Shangjing City.
Nightfall Squad's temporary residence.
A figure in military uniform stood outside the door and gently knocked.
Shen Qingzhu opened the door. Seeing the familiar figure standing outside, he froze slightly.
"Instructor Hong?"
Shen Qingzhu knew that face all too well. Back when they had still been recruits at the Training Camp, Instructor Hong had been one of the instructors who interacted with them the most, and the one who had left the deepest impression on him.
After all, on Jinnan Mountain back then, Shen Qingzhu had risked his life to interrupt Instructor Hong's suicidal attack.
"Shen Qingzhu." Instructor Hong looked at him, his eyes filled with emotion. "Long time no see."
The Shen Qingzhu of today was vastly different from the one Instructor Hong remembered. He did not know what Shen Qingzhu had gone through over the years, but he could imagine how many hardships and how much pain it must have taken for such a sharp-edged troublemaker to grow into the man he was now.
"Long time no see." A smile appeared on Shen Qingzhu's lips. "Please, come in and have a seat."
Instructor Hong gave a hum and walked into the room. Lin Qiye and the others hurried over at the sound, their faces lighting up with surprise when they saw him.
"Instructor Hong, what brings you here?"
"I came on behalf of Chief Instructor Yuan to see this class's special guest instructors." Instructor Hong walked up to Lin Qiye and patted his shoulder. "Good kid. You've grown taller—and more handsome."
Lin Qiye scratched his head awkwardly.
Jialan, An Qingyu, and Jiang Er did not know Instructor Hong, but they knew he had been Lin Qiye and the others' instructor back then, as well as one of the instructors in charge of the Training Camp this