“Well, don’t behave so formally. How can I not believe you? Loyalty is one thing, but a strong will is also needed. They must endure the suffering of such a tough practice.”
Ding Ning hurriedly helped him up, but he was not as optimistic as Xiahou.
This extremely painful practicing method was a severe test to the willpower of the Warrior, who could make some breakthroughs only at the moment when he reached the limit of the endurance of his body. If he fell before that moment came, the training was in vain.
“Young master, don’t worry. I will take the disposition as the top principle to choose the trainees. If their dispositions are not good and they have no perseverance, I will never allow them to join my team.”
Xiahou guaranteed firmly.
“Good. After selecting the trainees, please let me know. I will tell them the technique because it is impossible to write it down.”
Satisfied, Ding Ning nodded and said, “I’ll go out first. These are the herbs I prepared. Let me give you two more bags. When your strength is used up, ask others to carry you to the bathroom to bathe, but remember that you can only take three baths a day at most. You must know that doing too much may not be good.”
“Okay, young master, I see.”
Pleased, Xiahou took the herb bags and could not wait to begin to practice again because he was so hungry for strength.
In Green Cloud Club, he helplessly saw that Lu Zhan and Feng Jun, who were like a pile of mud, were carried out. He took out his herb bags and asked others to carry them to take the herbal bath.
On his way here, he had called Xiaoniu and his colleagues to come here, hoping to teach them the Barbarian Physical Exercise Technique together. Compared with the subordinates of Xiahou, Lu Zhan and his other eight colleagues were more trusted by him.
“Oh, why haven’t I seen Ling Yun? Has she fallen also because of the practice?” Ding Ning signaled the two gang members guarding Ling Yun’s room at the door to leave, but he secretly opened the door which was locked from inside and sneaked in.
“Ahh!”
Seeing someone suddenly come in, Ling Yun, who was lying naked on the floor, couldn’t help screaming. The room was permeated with a weird smell.
When she saw Ding Ning, Ling Yun was relieved but then blushed. “Bad guy, get out of here quickly. The room stinks.”
Ding Ning smirked. “If I didn’t come, how long would you like to lie on the floor?”
“I hate you. Get out quickly. I stink.”
Ling Yun’s face turned so red that it almost bled, and she urged anxiously.
It was not that she was ashamed of being watched by him. They had been a couple for a long time, and he had seen everything of her before, but since a woman was happy to please the man she loved, she was embarrassed by the smelly impurities discharged from her body.
“Forget it, I still like you. I told you all not to hasten to practice, but you didn’t take my advice seriously. Now, you’ve seen the result.”
Ding Ning walked over as he slightly reproached her, carried her in his arms, stepped into the bathroom, and went to wash her.
“You’ve become more and more excellent now, and I don’t want to lag behind you further and further.”
Ling Yun lost all her strength, allowing Ding Ning to clean the stinking impurities on her, but she said with sad eyes.
“God, I don’t know what you’ve been thinking. No matter when it is, I will always be your little attendant.”
Ding Ning scratched her high nose and said in a pampering manner.
Ling Yun’s big eyes curved into crescents, and she said with a sweet smile, “But I still want to be more excellent, and I don’t want others to say that I can’t match you.”
“Yun, you are already excellent. If anyone dares to say that, I will knock his or her teeth out.”
Ding Ning coaxed her while filling the bathtub with water and threw a herb bag in.
Ling Yun’s eyes glinted. “What’s this?”
“I told you that you need to use herbs to help you while practicing the physique-exercising boxing. Each time you finish practicing it and lose your strength, you should take the herbal bath, and then your strength will soon recover.”
Feeling the pain in his heart, Ding Ning picked her up, put her in the bathtub, and said gently, “Do you feel this is toilsome?”
“No. As long as this can improve my strength, I won’t fear the toil.”
In front of Ding Ning, Ling Yun did not have any airs of an underworld Big Sister and was completely a tender little woman, looking at him with affection.
“It’s good you are not afraid of the toil. You will use up all your strength each time you practice this physique-exercising boxing, and you will break the endurance limit of your body, but it’s not good to bathe too much. You can only take three baths each day; otherwise, the excessive medical power will stay in you and bring hidden danger to your health.”
Ding Ning exhorted solemnly.
“Oh, I see. It’s very good if I can practice three times a day. That will be much better than lying a whole day only after practicing one time now.”
Ling Yun’s big eyes twinkled in surprise. “Husband, by the way, what’s the name of this physical exercise? It seems so great and can also take out the impurities inside the body. My skin has become a little better, right?”
“This is called Domineering Body Technique. Unexpectedly, it’s true that it does have the function of beautifying the skill and making it whiter.”
After all, the Barbarian Physical Exercise Technique was too shocking, so Ding Ning changed the name instantly. After observing Ling Yun’s white and tender skin carefully, he couldn’t help making a sound of surprise.
“Hee hee, then I will need to practice more. It can improve my physical strength and also beautify and whiten my skin. What a wonderful thing!”
Ling Yun got up excitedly and kissed Ding Ning.
Ding Ning pushed her back to the bathtub helplessly. “Don’t move. Let’s talk about it after you fully absorb the medical effect.”
“Okay, after I fully absorb the medical effect, you will need to ‘deliver your tax grain to the state’. You haven’t come home during this time. I wonder if you have delivered ‘that’ to other women?”
Ling Yun gave a charming wink and said seductively.
Ding Ning’s mouth and tongue became dry, and he raised her chin and smiled. “After I help Xiaoniu and others learn the technique, I promise I will deliver each and every grain to the ‘granary’.”
“This is your promise. After practicing the Domineering Body Technique, I feel that I’m full of strength. No matter what, I will defeat you and force you to beg for mercy.”
