5.6

All the candidates were taken to the Lion Corps' base. In addition to their equipment being sent in for testing, the base also needed to conduct a comprehensive physical test for each of the candidates before they were given their arrangements.

All the cadets waited in a line outside the medical bay for their physicals. There were a total of five medical rooms that were saved for the candidates' physicals.

Everyone lined up according to their classes. Qiao Chen and Dick were at the end of the line, but a soldier came over and directed them to the sixth and seventh medical rooms- specifically, Qiao Chen to the sixth and Dick to the seventh.

As soon as Qiao Chen entered the medical room and saw the person in it, he almost instinctually wanted to walk right back out. However, he knew that he couldn't be impulsive right now. The electronic door closed behind him, but he stayed at the doorway without taking a step further.

"What are you doing standing around? Come here and undress." AU Luo ordered from the chair he sat in.

"The doctor hasn't arrived yet." Qiao Chen replied guardedly while keeping a wary watch for Au Luo.

"I'm personally conducting the physical for you." Au Luo looked at Qiao Chen and replied.

"How can the general himself conduct such trivial matters such as a physical? Besides, I'm a gher. You are a male, general. It should be a gher doctor who conducts my physical for me." Qiao Chen persisted. He refused to let Au Luo personally conduct the physical.

Au Luo stood up from his seat, walked to Qiao Chen, and pushed Qiao Chen's chin up to say, "What are you so afraid of? I won't treat you like that."

Qiao Chen smacked Au Luo's hand away and said, "I'm not scared of you. I'm doing something called guarding against you."

"It'll only be you and me. No one else will come to conduct the physical for you. Did you want to force everyone who completed their physicals to wait for you to finish up? " Au Luo looked at Qiao Chen and said seriously.

"Take off your clothes and stand here." Au Luo said and then walked over to the muscle strength scanner.

Qiao Chen had no choice but to take off his clothes and pants. Then he walked over to the machine in his underwear and stood still.

"Underwear off too." Au Luo said as he eyed Qiao Chen's briefs.

"The muscle scan doesn't require you to be fully nude." Qiao Chen glared at Au Luo and said. You think I don't know that you're just trying to bully me? I understand these things better than you do.

"If you don't take them off, then I can go over there and help you take them off." Au Luo said very seriously. If it were any other person, they would think that Au Luo was only doing things business as usual and wasn't trying to take advantage of Qiao Chen.

Qiao Chen glared at Au Luo and didn't speak. Even though they had done all sorts of things over the last few lifetimes, Qiao Chen still doesn't want him to succeed so quickly.

So Au Luo walked over, and true to his words, he pulled Qiao Chen's underwear off… and touched him between his legs.

"Stop touching me." Qiao Chen roughly slapped Au Luo's hand away.

Au Luo used the machine to scan Qiao Chen's left and right butt cheeks and said, "Not bad. Flexible, but it'd be better if the muscles were tighter."

Qiao Chen grit his teeth and retorted, "Then you can go conduct physicals for other people. I'm sure there are others who have the tight ass you like so much."

"But I only like yours. I can personally help you train your body later, so you can have a tighter ass." Au Luo said as he kneaded Qiao Chen's butt.

"This is sexual harassment. I can sue you." Qiao Chen glowered at Au Luo.

"Oh? How are you going to sue me? Please do tell." Au Luo said as he slowly approached Qiao Chen. Qiao Chen retreated for each step Au Luo took, but he eventually hit the testing unit's side- backed into a wall.

"Are you conducting the physical or not?" Qiao Chen complained. Then he shoved Au Luo away.

Au Luo smiled and complied. He retreated to his spot and didn't bully Qiao Chen anymore. Instead, he actually ran several physical tests in a row for Qiao Chen.

Qiao Chen lay on the medical room's bed for the last test. He kept thinking to himself that it'd be over soon. He was naked on the bed, but that asshole was still neatly dressed. This made Qiao Chen feel a little annoyed and uncomfortable.

Qiao Chen looked over at Au Luo as he approached him with an evil smiled pasted on his face. Qiao Chen had his guard up and asked, "What are you trying to do?"

"Of course, I'm conducting the last test for the physical. What else do you think I'm doing?" Au Luo asked innocently.

Qiao Chen looked into Au Luo's eyes and had a bad premonition. The creeping feeling that Au Luo was up to no good became stronger and stronger. Just when he had had enough and wanted to sit up, his arms were suddenly locked onto the bed.

Qiao Chen panicked and asked, "What the hell are you doing?"

"Like I said, I'm conducting the last test for your physical. Au Luo said off-handedly as he separated Qiao Chen's legs.

"Agh! Stop it you asshole! Agggghhh!"

….

"This should be where I am the most satisfied with on your body." Au Luo leaned over Qiao Chen's body, took a long look, and said.

"Ah~ Ahn~ Don't do it like this…Please." Qiao Chen whimpered. His temper had already melted into a pile of goo because of Au Luo.

"Did you know?" Au Luo whispered into Qiao Chen's ears. "I especially like the way you look when you angrily glare at me. The moment you give me that feisty look, my body gets so excited, and it's like I can't control it."

Qiao Chen felt something brush against his thigh. He looked at Au Luo pleadingly. "Don't act recklessly. There are still a lot of people waiting outside. Quickly let me out, please."

