Gu Mang removed the backpack from her shoulders, unzipped the side zipper, and took out a folded sheet of paper. She then dropped her bag on the floor and left with the counselor. The two of them walked over to the rightmost side of the freshmen cohort, where the instructors were lining up in two straight columns.
Over at the podium, Red Scorpion and Capital University’s flags were raised before the leaders from both camps introduced themselves. After that, Principal Ren gave the usual pep talk to cheer the students on during military training. The moment he ended his speech, Qin Fang began speaking.
“Welcome to Red Scorpion. We’ll do our best to give you an unforgettable memory.”
His short two sentences formed a stark contrast with the principal’s lengthy speech, which rendered the students speechless.
Seeing that it was about time for Gu Mang to give her speech, the counselor looked at her and said, “It’ll be your turn soon. I’ll walk you over.”
Gu Mang nodded. “Thank you.”
“No need to be nervous.” The counselor flashed her a reassuring smile.
Such things did not unnerve her. As Gu Mang walked to the front, she unfolded the sheet of paper in her hand only to realize that it was blank.