Time flies, and there's only a week left before the troops are divided up and assigned to their respective companies.

Zhang Hui also adjusted his daily extra training, adding outdoor weighted running and parallel bar exercises to his existing indoor morning and evening extra training.

On the last weekend, in the afternoon on the empty playground, Zhang Hui was still doing a five-kilometer weighted run. As he approached the finish line, he saw Wu Liuyi standing there from afar.

"Chengcai, is it over yet?"

After Zhang Hui slowed down, he heard Wu Liuyi asking him a question.

"Squad Leader Wu, what's up?"

Wu Liuyi, unusually, didn't glare at him. He waved and spoke gently, "You'll be joining your unit in a week. Have you thought about which unit you'll be going to?"

Zhang Hui glanced at Wu Liuyi, knowing that he was helping Gao Cheng recruit people for the Steel Seventh Company in advance.

Zhang Hui smiled, then turned to Wu Liuyi and said, "I will obey the orders of my superiors. Whichever company I am assigned to, that is the company I will be assigned to."

Wu Liuyi was very dissatisfied with his answer and said somewhat arrogantly, "Let me tell you, when you join a company, you must go to the best company. Like the Steel Seventh Company where I am, it is one of the top companies in the entire regiment and even the entire division."

Looking at Wu Liuyi's expression, how could Zhang Hui not know what he was thinking? However, according to the original plot, he would indeed join the Steel Seventh Company, but he couldn't go to the class that he and Shi Jin were in.

Putting aside the fact that being assigned to their class is a plot point, if Xu Sanduo is later taken to Shi Jin's class and he works hard, wouldn't there be more opportunities for him to cause trouble and get rewards?

Even if we can't change the storyline of Xu Sanduo going to the Fifth Squad on the grassland, can't we at least change the storylines of Shi Jin being discharged from the army and Wu Liuyi being discharged due to injury?

He could already imagine that after these two plot modifications, his free points would definitely increase, allowing him to accumulate points to buy good things.

If we can make it to the three months of the Old A selection process, there might be even more opportunities. This positive cycle will definitely make us stronger and stronger.

Seeing Zhang Hui not speaking and instead staring blankly, Wu Liuyi impatiently stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder. "I'm not bragging, but when the company commander was giving you lectures, didn't he talk about the Steel Seventh Company every day?"

Zhang Hui chuckled. "I didn't say the Steel Seventh Company was bad, but do you really want to hear what I really think?"

Wu Liuyi pursed his lips: "Do you think I'm the kind of person who wants to hear your lies? Just tell me what you mean."

Seeing Wu Liuyi like this, Zhang Hui knew that his performance over the past three months had not been in vain. At least he did not have the same "fake" evaluation of Cheng Cai as Wu Liuyi in the original story.

"To be honest, of course I wanted to go to the Seventh Steel Company, but I wanted to follow Platoon Leader Shi even more. From the moment I visited his home, I felt that he was a really good person, and I wanted to work under him."

Zhang Hui looked at Wu Liuyi with genuine sincerity, and after he finished speaking, he saw the corners of Wu Liuyi's mouth involuntarily curl up. He pressed on, saying, "If the company commander agrees, I'll pack my bags and head to the Steel Seventh Company without hesitation."

Wu Liuyi almost burst out laughing, but still said arrogantly, "How can you be so shameless? You even asked the company commander to agree? Don't you have any shame?"

Seeing his expression, Zhang Hui knew there was hope, and hurriedly switched to his hometown dialect, saying, "I only admire you and Platoon Leader Shi here. Besides, don't you want me to follow Platoon Leader Shi?"

"Dialects are not allowed in the army." After hearing Zhang Hui's words, Wu Liuyi directly educated him in Mandarin.

However, seeing Zhang Hui's pitiful appearance, Wu Liuyi pursed his lips and pondered for a while before saying, "I will report your request to the company commander, but I can't guarantee anything."

Zhang Hui turned his head and glanced at the row of bungalows where the company commander was located.

He could only feign helplessness and say, "I really want to follow Platoon Leader Shi, but no matter what happens in the end, I will obey orders."

