Chapter 21 Snatching the Tent
After a morning of running with weights, the afternoon was dedicated to arranging accommodations and organizing belongings.
To give the students a real taste of wilderness survival, no accommodations were arranged; instead, tents were provided for
everyone.
Two people per tent, randomly assigned.
Victoria got paired with a girl named Mira Collins. Mira had a round face and sweet dimples when she smiled, making her look pretty cute.
“Watch closely, we’ll show you once, and then you have to pitch your own tent. For the next two weeks, you’ll be sleeping in these. If you don’t set it up right, you’ll be the ones suffering!” Instructor, Dean Palmer, emphasized again.
The newly grouped students gathered around, chattering. “Mr. Palmer, what if I just can’t set up the tent??
“Yeah, I’ve never done this before. How can I set up such a big tent?
“First, watch and learn carefully. If you really can’t do it, you can ask the instructors for guidance, but we absolutes won‘ set it up. You have to do it yourself! Dean answered sternly while starting the demonstration.
help you
Soon, a heavy double tent stood on the flat ground.
Dean added, “This area is for your class. We’ve already chosen the spots for you. Now,
get
started.”
Mira scratched her head and smiled awkwardly, “Victoria, did you get it? I still don’t know how to do it.”
Victoria didn’t have any particular impression of her and nodded indifferently.
She walked directly to the pile of tents, randomly picked a package, and planned to drag it out.
Ella rushed over, “Victoria, I saw this tent first. Let me have it.”
Victoria rolled her eyes her, “You must be crazy.”
These tents were all the same. Ella wanted to snatch even this, purely out of a twisted mentality, finding it more appealing to take others‘ things!
In her previous life, Victoria had given in. Ella not only wasn’t grateful but also thought she was easy to bully, becoming more aggressive and trying to take everything from her!
Natalia, who was paired with Ella, mocked, “How can you be so selfah! You even want to snatch a tent. Clearly, Ella saw it first.”
Victoria raised an eyebrow, “Just because you saw it first, it should be yours? Why don’t you go to the bank and say you saw their voult first, so they should deliver it to you?*
with clut, she gave a hard tug.
Ella, afraid of damaging her newly done nails, quickly let go, “It’s just a tent. Is it worth it?
Mira also came forward to help Victoria drag the tent
tent, “Yeah, there a plenty of tents here wh
Why insist on ours?
The two of them dragged the tent to the edge of the campsite, staying away from Ella.
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Mira wanted to chat with Victoria, but Victoria always seemed indifferent, so she gave up.
However, Victoria was quite methodical in setting up the tent. She took out all first, then threaded them through the tent, and the basic shape was done.
il the parts, called Mira to help assemble the poles
Next. Mira held the tent base while Victoria nailed down the four comers and secured the guy lines.
the nail crooked? Shouldn’t we straighten it?” Mira asted, looking at the slanted nail.
- a. isn’t th
Victoria.
Victoria, hammering the nail without looking up, said, “No need, it more stable when slanted.”
Mira thought for a moment, “Really? That seems right! I didn’t notic
Soon, their tent was set up. Mira looked around and noticed that everyone else was still struggling to find parts, getting hit by tent poles, or stuck halfway through threading the tent, and running to find Dean.
“Victoria, look at them, it’s hilarious! You’re amazing, finishing so quickly. Do you have camping experience?”
Victoria replied coolly, “Not rea
really
If she had any experience, it was from her previous life. She couldn admit it, and there was no need to explain this to Mira.
As for Ella, she had no such experience, nor
or did her sidekick Natalia
pretend to complain to herself, “Setting up a
But it didn’t matter. She just needed to frown, look at the mess on the ground, and pretend tent seems so hard. Natalia, do you know how?”
Natalia, from a poor family, had never camped either. She had watched Dean’s demonstration carefully. With confidence, she nodded and said, “Don’t worry, Ella, I’ll do it. You just help a bit.”
particularly
A double tent was large, and it was hard for one person to set it up alone. Natalia wanted Ella to pitch in, as she wasn’t partic strong
But Ella looked at her newly done long nails with difficulty, “Natalia, it’s not that I don’t want to help, but my hands are inconvenient. I just did my nails. You wouldn’t want them to break, right?”
Natalia could only struggle alone with the big tent
Ella watched from the side, not even helping with small tasks like unripping the compression bag.
She just said, “Natalia, sorry to trouble you today. I’ll give you a set of imported skincare products later.”
Although Natalia felt a bit discontent, she figured it was worth it since Ella promised her some expensive skincare products. After all, Ella was a rich girl, and it was only natural for her to be spoiled.
So she smiled flatteringly. “It’s my pleasure. I’ll go ask the instructor
At this moment, a boy who had been watching Ella came forward and offered, “Ella, do you need a hand?”
Ella looked over. It was a tall boy with a face full of red, swollen pimples, She suppressed her urge to vomit and smiled, “Really? That’s great. I see Natalia struggling, and it’s so frustrating that I can’t do anything|”
“Of course, Ella, do you remember mu? The boy walked over with a took of honor, taking over Natalia’s task, even though he hadn’t set up his own tent yet.
Chapter 21 Snatching the Tent
“Aren’t you that…” Ella pretended to recall. She thought, Are you expecting me to remember you just for helping set up a tent? How ridiculous!
The boy replied, “Yes, I’m Wilder. We’ve talked before!”
Ella continued, “Right, I remember you, just couldn’t recall the name for a moment.”
“No worries, it happens.”
Wilder’s face was full of pimples and acne scars, making his smile even more creepy. Immersed in the joy of helping Ella, he spent most of the day setting up her tent.
Ella watched Victoria having to do everything herself, while she herself only had to give instructions, feeling a surge of pride.
She thought. What’s the point of being capable? There’s no reward for setting up quickly.”
As evening approached, a strong wind blew, and Ella’s tent was blown away. A piece of tent fabric even hit her face, leaving it red.
Dean helped hold down the tent, “Didn’t I say the nails should be slanted? Why do so many of you not follow the instructions? W gave you installation manuals. How many of you read th
