Li Mu walked into the reception room and saw Joanna at a glance.

At this time, she was obediently sitting in the corner of the sofa, with her head down, looking at her toes.

Looking at that look, like a frightened hamster, trembling, he didn't even dare to raise his head.

Next to Joanna, a middle-aged foreign man sits.

He is about fifty years old, his golden hair is meticulously combed, and he wears a pair of glasses, giving people a sense of old-fashionedness mixed with a hint of majesty.

Obviously, this man was Joanna's father.

As Li Mu pushed the door in, he turned his head and stood up to salute him.

"You're Master Li, aren't you?"

Unexpectedly, Joanna's father's Chinese is extremely fluent, just the slightest difference from ordinary Chinese people, as if he grew up in China since childhood.

In Li Mu's stunned gaze, Joanna's father continued: "Let me introduce myself, my name is Spencer Russell, and I am Joanna's father. ”

"Mr. Russell, please be seated."

After Li Mu raised his hand, he sat down opposite the two.

As soon as his ass sat down, Russell whispered.

"Master Li, the purpose of my visit this time is to hope that you will give up teaching my daughter."

One sentence immediately made Li Mu frown.

Then, without waiting for Li Mu to ask the reason, Russell took the initiative to continue to explain.

"I've heard Joanna say that she pestered you to learn Huaxia Guoshu at the beginning, and I'm sorry for the trouble caused to Master Li in this matter."

After Russell took off his hat slightly to apologize, he continued: "Actually, I know that Joanna is obsessed with martial arts, so I have already chosen a martial arts instructor for her, and this time I came to Huaxia to take her back to England to receive the teachings of that teacher." ”

After listening to Russell, Li Mu did not reply in a hurry, but turned his head to look at Joanna.

At this moment, Joanna looked extremely restrained, but when she looked at Li Mu, she was mixed with expectation.

Is it possible that this girl still wants to stay by her side?

Li Mu was stunned for a moment, and asked tentatively: "Joanna, what do you mean?" Do you want to go back to England with your father, or do you want to stay in China and continue to learn from me? ”

"Of course I want to stay in Huaxia and study with Master Li!"

Joanna hurriedly spoke, but halfway through her words, looking at her father's stern eyes, her voice became weak again, and she muttered, "But my father ......"

"Joanna!"

Russell raised his voice and choked Joanna's follow-up words back into his throat.

Then, he turned his head and looked at Li Mu again, his eyes indifferent.

"Master Li, I'm done, I'm sorry, I'm going to leave with my daughter."

After speaking, Russell took Joanna's wrist and Huo Ran got up.

"Wait."

Li Mu suddenly opened his mouth and stopped Russell.

"Mr. Russell, Joanna is the one to learn, and she should have the right to choose."

A trace of displeasure flashed on Russell's face, and he said in a deep voice: "Master Li, Joanna is my daughter, no one in this world knows her better than me, and the mentor I have chosen must be the most suitable for her." ”

"Not necessarily, in my opinion."

Li Mu put his hands behind his back and slowly got up.

"I wonder if I can ask, where is the teacher that Mr. Russell hired for Joanna?"

"Zirien Bayed."

Russell said his name with a hint of pride on his face.

"He is the inheritor of English Barton, has also served as a special combat instructor in the English Airborne Force, and is currently a special advisor to the British Royal Guard."

"Just listening to the title, it is indeed a master."

Li Mu nodded, but the conversation suddenly changed.

"But Joanna likes Guoshu, Mr. Russell chose a teacher for her to teach Barton, is this against Joanna's wishes?"

"Joanna is English, she should have learned English technology, let alone ......"

A hint of pride flashed in Russell's eyes.

"Patton is a true gentleman's skill, not a lowly skill just for fighting."

A lowly skill just for the sake of fighting......

One sentence made Li Mu's eyelids beat unconsciously.

"Mr. Russell, could it be that Huaxia Guoshu is a lowly skill in your eyes just for fighting?"

"No, no, no, Master Li, please don't misunderstand."

Russell waved his hands a little exaggeratedly, with a strange arrogance in his tone.

"This does not specifically refer to the Chinese national arts, but the vast majority of fighting skills in this world are just fighting skills, they will only make people lose their minds and become beasts, and Joanna, as a nobleman in England, cannot lose the elegance and calmness that a nobleman should have at any time."

Listening to Russell's sophistry, Li Mu almost laughed angrily.

Fighting skills advocate animal nature, that is, because most of the application scenarios of fighting skills are self-defense or fighting in the ring, in this case, people need to maintain animal nature to ensure courage in battle.

Even in the inheritance of national arts, it also pays attention to one courage, two strength and three skills.

Only if you have enough courage will you not be afraid and fail to play your due strength.

As for Russell's mouth, it is as ridiculous as the deception of a "master" such as Ma Weiguo in China.

Li Mu put his hands behind his back, smiled on his face, and spoke softly.

"Mr. Russell, whether it is the national martial arts, or the fighting skills of other countries, these techniques were born on the first day to prevent themselves from being harmed, if they can't even do this most basic thing, just talk about their spiritual essence, is it a bit of a waste of the basics?"

Russell is proficient in Chinese and naturally understands the hidden sarcasm in Li Mu's words.

His face was a little embarrassed, and he narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly.

"Master Li, whether the Barton technique can be used in actual combat depends not on your upper lip touching your lower lip, not to mention that as far as I know, just whether it can be applied to actual combat, Huaxia Guoshu may not be much better than Barton's technique, if you really have this leisure, you better take care of yourself!"

With that, Russell walked out.

Joanna stood there a little reluctantly, looking at Li Mu with blank eyes.

The skills that Li Mu taught her, she has learned to the present, what is the power of the national arts, she knows better than anyone else, and it is precisely because of this that she is even more reluctant to give up the opportunity to learn from Li Mu.

Russell, who looked at Joanna's refusal to take a step and walked to the door, turned his head and scolded coldly.

"Joanna, what are you still looking at, why don't you hurry up and follow me!"

Facing Russell, who was full of majesty, Joanna trembled unconsciously.

She subconsciously just wanted to take a step, but Li Mu's voice sounded again.

"Joanna, the purpose of learning Guoshu is to strengthen yourself, and in addition to prolonging your life, do you know what is more important?"

Joanna was stunned and looked at Li Mu suspiciously.

Li Muxu narrowed his eyes and said word by word: "Making yourself strong is not to force others, but to let everyone have the right to say no when facing things that they don't want to accept." ”

Joanna was stunned at first, and then her eyes suddenly burst into light.

The look on Russell's face became more and more ugly, and he raised his voice again.

"Joanna, what are you still doing there!"

Joanna turned her head and looked at Russell with determination.

"My father, I'm learning how to say no."