Chapter 108: A Song, A Kind of Longing 5_1
Ironically, due to this, her family had always considered her a strange child, even for a while suspecting that she might have a condition where she was unable to feel pain! They had taken her to the hospital for both major and minor check-ups, not resting until they’d done all possible tests.
Song continuation became more chaotic towards the end of the military training. Nobody knew how it started, but in the later stages, it evolved into singing all sorts of songs - nursery rhymes, pop songs, anything goes. The next team had to start their song with the last word of the song sung by the previous team. Teams that failed had to mimic the sound of a particular animal.
Just imagine the scene - an entire squad, including the instructor, imitating the barking of a dog, or the meowing of a cat. It was both hilarious and embarrassing.
The bustling auditorium didn’t disperse until 10 at night. After the freshmen dismissed, the instructors stayed behind in the small auditorium, restoring it to its original state.
As they were heading in different directions to their dorms, He Zhilan and Jiang Biyun separated from Tan Heqian. On the way back, Biyun had been hesitant to speak for a while, before finally asking Zhilan about why her sudden crying in the auditorium.
Zhilan pursed her lips and didn’t answer, and it was then that Jiang Biyun changed the topic. "How did you know that military song was called ’Sending off the Red Army’? Did you figure it out from the lyrics?"
"Not really. When I was little, I heard a relative singing it. I couldn’t remember the lyrics, but for some reason, I remembered the song title," Zhilan explained.
Zhilan raised her gaze to the dark sky as she spoke. Biyun followed her gaze, and even though the sky was studded with stars, it felt a bit oppressive for some reason.