My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 67

Everyone nodded before leaping into the river. A student who knew how to swim led another student who did not know how to swim across the river. Soon, when they reached the opposite shore, Sophia took note of the headcount and made sure that everyone was there.

She had been dragging Juliette—who did not know how to swim—alongside her, and she ended up swallowing several mouthfuls of water by accident, so she choked while said, “See? Everyone has made it. Let’s find some time tonight to get everyone to learn how to swim!”

Almost everyone had swallowed mouthfuls of water by accident, but fortunately, they still managed to reach the shore safely. Then, they grabbed each other’s hands and dashed toward the second hill with persistence.

At this moment, Michael was looking at the surveillance. On the screen, Sophia and thirty other girls were holding onto each other’s hands as they charged up the hill. He put on a rare smile. “Chica is rather smart.”

Sitting in the military vehicle, Joel was speeding forward. He was observing the situation here though his binoculars and soon, he caught sight of Sophia and the group of girls. His gaze was fixed on them for quite some time.

This group of thirty girls made it to Cafeteria No. 2 in the end and fortunately, they still managed to grab their dinner. Although they were a step slower and didn’t manage to take any meat, they still had a meal that was filling. At least they didn’t have to resort to eating steamed buns.

A few of the girls who had been nibbling the steamed buns for the whole night were on the verge of tears.

These thirty people did not go their own ways after that. They sat together and had their dinner. Sophia then encouraged everyone by saying loudly, “See, isn’t this easy? If it weren’t because of the few students who did not know how to swim and cost us some time, we may even have the chance to have some meat!”

A few of those girls who did not know how to swim were so embarrassed that they wished they could dig a hole for themselves to hide in, but then, Sophia added, “After we finish our dinner, let’s go and have a swim together. We need to seize this opportunity to teach those who don’t know how to swim. That way, we can have meat sooner!”

The girls answered in unison, “Alright!”

After gobbling down their meal, they returned to their original path and passed by the river again. After everyone had jumped into the river, those who knew how to swim started teaching those who didn’t know how to swim. Although it was impossible to learn how to swim in one day, at least they could move forward now.

That night, Sophia gave everyone iced watermelon as promised. The atmosphere in the barracks was great that night. Everyone was laughing and talking, chatting about their training during the day while eating their watermelon.

Sophia was eating her watermelon while taking out her notebook to explain to everyone where the marks were deducted in housekeeping. Everyone listened to her in a very serious manner. After finishing their watermelons, the initial bedtime chat turned into a housekeeping drill; everyone wanted to score in housekeeping.

Sophia wanted to get high marks, or even full marks, but it wasn’t going to cut it if she relied only on her own efforts. Before the lights were out, she sneaked to the hill to take a look at the condition of the path. Standing at the top, she gazed at the foot of the hill.

The two hills were not especially steep, but they had been overgrown by grass. Thus, it was quite slippery. During the past couple of days, people had slipped when they stepped here and rolled down the hill. They then withdrew from military training due to their injuries. Hence, nobody would descend the hill from the grass field.

As Sophia stood on top of the hill and gazed downward, she paced up and down before rushing back to her barracks before lights out.

The next day, she joined everyone for training like usual. Commander Ford seemed to be unaware of what she had done last night. However, Sophia knew that Commander Ford had surely seen what had happened and already had a preliminary score for her.

That afternoon, Sophia disappeared for a while again, using changing her bandage as an excuse. A few moments later, she asked for Quinton and a few of the seniors.

Sophia then brought Quinton and the seniors to the military camp. After taking a few turns here and there, they arrived at a corner that had been piled with planks.

Quinton was puzzled. “You want us to help you carry all these?”

Sophia nodded. “Yes. Don’t ask why, Sir. I have some use for it. Don’t worry. These are not going to be used. I’ve asked for permission for them.”