Chapter 57 - Training In Martial Arts

San Xia looked like she was in a good mood when she heard how Yu Yan called her. Beside her, An Luo arched his eyebrows. "You can just call her as aunt. She's already 3…"

"AN LUO!"

It was only afterwards did Yu Yan realized that An Luo and San Xia were actually husband and wife. The two of them were married around two years ago but they still didn't have a child. Apparently, the two didn't seem to want one yet because they often spent their time a lot in the underworld to do dangerous work. 

As for their real age, An Luo was not lying but San Xia refused to talk about it. Hell, there was no way a woman would want to reveal her real age in front of an outsider.

Since Yu Yan herself was already 26 years old, she would feel awkward if she had to call San Xia with 'aunt' so she settled by calling her as sister. Besides, this address made her felt that they were closer too. 

"Starting tomorrow, you have to jog every morning but since today is the first day, I'll let you off." San Xia held a bottle of medicine as she looked at Yu Yan with envy. "Drink this medicine every morning until the medicine inside run out. It'll help your training."

"What medicine is this?" Yu Yan could guess that it was something important, but she couldn't guess what it was. She took a glass of water and drank one pill.

"I don't know the official name because it didn't have one. However, it's very beneficial for training because it can help you increase your strength faster." San Xia looked at Yu Yan. "It didn't mean that you'll get stronger instantly but your progress will be faster than normal people who start late."

"Really?" Yu Yan was skeptical. Why did she never hear of any medicine like this?

San Xia sighed. "Just trust me. If you try to sell this medicine, even a single pill might cost millions."

Millions?

Yu Yan felt her back was coated in cold sweat now. Did she just drink some kind of expensive treasure? She felt as if she really should ask Long Ying clearly just what kind of lifestyle he had to the point that he could waste millions to buy this medicine.

"But…I already got involved in fights ever since I'm in school. Is that not count as foundation?" Yu Yan asked. In fact, Long Ying was the one who helped her to beat up some people back when she was in high school, which was why she was not that worried when she faced some people with bad intention.

She could defend herself.

"That's what you call as foundation?" San Xia furrowed her brows. "Boss did tell me that you're quite flexible but I presume you haven't trained your body in a long time."

Yu Yan: "…" can't deny that.

She had been working hard after she ran away from her home and got into the university. Since she was no longer financially supported by her family, she had no other choice but to work.

Working and studying had become her daily activities for a long period of time. Thanks to that, Yu Yan didn't really have much time to exercise as she had been lacking sleep just to ensure that she finished the project her teachers gave to her.

Those in arts department had to make sure that they have good menial skills as they would draw a lot. Her hands always felt sore whenever she thought about those days.

Working and studying already nearly killed her back then.

But she managed to survive one way or another.

"Don't worry too much about the side effect of the medicine. But anyway, with Boss around, you don't really need to train." San Xia's words meaning was very clear. With Long Ying around, who would dare to hurt Yu Yan?

Those who dared would be killed and their corpses thrown to the dogs.

Yu Yan shook her head. "I don't want to be his burden just because I can't protect myself. While I know that I won't be able to be as good as those who have been practicing ever since they're young, I want to be able to protect myself to make sure that he will not be that worried about me."

"Alright. I know that you want to get stronger, but make sure that you don't overdo yourself, okay?"

"Yes!"

San Xia clapped her hand once. "Now, let's start with warm up. Remember, I'm not going to be lenient to you."

"Yes, Sister Xia!"

"Good!"

And it was just like what San Xia told her, Yu Yan felt her body was no longer hers by the time she finished the training. Her entire body hurt and she could barely eat before she crashed onto the bed, sleeping away until it was morning. It was hurting so much, even more than the pain that Long Ying gave to her when he inspected her muscles not long ago.

He was truly not lying when he said that it would be very painful. 

…

When morning came, Yu Yan heard Long Ying calling her. She groggily opened her eyes and saw Long Ying's face, just a few centimeters away from her. Heat rushed to her face as fast as lightning as she tried to move away.

"L…Long Ying?"

"Good morning," Long Ying greeted with a smile on his face. He could tell that Yu Yan was drained yesterday, so he simply slipped onto the bed to rest.

"Morning," Yu Yan greeted back.

"Get up and follow me for morning jog."

"Uh..."

"Don't you want to get stronger?" Long Ying added. "Training at morning is really a good thing. You'll feel much better and can get stronger soon."

With Long Ying had said so much for her sake, how can Yu Yan still refused? She was also the one who asked for him to train her, so she had no other choice but to follow Long Ying as he walked out of the mansion to run.