Rebirth: Don't Want to Be Hot-blooded

Hearing her words, Xia Lan laughed out loud, "Among the recruits in the company, you are indeed the best."

"But my standards for you are not based on theirs."

When An Chuxia heard this, she knew something was wrong, "Who are you comparing yourself to?"

Unexpectedly, Xia Lan pointed at herself and said, "Me!"

An Chuxia held her breath and asked, "You're comparing me with yourself?"

"What's wrong with comparing with me? Don't you think highly of me?" Xia Lan asked directly.

An Chuxia now felt that it was a bit redundant to comfort her, "It's not a question of whether she likes it or not, it's that your standard is a bit high?"

"With your standards, many male soldiers can't match you. Now you put it on me?"

Xia Lan glanced at her and said, "For you, the standard should be set higher."

"Your standards are too low now. It's too easy for you to reach them, so it's easy for you to just give up. So I set them higher so that you have the motivation to strive for more."

"Of course, it's no use just letting you work hard on your own, you need a whip every now and then."

After hearing her explanation, An Chuxia was speechless.

He snatched the bottle of water she had finished drinking from, "Just go on your own. I don't care about you anymore."

Xia Lan laughed immediately.

At this time, I also found that after teasing her like this, my mood seemed to be much better, and I couldn't help but shake my head and smile.

Along the way, An Chuxia saw boundary markers one after another and experienced various complex terrains.

Climbing mountains and swimming have become commonplace, and after a few rock climbing sessions I even feel like I have mastered a new skill.

However, after these few days of torture, she has become more and more adapted to this intensity, especially after her injuries have healed, she is no longer affected and can keep up with everyone.

Seeing her in this state, Ning Ban was really surprised and impressed.

I was surprised that An Chuxia could adapt to this extent in just a few days, and I admired Xia Lan for her understanding and speculation about her.

But An Chuxia didn't know that Xia Lan had already guessed everything about her.

"After we pass this mountain, we will have completed the first section of our journey." Squad Leader Ning walked ahead, "After we go down the mountain, we will pass the first outpost."

An Chuxia knew that other people didn't need him to explain at all, this sentence was meant for him.

So he nodded and said, "Can we take a rest at the outpost?"

"Of course, this is the only resting place on our way." Ning Ban replied with a smile, "This outpost has a place for us to rest temporarily, and there are also supplies prepared for our patrol personnel."

When An Chuxia heard this, she immediately laughed, "That's great, I finally have a bed to sleep on."

As he spoke, he suddenly thought of something, "By the way, can I take a shower here?"

Her words made everyone laugh. They all knew that An Chuxia had been obsessed with several things these days: no bed to sleep on, no normal meals to eat, and the last one was that she couldn't take a shower.

Xia Lan also looked at her with a smile, "Don't worry, we have all of these."

"It's just that the environment is a bit shabby, just don't complain to me."

"No matter how simple it is, it's better than having nothing." An Chuxia said subconsciously.

But then he reacted, "You all think it's shabby... then it's really bad, right?"

They didn't describe how bad the environment was, but judging from their expressions, it was something that could only be understood but not expressed in words, which gave An Chuxia a bad feeling.

Sure enough, when I saw the sentry post, this premonition came true.

The outpost was not small, even bigger than she had imagined, with several barracks, obviously not just for the people who stayed here to live in.

But this house is really a bit shabby.

She had good eyesight and if she saw correctly, the window was barely held up. She wondered if it would fall down if she exerted more force.

The row of houses was extremely simple and could be considered a place to live at best.

Add to that the vegetables grown in the yard and the poultry raised, and if someone hadn't told her, she really wouldn't have believed that this was a camp.

"Hey, Chief of Staff Xia is here?" Just as An Chuxia was looking around, a voice suddenly came.

An Chuxia came back to her senses instantly, looked forward, and saw a middle-aged veteran walking out.

Unlike their neatly-dressed military uniforms, his uniform was somewhat casually worn, but from the details one could tell that the old uniform was still washed very clean.

At this time, the old soldier was holding a kitchen knife in his hand and looking at them with a smile on his face.

