Chapter 55: Super Large Light Bulb

  "Autumn is established, I'll take my junior brother to practice his skills! Those have been eliminated, and only these two are left, just finish them off." Zhan Ernuo nodded her head, pointing at the pile of small wolves drooling on the steps.

  "Hmm? The boys who were eliminated by the cruel fate suddenly felt ashamed, wishing they could start all over again and perform a persistent act in front of the goddess."

  Xia Liqiu's gaze lingered on Duan Yixuan, because of that flower garland, she had an impression of him, a very refined and learned young man, how could he persist for so long?

  Yu Guang's eyes met Xia Liqiu's gaze, and Duan Yixuan's pale face quickly rose to a visible speed with two high-altitude reds, but his eyes still didn't dare to directly meet Xia Liqiu's.

  This dead kid, chameleon! It's both infuriating and hilarious to see so many people chasing after Li Qiu. I've seen all sorts of weirdos, but never one as shy as this kid. For the sake of 13th Brother, I won't take the initiative to strike a blow this time. Let's just watch this little guy reap his own karma.

  Ten minutes, twelve minutes... Time slowly passed by, and Zhan Liujiao continued to pay close attention to the two of them. The big guy could probably hold on for a few more minutes, no way around it - although he was sturdy and strong, his weight was also considerable; as for Duan Yixuan? She had thought he should have collapsed by now...

  Fourteen minutes later, the big guy finally couldn't hold on and fell to the ground with a thud, probably making a huge pit in the ground. Then suddenly, Duan Yixuan's face turned white, and his whole body seemed to fall backwards...

  He swiftly took a step forward, caught Duan Yihuan's frail body with one hand, dragged him to the shade of the tree, pinched his philtrum, and poured a mouthful of cold water on him, preventing him from fainting. The entire action was done in one swift motion.

  Die, little boy, a determined will!

  "Three, four! Ten kilometers! Short distance, no running!" Zhang Liuli shouted loudly while quickly handling Duan Yixuan.

  "Sister Shī, is... is he okay?" Next to her was the timid Qī Qiān. No way, she had come to strengthen her body and mind, not to look for trouble.

  "It's okay, just rest for a while." Zhang Doudou glanced at Duan Yixuan's physique and then swept his gaze over the big guy lying on the ground before giving up: "Xiao Hezi, come! Carry Xiao Duanyi back to the dormitory to rest!"

  "Huh?" Huang and Yi, who were sitting on the ground enjoying the breeze blown by their three little followers, suddenly fell face down. Why did everything have to be directed at him? How innocent he was! He had already stopped minding her calling him "Xiang Fang Zhai", so why did she still want him to do hard labor?

  "Hurry up! I'll give you a beautiful kick! Take it in, and run one kilometer less!" Zhang DouDou winked at him. When dealing with ignorant youngsters, one can't just rely on force to punish them; sometimes, one needs to build a good relationship.

  "Alright, it's not like there's no reward at all." Huang and Yi reluctantly got up, but before they could even stand straight, Duan Yixuan, who was half-lying on the ground, struggled to get up: "I'm fine, I can do it myself."

  "Really nothing?" Warily, the martial arts hall wasn't really meant to torture them, the students' safety and health came first.

  Duan Yixuan lightly hummed in agreement and took a step back from Zhan Shu, seemingly not too used to being close to girls.

  "What about Eldest Brother Thirteen? I asked him to take care of you?" Zhan Yichun thought of this person.

  "My brother has already rushed back home this afternoon, he said he'll come pick me up after the course ends." Duan Yixuan felt a bit embarrassed. He was also one of those who were forced to come by his family, not because he did anything wrong, but because he was too obedient, too introverted and loved reading books too much.

  Zhan's eyes widened in surprise, no way, he hadn't even had a chance to catch up with his thirteenth senior brother yet. "Alright then, you go back and rest first, I'll take them for a run. If anything doesn't feel right, my dad and mom are in the front yard, just give them a call from the room phone."

  Duan Yixuan pressed down again and stood up, her body still swaying slightly.