Qiao Chen had been trying to tell himself that as a normal person, he can't argue with this mental case of an asshole. He needed to first pacify this asshole. He can't do something like this right now. Otherwise, once he starts, there's no telling when he'll finish.

"Relax. Really, I won't do anything like that now. I just want to test your body's sensitivity. However, this is a test that reserved for you and only you." Au Luo whispered in Qiao Chen's ear. Then he began to move his fingers again.

"Ah~ Ahn~ Not like this… Au Luo~… Wait."

......

After the physicals were all completed, a soldier gave the cadets their living arrangements. He assigned them to dorms. These dorms were nearly the same as the ones at the school, a double suite.

Qiao Chen and Dick entered the room assigned to them. Qiao Chen unpacked his belongings; along with the things that base gave them, and put them all away.

Qiao Chen's brain could only think about everything that happened in the medical room during the physical. He was so upset that that asshole Au Luo fingered him until he came. He became even more upset when he thought about how Au Luo's character in this lifetime was such a bully who loved to tease him to death.  Then he became even more annoyed with this disappointing body of his. It only took a few of Au Luo's kisses and his fingers moving some more…. And then…he immediately….

In fact, Qiao Chen knew that his heart and soul already fell in love with that man again, and that was why his body responded so eagerly. It was his body that was more honest than his words. He couldn't help but fall in love with that asshole even if he was a bastard in this life.

Qiao Chen gathered his thoughts while he finished tidying up. Then he turned around and saw Dick sitting on the bed with his head down. He neither finished unpacking nor was he talking. Qiao Chen's mind was preoccupied by the physical, so he didn't notice that there was something wrong with Dick's mood.

Qiao Chen sat on his bed and looked at Dick. Dick didn't notice and kept his head down, so Qiao Chen asked, "What happened to you?"

"Huh?" Dick uttered. He looked up at Qiao Chen like he was scared.

Qiao Chen looked at Dick's red face and teary eyes, so he asked, "Did someone pick on you?"

"No, no." Dick immediately shook his head and denied.

"Who conducted your physical just now?" Qiao Chen questioned. He remembered that Dick, like him, didn't go to the same medical room like the others.

"D-doctor. The doctor did it." Dick whispered with his head down. He didn't dare look at Qiao Chen.

"It was your fiancé, wasn't it?" Even though Qiao Chen asked the question, it was pretty much rhetorical. He was nearly 100% positive that it was as he said.

"You- uh… How did you know?" Dick looked at Qiao Chen in surprise. It seemed as though Qiao An knew everything.

"It's written all over your face. Even if I didn't want to know, it'd be hard not to figure it out." Qiao Chen explained. Then he asked, "Did he bully you again?"

"No, it was just…." Dick blushed and couldn't speak anymore.

"How did he bully you. Tell me how exactly everything happened." Qiao Chen pressed intentionally.

"I- uh. I haven't sorted my things yet. I'm gonna go. And sort them out first." Dick sputtered and then ran away.

Qiao Chen thought it was funny, but he didn't have the right to be laughing at Dick either. This was especially considering what Au Luo had done to him in the medical room… This was the pot calling the kettle black. He was the pot and Dick was the kettle.

Qiao Chen thought about it a bit more and really believed that they were stuck in the same boat. They both fell in love with assholes who like to bully them. Qiao Chen decided that since they were stuck in the same boat, then he'd have to help Dick some more later.

—-

The first round of the cadets' scores was published once they compiled the data and statistics of the physical examinations' results. This round's grading was based on the cadet's physical constitution.

The base also had a screen that specifically published all of the cadets' scores and ranking.  The table on the screen showed the cadets' name, followed by the scores they obtained for each test, and their temporary ranking.

The current cadet ranked in first place was Class B's Harold. He was the one who ambushed Qiao An and threw Qiao Chen into the cave. The one who caused such a horribly calamity to Qiao An, and ultimate death, in the previous lifetime was this cadet. It was this one- the one whose physical constitution and capabilities scored the highest.

Chad placed second. Danny was in fifth, but that was because he was more dependent on his abilities. And finally, in last place was Dick. This result was as everyone expected.

Qiao Chen, who trained in an intensive regimen over the break and had the system's help, ranked in the middle of the list. This was something everyone didn't expect to happen.

Qiao Chen and Dick walked together to see the physicals' results and ranking. Justin came over to the two and whispered, "You see that? After Harold came and saw that he was ranked at the top, he's been standing there for a while now- just soaking in the lime light."

Justin was a Class B student, male, and Dick's cousin. He was a few months younger than Dick, but his tall and strong stature made him look much older than Dick. Just was a bright and tall boy with a sunny disposition. He was in Class B with Harold, but particularly disliked Harold. In all actuality, there wasn't anyone who didn't hate Harold. He acted like a barbarian with his argumentative and tyrannical nature. Only very few people had dared to openly behave like Justin openly.

"It's too early to be so proud. It's only the first round of scoring." Qiao Chen said loudly. He was obviously one of the people who dared to openly scoff at Harold.

Harold turned to Qiao Chen and instigated, "You're right. This is only the first round of scoring. So even though I'm first, my score isn't so far away from yours. As the testing continues, I'll let you know that the real gap between us it. Once you see this, you'll know that people like you don't even deserve to be here and train with people like us."

Harold provocatively gestured at Qiao Chen and then left.