As the company commander's storm-like anger erupted, most of the recruits present suddenly had a drastic change in expression, and their hearts trembled.
The recruits began to regret not listening to Chen Ran's advice.
"If you knew this would happen, why did you do it in the first place? If you had listened to him previously, why would you be so passive?"
At the same time, the soldiers who listened to Chen Ran's advice felt lucky. They looked at Chen Ran with gratitude.
"Fortunately, I listened to his advice. Otherwise, I would have suffered."
Although no one knew how the company commander would punish them, from the way he addressed them as "Psycho King", they seemed to see that disaster was already waving at them, especially the soldiers who had abandoned the trash. They were so frightened that their faces instantly turned pale.
Li Xiang, who had a black face, did not care about what the recruits were thinking. He once again shouted in a fierce voice, "Quick, pick up the trash that was thrown and eat it."
"I'm telling you, no one should even think about cheating. I've got plenty of ways to find out who threw what."
Swoosh! Swoosh!
The recruits who had left their trash felt as if they had been struck by lightning when they heard this. Their bodies and minds trembled at the same time, and their entire bodies trembled.
"Eat trash? How can you eat trash that has already been thrown away?"
"It's over. Why did we meet a psychotic company commander like Li Xiang? Throwing trash is like committing a huge crime."
The expressions of the soldiers who had left their trash aside changed drastically, and they were instantly stunned.
"Quick, I'll give you 10 seconds to walk over and eat the trash you left behind. Otherwise, get lost."
"10, 9…"
Li Xiang did not care about what those people were thinking at all. After shouting, he started the countdown.
Thud thud thud…
Hearing the countdown start, the soldiers who threw the trash suddenly woke up and immediately ran over. They picked up the things they had left behind and started eating.
Just like that, only Chen Ran, Lu Xiaotian, Yan Poyue, Xiao Yunjie, and 12 other people were left in the original team, a total of 16 people.
All of them stood there quietly and motionlessly.
Among them, other than Yan Poyue and Xiao Yunjie, the others, including Lu Xiaotian, only put away the trash after listening to Chen Ran.
Unexpectedly, that small action saved them from being punished by the company commander.
Eating trash was psychotic enough!
Li Xiang looked at the 16 people who stood rooted to the ground and was a little surprised. He walked over and stared at them intently.
After a while, Li Xiang retracted his gaze. However, when he saw Yan Poyue and Chen Ran, his gaze clearly paused for a moment.
The two of them were the tallest, tall, and handsome. With such faces, they could be models. In the end, he did not expect to come to the army.
Of course, in the army, there was no advantage in relying on one's looks.
Li Xiang said, "The performance of the sixteen of you is not bad. You actually know how to clean up your trash. Tell me, what were you thinking at that time?"
Lu Xiaotian, who was in line, said directly, "Reporting to the company commander, it was Brother Chen Ran who reminded me."
Swoosh!
Li Xiang looked at Lu Xiaotian seriously and scolded, "What do you mean by 'Brother'? Remember this clearly. This is the army, not a gang."
After saying that, Li Xiang's gaze landed on Chen Ran again. In the next second, he frowned slightly.
"This kid actually knows how to remind others. Looks like he's quite enlightened. However, his skin is fair and he looks like a rich young master. How can his habits be so good?"
"They don't look alike at all. Could it be that I misjudged them?"
Li Xiang looked at Chen Ran from head to toe, but no matter how he looked at him, he did not think that such a young man would have such a high mindset. Then, he turned to look at a soldier beside Lu Xiaotian and asked, "Why did you clean up the trash on your own?"
The soldier looked serious and immediately said, "Chen Ran reminded me."
"Did he really remind you?"
Li Xiang did not give up and asked the soldiers beside him. However, there was only one outcome. "Chen Ran reminded me."
In the end, other than Yan Poyue and Xiao Yunjie, everyone else admitted that they had only cleaned up the trash because of Brother Chen Ran's reminder.
Hearing such an answer, the mystery in Li Xiang's heart became even greater. He looked at Chen Ran again and asked, "Your name is Chen Ran, right?"
Chen Ran replied, "Reporting, my name is Chen Ran."
Li Xiang asked, "Tell me, what do you think? Why do you want to clean up the trash and remind others at the same time?"
As a new recruit who had yet to join the army, the fact that he could consciously clean up the trash showed that this person had a good habit. However, Chen Ran not only did this, but also reminded others.
"Such a move can play a positive role in the team."
This was also the reason why Li Xiang was interested in Chen Ran. He wanted to know if this soldier's true motive was to attract attention and stand out, or?
Chen Ran had a calm expression as he shouted, "Reporting, Company Commander, I'm a clean freak."
"Obsessive cleanliness?"
Li Xiang was slightly stunned and did not know what to say for a moment.
In fact, he had thought of many possibilities for the reason why Chen Ran did this. He even thought that the other party wanted to stand up for him. In the end, he did not want to move no matter what. The other party was actually a clean freak.
After a long time, Li Xiang said, "That's right. You're even more abnormal than me."
After that, he ignored Chen Ran and stopped beside Xiao Yunjie. He asked, "What's your name?"
Among the 16 people, Li Xiang realized that two of them had not spoken. They actually did not listen to Chen Ran's reminder. It seemed that they were still self-aware.
Xiao Yunjie looked at the company commander with a serious expression and shouted, "Reporting, my name is Xiao Yunjie, and his name is Yan Poyue."
'Did this guy introduce Yan Poyue for him?'
Chen Ran could not help but grin when he heard that.
'Xiao Yunjie is indeed the same as in the original novel. He talks a lot and doesn't care about himself, but he must have Yan Poyue. He and Yan Poyue are a pair of iron brothers.
'Xiao Yunjie is a loyal person, so there's no need to say anything. However, he talks too much. Later on, he'll cause himself a lot of trouble.
'In the upcoming night terrain assessment, everyone was fine, but this guy insisted on telling a ghost story to scare Lu Xiaotian. In the end, the three of them fell off the cliff in a panic.
'Needless to say, this is the guy who knows how to stir up trouble.'
Chen Ran recalled the plot of the original novel as if he was watching a good show. He quietly watched Li Xiang act cool.
Because Li Xiang had already scolded enough just now, he coldly glanced at Xiao Yunjie. Seeing that the others had also started to return to them, he could not be bothered and walked to the middle of the crowd.