Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Adult's Secret Base
"I figured out what we could do next!"
“…… What? ”
"You see, Yuzhi hasn't gotten the ability yet, and my sacrificial ability is biased towards support, that is, if we encounter any danger, we can only rely on Jingxing now, right?"
"That's right......"
Yan Jingxing nodded.
Not to mention anything else, as the only boy among the three, he has been given the status of "warrior" again, and he is already mentally prepared to deal with the battle at any time.
"I see......
Xie Yuzhi's eyes also lit up.
"This matter is really important, we decided to find the 'body' first for the same reason, we should first help Jing Xing tap his abilities."
Her gaze turned to the boys.
"Do you have an idea?"
"Hmmm......"
Yan Jingxing held his chin and began to think. After a while, meeting the expectant eyes of the girls, he slowly spoke:
"Yuzhi said before that a 'warrior' is a person who uses a weapon, and this incident inspired me. Finding an unaccounted for 'Element' may seem like a distant goal, but that doesn't mean I can't use other weapons. ”
"Oh?"
Miss Xie nodded with satisfaction.
"Indeed, weapons! That's a good idea, but what weapon do you think you need? I'll help prepare, in addition to guns that may be more difficult to handle, general controlled knives are also fine. ”
……
Wait, wait, Miss, did you just say something strange?
"No, not to that extent......"
Yan Jingxing hurriedly shook his head.
"I've thought about it carefully, I'm still in adolescence, my body hasn't fully developed, and my physical fitness hasn't been strengthened by the ability itself."
He threw a quick punch forward, making a "whoosh" sound.
"It's hard to have an advantage in hand-to-hand combat, and it's dangerous, so I think throwing weapons are more suitable for me."
Xie Yuzhi pondered for a moment, and then she seemed to have found the answer she wanted, stretched her brows, and said to Yan Jingxing:
"So, I'll take you to meet someone."
*
Xie Yuzhi said that person, in fact, they all knew each other, that was the driver of the eldest lady's family, a man named Liu Tie.
According to Yuzhi, since she left home alone, her father sent a driver and bodyguard to protect her.
Liu Tie is a retired soldier and a sanda coach in a kung fu gym in the city, and is quite famous in the boxing circle.
"I thought about it and thought it would be better for professionals to do this kind of thing."
Xie Yuzhi explained.
"Makes sense."
So they sat in the hall and waited, and after a while, the sky gradually darkened, and Liu Tie finally came.
"You're looking for me?"
The man's gaze quietly swept over Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao's faces, as if wondering where these two people came from.
"Yes."
Xie Yuzhi replied.
"I'd like you to give me some advice, and I'll help with what kind of weapon he's right to use."
As she spoke, she pointed at Yan Jingxing.
“…… Weapons? ”
Liu Tie looked at Yan Jingxing's overly young face and couldn't help but smile.
"Is this your classmate? Is he still a junior high school student? ”
"Of course."
"Is there a time when a weapon is needed for junior high school students? I think if you really need help, it's better not to think about doing it yourself first, but to discuss it with teachers and parents first. If it's too tricky, it's too late to call the police. ”
"You don't have to think about that."
Xie Yuzhi's tone was light.
"My friend, he's used to solving problems on his own. He's very good, he can do it all by himself. ”
Yan Jingxing listened to her introduce herself so seriously, and her mood was somewhat complicated.
He had to try to hold his expression and put on a serious look, trying to play the attitude of an imaginary and powerful mysterious master.
If he were older, he might indeed try to play a cold-faced cool brother with a mysterious past; But the problem is that Yan Jingxing is too young, so there will definitely be no adults who take it seriously.
Liu Tie naturally won't. In his opinion, this kind of thing is more like playing with a child, and he couldn't help but laugh and shake his head.
It seems that although the eldest lady's style of acting is more mature than her peers, she is still just a child after all.
"Okay, I see."
Liu Tie nodded, he had no reason to refuse, and he had no way to refuse.
Xie Yuzhi is the only daughter of the boss of the Advice Group, and the boss is a child of her, so she naturally attaches great importance to it, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this girl is the princess of the entire group.
In other words, no matter how she messes around, Liu Tie can only accompany her.
Fortunately, Xie Yuzhi is not a second generation with a perverse personality and is difficult to please, on the contrary, she can be said to be too sensible as a junior high school student. Liu Tie often rejoices in this.
As for these two friends of hers......
Liu Tie looked at Yan Jingxing and Ji Chunzao again, and had a plan in his heart.
