123 Chapter 122: Forceful retreat.

The boot clamp was removed, Wu Yihuan opened her car door then slammed it right away.

Wú Haodong looked to her forceful retreat questioningly.

"I had bought groceries prior to the accident, it all went bad inside the car."

As soon as she said so, the smell wafted through the air assaulting the nostrils of all those that were nearby.

"Leave it with me Miss Wu, I'll have a tow pick it up and have your car detailed."

"No . . I can't possibly,"

"It's fine, do you need me to arrange another vehicle for you in the mean time?"

"No no, I'll take a taxi."

"My car is here, just come with me. We're going to the same place anyway."

Wu Yihuan looked to Wú Haodong and smiled as she nodded. She then turned to Lin Xie,

"Uncle Lin, do you need us to stick around for the police?"

"No its fine, we'll deal with it as a conflict between us and them."

Lin Xie's stern look went softer now as he looked at Wú Haodong.

The rallying call of Gaoshan was the reason why. It was because it was an insiders only call. And the situation called for it.

To pretend to be Gaoshan, is an affront to all the brothers and sisters of Gaoshan, living or deceased. Past, present and future.

Wú Haodong and Wu Yihuan left the drama at the parking station and headed towards the city centre.

"Nice to meet you Miss Wu, I am Wú Xiaodong, I'm currently staying with Qin Qianyu and her family."

"Wu Yihuan, it's a pleasure to meet you too."

"May I ask. How did you know I was there?"

"Oh, it was purely a coincidence. As you saw, my car was already parked there."

"Oh, and uncle Lin?"

"Ah, I called him there when I noticed the hawkers in the crowd, and the thugs in the vans."

"Hmm, good insight,"

Wu Yihuan replied. The pair then chatted much more comfortably after that.

Wu Yihuan asked Wú Haodong to head to a certain store in the city as she wanted to buy some meeting gifts for Qin family.

Wú Haodong nodded and complied to the request.

As he was driving, he stopped at the traffic lights close to a small cafe. Inside this cafe, Murong Meimei sat staring absentmindedly out it's large window.

She looked towards a certain car and almost lost her breath then and there.

Her heart started to beat uncontrollably as she stared at the driver. Blood started to rush to her face causing her cheeks to bloom and heat up without stopping.

"It's . . It's him! . . "

She mumbled. Wei Xinyi looked to her niece and noticed the oddity of Murong Meimei's behaviour. She quickly enquired,

"Meimei, are you alright? . . You seem to be a little flustered?"

"Mhm . . I . . I'm fine,"

She managed to mutter out. She was fighting the urge to run up and knock on his window,

Wei Xinyi looked to where Murong Meimei was staring and soon spotted the profile of a young man.

She didn't get a good look at him as the lights changed and he drove away. She did however catch the lowly sigh that escaped Murong Meimei's lips.

"Hmm, she is at that age I guess. She'll be 18 next year, should I throw her an early birthday or wait for her to finish filming this movie first then have a grand celebration after they wrap up?"

She smiled as she says to herself,

Murong Meimei was still thinking about Wú Haodong as he disappeared from her view.

Images of him Flowed through her mind, then the note and gifts he had left for her. Now, seeing him in his luxurious car made her more determined to latch on to him.

The more she saw him, the more sure she was that it was all fateful, it was destined, and the more she thought about him the more she was sure, that it was meant to be.

She had made up her mind there and then, right there in that coffee shop that he was hers and hers alone.

She was determined to make it so, come hell or high waters.

Wú Haodong knew nothing about him being spoken for, after helping Wu Yihuan with the gifts, the pair quickly headed towards the Qin family home in Changsheng district.

The pair pulled into the home's driveway and saw all three members of the Qin family standing outside waiting for them.

Wú Haodong had messaged Qin Qianyu that he and Wu Yihuan where almost home.

Wu Yihuan panicked a little and Wú Haodong chuckled.

"Calm down, they're just regular people."

Wu Yihuan exhaled heavily and nodded to Wú Haodong.

The pair greeted Qin Haoran and Ouyang Zihan as well as Qin Qianyu again.

"Stop it now, we're all family here."

Qin Haoran says. Ouyang Zihan smiled and nodded in affirmation to her husbands words.

