Free Web NovelChapter 267: Chapter 209: Training Begins
September 19, 1858: Very happy. I’ve decided that I should love, I should work! That’s it.
September 20, 1858, very tired. I don’t want to love anymore, nor do I want to work.
——Lev Tolstoy.
As Fang Huai left the microcomputer room, he couldn’t help but think of Elder Tolstoy’s words.
There was even a sentence from Elder Mr. Yu Hua in "Crying in the Drizzling Rain" that also seemed to resonate with his mood quite well.
"Heavenly Father, unload on me, fuck me to death."
I’ve never seen such a noob before.
How did Ye Jiahong manage to be so bad at the game and yet look down on everything, thinking he was playing at a high level?
Damn, Zhao Jinchen on the other side was already low on health as the jungler, and he went up close, used his ultimate, and tried to steal a monster.
And he didn’t even get it!
He let the enemy get away using their abilities, and had the gall to say, "Sorry, I was just about to take both the jungle monster and the kill to suppress their economy."
I swear, if I put those two Gai Luns from the Armed Police Squadron into the game, either would be able to beat the two of you.
Fang Huai walked over and lay down on the small sofa in the resting area, took out his phone, flipped through it, and pressed the call button.
He held his forehead, sighing deeply.
As soon as the call connected, there was an extremely cute "hello..." from the other side.
Humming and hawing.
"What are you doing?" Fang Huai asked deliberately.
"Nap-napping..."
"It’s three in the afternoon, stop sleeping; without me, your sleep is all disorientated."
As Fang Huai spoke, he picked up an empty cigarette box that was on the coffee table, examined it, made a face, and casually tossed it into the trash bin.
The other side began to whimper again.
"Weren’t you supposed to teach them how to play the game?"
That single sentence hit Fang Huai right where it hurt.
Fang Huai let out a sigh, "When I heard them boasting at noon, I thought this enlightenment would at least start from the Steam Age, but no, straight back to the Stone Age, catapulting me back to a matriarchal society.
If I keep teaching them for a few more days, I’ll be the one who can’t play anymore.
I think there’s truth in starting to train eSports athletes from their teens."
"Quack, quack... Greetings from the people of Sichuan."
Sichuan...
Fang Huai fell silent for a while, looking around at the room that was very dim and quiet due to the curtains being drawn, feeling particularly uncomfortable.
"Hello?" Yang Shaoqing’s voice came through, seemingly a bit farther away from the phone.
"Yeah, I’m here," Fang Huai said as he got up, pulling open the curtains on both sides, and added, "Do you have time after May Day?" fɾēewebnσveℓ.com
Behind the curtains, there was actually just a small window at a corner, both sides were walls. The light didn’t make the room very bright, it still felt dim, and there was a large dead angle, but at least the room had light now; the dim areas were reflected by the light, making them visible.
There was a hint of dejection in Yang Shaoqing’s voice, "Why wait until after May Day? Starting this year, the holiday is only three days, you know. I was planning to first go to Guiyang and then back to Chongqing.
Starting this year, May Day only has three days of holiday, that’s annoying. The ’Labor Law’ has changed the Labor Day holiday; I really want to grab the person who amended the ’Labor Law’ and put them to work."
Fang Huai cracked a smile and pushed the window open as wide as possible.
He felt somewhat childish inside, as if pushing it a bit more was a sign of something better.
He lay back down on the sofa and said offhandedly:
"You guys only get three days off; we have to work for seven or eight days. It’s going to be busy before and after the holiday, and we probably won’t be free until the ninth or tenth.
Firefighters are like that, even when we have holidays, we rest only within the slap range of the Squadron Leader.
I’ve been promoted to squad leader recently too, so my tasks have gotten heavier!
If it’s a holiday, I’d rather wear my combat uniform to sleep so that I can continue my dreams in the truck if the alarm bell goes off."
In fact, there wasn’t any known arrangement during the May Day period, and Fang Huai didn’t really want to lie to Yang Shaoqing, so after lying, he rattled off a bunch of things to cover up the lie.
"Oh... Right, then I’ll wait for you to be less busy before I come over. What do you want to eat? I can send you a beauty delivery~"
Fang Huai laughed, "Bring me two pairs of socks. The intense training recently tore holes in both pairs. Underwear... never mind, I’ll manage."
"Hey!" Yang Shaoqing blushed, "You slob!"
"How am I slovenly?" Fang Huai said with a laugh, "I shower every day, okay? It’s just that I rub too hard when I wash my underwear; I’ve frayed the edges, and it chafes against my thighs."
He knew Yang Shaoqing was very shy, but he quite enjoyed teasing her.
"Don’t describe it in such detail! I... oh, there are security checks on the plane, I’ll buy them for you when I get to Guiyang!"
Yang Shaoqing was a bit flustered.
Only then did Fang Huai feel satisfied and said, "Then go back to sleep, keep the phone on, just put it a bit farther away, I’ll listen to you sleep for a while."
"... Okay," Brother Yang was very obedient.
Actually, she no longer felt like sleeping, but since Fang Huai enjoyed listening to her sleep, she was willing to sleep a bit more.
Fang Huai also took out a charger from his daily uniform, plugged in his mobile phone, switched to speakerphone, and placed it on the coffee table.
He leaned back on the sofa quietly, gazing out at the not-so-sunny outside.
Parents, at the end of April, he would have them come back and arrange some work for them in Guizhou or Chongqing to keep them busy.
