Volume 1 Chapter 2.1 Part2 (1/2)
Chapter 2.1: The Prosperous Sea Martial Hall arrived tonight! (part 2
The leaves of banyan trees gently rustled in the evening wind.
A stream flowed calmly in front of the cabin.
Bai Cao followed Chu Yuan into the small house. Her steps were hesitant. She didn't know why she was like this, unexpectedly leaving her half-finished work and following this young man here.
Chu Yuan turned on the lamp switch in the room.
The room was suddenly filled with brightness.
This was her second time here. She sized up the room; there was a narrow bed she had laid on before; in front of the bed were an infusion rack and a few simple medical apparatus. Opposite the bed was a big table leaning against the wall with a medical kit, disposable syringes, sterilized alcohol and so on neatly spread on it.
The desk under the window had a small mountain of books piled on it. It seemed as if all the books were medical-related. Is he&h.e.l.lip; a doctor? Bai Cao inwardly guessed. But he looked very young, at most 1 years old. How could he possibly be a doctor? He should be a medical student.
”What are you thinking?”
Chu Yuan put down the books in his hands and rolled up his sleeves, motioning for her to sit on the chair next to the medicine table. Once Bai Cao was seated, he used a cotton ball soaked in alcohol to gently cleanse the old wound on her forehead.
”No&h.e.l.lip; nothing&h.e.l.lip;”
Just like before, the alcohol-soaked cotton ball cleansed her wound. It was as if the cold feeling was seeping into her heart.
”The bruise still hasn't disappeared. Remember to apply this type of medicine on it twice everyday; then strongly ma.s.sage it until it's burning hot. It should be fine after two to three days.”
When he put some medicine onto his hands, its strong smell instantly spread all over the room. He warmed the medicine oil with his fingers then applied it to the wound on her forehead. He strongly ma.s.saged her bruise; the medicine oil was warm, his palms were, too. Bai Cao suddenly didn't dare to look at him and lowered her head, rigidly looking at her own toes.
It became hotter and hotter.
Not only was the forehead he rubbed hot, her whole face felt hot as if it was burning. Her face was definitely red. Bai Cao started to panic.
”Done.”
”Thank you.” Bai Cao quickly finished her sentence while looking at the ground. She jumped down from the chair like a rabbit and rushed to the door.
”Wait.”
Chu Yuan couldn't help but laugh while saying. Looking at her who suddenly stopped at the door, turned her head around, and hurriedly glanced at him with clear doe-like eyes then just as hurriedly s.h.i.+fted her gaze back to the tip of her toes.
He turned out to be so scary.
Chu Yuan smiled slightly his voice softer as he said,
”Bring the medicine oil.”
He closed the lid of the medicine oil again while facing her. Only after seeing her trembling eyelashes did he extend his hand. Her hands were full of old and thick calluses. He rarely saw anyone of the same age as her with such old and thick calluses.
”Thank you.”
Her voice was somewhat hoa.r.s.e. She opened the door and exited hurriedly.
The twilight sky gradually darkened.
She went back to the little road beside the practice field to continue sweeping the area. At this time, the disciples of Pure Elegance Martial Hall already gathered on the lawn. Unlike the other times when they just jogged or warmed up, they excitedly got together to discuss one same topic----
”Prosperous Sea Martial Hall&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;.”
”Prosperous Sea Martial Hall&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;.”
”Prosperous Sea Martial Hall&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;.”
The excited voices in the Pure Elegance Martial Hall were so overwhelming that even the birds living on the treetops started to sing exuberantly!
”It really is Prosperous Sea Martial Hall!” At dinnertime, Xiao Ying who sat beside Bai Cao excitedly held her bowl with both hands, simply unable to eat even a mouthful. Her blood surged in the pit of her stomach. ”It really is the Prosperous Sea Martial Hall! It's the genuine Prosperous Sea Martial Hall! s.h.i.+fu is really amazing, he unexpectedly can invite Prosperous Sea Martial Hall to have an exchange with us! Aiya, every other martial halls in the country will envy us!”
”This martial hall is so awesome,” Aunty Fan said in wonder.
”Right, it really is amazing. When I'm driving, I often hear Martial Hall Master and other martial hall masters talk about Prosperous Sea Martial Hall. It looks like everyone respects them.” Uncle Fan laughed while eating.