  "I'd better find someone to take care of you." Zhan Zhu Zhu really didn't want anything unexpected to happen, and he would feel guilty towards his ancestors. A boy growing up so weak should also have a weak heart, but instead, he had a strong temperament, which could lead to trouble.

  "I'm coming."

  Duan Yixuan was about to refuse when a sweet voice rang out beside him, and it wasn't Xia Liqiu. Duan Yixuan's face turned red, and for some reason, the words got stuck in his throat, his lips trembling twice before he couldn't say anything.

  The goddess transformed into a sweet little nurse? The boys' eyes all lit up, filled with admiration and envy. One of them cried out in distress: "Sister! Ah! I think I'm going to pass out from heatstroke!"

  "Sister, I've got cramp in my leg!"

  Cut, a group of stinky little brats! The War God's people are small but their ghosts are big, how can they not understand what this group is thinking? With hands on hips, smiling in a strange and ambiguous way: "Really, ah, I'm so sorry, how could I let my junior brothers get hurt as soon as they arrived? Come, I'll take care of you myself!"

  Who dares to ask her to take care of herself?

  "Now, voices rose one after another: 'Sister, I'm fine!' 'Sister, I'm okay too!'"

  "Get going and run steadily for me!" Zhang shouted, waving his hand: "First row of 20 laps, second row of 15 laps, last row of 10 laps, follow me. Those who can't keep up will be punished!"

  A sea of complaints filled the air, but Duan Yixuan's heart was sweet. His body was exhausted, but for him now, everything was worth it.

  He likes books, and in books there is a beauty like jade; but now he suddenly understands that this sentence also works the other way around, and he can actually find a book-like feeling in Jade.

  Is her name Xia Liqiu? She's so beautiful, so gentle. But what he saw was not just that, he saw the purity in her eyes, he saw the depth in her heart, he saw the serenity in her temperament. For the first time, he found a girl who was like a profound and beautifully bound book, making him have endless longing.

  He really wanted to see what she had written, but he was only used to conversing with silent books and hadn't yet gotten accustomed to talking to a person, let alone a pretty girl.

  Xia Liqiu carefully supported Duan Yixuan, who shyly retreated and was firmly held by her steady hand on his arm.

  "Just strengthen your body and exercise more, no need to be so desperate." Xia Liqiu's gaze fell forward, her tone light as if she was muttering to herself.

  Duan Yixuan's face turned red and she didn't say a word.

  One is introverted by nature, one is shy by birth. Two people who rarely speak, supported each other as they entered the dormitory.

  Upstairs, Xia Fei Han leaned against the railing, squinting her eyes and frowning as she watched her sister's disappearing back, then turned to look at Zhan Yu who had already disappeared from view.

  This is like bean sprouts, won't you think of using the old trick of marriage alliance again and sell out Li Qiu to curry favor with her thirteenth brother?

  Twenty laps!

  That's twenty kilometers!

  Twenty kilometers is not a playground!

  Twenty kilometers is mountain road!

  A group of bear children, ran less than a kilometer and already wanted to die. Why didn't they persevere for a little while earlier? If they had persevered, maybe they would have been spared five laps!

  What's more, they directly collapse, with a thud, and sit on the ground, exhausted.

  "Little fatty! What are you doing?" Warmed up with some running in place, his face wasn't red and he wasn't panting.

  "I'm out of breath." Little fatty was very honest, poor little fatty! With such a heavy load, it's not suitable for this high-intensity exercise.

  "I'm not running either, I came here to learn martial arts, not to suffer." Some of the spoiled kids started throwing a tantrum.

  But this time Huang and Yi didn't cause any trouble inside. This made Zhan very relieved.

  "Do you think you're prepared to suffer for learning martial arts?" Zhan Er snickered: "You think martial arts are really like on TV, where you fall off a cliff and into a cave, and just as your senior is about to die, they coincidentally pass on their lifelong skills to you with the 'Heavenly Turning Star Big Law' or the 'Divine Eating Skill', and then you become invincible and laugh proudly at the world?"

  This string of words is spoken smoothly, not even with punctuation. What Zhan Yu dislikes the most are these kinds of people, can't they really think that learning martial arts is just a leisurely and entertaining pastime?

  The delicate young man did not utter a word.

