Volume 4 Chapter 15
by Golden DragonVolume 4 + Chapter 15: The Date Is Underway
At that moment, Qianxue and Bai Yuxuan were on a commercial street in the capital.
“Wow! Look over there!”
“Such a handsome guy! And the blonde girl next to him is so cute, she looks like a fairy from a fairy tale!”
“I know, how can there be a pair so perfectly matched in this world? It’s so enviable!”
Because of their outstanding looks, as soon as they stepped onto the street, many passersby began to gossip.
“Let me make this clear in advance, me coming to hang out with you is not a date! It’s just a normal social activity between friends!” After hearing the comments from the passersby, Qianxue immediately emphasized this to Bai Yuxuan.
Bai Yuxuan simply let his words slide with a smile. Whether he admitted it or not didn’t matter, as long as it was essentially a date.
Then the two passed by an arcade. When Qianxue saw a punch strength tester inside, his feet wouldn’t move. Bai Yuxuan noticed his cat-like eyes locked onto the machine, smiled, and took out her phone to scan the QR code on it.
She knew Qianxue all too well. Besides keeping some necessary money for food, he sent every extra cent to his still-schooling younger sister and his seriously ill mother. He simply had no spare cash for things like this.
“I didn’t say I wanted to play that!” Qianxue said, blushing as he watched Bai Yuxuan pay.
“Fine, I wanted to play, okay? How about we have a competition while we’re at it? After all, you’ve never beaten me in any of our matches so far.”
“Fine by me. You think I’m afraid of you?” His competitive spirit instantly piqued by Bai Yuxuan, Qianxue stepped up to the tester first and threw a punch with all his might. The machine immediately displayed the number sixty kilograms.
“Wow, am I seeing that right?” The onlookers exclaimed in surprise.
“That girl looks so delicate, yet she can hit sixty kilograms! Most ordinary people can’t even reach that number!”
Upon hearing the words “girl” and “delicate,” Qianxue shot a fierce glare at the passersby behind him.
“Alright, my turn now.” Bai Yuxuan swung her arms, adjusted her stance, and threw a fierce punch. A number, 100kg, popped up on the screen.
“Good heavens! One hundred kilograms! That guy must have trained in martial arts, right?”
“More than just trained, with a number like that, he’s definitely a master!”
Meanwhile, a group of petty thugs who had originally planned to harass Qianxue because the two looked like students saw the number Bai Yuxuan’s punch produced and backed off. They all counted themselves lucky not to have provoked the pair.
Seeing the number Bai Yuxuan had achieved, Qianxue felt utterly unwilling to accept defeat. Yet after several punches in a row, not one exceeded seventy kilograms. Worse, as his strength waned, the numbers grew even lower.
“Qianxue, you still haven’t mastered the technique of punching.” Just then, Bai Yuxuan suddenly stepped behind him. She grabbed his punching hand with one of hers and steadied his shoulder with the other.
“The essence of martial arts is not about relying solely on brute force to knock down an opponent, it’s more about skill and intelligence. Take punching, for example, if you want more power, you need to find a way to concentrate your whole body’s strength into a single point and explode it outward.” With that, Bai Yuxuan began to teach Qianxue the proper punching technique hand over hand. At last, with her help, he successfully broke past seventy kilograms.
“Hey, Bai Yuxuan,” Qianxue asked curiously as they left the arcade, “how did you actually learn all that martial arts skill?”
In response to his question, Bai Yuxuan gave a wry smile.
“When I was little, I was bullied in class. I went home and told my father, but instead of comforting me, he gave me a harsh scolding, saying something like, ‘As the future heir of the Bai family, how can you be such a coward?’ So from that time on, I started training in martial arts.”
“So that’s how it was… Sorry, I didn’t realize the story behind your martial arts training was so difficult.” Hearing Bai Yuxuan’s account, Qianxue felt a pang of distress. He had known for a long time that her childhood had been full of hardship, but hearing her tell it herself still made it hard to believe.
“What are you thinking? Your own life hasn’t been much better than mine, has it? You went through family upheaval at such a young age, shouldering your mother’s medical bills and your sister’s tuition all by yourself.”
“But at least I have a family who truly love me! Your father, on the other hand, treated you like a tool. And on your birthday, he did something so terrible!” Qianxue looked at this pale-faced young woman with great sympathy. He couldn’t imagine growing up in a family like hers, he probably would have fallen apart long ago.
Just then, a pair of arms wrapped around him from behind, pulling him into an embrace.
“Even though I don’t have a family that loves me, at least I have you. You got angry for me, you feel sad for me. That’s enough.” Bai Yuxuan whispered gently into his ear.
Hearing her words, Qianxue suddenly felt like crying. He hadn’t realized that the small amount of care he had shown her in the past could make her so content. It only proved just how little affection this young woman had received in her life.
“So, do you know just how painful it was for me when you left me those two times?”
“I’m sorry.” Qianxue lowered his head in shame.
“What good is an apology? It doesn’t make me happy!”
“Then tell me what will. As long as it makes you happy, I’ll do my best.”
“You said it yourself~❤!” Bai Yuxuan licked her lips. The melancholy and sorrowful expression on her face had vanished completely. Only then did Qianxue realize he had been tricked again!
So ten minutes later, the two arrived at a women’s clothing store.
“Hey…” Qianxue noticed the various women’s garments on display and sensed trouble.
“We’re both guys, so why are we in a women’s clothing store? Bai Yuxuan, have you awakened something?”
“Not at all. We’re here to buy clothes for you, of course. So, aren’t these outfits nice?”
“Bai Yuxuan, you know I’m a guy!” Qianxue whispered into her ear.
“So what if I know? That doesn’t conflict with making you look pretty, does it? Every time you go out, you just wear your school uniform. And the clothes I bought for you when we went shopping before, you probably didn’t bring them with you, right? So this is the perfect chance to get you some new casual wear.”
“No way!” Qianxue turned to leave, but after only a few steps, Bai Yuxuan pulled him back.
“Have you forgotten what you promised me?”
“That promise was based on deception, it doesn’t count!”
“Do you really think you can still walk away unscathed at this point?” As soon as she finished speaking, a group of female shop assistants rushed out.
“So this is the girlfriend you mentioned in your appointment, the one who’s too shy to dress up! Your girlfriend is truly a natural beauty. Don’t worry, we won’t waste this diamond in the rough. When she appears before you again, she’ll shine even brighter.” Then more than a dozen shop assistants grabbed and dragged Qianxue, by force, into the fitting room.
Just before he was completely pulled inside, Bai Yuxuan smiled and mouthed to him. “Watch out, or you’ll be exposed.”
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