Chapter 22: Isn't Your Move Too Generous?

  "It's true that when something good happens, one's spirit is lifted. You seem particularly refreshed and spirited today." Cao Ronghua said as she sized up Hao Ren on their way to class the next day.

  "It's no wonder that after interacting with a rich woman, his temperament seems to have changed as well." Zhou Liren stroked his chin, looking at Hao Ren while speaking to Zhao Jiaxin and the others.

  "Every move she makes has a carefree quality to it." Zhao Jiaxin said with a smile.

  The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is intentional. Hao Ren also feels that since he broke through his body yesterday, the aura around him has been different.

  It's as if the laws of heaven and earth have merged with me, although I still can't absorb the energy of heaven and earth, but vaguely there is a feeling that I am heaven and earth.

  Not yet truly stepping into the door of cultivation, just reaching the first layer of basic skills is already like this, no wonder Zhao Yanzi's third uncle would look down on ordinary people. Hao Ren felt the changes in his body while thinking to himself.

  The four of them were on their way to class when they ran into several girls from their class who had just come out of the cafeteria after having breakfast. Xie Yu Jia glanced at Hao Ren, was about to quicken her pace to rush to the classroom and grab a seat in the front row, but suddenly felt a bit strange, and turned around to look at Hao Ren again.

  It's strange, he's wearing the same clothes as yesterday, but suddenly feels like his temperament is different... Xie Yu Jia felt a slight sense of puzzlement in her heart, thinking it was just her own illusion, shook her head, got on her bicycle and rode towards the teaching building.

  "Xie Yu Jia turned around and looked at you two, are you two hooked up?" Zhou Li Ren asked with a raised eyebrow.

  Hao Rentu let out a breath of air, "How is it possible..."

  In his heart, Xie Yu Jia is not only the class monitor but also the campus belle, an unattainable existence for him.

  Moreover... he is now a married man with a wife.

  The four of them swaggered into the teaching building, just in time for class to start. Hao Ren chose a seat by the window with fresh air, pulled out his materials and began preparing tonight's tutoring test papers.

  "Didn't you reply to me yesterday?" Halfway through class, Hao Ren suddenly received a message from Xie Yu Jia.

  This made him a little surprised, and he raised his head to meet Xie Yu Jia's gaze as she turned around to look at him. The diligent class monitor who always took notes was actually texting in class...

  Hao Ren hastily lowered his head and replied with a message: "You said long-distance running, I know."

  "Our class has only you participating in the competition, and our entire college will select only six people to participate in the final match. Don't let me down." She sent another message afterwards.

  Hao Ren suddenly felt the pressure. The Donghai University Sports Meet, held once every two years, is a whole-school competition that transcends grade levels, where top athletes selected from tens of thousands of students compete on the field, and can be considered a grand event.

  "Got it." Hao Ren replied with a message. He was also a long-distance running champion in middle school, but he had never participated in provincial-level competitions, and the college entrance examination did not give him extra points for this.

  Xie Yu Jia had high expectations for him, but he himself didn't have much confidence. Even though he used to run very fast, after entering university, he spent all day playing computer games and hadn't properly practiced in a long time.

  I thought the message connection would end there, but unexpectedly Xie Yu Jia sent another one over, "Did you get a haircut yesterday? Why do I feel like you're different today?"

  "No." Hao Ren sent a message back.

  After that, Xie Yu Jia didn't send any more messages. Hao Ren wondered if he had responded too coldly, but soon he was immersed in the ocean of English questions from his middle school days again.

  In the evening, Hao Ren took a ride to Zhao Yanzi's home again. It was not his first time having dinner at their house, and Hao Ren was no longer as reserved as he had been last time. Of course, when it came to family topics in their household, Hao Ren still remained silent and didn't intervene.

  After dinner, Zhao Hongyu didn't let Hao Ren help with the cleaning and instead told him to go upstairs and tutor Zhao Yanzi. Although Zhao Yanzi was reluctant, she still obediently followed Hao Ren upstairs.

  Hao Ren thought for a day and decided to tutor Zhao Yanzi in the form of knowledge points, so today's test papers are all about the most common "tense" problems in junior high school English.

  Time passed bit by bit, Zhao Yanzi racked her brains and finally finished the test paper.

  "Uncle, are you going to grade it or not?" Looking at Hao Ren seriously grading her test paper, Zhao Yanzi leaned on her chin with her hand and twirled the pen in her hand.

