Dragon King's Son-In-Law

by Dragon King

  Seeing Hao Ren taking the washbasin out of the room, Zhao Jiayi gazed in the direction of the door and thought, “Ren is such a damn good bro!”

  On Friday morning, Hao Ren and Zhao Jiayi woke up at the same time. Zhao Jiayi went to the main entrance of the school to group up with the Basketball Team for the morning run, and Hao Ren went to the Hongji Square to buy breakfast and went to Zone B to wait for Xie Yujia.

  Not long after, Xie Yujia, who was in a white shirt and a Scottish skirt, rode her bicycle and brought a basketball to the court.

  “I won’t touch the basketball today. I’ll see how you have mastered the content I have taught you in the past few days.” Xie Yujia jumped off of her bicycle and threw the basketball to Hao Ren.

  She stood on the side of the court and acted like a coach.

  “Do five layups, ten shots, and dribble six times in and out of the three-point line…”

  She allocated the drills verbally, and Hao Ren held the basketball and completed them one by one.

  After ten minutes, Hao Ren finished doing the first drill. Xie Yujia nodded in satisfaction and said, “You’ve grasped the fundamentals. In next week’s game, as long as you don’t make mistakes, you will be fine. That’ll be all for today.”

  “Ah? So fast?” Hao Ren was surprised; he had two full hours of practice daily in the past few days.

  “You’ve learned everything. I have nothing else to teach you,” Xie Yujia replied as she put the basketball in her bicycle’s basket.

  “How about next week?” Hao Ren asked.

  “You got to practice yourself next week too. I already finished what I need to teach you. There are still some difficult moves and techniques, but there’s no need to teach you. You won’t be able to absorb if there is too much information. You only need to know the fundamentals and play your role on the court,” Xie Yujia said as she pushed her bicycle forward.

  “Guess that’s it…” Hao Ren felt a little sad. Practicing basketball with Xie Yujia every morning felt very pleasant.

  “I heard that you ate out with Su Han at the Hongji Square yesterday?” Xie Yujia suddenly asked.

  “What’s wrong?” Hao Ren asked back.

  “Nothing,” Xie Yujia lowered her head slightly before saying, “Oh, and by the way, come with me after school today.”

  “Hmm?” Hao Ren was a bit surprised.

  “My older brother wants to invite you over for dinner. Would you come?” Xie Yujia asked.

  “Xie Wanjun wants me at his place for dinner?” Hao Ren couldn’t process this information.

  “There’s no hostility. It’s for you guys to get to know each other better. You guys will be playing in a game together next week. My older brother wants to treat you to get rid of any previous misunderstandings,” Xie Yujia said.

  “Isn’t Xie Wanjun’s home also Xie Yujia’s home…” Hao Ren thought.

  This invitation came so suddenly.

  “Alright, let’s go together after school,” Hao Ren thought for a bit and said.

  “Um, it’s still early. I’ll go study in the classroom. If you want to practice basketball, I’ll lend the basketball to you,” Xie Yujia got on her bicycle and said.

  “Sure, hand me the ball then,” Hao Ren took out the basketball from the basket of her bicycle.

  “Remember to return the basketball to the stadium after school.” Xie Yujia rode her bicycle and left the basketball court.

  Hao Ren picked up the basketball and continued practicing. However, the morning practice seemed to be less interesting without Xie Yujia there. After shooting at the net randomly for half an hour, he returned the basketball to the stadium’s equipment room and went to class from there.

  As of Xie Wanjun’s invitation, Hao Ren didn’t mention it to Zhou Liren and the others. No matter what Xie Wanjun’s real intention was, he believed that Xie Yujia wouldn’t set him up.

  The morning class was very boring, and Hao Ren couldn’t bear it anymore. Therefore, he decided to harass Zhao Yanzi with text messages.

  “What class are you in right now?”

  “Mathematics. Pythagorean Theorem,” Zhao Yanzi sent a message back right away; it seemed like she was bored as well.

  “I’m going to go to a classmate’s home to eat and won’t be going to your house,” Hao Ren replied.