Household Appliances to the Countryside, is actually a good business, and enough to consume the surplus energy of his parents.
In the second half of the year, he would save up some money and wait for the subprime crisis to buy into some Internet stocks at a low price, reinvesting over a few years with compound interest.
However, with songs like "The Most Dazzling Ethnic Style" and "The Temptation of Lang," which had earned over a billion in the color ring market in his previous life, he had now involved Phoenix Legend, returning things to their past trajectory. The share he would get from them should be considerable, right?
If he could save a lot of money from these two songs, he would try starting up a group buying website.
The era of opportunity was coming.
He was quite familiar with the whole group buying thing; as long as his parents went by his plans step by step and did not burn through cash blindly trying to be king among the 5000 competing group buying websites, but instead found a reasonable profit model, they should at least be able to survive until the final rounds, possibly be acquired by Alibaba or Tencent, and receive a significant amount of money.
In any case, he didn’t want his parents to be idle; they were used to working hard, and once idle, they would start worrying about him.
If he was to invest later on, he would choose something very busy, to keep them occupied, which was conducive to a good family atmosphere.
When they were busy enough to want to retire, his dream of being a super-rich second generation heir would also almost be realized; then he would just hand a grandson or granddaughter over to them.
At least then they would have no time to bother about what he was up to.
—A rich and fulfilling second half of life.
Ah, he truly was a filial son.
...
The next day, 8:30 AM.
Fang Huai, carrying a cardboard box, went up to the gym on the fourth floor.
He set it down on the floor.
"Come on, squad leaders, pick out a set for yourselves."
Everyone was very curious and approached with their hands behind their backs to take a look.
Fang Huai opened the box to reveal a pile of protective gear:
"I asked Captain Hao yesterday to go out and buy these; exactly one set for each person, including all kinds of joint guards, a waist belt, and a pair of anti-slip suits, cowhide belt waist belts, one set per person, all brand-name goods. You can choose the colors yourselves.
Normally you don’t need to wear them all at once, just wear what’s needed for the specific exercise."
Everyone was shocked once again.
Looking at the protective gear in the box, it was quite comprehensive! Everything was there!
"Wow, how much did all this cost?" Zhao Jinchen asked, eyeing the good-quality protective gear with a pained expression.
Fang Huai smiled, "One set costs you ten Phoenix Legend monthly cards."
"Three hundred and fifty? That expensive?!" Zhao Jinchen exclaimed.
"Used well, it could save you thousands, even tens of thousands in medical bills after you’re discharged. Expensive? But you don’t have to pay; just take good care of them," Fang Huai laughed.
His bank account, which had 38,600, was almost depleted, leaving just a few thousand yuan.
He wasn’t someone who only talked without acting. Yesterday, when he mentioned sponsoring twenty thousand yuan for the Special Service Cup, Captain Hao went to buy the protective gear for him, and when the money was withdrawn, he handed the twenty thousand yuan to the Squadron Department.
However, he wouldn’t be poor for many days. By the end of the month, once this month’s dividends were in, whatever amount he was short, he could just have his parents transfer it to him.
"Fang Huai, don’t be so generous. I originally criticized you for being stingy. If you continue like this, you’re slapping my face!" Kong Xiangzhong said, and actually slapped his own face.
People from the Northeast are truly straightforward.
"Alright, Squad Leader Kong, I’ll hold back a bit next time!" Fang Huai said with a laugh.
"Hahaha... Director Fang, you don’t really need to hold back at all!" Liu Jianfeng approached and picked out a pair of purple gear from the box.
"Fang Huai, thanks!"
Everyone thanked him and picked out their protective gear, while Fang Huai took out the only two white sets and gave them to Cao Yi and Ye Jiahong.
"Here, the two of you are the officers, so you get the two white sets. If you ever go for a night run or something, it’ll be easier to identify you."
"You’re sensible." Cao Yi didn’t fuss and accepted the gear with a smile. freewёbnoνel.com
"Not bad, Se—" Ye Jiahong began to speak.
"No more promotions, Captain Ye!" Fang Huai quickly interrupted:
"You have already promoted me to Regimental Commander last time. If you promote me again, I’d have to become Corps Captain. I’ve met Boss Wu during the Martial Arts Competition, and he doesn’t seem to have a very good temper; he probably wouldn’t want to hand over his position to me."
The whole room burst into laughter.
Fang Huai turned around and started to introduce the protective gear one by one:
"Wrist guards are quite necessary because wrists are thin and flexible, especially prone to injuries, so wear them for bench presses and barbell squatting.
The belt supports a single spine that is inherently unstable and prone to injury; wearing a belt can increase core strength and prevent strain. If you like to do squats or deadlifts, I’d suggest you practically weld the belt to your body.
I didn’t find the soft belts very suitable, so I got you all the same width cowhide belts.
Knee sleeves provide warmth and compression support. The area around the knee has very little muscle and few blood vessels, so it’s very easy to become cold. Wear them, especially when you run or wear shorts.
Elbow sleeves... the elbows aren’t as fragile. You can wear them when bench pressing with heavier weights.
The anti-slip suit has a non-slip patch on the back, which ensures that you don’t slip while bridging during bench presses and that the barbell stays in place during squats.
The elbow and knee wraps, bench press slingshots, and other large assistive gear, you don’t have to use.
That’s about it for the introduction.
Now, I want to ask you all a question; why do you think I bought all this protective gear?"