Without waiting for Xia Lan to answer, he immediately added, "But I haven't seen you lead a team for a long time. I killed all the chickens in anticipation of your arrival today."

Hearing his words, Ning Ban was not happy. "That's not right. Why didn't I get this treatment last time? I even had to kill a chicken."

The old soldier glanced at him and said, "You can do the same. We can always meet. I'll even kill a chicken for you. It's good to have something to eat."

"Officer Xia, are you on another mission? Why haven't I seen you for so long?"

An Chuxia could see that he really welcomed Xia Lan and was very happy that she came.

I couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Based on her understanding of Xia Lan, she knew that she couldn't get along with everyone, but she didn't expect her to be so popular here.

I have to say, ever since she came to Xia Lan's side, she has always had new understandings of her.

Just as she was thinking about this, the veteran suddenly noticed her, "Hey, why are you bringing a new soldier with you, and a female soldier at that?"

An Chuxia came back to her senses and saluted, "Hello, squad leader!"

The squad leader waved his knife twice, then felt something was wrong, and said with a smile, "What salute? Just be casual when you're here."

"Didn't your Staff Officer Xia tell you that this place is different from other places? It would be awkward if you act like this."

As he was speaking, another person ran out of the barracks and said, "Sergeant, the food is ready. All that's left is your chicken. You can start eating now!"

When the old soldier heard this, he hurriedly said, "What are you waiting for? Come in and eat. The chicken will be ready soon!"

They took off their backpacks and followed him in without any hesitation.

When they came out of the woods, none of them was clean; their bodies, faces, and hands were covered with stains and dirt.

There was even mud on her shoes from crossing the river. An Chuxia even felt that if she took a shower now, she would lose two pounds.

But at this moment, I can’t care about all these. I just need to fill my stomach first and don’t think about anything else.

"This is Xie Bin, the squad leader of this outpost. You can call him Squad Leader Xie." As they walked, Xia Lan whispered to her, "He has been guarding the Ning border here for almost ten years."

"I have worked my way up from a new recruit to a veteran, and now I am the squad leader that everyone has to call me."

"Ten years?" An Chuxia asked in disbelief.

It's no wonder she was surprised. She felt bored enough in the border defense regiment and was even worried about being out of touch with society.

And he stayed here for ten years, in a place where there was no people, no means of communication, and no entertainment activities. How did he survive for ten years?

Xia Lan nodded slightly, "Yes, he stayed there for ten years. I can't even imagine how he persisted."

An Chuxia looked back at her and said, "You also said that I don't know how he persisted. It must have been difficult."

"And... this is your fault, right? There's people here, so why do you keep him here?"

Xia Lan was stunned when she heard this. "Why is your brain circuit different from that of normal people? Shouldn't you admire him at this time?"

"Of course I admire him, and even respect him for being able to stick around for so long." An Chuxia said without thinking, "But after leaving him here for ten years, have you ever thought of moving him to a better place?"

"He has made contributions for ten years, so he is not worthy of a promotion. Even if he does not meet the requirements, it is not a problem for him to return to another company in the regiment and serve as a sergeant, right?"

"But now you've left him here, and you're still talking about admiration?"

Xia Lan sighed helplessly after hearing this. On the one hand, she felt that it was really hard for her to have any sympathy for An Chuxia, but on the other hand, she felt that what she said seemed to make sense.

An Chuxia didn't recognize their PUA, "So you see, it's still your inaction, otherwise such an excellent squad leader wouldn't have stayed here and persisted, right?"

"You don't understand..." Xia Lan came back to her senses, "He knows this place well enough. It can be said that he knows every route that can be used to cross the border and every dangerous place here."

"Don't underestimate this outpost, but the border it guards is the most important in this defense zone. If it weren't for this, there wouldn't be a separate outpost."

After hearing this explanation, An Chuxia did not accept it at all. "This is not a reason at all. Such a squad leader can definitely bring out new people. They can become the second squad leader Xie."

"If we train one person at a time like this, not only will more recruits come here, but we won't have to keep one person here for ten years."

Xia Lan discovered that she really couldn't win the argument with An Chuxia in this regard, and the most important point was that the other person was not making unreasonable arguments, but was really right.

