During the break in the physical education class, Yu Qianlin walked up to Wen Shu with his hands in his pockets, looking particularly proud: "I heard... you are finally ready to apologize to me?"
Wen Shu raised his eyes and glanced at him: "Sorry." Then he buried his head in the book again.
Time stood still for a few seconds. Yu Qianlin couldn't believe it. Just like that? This counts as an apology?
"Wen Shu, don't you dare to be perfunctory again!" He was almost angry to the point of exploding.
"Okay, if you want." Wen Shu said without even raising his head.
Yu Qianlin suddenly felt a mouthful of blood in his chest and felt very depressed. He bent down and reached out to grab the textbook from Wenshu's hand. Wenshu looked up with a frown, and seemed a little impatient.
"Yu Qianlin, are you childish? Give me the book!"
Yu Qianlin looked back at the book he was reviewing and hid it behind him without returning it.
He knew that the girl was angry, and he felt a little uneasy because she was staring at him, but he still stubbornly wanted to tease her and vent his anger.
Thinking of this, he straightened his back even more, trying to overwhelm Wenshu with his momentum.
But a minute later, his back bent, defeated. He closed his sore eyes, admitted defeat, returned the book to Wenshu, and turned away.
As he walked, he thought, how could anyone go so long without blinking? He was almost crying.
Wen Shu looked at Yu Qianlin's tall and straight back and silently equated him with a naughty kid.
Yu Qianlin returned to Zuo Rang, who was enjoying the show, and said dejectedly, "Why do I always lose in confrontations with her?" He cried out to the sky again, "Ah! Depressed!"
Zuo Rang laughed heartlessly: "This is what they call one thing conquers another!"
"Go away, go away! If she wasn't a woman, I would have made her kneel down and beg for mercy!" Yu Qianlin tried hard to save his face.
"Yes, yes, you are a very magnanimous person." Zuo Rang joked jokingly and then shut up wisely.
"By the way, where are you going this weekend?" After a moment of silence, Zuo Rang nudged him with his shoulder again.
Yu Qianlin said dejectedly: "Ah! I want to help in the martial arts hall!"
"Hey, didn't you refuse to go before?"
"It's because of someone!" Yu Qianlin looked at Wen Shu with gritted teeth, "Do you think I'm just bored and pestering him?"
Zuo Rang had an expression that said, "You finally realized you were full," and said in a pretentious manner, "I calculated with my fingers, and you two are doomed to be together. You can't escape it! I will observe a three-second silence for you, no more, hahahaha..."
"Hey! Did you go out with a machete that's dozens of meters long today? Why are you poking me wherever it hurts?" Yu Qianlin locked Zuo Rang's neck with his arms as if to vent his anger.
Zuo Rang felt the pain and slapped the arm that was across his neck, begging for mercy: "Sir... Hero, I... I was wrong!"
"Hmph!" Yu Qianlin felt his arms loosen and felt a lot more relieved.
Zuo Rang rubbed his poor neck with a resentful look on his face and snorted at him to show his dissatisfaction.
When school was almost over, Wen Shu secretly packed her schoolbag. As soon as the teacher said the get out of class was over, she hurried out of the classroom. Even her deskmate Xu Xiaxia couldn't react in time. She sighed, "I seemed to feel a strong wind just now!"
Wen Shu left the school and searched for "Yide Martial Arts School" on the second-hand mobile phone that Lu Sining had bought for her, and soon got the results.
When school started, Lu Sining gave her a new phone and the money from last time, and said, "You are in your third year of high school now, and you have a lot of pressure to study. You can take this money and buy something you want to eat."
Wen Shu pursed her lips, reached into her school uniform pocket, held the money tightly, and walked quickly towards the martial arts hall. About twenty minutes later, she arrived at the entrance of the martial arts hall and walked in without stopping.
When Grandpa Yu saw Wen Shu, he was very surprised: "Little girl, what's wrong with you?" He thought of the dispute between Wen Shu and his grandson and thought that Yu Qianlin was doing something wrong again. "I remember your name is Wen Shu. Did my little brat bully you again?" As he said this with an angry look on his face, he was about to roll up his sleeves.
"I want to learn martial arts." Wen Shu shook her head. She took out the money and spread it out. "How long will this last for me?"
Grandpa Yu looked at the determined little girl and was greatly shocked. He used his eyes to send away the others who were about to come forward to greet her, and said to Wen Shu, "Follow me."
