"Damn, I'm really starting to wonder if the instructors training us this year are deliberately messing with us." Wu Liang's head drooped as though his entire body had gone boneless.
"Enough complaining. Hurry up! If you can't fold your quilt properly, we'll all be running laps with you as punishment." Kong Hui patted his shoulder. The meaning was obvious: rather than complain here, they might as well start folding their quilts.
"Yeah, instead of... Xue Chen? How are you so fast? And your quilt looks exactly like the instructor's? That's incredible! If we hadn't been classmates in high school and grown up together, I'd really suspect you'd done military training before." Lin Ran had just been about to comfort him when he caught sight of Xue Chen already folding his quilt into a Tofu Block. From his smooth, unhesitating movements, it seemed as though he had been doing this for ages.
"Actually, folding it into a block is easy. Let me teach you..." Hearing Lin Ran's lavish praise and seeing the bitter expressions on everyone else's faces, Xue Chen smiled and explained how to turn a soft quilt into a proper Tofu Block.
"The steps for folding a Tofu Block aren't difficult. Making it neat and uniform is even simpler. When you fold the quilt over, pinch the edges with your thumb and forefinger. As long as you grasp a few basic techniques and use the right amount of force, you can keep it in place..." Xue Chen spread out the quilt on Lin Ran's bed and taught them step by step.
By the time everyone had folded their Tofu Blocks, it was around eight in the morning. The instructors arrived on time and gathered everyone on the training field.
After the formations were arranged, the instructors went into the