After hanging the laundry to dry, Lou Cheng locked the door, returned to his room, and lay beside the bed. His thoughts were ups and downs, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. He had the urge to talk.
He took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Yan Zheke:
"I encountered something after the barbecue today..."
He described his relationship with Wang Xu, his thoughts when he witnessed him being chased, and his changes in his mood after having an in-depth conversation with him in a tone that was as normal as possible.
Yan Zheke cooperated with questions from time to time, without saying much. He didn't say seriously until he finished speaking: "Chengzi, I think it's still the old saying, everyone has their own future, it doesn't have to be studying, it doesn't have to be martial arts...
Speaking of this, I remembered that I once told you that you will be able to defeat the ninth-level professional in four months... It's over, I have no face in front of you!"
She immediately sent an emoji of squatting in a corner and drawing circles.
Lou Cheng's gloomy mood was diluted a bit, and he couldn't help but laugh and said: "Actually, at that time, I felt that what you said was quite reasonable. I never thought that I could approach the professional level so quickly."
"Don't interrupt, do you still want to listen to me?" Yan Zheke said with a fierce expression.
It's you who interrupted it... Of course Lou Cheng didn't dare to answer like this, and said with a "silly smile": "Coach Yan, please speak!"
"Everyone has his own destiny. We are not gods, immortals, or God. It is already amazing to be able to change the few who have the closest relationship. As for the others, it is just a matter of 'doing your best and obeying fate'.
I can't make decisions for them, nor can I forcefully reverse their will." Yan Zheke didn't show any expression when he said this.
Lou Cheng breathed out and pressed the keyboard: "I understand this truth, but I always feel powerless and depressed. The friends we were once so good are now in a completely different world, and I can't do anything. I can only watch.
."
"Chengzi, most people are selfish, and so am I. I draw a circle with myself as the center and the inner circle is my parents, who are immediate family members who have a good relationship. They must be more important than the best friends and best friends who are slightly outside.
, and friends are also divided into two types, one type can be friends for a lifetime, and the other type can only accompany you through a certain stage of life, just like two non-parallel lines that have intersected at a certain point, but because of ideas,
Because of choices, because of personalities, and because of different encounters, sooner or later we will drift apart. It is better to miss each other than to miss each other. For you, Wang Xu should be classified in this category." Yan Zheke typed a lot of words.
It was the first time for Lou Cheng to see her who explained her three views so seriously, and the impression of her in his mind seemed to be a little more vivid.
"Then where is your future partner?" He subconsciously asked this question.
Yan Zheke made a squinting expression: "I won't tell you~ Are you listening carefully? Throw the table!"
"Yes, yes, coach Yan, continue!" Lou Cheng replied while holding back a smile.
After making some jokes, he felt that his mood had recovered a lot.
"To be able to make lifelong friends must be consistent with you in some way, but Wang Xu is obviously not the same. Are you willing to give up your studies and join the underworld for him? Are you willing to cause a lot of trouble for him, and even affect your own life?
Family?" Yan Zheke asked rhetorically.
Lou Cheng thought about it seriously and said, "I don't want him to affect my current life."
Yan Zheke made a nodding expression:
"So, as you said yourself, you are already in a completely different world. If he doesn't look back, the gap will only get wider and wider. Sooner or later, only memories will be left. To put it bluntly, to you, he is just a part of your life.
It was enough for you to help him wholeheartedly within your own ability. Regrets are inevitable."
"My grandpa and grandma have taught many disciples. Some have joined the police, some have joined the army, some have worked hard in professional martial arts circles, some have been involved in the business world, and some have also gone astray. Such people
Even quite a few, chivalrous people use force to break the ban. My grandpa and grandma were devastated by this, could not sleep all night, and were furious. Later, they finally figured it out and tried their best to stop them and save them.
It’s enough, there’s no need to worry about it.”
"In life, it is difficult to be perfect. All I want is to have a clear conscience."
Lou Cheng watched quietly, lost in thought, and after a while he took a deep breath and said: "I understand, as long as you have a clear conscience, I am a freshman, I can save his life when I meet him, and I can be sincere
By persuading him to withdraw, we have done our best, so there is no need to worry about it anymore."
"Yes, you can be taught." Yan Zheke made a proud expression as he pushed up his glasses, "Actually, you handled things quite well today. You saved people without getting into trouble. I used to imagine that I would become a knight after my martial arts skills were advanced.
I am loyal and yell when I see injustice on the road, but I am worried about whether this will lead to violence and whether there will be a lot of trouble in the future. What you did today satisfied all my fantasies about this kind of thing."
Lou Cheng suddenly felt a little proud and happy, and said with a bad smile: "It's all because of your good teaching, Coach Yan. 'Yan' teaches by example, and 'Yan' teaches great disciples!"
"Pfft! You are getting better and better at using words!" Yan Zheke replied with a dumbfounded expression.
After such talk and teasing, Lou Cheng's mood completely recovered, and he even put on his trademark silly smile. They chatted until after ten o'clock, then reluctantly went to brush his teeth and take a shower, preparing to go to bed on time.
After he finished all this and lay on the bed, he found that Cai Zongming had finally returned home, logged on to QQ, read the message, and responded.