Wen Shu nodded and followed closely.
Grandpa Yu took Wen Shu to the outside of the training room and spoke again: "I'll give you five minutes to take a look. Learning martial arts is not an easy task."
Wen Shu said with a firm look in his eyes: "No need, I won't back down."
Grandpa Yu raised his eyebrows. What a powerful little girl!
He couldn't hide the admiration in his eyes and said, "It's not enough to just talk. Can you do push-ups?"
Wen Shu nodded, not understanding why.
"Come with me."
Grandpa Yu took Wen Shu to an empty practice room and said, "From now on, use your hands to support your body. Don't lie down until I say stop."
Wen Shu didn't say anything, just lay down on the ground, took a deep breath, and propped himself up.
"Okay, just hold on for now. I'll come see you later." He raised his wrist to check the time.
"OK."
As soon as Grandpa Yu walked out of the training room, a martial arts master came over and said, "Master Yu, didn't you say you don't want any disciples?"
Grandpa Yu raised an eyebrow and said, "Did I say I would take her in?"
Master Wu choked and seemed to say nothing.
"Okay, go and do your own thing."
After hearing this, Master Wu stopped gossiping and turned away to do his own thing. Grandpa Yu walked to the monitoring screen and looked at the situation in the training room where Wen Shu was, thinking.
The girl on the screen was tense, silent, and almost fell to the ground, but she stood up again, her clothes were soon soaked with sweat. Then she looked at the time, 10 minutes had passed, enough.
Grandpa Yu folded his arms behind his back and paced to look for Wenshu.
"Get up."
When Wen Shu heard this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and fell to the ground.
Grandpa Yu looked at him with amusement for a while, then said, "Okay, I'll accept you. You start coming here this Saturday, at nine in the morning, and I'll teach you in person!"
"Thank you." Wen Shu panted and thanked sincerely.
"But you have to be mentally prepared. Learning martial arts is not as easy as you think. What's more, you are old and have no basic skills. You will inevitably suffer a lot."
"I am not afraid of hardship."
"I hope you won't let me down."
"Definitely not!"
Wen Shu felt her heart swell up after leaving the martial arts hall. She stood at the door for a while with satisfaction, then she heard the sounds of Yu Qianlin and Zuo Rang playing around, and then she quickly walked away in the opposite direction.
Although he chose Yu Qianlin's martial arts school, Wen Shu subconsciously did not want to have too much interaction with him.
She also looked up some information before coming here. There were so many advertisements that she felt dizzy. Thinking of what happened that night, she looked up "Yide Martial Arts School". The reviews seemed pretty good, so she was too lazy to look at other martial arts schools.
Saturday morning.
I got up early in the morning to memorize some English words and was very satisfied with my results.
She thought to herself, although Xu Xia Xia seemed unreliable, she was very careful and patient in teaching English. In particular, the "associative memory method" she introduced to her was simply very effective. She could now memorize words faster and faster.
Wen Shu packed up and walked out of the room, in a good mood, he took the initiative to greet Lu Sining: "Mom, good morning."
Lu Sining was stunned for a moment, then reacted and replied with a smile: "Good morning."
Since she last talked to her daughter, she clearly felt that her daughter was quietly changing. Occasionally, when she passed by Wenshu's room, she would hear Wenshu talking on the phone. Although Wenshu had her back to her, she could tell from her cheerful voice that she was very happy. In the morning, she would also hear bursts of reading coming from her room.
Her daughter finally looks like a teenager.
Fortunately, it’s not too late.
The rustling sound of Wen Shu brought her back to her senses, and she asked, "Why are you up so early? Are you going out to play?" She knew that Wen Shu now had a friend named "Xia Xia".
Wen Shu tied her shoulder-length black hair into a ponytail and replied, "Go out and exercise."
She didn't want to tell Lu Sining that she was going to practice martial arts, as she was afraid that she would worry or even object.
"That's good. You are under too much pressure from studying now. It's time to combine work with rest."
"OK."
"Mom has made breakfast. Eat something before going out?" Lu Sining pointed at the steaming breakfast on the table. Wen Shu suddenly felt his stomach was empty, so he nodded and walked towards the dining table.
The mother and daughter had a rare and warm breakfast.
It was only half past eight when Wen Shu arrived at the martial arts gym, feeling refreshed.
