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The Beauty and the Brain by Natalie Jones novel Chapter 163

Chapter 163 

He sat on the grass, overwhelmed with regret and guilt. 

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If he had been a bit more skilled and his shooting had been a bit better, perhaps he would have hit the target 

decisively just now. 

If he hadn’t been so afraid for his life and always trying to hide in the back, maybe Buck wouldn’t have died. 

But what was the point of thinking about all this now? He had killed that man, but it wouldn’t bring Buck back 

to life. 

Darwin had never experienced such pain in his life. He fell to the ground, wishing he could shoot himself. dead. At that moment, if someone had come to attack him, he wouldn’t have even resisted. He felt like he 

wasn’t even a man just then! 

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He only stayed for half a month, and decided that this was not his territory, so he tried various ways to do less work and slack off more. But why did Buck treat him like one of his own, like a fool? 

Darwin sat on the ground, motionless, when suddenly the surrounding lights turned on and a sharp alarm 

sounded, making the pitch-black forest as bright as day. 

He hadn’t reacted yet, what was the situation now? 

Did the enemy occupy their army camp? Was he going to be captured? Then Marie couldn’t find him, what 

would happen to the movie? 

His mind was a complete mess, until someone came over, patted him, and said, “The drill is over, get up.” 

Darwin looked confused, touched his face, and asked, “What drill?” 

He turned around and standing right behind him was one of the instructors. The instructor explained, “This is your final exam, just a drill. Don’t cry, Buck isn’t dead.” 

Darwin was dumbfounded, “Not dead? Really not dead?” 

The instructor said helplessly, “Check him for a pulse and breathing, all right? There’s no need to cry, young 

man.” 

Just now, Darwin was too busy blaming himself to check Buck’s “corpse”. He went over and touched Buck’s chest, there was no blood at all. Then he touched the artery on Buck’s neck, and it was pulsing happily! 

Darwin laughed, wiped his face, and said, “If he’s not dead, why isn’t he moving?” 

The instructor threw him a bullet and said, “Anesthetic bullet, mixed with red paint on it, otherwise how would it scare you stinkers?” 

Darwin suddenly thought of the person in camouflage behind him and asked, “So, they aren’t a terrorist group?” 

The instructor was speechless, “What terrorist group? Isn’t this your Sergeant O’Neil?” 

Darwin said, “So, what was this drill? The instructor was ‘it’, and were we the tagged players?” 

The instructor glanced at him and said, “All right, enough talking. Go assemble.” 

Darwin returned the bullet to the instructor and immediately ran down to gather with the others. Upon 

learning that Buck hadn’t died, he was overjoyed. 

Not long after, those comrades who had “died” earlier gradually returned to the team. After the instructor 

finished his speech, he praised their performance this time and let them go back. 

Buck poked Darwin and asked, “I heard that when I died, you cried?” 

Darwin kicked him and said, “Nonsense! Why would I cry?” 

Buck laughed loudly as he ran away, “Don’t pretend anymore! The instructor told me! The whole army camp 

knows!” 

Darwin was rendered speechless. 

The next day, Dennis accompanied Marie to pick up Darwin, as he was worried about Marie’s injury and 

wanted to be there with her. 

Marie and the others were at the door, glanced at Dennis, and said, “Why does it feel like parents picking up 

their son from school?” 

Dennis, with his head down working on documents, said, “My son couldn’t possibly be as foolish as Darwin.” 

Marie was rendered speechless. 

Not long after, Darwin came out. Having not seen him for many days, Darwin had gotten quite tanned. He no 

longer looked like the inexperienced youth he once was, now exuding a strong masculine aura. 

Several men close to Darwin came out to see him off, while a few instructors came out to greet Dennis. 

Darwin looked around and asked, “Buck, where’s Sergeant O’Neil? Why didn’t he come?” 

Buck scratched his head awkwardly and said, “You shot him with a whole round of bullets yesterday, and all 

that anesthesia is enough to make him sleep until tomorrow.” 

Darwin was rendered speechless. 

After exchanging pleasantries, Darwin got in the car. Marie turned to look at him and asked with a smile, 

“How was the d 

yesterday?” 

Darwin glared at her, “What are you talking about? Why didn’t you answer my call yesterday?” 

Marie shrugged, “Didn’t this give you a better experience of camaraderie? I heard you even cried yesterday?” 

Darwin was rendered speechless. 

So, did the whole world know about this? Didn’t he care about his reputation? 

When Darwin returned to the production team, it indeed caused quite a cheer. 

Originally, Darwin was an inexperienced youth, and the entertainment industry was never short of 

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inexperienced youths. In fact, many people said that Darwin was just good-looking, but he didn’t have much 

distinctiveness. 

However, Darwin at that time looked just like a young soldier. He wore casual clothes, but whether standing or sitting, his silhouette was always upright and strong. 

Got a bit tanned, not as conventionally handsome as before, but gained a touch of fortitude and composure. 

When he wore the costume from the movie, his facial features were as handsome as a scholar, and his eyes 

were as sharp as a lion. This was the appearance that Jansen should have had in the later stages. 

No matter if it was Sabrina, even the assistants in the production team were blushing while looking at 

Darwin. Darwin was just too handsome now! 

Marie smiled with relief, “Finally, it’s all sorted out. Darwin is actually quite handsome now.” 

“Oh? Really?” Dennis looked up at her. 

Marie shuddered and immediately shook her head, “No! Of course, you’re still the most handsome! Darwin is 

just a child!” 

Dennis glanced at her, “You’re not that big either.” 

Marie was rendered speechless. 

She was just young! Young! Dennis was simply jealous of her! 

After running with the production team for three days, they finally confirmed that Darwin had fully integrated into the role of Jansen, and then they left with peace of mind. 

Marie felt exhausted, thinking that she was just like an old mother, running around and fussing for Darwin. 

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