Chapter 37: Barely Tolerable

  "I'm exhausted, going upstairs to sleep." Song Xi finally couldn't hold on anymore, yawning and walking towards the stairs.

  "There's nothing interesting about this, it's not exciting at all, I'm going to take a bath."

  Ye Bai then slipped into the first floor's restroom.

  After taking a bath, Ye Bai knocked on Long Haoran's door again and casually pulled out a pair of shorts from the closet before heading directly to the second floor.

  Arriving at Yao Yuxin's door, Ye Bai had originally intended to knock, but found that the door was only slightly ajar. He pushed it open and entered, thinking to himself: "She does have foresight, knowing I'd come to treat her injuries."

  Yao Yuxin didn't sleep after going upstairs, she perked up her ears to listen to the movements outside the door. If Ye Bai didn't come up after taking a bath, she would close the door. If he came up, she would naturally let him in, and since the door wasn't locked, there was no need for Ye Bai to knock on the door and disturb Long Ling and Song Xi.

  After entering the house and being treated, Ye Bai fell asleep.

  The next day, after breakfast, Ye Bai went directly to Tang Lulu's home.

  Tang Lulu was still asleep in bed, she had been tossing and turning for half the night yesterday, her body and mind were exhausted, especially the impact of that soul-stirring movie on her brain nerves, making her need to rest more.

  "Hey kid, thanks for last night."

  Tang Gui sent Ye Bai off at the door when he suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to thank him yesterday because he was too worried about his daughter's condition, so he added a sentence.

  "Tang Shu doesn't have to be polite, this is what I should do, Lulu's sister's business is my business." Ye Bai said sincerely.

  He thought that the Tang family was indeed very good, at least honest and reliable, without any ulterior motives.

  "We can't let Lu Lu help us with business anymore, she's almost going back to school." Tang Gui seemed somewhat self-reproachful, "I'll go find a small worker to help tonight."

  "That's for the best." Ye Bai thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

  Tang Lulu didn't get up, so Ye Bai could only return to the villa in Tianfu Mingyuan.

  To Ye Bai's surprise, when he came back, Peng Beibei and Yang Qing were also in the living room, with everyone in the house watching the news on TV with great interest.

  The news on TV is still playing the explosion and fire at the Tianjing Municipal Public Security Bureau building last night, but after repeating a few scenes, Ye Bai's figure appeared frequently in the TV footage last night, but not once today.

  Yang Qing and Peng Beibei are both friends of Long Ling. To be strict, the three families were originally acquainted with each other, their fathers and even grandfathers knew each other, and they had a good relationship. So this time when Long Ling came back, Yang Qing and Peng Beibei naturally wanted to come and take a look.

  "Wow! Our great hero is back!"

  What surprised Ye Bai even more was that when Peng Beibei saw him return, she actually let out a cheer.

  "Are you a master of martial arts?" Peng Beibei came before Ye Bai, asking with an expectant face.

  "No." Ye Bai shook his head, then said with a proud face, "Those martial arts masters only know some fancy moves, how can they compare to me?"

  "This sentence is quite arrogant, but I like it!" Peng Beibei seemed to be a very casual person, she patted Ye Bai's shoulder with her palm and asked, "Who is your master, does he still accept apprentices?"

  "My master is an old beggar, I don't know if he's still accepting apprentices or not, but I do know that he definitely won't accept female apprentices." Ye Bai also sat down on the sofa in the living room, with his palms supporting his head and his eyes half-closed.

  "Street urchin? Not accepting female apprentices?" Peng Beibei looked very disappointed, but after a moment she went to Ye Bai's back, her two soft and delicate hands placed on Ye Bai's shoulders, then gently massaged them.

  "Or else, you can take me as your apprentice?" Peng BeiBei said while rubbing her eyes.

  As for Ye Bai's skills, Peng Beibei had witnessed them with her own eyes in the private room of Tianfu Fish House. The scene where Ye Bai easily knocked down Tiger Brother and others was a huge shock to her.

  "Xiao Bai Gege said before that he doesn't accept apprentices either, otherwise I would have become his disciple long ago, how could it be your turn?" Long Hao Ran interrupted, and his relationship with Peng Bei Bei seemed to have never been good.

  "Cut, you are you, I am me, do you have a Peng Beibei that is so attractive?"

  Peng Beibei glared at Long Hauran and continued to taunt: "Your old man was originally a master, his skills would rather be passed on to your sister than you, it's clear that you're not cut out for martial arts."

  "Hmph! Alright, you're a martial arts material, fine!" Long Hao Ran said with a huff, as if Peng Bei Bei's words had struck his weak spot.

  "It's also true that if you want to learn martial arts, you have to see if you have the talent for it. Not everyone is a once-in-a-thousand-years martial arts prodigy like me."

  Ye Bai said as he stood up again, smiling at Peng Beibei, saying: "Let me take a look at your roots first, see if you have the material to practice martial arts."

