Chapter 139 - 112: Ushering in Evolution

Chapter 139: Chapter 112: Ushering in Evolution

"Dad."

Xia Shuran quickly got up from the floor and looked at Xia Dongsheng to explain, "My senior and I just finished our combat practice. My legs were really sore afterward, so I asked him to help me loosen up my muscles."

’So this guy at the door really is my junior’s dad.’

Gu Qing thought to himself, then began his introduction. "Hello, Uncle Xia. I’m Shuran’s senior. My name is Gu Qing. The Gu from..."

Before he could finish, Xia Dongsheng cut him off. "You needed to loosen up your muscles? There are plenty of senior and junior sisters in this dojo. You could have asked any of them, but you had to find a man to put his hands on your legs? What kind of behavior is that?"

"Dad, what’s the big deal?"

Xia Shuran looked unfazed, seeing nothing wrong with it. "I’m not a little kid anymore. I’m an eighteen-year-old university student."

"Besides, my senior and I are both single. There’s no ethical problem here. Helping each other loosen up our muscles after training—isn’t that perfectly normal?"

Then, she added in a low voice, "When we practice martial arts at school, he’s always the one who helps me. I’m already used to it..."

’Normal my ass!’

’He’s practically felt up your entire thigh!’

’And you call that normal!’

Xia Dongsheng was so angry he could have spat blood.

He desperately wanted to yell at her.

But he couldn’t refute what his daughter had said.

Because she wasn’t wrong.

His daughter was eighteen, a bona fide adult.

As long as she wasn’t breaking the law or doing anything unethical, she had every right to be close to any man she chose.

Forget about massaging legs—even if she took her ID and went to get a hotel room with him right now, she could do so with perfect justification.

Realizing this, Xia Dongsheng could only force himself to calm down.

He said to the two of them in a deep voice:

"It’s almost noon. We need to go home for lunch."

"You’re both covered in sweat. Go rinse off in the showers and change into some clean clothes."

"Once you’re ready, meet me at the dojo entrance. We’re all going home for lunch."

With that, Xia Dongsheng turned and walked away, deciding it was better to get out of sight and out of mind, lest he get even angrier by watching them.

As soon as he left the inner hall, he immediately pulled out his phone to call his wife.

He needed to vent to his wife about their daughter.

He complained that his daughter was all grown up and already taking an outsider’s side, breaking her poor old father’s heart.

"Senior, don’t worry about it."

Xia Shuran wiped the sweat from her brow, her voice soft. "My dad’s actually a really nice person, very friendly and warm. He’s just a bit of a doting father and can’t stand seeing me get close to guys. He’s terrified I’ll get hurt by some scumbag, which is why he was putting on such a long face just now. He’s not really that hard to get along with."

Gu Qing smiled. "I understand."

Xia Shuran blinked her clear, lively eyes and teased playfully, "You’ve never been a dad, Senior. What could you possibly understand?"

’I may not have been a father, but I’ve been called ’daddy’ plenty of times.’

That was Gu Qing’s private thought. He smiled and said, "Maybe I just have a strong sense of empathy."

Hearing the word "empathy," Xia Shuran couldn’t help but snicker. "Senior, a guy like you shouldn’t be boasting about having strong empathy. That’s a trait reserved for certain... female demographics, you know."

"..."

Gu Qing raised an eyebrow and smiled knowingly.

’This junior of mine has her head on straight.’

’Unlike some of those indefinable, unseeable, unnamable, and unspeakable Cthulhu-esque groups out there.’

’Definitely worth getting to know better... and developing things further.’

The two didn’t chat much longer.

They soon headed to the showers together.

...

「A few minutes later.」

Gu Qing, having quickly rinsed off, emerged from the showers unhurriedly, dressed in a cyan Martial Arts Uniform.

He didn’t have a change of clothes, so he could only put on one of the Martial Arts Uniforms his junior had given him previously.

As for underwear...

Well, he had to go without.

Having comprehended the True Martial Arts Dao, he could control his body’s qi and blood at will. He had no fear of facing the embarrassing physiological situations an ordinary man might encounter without the... constraints of underwear.

Whether physiologically or psychologically, he was invincible.

Invincible on Earth, invincible in the heavens.

Before long, Xia Shuran also emerged from her shower.

She had also changed into a cyan Martial Arts Uniform. Standing next to Gu Qing, they looked like a couple in the throes of passion, wearing matching outfits.

"Senior, it’s not often we’re wearing matching outfits! Let’s take a picture to remember this."

Xia Shuran held up her phone, adjusting the angle. She leaned her shoulder lightly against Gu Qing’s, her jet-black hair occasionally brushing against his forearm and bringing with it the pleasant scent of her shampoo.

"Senior, lean a little closer to me."

Xia Shuran turned her head, her bright, dewy eyes curving into crescents as she spoke in a charmingly coquettish tone.

Gu Qing angled his body slightly, moving closer until he was nearly pressed against his junior.

CLICK!

With that soft sound, the moment was captured.

Xia Shuran quickly pulled her arm back, lowering her head to zoom in and study the photo, her face alight with joy.

"Senior, look at the picture!"

"We look so good standing together in our Martial Arts Uniforms. It has a great aesthetic."

"I definitely have to save this photo."

As Xia Shuran spoke, she looked up at Gu Qing, a soft smile dancing in her eyes and a faint blush coloring her cheeks. She was clearly enjoying this flirtatious moment with him.

Watching her adorable expression, the corners of Gu Qing’s mouth lifted into a faint smile of his own.

A subtle tension filled the air, a spark of chemistry that set both their hearts racing.

But with Xia Dongsheng waiting outside, they didn’t linger in the hall for long. They soon headed for the dojo’s main entrance together.