  She came home today and changed out of her school uniform, wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt with a kitten pattern and a red plaid skirt, fluffy and sweet like a piece of candy, full of girly charm.

  And she sat with her legs curled up in the chair, the raised hem of her shirt just exposing a small section of flat abdomen to Hao Ren, completely unaware.

  "If you follow me and study hard, being in the top three of your class won't be a problem." Hao Ren wrote a big red 30 on her test paper and handed it back to her.

  Ignoring her pouting face due to dissatisfaction, Hao Ren pointed at the first question and began explaining, "Here it says 'yesterday', so we need to use the past tense. The verb 'say' is irregular, its past tense is 'said', not 'sayed'... Hey, listen carefully and remember..."

  Seeing Hao Ren being so clueless about romance, Zhao Yanzi made a sour face but had no choice but to follow his instructions and start copying on her notebook.

  Hao Ren couldn't understand it at all. Judging from the books in Zhao Hongyu's studio, Zhao Hongyu should be very good at English, but how could she have a daughter with such poor English?

  The hour-long tutoring session finally ended, and the tip of Zhao Yanzi's pen was almost bitten through by her small teeth, showing how much she "hated" Hao Ren.

  "Ah Ren, come with me." Zhao Guang appeared at the door on time.

  "Hmm." Hao Ren put down the documents in his hand and followed Zhao Guang down the small staircase into the workshop.

  "Seems like there's been a breakthrough?" Zhao Guang asked as he entered the workshop.

  "It's probably okay now, I feel like my body has been unblocked," Hao Ren said.

  "Hmm, not bad. But the first layer is relatively simple, today I'll explain the content behind it to you again." Zhao Guang's face was calm, without showing any surprise.

  Hao Ren chose a place to sit down and listened patiently to his explanation. Although he didn't know what realm Zhao Guang had reached, it shouldn't be too low.

  He didn't think of flying to the sky or escaping to the earth, but at least he had to keep his own life. And if he succeeded in his cultivation, Zhao Yan's crisis three years later would also be more manageable.

  He certainly knew that Zhao Yanzi and his family were trying their best to help him, although strictly speaking, the initial mistake was made by Zhao Yanzi. However, they would rather put their daughter in harm's way than sacrifice the innocent Hao Ren. This is actually a profound sense of justice that many other parents find difficult to achieve.

  Time flew by and it was already 9:30, Zhao Guang finally explained every detail of this concentrated decision.

  "Come over tomorrow at the usual time, and then you can cultivate on your own. If there's anything you don't understand, just come ask me." Zhao Guang said, looking up to check the time.

  Hao Ren nodded and walked out of the studio to the second floor, then entered Zhao Yanzi's room. Seeing her head buried in her homework, he didn't disturb her either, quietly taking the supplementary materials and leaving.

  "I'll see you back." Zhao Guang appeared at the door and said.

  "Thank you." Hao Ren did not refuse.

  "On the way back this time, Zhao Guang suddenly spoke up, 'Can you drive?'"

  "I have a driver's license, I learned it last summer vacation, but I'm not very good at it." Hao Ren replied.

  "Otherwise, I'll buy you a car, it's more convenient to come and go. Do you like Chevrolet or Volkswagen?" Zhao Guang said lightly, as if he was talking about buying a ten-yuan toy, not a hundred-thousand-yuan car.

  "Uh... never mind. I'll just take a taxi back myself from now on." Hao Ren said hastily.

  Zhao Guang didn't say anything else and drove the car quietly to send Hao Ren back to his dormitory building.

  "Oh, tell Ah Zi that I'll be participating in the sports meet next week, so I need to train myself for the next few days. Let's continue her tutoring on Tuesday of next week instead."

  "Alright." Zhao Guang steadily started the car and disappeared around the corner.

  A calm father-in-law, a gentle mother-in-law, and an overbearing fiancée - what more could he ask for? Hao Ren took a deep breath and entered the dormitory building.

  Back in the dormitory, Zhou Liren and the other two were not there, obviously they were playing games at an internet cafe outside. Hao Ren opened his bag and reorganized his tutoring materials when he suddenly found that the cover page of his most frequently used junior high school English exercise book had been drawn with a big pig head.

  Coarse nose, wide eyes, drooping ears, thick lips...... Next to it are a few words: Self-righteous uncle.

  Hao Ren gazed at this pig head which looked similar to himself but was also ugly, and smiled.