In the end, he could only sigh helplessly, opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but no words came out.

"Why are you two still standing there? Come and try my cooking." Squad Leader Xie came over and brought a pot of freshly cooked chicken.

A fragrant aroma wafted into An Chuxia's nose, and her stomach suddenly growled.

It's no wonder she's greedy. Not to mention that she didn't have good food or drinks outside these days, she hadn't eaten anything good in the camp before she came here.

On the contrary, the food here looks really good, but I don’t know if it’s because they are here or if it’s always like this.

But she didn't know anything else. This chicken was probably not available at other times, otherwise the few they raised in the yard would not be enough for them to eat.

So as soon as she sat down, An Chuxia was really rude and started eating right away. She was no better than the male soldiers, and even faster than them.

After all, she is still very curt when it comes to eating.

Seeing her eating without any image, squad leader Xie laughed, "Look at how hungry you guys are. She's still a new recruit, right? Why did you bring her out?"

Xia Lan smiled as she ate, "This is my newly selected correspondent. Since I'm here, can I not bring her along?"

When Xie Ban heard this, he looked at Xia Lan in surprise, "You picked the correspondent?"

Hearing his words, Xia Lan pointed at An Chuxia who was still eating with her head down, "Isn't this it."

"It's just..." He sighed deeply, "Do you think she looks like a communicator?"

When Xie Ban heard this, he laughed out loud, "You're just a new recruit, so you need to practice slowly."

"But... it's still quite unexpected. I must be quite good to be chosen by you."

"Train her well, and she might become the next Xia Lan."

"Cough..." An Chuxia almost choked on her rice.

After coughing violently for a few times, he looked up at Squad Leader Xie, "Squad Leader Xie, please don't scare me. If you take Staff Officer Xia as an example, how fast will I die?"

Hearing her say this, squad leader Xie immediately became interested, "Hey, you're still not willing to do this, don't you know how many people want to be her correspondent but don't have the opportunity yet."

"Before you, this position had always been vacant. We all thought she was used to it, but we didn't expect that she would choose a rookie."

An Chuxia was speechless after hearing this, "Xie Ban, why do you say this... like you're looking for a husband?"

Xie Ban was stunned for a moment, but he reacted immediately. Thinking about the tone just now, it was really similar, and he immediately laughed.

But even though it was a joke, An Chuxia couldn't laugh at all. Looking at the expressions of others, they all seemed to mean the same thing.

I felt like crying immediately. "Can you guys not be so demanding of me? And you're comparing me to Chief of Staff Xia? I..."

Her reaction made everyone laugh, and even Ning Ban said directly, "You heard it too. Staff Officer Xia never selected a communicator before. Now that he has chosen you, he wants to train you well. Isn't this a good thing?"

An Chuxia felt helpless and wanted to ask if they could find someone else to cause trouble, such as Ling Ke.

You say that he is such a passionate young man who wants to make progress and work hard, and even wants to join a combat squad, but you don't want him and instead force him to grow. Isn't that a bit abnormal?

Xia Lan saw her expression and guessed what she was thinking. She just smiled and said, "You are still a new recruit. Don't worry. Take your time!"

Then he looked at Xie Ban and said, "I brought her along this time to get some exercise. Look, she has come here too."

After hearing what she said, Xie Ban finally reacted, "Yes, you are here to patrol the line. You are used to walking in a group, so I don't think there is anything wrong."

"It's not easy for a new recruit like her to follow us."

His reaction was definitely beyond An Chuxia's expectations. She had always thought that since Xia Lan brought her out, she must have some confidence, or that this was the first lesson for the new recruits.

But now it doesn't sound like that. Could it be that she is lying to me again?

While thinking, An Chuxia didn't ask Xia Lan, but looked directly at Xie Ban, "Captain Xie, are there no new soldiers following us to patrol the line?"

"Who would bring new recruits who have only been here for a few months? It's good enough if some of them can make it here. Those who can't make it have to be sent back halfway. Isn't that troublesome?"

Hearing his words, An Chuxia turned and looked at Xia Lan.