"Guys, let's go to the right place first, there's nothing to use here."
He smiled and gave a thumbs up behind him.
"Let's go, get in the car."
*
Cars run in the dark.
The scenery of the road along the way was reflected in the windows, passing by in his field of vision.
Yan Jingxing, who was sitting in the back row, finally couldn't help but ask:
"Uncle Liu, where are we going?"
"Hmm...... It's my secret base. ”
"Secret base?" Yan Jingxing was stunned for a moment, this word is very familiar, "It sounds like a place for children to play......"
"Haha!" Liu Tie replied with a laugh, "Everyone wants to hide things and don't want to show them to the outside world, so some adults also have their own secret bases." ”
"Is that the gym?"
Xie Yuzhi seemed to remember something.
"That's right. The gym was about to be unable to open because it couldn't recruit students, but I invested a sum of money to keep it. Anyway, no one goes to the remote place, so I use it to put things and entertain guests. Now, it's a gathering place for martial arts enthusiasts in the neighborhood. ”
As he spoke, he slammed the steering wheel and let the car pull into a small road.
After arriving at the place, Yan Jingxing could finally understand why the boxing gym in Liu Tie's mouth couldn't be opened.
Even a student like him, who had never been to society, could see how strange it was to open a gym in such a suburb of the city, close to a village.
Will anyone really come?
As if noticing his doubts, Liu Tie explained with a smile:
"The person who ran this gym was originally born in the village, and then went to distant places, and only returned to his hometown when he was old. The people who would come here before were basically the disciples and grandchildren of this person, and acquaintances from the village. It's just that in recent years, all the young people in the village have gone to work in the city, and the number of people who come has naturally decreased......"
Everyone walked up the stairs. There were still people in the gym at this time, and the gap in the big red wooden door revealed a dim yellow light, and when you got closer, you could still hear the shouting and "bang-bang" fierce fighting sound coming from inside.
As soon as Liu Tie pushed the door in, several men in protective gear sweating profusely turned their heads, and when they saw that it was him, they greeted him warmly.
"Hello senior brother!"
"Hello senior brother!"
While greeting each other, they also noticed that Liu Tie was followed by three young people, and subconsciously took a few more looks.
The two little girls are both natural beauty embryos, cute and loving, and easy to attract attention. Especially Xie Yuzhi is still wearing the dress that he didn't have time to change out of, which is even more incompatible with the current shabby and simple boxing gym.
"It's all good, it's all good." Liu Tie smiled and waved his hand, "You guys practice, I'll bring the guests over to have a look." ”
He led the young men to a door deep in the gym. When you open it, you can see that there is a warehouse, which is full of all kinds of equipment and tools, and there are several iron shelves stacked up.
"I've got all the self-defense tools I can use here, you all have to take a look. But some things can be dangerous, and if I want to use them, I'm going to keep an eye on ......."
When Liu Tie was introducing, Yan Jingxing turned around and looked at the fierce training figures in the hall not far behind him.
His gaze first fell on each of them in turn, and finally, on one of the sandbags that no one cared about.
He stared at it intensely, and the image of punching the sandbag and shaking it hard began to come to mind.
The boy's fists clenched unconsciously, and his mind cleared, as if there was only one target left in his eyes; At the same time, Yan Jingxing could feel that the muscles in his whole body were tense, like a mechanical device that wound up and adjusted the gears, and needed to attack urgently.
At this time, Miss Xie beside him seemed to notice his abnormality, tugged on his sleeve, and asked in a low voice.
"What's wrong with you?"
“…… It's nothing. ”
Yan Jingxing let out a breath and withdrew from the wonderful state just now.
"You just activated the 'Warrior Instinct'?"
Xie Yuzhi stared at the top of his head, and white heat came out.
"That's right. I wanted to see if it would work on dead things, and it turned out to be really useful. ”
"Really? That's very convenient. ”
After thinking for a moment, Miss Xie suddenly proposed:
"By the way, do you want to try your hand at Uncle Liu Tie with the ability of 'warrior'?"
"Huh?" Yan Jingxing was stunned for a moment, "Then forget it, people are adults." ”
……
While they were whispering, Liu Tie's gaze quietly fell on the boy, and he began to observe the appearance and characteristics of the boy seriously.
Well, the physique is healthy, not fat or thin...... But it's not particularly strong, and there's no obvious sign of training.
What does the eldest lady mean by "powerful"?