"Secret? You're not a girl. I'm not interested in your secrets, unless they're dark history." Xiao Ming said with a mean expression of wagging his finger.
Lou Cheng returned to Yan Zheke first, and then he didn't care whether Cai Zongming was interested or not. He said to himself: "On my way home this time, I took a detour to Yanling to participate in a small martial arts competition called the 'Phoenix Cup'
Holy Arena Competition, guess what result I got?"
"Oh my god, you've run quite far. As for the results, you still need to guess? You've already told me the full name of the competition, but I can't figure it out just by searching for it? Are you stupid?" The other end of the network
, Cai Zongming sat at the computer desk, typing with both hands, habitually damaging Lou Cheng.
Lou Cheng chuckled and muttered to himself, "This is the effect we want! I don't know you Cai Xiaoming yet?"
The results I took the initiative to reveal will definitely not be as shocking as the results you found out on your own!
Cai Zongming opened the browser, searched for the official website, clicked in, and read the news directly:
"In the final, Jiang Lan vs. Wang Ye? Professional eighth-level vs. professional ninth-level?"
"The third and fourth place finals, Huang Zhenzhong versus Bai Song? It's also a contest between the eighth-level professional and the ninth-level professional..."
Cai Zongming twitched the corners of his mouth while watching, and immediately sent a message to Lou Cheng:
"Oh no, I was deceived by you in my wise life. With the level of this competition, your name must have been buried among the masses. Where can I find it!"
"Haha, look down!" Lou Cheng didn't say much, expecting Xiao Ming to find out on his own.
Cai Zongming looked at the screen in confusion, slid the mouse, and suddenly found a piece of news:
"'Contestant No. 656' Lou Cheng withdrew from the quarterfinals due to physical overdraft and was unable to persist."
"Quarterfinals?" He clicked in, suspecting that they had the same name.
"No rank...Song students...defeat the ninth rank professional..." After a while, he silently read out the key words, then without hesitation picked up his cell phone and called Lou Cheng.
"Chengzi, you won't hire someone to make a fake website, right?" Cai Zongming blurted out as soon as the call was connected.
Lou Cheng smiled proudly: "Let me go, you are not Yan Zheke, why should I make a fake website just to deceive you? Does your IQ need to be so high-end?"
"But you relied on running to defeat Senior Brother Wu from the Martial Arts Club. It seems like it wasn't long ago...you have now gone from the ninth rank of amateur to the ninth rank of professional?" Cai Zongming couldn't hide his astonishment.
Lou Cheng tried his best to sound calm and calm: "It didn't take long? Three months, okay! I learned the twenty-four blows of Blizzard, improved my strength, speed and body coordination, and gained rich sparring experience.
, I also watched many martial arts club competitions, and the opponents in this arena were relatively weak at the beginning. I fought one by one, and gradually mastered the twenty-four blows of Blizzard, and also mastered the tone and center of gravity.
With some luck, I finally made it to the top eight."
Cai Zongming was silent for a while before saying: "...Chengzi, why do I think you are showing off?"
"That's right, I'm just showing off!" Lou Cheng couldn't help but laugh, "If you have the ability, come and beat me? Beat me? Can you beat me?"
"Oh no..." Cai Zongming was angry and funny, "I've never seen such a mean person like you! Just wait, I will join the martial arts club for special training next semester. With my talent and the guidance of Old Man Shi, I will be able to
I'll catch up with you in a few minutes, let's see how good you are at that time!"
Lou Cheng was satisfied and ready to go to bed. Before hanging up the phone, he said:
"The website has my competition video, please worship it!"
After saying that, without waiting for Cai Zongming to answer, he hung up the phone and said good night to Yan Zheke.
After the few days of the arena competition, Yan Zheke knew that he got up at 5:30 every day to exercise. He deeply admired this and recognized his improvement in strength.
Cai Zongming took his mobile phone and was stunned for a moment. He found the game video and clicked on it to watch it.
As he watched, his mouth opened little by little, but did not close. After each video was played, he murmured to himself like he was dreaming:
"Is this an orange?"
"I feel like I could hit me several times..."
"You won't be snatched away by some old devil, will you?"
Of course, things like seizing one's body do not exist in reality, only in novels.
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At half past five the next day, Lou Cheng got up on time, put on his martial arts uniform, took his mobile phone and keys, and went out jogging to the community where Jiang Fei's home was located to do a preliminary warm-up.
At this time, the sky was dark, without any morning light, and the street lights on both sides were dim, illuminating the quietness without people, and highlighting the desolation.
Exhaling into mist, Lou Cheng breathed evenly and arrived outside Jiang Fei's house in the bone-chilling coldness. He flashed a phone call to him to make sure he was up.
After setting up the moving piles in place, which is also the practice routine, Lou Cheng saw Jiang Fei trembling out of the community, his white martial arts uniform stretched out into strange shapes by his fat body.
He held back his laughter and said, "Let's warm up by running first."
"Okay!" After what happened yesterday, Jiang Fei was quite looking forward to and excited about practicing martial arts, "Chengzi, which way are we going?"
Lou Cheng had already planned the process and pointed to the left: "Run to Sanliting and exercise in People's Park."
"Sanliting? People's Park?" Jiang Fei opened his mouth wide and his face turned pale, "You'd better kill me!"