  Peng Beibei felt Ye Bai's smile was mischievous and subconsciously took two steps back, asking somewhat nervously: "How do you see my roots?"

  "Feel it, haven't you heard of feeling bones?" Ye Bai replied.

  Peng Beibei hesitated for a moment, to everyone's surprise, she nodded and said with a determined look: "Okay, I'll let you feel my bones!"

  "Bei Bei, this guy is obviously trying to take advantage of you, how can you be so foolish?" Long Ling hastily opened his mouth to advise, "If you really want to learn martial arts, I can teach you."

  "Ling sister, I know you're also very powerful, but I think you can't beat Ye Bai's. If I'm going to be an apprentice, I have to find the most powerful one." Peng Beibei said with a determined look on her face.

  "That's right, I'm the most powerful one under the sky!" Ye Bai said with a pretentious tone, but in his heart, he thought to himself that although it wasn't true now, it definitely would be in the future.

  Long Ling heard Peng Beibei's words and clearly looked down on her, she didn't say anything else, glared at Ye Bai with a glance, then huffed and turned her head away.

  "Come on, touch it!" Peng BeiBei closed her eyes, but her face was bright red, as if she were a young bride facing her groom on their wedding night.

  Ye Bai liked beautiful girls and also liked to take advantage of them, but under the gaze of so many people, he naturally didn't dare to take advantage of Peng Beibei.

  The so-called bone-touching process only took a dozen seconds or so, and Ye Bai simply pinched Peng Beibei's arm and calf, then circulated his own power through Peng Beibei's body in one circle, and the result was already out.

  "Your bone structure is too poor, your muscles and veins are weak, I'm afraid you can't practice martial arts. Even if you could, it would be like Teacher Song, just strengthening your body and learning some fancy moves, it's hard to achieve much." Ye Bai said with a shake of his head.

  "Haha...... I'm dying of laughter." Long Hao Ran felt like he had turned the tables on them and burst out laughing, doubling over in amusement.

  "How is that possible?" Peng Beibei was naturally very disappointed, with a face full of disbelief. "Why don't you touch it again carefully, but be sure not to make a mistake? You only touched it for over ten seconds just now, might there have been an error?"

  "Beibei!" Long Ling finally couldn't help it, she pulled Peng Beibei over and tapped her forehead, "I think you're possessed! Letting him touch you, he's obviously trying to take advantage of you! He can't possibly teach you martial arts!"

  "Hey! You can eat as you like, but don't talk nonsense!"

  Ye Bai said discontentedly: "Who says I can't teach her martial arts, did I ever say that?"

  "Master is above, please accept the apprentice's bow!"

  Peng Beibei didn't react slowly at all. Upon hearing Ye Bai say that, she immediately made a gesture as if to kneel down and pay her respects.

  "I didn't say I'd take you on as a disciple, and even the old beggar doesn't allow me to take on disciples now." Ye Bai merely made a false gesture of support, but an invisible force caused Peng Beibei to involuntarily straighten her body.

  "Can you learn from me without being my apprentice?" Peng Beibei asked in puzzlement.

  Yè Bái just supported her body like this, making Péng Bèibèi think Yè Bái was very impressive.

  "Of course." Ye Bai nodded first, then changed the subject, "If you're willing to be my sister, there's no need for a master-disciple ceremony. You'll become my sister and I'll teach you martial arts. Old Beggar will have nothing to say about it."

  "Bei Bei, did you hear that? He's going around in circles, this guy still wants to take advantage of you!" Long Ling said angrily.

  "Bei Bei, you wouldn't have really agreed to it, would you?" Yang Qing finally couldn't help but speak up.

  "Bei Bei, didn't you watch the news last night? This guy was kissed by that policewoman on TV, and when he came back last night, he smugly said that the policewoman is his sister." Long Ling added.

  Just then, the doorbell rang.

  Long Ling's anger had not dissipated, and with a huff, she opened the living room door. Seeing the person outside, her eyes lit up, and she said: "Peng Zhenhua, you've come at just the right time! Your sister almost got kidnapped by someone!"

  "What's going on?"

  A young man wearing a white short-sleeved military uniform walked in with a look of surprise on his face. He was about 1.8 meters tall, and his facial features were originally very handsome, but his skin was wheat-colored and slightly darkened, probably due to prolonged exposure to the sun. However, as a whole, he gave people a strong and robust feeling.

  This young soldier is called Peng Zhenhua, the elder brother of Peng Beibei. He is 19 years old and studies at National Defense University. When school reopens, he will be a sophomore at National Defense University.

  "It's him, the one who wants to abduct your sister as his little sister." Long Ling pointed at Ye Bai and thought to himself... This kid is going to be taken down this time!

  "There must be some misunderstanding here?" Peng Zhenhua saw that his sister was fine, so he didn't quite believe Long Ling's words.

