Chapter 14: Diligence Makes Up For Weakness

Translator: Li_Voon_Loke

“Let me tell you, our sixth team will definitely win!”

Seeing Zhao Rui stand out, Bai Xiaofei excitedly patted the recruit sitting next to him and said, “How is that possible? Can his singing be better than that girl’s?”

The recruit’s tone was full of disbelief.

“Hehe, just you wait and see. He is our dormitory’s class monitor. Once he opens his mouth, he will definitely amaze everyone.”

Even though they hadn’t spent much time together, for some unknown reason, Bai Xiaofei had already begun to trust Zhao Rui from the bottom of his heart.

“Zhao Rui, you have to work hard! Bring glory to our dormitory 424!” Chi Heng also cheered Zhao Rui on.

On the other side, the female soldiers looked as if they were facing a great enemy. The female soldier had already sung so well, but there was still a male soldier who dared to step forward.

Could it be that this male soldier had come prepared?

Zhao Rui cleared his throat and began to sing.

Just like what Bai Xiaofei had said, Zhao Rui had indeed stunned the entire audience.

But this was not the pleasant kind.

What came out of Zhao Rui was not singing but a very funny noise. Even those who listened to music for the first time would have sung better than Zhao Rui.

What was even funnier was that Zhao Rui did not seem to know that his singing was terrible. The female soldiers who sat opposite him could clearly see the serious expression on Zhao Rui’s face when he sang.

Zhao Rui’s voice was very loud and it spread throughout the entire training ground. Some of the female soldiers who had not finished their training also heard his voice, they laughed so much that they could not even stand properly.

Let alone the female soldiers who were sitting opposite Zhao Rui, they were laughing so hard that they cried.

This was Zhao Rui’s first time singing. He had put all of his emotions and focus into singing, so the he did not realize that the female soldiers were laughing at him.

After singing for a while, Zhao Rui took a deep breath and was ready to finish singing the rest of the lyrics. Chi Heng quickly jumped up from the ground and hugged Zhao Rui, saying, “Good brother, don’t sing anymore, don’t sing anymore…”

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After returning to the dormitory after a day of training, Zhao Rui’s mood became very bad.

Because today, Zhao Rui had lost a lot of face.

“Good brother, although your singing isn’t pleasant, you’re the hero of our sixth team. In the afternoon, only you stood out to sing. If it weren’t for you, our entire sixth team would have been called cowards by the female soldiers.”

Seeing Zhao Rui’s gloomy face, Chi Heng immediately came over to comfort him.

“It’s nothing. It’s normal that girls can sing better than us.”

“Yeah, why do we men have to sing well?”

The other two brothers also comforted Zhao Rui.

Zhao Rui didn’t say a word. He washed up and went to bed early.

Bai Xiaofei and the other two felt that Zhao Rui was in a bad mood and didn’t dare to disturb him.

What they did not know was that Zhao Rui went to bed early because he wanted his consciousness to enter the King of Soldier’s training space as soon as possible.

Even though he had made a fool out of himself by singing today, Zhao Rui believed that he would not make a fool out of himself by singing in the future.

He believed that hard work could make up for his mistakes. As long as he practiced hard, he would definitely be able to improve his singing skill.

Since Zhao Rui wanted to practice his singing ability this time, King of Soldier’s training space had become a KTV that Zhao Rui could practice at will.

“System, do I have talent in singing?”

Zhao Rui picked up the microphone and asked the system instead of practicing immediately.

A familiar electronic voice sounded, “Analyzing the host’s musical talent… The host’s musical talent is high, singing experience is zero.”

“What do you mean my musical talent is high?”

Zhao Rui was a little surprised, “If I have musical talent, why is everyone laughing at me today?”

“Even though the host has a talent for music, he never listened to music or sang before, so he buried his talent.”

“That’s great.” A smile appeared on Zhao Rui’s lips.

“If that’s the case, I can wash away the shame tomorrow and make everyone look at me in a new light.”

Zhao Rui went to bed very early. He practiced singing in the King of Soldier’s training space until the next morning when the signal for him to wake up rang.

The effect of practicing in the King of Soldier’s training space was threefold. In other words, it was as though Zhao Rui had practiced singing in the KTV for three consecutive days.

When he woke up the next morning, Chi Heng ran over and patted Zhao Rui’s shoulder.

“Class monitor, don’t mind what happened yesterday. Train well today.”

Zhao Rui smiled and said, “Why should I mind? I still have to continue competing with the female soldiers today. I’ll let you guys hear my true strength.”

Chi Heng thought Zhao Rui’s brains were damaged.

After the end of the day’s training, the sixth team’s instructor did not bring the new recruits to compete with the female soldiers.

Because the performance of the sixth team yesterday had really disappointed He Yingbo. He did not want to bring the new recruits to embarrass themselves.

But at this moment, the female team actually took the initiative to look for him.

The female instructor laughed and said to He Yingbo, “Didn’t we agree to compete with the female soldiers every day after training? Instructor He, why didn’t the sixth team look for us today?”

All the other male teams in the sports ground had their attention on the female soldiers. He Yingbo had no way to refuse the female instructor’s request for a song battle.

Because once he refused, it was equivalent to admitting to all the instructors that his soldiers could not beat a woman. He Yingbo could not afford to lose face.

He could only bite the bullet and say, “My training is not over yet. I want to go to you after it is over.”

However, He Yingbo could only buy a little bit of time, because the female team was already sitting on the field, waiting for the sixth team’s training to be over.

“You guys? Do any of you dare to battle with them?”

When the teams gathered after the training, the instructor asked his recruits in a low voice.

No one dared to answer.

After all, Zhao Rui, who had gone out to battle yesterday, had just become a laughingstock. The other recruits did not want to become like Zhao Rui.

“Instructor, why don’t you give me another chance? This time, I will definitely bring honor to our sixth team!”

It was Zhao Rui who stood out again.

“What? You?!”

He Yingbo looked at Zhao Rui suspiciously. “You have already embarrassed our sixth team yesterday. Do you still want to compete?”

He Yingbo did not look for trouble with Zhao Rui because he saw that Zhao Rui had trained hard. However, He Yingbo would not give Zhao Rui another chance to embarrass the sixth platoon.

“Don’t worry, it was a small mistake yesterday. Today, I will definitely make the female team look at us in a new light.”

Zhao Rui looked at the instructor’s face and said sincerely.

The instructor of the female team added, “Instructor He, are you still not done? We female soldiers can’t wait for the song battle.”

He Yingbo took a deep breath. Originally, he did not want to give Zhao Rui another chance. However, other than Zhao Rui, the recruits of the sixth team were all a bunch of cowards.

When the female team and the sixth team sat opposite each other and Zhao Rui was sent out by the sixth team for the song battle, the female soldiers all felt that it was very funny.

Wasn’t this the joke from yesterday?

Why did this joke still dare to come out to sing?

Was there no one else in the sixth team?