  “Humph! I don’t want you in my house!” Zhao Yanzi sent a message back.

  “I advanced to the third level of the Spirit Concentration Scroll,” Hao Ren sent her the good news.

  Unexpectedly, Zhao Yanzi’s reply was indifferent, “That’s nothing to brag about.”

  Hao Ren was disappointed, so he put down his cell phone and stopped messaging her.

  After a few minutes, Zhao Yanzi’s new text message arrived. “I was changing. I have P.E. next class; I can’t text you anymore!”

  “Physical Education?” Hao Ren’s heart began to beat faster.

  Ding!

  Hao Ren’s class ended.

  Hao Ren was tempted. “Why don’t I go to Zhao Yanzi’s school and watch her in the P.E. class? I went to the Parent-Teacher Meeting last time anyway, and I’m pretty familiar with their school…”

  114 Zhao Yanzi from Class Two in the Eighth Grade!

  At this thought, Hao Ren immediately tossed his book to Zhao Liren. “Take my books back to the dorm. I got some errands to run!”

  Looking at Hao Ren who dashed away from him, Zhou Liren yelled indignantly, “Damn! Do you think I am a delivery boy?!”

  Hao Ren ran to the main gate of the school and took a bus to LingZhao Middle School. He arrived at the entrance of the school about ten minutes later.

  It was not the lunch break yet, and the gate was still locked. Hao Ren walked into the guard’s office and told the guard that he needed to visit Zhao Yanzi from Class Two in the Eighth Grade.

  The guard opened his log and found Zhao Yanzi’s name on the list, so he knew that Hao Ren wasn’t making the name up. However, the guard was still suspicious and wouldn’t let him in.

  Hao Ren had no choice but to dig out his student ID and leave it in the guard’s office; he would have to collect it when he leaves.

  Seeing Hao Ren’s photo, name, student number, and other information on the ID card that was issued by East Ocean University, the famous university in the East Ocean Region, the guard finally relented. He took Hao Ren’s student ID card and reluctantly allowed him into the school, stating that he could only stay for one hour.

  Since his student ID was left with the guard, Hao Ren must make sure that he does not cause trouble in the school. He approached the sports field quietly.

  Many of the students in LingZhao Middle School were kids of high-ranking government officials and wealthy business people, but they all followed the strict school rules of wearing school uniforms. Of course, their school uniforms were beautifully designed, and the materials used were several grades higher than those of ordinary public schools.

  The plain striped shirt Hao Ren was wearing was a drastic contrast from their beautiful school uniforms.

  On the sports field, a P.E. class had begun. Standing in a remote corner, Hao Ren searched for Zhao Yanzi.

  The uniforms of the middle school students were sky blue, and their athletic uniforms were deep blue. Concealed under the shade of a tree, Hao Ren’s sharp eyes scanned the field.

  Finally, he spotted Zhao Yanzi who was the sixth in the first row. In a slightly tight-fit deep blue athletic uniform, she looked petite and agile.

  At the moment, her best friend, Ling, was the eighth in the second row, not too far behind Zhao Yanzi.

  Hao Ren was amused as he watched the class progress; he was reminded of his own experience in the P.E. class in middle school.

  On the other side of the field, the P.E. class of the High School Department was also in process. The boys looked dashing in their uniforms, and the girls looked pretty in their black shirts and skirts.

  Comparatively, the high school students stood casually in
the lines, not as obedient as the middle school students.

  Shortly, the high school students began their freer P.E. class; some played basketball, and some played soccer.

  On the other hand, the middle school students began jogging after being counted.

  Zhao Yanzi led the jog; her pigtails swayed as if they were asking to be tugged on; she looked vibrant when she ran.

  Hao Ren remembered that Zhao Yanzi’s usual uniform was a sky-blue suit and skirt, but she had changed into a deep blue shirt and a pair of deep blue pants for the P.E. class.

  Oblivious of Hao Ren’s gaze on her, she ran quite fast with her slim legs.