  "Don't believe me? Ask Beibei." Long Ling hummed.

  "Bei Bei, what's going on?" Peng Zhenhua first nodded humbly to the crowd in the room as a greeting, before turning to his sister Peng Bei Bei.

  "Brother, how did you come back? Didn't they say your summer vacation was cancelled?" Peng Beibei seemed a bit guilty and shifted the topic.

  "It was cancelled. We went out for a run for a while, but many students got injured during the run, so the school leaders decided to cancel it and give us a few days off to go home."

  Peng Zhenhua first explained it and then asked again: "Is what Long Ling said just now true?"

  Peng Beibei's eyes sparkled a few times, and she smiled slyly: "Brother, I just want to ask Ye Bai to be my master and teach me martial arts."

  Peng Beibei obviously wanted to gloss over it, while Long Ling continued to recount what had just happened. Because Long Ling knew that Peng Zhenhua's skills were very strong, much stronger than hers, so she wanted Peng Zhenhua to take action and teach Ye Bai a lesson, helping her get revenge.

  "Is that so?" Peng Zhenhua's face clearly darkened, and he asked Peng Beibei in a cold voice.

  Since she was a child, Peng Beibei has always been afraid of her brother Peng Zhenhua, so at this moment she is twisting and turning, hesitating, and feeling extremely guilty with her head lowered.

  Peng Bei did not deny it, and the people in the house also remained silent. Peng Zhenhua could thus conclude that Long Ling was not lying. He couldn't help but furrow his brow as he looked at Ye Bai and said: "Sir, using such tricks to deceive a naive young girl, isn't that a bit too much?"

  "How I do things is none of your business."

  Ye Bai merely glanced at Peng Zhenhua with a look of boredom and said disdainfully, "You're already on the verge of death yourself, yet you still have the leisure to meddle in other people's affairs."

  When Ye Baiyu spoke ill, Peng Zhenhua's face naturally became even more unsightly. However, he still had a lot of self-control and didn't explode in anger, suppressing the flames of rage in his heart as he said: "Since you think your kung fu is impressive, are you daring enough to come out and exchange a couple of moves with me?"

  It's worth noting that Peng Zhenhua was defeated by even the special forces instructors during military training, so he naturally had full confidence when facing the slender Ye Bai.

  "I usually don't fight with people who are about to die." Ye Bai replied calmly.

  "Is he going to die soon?" Peng Beibei was taken aback and asked, "You mean my brother is ill?"

  "Hmm, no wonder, he's ill!" Ye Bai replied affirmatively.

  "Brother, you're sick, why don't you go to the hospital?" Peng Beibei said nervously, her nerves a bit on edge.

  "You're the one who's sick!" Long Ling pulled Peng BeiBei to one side, secretly feeling ashamed and humiliated to have such a friend.

  Peng Zhenhua was really angry, he pointed at Ye Bai and shouted: "I'll wait for you at the door, if you're still a man, come out!"

  "You may be a dead man soon, but you shouldn't point at me. I hate it when people threaten me, scare me or point at me."

  Ye Bai said casually as he also walked towards the courtyard outside the door.

  "I should be older than you, so I'll give you three moves, come on and attack!" Peng Zhenhua said proudly and confidently.

  "Considering you're Beibei's older brother and also a patient, I won't hit you with a few moves, I'll just use my two hands." Ye Bai said, directly pinning his hands behind his back.

  "How arrogant! But I'd like to see if you have the capital to be arrogant!"

  Peng Zhenhua felt provoked and disdained, his anger intensified, he clenched his fists and flashed in front of Ye Bai, then punched heavily at Ye Bai's mouth.

  Ye Bai did not dodge and let Peng Zhenhua's iron fist hit his body.

  "Ah!"

  Long Hao Ran, Song Xi, Yang Qing and Peng Bei Bei couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. Although they knew that Ye Bai's kung fu was not bad, how could he withstand a punch from Peng Zhen Hua without getting injured?

  Only Yao Yuxin's face was normal, while Long Ling secretly gloated in her heart. She also cursed silently: You little brat, pretending to be so tough, I'd love to punch you until you spit blood!

  Unfortunately, Long Ling was disappointed afterwards because after Peng Zhenhua punched Ye Bai hard, not only did he not spit blood and get hurt, but his body didn't even shake once.

  But Peng Zhenhua, who had thrown this punch, felt as if it had hit an iron plate, and his five fingers were transmitting waves of severe pain.

  "How is this possible?" Long Ling and Peng Zhenhua exclaimed in unison.

  "I'm supposed to be strong, but I'm as weak as a woman, my fists are soft and powerless." Ye Bai's words were clearly laced with sarcasm.

  "I just used 50% of my strength earlier, come and take another punch from me!"

  Peng Zhenhua took three steps back, took a deep breath, and then suddenly exerted his strength, throwing another punch at Ye Bai's mouth.