by Dragon King
Xie Yujia demonstrated each move a few times for Hao Ren and practiced them with him for about ten minutes.
It was quite energy consuming, and she began to sweat after a little while. This was even more tiring than the day before.
Seeing how sweaty her forehead and t-shirt was, Hao Ren caught the basketball and said, “Class President, let’s take a break.”
“It’s ok, let’s continue!” she said as she waved at him and shook the sweat off of her head.
Hao Ren hesitated and bounce passed to her. Xie Yujia caught it with ease and passed it back to him.
“The Class President is pretty competitive,” seeing how hard Xie Yujia was pushing herself, Hao Ren thought to himself.
They passed the ball so many times that Hao Ren got a bit tired with the Mount Tai bracelets on his wrists, and Xie Yujia was also sweating like crazy.
However, she didn’t ask for a break during their entire training session, and she even turned Hao Ren down when he offered that they rest.
Hao Ren suddenly thought, “Does Mom like her because of the persistence in her genes? They are both capable women; no wonder Xie Yujia is such a big fan of Mom. But…maybe Xie Yujia would be a more caring wife and loving mother…”
After a while, they had to take a two-minute break.
Afterward, Xie Yujia stood up and said, “Alright, we are going to put the dribbling from yesterday and passing from today together. Let’s get a game in. Your ball and I’ll defend; your passing target will be the backboard this time.”
Hao Ren admired how thorough she was. “No wonder she was the Class President,” he thought.
He didn’t want to keep resting when Xie Yujia was already ready for the next exercise. Hao Ren stood up reluctantly and dribbled the ball between his palms.
Xie Yujia opened up her arms in a defensive stance with her eyes glued to Hao Ren.
Hao Ren didn’t want to knock her over, but she had stolen the ball when his mind slipped away.
“The ball is in my hand. You are defending now!” Xie Yujia said cheerfully.
Hao Ren immediately ran to the inside and stretched out his arms.
Xie Yujia raised the basketball up with both hands as if she was passing it, and Hao Ren immediately waved his arms up to block her. However, she was only faking it. She quickly turned around, moved behind Hao Ren, and threw the ball into the air!
The basketball fell into the basket after leaving a beautiful arch in the air, making a pleasant sound.
Hao Ren turned around only to see it go down the basket. He said to himself secretly, “That was awesome…”
The preciseness of her aim was just as good as Zhao Jiayi. On top of that, her quick reaction and smooth movement also lingered in Hao Ren’s head.
“It is such a loss since she didn’t join the female basketball team…but her passion isn’t in basketball after all…” he thought.
Xie Yujia clapped her hands cheerfully and threw the ball back to Hao Ren as she said, “One more time!”
“Sigh… wasn’t once enough to humiliate me…” Hao Ren thought to himself bitterly, “Thank god there isn’t anyone on the street nearby this early in the morning. Otherwise, it’s too shameful to be defeated by a girl like this on the basketball court…”
He got himself ready again, and Xie Yujia wasn’t able to steal the ball from him this time. He also raised up his arms to make a passing move. Xie Yujia wasn’t as tall as Hao Ren, so she quickly lifted up her arms too. Hao Ren, on the other hand, suddenly bent over, turned around, dribbled and shot the ball!
Hao Ren copied her moves, and the ball knocked onto the backboard. Although he didn’t score, it was still a successful pass.
Xie Yujia turned around and nudged Hao Ren’s back. “Hey, that was pretty good!” she said.
Hao Ren laughed as he looked at this lively girl who had a bright smile on her face. He suddenly understood the ‘comfortable feeling’ that his mom mentioned about her.
“But don’t let it get to your head. Let’s try again!” she ran over to pick up the ball and threw it at him.
Hao Ren was still thinking about what happened; he felt like he saw her white belly under the shirt when she lifted her arms to block him.
“Catch!” Xie Yujia reminded him.
Hao Ren quickly reached out to catch the ball right before it hit his head.
“You can’t get distracted like this during the game! Go ahead!” Xie Yujia said and was ready to defend.
