The half month passed in a flash, and the martial arts team's special training concluded.
On the tenth day, July 20th, Ji Shiyi safely gave birth to a daughter.
For the last five days, Zeng Jingrong completely neglected the special training matters. Just like Zeng Jingliang before him, he held his daughter and refused to let go.
Seeing how much her husband adored their daughter, Ji Shiyi breathed a sigh of relief.
Tian Jing called to urge Zeng Jingrong to lock up. This Zeng captain, who had once been solely focused on the specialty team, then remembered that today was the end of the special training.
Upon seeing Tian Jing, Zeng Jingrong grinned, "Tiantian, Yao Yao looks a bit like you."
"I'll go take a look."
Tian Jing felt she must be getting old, as she had no resistance to little babies.
So, when she saw little Yao Yao, she also held her, reluctant to let go.
Perhaps due to good nutrition in the womb, little Yao Yao's skin was more rosy and tender than that of ordinary infants.
Even in Tian Jing's arms, little Yao Yao forcefully opened her eyes. This unconscious glance from the infant melted Tian Jing's heart.
Excitedly, she bragged to Zeng Jingrong about how Yao Yao liked her embrace.
Zeng Jingrong watched the aunt and niece with a smile. It was worth it for him to borrow from Ran Ran's appearance and use his water elemental ability to tamper with his daughter.
Moreover, his daughter also had abilities. Since his daughter was still young, he wanted her to grow up happily, just like Ji Qing and Ji Xiang, for whom simplicity was happiness.
After playing with Yao Yao for a while, Tian Jing went next door to find Ouyang Meihua.
Ouyang Meihua was washing Yao Yao's small clothes.
Tian Jing offered to help, but Ouyang Meihua pushed her hand away:
"I'm almost done washing. Don't get your hands dirty."
Tian Jing smiled, "It makes me feel bad that you're doing all this work."
"What's there to feel bad about?" Ouyang Meihua waved her hand dismissively:
"Do we need to be so polite between us? Besides, I'm currying favor with Captain Zeng to ask him to take better care of Yan Yan. If nothing else, he should be able to approve more leave when Yan Yan gets married, right?"
"You don't need to ask him about that." Tian Jing patted her chest, "I can approve leave. I'll give Yan Yan three months of maternity leave then."
"That would be wonderful!" Ouyang Meihua grinned happily:
"Three months is enough for that brat to continue the next generation."
Tian Jing couldn't help but think of Ziyu and Xiaobo. With only half a month, she wondered...
Thinking thus, she took out her phone and turned it on.
As soon as it powered up, several missed calls and text messages came in.
Among them were several missed calls from Shen Jianrong.
She called back, and Shen Jianrong quickly answered, her hearty voice coming through:
"Tian Jing, your phone is finally on! I'm telling you, you're about to become a grandmother."
Tian Jing smiled and asked, "Ziyu is pregnant?"
Shen Jianrong's laughter came through, "Yes, she's two months along. I'm staying with her in the villa now, so there's no need to worry about safety. We grow our own vegetables and raise chickens, so there's no need to worry about food."
"I'm just happy and wanted to share my joy with you, the soon-to-be grandmother."
Tian Jing laughed heartily, "Then I should congratulate you, congratulate you."
Shen Jianrong's laughter grew louder, "Then I should say, congratulations to you too."
"Hahaha."
"Hahaha."
A pair of in-laws, separated by thousands of kilometers, laughed heartily together over the phone.
After chatting about some trivial matters that pregnant women should pay attention to, they hung up.
Ouyang Meihua had been eavesdropping with her ear cocked. Seeing Tian Jing hang up, she smiled, "Congratulations, congratulations."
Tian Jing's smile was a little faint, "If it's a boy, you should be congratulating Shen Jianrong."
Ouyang Meihua snorted with a chuckle, "Oh my, are you reluctant to part with him now?"
"Sigh!" Tian Jing sighed deeply, "Before, when I wasn't a mother-in-law yet, I thought I had prepared myself for everything.