Junior high school students are still in the development stage, and unless they are really talented, it is difficult to say how good their physical fitness will be compared to adults, let alone compared to people like him who have received special training.
Now, Liu Tie fell into deep thought.
He was thinking about one thing, and that was a ...... given to him by his boss Small "tasks".
He was sent by Xie Yuzhi's father to protect her, but when he said that he was "protecting", he naturally also meant "looking".
After all, Xie Yuzhi is a very assertive person, a fourteen-year-old girl is willing to live alone away from her family, and her father is afraid that she will be affected badly in school, so he asked him to keep an eye on him.
During this time, the eldest lady has made two very good friends of the same grade, and the relationship is heating up quickly, and she is tired of being together almost every day - Liu Tie naturally knows such news, and has witnessed it with his own eyes.
One is a little girl with a lively personality, which is easy to say, but the other is a boy, maybe there is a risk of making the eldest lady "go astray".
After Liu Tie reported the situation to his boss, Xie Yuzhi's father's instructions were:
- "Let that kid pay attention. ”
The boss didn't have to "beat the mandarin ducks", probably because he felt that the eldest lady had finally made friends, and if he was forcefully driven away, Xie Yuzhi, who had a strong personality, might have to turn against her.
But the phrase "pay attention" is subtle. What exactly is "attention"? How to grasp the proportion?
All in all, the problem was thrown to Liu Tie, a subordinate.
He felt a little annoyed. It seems that the relationship between the young people is really close, maybe this kid may become the eldest lady in the future......
No, you can't think like this, Liu Tie subconsciously shook his head, they are all children, and the future is uncertain.
But at least now, he knew that Xie Yuzhi really valued this friend of the opposite sex.
Therefore, it is impossible for him to deliberately provoke or hurt the other party, otherwise he will definitely be hated by Xie Yuzhi.
If the boss can't afford to mess with it, can the eldest lady afford to mess with it? In the end, it will only be a wage earner like him who is unlucky.
Liu Tie wanted to sigh.
But there is no way, after all, the boss has spoken, he can't do nothing.
When he heard the eldest lady propose to let that kid try his hand with him, although he thought it was ridiculous, with his character, he naturally couldn't do the thing of "bullying the small with the big" - but Liu Tie then had an idea and found that this was indeed a good opportunity.
The most important thing is that I don't talk about my face anymore, which means that I have really worked hard, and I am not sorry for the boss's entrustment, right?
Thinking of this, Liu Tie no longer hesitated, and after pretending to cough, he hurriedly walked to their side.
"I heard that the eldest lady said that you are very powerful, I am really a little curious. Little brother, do you want to have one? ”
…… It's really a shame to say this kind of thing to a junior high school student. Yan Jingxing complained in his heart, shook his head and refused at the same time, turned around and prepared to leave.
"Hey, it's okay, let's talk!"
As he spoke, Liu Tie showed a kind smile, opened his big hand full of calluses and green tendons, and grabbed Yan Jingxing's arm.
The speed of this grasp seems to be ordinary, but it has actually revealed kung fu, and it takes some eyesight to see through it.
Ordinary people will only feel that the other party's hand is approaching them, and they can see the process clearly, but they are firmly clamped and difficult to break free from when they shake their arms.
What's more, this kid is still with his back to himself now, so it's even more impossible to miss.
As long as he can catch it, and then use some grappling skills, he can make this boy obediently follow him to the stage.
Of course, he won't get his hands dirty. For him, it is really not difficult to control an unarmed junior high school student.
And Liu Tie's intention was nothing more than to make this young man lose face in front of the two girls.
This in itself is not a setback, but as a man, Liu Tie knows very well: the younger he is, the more he likes to be strong in front of the opposite sex, because he also came from this age.
Junior high school students are the most sensitive period for self-esteem, and it is enough to leave a deep enough impression on him. The other party also knows that he is the eldest lady's driver, as long as he is a little smarter, he will naturally know how to keep his distance.
But......
He stretched out his hand, but grabbed a void.
"Huh?"
Liu Tie was a little surprised, looking at Yan Jingxing, who suddenly twisted his waist and turned his shoulders at the critical moment to avoid this attack.
The young man who turned around silently stared at the man's outstretched hand in mid-air. The unwavering but focused eyes stared at Liu Tie a little uncomfortable.
Then, Yan Jingxing lowered his eyebrows and replied softly:
"Okay, then ask my uncle to teach me a few hands."