When Grandpa Yu saw that she was full of energy and spirit, he was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling: "Not bad, not bad, you are much better than that bad boy in my family! Come on, I'll take you to see real martial arts!" He patted Wen Shu's shoulder and walked in front with a big laugh.
Wen Shu followed him, but before he had taken a few steps, he bumped into Yu Qianlin, who was chewing half a piece of bread and looked sleepy. The latter asked incoherently: "Grandpa, what are you so happy about so early in the morning...ah." With a cry of surprise, Yu Qianlin's half piece of bread was buried on the floor.
"Grandpa! Why is she here!" Yu Qianlin rubbed his eyes quickly to make sure he was not seeing things.
Grandpa Yu didn't say anything and hit Yu Qianlin on the shoulder: "What are you doing making such a fuss! Go and clean your eye boogers."
The other martial arts masters who had been watching the fun on the sidelines teased him with a smile: "Qianlin, it would be bad if a little girl saw you looking so sloppy."
"That's right, that's right! You are the most beautiful girl in our martial arts school, you can't lose face!"
Yu Qianlin's face turned red and white, and he shouted angrily: "I washed my face! No... this is not important, the important thing is why is she here?"
Grandpa Yu coughed lightly. When he was young, he won many championships in martial arts competitions. He rejected the invitation of the provincial team, invited several martial arts masters to help him, and opened a martial arts school. He lived a happy and peaceful life. Later, some of his former teammates became coaches and would bring their students to him to watch and occasionally train. Although the time was short, the results were remarkable. As time went by, his reputation was even greater than when he was playing in the competition. There were so many people who came to him because of his reputation that he was too lazy to deal with them personally. He stated that he would not have any other disciples except Yu Qianlin, which saved a lot of trouble. Now that he easily brought Wen Shu in, he naturally felt a little embarrassed.
He coughed awkwardly a few times, stepped a few steps away to stand between the two of them, and said, "She is a new disciple of the martial arts school. You brothers and sisters can greet each other here."
"I refuse!"
"unnecessary."
Yu Qianlin and Wen Shu's voices sounded at the same time. The two looked at each other and turned their heads away decisively.
Grandpa Yu said, "You two can't do this. How are you going to get along with each other in the future? Wenshu, go to the training room and stretch your muscles first. I'll deal with this brat and come back."
Wen Shu nodded as he was told, and Grandpa Yu yelled at Yu Qianlin again, "You, follow me!"
"Oh." Yu Qianlin followed his grandfather unwillingly and looked back at Wen Shu. After being surprised, he was now full of curiosity: Why would a girl like Wen Shu come here to learn martial arts?
When the grandfather and grandson arrived at the door of another training room, Grandpa Yu pointed at the naughty child who was laughing and making a lot of noise inside and said, "This is your next task."
Yu Qianlin had a bad feeling when he approached the training room. Before Grandpa Yu finished speaking, he stretched out his hands and clung to the door, trying to struggle desperately: "Grandpa, please let me go! I am still a child."
Grandpa Yu rolled his eyes unceremoniously and said, "I wonder who just celebrated his eighteenth birthday a while ago."
"But……"
Grandpa Yu scratched his ears impatiently: "Stop talking so much! But, you don't have the right to speak now, just do your work well!"
Grandpa Yu pushed the door open and slapped Yu Qianlin in. He stood at the door and said with a smile, "Children, this big brother will be your teacher in the future. What do you think, is it okay?"
"Hello..." The children's tender voices rang out at the same time. Yu Qianlin heard it, but it was like a devil's voice filling his ears. He raised his hand awkwardly and shook it, "Hey... Hello, classmates."
"Hello, teacher..."
Grandpa Yu stood at the door and gave him a thumbs up to show encouragement, then walked away.
By the time Yu Qianlin sent the naughty kids to their respective parents one by one, he was almost exhausted.
Grandpa Yu stood aside and asked him, "How do you feel?"
"Tired, and..." He turned his head to look at his grandfather who had a gentle face beside him, and continued, "Happiness."
Grandpa Yu sighed almost inaudibly. It’s not that he didn’t see the hidden envy in Yu Qianlin’s eyes, he just chose to turn a blind eye to it.
"Let's go, go in."
"Where's the study?"
"Let's go back. Do I need to report this to you?"
Yu Qianlin did not reply, but thought of what he saw when he passed by the training room during the break. She was sweating profusely, her eyes were firm, her whole body was enveloped in sunlight, and her whole body was much softer.
Yu Qianlin laughed to himself and turned back to the martial arts hall.