Hao Ren moved around as he dribbled, but Xie Yujia suddenly cut him off again. He tried to take the ball back without touching her hand, and he reached forward when he knew where the ball was going. However, Xie Yujia suddenly changed her path, and Hao Ren’s hand didn’t get to touch the ball. Instead, it almost landed on her plump chest. He quickly adjusted his body, trying to avoid the situation. However, this change of position made him hug onto Xie Yujia, who was dribbling with her body lowered, when he lost his balance.
Bom, bom, bom…the ball rolled to the side.
Xie Yujia was completely flushed in Hao Ren’s arms.
“Ah…” Hao Ren gasped and quickly let go as he stepped back a few steps. “Class… Class President, I didn’t do that on purpose!” he said.
Xie Yujia nodded, biting her lip. “I know.”
With that being said, her face was still as red as a ripe apple.
Hao Ren felt embarrassed and suggested, “Should we…call it a day?”
Xie Yujia walked over to pick up the ball with her head down; she didn’t say anything.
When Hao Ren was ready to leave, thinking that today’s practice had finished, Xie Yujia threw the basketball at him again and said, “Let’s continue!”
“Ah?” Hao Ren was surprised.
Xie Yujia jogged over to the basket and said, “Your ball, I will defend!”
Hao Ren was stupefied, and then he understood Xie Yujia’s thoughts; she just wanted him to get better quickly.
Zhao Jiayi ran into the stadium with Xie Wanjun. He saw that Hao Ren kept having physical contact with Xie Yujia and cursed in his heart, “So sneaky, so shameless…”
The training came to an end after two hours. Xie Yujia and Hao Ren went to the cafeteria for breakfast just like the day before.
Hao Ren was still paying, but Xie Yujia was standing in line with him. She was still like a magnet for the other guys in her white tennis sportswear.
Hao Ren thought about how hard she worked during their practice and how he ‘took advantage’, so he bought her a hearty breakfast.
He was actually quite touched by how patient she was when teaching him.
“Class President, there’s something I don’t know if it’s ok to say,” Hao Ren said to her as he sat opposite to her.
“Go ahead,” Xie Yujia looked at him with her bright eyes and replied,
“Um…the girls are saying that you are only close to me because of my family background,” Hao Ren said.
Xie Yujia blinked in surprise; she probably never thought he would mention something like this. Then, she smiled with her head down and replied, “Some of the girls like to gossip. But thank you for reminding me.”
“Um…I’m not sure what is going on between the girls. But since they are passing this gossip on, I thought you should know,” Hao Ren said as he bit into an egg tart.
It was undeniable that Hao Ren had been pretty fond of Xie Yujia all along, and he was a bit upset when the girls gossiped about the Class President. However, he decided to give her a heads-up instead of going there and arguing with them.
“Let them talk all they want. I know you come from an ordinary family, and I don’t like gossiping about other girls. However, you have to be careful if you are looking for a girlfriend.” Xie Yujia took a sip of her milk tea.
“Why aren’t you getting a boyfriend?” Hao Ren asked hesitantly after a few seconds.
“Me? Hehe,” she wiped her mouth with a napkin and said, “I have got my own plan to focus on studying durin
g my freshman and sophomore year and not think about those things. That will have to wait till after I’m in my third year.”
Hao Ren knew that she wasn’t joking by her serious look. She had always struck him as a stubborn yet organized person.
However, Hao Ren felt a little disappointed. “Does this mean she is giving me half of a goodperson card?” he asked himself.
They each went back to their dorm to change after breakfast. The two of them smiled at each other when they met at their ten o’clock class.
Zhao Jiayi didn’t have any classes that morning, so his training lasted until noon. Under the intensive training that Xie Wanjun had been giving him, Zhao Jiayi was even too exhausted to talk.
“The Basketball Team is torturing you, Zhao Jiayi. Quit already and come to play World of Warcraft with us later instead of training!” Zhou Liren instigated him.
“Go to hell! I have a dream now!” Zhou Jiayi knocked on Zhou Liren’s forehead.
“Dream…” Hao Ren looked over at Xie Yujia who was busy taking notes. He pinched the tip of his pen and thought, “I should train hard and perform well even if it’s only for Zhao Jiayi’s and Xie Yujia’s sake.”
