Volume 3 Chapter 71: Is She the Punching Bag?
“Lin Lin, it’s my fault. I didn’t control the angle well. I… I won’t hold your arm anymore, okay?”
“Mm…”
“How about I wear gloves? Ahem. I’ll just cut off both my arms! Is that okay? Come on, smile a little~”
“Pfft—”
Lin Lin finally couldn’t hold it in and laughed. The fierce look she had tried so hard to keep in her eyes disappeared at once.
Cut off both arms? You’re even more extreme than Kim Jong Un.
“Ahem, fine. I’m not a devil, after all. But if you look around carelessly again, I’ll dig out your eyeballs.”
She pouted, still a little unhappy about Gao Liang’s sincere gaze.
Gao Liang felt wronged. Wasn’t that a direct death threat? And she said she wasn’t a devil? But… at least she had calmed down now.
“Alright, Lin Lin. Let’s practice a bit more. I won’t hold you anymore. I’ll just correct you a little when needed. You try to feel the movement yourself, okay?”
“Mm…”
Lin Lin nodded, turned around again, and started practicing the moves.
Gao Liang called out the order of punches while carefully watching her. Sometimes he lightly adjusted her arm to correct her posture.
After a while, he wanted her to practice some kicks, like a front kick and a roundhouse kick. So he gently tapped her thigh with his knee as a signal.
And then…
She felt pain from that touch. Her thigh reacted by kicking forward on its own. It was a natural body reflex, not something she controlled with her brain.
Lin Lin couldn’t control it. Her balance became unstable, and she fell to the ground—
And ended up doing a full split.
………
“Gao Liang! What are you doing?!”
“Ah— Lin Lin, I just wanted you to practice lifting your leg! Sorry, sorry, I didn’t catch you in time!”
“Ugh…”
Listening to his quick explanation, she pouted. Then she remembered—oh right, he did say that a tap meant she should lift her leg.
Mm…
For a moment, she couldn’t find a reason to blame him.
Gao Liang smiled helplessly and squatted down beside her.
“But actually, Lin Lin, your flexibility is really good. I noticed it before at the hotel. Maybe instead of martial arts, you should practice yoga.”
“Ugh… you… don’t talk nonsense!”
Lin Lin’s face turned red, and she looked away. Gao Liang tilted his head in confusion.
“What’s wrong? I was complimenting you.”
“You think I don’t understand what you really mean? If someone is flexible, they can try more poses, right? Hmph. Pervert! Get lost!”
“Huh?”
Gao Liang blinked, completely confused. He didn’t even understand what she was talking about.
Lin Lin looked at him for a few seconds.
His eyes looked too innocent.
Maybe I should read fewer adult manga in the future.
Ahhh…
Just when the atmosphere became so awkward that it felt frozen, someone suddenly knocked on the main door of the training hall.
Lin Lin looked at the door in confusion and quickly took the chance to change the topic.
“Oh? Is someone here? Are they coming to kick us out?”
“Uh, probably not. Don’t worry. I’ll go check. They should be here about now.”
Gao Liang gently patted her head, then stood up and walked to the door.
He opened it from the inside. Outside, Gao Ye was standing there with a small cart. On the cart were several punching bags. She looked full of resentment.
“Brother… you jerk!”
“Ahem, you finally made it!”
Gao Liang coughed twice and took the cart from her.
Gao Ye still looked unhappy. She was breathing heavily, clearly tired from pulling the cart.
“Big brother, do you know that I planned to take tonight off and enjoy my free time at home? I finished my homework early and arranged everything in advance. And then one message from you dragged me here! And I even had to carry such heavy stuff! I don’t care. If you don’t give me one hundred million today, I won’t let you leave.”
She leaned against the doorway, feeling wronged. Gao Liang pulled the cart inside and nodded.
“Oh. Thanks.”
Then he closed the door.
Gao Ye’s mouth twitched. She immediately started banging on the door.
“Gao Liang! You can make your cute little sister deliver things, but you can’t open the door? Why are you locking me outside?! Gao Liang!”
“Ah, you’re so noisy. Didn’t I tell you to go enjoy your nightlife?”
Gao Liang helplessly opened the door again and looked at his younger sister, who was throwing a small tantrum.
She raised her eyebrows and muttered,
“Well, since I’m already here and don’t have anything else to do, I might as well see what you’re planning tonight. Suddenly asking for punching bags and coming to the taekwondo hall… Hmm, doesn’t this place have any punching bags?”
“It probably does. But I don’t have the key to the storage room. It’s locked.”
Gao Liang shook his head.
Gao Ye didn’t care. She quickly slipped inside and looked around.
“You’re alone?”
“There’s also Lin Lin… Look, she’s over there.”
Gao Liang pointed in her direction.
The moment Gao Ye saw Lin Lin, her eyes lit up. She ran over quickly.
“Sister Lin Lin~”
“Ahhh! Don’t—don’t come over here!”
Lin Lin, who had been sitting on the floor, saw the little “devil” running toward her with a big smile. She quickly stood up and ran in a circle, heading straight toward Gao Liang.
But she didn’t want to jump into her rival’s arms, so she could only stay next to him. And since Gao Liang had no way to stop Gao Ye, in the end, Lin Lin was still caught and hugged tightly by Gao Ye right beside him.
“Ahaha! Did you miss me? Hey, Sister Lin Lin, you and my brother alone in such a big space, aren’t you being a bit too luxurious? Hehe~ Oh! Your skin looks even better lately~”
“Ahhh! Let go of me, let go, please—!”
Lin Lin looked up pitifully at Gao Liang. He could only shrug helplessly.
It’s over…
She lowered her head in despair. She was completely doomed today.
“You… why did you come here?”
“Me?” Gao Ye gave a naughty smile and said, “My brother called me. He said practicing by punching the air didn’t feel good, so he asked me to bring a punching bag.”
“So… so she’s the punching bag?”
Lin Lin pointed at Gao Ye’s face and looked at Gao Liang with hopeful eyes.