”So, Xiao Ying, will you have a chance to go up on stage?” Auntie Fan also became excited.
”Maybe! Maybe! Maybe!” Xiao Ying thought about all the possibilities. Eventually, she became dejected and her shoulders drooped. ”Not really possible. Aish, s.h.i.+fu would definitely send out the most outstanding disciples. Otherwise, we would become the b.u.t.t of jokes for the Prosperous Sea Martial Hall because we're too weak, then we'll lose our faces. Ruo Bai s.h.i.+xiong, Yi Feng s.h.i.+xiong, and a few other s.h.i.+xiongs, even Xiu Da is stronger than I am. Aish, if only the female disciples from Prosperous Sea would come. But then again, even if there are female disciples, the ones who will go out and meet head on with them would be Chu Wei s.h.i.+jie and Xiu Qing s.h.i.+jie. My martial arts is incomparable to theirs&h.e.l.lip;..”
From the start to the end of dinner, Xiao Ying kept on pouring out resentful words, resenting herself for not practicing harder. Otherwise, she might have had a slight chance to fight head to head with the Prosperous Sea Martial Hall disciples.
Bai Cao was helping Aunty Fan to clean up the bowls but saw Xiao Ying doing her homework on a small table with her head leaning on it, depressed. So she also sat like Xiao Ying, opened her math book, and said:
”I thought you were going to go to practice.”
”It's too late!” Xiao Ying's face became sorrowful. ”Even if I were to practice now, I wouldn't be able to surpa.s.s Ruo Bai s.h.i.+xiong, Yi Feng s.h.i.+xiong, Chu Wei s.h.i.+jie, Xiu Qin s.h.i.+jie and Xiu Da. So I simply want to forget about the idea or else I'll be suffering to death! I have decided! Since I won't stand out in martial arts, then I'll stand out with my academics. That way, I'll be able to help s.h.i.+fu manage Pure Elegance Martial Hall, letting everyone in the world know about Pure Elegance Martial Hall!”
Bai Cao couldn't help but smile.
She started to study the math problems. Before dinner, she secretly went to the secluded part of the practice room to practice leg techniques so that she wouldn't be rusty. But because she did not wear a taekwondo uniform, her legs and feet weren't stretched sufficiently. Tomorrow she would come a bit earlier and go to an even more secluded area to practice while wearing the taekwondo uniform. More secluded area&h.e.l.lip;
Bai Cao unexpectedly thought about the small cabin; accompanied by the sounds of flowing water, that place was so secluded that it seemed separated from the world.
Not hearing the sound of Bai Cao's pen scratching on paper, Xiao Ying raised her head to look suspiciously at Bai Cao. She was looking at the small medicine bottle on top of the table in a trance. 'Aiya, that's just a normal medicine bottle, normally when we get hurt everyone would use that. What's so good about it?'
”Hey!”
Xiao Ying shouted at her. Seeing that Bai Cao was a little startled, she turned her eyes away from the bottle of medicine and saw that the other's ears were also turning red.
”Wah, aren't you blus.h.i.+ng?”
Xiao Ying's eyeb.a.l.l.s almost popped out. Gathering herself, she carefully checked Bai Cao's cheeks which were still smeared with red. 'Wah, she's really blus.h.i.+ng! Goodness gracious!'
”I'll go do the laundry.”
Bai Cao turned around and grabbed some random clothes before heading out.
”Hey&h.e.l.lip; Hey!”
'Please, those clothes were the ones that just came back from the laundry!' It shocked Xiao Ying to the point that her jaws were about to drop. Bai Cao was also very unusual. What was so rare about this medicine bottle that made Bai Cao's face turn red? Xiao Ying was very confused as she picked the small bottle up and studied it again and again.
The next day Bai Cao got up very early and changed into her taekwondo uniform to practice according to the plan she had made. When she finally went out of the room, the sky just turned bright and it wasalmost the time for the all the disciples of Pure Elegance Martial Hall to wake up for their early morning practice.Undoubtedly, formerly at this time, apart from her and a few early birds on the treetop, there would be no one else in the courtyard.
Prosperous Sea Martial Hall could really stimulate the enthusiasm of every disciple who studied taekwondo.