“Zhuangzhuang’s dad, Zhuangzhuang still has a few movements whose essence he hasn’t quite grasped. How about this, I will demonstrate them a few times. Watch closely, and practice more with him at home.”
Qian Feng stood up from his chair, a malicious smile curving across his face as he said to Shen Yanbin, “Stand still and don’t move around. The following move is called a front kick.”
It would be a miracle if Shen Yanbin did not move around.
That leg swept swiftly toward him, carrying a fierce, powerful wind, coming straight for his chin.
Shen Yanbin held his breath, his scalp tightening as his body instinctively leaned backward.
“This move is called a roundhouse kick!”
Just barely dodging the first kick, the next one followed right on its heels.
Shen Yanbin retreated step by step, backed into the corner by the door.
“This move is called a side kick!”
“Ah!” He did not dodge this one; it landed squarely on Shen Yanbin’s chest.
“Qian Feng, hey, what are you two doing?”
Right at that moment, the door opened.
A bald middle-aged man walked in, just in time to see Qian Feng’s kick landing on Shen Yanbin’s chest.
“Director, I am teaching Luo Zhuang’s parent some movement techniques.”
Seeing Director Ma walk in, Qian Feng stopped his movements, shrugged, and put on an utterly innocent look.
“Luo Zhuang’s parent?” Director Ma shifted his gaze to Shen Yanbin, who had been kicked into the corner of the door.
Not looking was fine, but one look gave him a terrible fright.
His voice trembled as he cried, “Director… Director Shen?”
“What wind blew you here? Oh dear, are you alright? Why didn’t you let me know you were coming so I could go pick you up?”
Director Ma was terrified and frantic, scurrying over to help Shen Yanbin.
Now it was Qian Feng’s turn to be dumbfounded. “Director Shen? Your last name isn’t Luo? Could the child take his mother’s last name? That’s not right either, Zhuangzhuang’s mother doesn’t have the last name Luo either!”
“Coach Qian, I am not Zhuangzhuang’s father.”
Shen Yanbin rubbed his aching chest, a warm smile still hanging on his face, his tone quite peaceful without a trace of anger.
“Not Zhuangzhuang’s father, then you are…” Seeing Director Ma’s attitude, Qian Feng had a bad premonition in his heart.
“He is the financial backer and boss of our Dewu Taekwondo Dojo.” Director Ma glared irritably at Qian Feng, this troublemaker.
“Ah?!”
Qian Feng stared at that gentle and refined face, forgetting to blink.
Shen Yanbin said, “Coach Qian just kicked me.”
Qian Feng snapped out of it and forced two awkward laughs. “Haha… Not Zhuangzhuang’s father, but the financial backer, isn’t he a backer too? It’s a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding.”
“Yes, yes, it’s all a misunderstanding. It’s fine once cleared up. President Shen, please don’t take it to heart. Coach Qian was just acting with a sense of responsibility.” Director Ma smiled flatteringly and chimed in.
“You hurt me so much.” Ignoring Director Ma, Shen Yanbin just stared fixedly at Qian Feng.
The 192-centimeter-tall man deliberately coughed twice while clutching his chest, feigning frailty.
Qian Feng saw through it at a glance.
He hadn’t even used much strength just now.
So tall, big, and fierce, what was he pretending to be Lin Daiyu for?
Qian Feng rolled his eyes and said without an ounce of sincerity, “President Shen, I… I apologize to you. I’m sorry, is that good enough?”
Shen Yanbin remained gentle, maintaining a scholarly demeanor as he pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his high nose, and said:
“If an apology worked, the police would be out of a job. Coach Qian, don’t you agree?”
“Then what on earth do you want?”
“Since you injured me, of course I need to go to the hospital for a checkup, register with a specialist, get scans, and pick up some medicine.” Shen Yanbin made a quick calculation and said magnanimously, “How about this, you can just compensate me five thousand yuan. If that’s not enough, I won’t hold it against you further.”
“What did you say?!”
