The foothills of this exercise were located at the junction of East and Central China. Part of the location was in the southwest. If they flew back to the military unit in a straight line, they would have to pass through several provinces, not to mention that they needed to add fuel halfway. Also, the large transport planes chose to fly at night. They took off at six in the afternoon and arrived at the military unit at dawn the next day.
The exercise lasted for seven days. Coupled with the time on the road, it actually took nine days. This meant that Ye Jian had left the female soldier class for nine days.
She didn't appear among them for nine days. The female soldiers were much calmer now than in the first three days of her disappearance. They didn't see Ye Jian for nine days, and it seemed like she had really left.
The squad leader and deputy squad leader also thought that Ye Jian had left the airborne military unit and returned to her original army unit.
