Reborn As Super Heiress

Chapter 72: Chapter 70: Qin Shaoyou’s Revenge Plan

This time around, Zhao Jun no longer insisted on his own opinion and was the first to follow behind Huo Sining’s team.

After ten o’clock, the sun grew even hotter, and despite the shade of the trees, the scorching temperature of the air still made it feel like steam was rising, with the fiery air making breathing somewhat difficult.

But Huo Sining and his companions, having eaten their fill, naturally had plenty of strength, and their pace never slowed, quickly passing through one jungle after another.

Those following behind Huo Sining, like Zhao Jun’s group, were less fortunate. They had a larger number of people and although they caught some fish and shrimp in the stream, and gathered some wild fruits in the forest, there wasn’t enough to go around for so many; each person only had a few morsels to fill the gaps between their teeth, and now they suddenly had to march through the wilderness at such a high intensity, and soon enough, many of the girls couldn’t take it anymore.

“Squad leader, let’s rest for a while before we go on, we really can’t walk anymore!”

“We didn’t eat breakfast, now we’ve drunk a bellyful of cold water, and we’re walking under such hot sun, soon everyone will get heatstroke!”

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“Exactly, my feet are blistered. These instructors are too harsh, what’s with this camping training, they simply don’t treat us as humans!”

A chorus of sighs and grievances filled the air, and just as Zhao Jun was about to say a few words to mollify them, Du Yanlin asked with feigned puzzlement, “Squad leader, why are Huo Sining and the others walking so fast? Aren’t they tired?”

With Du Yanlin intentionally starting this topic, sure enough, Xue Jingjing, who was like a firecracker, exploded, sneering as she spoke,

“I think she’s walking so fast on purpose, just to shake us off! Squad leader, I don’t think there’s any point in following them anymore. Huo Sining is very narrow-minded. She obviously knows about Chinese acupuncture points, but when Du Yanlin and I asked her for help because our backs and waists ached during military training, she simply ignored us. How could such a selfish and stingy woman let us take advantage of her by following behind?!”

Hearing this, Zhao Jun instantly frowned, his impression of the girl, Huo Sining, plummeting to rock bottom. The others in the class, hearing these words, were also quite indignant, collectively condemning Huo Sining as someone who had no regard for class camaraderie and no sense of collective honor.

Seeing her objective achieved, the corners of Du Yanlin’s mouth curled into a slight hook, a faint smile flickering in her eyes.

Xue Jingjing was in an exceptionally good mood. Since she had been snubbed by Huo Sining and had no way to vent her frustration, she simply set about tripping Huo Sining up from behind.

In her view, since Huo Sining would have to interact with her classmates in the future, ruining her reputation now would make it interesting to see how this woman would get along during her four years at university.

However, both women had calculated every possibility but forgot that there was a term called “transferring departments”. The transfer application filled out by Huo Sining originally wouldn’t have passed, but this time, it received the College of Biology’s rare red stamp of approval, all because the reviewer was named Qin Shaoyou.

Qin Shaoyou had been busy with a fish hybridization experiment in the laboratory, but the experiment had not been going well lately, and he wanted some fresh air.

Coincidentally, the College of Biology was short a counselor and lecturer, so his mentor, Miss Gan Lijun—Miss Gan, who was the wife of Xie Daoyuan—recommended him for the role of freshman counselor. As it happened, some freshmen that year wished to transfer departments, both in and out, so the task of selecting candidates for transfer fell into his hands.

Qin Shaoyou was not fond of the idea of students transferring departments. In his view, a person so unclear about their future, so lost and indecisive, he really didn’t want to have them in his class.

However, since the school had assigned him the task, he had no choice but to carry it out. He flipped through the applications of the students wanting to transfer in a somewhat distracted manner, but then his gaze landed on one name.

Seeing Huo Sining’s name, Qin Shaoyou was slightly taken aback, and the image of a girl toasting boldly with a wine glass fleetingly crossed his mind. But in the next instant, he curled his lip. He didn’t like girls like Huo Sining, who were cunning and full of schemes and manipulation. His pen hovered over Huo Sining’s name, instinctively about to draw a large ‘X’ over it.

But as soon as he moved his pen, as if urged by some ghostly force, a thought flashed through his mind.

“If I recruit Huo Sining to my class, wouldn’t it be easy for me to prevent this girl from taking exams?”

As an instructor, if Huo Sining transferred to his class, wouldn’t she then be completely at his mercy to mold as he pleased?

The more he thought about it, the more pleasant the thought made him feel. Didn’t it?

Qin Shaoyou’s eyes instantly lit up as he imagined Huo Sining flunking an exam and the dejected look on her face. He couldn’t help but curve his lips into a sly, fox-like smile and firmly placed a red check under someone’s name.

So, it was unclear whether Huo Sining was fortunate or not. She had no idea that a simple transfer application would seal her fate to four years of grueling university life.

Following Huo Sining’s plan, they arrived at the foot of the mountain closest to the training camp.

It was already past one in the afternoon. The scorching summer sun at its harshest, and after several hours of travel, everyone was exhausted and had almost consumed all the food they brought.

Worried that continuing on might lead to heatstroke, Huo Sining didn’t dare to go any further and decided to settle and rest at the base of the mountain.

As per the division of labor assigned that morning, everyone set out to forage for food.

Although there was no stream, at the foot of the mountain, Huo Sining and the others found a field near which there was a natural well. The well didn’t have much water in it, but it was fairly clear – at least there was enough for ten people to drink from.

“Great, we see the fields! It looks like we’re not far from the training camp now,” Luo Jinzhi said happily while using a military canteen to draw water.

Huo Sining nodded. “Once we climb over this mountain, we’ll reach the training camp base. It won’t take more than two hours to get back.”

Glancing back over the path they came, Luo Jinzhi expressed her concern:

“I wonder where the other students are by now. It’s such a long way, and the instructors just let us go like this. What if something happens?”

Huo Sining smiled. “You’re overthinking it. Those instructors have entered the jungle just like us. Why did they come in, if not for everyone’s safety? Maybe right now, there’s an instructor lurking somewhere out of sight.”

Huo Sining wasn’t wrong. Ever since she had the Water-Repelling Pearl, her observation skills and sharpness had greatly improved, and she had long noticed that they were being followed by a shadowy figure who trailed behind them, sometimes close, sometimes far, but never showing themselves.

At first, Huo Sining was somewhat puzzled, but she quickly figured out the identity of the person, so she didn’t pay it much mind.