  Some high school students stopped playing basketball and soccer and looked toward Zhao Yanzi.

  Pant! Pant! Zhao Yanzi finished two laps and was the first one to reach the finish line

  As a member of the long-distance race team back in the middle school, Hao Ren knew that one must have endurance as well as strength to win a long-distance race.

  From their mountain climbing trip, he knew that Zhao Yanzi’s strength was not great, but she was quite competitive. If someone had competed with her in cultivation, she would probably have reached a higher realm long ago.

  A while later, Ling also reached the finish line, panting. She walked to Zhao Yanzi and tugged her pigtails playfully as she was a bit envious of Zhao Yanzi’s fast speed.

  The two girls messed with each other a little and didn’t discover Hao Ren.

  After all the students had finished the jog, the teacher gathered them together and gave them some instructions. He tossed out a couple of volleyballs and returned to his office to rest. P.E. teachers were indeed one of the most comfortable jobs in the school.

  The students picked up the volleyballs and ran to the nearby volleyball court to play.

  The court was on an open field with a net dividing it into two parts.

  Ling dragged Zhao Yanzi along to join the game.

  During this time, Hao Ren just stood under the tree on the edge of the sports field and amused himself by watching her.

  The students were divided into two teams; one team of girls and one team of boys. In the sports of volleyball, the girls had the advantage of agility; after all, strength alone wasn’t that useless in this sport. Generally, the girls played better than the boys.

  The match began. It seemed that their PE teacher had taught them how to play since they played the game in a well-organized way.

  Among the girls, Zhao Yanzi had the quickest reflexes, and she excelled at digging. Since she could always pick up the most difficult serves, she gradually became the main player.

  When she jumped up to smash, her vibrant figure with her flying pigtails formed a beautiful scene. Hao Ren wished that he had a camera with him to record a beautiful picture.

  Bang! The ball landed in a corner out of the boys’ reach, and the boys looked at each other in frustration and began to blame each other.

  The girls won another point, and they encircled Zhao Yanzi, cheering. Standing in the distance, Hao Ren couldn’t help but grin at Zhao Yanzi’s excitement.

  Then, he noticed several guys from the High School Department gathering together and talking. After that, they walked toward the volleyball court.

  Zhao Yanzi saw them approach, but she ignored them. Backing up to the edge of the court, she tossed the ball high up in the air and then jumped up for a smash serve.

  Seeing the high school students approaching, the boys in Zhao Yanzi’s class were a bit panicky and didn’t pick up the serve.

  The girls got another point, but they didn’t cheer. Instead, they uneasily watched the approaching high school students.

  With a straight face, Zhao Yanzi yelled at the boys on the other side of the net, “Come on! Your turn to serve!”

  The boy who was supposed to serve hesitated with the ball in his hands. A student from the middle school department had once accidentally hit one of the high school students with a ball in the P.E. class, and it didn’t end well.

  Sensing trouble, Hao Ren began to walk toward the volleyball court. Dressed in his pale-colored shirt, he didn’t attract the attention of the boys while the girls including Zhao Yanzi and Ling had their backs to him and couldn’t see him.

  115 I Just Hate It!

  Bang! A heavy basketball crashed onto the court and bounced for a while, and the boys on the court hurriedly scattered to dodge it.

  “Sorry, litter Zi. We are here to pick up the basketball,” one of the guys said to Zhao Yanzi.

  It was apparent that it was a scheme since they had been approaching the middle school students before the basketball flew this way.

  However, although the middle school students knew that these high school students were lying, they didn’t dare to point it out.

  Zhao Guang had purposely arranged Zhao Yanzi to join this class since the students mostly came from ordinary families and had better academic performances. The class was full of well-behaved students, and there weren’t any overbearing kids from rich and powerful families,

  That was why the students from other classes thought Zhao Yanzi came from an ordinary family, and some daring wealthy kids even wrote love letters to her.

  Of course, love letters were only the antics of the middle school students. The high school students were more direct; they would come to see Zhao Yanzi during lunch break, and some even tried to ask her out at the end of the school day.

