Chapter 1 The Year Ahead
Outside the window, the night is like water, and the lake is rippling and shining.
Lou Cheng sat on the recliner and melted his body into the darkness without making a sound.
His eyes wandered, his gaze was far away, and he was stunned for a long time.
It has been nearly a year since the "Martial Holy War" entered the top four and lost to the "Dragon King", and since then, according to the suggestions of "Queen Luo" Ning Zitong and his own master, Lou Cheng began to tap his inner strength, trying to blend the most touching emotions into his own volition, and present them through the spirit and into moves.
This is not a simple thing, it took him eight or nine months to barely get started, and it also benefited from the tragic and unique experience of jumping over the dragon gate to achieve Waigang, thanks to the fact that his parents and master are getting old year after year, thanks to the fact that the girl who wants to spend her life together is temporarily separated from each other, and thanks to the scattered friends in the world, they are busy and do not get together much.
Just like now, because of the approaching graduation, Yan Zheke's busyness and hardship are increasing day by day, and the treatment of being able to take time to chat during class is long gone, and even when he returns home, because there are too many things to do, the communication between the two can only be seen and interjected.
And Lou Cheng, who has already gone to the United States during the Chinese New Year, can only watch and wait for the arrival of the end of June, and truly taste the helplessness and torment of foreign love.
Originally, he would restrain this emotion, and when there were feelings of longing and melancholy, he would try to dispel them, divert attention, and amuse the little fairy with gags, because he knew that the other party would definitely have similar throbbing.
But in order to tap into the inner strength, he can only indulge himself, let those emotions run wild, and himself quietly savor, taste loneliness, taste longing, taste the pain that he can't see.
The atmosphere is subtle, and there seems to be a faint and long feeling in the darkness of the bedroom slowly dancing and swinging, like a moonlight veil wrapped here.
"I'm so busy, I'm dying, your daughter-in-law is dying!" hanged himself and had to take a breath, and while he was going to the bathroom, Yan Zheke sent a message of "grievance".
As soon as the mobile phone screen lit up, Lou Cheng saw that he was distressed and embarrassed, his thoughts broke free from the silence just now, and replied with a smile:
"I wanted to say that I got it for you, but when I think about the last time I turned to your book, I knew every word, but when I connected it, I didn't understand what they wanted to express, and I felt like an illiterate ......"
The self-defeating words suddenly made the girl laugh, and she felt that the tension and fatigue of her spirit were relieved a lot.
She "rested her chin in her hand and rolled her eyes":
"As your life mentor, I think it is necessary to open a small stove for you when you return to China, and you can't be illiterate~"
After a few idle words, she threw herself into mental work again, and Lou Cheng's mood became good.
Yes, there are still a lot of good things in life!
For example, no matter how busy Ke Xiaoke is, she will not completely omit the time between the two of them, for example, her spring break in March is obviously not many days, and she is busy with a lot of things, she still travels long distances, running back and forth, just for the sake of not getting together for those two days;
For example, my father was completely supplied by their boss, and I only need to care about technical problems, and I feel like I have a second spring, for example, my mother is slowly becoming fashionable, and from time to time I pull my father and aunt to travel, and I don't need to instigate myself, such as my grandparents and grandparents are long-lived, and my body is quite tough;
For example, the master and his old man practiced the "nine-character formula" hard, and the spirit fed back the body, although the old injuries have not yet healed, they have been completely controlled, and it seems that there is no problem to live for another twenty or thirty years, such as the eldest brother re-entered the war-torn area, after eight months of tempering, he found the "thing" he wanted, and successfully jumped over the dragon gate a few years ago and was promoted to the realm of Waigang, such as Wenqing's thick accumulation, which broke through two months earlier than the eldest brother;
For example, the "King of Mouths" with his "fresh" humorous and witty style, has broken out of the sky in the martial arts commentary world, and has now dealt with his father's company and flew to the imperial capital to reunite with his girlfriend, such as Jiang Pang After unremitting efforts, he finally embarked on the road of blind date, and after a few times, he had a girlfriend and a thriving restaurant, such as Qin Rui vaguely touched the threshold of "receiving" after a year of backpacker life, such as "Taoist" and "Chihuahua" They have each obtained the certificate of the second product, but they obviously have the strength to challenge the first product;
For example, I can now say "my strength is almost superb" without a little humility!
After last year's "Martial Saint War", Lou Cheng made persistent efforts and signed up for the "Kirin War" knockout tournament at the end of June and early July, but unfortunately, this time he was observed under the "magnifying glass", and he encountered a terrible counterattack from the super-first-class people, and the signing luck was not good, so he did not break through the early double-elimination stage.
He was not discouraged, he just gave up the "Grandmaster Battle" main match at the end of October, and went all out to impact the "King Battle" in December.
This time, he broke through several levels in a row and entered the quarterfinals under the condition of bad luck, followed by him, he shined in the "Super Rank Battle", ranking in the top four for the second time, and he was only one step away from getting the final four-round robin battle (plus the champion), but unfortunately, he lost to the "Martial Saint" first, and then lost to Dong Baxian.
However, his superb standards have since been recognized and no one has questioned them.
