booktalesy Chapter 435 Playing Dead! I have to play dead!
Chapter 435 Playing Dead! I have to play dead!
"Sigh, fame brings trouble."
Jiang Bai rubbed his chin, looking melancholy.
"These people have never been this enthusiastic before. Now they're all asking, 'Is Bai Zhi feeling better?' 'What color burlap sack does Bai Zhi like?' Ugh!"
"They're all after my sister... no, they're after the disguise I created!"
Jiang Bai, of course, always answered yes to those who inquired about Jiang Baizhi's whereabouts.
After all, he couldn't afford to give himself away!
.......
Meanwhile, at the mess hall of the new recruit company in the Eastern Military Region.
The atmosphere here can no longer be described as merely enthusiastic; it's practically a frenzied state of pre-battle mobilization.
A row of company commanders and political instructors, who were originally fierce on the battlefield, were now like greenhorns who had never seen the world, forming a semi-circle around Lao Hei.
Dozens of eyes that were originally used to aim at sniper scopes are now focused on Lao Hei's slightly trembling hand and the domestic mobile phone with a cracked screen protector.
"Old Hei, still not back?"
The second company commander was so anxious that he kept stamping his feet, his leather boots clattering on the marble floor.
"Five minutes have passed! Five minutes!"
"If it were a surprise inspection, our company would have already taken the high ground!"
Old Hei wiped the white sweat from his forehead and glared at him irritably:
"What's the rush! Only five minutes have passed, but it's acting like a whole day!"
"But it's fine if he doesn't reply. I knew it, it's definitely just a coincidence of names. How could a big star's brother have my WeChat?"
Even so, Lao Hei was still uneasy.
He recalled that during military training in September, Jiang Bai, despite his incredible physical abilities, always had a lazy, "salted fish" personality.
After military training ended, the two didn't see each other much.
What if this kid doesn't recognize him as his stern instructor anymore and deliberately stops replying to messages?
Just as everyone was holding their breath until they were about to suffocate, their phones vibrated violently with a buzz.
"They're here!!!"
The soup ladle in the second company commander's hand clattered to the ground.
The entire table of officers instantly stood up as if they had received an emergency assembly order, holding their breath and their eyes gleaming green.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Lao Hei clicked on the concise and powerful reply:
[Jiang Bai: Hey, Brother Hei! Jiang Baizhi is my sister, what's up?]
[Jiang Bai: My sister's been ridiculously popular these past few days, I'm almost driven crazy by those reporters. What's wrong, Blackie, even a tough guy like you've become a fan of my sister?]
boom--!!!
It was as if a silent bombshell had been dropped in the cafeteria.
"Holy crap! It's confirmed!"
"He really is her biological brother! Jiang Baizhi is actually the younger sister of the model soldier that Lao Hei trained!"
"Old Black! Did you save the world in your past life? How do you even know this kind of nationally renowned brother-in-law?"
The company commander even performed a standing long jump on the spot, and after landing, his face flushed red, he shook Lao Hei's shoulder:
Send it! Send it now!
"Let's try to get him to come over so he can congratulate us at tomorrow's new recruits' welcome party!"
Old Hei nodded, took a deep breath to calm his wildly beating heart, and began typing rapidly on the screen.
Instead of making direct demands, he first launched into a series of emotional appeals.
[Old Hei: Jiang Bai, it's nothing much, just that a few of us instructors missed you.]
[Old Hei: You might not believe it, but your sister's song "I Love You, China" is now the designated morning run anthem for the entire military region! Every morning at 5:30, as soon as that shout of "Dear Mother" rings out, these greenhorns run faster than rabbits, all yelling that they want to serve their country.]
[Old Hei: And that song you sang, "My Future Is Not a Dream," our instructor said it's a model civilian version of the new era's military anthem! After listening to it, everyone was even more energized during the tactical combat that night.]
After finishing those two segments, Lao Hei glanced back at his teammates, whose eyes were practically glowing green, and finally gritted his teeth and unleashed his ultimate move.
[Old Hei: Here's the thing, our military region is having a welcome party for new recruits tomorrow night, but one of the planned performances was canceled by the higher-ups, so we're missing a grand finale.]
[Old Hei: I was just thinking, we're all one family, could you lend me a hand? And if you could bring your sister along too... cough cough, I'd be incredibly grateful!]
Click to send.
After typing this long string of words, Lao Hei felt more tired than after running ten kilometers with a heavy load.
He slammed his phone on the table, his expression tragic.
"I've already made the announcement, but this kid's worth is different now. Whether it works out or not, we'll see!"
The officers at the table were once again plunged into a long wait, and even the Second Company Commander, a heavy smoker who was always in his hand, forgot to light his cigarette.
.......
Inside a Didi car.
Jiang Bai stared blankly at the long message Lao Hei had sent on his phone screen for a long time.
"A welcome party for new recruits? And I have to bring my sister along?"
Jiang Bai rubbed his temples, feeling a dull ache in the back of his head.
"Old Black, Old Black, do you really think highly of me, or do you really want to get rid of me?"
"If I could really conjure up 'Jiang Bai' and 'Jiang Baizhi' at the same time, I wouldn't be here painstakingly recording 'The Voice of China' right now. I could just go out on the street and perform a magic trick, and I'd be the richest person in the world by collecting admission fees!"
[Ding! Host, due to your extremely high holy resistance, even if you perform ambidextrous fighting in the military camp, those straight-laced men will only think it's some kind of 'cross-dimensional art performance art'.]
"Get lost! That's the military region!"
"It's a place with strict discipline, where everyone is on high alert!"
"What if I'm singing a song and some veteran notices something wrong with my physiology? Do you think I'll be recruited on the spot, or mistaken for a spy and suffer acute iron poisoning?"
To perform at the military region?
Are you kidding me!
If he were to go too far with his Jiang Baizhi persona in front of those upright soldiers, it could cause a political incident!
What if we go and never come back?
"Play dead! We have to play dead!"
Jiang Bai prepared to refuse without even thinking.
Just as she opened the chat window, ready to type "My sister is busy, and I have to go to school too" to reject Lao Hei, she realized...
A crisp notification sound suddenly rang in my mind.
[Ding! Glorious collaboration mission triggered!]
[Mission Name: The Spirit of the Great Wall of Steel!]
[Mission Description: Travel to the Eastern Military Region to provide spiritual cleansing and comfort to the soldiers who defend our country.]
[Mission Requirements: As Jiang Baizhi, deliver a performance that satisfies the entire military region.]
[Mission Reward: A top-tier military drama script – the complete series "Soldiers' Assault" (including storyboards, music suggestions, and casting templates)!]