Chapitre 13: Chapter 13: Strength
'Jin' from the previous chapter is also known as 'strength' or 'internal power'
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Pei Youguang had a dream.
In his dream, he had a happy family. Although his father was as serious as ever, he was always proud of him. His mother would always secretly give him pocket money without telling his father and rub his head to tell him that she loved him.
The brothers in the dojo took him as the leader, and he became a world-famous martial arts genius, attracting everyone's attention. He would not be ignored by his father as if he did not exist, his mother was still alive, and he would not always be regarded as a foil for his genius brother who went to the inner ring city, nor would he have the experience of being repeatedly humiliated in the dojo and couldn't help running away.
Everything was so beautiful.
"..."
The father in the dream seemed to be saying something to him. Pei Youguang tried hard to hear it clearly, but he couldn't. His father said it many times and seemed to become impatient, and slapped him.
"Pah!"
Pei Youguang woke up and felt his right cheek burning.
"Hey."
Xue Jing squatted down, looked at Pei Youguang, who was lying on the ground with his eyes open but still a little confused, and slapped him again. The palm prints on both sides of his face were symmetrical.
"Pei Youguang, right? You have something to ask me? What is it? Tell me," Xue Jing said with a cold tone.
Pei Youguang: "..."
After waking up and realizing the current situation, Pei Youguang was silent for a while, with a wry smile on his face. "No... I'm fine."
Xue Jing nodded. "I'm glad you're fine. But you're fine now, I have something to ask you."
Pei Youguang touched his nose that was sunken into his face, and he gasped in pain. But when he heard Xue Jing's words, he hurriedly said, "You say it, you say it."
He was not a tough person. He had been bullied countless times since he was a child, and he had long learned to be humble and swallow his anger.
Although he was used to being domineering after entering the attached middle school and almost forgot the past, now Xue Jing's two slaps successfully awakened his muscle memory.
He did not use his family background to threaten others. All the students in the affiliated middle school knew that he had a background. Since Xue Jing dared to beat him, it meant that he was not afraid. Whether he was not afraid because he had someone to rely on or he was simply brave, he was defeated now. He could only admit defeat.
Xue Jing looked down at him and asked, "I heard that you killed someone? And bullied female classmates?"
Pei Youguang smiled and said, "No, no, they are all rumors."
"Then what about the girl who transferred to our school last semester?"
"...I was pursuing her, but I really didn't do that kind of thing. The girl transferred because she was too scared. If she really did it, the school would not have expelled me until now." At this point, Pei Youguang glanced at the younger brothers lying beside him, hesitated for a while, and whispered, "Don't tell anyone, I'm still a virgin."
Xue Jing slapped him in the face.
SMACK!
"I don't want to hear this kind of useless information."
Pei Youguang covered his face. "Yes..."
"Since there has been no such thing, why don't you clarify it?"
"Clarification may not be useful, and... there are such rumors, my classmates are very afraid of me... I think it's cool..."
Xue Jing slapped him in the face again.
Speechless, Xue Jing asked "Are you stupid? You want to take the reputation of a rapist on yourself?"
Pei Youguang didn't dare to talk back "You are right."
"Be a good student in the future and don't do this nonsense. Go back and write an essay on self-criticism, clearly state what you have done and what you haven't done wrong, and then recite it ten times in front of the whole class during the morning reading tomorrow. Ask your younger brother to take a video. I will check it later."
Pei Youguang said in embarrassment "Ah, this..."
Smack!
Pei Youguang covered his face with one hand and waved his other hand repeatedly "I will write it when I go back."
Xue Jing hummed and asked casually, "By the way, the punch you hit the wall with was quite powerful. What happened?"
Pei Youguang answered honestly "I have practiced martial arts. I used 'strength' in that punch just now."
Xue Jing asked curiously, "Strength? Is it something like the internal force in martial arts novels?"
Pei Youguang nodded first, then shook his head. "Strength, which can also be called internal force, is not some supernatural energy. It is a way to use the body's physical power. By mobilizing one's own muscles, tendons, blood, breathing, etc., and letting them cooperate with each other, it creates a technique that squeezes out the potential of the body which is called 'strength'."
Pei Youguang recalled what the master in the dojo had taught him and explained.
"To put it scientifically, the essence of 'strength' is kinetic energy. The various organs inside the body cooperate with each other to accumulate kinetic energy and then use various techniques to bring the accumulated kinetic energy out of the body. The power is much greater than that of ordinary punches and kicks. I heard that some powerful martial artists use strength in an exaggerated way and can even punch through the armor of a tank with their bare fists. I don't know if it's true."
Xue Jing pinched his chin and said nothing.
Pei Youguang understood immediately upon seeing this and hurriedly said, "If you are interested, I can teach you, although I only know some basic techniques..."
Seeing that he was so understanding, Xue Jing patted him on the shoulder, his expression softened a little. "Then thank you for your help."
Pei Youguang said cautiously "No problem, but can you please let me skip writing a self-criticism essay and reciting it in class?"
Xue Jing thought for a moment and said, "No, but you don't have to read it ten times, just once will be fine."
"..." Pei Youguang felt that there was no difference between ten times and once, and both would result in a loss of "dignity". How could he give in like this? However, he did not dare to refute and could only laugh dryly. "Thank you."
"Okay." Xue Jing stood up. "That's it. I'll come over to learn 'strength' when I'm free this afternoon or tomorrow. Study hard and be a serious student. Don't let me hear you bullying anyone again."
Pei Youguang "Yes boss."
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When Xue Jing left the dark alley, the younger brothers lying on the ground pretending to be unconscious slowly got up, held their heads, groaned in pain, and all looked like they had just woken up.
"Hey, Brother Pei, where is Xu... Senior Xue?"
Pei Youguang sat up, felt his school uniform pocket, took out a box of wrinkled cigarettes, and wanted to light one, but felt that he didn't have the interest, so he sighed.
"From now on, you have to call him Brother Jing."
The younger brothers looked at each other and could only agree.
The scene fell silent for a moment, Pei Youguang's eyes were filled with contemplation. 'He has never practiced martial arts, but he has this kind of physical strength... He should be considered as having a good foundation as the teacher in the dojo said...'
'Just like my elder brother...'
Pei Youguang didn't know whether he was beaten or what, but he had a hunch that Xue Jing was definitely not an ordinary person. Words like 'fawning over someone' and 'following someone' flashed through his mind, but the limits of his vision and cognition made it impossible for him to sort out the pros and cons.
After a long while, he shook his head.
"Forget it, I won't think about it anymore. Anyway, I just need to have a good relationship with him!"
Pei Youguang decided to follow his instincts.
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