“Plus…my mom, who always ‘play outside of the rules’…might actually drag Dad to come to see me at the game…”
105 Domineering Prestige
A full day of classes passed quickly, and it was dark before Hao Ren even notice. He put his books in his dorm and headed over to Zhao Yanzi’s house by bus.
Hao Ren didn’t go to Su Han’s office because he had something else to do in the afternoon. He didn’t mean to disturb her too much since she had to focus on her cultivation as well.
Getting instructed once or twice by her could save Hao Ren more than 100 days of cultivation. However, their relationship was in fact ‘the police’ and ‘the criminal”, so Hao Ren didn’t dare to swim into her net all the time.
His mom and grandma were already there when Hao Ren arrived at Zhao Yanzi’s place.
Zhao Hongyu was cooking in the kitchen with Grandma’s help. Although Yue Yang wasn’t good at doing housework, she still tried to help in there. The three of them seemed to be having a good time.
Zhao Yanzi kept running between the kitchen and the living room to check what was on the menu. She wanted to join them out of curiosity, but the kitchen was too small to fit all four of them. Therefore, Zhao Hongyu kept kicking her out.
Zhao Guang was fairly relaxed today; he sat comfortably on the couch, watching TV.
When he saw Hao Ren come in, Zhao Guang waved him over. Zhao Yanzi also saw Hao Ren when she got out of the kitchen, and she immediately put on her angry face to show that he was not welcomed.
“Ren is here?” Zhao Hongyu asked as she walked out of the kitchen, wiping the sweat from her forehead.
“Sorry to cause you so much trouble, Auntie,” Hao Ren said.
“It’s ok. It’s nice to have everyone here, and I missed your grandma a lot since I haven’t seen her for days. I was thrilled when you called about the dinner,” she wiped her hands on her apron and said cheerfully.
It looked like she finally finished the design she had been working on and Zhao Guang must have successfully invited Elder Mu from the Qingfeng Forest; that was probably the reason why they both seemed really delighted today.
“Anything I can help with?” Hao Ren stood up from the couch and asked.
“No, your mom and grandma were of enough help!” Zhao Hongyu smiled and said, “Sit for a bit, and dinner will be ready soon. Zi got good grades this time all thanks to you!”
“It’s her own hard work…” Hao Ren said politely.
Zhao Yanzi hopped up as well and yelled, “Exactly! It’s all my hard work, and he didn’t help much at all!”
Zhao Hongyu rolled her eyes at Zhao Yanzi and went back into the kitchen.
“You!” Zhao Yanzi came to Hao Ren and questioned, “Did you go through my drawer at the Parent-Teacher Meeting?”
Seeing how upfront she was, Hao Ren thought,” I didn’t even blame you for trying to murder your fiancé! Are you trying to catch thieves or kill me?”
Then, Hao Ren said lightly, “Nah, I just put things in order while I was there. I found two comic books and a gossip magazine…”
Zhao Yanzi raised her eyebrows in surprise and immediately covered Hao Ren’s mouth.
Zhao Guang, who was watching TV beside Hao Ren, slowly turned to Zhao Yanzi and asked, “Oh, you are reading those in class?”
“No! No!” Zhao Yanzi shook her head like a pellet drum.
“Oh, my mistake. I was in the wrong seat at first, and those were in that person’s drawer. I was wondering how come a neat student like Zi would have such a messy desk,” Hao Ren looked up at her and said, “Do you still think that I went through your drawer?”
Zhao Yanzi knew clearly that he meant to tease her, but she couldn’t say anything. Her little chest went up and down as she puffed angrily as she sat on the other side of the couch.
Grandma and Yue Yang walked out of the kitchen at that moment.
Grandma smiled gently when she saw Zhao Yanzi and Hao Ren staring at each other from Zhao Guang’s two sides.
“Hehe, dinner will be ready in a minute!” she said.
Boom… There was a sound of thunder outside of the house.
“Ah…How come it’s raining now?” Grandma looked outside and said gloomily.