  Undoubtedly, Zhao Yanzi had refused all their attempts.

  Zhao Yanzi stopped the basketball that was rolling her way by stepping on it with one foot. She then kicked the ball toward the guys and said, “Get out of here with your ball!”

  “Well, well, Little Zi is tough today.” The guy with slightly longer hair caught the ball before throwing it back to the basketball court that was in the distance with force, showing his strength.

  Contemptuously, Zhao Yanzi ignored him. “What little strength is that! Any one of the Elders around me could casually lift up a mountain,” she thought.

  She yelled at the boys in her class, “Let’s continue the match!”

  The boy with the ball was a good student, but he was so timid that he dared not to serve when he saw the high school students glaring at him.

  There were no tough figures in Zhao Yanzi’s class; even Ling just glared at the guys, not daring to drive them away.

  However, the high school students felt humiliated as Zhao Yanzi ignored them. They waved at the basketball court, and another basketball crashed toward the volleyball court, trying to mess with Zhao Yanzi’s class’ volleyball match.

  Now, Zhao Yanzi was pissed. She was about to explode when a palm appeared in the air and caught the basketball.

  It was not difficult to catch a basketball with one hand, but not everyone could catch one smashing towards them from more than 50 meters away.

  Zhao Yanzi turned and was surprised to see Hao Ren there.

  “Bullying middle school students? Shame on you!” Hao Ren caught the ball and secured it between his two hands.

  “Who the hell are you?!” The guy with longer hair glared at Hao Ren who had come from nowhere.

  Hao Ren was not one of the students since he wasn’t wearing a uniform, but he didn’t look old enough to be a teacher. Also, the high school students were a bit surprised when they saw him catching the basketball.

  “Go back to playing basketball and don’t bother the students from other classes,” Hao Ren continued to lecture them.

  The high school students looked at Hao Ren suspiciously, wondering if he was a new teacher here. However, Hao Ren looked more like a high school student in their eyes.

  “Which school are you from?”

  “How did you get in here?”

  “Stay out of our business!”

  The high school students yelled one after another. Since Hao Ren was by himself and there were several of them, they couldn’t admit defeat.

  Ignoring their taunting words, Hao Ren raised the bas
ketball above his head, appearing as if he was going to shoot it.

  Looking at his standard shooting posture, Zhao Yanzi’s expression turned from astonishment to resignation. “Come on! Stop playing cool! You will fail” she thought.

  The high school students and Zhao Yanzi’s classmates all looked at Hao Ren as if he was crazy.

  “You can shoot at most 20 meters with this posture. If you want to shoot 50 meters, you will need to use the posture of throwing a spear,” they thought.

  Swoosh!

  With a flick of his wrists, the basketball shot out of Hao Ren’s palm.

  In a long arc, the ball shot toward the basketball hoop 50 meters away!

  It was only a shot made with a flick of his wrist!

  Except for Zhao Yanzi, everyone present was stunned.

  “Stupid Uncle. What’s the use of your cool pose if you miss it? I know your basketball skills suck,” Zhao Yanzi thought.

  The basketball flew over one sideline of the soccer field, and the high school students who were playing soccer also looked up.

  Swoosh!

  The ball went into the basket before dropping onto the ground.

  On the volleyball court, the high school students who were standing beside Hao Ren all gasped in astonishment.

  Zhao Yanzi also looked at Hao Ren in astonishment. Strength and accuracy were not the same; Hao Ren not only had the strength to shoot the ball into the basketball court, but he also got the point!

  Suddenly, Zhao Yanzi found Hao Ren, who remained in his shooting pose under the sunshine, quite dashing.

  “Your ball is back. Why don’t you go back and continue your game?” Hao Ren turned and said to the high school students.

  Looking at Hao Ren uneasily, they found themselves unable to move their feet.

  “Uncle,” the moment she said it, Zhao Yanzi caught herself and changed her words. “Hao Ren, why are you here?” she asked.

  “I heard that some guys are harassing you, and I just came to have a look,” Hao Ren answered.