Seeing this, Wu Liuyi didn't say much, just told him to take care of his body when he practiced extra, and then turned and left.

However, Zhang Hui was unaware that Wu Liuyi had told Gao Cheng about their conversation after returning home.

Gao Cheng retorted directly to Wu Liuyi, "Isn't this a good thing?"

Seeing Wu Liuyi's puzzled look, Gao Cheng continued to ask him, "What criteria does the company use to evaluate a squad leader's performance, and even determine his future?"

Before Wu Liuyi could answer, Gao Cheng said directly, "Everything about the soldiers in the entire class."

Gao Cheng continued, staring at Wu Liuyi, "With the annual reduction and downsizing of troops, if Cheng Cai were to work under Shi Jin, Shi Jin's performance evaluation would be much more secure. In order to live up to Shi Jin's expectations and to keep him here, I'm willing to use these little tricks."

Faced with Gao Cheng's words, Wu Liuyi had no other emotions and simply wrote them down in his notebook.

On the last day of basic training, in the camp square, Xu Sanduo unsurprisingly went to the fifth squad of the Red Third Company, but Zhang Hui was assigned to the third squad of the Steel Seventh Company.

[The plot has changed due to the host's actions; 20 unallocated points will be awarded as a reward!]

After receiving the system reward, Zhang Hui saw Xu Sanduo sitting on the bus, grinning at him, and nodded back to Xu Sanduo.

After watching Xu Sanduo's air-conditioned vehicle slowly drive away, he decided that once he had adapted to life in the Steel Seventh Company, he would definitely find time to visit Xu Sanduo.

Zhang Hui didn't get on the vehicle; he simply marched in formation towards the Steel Seventh Company. He participated in the company induction ceremony that very day, becoming the 4,944th soldier in the Steel Seventh Company.

Then Squad Leader Shi began to explain the training plan of the Third Squad to Zhang Hui. Compared with the recruit company, the training of the Steel Seventh Company was many times more extensive. In addition to the fixed five-kilometer armed run and human-vehicle coordination or shooting training in the morning, there were also tactical explanations or equipment training in the afternoon.

Every now and then there are extra training sessions organized by veterans, and even at night there are surprise attacks including a lightly equipped eight-kilometer run and an emergency assembly.

The simulated combat and physical training were practically a break. Zhang Hui was almost numb when he found out. Sure enough, the awesomeness of the company was no joke.

Fortunately, he didn't change much mentally, and Zhang Hui didn't have the fake tricks that Cheng Cai had, and he got along well with his comrades in the class.

He would often buy cigarettes for his comrades in the class and chat with them from time to time. After each training session, Zhang Hui would find Bai Tiejun and listen to him talk like he was telling jokes, which would make him laugh and relax a lot.

Most importantly, Zhang Hui didn't have the same ambitious and utilitarian mindset as Cheng Cai. Shi Jin was the class monitor of the third class, and Wu, the class monitor, was the deputy class monitor of the third class, which allowed Zhang Hui to focus all his energy on improving himself.

Three months passed quickly. During a shooting training session, Zhang Hui achieved the best score in the entire company and finally remembered Xu Sanduo, who was still in the fifth squad.

"Hey~ Class monitor, I need to ask you for leave." Zhang Hui stopped Shi Jin at the dormitory entrance and said.

"Okay, Cheng Cai, you should take a rest too. Your shooting results this time were very good. The company commander has praised you to me several times." After Shi Jin agreed, he also mentioned that Gao Cheng had been paying attention to him after he won first place in shooting.

Zhang Hui smiled and said, "Thank you, squad leader, and thank you, company commander, for the compliment."

Seeing his unproud demeanor, Shi Jin smiled and patted him on the shoulder encouragingly.

Zhang Hui didn't ask for leave to do anything unexpected. He went into the dormitory, took out the remaining allowance from the past few months, and went to the convenience store to go on a shopping spree.

In that godforsaken place where Xu Sanduo was staying, there wasn't a single place to buy anything within a radius of more than ten kilometers. Besides giving Xu Sanduo a good dose of chicken soup, he also had to satisfy his material needs.

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