  "You said you want to be as heavy as Xiao Pangzi, I know it's gradual progress and using force wisely. But look at your little arms and legs, aren't they fully functional? You have the nerve to say that? If you ran more than 10 laps out of 20 and told me you couldn't run anymore, I would believe you, but now, you can't even finish one lap and you're already like this?" Zhang Doudou continued to maintain her stance of running in place while scolding, her gaze occasionally sweeping over the main group, who had noticeably slowed down without her lead. Forget it, just consider it a rest for them."

  The delicate and proud young man snorted and turned his head away, having nothing more to say.

  "Exercise and martial arts are good for your health, it won't hurt you to practice more. I've done everything you've done, you're a man and I'm a woman, don't you feel ashamed?" Zhan Er started to get worked up.

  "You run every day, of course, there's no problem." The delicate boy couldn't help but reply.

  "Hey, you finally spoke up. You know I've been running every day without any issues? If I had started like you did on the first day, would I be where I am today? It's all about persistence, don't you get it? Everything is hard at the beginning, but once you finish today's run, you can continue tomorrow." Zhan glared at Little Fatty beside him: "Little Fatty, take a break and then keep going. If you can't run, just walk. As long as you can persist until everyone finishes running twenty laps, I'll consider it a pass for you too, sis."

  Xiao Pang glanced at Zhan Yuanyuan, who was chattering nonstop, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and nodded.

  She showed a relieved smile: "That's right, don't worry, after this training camp is over, the teacher guarantees that you will lose more than 20 pounds, absolutely no dieting, and at least two abdominal muscles can be seen from the bubbly meat."

  "Really?" Little fatty's eyes lit up. Fatty's eternal topic is losing weight! Suitable for both men and women.

  "Of course! Take a look at our dojo, are there any fat people? Waruwaru still has some confidence in this. With this intensity of exercise and still can't lose weight? Then all the exercise for weight loss is just deceiving people."

  "Heh heh!" The little fatty laughed so hard that the flesh on his face jiggled, got up and patted his butt, and walked towards the direction of the main army with big strides.

  "Turn around, continue to wait for the delicate little boy sitting on the ground, with a very pitiful expression: "Don't people need to have some faith and pursuit? Trees live by their bark, people live by their breath, you really can't even compare to Little Fatty, just giving up like this? Don't you have any faith or courage to persist in your heart? I can already imagine your distant life, because from a personality perspective, such a person must also be mediocre and give up halfway...". Zhan Zhan talks nonsense with a bitter tone, what does she know about personality studies? She's just spouting nonsense.

  The delicate young man's face turned red and white in succession, it was unclear whether he was angry or embarrassed.

  "Alright, alright, those who need to rest have rested, let's hurry up and get moving!" Zhang DaDa looked at the almost disappeared troops and started urging. "Anyway, I've already told you the reasons, we martial artists are not good at using force to bully people, so this kind of physical punishment is not something we will do; this isn't a school or anything, there's no way to expel you, since you've paid for a month, we'll take care of your food and lodging until the training camp ends. As for the rest, we teach, you learn, how much you can learn is entirely up to you, the master can only lead you into the door, it's up to you to cultivate yourself, if you want to give up at this point, then that's your own business. I'm going ahead first, whether you catch up or go back, it's up to you."

  After saying that, Zhan Zhu Zhu didn't even turn her head back and continued on the road. Because she had pulled ahead for a while, her speed also increased significantly.

  The spoiled child was not a fool, and naturally listened to what Warlord Zuo said. Although he still felt somewhat resentful and annoyed in his heart, he reluctantly got up and followed Warlord Zuo's back, unwillingly trailing behind him.

  Zhan Zhan listened to the footsteps behind him, turned his head and smiled brightly. Where was the majestic and stern look of just now? He waved his small hand and shouted: "Come on, catch up!"

  The delicate young man fell silent and hung his head low, his face turning...

  It's said to be twenty laps, but after passing through the two small checkpoints in the middle of the strike, everyone found that it's not too difficult... because the war is very aware of their limits, there are slow runs, fast walks, small team rest and chase, as well as entertainment.

