Rebirth: I Am Not the Movie Queen This Time-Chapter 88: Telling Jokes

Military training content is monotonous and tasteless, but they don’t train non-stop from morning till night, instructors will always seize the right moment, just before reaching the limit of these admired cadets, to let everyone rest on the spot or have some relaxing activities.

The relaxation activities generally include: military song singing, pass-the-drums and other traditional military camp activities.

Although the methods of the activities are uncreative, the group of student soldiers play with high spirits, especially when the male and female soldiers play together.

That day, the female soldier platoon including Wan Chu’er and another male soldier platoon rested together. The instructors of both platoons consulted and found a shady place to start an interactive event—pass-the-drums.

Pass-the-drums involves one person playing the drum while the other participants pass around a flower. When the drum stops, the flower stops and the holder performs a show.

Under the intentional teasing of the boys, the girls’ side became a disaster zone for holding the flower.

When Ma Tianjiao was caught, she sang loudly and confidently, immediately attracting whistles and howls from the boys. Ma Tianjiao was even more proud, dispelling the low spirits from the previous training.

"Thump thump thump—"

The drumming started again, the passing of the flower continued.

Wan Chu’er had just received the flower when the drumming stopped. She paused, considering whether to tell a joke or to do twenty push-ups in front of everyone.

For those who can’t perform, everyone agreed to substituting with twenty push-ups.

Wan Chu’er hadn’t decided yet, and the boys opposite had already started chanting playfully "My heart is waiting, yes, waiting, my heart is waiting, waiting..."

Ma Tianjiao in the back row giggled, whispering to Lin Yufei next to her, "Wan Chu’er will definitely do push-ups, she’s so strong..."

Big sister!

Wan Chu’er silently complained in her heart, Ma Tianjiao seemed to really clash with her.

Under the cheering from the boys opposite, Wan Chu’er stood up and slowly walked to the open space in the middle.

"Reporting to the trainer, I’m going to tell everyone a joke."

"Okay."

Wan Chu’er wasn’t the first to tell a joke, everyone just took it as another stale cold joke, just watching her with a smile.

"A rooster went on a business trip for a month, when it came back it heard that some quails had been visiting the hen for fun! The rooster started suspecting the hen. Sure enough, in a couple of days, the hen laid a quail egg, the rooster was furious! The hen hurriedly explained ’Damn, it was premature!’"

The students from 1998 were relatively naive, they didn’t get it at first, but after about ten seconds, everyone figured it out and the boys erupted in laughter. Even the more reserved girls couldn’t help but laugh.

In her past life, Wan Chu’er heard a bunch of such jokes while working in a small factory in the south. Having heard so many, she remembered some.

After the laughter, the boys felt that Wan Chu’er was not only pretty but telling a colorful joke so seriously was hilarious, so some started calling out "One more, one more—"

Wan Chu’er didn’t even glance at those folks, she went straight back to her spot, stating that she would only perform one show.

In the subsequent rounds of pass-the-drums, with the bad boys’ intentional arrangement, Wan Chu’er ended up holding the flower two more times.

In these two instances, Wan Chu’er did not do as they hoped; receiving the flower, she stepped out and without even taking a breath, completed twenty push-ups in one go, stunning a crowd again.

When rest time came, the trainer ignored everyone’s weeping and howling and started training again.

The joke Wan Chu’er told quickly spread through the camp, and when it reached Jiang Kechu’s ears, knowing it came from Wan Chu’er, he was motionless for a while.

Heard that Wan Shiguo also had a good sense of humor. Like father, like daughter? But it seems this daughter turned out a bit crooked.

"I knew this girl wasn’t one to stay quiet, actually coming up with a joke like that."

Amidst hardships and joys, the month-long military training quickly came to an end.

Taking off their military uniforms, they returned once again to the campus of the first university.

"Ouch, why did I get so tan?"

In the dorm room, Lin Yufei and Ma Tianjiao looked at their tanned skin in the mirror and kept complaining.

Mai Qiqi was packing up to go home, as tomorrow was Saturday and she could stay at home for two days. Hearing Lin Yufei, she remembered Wan Chu’er’s fair skin and laughed:

"Chuchu, I’m really envious of you. Among the four of us in the dorm, you’re the only one who didn’t get tanned."

After a month of military training, Mai Qiqi had grown particularly fond of Wan Chu’er, finding her straightforward and genuine, and also impressed by her excellent physical condition.

During a 10-kilometer loaded cross-country exercise in the military, by the time everyone reached the finish line, they were all exhausted, but Wan Chu’er didn’t even seem to be out of breath, which really impressed her.

Wan Chu’er laughed: "Maybe because I applied a lot of sunscreen."

Actually, her skin is like Bai Zhixi’s, no matter how much sun exposure, it won’t tan; it might get red or even peely, but it just won’t darken.

Ma Tianjiao heard this, rolled her eyes, and pouted. This military training had allowed Wan Chu’er to stand out a lot, which made Ma Tianjiao quite jealous.

Lin Yufei, next to her, saw Ma Tianjiao’s weird expression, nudged her with her elbow, then turned around to pack her luggage, as she was also going home.

From the mirror, Ma Tianjiao looked at Mai Qiqi and Lin Yufei busily packing their luggage, and then at Wan Chu’er sitting on the bed reading a book. Her eyes rolled around, and she said with a fake smile:

"Wan Chu’er, in a while, the three of us will leave the dorm to go home. You have to take good care of our dorm. All my notebooks and stuff are here, you probably couldn’t afford them if they got lost."

Hearing Ma Tianjiao’s words, Mai Qiqi frowned and said, "Ma Tianjiao, if you’re worried about them getting lost, just carry them with you." fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

Ma Tianjiao retorted: "Wan Chu’er will be in the dorm, right? With such a big living person watching, how could things get lost unless someone steals them themselves."

Wan Chu’er coldly said: "I’m leaving in a bit too—I won’t be in the dorm over the weekend, so you should carry your things with you."

"Isn’t your home in S province? Where are you going over the weekend?" Ma Tianjiao asked with a smile, but her face was full of doubt.

Mai Qiqi kindly said: "Chuchu, if you have nowhere to go, you can come home with me. Our house is big, and my parents really like it when I bring classmates home."

Faced with Mai Qiqi’s kindness, Wan Chu’er smiled and said: "Thanks, but I also have a home in Beijing to go to."

"Who knows if that’s true." Ma Tianjiao scoffed.

Lin Yufei curiously asked: "Chuchu, where is your home?"

Wan Chu’er mentioned the general location of her neighborhood. Lin Yufei immediately exclaimed:

"Wow, your family lives there? That neighborhood was just built these last few years; I heard the housing layout is really good."

Ma Tianjiao laughed in a weird tone, "It’s not her home; it must be some relative’s place. Ah, even the Emperor has some poor relatives."

Seeing Ma Tianjiao like this, Wan Chu’er couldn’t stand it any longer, she got angry, threw the book she was holding onto the floor with a "smack".

The other three in the room were startled.