Chapter 152: Grandmaster (1/2)

Chapter 152: Grandmaster

“Then what do I have to do to gain that power?”

Cao Jingjing asked again. Realizing her mouth felt dry, she took a sip of her drink.

“It’s simple.” Wang Chao spread out his hands. “If one is not amazing, then pretend to be. After long enough, you will become amazing.”

“Pft!” Cao Jingjing had opened her mouth in an unceremonious manner and spat out her juice. But Wang Chao had prepared for this earlier; in the moment before Cao Jingjing opened her mouth. Wang Chao’s hand slapped her chair.

Creak! Her chair spun around towards the opposite direction, causing the drink to spill onto the ground instead of the meal on the table.

“Y-you really do have a silver tongue now! It’s hard to think that in the past, you were the most introverted one in the class. I never even saw you speak for the entire term one time!” Cao Jingjing dabbed at her mouth with a napkin with an astonished expression.

When Wang Chao had slapped her chair, it was sharp and as fast as lightning. She herself hadn’t even noticed the movement or him getting out of his chair to do so.

“Well then, you nearly spat on our food. Let’s eat first hen.” Wang Chao hadn’t eaten for two whole days so his stomach had felt rather empty.

Tapping the table, Wang Chao placed a piece of goose meat in his mouth and began to chew. A loud cracking sound could be heard as Wang Chao chewed the bones with the meat before swallowing.

“You’re seriously far too fast. Even if I had a gun, I doubt I’d be a match for you, oh! You didn’t spit out the bones.”

When Cao Jingjing saw Wang Chao eat the bones along with the meat without spitting it out, she was astonished once again.

“The marrow within the bones are rich with nutrition. It’d be a shame to not eat it. Do you know what it means to ‘tap the bones to breathe the marrow’? But still, don’t follow my example–you’ll ruin your teeth.”

Wang Chao put down his chopsticks, unwilling to go deeper in that aspect. Both eyes looked to his old classmate’s hands, “You learn to shoot a gun?”

“Of course I did. My dad is the head of Public Security, shooting a gun isn’t something to be embarrassed about.”

“Of course it’s not embarrassing. You are the invaluable daughter of an official, a princessling.” Wang Chao mindlessly ate another two bites of his meal. In front of his old classmate, he didn’t bother with the formalities.

“You aren’t anyone unknown either. You’ve made a business with the government. I even heard that you’ve even managed to meet with the sister’s daughter of the secretary of the municipal committee and became rich. What else is there that I don’t know?” Cao Jingjing laughed.

“Actually, the reason why I invited you out today is to meet with the invaluable daughter of chief Cao. If we’re being honest, ever since we met in high school, I have been madly in love with you. Now that I have become an official with money and fame, the both of us are a good match. Want me to go to chief Ma to be our matchmaker? You don’t need to feel embarrassed about this then.” Wang Chao spoke while biting into his rice.

“Go die.” Cao Jingjing laughed. “You sound pretty similar to an upstart or even a corrupt official trying to support his second wife.”

“Eh? That reminds me then. Now that I have money and power, I wish to find a third and fourth wife. Got any classmates that you could introduce me to?” Wang Chao asked.

“How about sister Furong?”

“You!” This time it had been Wang Chao’s turn to burst out laughing. Immediately waving his hand, he tried to stop Cao Jingjing from speaking any more.

“Fine then. My old classmate, let’s talk honestly now.” Cao Jingjing placed down her chopsticks. “You saved my life before. Back when I was kidnapped, it was you that saved me. Because of that time, I worked hard to learn Taekwondo. But even now, I am still far from capable. Please give me some advice.”

“Your skill isn’t bad, you’ve practiced well. From what I can see, you’ve seen plenty of hardships these past few years, but your martial arts improved because of it.” Wang Chao stared at Cao Jingjing to observe her muscles and framework. It was quite toned, and far stronger than the average person.

Cao Jingjing nodded her head in silence, she knew that she had indeed worked hard. With Cao Yi making a few enemies, she was not a safe individual. It wouldn’t do for her to not know some martial arts to protect herself.

From the start of summer vacation after graduating, she had begun to learn the art of self defense. Even in high school, she joined the Taekwondo club and ut in many hours of her day to learn how to kick, stomp, roll, lift weights, hit a sandbag, break boards, and so on to train.

Continuing onto her junior year, Cao Jingjing was already extremely strong and flexible. She wouldn’t even break a sweat if she were to come across three hoodlums on the streets now.

One time, when she and another female classmate were out shopping, they had been accosted by two pickpockets. Cao Jingjing had at once sent two kicks that gave a concussion to one and nearly broke the neck of the other.

This had caused a huge commotion that later made her well known throughout the university and earned her some adoration.

“Fine then.” Wang Chao continued to eat. “Eat up first and then find us an empty place to train, but not the gymnasium. I don’t want my methods to be heard by a third person.”

After the two finished their meals, they walked to the close by Summer Palace. Since it was October, the weather was rather refreshing. But still, the aftermaths of the summer tiger was still there with the sun high in the sky with its harsh rays that would cause any person to sweat.

But within the Summer Palace was a calm and cool forest with a gentle wind. A veritable refreshing part of the world.

“No wonder Dowager Cixi had allocated the funds for the navy into the restoration of this place.”

Wang Chao and Cao Jingjing came to a stop near a secluded part of the forest.

“Try the Hurricane Kick again.” Wang Chao watched Cao Jingjing ready herself before signaling her to do so.

“En.” Cao Jingjing rotated her body by twisting her waist and kicking out to fly high into the sky before doing the final kick. Pa! There was a very clear motion of the leg kicking out in midair.

Wang Chao watched without speaking before extending out a hand in the manner of a snake. Levelled at his chest, the other fist then pressed against his waist. One leg was out front while the other was behind him. This was the posture for the Drilling Fist of the snake stance, but without movement.