And as of last week, the five major title battles have completed the finals, and are about to enter a new cycle, the last session, the "Dragon King" successfully provoked, defeated Qian Donglou, and won the title of "Martial Saint", but in the new year, he lost to the old enemy and lost the honor of "King", in addition, Qian Donglou successfully defended the title of "Grandmaster", and "Dragon King" regained the "super product", but Dong Ba first risked to keep the title of "Kirin", and did not let the peerless double pride be beautiful.
In last year's top professional competition, the Dragon and Tiger Club was extremely unlucky, and there were always main injuries in several key battles, and in the end they could only give up the title of "No. 1 in the world" to Shangqing Sect.
At this time, almost everyone believed that the "Martial Saint" and the "Dragon King" were really the only ones in the Waigang, but everyone understood that such a stage was about to pass, because in two or three years, most of them would break through and no longer participate in similar things.
Thoughts dotted, floating in his mind, Lou Cheng recalled for a moment, looked down and played a game.
At some point, he closed the app again and lay back in the dark.
After a long pause, he put his phone next to him and clicked on an audio.
"Lou Cheng! Lou Cheng! Lou Cheng come on!"
A soft, clear voice echoed through the room, over and over again.
............
As soon as it was dawn, Auman heard the screeching of the alarm clock.
She squirmed for a minute, then finally rolled over and sat up, making the room quiet again.
Rubbing her eyes, she took a look at the decoration and decoration of the warm girl Fan around her by the faint light, and felt that her heart was stable and joy was growing.
Because it's home, it's truly your own home!
On the day when she became a waigang assistant for a year, she took out her savings during this period and bought a house for herself, because the community and surrounding facilities are quite good, she had to rely on a loan partly, but the process was very easy and simple.
Then, she asked her parents to come over to help supervise the decoration, and after a long time of drying, she officially moved in the day before yesterday.
It is difficult for people who have never rented a house to understand her eagerness to have a home in Huacheng, because living in someone else's place, even if it is a dormitory provided by the company, will have a sense of uncertainty that this place does not belong to her and will leave sooner or later.
In the past, when renting a house, there would be a price increase from time to time and the landlord would need to move if he wanted to take back the gift to his children, and every time he was physically and mentally exhausted.
Now, no one can move out because it's their home!
Auman stretched, got out of bed, and began to wash.
When she saw herself in the mirror with better skin, she was even happier, and at the same time she understood that everything now comes from her boss, Mr. Lou Cheng, a super-first-class powerhouse.
Speaking of which, he is really a very restrained and restrained person, in every way.
For more than a year, in addition to going to the United States to return to Xiushan, he has lived a regular and simple life, even when he doesn't have to practice martial arts, his entertainment activities are almost online, and he has a lot of self-control.
He did this not for a day or two, but for three or four hundred days a day.
After watching the show, my best friend came to inquire, and after getting my own confirmation, I was very grateful:
"I heard that people who have successfully practiced martial arts have a very strong desire in that regard, let alone a strong person from outside...... Look at your boss like that, it's just an ascetic model, introverted, self-controlled, restrained, seemingly approachable, but he stays away from temptation...... Tsk, I don't know what kind of expression he will have when he goes to bed...... Ahh......h
The more the girlfriend talked, the more outrageous it became, and Auman couldn't answer at all, but occasionally he couldn't help but think:
What would Mr. Lou look like in front of that Yan girl?
Pulling out a soft tissue and wiping his face clean, Auman patted himself and let his previous thoughts stop here.
She knows very well why she got this enviable job:
Serious, kind, diligent, careful, and most importantly, duty!
After finishing herself, she walked out of the room just in time to see her parents laying out breakfast.
"It smells so good!" she smiled and walked over with lively steps.
Today, Mr. Lou has to train at home, and he will go out at 7:50 to go to the airport, so he doesn't need to arrive at his villa at half past five, and he can enjoy a loving breakfast.
............
At 7:45, Auman left the silver-gray business car, waited for a few minutes, and saw Lou Cheng walking out of the villa gate with a duffel bag.
"Mr. Lou, morning!" she smiled.
"Early. Lou Cheng nodded with a smile.
Auman turned sideways to get out of the way, and while watching the car door open on its own, he pointed inside:
"The breakfast you asked for has already been bought. ”
"Hmm. Lou Cheng got into the car, sat down in his usual position, and pointed to a large number of meals, "You can come along." ”
"No need, thank you Mr. Lou, I ate it, my mother made it. Auman smiled sweetly.
Lou Cheng was stunned for a moment, remembering that his mother used to use bamboo shoots to roast beef, boil such a big pot and put it in the refrigerator, and then in the morning, when it was down, he took it out, dug up a big spoon and put it in.
Then he remembered the morning in Cannes, whenever Aunt Du was on vacation, someone would volunteer to get it, but he had to pull himself along, and in the process he researched a lot of Chinese and Western things, as for the taste, it would be a matter of opinion......
Thinking of this, he exhaled silently, and "realized" for a few minutes before calming down to eat.
"Lou Cheng, are you going straight to the airport?" asked Auman in confirmation.
"Hmm. Lou Cheng nodded.
On April 11th, that is, tomorrow, my master will celebrate his sixty-fifth birthday, and as a disciple, he will definitely have to go to Moshang.
PS: I recommend a book, "Zixiao", that is, the one who used to write "Endless Artifact", he once studied the Tao in the second year of secondary school, claiming to be able to resist poisonous milk, well, I like the subject of this book, preaching!