Chapter 180 : Chapter 180
Chapter 180. Acceptance Speech: If You Never Slack Off in Life, You Lose Half Your Happiness
“The award presentation has now concluded. I’m sure everyone is extremely curious about these five recruits, so let’s get a little closer to them and hear their acceptance speeches.”
Smiling brightly, the host handed the microphone to Jiang Feng.
As for Jiang Yichen, naturally, he would be saved for the finale.
Jiang Feng still wore his usual cold, domineering-CEO expression, though the hand hidden inside his sleeve was damp with sweat.
He leaned toward the microphone, thought for a moment, and said, “Compared to the medal on my chest, what makes me feel even more honored is this month of military life itself. It has made me understand many things.”
“It made me realize that beauty does not only come from possessing power. Simplicity and plainness can also be beautiful.”
“And what makes me even happier is that someone helped me understand the meaning of protection.” From the corner of his eye, Jiang Feng glanced at Chu Xingchen, his nerves making his words somewhat clumsy.
The host smiled and nodded as well. “It seems that during your month of internship in the East China Military District, Jiang Feng, you learned quite a lot. I hope you will find something here in the military district that you can truly devote yourself to protecting.”
Jiang Feng slowly unclenched his palm, let out a breath, and nodded.
He had been so nervous that even his domineering-CEO persona had vanished. Jiang Yichen found that rather remarkable.
“Then next, Tang Long, do you have anything you’d like to say?”
Tang Long straightened his body and blinked. “Can I really say it?”
The host held the microphone to his mouth. “Go ahead. Speak boldly.”
Tang Long took a deep breath. “Honestly, I don’t have much to say. I can only say that if you latch on to the right powerhouse, the honors will follow right behind.”
If Brother Yichen had not been there this time, none of them would have received this honor.
Host: “...”
A wave of laughter rose from the audience, while Xu Lin’s face darkened slightly.
That was a little too improvised, was it not? Then again, Tang family young master... Tang Wuji... yes, that did make sense. Like father, like son.
“Then next—”
“I’m not done yet.”
“There’s limited time.” The host directly cut Tang Long off and shifted the microphone toward Chu Xingchen. “What is your acceptance speech?”
Chu Xingchen shook his head. “Compared to the pioneers of the Great Cataclysm, this little bit of honor means nothing. It will not be too late to speak of it once I am able to shoulder the responsibility of protecting Huaxia.”
The moment those words were spoken, several of the military leaders in the audience nodded.
Xu Lin smiled in satisfaction as well. This young man had an excellent level of ideological awareness.
He was worth focusing on in future cultivation.
The host nodded too. “I also look forward to the day when you can shoulder the responsibility of protecting Huaxia.”
With that, the microphone was moved in front of Su Linyu.
Su Linyu shook her head. “This was all thanks to Brother Yichen. I really don’t have any acceptance speech to give.”
Admiration was hidden in her eyes, and from time to time she glanced at Jiang Yichen by her side.
The host did not force her and immediately shifted the microphone in front of Jiang Yichen instead, saying excitedly, “Jiang Yichen, you are the first soldier in the East China Military District to receive the highest honor, ‘Special Class Merit.’ I’m sure you have many things you want to say to all your seniors here, don’t you?”
The moment it was Jiang Yichen’s turn, everyone in the audience instantly became attentive.
They all wanted to know exactly how Jiang Yichen had managed to stop an SS-Rank Beast Tide by himself.
Although he was the young master of the Jiang family, the number one great family, for a recruit to accomplish such a thing was simply unbelievable.
Jiang Yichen had originally intended to answer briefly, but when he thought of how much effort Su Linyu must have put into writing that speech for him, he nodded, cleared his throat, and said,
“Of course. Respected leaders, dear comrades...”
In a measured, expressive tone, Jiang Yichen delivered the contents of the speech from beginning to end. At his side, Su Linyu felt delighted, as if she had encountered something that made her genuinely happy.
The military leaders in the audience nodded slightly. Among the five, Jiang Yichen was the most formal.
A genius who was not arrogant and who still treated things with such seriousness was indeed quite impressive.
Amid the crowd, Shen Qingyue listened to the discussions of the soldiers around her, and the corners of her lips were so hard to suppress that they might as well have risen to the sky. She could not have been happier.
Truly, this was the first time she had ever heard other people praise her son like this.
Xu Lin, seated in the front row, nodded in deep satisfaction, openly showing his approval of Jiang Yichen.
Aside from Zhou Yu, who sat in a corner grinding his teeth in resentment, nearly everyone in the hall was full of praise for Jiang Yichen.
“Damn it! If I’d known this would happen, I never would have triggered that Beast Tide. Then Jiang Yichen wouldn’t have been able to pick up such an enormous advantage.”
Zhou Yu was filled with bitter regret.
Up on stage, after finishing the speech, Jiang Yichen suddenly realized that he had forgotten to activate the ‘Golden Words Trial Voucher’ the system had given him.
What was he supposed to do now?
“Jiang Yichen, could you tell us the secret to receiving the highest honor?”
At that moment, the host did not end things there and instead pressed on with another question.
Seeing this, Jiang Yichen immediately used the Golden Words Trial Voucher and answered calmly, “Of course I can.”
The host raised a brow. “And what is it?”
The people below the stage also cast curious looks toward him. What could the secret be behind a recruit winning a ‘Special Class Merit’?
Even Shen Qingyue and Xu Lin straightened in their seats, watching Jiang Yichen on stage and listening intently.
Jiang Yichen lifted the microphone to his mouth and said slowly, “My secret can be summed up in just two words: slacking off.”
Huh?
Slacking off!
The hall fell silent. Confusion appeared on every face, yet somehow, when Jiang Yichen said it, it felt strangely convincing.
“As the saying goes, if you never slack off in life, you lose half your happiness. As long as I’m willing to slack off and actively enjoy life, wealth, strength, honor, and everything else all come to me. Sometimes, even I feel rather helpless about it.”
Everyone: “...”