"For example, not to burden my children mentally, not to cause trouble for them, and no matter how my grandchildren turned out, I wouldn't take care of them or be involved in their education.
"Now that I've officially become a mother-in-law, my mindset has changed significantly.
"I've endured and endured regarding how my daughter-in-law and son interact, trying my best not to get involved, letting them be whoever is stronger or weaker.
"With the experience of Lili's children being my grandchildren, I suddenly find myself reluctant to part with Xiaobo's children."
"I suddenly feel that all grandchildren must be my own to avoid the pain of being cut off."
"Before, I could generously give a grandchild to the Yu family. Now Shen Jianrong is happy, but I feel the pain."
Ouyang Meihua was taken aback. She wasn't a mother-in-law yet, and she was still quite carefree, having the same feelings as Tian Jing described earlier:
"It seems I need to learn from you to avoid making decisions I'll regret later."
Tian Jing nodded in agreement and looked down at her text messages. There were only three.
One was from Yu Ziyu, also informing her of the pregnancy.
One was from her second son with the same news.
And the last one was from her husband, the four characters 'lonely pillow sleepless'.
Seeing this message, Tian Jing lightly clicked her tongue and put away her phone:
"Since Eldest Sister-in-law doesn't need my help, I'll go back to work."
Ouyang Meihua waved her hand, "Go, go."
Tian Jing returned next door and said to Zeng Jingrong, who was still holding his daughter, "Are you still going down to the dungeon for a bit?"
Zeng Jingrong froze for a moment, struggled a bit, but still put down his daughter.
After Zeng Jingrong entered the dungeon, Tian Jing took charge of the affairs within the specialty team.
Tian Jing issued a notice to all the team members who remained in the team, informing them to gather at the task office on the first floor of the administrative building at one o'clock in the afternoon.
The members of the specialty team were confused by this notice. Didn't Captain Zeng tell them to practice on their own recently?
When they arrived at the assembly point and saw Captain Tian as the one who had summoned them, the specialty team members shuddered, their laughter and chatter abruptly ceasing.
In their impression, Vice Captain Tian was largely nominal, rarely coming to the team.
It was only during this maze training that Vice Captain Tian officially became involved in team affairs.
Although the black and white graves in the maze were gone, the experience of entering the Yin-Yang Bagua fish remained unchanged.
After three days of extreme boredom, they complained. They felt they had shown Vice Captain Tian enough respect, only to be slapped in the face.
Although the martial arts team members had not personally experienced Vice Captain Tian's methods, they had heard of them. Now, seeing Vice Captain Tian's innocent smile, they felt a bit uneasy in their hearts.
Tian Jing glanced at them indifferently and didn't ask them to line up or report. She directly announced:
"The punishment for Li Weixin's unauthorized departure from the team has been decided. It is a arena guarding battle, accepting challenges from twenty team members."
"If this defense of the arena is unsuccessful, it will be considered as not passing the punishment, and further punishment will be postponed pending notification."
"The prerequisite is that you all know you must take medication to suppress your internal energy or power before entering the arena."
"Now, the ability team and the martial arts team will each send ten members to receive the medication and attack the arena."
"Other team members who have personal grievances can also take the medication and spar in the other two arenas."
Members of the ability team and the martial arts team looked at each other, none stepping forward to claim the medication.
Li Weixin was Vice Captain Tian's youngest son. They dared not.
Seeing that no one was coming forward to claim the medication, Tian Jing looked at her youngest son, who was looking at her in astonishment, "Li Weixin, do you have any teammates you want to compete with? Name them, otherwise, it will be the top ten from each team."
Li Weixin, who thought he had already been punished, was dazed by this sudden punishment.
Hearing his mother's voice now, he immediately came to his senses, "Yes, I'll pick my teammates myself."
Saying so, he looked at the teammates around him, "Zhou Youwei, Song Tianzhu, Tang Guoqing... Ding Zhaogui, Du Zhongquan..."