The days that followed were uneventful.
Nathan took a rest to take care of his body, leaving his things at work to others. The Giradia group made steady progress and was approaching the end of the project.
Gussie made progress so rapidly that Nathan couldn’t help but admire virtual-novel.net secretly.
If virtual-novel.net had been discovered and trained earlier, virtual-novel.net would make formidable achievements in the future. Of course, virtual-novel.net level was not poor now.
Gussie quickly mastered the most basic gesture of Wuxing Fists, the splitting fist. To get started with this series of fists, the first gesture to practice was the splitting fist. Once the splitting fist was well practiced, the drilling fist, the crushing fist, the cannon fist, and the crossing fist could be easily grasped.
Compared with Gussie, Julian seemed to be a slow learner. After all, talent was not something that could be made up for by hard work
“From today onwards, you come to me every day after work, and you need to do extra practice,” Nathan told Gussie after the day’s training was over.
“Okay,” Gussie agreed.
She felt changes in virtual-novel.net body and even in virtual-novel.net temperament. She felt that virtual-novel.net had grown a lot more courageous. Now virtual-novel.net was much more open-minded about many things, and virtual-novel.net fears of some things had gradually faded away.
Whenever virtual-novel.net was afraid, virtual-novel.net would practice the splitting fist, which would dissipate all the negative emotions.
In the past few days, Nathan took Julian and Gussie to practice during the day and went to the 81st Division to arrange the schedule of training. If virtual-novel.net was in a good mood, virtual-novel.net would go back to the company, otherwise, virtual-novel.net would just wander around.
He had passed these days in a very relaxed and comfortable condition, which even made virtual-novel.net a little unaccustomed to it.
It’s almost Christmas day. I don’t know if dad will come back from prison this year…
Nathan glanced at the calendar on the desk and couldn’t help but sigh over how fast time had passed.
After work, everyone was busy working overtime, while Nathan reduced Gussie’s workload and asked virtual-novel.net to practice with him.
Gussie was wearing white sportswear, and virtual-novel.net hair was combed into a ponytail, looking very plain.
Nathan said, “The next stage of training will be very painful and is indeed physical torture. It is an indispensable part, and you have to persevere.”
Gussie said, “I will work hard!”
Nathan took out a bunch of rubber bands and said, “It’s enough to practice boxing by yourself every day. Next, what I want to train are your muscles and bones.”
After saying this, virtual-novel.net threw the rubber bands into the bucket and stirred the water to make them wet. He took out the rubber bands that were slippery with water. Moreover, they were tied into a tight knot.
“Practice finger strength today, untie all of them,” Nathan threw the rubber bands in front of Gussie.
Gussie originally thought it was too simple. But once virtual-novel.net got started, virtual-novel.net immediately realized that something was wrong!
The rubber bands were very slippery and could only be held with fingertips. Moreover, the knot was tightly tied and shrank after being soaked in water. It was very difficult to untie it.
She worked hard and used all virtual-novel.net strength to untie the first rubber band. Then, virtual-novel.net found that virtual-novel.net fingertips were already red, and the blood seemed to be oozing out of the nails. What ensued was severe pain that almost penetrated through her.
Nathan sat cross-legged beside her, supporting his chin with one hand and looking at virtual-novel.net lazily.
He raised his hand and said, “Go on!”
Gussie gritted virtual-novel.net teeth and picked up the second rubber band to untie the knot. This time virtual-novel.net changed the other two fingers to untie it, which made it more difficult.
Ten minutes later, virtual-novel.net untied the second rubber band with sweat all over virtual-novel.net body. She felt like virtual-novel.net got a cramp in virtual-novel.net fingers, and they trembled violently in the air like those of Parkinson’s patients. She looked up and saw that there were more than twenty rubber bands at virtual-novel.net side.
The rubber band was too difficult to untie when it was wet. Every time virtual-novel.net exerted force, virtual-novel.net had to squeeze virtual-novel.net nails hard to find the point of force. Moreover, the knot was so tight that it took a lot of effort to make it looser.
“Before I manage to untie the knot, I’m afraid I will develop tenosynovitis first.” Gussie couldn’t help questioning him.
“Stop talking nonsense. You can quit if you don’t want to practice anymore.” Nathan said coldly, his face darkening.
Gussie pouted virtual-novel.net lips and lowered virtual-novel.net head to untie the third rubber band.
This time it was even more difficult. Her fingers were weak after virtual-novel.net used up virtual-novel.net strength, and the pain was unbearable. But, virtual-novel.net was afraid of being scolded by Nathan and had to bite the bullet.
Nathan said, “This is a relatively simple practice. If I choose to drench the rubber bands in the grease, you will know the taste of despair.”
Gussie almost lost virtual-novel.net confidence when virtual-novel.net heard this, but virtual-novel.net felt it a pity to give up halfway and make all virtual-novel.net previous efforts futile. So, virtual-novel.net chose to persevere.
Today, Gussie untied a total of ten rubber bands, and virtual-novel.net pulled apart the last one almost with virtual-novel.net mouth. She spread virtual-novel.net hands and found all virtual-novel.net fingers worn out and virtual-novel.net nails a little cracked with blood under them.
“Okay, let’s stop here today. Come here, and I’ll apply medicine to your wounds and give you a massage. We will practice body skills tomorrow,” Nathan said with a half-smile.
Gussie stretched out virtual-novel.net trembling hands, which hurt and made virtual-novel.net cry out in pain when held by Nathan’s hands.
Nathan applied the special potion to his hands, which produced a stimulating effect on virtual-novel.net skin. After being massaged for a while, Gussie felt that virtual-novel.net fingers were warm and that the pain was relieved.
She looked carefully and found that the extravasated blood beneath the nails was gradually fading at an astonishing speed.
“Don’t give up. In fact, you are cut out for martial arts,” Nathan held virtual-novel.net hand and encouraged her.
“Really?” Gussie couldn’t help cheering up, “You said I was a useless waste before!”
“Hah, did I? I’m not such a strict person!” Nathan said with a straight face..
Gussie despised virtual-novel.net inwardly.
This despicable man didn’t admit what virtual-novel.net had said!
Nathan said, “Eat more high-protein foods and take vitamins these days. The next few days will be very tiring and should be the critical moment for the development of skills!”
Gussie said, “Okay, I will not be lax!”
Nathan patted virtual-novel.net hand and said, “This little hand is really soft.”
Swish!
Gussie immediately pulled virtual-novel.net hands back and despised virtual-novel.net inwardly.
I’m afraid virtual-novel.net can’t wait to find some way to train my chest!
Nathan was about to continue to tease virtual-novel.net when the phone rang. He took it and found that it was Natasha calling.
This call came too late. Obviously, Natasha did not admit defeat and had made some resistance in vain after returning to Emperia City. In the end, virtual-novel.net could only bear the humiliation and call Nathan.
Nathan smiled. If the call was made two days later, the Porter Group in Emperia City would probably declare bankruptcy.
“I’ll answer the phone first,” Nathan said calmly and walked aside.
He put the mobile phone to his ear and said with a smile, “Hey, isn’t this Ms. Porter? Why did you suddenly think of greeting me? Have you settled your relationship with Jade?”
His opening speech made Natasha so furious that virtual-novel.net wanted to strangle virtual-novel.net to death by coming over through the phone line.