  A song with incomplete five tones...

  In short, by the time the sun went down, all sixteen kids plus Zhanzhan had completed their respective tasks. Although most people were exhausted and drenched in sweat, they somehow managed to persevere, with each person feeling a sense of incredulity about themselves.

  "Hello, Brother Xia!" Warbler rushed back and the first thing she did was report to a certain someone.

  As a good child representative, Xia Zhi is naturally not like Xia Fei Han who stays alone in the room. He is chatting with Zhanguo and Jiang Xinyi about family affairs, discussing recent events at home - isn't this what guests should do?

  "Dead girl," Jiang Guo glanced at Xia Liqiu's refreshing and gentle appearance, then turned his eyes to see his daughter rushing into the living room with a big sweat, immediately waving his hand in disgust: "Go go go! Just finished training, hurry up and take a shower!"

  "Dad, did I inherit your well-developed sweat glands or what? Don't pretend to be serious!" Zhang Doudou wasn't afraid of her dad at all. Hey, just change into a training uniform and people will forget about the sight of Dad sweating profusely! "We're all family anyway."

  "You kid!" Warlord scolded. Xia Zhi is a junior! And this kid doesn't even know how to give his old man some face in front of outsiders.

  "Okay, listen to your dad, go take a bath first. The air conditioner is on here and you'll catch a cold." Jiang Xinyue was used to the red-faced and white-faced duo of the Warring States period.

  Zhan Zhan's goal was Xia Zhi, who hadn't been seen for an entire afternoon. He immediately rushed to Xia Zhi's side and as a result, the tea water in his hand was gulped down in one big mouthful. Because it was too intense, a small amount of water flowed down from the corner of his mouth.

  Is this the lavish drinking and eating? Xia Zhi couldn't help but laugh at Zhan Yu, who was drenched in sweat on her chest and back, with fine beads of sweat on her face and hair roots, exuding vitality - but it really looked hot!

  "Okay, okay, I'll go take a bath as Uncle and Auntie said." Xia Zhi naturally respected the opinions of his elders.

  Although the three people said the same thing, the weight of the speaker is obviously different. War State ignored Jiang Xinyi, but as soon as Xia Zhi spoke up, War State immediately obeyed: "Yes! I'll go right away! Brother Xia Zhi, wait for me, I'll be right back!"

  Just as they were talking, the warthog suddenly ran out like a gust of wind, leaving three people staring at each other in the room.

  The Warring States' sorrow, who said that daughters are their parents' heart-warming little cotton-padded jackets? This... this is a typical case of "a daughter growing up and leaving"!

  To make up for the lost good time in the afternoon, after washing the bath, War fought firmly with those mixed children to draw a clear boundary. Anyway, in the evening, mainly War was responsible for some theoretical guidance and observation, not much of her business.

  Accompanying the three Xia siblings in the courtyard to enjoy the cool evening, appreciate the moon and eat watermelon. Zhan Doudou and Xia Liqiu each held half of one - Zhan Doudou because she could eat it all up, Xia Liqiu because eating like this wouldn't drip water. The four people chatted on and off - basically, they only counted as two and a half people, since Xia Liqiu rarely spoke up, while Xia Feihán had only brought his ears downstairs.

  "I'll go upstairs first, you guys chat slowly." After shooing away the nth mosquito, Xia Liqiu helplessly raised a white flag and retreated first. Her skin was too tender, if she got bitten, it would take many days to recover. Moreover, it seemed that she was particularly attractive to mosquitoes, with three mosquito coils placed around her in a triangular shape, almost suffocating herself, yet the mosquitoes still came in waves.

  Xia Liqiu went upstairs, and there were only three people left downstairs. Zhan Dandan turned her face sideways, silently staring at the third person on the scene who seemed to have no presence but actually existed, using her eyes to drive him away.

  "Hey, you big light bulb, why don't you know when to quit and go upstairs?"

  Digression

  The fan favorite is the shy and handsome guy in "Criminal Minds", okay, you guessed it right, Duan Yixuan's prototype is this one. This kind of highly intelligent and talented guy with an IQ that defies the heavens, isn't he a good match for our family's Li Qiu?

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