Chapter Seventy-Four: Apprenticeship
I paused, tilting my head to look at the place where the sound had come from.
I saw a middle-aged man in a linen-colored martial arts uniform lying on a chaise longue, and the sound came from his slowly swaying chaise longue.
"You are Jiang Nan in Dong Xiaodong's mouth?"
The man closed his eyes and didn't look at me, and his words were a little careless.
I didn't look down on the other party because of this, but walked quickly to the man, respectfully clasped my fists and bowed, and said, "Kid Jiang Nan is disturbed." ”
"Oh. The man replied meaninglessly, and then opened his eyes sharply and looked straight at me.
I could only see the gleam in the man's eyes, followed by a surging coercion, the momentum that seemed to be like substance crushing against my body, and it was as if a pair of big hands were pressing my shoulders, making me want to kneel.
Sure enough, it's not so simple to let the other party easily accept me as a layman.
Under such pressure, my back arched for a moment, but driven by the sudden thought of not admitting defeat in my heart, I gritted my teeth and straightened up my back with the pain all over my body.
I'm fed up with being bullied by women without dignity, and I'm fed up with being punched and kicked by them without the ability to resist, and all this has become my belief that I refuse to give in to this surging momentum at the moment.
"Can you hold on?" the man narrowed, squinting at me
"Yes!" I glared, and the sockets of my teeth creaked as I gritted them, and a word came out of my mouth.
God knows how much effort it took me.
The man let out a short chuckle when he saw me gritting his teeth so tightly and not admitting defeat, and then I clearly felt a sudden sinking on my shoulder, and his gaze fell on me, with obvious scrutiny, and even heavier oppression.
I felt like a boulder had been pressed down on my shoulder, and the weight was constantly increasing.
This made the green tendons on my forehead flare up noticeably, and the tip of my tongue against the sockets began to tingle gradually.
As the sweat ran down my sideburns, my consciousness blurred for a moment, which made me clearly understand how powerful the man in front of me was.
And I know better that this oppression is not a strange ability, but comes from the strength of this man.
Just one look from the other party made me feel as if I was frozen, stiff and uncontrollable.
As time went on, my body began to become numb, and I couldn't even feel the pain, and at this time, I was completely relying on the thought of not admitting defeat.
I don't know exactly how much time had passed, but it seemed like a century had passed for me, long and painful, and by the end of the day, sweat had blurred my eyes.
"Hahaha, good boy. Just when my consciousness was about to fall into dizziness, there was a faint hearty laugh in my ears, followed by a sound of shooting, I heard him say, "Not bad, yes, it's a good doll, you, I'll take it, and follow me to practice hard in the future." ”
As soon as the words fell, all the weight on me was completely pumped in an instant. I am like a fish that has been scorched by the sun for a long time, and the moment it comes into contact with the water, it is constantly absorbing the water around me.
And I'm just replacing the water source with air.
When the numbness faded, a violent soreness hit me like a storm, and I leaned forward without being able to hold it for a moment, but for that breath of ambition, I gritted my teeth and held it down, so that I didn't let myself fall in front of him so embarrassed.
In the mouth, there is a faint smell of blood.
My eyes were clear.
Dong Wen looked at me with a smile, and there was a light in his eyes that satisfied and other things that I couldn't see, and then slowly got up and came to my side, when he raised his hand and patted my shoulder, the breath in the air changed suddenly.
My breath suddenly became rapid, and the smile in his eyes deepened.
My legs, which were already weak, had not yet been relieved, and the unprepared slap seemed to touch the mechanism in my body, and I threw myself straight forward, with a tendency to gnaw on the soil.
I subconsciously closed my eyes, but in the next second, I was quickly pressed by Dong Wen's shoulder, stunned and unable to fall forward, and then before I could react, he helped me into the house and let me sit and rest for a while.
"I heard Dong Xiaodong say that you want to learn some skills?"
"Hmm. I replied weakly, and said, "Whether it's self-defense or physical fitness, I think it's always good to practice." ”
I don't have the skills to tell you why I want to learn some martial arts.
If I let Dong Wen know that the biggest reason that prompted me to learn some tricks was to avoid being bullied by those women, I'm afraid I would have been kicked out by him at this time.
I smiled bitterly in my heart, but there was still a plain and unwavering look on my face.
"Being able to hold on to my hands for three minutes is a test that passes me. From today on, you are my disciple, and it is up to you how much you can learn. Dong Wen put his hands behind his back and stood with his back to me, "I have only one request, stick to the end, once you want to give up halfway, I won't teach you again." ”
Hearing this, my back suddenly straightened, and then I held back the pain all over my body, got up and bowed respectfully to Dong Wen.
This time the meaning is very different from the square.
I called him a teacher.
Dong Wen bowed his head and responded to me, and then I got up and stood up straight.
"Come to me every night at seven o'clock from now on. Dong Wen turned around, stretched out his hand and touched my arm directly, "If you can't hold on, you don't have to come over, and you don't have to tell me, I will treat you as if I never accepted you." ”
"Yes, teacher. Letting Dong Wen pinch my limbs, I lowered my eyebrows, and my eyes flickered slightly, and my heart couldn't help but tremble a little.
"I see that your bones have grown, and now I am afraid it will be very difficult to practice from scratch, alas, I am afraid that I will have to suffer a lot. If...... If you're not afraid, we'll start tonight, how about it?" Dong Wen withdrew his hand and said slowly.
"I listen to the teacher. ”
The implication is that we are going to start practicing tonight.
Lowered eyes, full of complexity.
As Dong Wen said, if I want to learn martial arts, it will be very difficult, just because I am too old, I have long passed the so-called flexible period, and my bones have long been closed and can no longer be closed, and now I am an "old bone".
If it weren't for Fuyuko's relationship, I wouldn't have had the chance to meet this powerful man in front of me, but if it weren't for the forbearance and perseverance I just held, I don't think he would have accepted me.
But one thing that made me particularly happy was that he took me indicative of the fact that despite my "oldness", I still had the potential to be tapped.
This realization lifted my spirits.
"Ten minutes later, go and wait for me in the yard. Dong Wen threw down a sentence and left the house.
All I was left with was the silence of the room, and countless doubts.
Could it be that he's going to bring me some appetizers? For seven o'clock in the evening?
However, my mental strength suddenly relaxed, and I collapsed on the chair in an unfigurative way.
I threw my head back and gasped.
The turbid air was expelled from my body, and the tip of my nose was inhaled by a faint smell of books, back and forth, no less than ten times.
After that, I got up and walked to the front yard that Dong Wen said.
The greenery was mixed with abundance, and I just felt that the discomfort in my body had also faded a lot.
And my teacher, Dong Wen, was already standing there waiting for me, and the appearance of him standing there with his hands behind his back made my heart fluctuate.
Tall and full of infinite power, that's what I was looking for.
There was a dull flash in my eyes, then I was covered with determination.
No pain, no gain.
I'm afraid it won't be easy in the future, but if I can reach the level of Mr. Dong Wen, I will be worth it.
"Teacher!"
"It's called Master. Dong Wen squinted at me, and then corrected my name.
Probably because of the study of martial arts, this also has a taste of literary crepe. I also followed Dong Wen's meaning and changed my words: "Master." ”
"Well, for the teacher, I will teach you a few mantras, accompanied by a few movements to strengthen the body. Dong Wen turned around with a smile, the depth in his eyes was something I couldn't see, and some of those meanings made me wonder, but they made me have a scared thought.