No One Acknowledges!

Chen Tianjian's brow, which had just relaxed, furrowed again.

He seemed to disbelieve that someone could be so clueless, daring to "coordinate" even his camouflage uniform!

His camouflage uniform had just been washed yesterday. Because it was new, his rank insignia and the like hadn't been attached yet.

Who would have thought that after just one day, it would be "coordinated" by someone?!

Damn it! This is unbearable!

"Duty Officer! Go call the duty officer!"

Chen Tianjian, his face dark, shouted at the Veteran standing guard in the Company.

"Uh, okay, Company Commander!"

"What's going on? Why is the Company Commander so angry today?"

The Veteran muttered, then hurried to call the duty officer.

A moment later, the duty officer came rushing down from upstairs, a look of deep confusion on his face.

"Wait until morning assembly. Ask if the New Recruits accidentally collected my uniform and took mine."

"Huh? These New Recruits "coordinated" the Company Commander's camouflage uniform?"

The duty officer was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously, indicating he understood.

"These New Recruits are truly lawless, even daring to take the Company Commander's clothes! I'll teach them a lesson later."

Before breakfast, the duty officer sternly asked the ten squads of New Recruits before him:

"Who collected the clothes yesterday? Did someone take the Company Commander's uniform?"

The New Recruits below were stunned. They hadn't expected the duty officer's stern expression to be about such a trivial matter.

They all subconsciously shook their heads.

A New Recruit standing in formation subconsciously looked back at Lü Qinglong, his eyes full of worry.

It's over! Yesterday I thought that uniform was so new, and it felt so much finer than our camouflage uniforms. So it was the Company Commander's uniform!!!

Sensing the New Recruit's gaze, Lü Qinglong simply shook his head at him.

As long as they didn't say anything, the person among the New Recruits who had sneakily taken his squad's camouflage uniform would definitely be on pins and needles!

In his mind, he would probably be thinking:

"Holy crap, it's over! I accidentally took our Company Commander's uniform!"

So at this moment, all he needed to do was remain calm and pretend to know nothing.

Fortunately, the New Recruit in his squad understood his meaning and stood still, remaining silent.

"What? You dare to do it but not to admit it?!"

Seeing that no one reacted for a long time, the duty officer became furious and roared at the New Recruits below.

The New Recruits were subconsciously a little scared and felt it was inexplicable.

They really hadn't stolen any clothes. Who was so disgusting, taking someone else's clothes and not daring to admit it?

"Forget it, Duty Officer."

The Company Commander beside him shook his head, then called the duty officer over and whispered a few words.

Lü Qinglong clearly saw the duty officer's pupils contract, as if recalling some unpleasant memories.

After a moment, he nodded and stood before the New Recruits again:

"The Company Commander just told me, let's eat breakfast first. After breakfast, if anyone took the wrong clothes, find an opportunity to hang them back on the drying rack. The Company Commander will not pursue responsibility."

"The deadline is before the morning training session today."

"Alright, everyone, turn right, march!"

The New Recruits were led to the mess hall for breakfast.

During breakfast, Ji Baichang quietly chatted about the matter of taking the wrong camouflage uniform:

"Seriously, I don't know who has the guts to steal the Company Commander's camouflage uniform!"

"There are all sorts of people in the army. If you ask me, we should all take good care of our personal belongings, otherwise, you won't even know who took them."

The New Recruits around listened and nodded in agreement.

After all, stealing someone else's things was a disgusting act no matter where you were.

"Could someone have taken it by mistake?"

The New Recruit who lost his camouflage uniform yesterday said softly.

"Taken by mistake? That's also a possibility. Oh well, it's none of my business anyway. I'll write my name on my camouflage uniform with a marker later, so no one accidentally takes mine."

Ji Baichang mumbled, taking a big bite of his steamed bun.

He had now completely adapted to the army's food. When he needed to eat more, he ate more, so he wouldn't be hungry and lack strength during training.

"Eat more. We have training this morning, you need energy after eating."

Lü Qinglong took a steamed bun from his large metal plate and placed it on the plate of the New Recruit who had gotten lost the previous night, nodding at him.

The gesture meant for him to swallow the bun, and to swallow the secret along with it.

The New Recruit took the bun and started chewing, unsure if he had understood Lü Qinglong's words.

After breakfast, as everyone was preparing to return to the barracks to clean up, putting on their hats and belts for formation training, a whistle suddenly sounded from downstairs, followed by the duty officer's shout:

"When all the New Recruits come downstairs later, you don't need to wear hats or belts. Just bring your yellow basins. We're not training this morning; we're going out for a chore."

"A chore?"

Hearing the somewhat novel term from the duty officer, the New Recruits couldn't help but feel curious.

"I think my cousin, who's retired from the army, mentioned that 'going out for a chore' means helping someone with their work."

Song Si stepped forward at this moment, offering his interpretation.

"Work? Doing work is better than formation training! Formation training is so boring, just standing at attention all day. My back is about to break!"

"Exactly! Doing chores is way better than training!"

Soon, the New Recruits reached a consensus: doing chores was much better than training!

"Why would we need yellow basins for a chore?"

Lü Qinglong was a bit confused, a vague sense of foreboding creeping into his heart.

"Uh, Lü Qinglong, you stay behind. Later, you and I will go organize the equipment room, and then I'll pick one more person to help us."

"It might be a bit heavy, so we need someone strong. Is anyone willing?"

Squad Leader Chen Ting suddenly spoke, stating he needed someone to help him organize the equipment room.

"Report, Squad Leader, I'll do it."

Xue Daochao raised his hand, offering his assistance.

"Alright, then it's Xue Daochao. You two won't need to go out for the chore later."

Squad Leader Chen Ting nodded, then left the barracks to get a cup of hot water from the washroom.

"No way, Xue Daochao, what are you doing this for? This is manual labor; how is it more comfortable than our chore?"

As soon as the Squad Leader left the barracks, Ji Baichang next to him couldn't help but complain.

At the same time, his face wore a look of someone who had gotten a good deal, as if he could already see Xue Daochao toiling away while he himself was slacking off.

He felt like a pervert, finding satisfaction in seeing Xue Daochao do more work than him.