Both Wú Haodong and Wu Yihuan handed over their gifts, and they entered the house.

The couple sighed, as they accepted the gifts.

Once inside, Qin Qianyu took Wu Yihuan by the arm and led her inside.

"I'm just going to freshen up before we start training, I'll meet you two soon after."

Wú Haodong announced. He excused himself and left to his courtyard leaving Wu Yihuan with the Qin's.

Over the short time spent in the hospital room, the couple had gotten to know a little about Wu Yihuan, well at least her newer identity.

It was just a reflection of her "past life", that she transferred to her newer self.

So she wasn't lying to them.

The couple had a fairly good impression of Wu Yihuan and with her being Wú Haodong's relative, made them like her more.

They all caught up over some tea and light refreshments.

Wu Yihuan shared with everyone what had happened to her car and the putrid smell that was left in it from the rancid groceries.

"Well, why don't you stay here for a few days then, that way you're not travelling to and fro just for training."

Ouyang Zihan mentioned, Wu Yihuan however shook her head,

"Thanks Aunty, but I couldn't possibly intrude on all of you like this out of nowhere."

"Why?"

Qin Qianyu asked,

" . . . "

"Um . . I . . Just said I didn't want to in . . trude,"

Wu Yihuan stammered out to Qin Qianyu's question.

"There's plenty of room here, plus I can't go to you because I've been naughty, so, just stay here for a while."

"Hmm, okay, . . Thanks for having me I guess."

"Hahaha, cool, well let's start our training then."

Qin Haoran and Ouyang Zihan both shook their heads lightly,

The pair went outside to the training grounds leaving the adults to themselves.

Wu Yihuan took stock of the grounds, it was truly impressive.

"You train here every day?"

"Mhm, well most days, when I'm not out saving old people and collapsing that is,"

"Yo! . . Do I fall into that category too?"

"Ahhh, yee no?"

"Tsk! . . I'm still in young! You even made me look younger than I truly am, there's like 8 to 10 years missing on me!"

"Hehe, cool right?"

" . . . "

After a quick chat, the pair were soon joined by Wú Haodong.

"Alright, I've seen you fight, it isn't bad, but it could use a lot of improvement. You've seem to have picked up Yang Mingchun's lazy habits, we'll need to fix that."

"Huh!? . . You notice the style just from watching me that one time?"

Wú Haodong nodded but soon frowned as Wu Yihuan snapped back,

"Please don't talk ill about Madam Yang,"

"Oh don't misunderstand, I'm not ragging on her, come here,"

Wú Haodong tossed Wu Yihuan a pair of wooden swords.

"Show me 'starlight streaks' go at your pace."

Wu Yihuan nodded. She stood in front of Wú Haodong and started the movement.

At the end of her attack, Wú Haodong, who had his hands in his pockets and didn't move an inch, stayed perfectly still as the sword went in the gap between his side torso and arm.

Wu Yihuan frowned when this happened. She looked to Wú Haodong for an answer.

"You've conditioned yourself to her style, but it's still wrong. With Yang Mingchun, she knows of this shortcoming of hers, but compensated by making minor adjustments in her footwork and the reason is because of her hand."

Wú Haodong then explained to the girls that in Yang Mingchun's younger days she "injured" her hand.

The damage done to her tendons, tissues and muscles, left her unable to reproduce the move correctly.

This is what he told them. However, the truth was more serious than that.

She had a confrontation with Xi Jiangshan, a fight soon ensued and she beat him. However, his subordinates ambushed her one day. They took her to Xi Jiangshan where he severed her hand right off as retaliation for the humiliation of being beaten.

Feng Qingxuan saved Yang Mingchun's hand as best she could, but, unfortunately, she lost grip strength and the use of several actions and motions because of it.

It all stemmed from the seat challenge for the commanders position of Tiger Nether Team where Yang Mingchun's best friend and then, commander of TNT, was ruthlessly killed by Xi Jiangshan.

"So when I say lazy, what I mean is she didn't instil in you the macro movements she created to compensate for her hand."

"I . . I didn't know, sorry for speaking out like that."

"Don't mind it, cause I don't either. But, now that I think about it, she probably thought that sword arts would be rendered obsolete due to the current era, so, the style she taught you is still good enough for support in conjunction with modern weaponry."