Qian Feng could simply not believe his ears, his eyes wide with shock.
His hands were itching; he really wanted to rush forward and tear apart that scholarly face, behind which a demonic heart must surely be hidden.
“Five thousand yuan? Fine, fine, fine. Qian Feng, we’ll deduct it from your salary.” Director Ma stepped in to agree first.
“Director!” Qian Feng looked at Director Ma in disbelief. “I absolutely will not…”
Seeing that Qian Feng looked ready to blow his top again.
Director Ma wore an expression of profound exasperation.
He hurriedly walked over, threw an arm around Qian Feng’s shoulder, and whispered advice that only the two of them could hear:
“Listen to me, agree to it first. This guy is the god of wealth for our dojo, we can’t afford to offend him. For five thousand yuan, you might lose five million. Think about it, is it worth it?”
“But I didn’t use any strength, he’s faking it! Why should I shell out money? Isn’t this taking my life?”
“I know your family situation. Here’s what we’ll do: we’ll deduct five thousand from your salary first, and then I’ll issue it back to you as a five-thousand-yuan performance bonus. It’s all President Shen’s money anyway. You don’t say anything, I don’t say anything, how would he have the slightest clue?”
“Director is brilliant!”
Once they reached an agreement, Qian Feng turned to Shen Yanbin and reluctantly agreed with a fake look of anger.
Little did he know, the sharp-eyed and sharp-eared Shen Yanbin had seen right through everything.
He was just teasing Qian Feng.
He wasn’t actually short of that five thousand yuan.
Shen Yanbin smiled gently, choosing not to expose them.
And so, the matter was allowed to pass.
Later on, Director Ma pulled Shen Yanbin aside to chat about the dojo’s current situation.
He even took him around everywhere, introducing him to individuals and having them greet him.
It turned Shen Yanbin into something resembling a leader on an official inspection tour.
Heaven knows, he had wanted to leave long ago.
Just in time, his family called to tell Shen Yanbin to come home, so he used that as an excuse to leave the Taekwondo dojo.
The Rolls-Royce drove into the famous villa estate.
Before stepping into the house, Shen Yanbin received a WeChat message from his close friend Luo Tao.
[Luo Tao: To thank you for helping me send my son to the Taekwondo dojo, I’ll tell you a secret. I know you’re a proponent of lifelong celibacy, but your dad doesn’t think that way. A few days ago, I bumped into your dad conspiring with the old man of the Huo family to marry off the Huo family’s daughter to you as a wife. You better prepare early.]
Marry a socialite daughter as a wife?
The Huo family’s daughter?
He had heard she was extremely beautiful and well-read.
However, Shen Yanbin had never met her, nor did he have any interest in getting to know her.
Could it be that calling him home this time was solely for this matter?
With a vague, ominous premonition, Shen Yanbin stepped into the house.
After changing into slippers in the foyer, he took two steps forward and raised his gaze.
He saw an unfamiliar girl sitting in the living room.
Shen Yanbin couldn’t help stopping in his tracks, freezing for a moment.
It wasn’t because the girl was drop-dead gorgeous that he froze.
Quite the opposite.
This young lady… was wearing a white long dress, and her weight was visually estimated to be around 200 pounds, with the rolls of fat on her belly almost sagging down to the sofa.
The girl also saw Shen Yanbin, stood up awkwardly, the shock uncontainable within her tiny eyes.
Seeing Shen Yanbin’s handsome appearance, she was struck dumb as a wooden chicken, almost drooling.
It was Shen Yanbin who recovered first, politely smiling and nodding at her with cultivated gentleness.
Only then did the girl flusteredly wave back in response.
After the greeting, Shen Yanbin paid her no further mind and lifted his foot to head upstairs.
“How could you introduce this kind of woman to Yanbin?”
“Old Shen, being a bit plump is good for childbearing. You can’t just focus on looks; a wife should be virtuous like me.”
“You, you, you… you’re simply a wicked stepmother!”