“Mom, the tropical pressure is moving towards the east lately, and the warm moist air rises. That’s why it’s sunny during the day and more likely to rain in the evening. However, the rain won’t last long,” Yue Yang explained in comfort as she put a plate on the dining table.
“I don’t understand all that. In traditional saying, ‘the rain would fall when the dragon raises its head’,” grandma said and went back to the kitchen. Yue Yang shook her head with a smile and followed her into the kitchen.
Zhao Guang turned to Hao Ren and said, “Ren, come up with me and take a look?”
“Take a look at what?” Hao Ren was confused as he thought Zhao Guang meant something upstairs.
“Elder Xu is in charge of the rain today. I’ll bring you up to take a look,” Zhao Guang said calmly.
“Ah?” Hao Ren looked at him, surprised.
Having ignored Hao Ren’s reaction, Zhao Guang stood up and went upstairs. Hao Ren followed hastily after a few seconds of pondering.
Zhao Yanzi stayed on the couch to watch TV; she was still angry.
Zhao Guang took Hao Ren to the balcony on the second floor. With a swing of hand, a white light sphere enveloped the two of them.
At this moment, it was dark outside, and the clouds covered over the entire sky. Waves of fierce wind were crazily blowing the plants in the backyard, and it was clear that a storm was on its way.
Zhao Guang grasped onto Hao Ren’s arm and said, “Stand still!”
Shoo! The light sphere turned into a ray of white light and quickly shot into the sky. If there were anyone near them, they would have thought that it was a reflection of light off of a piece of glass.
Hao Ren felt like he had gone through a few layers of clouds, and his eyes were busy checking them out.
Then, he looked down.
“Damn……” He was already a few hundred meters in the sky!
However, Zhao Guang didn’t intend to stop at all. He dragged Hao Ren as they ascended further and further; they were even going at a speed that was faster than an airplane!
Soon, Hao Ren could see the entire city under him. All the skyscrapers were as tiny as a speck of dust!
Zhao Guang slowed down after they went through a layer of thick cloud, and the light sphere which had been protecting them slowly disappeared.
“Use your Spirit Concentration Scroll!” Zhao Guang said in a stern voice.
Hao Ren immediately used the Nature Essence in his body according to the Spirit Concentration Scroll obediently. At the same time, insane coldness slammed Hao Ren’s body as the light spher
e vanished.
Hao Ren was barely able to resist the coldness with the Nature Essence stored inside his body, and he finally stood himself still beside Zhao Guang.
He lightly shook his dizzy head and realized that they were standing on top of a colorful board made from lights, and there was an old man in a green robe in front of them.
“Xu Wei welcomes Dragon King and Fuma!” this old man lightly bowed to Zhao Guang and Hao Ren. His eyes were bright, and his face was calm. One could tell that he was an upright and outspoken person.
“Yes,” Zhao Guang waved casually and said, “Nothing special. I just wanted to show Ren around. You can get back to work!”
“Yes!” The green-robed Elder bowed again to Zhao Guang and took a banner out of his chest pocket. He looked up into the sky and shouted after a few seconds, “Time is up! 36,000 liters of rain until 7:45 PM!”
Zhao Guang backed off 100 meters with Hao Ren. He wasn’t worried about Hao Ren being hurt by Elder Xu; instead, he didn’t want Hao Ren to get scared by the shocking power from such a close distance.
Splash…
Millions of white water droplets gathered from all directions.
It seemed magnificent and endless as if all the water from the river and the ocean had been pulled up around them.
Along with the generous water droplets that were now in the sky, the clouds underneath them started to generate lightning and thunder as well!
Rays of flash climbed through the clouds like snakes, and they made loud crashing noises whenever they ran into each other.
Hao Ren was almost going deaf due to the loud noises. He was too astonished by the view of tremendous water waves in the sky.
Elder Xu waved one hand, and the gigantic ‘lake’ that had formed in the sky suddenly fell straight down in streams.
Bang! Splash!
Then, millions of huge drops smashed down towards the city.
The water drops broke into smaller droplets over time and turned into dense yet plump raindrops!
Elder Xu, who was conducting the rain, waved his left hand that was in a cloud of green energy, and the millions of raindrops tilted towards the east!