Wu Yihuan nodded to Wú Haodong's thoughts and explanation as he continued,

"So now, in order to fix this, what we have to decide is, will you learn from the beginning or do you want to fine tune what you know and add your own macro movements to the dual sword technique."

Wu Yihuan now had a decision to make, it wasn't easy for her as what she learned came from a person she respected wholeheartedly.

To her, forgoing this and learning again from scratch felt like she was betraying what was taught to her by her mentor.

Qin Qianyu could see her struggling to make up her mind. She was about to say something to her but was held back by Wú Haodong.

"She'll come to a decision that's right for her, as her family, we need to respect that."

Qin Qianyu pouted but quickly smiled. She knew Wú Haodong was telling her not to influence Wu Yihuan's decision making process and nodded in agreement.

She then asked,

"Can I teach her the breathing technique?"

"It's yours now, it belongs to you so you can do with it as you please. But you must remember, the decisions you make from now on are yours, the responsibility and consequences are yours to shoulder and bare."

Qin Qianyu thought for a while and nodded in understanding. She went to Wu Yihuan as she was still trying to make a sound decision about relearning or making readjustments to the dual sword technique.

Qin Qianyu told her not to dwell on it,

"You don't have to force yourself to make a decision straight away."

Wu Yihuan nodded. Qin Qianyu then explained to her that she will teach her a new technique, as well as open up her body's potential and pathways.

An hour later the exercise finished. A healthy glow radiated across Wu Yihuan's body. She felt lighter and more energetic.

Her mind felt incomparably clearer and in tuned.

Her heart felt free and an intumescent feeling enveloped her core being, from over expanding and exploding outwardly. This bundle of stored energy stayed at a certain level that could be unleashed at a moments call.

She slowly exhaled then looked over her body and noticed the heavy sweat on her.

"This . . This is incredible."

"Heh you've seen nothing yet."

Qin Qianyu says as her eyes narrowed into slits and her grin turned a little creepy.

Wu Yihuan saw none of this however as she was busy having an "awe feast" at her own body.

Qin Qianyu chuckle low and slow as she eyed the unsuspecting Wu Yihuan's abdomen and navel.

Then, with lightning quick movements, Qin Qianyu stabbed at Wu Yihuan's abdomen three times then finished it off with a palm strike.

Wu Yihuan looked to Qin Qianyu wide eyed at what she had just done.

Qin Qianyu just nodded as she soon stated in response to the questioning look,

"That was the final part of this exercise, its a two phase process, the first phase is done and to fully complete it, won't take but a moment."

"What do you mea . . . !?"

Fuduuurppp! Fudup dupp!

Wu Yihuan didn't get to finish off her sentence as she was rudely interrupted from "behind"

She looked to Qin Qianyu with utter hatred in her eyes. It only got worse when the smell wafted upwards and Qin Qianyu started cackling like an evil witch who just gave the princess the most evilest of potions to drink that was disguised as heart calming tea.

"Why . . Why would you do this!? . . I had a large breakfast this morning!"

"Bahahahaha! . . Impurities expelled!"

" . . . "

"Teehe! Go make room for an even bigger lunch."

Qin Qianyu then directed Wu Yihuan to Wú Haodong's bathroom in his courtyard as it was the closest.

Wu Yihuan made another forceful retreat in a half canter that made it look as if she were skipping merrily.

Wú Haodong looked to Qin Qianyu and shook his head at her and her antics as he stated.

"You seem quiet addicted to expelling others impurities."

"Nah, not really, it's only just a necessary evil, nothing more."

"The first sign of addiction is justified denial! You're addicted,"

"You're a dick!"

Qin Qianyu retorted while cocking her upper lip from a corner as she sneered back at her accuser.

"I think I'm suffering from 'single dog-itis' that you passed on to me! So if you want to blame anyone, I'll grab you a mirror!"

After saying as much to him, Qin Qianyu made her own forceful retreat.

" . . . "

Wú Haodong didn't know what to say to that. But he was happy. It was only because Qin Qianyu wasn't serious, she was as she was when they first met, happy go lucky but still grounded.

He had sensed that Qin Qianyu of late was too serious at times, and it was all because of the situations she found herself in.

But seeing her as she was, right there and then made him extremely happy.