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Chapter 89: Chapter 89: The Standard White Lotus Flower
Su Xue was speechless and stood rigidly in front of Han Jiaojiao. After a while, perhaps out of anger or recalling her background, her eyes quickly reddened, and tears fell like beads off a broken string.
The standoff between the two had already attracted the attention of those nearby, and other members of the Special Training Team called out to Su Xue a couple of times. Seeing that she did not respond, they walked over.
"Xiaoxue? What’s wrong with you?!" A young female teammate saw Su Xue’s tear-streaked face and was both shocked and puzzled, putting her arms around her shoulders to console her, "You were fine just a moment ago, what happened..."
But Su Xue just bit her lip and silently shed tears, without saying a word.
The female teammate couldn’t help but glance at Han Jiaojiao with a reproachful look.
Han Jiaojiao curled her lips, too lazy to bother with them, and stood up ready to check if the blood test results were out. However, a figure blocked her path.
"Apologize."
Han Jiaojiao looked up to see a thin young man standing in front of her. He looked to be just over twenty and was staring at her with an unfriendly expression.
Han Jiaojiao couldn’t help but look at Su Xue with a mocking expression and was about to say something when Yan Xiao stood up behind her and coldly said, "Apologize for what? Today has really been an eye-opener. First, that one comes over cursing without a dirty word, and now another comes demanding an apology without knowing the facts? Special Training Team, huh? Quite the authority!"
Suddenly, Su Xue looked up with a tear-stained face and sobbed, "Mengyi, let’s go, we can’t afford to mess with them..."
The young man’s expression changed drastically, his gaze on Han Jiaojiao becoming even more fierce!
Suddenly, there was a blur before their eyes! Everyone saw a fleeting shadow, and the next moment, they saw Xiao Jian tightly gripping the young man’s raised arm!
Yan Xiao was startled. If it weren’t for Xiao Jian being quicker than the other man, Han Jiaojiao would have been slapped by now! — If Han Yi found out, he’d tear them apart! Couldn’t they protect a young girl with so many people around?!
Yan Xiao immediately started cursing out loud! "Damn! Are you trying to start a fight or what?! Got some nerve! Picking on a young girl, really mature of you, huh?!"
The young man held by Xiao Jian’s face turned beet red, his wrist feeling like it was about to be crushed, he clenched his teeth and endured the pain without making a sound!
Han Jiaojiao then walked out from behind Xiao Jian, looking at Su Xue’s pale face, and said coldly, "Su Xue, what did you mean by what you just said? What can’t we afford? If anything, it’s me who can’t afford you. Without saying a word, there will be someone to take up your cause."
"How can you talk like that? She’s already crying like this, what more do you want?" A girl next to Su Xue finally couldn’t stand it and blurted out.
"What more do I want?" Han Jiaojiao found it laughable, "Look carefully, I was just sitting here peacefully. The ones who provoked me are you, the ones who should apologize are you, and the ones who started hitting are you. I am the one who should be asking, what exactly do you want?!"
"It’s not their fault, don’t make it hard for them..." Su Xue said with a sob.
"Ha!" Han Jiaojiao really laughed, "Su Xue, there’s no need for such equivocation. I won’t make it hard for them, nor will I make it hard for you. I might as well say it once again in front of your teammates, clear and loud, I don’t want to have anything to do with people like you. In the future, please don’t come up and talk to me, it might lead to misunderstandings and more people popping up demanding apologies."
The girl next to Su Xue was left speechless, wanting to say more, but felt a weight on her shoulder, turned around, and saw the deputy team leader standing behind her with a stern face, a hand pressing on her shoulder.
"It seems that you have not remembered the discipline of the team. Xu Qin, Su Xue, carry weight for five kilometers after returning." Hong Yun looked toward Xiao Jian, her cold voice carrying decisiveness, "Wang Mengyi, your points for this mission are halved."
"Deputy team! It’s them—" Xu Qin started to protest unwillingly.
"Enough! I have eyes, and I can see very clearly!" Hong Yun said coldly, then swept a glance at Su Xue and turned away.
As soon as Hong Yun left, Su Xue and her group could no longer stay, so they hurriedly left as well.
Han Jiaojiao stared at the distant, graceful figure, somewhat transfixed. That dagger, she always kept it on her...
It was just a pity that she had no plans to join the Special Training Team in this lifetime, so she probably... wouldn’t have the chance to become friends with Hong Yun either...
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... Was that their deputy team leader just now? Truly a beauty, just a bit cold," Yan Xiao leaned in close to Han Jiaojiao and also looked towards the distance.
Xiao Jian pursed his lips and went to pick up the blood test results without saying a word.
After getting the results, they waited a little longer, then Han Yi returned from outside.
As soon as Han Yi arrived, Yan Xiao immediately recounted what had happened, emphasizing that he had stood up at the first moment after the incident, definitely not letting our young lady suffer any grievances!
"Brother Han, you don’t know, Su Xue’s mouth is really something, not a single swear word, yet able to make people feel inferior, saying things like ’caged golden bird’, ’lacking in self’, ’all flash with no substance’—but our Jiaojiao definitely outdid them, leaving them speechless! Xiao Jian, Kerry, would you agree?"
Bai Kairui struggled to recall and said hesitantly, "You all used a lot of words just now that I didn’t quite understand."
Xiao Jian frowned and remarked, "That woman just kept crying nonstop."
Han Yi looked towards Han Jiaojiao, "You all right?"
Han Jiaojiao smiled and shook her head.
"Let’s go back, I’ll bandage your hand," Han Yi said, catching her hands, a hint of affection flashing through his eyes.
They got into the car one after the other. Xiao Jian drove the SUV to take everyone back first, while Yan Xiao stayed behind to drive the HUMVEE back alone.
As he was about to get into the car, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a puddle of water on the ground, seemingly seeping out of nowhere from beneath the earth...
Xiao Jian leaned out of the car window and shouted, "Yan Xiao! What are you dilly-dallying for, get in."
"...Coming, coming," Yan Xiao responded verbally, twisting his head to take a couple more glances at the puddle before reluctantly getting into the car.
—The two cars entered the yard one after the other, the originally spacious courtyard suddenly becoming crowded.
Han Yi took out the medical equipment needed for the mission from the space, but because there were too many drugs, he simply threw them all into an empty room on the first floor, asking Zhou Yan and his wife to organize these drugs.
"This empty room on the first floor, why not set it up as a clinic? It doesn’t need to be too complex, just a sickbed would suffice. That way, if anyone gets injured, they won’t need to climb to the second floor," Lu Changyuan suggested.
Zhou Yan was very pleased to hear this, as he had actually had this idea for some time, but since he already occupied one room, asking for another seemed a bit too much. However... if it were really for treatment, having a separate room would be better; otherwise, in a common hall where people constantly come and go, even maintaining basic sanitary conditions would be difficult.
Han Yi didn’t object, he was busy bandaging Han Jiaojiao’s hand. Hearing Lu Changyuan’s words, he just nodded slightly, "Tomorrow, Zhou Yan, make a list of what the clinic will need. We’ve taken quite a few things from the hospital this time, we should have enough."