Ling Yun raised her chin at a 45-degree angle. That little face allured Ding Ning so much that he wished to defeat “all her troops” now, but he worked hard to suppress his desire and said, “By then, I hope you won’t cry and shout to beg for mercy.”
“Humph, let’s wait and see.”
Ling Yun’s cheeks turned red, and she became afraid, but she was not convinced and said.
After Ding Ning finished teaching the boxing one hour later, he delivered the herb bags to everyone and told them that they should come to Ling Yun to ask for more after using them up. During this time, he might not have time to come here and admonished that no one should leak the Domineering Body Technique to the outsiders.
Everyone nodded repetitively to promise and then left joyfully.
Xiaoniu stayed alone and wanted to say something but stopped. Ding Ning said with a smile, “We are close friends. If you have anything to say, just say it.”
“Boss, our old squad leader has been discharged. He doesn’t want to return to Tianfu Company anymore, and that… we don’t want to stay there anymore. Can we go to Green Field Villa?”
Xiaoniu stuttered and also sneaked a peek at Ling Yun.
Then Ding Ning remembered that Murong Yanran had sent him a message, saying that she had resigned and was preparing for her jewelry company. Indeed, there was no need for Xiaoniu and his colleagues to stay there any longer.
As for the name Green Field Villa, that was made by Cheng Hu and his colleagues for the courtyard in the western suburbs, where a large patch of land was used to build a pharmaceutical plant, a warehouse, family buildings, and villas, and other areas were used to plant all kinds of fragrant herbs, with the air being fresh and everything being green, so the courtyard was named Green Field Villa.
“Okay, you guys can come back. It happens that Cheng Hu and his two colleagues don’t have enough time to deal with their affairs. So, just come back and live with your families.”
Ding Ning waved his hand generously, and Xiaoniu beamed.
Ling Yun smiled to disagree. “I don’t think you want to come back to live with your family, and I think you miss Cheng Lin, right?”
Xiaoniu blushed and scratched his ears and cheeks in embarrassment.
Ding Ning was quite surprised. “Who is Cheng Lin?”
“Cheng Hu’s sister. She is a beautiful girl and is in love with Xiaoniu now.”
Ling Yun chuckled.
Ding Ning was overjoyed and patted Xiaoniu’s shoulder. “Great, brother, work hard. When you get married, I will give you a big red envelope.”
Xiaoniu scratched the back of his head and grinned. “Thank you, boss.”
“Husband, by the way, you should talk to Brother Jun. Wang Yang’s elder sister Wang Lijiao is such a cold beautiful lady. Everyone is working to match them, but he himself is like a nerd and doesn’t understand feelings. Yet, he follows your advice.”
Ling Yun suddenly remembered that Wang Yang and others asked her to make a bond for them. Unfortunately, Feng Jun treated her respectfully, but he had been cold and did not communicate with her much, and she had no good reason to raise topics.
Ding Ning hesitated and gave a wry smile. “It’s good if we relatives can marry each other, but love is something between two people, and we can only try to make a bond and create more opportunities for them. If this can be successful, that’s the best thing, but if not, I’m afraid that this will hurt their brotherhood feelings.”
Xiaoniu waved his hand and said thievishly, “Boss, don’t worry. In fact, they have long liked each other. As soon as they meet, they leer at each other, but their characters are cold, and they are too shy to speak. Now their only problem is to show their love. If they can stay longer with each other, they are bound to be successful.”
“Okay, I will ask Feng Jun to come back to Green Field Villa in a while and replace him with Wang Yang. Anyway, let Wang Yang sacrifice for his sister’s happiness.”
Ding Ning patted his thigh excitedly.
But Ling Yun straightened her face. “What do you mean? Why is this a sacrifice? Is my place a suffering zone?”
Ding Ning was speechless.
Xiaoniu smirked and instantly ran away. “Let me inform Feng Jun now.”
After arranging the handover, Ding Ning shut the door and began his “battle” against Ling Yun, who believed that she could win, but at last, she was not strong enough and had a crushing defeat, begging for mercy.
Ding Ning was satisfied and forgave her. The confidence he lost when he bedded Luoxue was found here, and then he held Ling Yun in his arms and told her that he had found his elder sister.
Initially, he thought that Ling Yun would be angry that he did not come to live with her. Unexpectedly, she expressed her understanding in an extremely generous way and also said that she would spare some time someday to go to his sister’s family, making Ding Ning quite gratified.
“Alas, I don’t know what happened to Gangzi and others. By now, I haven’t received news about them.”
Ling Yun lazily lay in his arms, but she suddenly thought of those missing young sworn brothers and said a little sadly.
“Right, I have almost forgotten that without your reminder. At that time, they were taken away by my sister’s men, for the reason that they might go and testify against me. Without your words, I have almost forgotten them.”
Ding Ning patted his forehead and apologized, “Now this issue is almost over, and I will ask someone to release them. Don’t worry. They didn’t suffer and only lost freedom.”
“Good, as long as they are fine.”
Ling Yun heaved a long sigh of relief. She only worried about their safety, but since she knew they were safe and sound, she was relieved. “By the way, husband, can we teach Gangzi and others the Domineering Body Technique?”
Ding Ning pondered for a moment and nodded. “We can teach Gangzi and Xiaoyu, but not Yuanyang.”
“Why? You don’t like Yuanyang?”
Ling Yun’s big eyes twinkled, and she asked a little strangely. In her impression, of the three people including Gangzi, Ding Ning had the best impression of Yuanyang.
Ding Ning hesitated and repeated the words he said in the basement of the Axe Gang in the past. “In fact, Yuanyang did his best, but compared with the loyal Gangzi and Xiaoyu, he is a little inferior. The people I need must be absolutely loyal and can’t betray me even if they have to die, but Yuanyang does not have that character.”
