Chapter 138: Feeling the Internal Martial Arts When Urinating and Defecating (1/2)
Chapter 138: Feeling the Internal Martial Arts When Urinating and Defecating
“Zhang Tong!” Wang Chao’s eyes grew sharp as he quickly recognized that the beautiful woman who had called him out was Zhang Tong and hurriedly came walking on over.
This cosmetic store was in the top floors of a building. With crystal glass counters and floors that sparkled, the entire place seemed quite big. But it had been rather peaceful, as compared to the bottom layers of the downtown area where it was inharmonious.
Wang Chao knew at a glance, this high quality prefecture was where people spent the most money with many thousands of Hong Kong dollars passing hands each day. He had been in Hong Kong before after his battle with Zhang Wei when he had lived with Chen Aiyang and Chen Bin for a month. Chen Bin had come many times before to go shopping, and Wang Chao had come once with her so he was quite familiar with the area.
“Eh? Sis Tong, is he your friend?” the woman who was walking over had practically leapt up in surprise. At the same time, the group of women by Zhang Tong’s side had revealed a similar look of shock.
When Wang Chao came in and began to talk in a similar vein as the upstarts of China, these aristocratic women had begun to despise him and was just about to have the staff members drive him out. But what they didn’t think was that Zhang Tong would actually know this upstart.
This place was a haven for women, while also being a place for those of the upper class and their demeanor. Upstarts would be very easily be kicked out from places like this.
“This is the executive of the Tianxing Networking Company, mister Wang Chao. He is also one of my more important companions.” Zhang Tong gave an elusive look to the Lin Yanan that walked right next to Wang Chao, but with a blink of an eye, she turned back to give an affectionate introduction to Wang Chao.
“Hmph! He’s nothing but an upstart–theres nothing to even taste! Sis Tong, how in the world did you cooperate with such a person like this? Look at the woman next to her, look at all the gems she’s wearing. She clearly just bought them all, how crude.” One of the women spoke in a low whisper. With the distance that divided the two, even Wang Chao wasn’t able to hear what she had said.
“Little sister Huo, you’re mistaken this time. Ah, aren’t you quite the Karateka? Allow me to introduce you to a genuine expert.” Zhang Tong smiled as she clapped the hands of the girl with a secretive air before walking on over to Wang Chao.
“A genuine expert?” Before the woman could even regain her thoughts, Zhang Tong had already walked straight up to Wang Chao.
“What brings you here?” Wang Chao and Zhang Tong were both extremely familiar with each other, so no pleasantries had been spoken between the two. Instead, the two of them spoke as if they were both old friends. In the end, Wang Chao had even apologized to the noblewoman in front of him without caring for his own face.
“I came here for some business, but some relaxation on the side was called for. What about you, I heard after that competition where you won against Zhang Wei, you left the company and started a school of martial arts in Laoshan, is that right? Just what brought that on?” Zhang Tong asked Wang Chao with a very familiar way of speaking.
“Its a long story.” Wang Chao was trying to find a way to explain when all of a sudden, Zhang Tong held up a finger to quiet him. “Say what you want to say later! Who might this person be?” Zhang Tong asked Lin Yanan who was right besides Wang Chao.
“This is my assistant.” Wang Chao spoke.
“Hello, I’ve heard of Executive Zhang’s name from even the S Province as a woman of great business sense. My last name is Lin. You can call me Yanan.” Lin Yanan was a talent raised by the army, so she was easily capable of throwing off the stupor she had originally been in without any residue of the sugarcoating of Capitalism left on her. Her interpersonal skills had been switched on in an instant.
“So you are sister Lin Yanan.” Zhang Tong smiled. “Come, come sit down.”
Lin Yanan had adopted the military standard posture and strict expression. Letting Zhang Tong walk first, it had been a stellar example of being raised with manners and grace. In an instant, she had changed up her image from a money-smitten woman to a woman who was able and capable of exercising the power of a captain in the People’s Navy.
Seeing how Wang Chao and Lin Yanan were walking on over, the young woman whose surname was Huo gave a huff from her seat on the sofa. At the same time, her two eyes stared at Wang Chao studiously while her fingers snapped several times with a clicking sound.
As it seemed, when Zhang Tong had introduced Wang Chao as a genuine expert, she wasn’t convinced.
But Wang Chao didn’t care for any person outside of Zhang Tong in this group. When he sat down, he spoke, “I came to Hong Kong by the invitation of the Shaolin Temple to participate in a banquet to celebrate their night of entering the stock market. Ah, but you should already know about them entering the stock market I’d bet.” Wang Chao did not wish to hide anything from Zhang Tong, but he had said all that he could say to her anyways.
“What, you were invited by the Shaolin Temple?” Before Zhang Tong could even speak, the woman with the surname of Huo had leapt up in shock. Despite her upbringing of a woman of the high class society, she had cried out loud.
“And you are….?” Wang chao looked to the woman for a moment before glancing at Zhang Tong to inquire who she was.
“Oh, I forgot to introduce you.” Zhang Tong gave a small smile. “This is Huo Ling’er, a friend of mine. Huo Ling’er, this is mister Wang Chao. Not only is he the executive boss of the Tianxing Networking company, he is also the head of the Laoshan School of Internal Martial Arts.”
“Huo Ling’er? The third daughter of the Huoshi Company?” Wang Chao’s eyebrows narrowed together in thought, “Karateka second dan in name, but a strength that is not below the fourth dan level? I’ve heard that you took the title of the champion of the female division at the Asian Karatedo Championships with a skillset that is quite decent.”
“Laoshan School of Internal Martial Arts….?” Huo Ling’er had scoffed at Wang Chao’s status as the chief executive of Tianxing Networking, since it was only a company in China. Hong Kong wouldn’t care for it. And she wouldn’t care for such a pheasant of a company. In today’s society, a dummy company could be called XYZ international or global but be worth nothing in Asia.
But when Zhang Tong said that he was the head of the Laoshan School of Internal Martial Arts, she had been brought into deep thought as if she had remembered something.
“How did you come to know about Huo Ling’er and her background?” With Huo Ling’er in a deep stupor, Zhang Tong took the initiative to ask.
“I am good friends with Chen Aiyang of the Chenshi Corporation. His sister Chen Bin has a business in real estate in Hong Kong and is also proficient in Taichi. In our talks, the name of miss Huo would sometime come up. When you spoke her name, I just thought back to it.”
Huo Ling’er’s background was really mentioned in Wang Chao’s talks with Chen Bing. This person was the granddaughter was the Hong Kong’s Chamber of Commerce’s chairman mister Huo and was a woman of a very influential family. But her temperament was quite violent and loved to fight. She had even learned traditional Karate while studying in America, gaining a robust knowledge of martial arts.
When Wang Chao first listened to Zhang Tong’s introduction, he knew that this woman’s face was quite elaborate and beautiful. But her arms were bulky and her palms rough with plenty of calluses. From that alone, Wang Chao knew that she must have undergone many hard times practicing.