Chapter 804 - 725: Dislocated Lives 3
You should know that the introduction for this summer camp is almost like devil training. The kids who come here aren’t the ones who would decide to come on their own. Most of them had to be coaxed or deceived by their parents, and it’s even rarer for girls to come.
Since Shuangshuang came on her own, it means she saw the introduction of the summer camp and chose to come voluntarily, which made the coach very curious.
Unable to resist, he asked Shuangshuang, who stood before him with the appearance of an obedient girl, "What were you thinking? To actually sign up here yourself, the training intensity here is really high. Did you read the introduction? If you start crying because you can’t take it, it won’t help. We don’t allow anyone to quit halfway here."
With a very serious expression, Shuangshuang looked at the coach, "I want to become better, stronger. I don’t want to be a pampered girl; I hope to change myself, to become a strong person. Coach, don’t worry. No matter how hard the training is, I won’t back down."
Seeing Shuangshuang’s determination, the coach couldn’t help but smile. He liked kids with ambition like this, "Alright, young girl with spirit, you must remember your words. No matter how tough it is, you can’t retreat."
Although the coach didn’t really think that a delicate little girl like Shuangshuang could handle the hardships of the summer camp training. You know, these coaches are all veterans from the army, and the training methods they use are really like those for new recruits in the special forces.
When those soldiers first joined the camp, even the strongest young men couldn’t handle the harshness and secretly cried, and those were adults. Let alone a young girl who hasn’t faced any hardship. It’s normal if she can’t endure the training.
Even though the coach wasn’t optimistic about Shuangshuang’s ability to endure hardship, he didn’t dampen her enthusiasm. In the coach’s view, it doesn’t matter if people can’t endure hardships. Nowadays, no child lacks food or clothing, nor do they suffer. In such an environment, where would you find a child who can endure hardship?
Having the heart is the most important. As long as you have the heart, a little training can bring out a person. The biggest fear is having resistance and dissatisfaction in the heart, in which case no amount of training will work.
Shuangshuang also knew that her image wasn’t very convincing, but she wasn’t in a hurry. Once she started training, she would naturally change people’s impressions.
After registering and paying the fee, Shuangshuang was led by a coach into the camp courtyard. Her assigned dormitory was a spacious room with four beds in a row. The room was bright, clean, and tidy. Besides the beds and a row of bedside tables, there was nothing else.
There wasn’t any preference in choosing a bed position, so Shuangshuang casually picked one and settled in. She was the only one in the room at the moment because the other children brought by their parents were still saying their teary goodbyes.
Just as Shuangshuang passed by the doorway, it was chaotic there; a child was having second thoughts at the door, unwilling to stay and causing a scene about going back. Some were brought under false pretenses by their parents and panicked at the thought of being separated and living alone for two months, not to mention undergoing tough training, and they wanted to go back too.
Even more so were those spoiled to the point of shamelessness. Teenagers were lying on the ground, making a scene, crying, and howling, refusing to stay. Perhaps it was the indulgence of the grandparents, as the one who brought the child here was his father.
At this moment, the well-dressed and elegant man stood at the side, his temples throbbing as he watched his son make a fool of himself, especially with so many onlookers around, making the man even more embarrassed and annoyed, his face flushed.
At the gate, with parents yelling and children crying, the commotion made their heads ache. Of course, there were also kids like Shuangshuang who willingly came to the summer camp. These kids were relatively quiet, which made the rowdy ones appear even more troublesome.
The melodramatic scene at the entrance went on noisily until it was dark, and the parents finally left reluctantly. After all, those who could send their children to such a strictly disciplined summer camp hoped for change in their kids, so even if they were reluctant, they wouldn’t actually take them back.
However, Shuangshuang didn’t see any of this. She just glanced at it as she passed by and went into her dormitory early.
Shuangshuang’s future roommates for the next two months arrived one after another before sunset. The first roommate was a little girl in a pink dress, with a ponytail, looking even more delicate than Shuangshuang.
This delicate girl arrived when it was still bright, dragging a large suitcase half her height. When she entered with the coach, her face was still tear-streaked, full of grievance.
When the coach asked her to choose a bed, the little girl just randomly sat somewhere, not bothering to unpack, just sitting on the bed and sobbing away.
The coach didn’t attempt to console her. After seeing her pick a bed, he left. Shuangshuang wasn’t one to console others, especially not a crybaby, so she just sat on her tidy bed, watching videos of military training on her phone.
After a while, the second roommate arrived. This time it was a short-haired girl who looked very neat and tidy. This girl didn’t have any dejected expression, seemingly willing to come herself. The coach who brought her had a softer expression on his face.
The short-haired girl picked the bed next to Shuangshuang’s. She didn’t have many belongings, just a small backpack, similar to Shuangshuang’s things. She unpacked quickly and efficiently, sitting on her bed, looking at the crying ponytailed girl without getting too close.
She then looked at Shuangshuang, busy with her phone, and this time the short-haired girl proactively came over to greet her, "Hi, hello, I’m Wang Xiao. I’ll be your roommate for the next two months, so please take care of me."
Shuangshuang’s lips curled slightly. She genuinely liked this enthusiastic, straightforward girl, "I’m Wen Shuangshuang, please take care of me as well."
Wang Xiao didn’t stand on ceremony, directly moving from her bed to sit beside Shuangshuang, warmly saying, "Then I’ll call you Shuangshuang, and you can call me Xiao Xiao. We’ll be together for two months, and if we click, we might be lifelong friends, calling each other by full names is too formal."
"Alright, then I’ll call you Xiao Xiao from now on." Shuangshuang smoothly changed her address. If this child’s personality is as warm and straightforward as she seems, it would indeed be exciting to be lifelong friends.
Young people can become familiar easily. Sitting together with Shuangshuang for just a short while, the two little girls, or rather one little girl and one pseudo-little girl, started chatting about everything under the sun.