Chapter 177 So Happy
In the next noon, in the army canteen, Ebony was eating Braised Pork with Brown Sauce, Braised Prawns and Sparerib Soup. She felt so happy.
The ordinary meals of the army were not so good.
But the instructor asked the canteen staff to cook extra dishes for her. That was so different.
Ms. Shockley smiled and sat opposite Ebony. While she was feeding Ebony, she looked at Ebony's bulging cheeks.
She thought that Ebony looked like a very cute hamster.
"Eat slowly. Take it easy. There is a lot."
Ebony swallowed all the food in her mouth and stuck a big and fat pig trotter with chopsticks.
She bit off a large piece of it. The tip of her nose was stained with grease.
Ms. Shockley handed her a tissue and said, "You made greatest contribution to our yesterday's victory. You just tell me what you want to eat and I will buy it for you!"
Ebony was going to fall in love with Ms. Shockley!
She knew so many persons. Ms. Shockey was the only one except Lloyd who invited her to dinner. She could order any dish she liked!
Ebony swallowed the meat in her mouth. She was not polite anymore.
She said, "I still want to eat fish."
"Fish." Ms. Shockley stood up and said, "Ok, I'll ask them about it."
Ebony was extremely happy.
Ms. Shockley went to the kitchen.
Ebony ate a large mouthful of rice and continued to eat and drink.
After a while, a dark shadow suddenly appeared above her head.
Ebony thought that it was Ms. Shockley who just came back. When she looked up happily, she found that it was Lloyd.
It was time for lunch. The instructors also came to have a lunch.
Ebony was chewing the food in her mouth and cautiously stared at Lloyd. She pulled a bunch of dishes towards herself in silence.
She was afraid that Lloyd would eat her food.
Lloyd put down his plate and sat opposite her. He ate the food in silence.
It seemed that he just came here to share a table with her?
Ebony focused on eating the dishes.
After a while, Ms. Shockley came back.
She saw that her seat was occupied by someone and was stunned for a moment. She walked over and saw that it was Mr. Vasquez.
Ms. Shockley looked at the man and woman who sat opposite each other. The meaning in her eyes was hard to grasp.
Ms. Shockley had already known that Mr. Vasquez had a relationship with Ebony.
Last time, they dated stealthily in her office.
They were caught sleeping in a bed by Ms. Shockley.
Ms. Shockley could not be relaxed as her leader was here.
She said to Ebony, "The cook is cooking the fish in the kitchen. You eat slowly. There are more dishes later."
Ebony was so glad!
But Lloyd suddenly said, "More?"
Ms. Shockley opened her mouth and wanted to explain.
Ebony quickly said, "Ms. Shockley invites only me to dinner. I won't share that with you!"
Lloyd was speechless.
He looked at her gently.
Stared at by him, Ebony felt a bit guilty.
She silently bent her head and continued to bite the pig trotter.
Ms. Shockley laughed and said, "Since she likes it, just let her eat."
Lloyd said in a low voice, "Cancel it. No fish."
Ms. Shockley was stunned.
Ebony thought that all was about to be over!
She looked at Lloyd in disbelief and clenched her fists at once!
Lloyd looked at Ebony and said disapprovingly, "Eating too much is bad for your stomach."
Ebony said instantly, "I have a strong stomach!"
Lloyd narrowed his gray eyes and glanced at Ms. Shockley. "Don't move still?"
Ms. Shockley was speechless.
Finally, Ms. Shockley had no choice but to go to the kitchen to cancel the order.
Ebony looked at the back of the spineless Ms. Shockley and was close to tear.
She looked back at Lloyd angrily and gave him a murderous glare.
Ms. Shockey didn't come back again after she went to the kitchen.
It seemed that she left stealthily.
When Ebony finished eating and put down her chopsticks, she saw that Lloyd sitting opposite her also finished his lunch too.
Lloyd stood up and held the plate. He said to Ebony, "Let's go."
Ebony was stunned and asked, "Where to go?"
"The instructor's office."
Ebony was puzzled.
She didn't know why she had to go to the instructor's office every day.
Maybe it would be better for her to live in Lloyd's desk.
In the instructor's office, Lloyd pulled out the drawer and took out an application form.
Ebony saw "The Battalion Shooting Competition" on the form at the sight of it.
Lloyd handed her the form and said, "It's our battalion's shooting competition. Though it is not large in scale, it's interesting. You may like it."
Ebony really liked it.
She read the rules carefully and saw the award at the end. Her eyes suddenly gleamed.
"Does it have bonus?"
Lloyd said, "No."
Ebony said, "So it's a prize? What is the prize?"
Lloyd said, "Hard-bounded notebooks and pens."
Ebony was speechless.
Lloyd added. "And a certificate."
Ebony was at a loss for words.
She thought that there would not be anything good as an award in the battalion.
Ebony filled in the form.
Ebony was not a regular soldier, so she might be ineligible to participate in such a competition held by the battalion.
Lloyd thought she may like it and got an application form for her. She was very happy.
But it may be uneasy for Lloyd to get this application form. He may have used his authority.
Ebony remembered how well Lloyd treated her in her mind.
Meanwhile, she also remembered that Lloyd didn't allow her to eat fish!
Ebony left Lloyd's office when the lunch break was almost over.
When she returned to her dormitory, the squad leader gave her an application form and said, "It's a shooting competition. Do you want to participate in it?"
Ebony was so speechless.
She took the form and read it. She looked a bit confused. "This competition..."
The squad leader said, "It's a small competition of the battalion and everyone can sign up for it. Abigail and others have signed up for fun. Do you want to take part in it? If you want, just fill in the form quickly. I should hand in them all soon."
Ebony was speechless.
She didn't know that everyone can participate in this competition.
Why did Lloyd stealthily ask her to go to the instructor's office?
She thought that it was a confidential competition!
The Battalion Shooting Competition would be held two days later.
It would be held in the shooting range in the camp.
Because the competition was for the whole battalion, both the recruits and the veterans could participate in it.
On the day of the competition, it was so noisy around the shooting range just like a sports meeting held by a primary school.
The battalion was distributed into three companies.
Ebony belonged to the second battalion.
Ebony had a match in the afternoon. In the morning, she shoulder to shoulder with Ethan and Alfredo, watched the competition outside the shooting range and chatted with soldiers of other companies.
In the shooting range, Lloyd and the general instructors of the other two companies served as judges.
When it was about noon, the general instructor of the first company said with dissatisfaction, "The shooting levels of the competitors in the morning are all average."
The general instructor of the third company said, "The excellent competitors will compete in the afternoon. Just wait."
The three was chatting leisurely.
At this moment, a soldier suddenly rushed in and shouted with a stutter. "S, sir."
It was a soldier of the first company. The general instructor of the first company asked, "What happened?"
The soldier immediately complained. "Sir. You should help us! Ebony of the second company led a group of soldiers to beat our first company's soldiers!"
After he said that, the jury room was silent.
The general instructors of the first company and the second one turned their heads at the same time to look at the general instructor of the second company between them.
Lloyd, the general instructor of the second company was speechless.