As student Xia Huanao was contemplating returning to Liuling University to resume his assistant teaching duties, Zhang Hong, not far from him, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
"Ah, school is about to start again, and I haven't even seen the Yu family's young lady. How can this be acceptable!"
Zhang Hong scratched his head and fretted for a long time, finally deciding to ask Yu Longdu when he could arrange a meeting with his sister. He felt an itch in his heart from not being able to see her.
Zhang Hong took out his phone, and as soon as he unlocked it, he realized: Damn, he didn't have Yu Longdu's contact information. He might have asked for it before, but he seemed to have deleted it. What should he do now?
Pacing back and forth from his bed to the floor, Zhang Hong finally made up his mind: he would ask Xia Huanao for it. Boss Xia definitely had Yu Longdu's contact information.
Without delay, Zhang Hong turned and left his room to find Xia Huanao. Xia Huanao, after browsing the web for a while, was about to go to sleep when he heard Zhang Hong's voice outside the door: "Boss Xia, Boss Xia, are you still alive? If you're alive, open the door."
After hearing this, Xia Huanao lay on the bed without moving and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, the person you're looking for is already dead."
After knocking for a while longer, Zhang Hong finally realized something was wrong: "Boss Xia, hurry up and open the door, I need your help."
Under Zhang Hong's pleading, Xia Huanao finally got out of bed, swayed, and walked to the door, slowly placing his hand on the doorknob: "Coming, coming, don't rush."
Xia Huanao opened the door and looked at Zhang Hong, who was sweating profusely: "I say, were you chased by a wolf? You're in such a state. What's the matter, tell me."
Only then did Zhang Hong state his purpose for coming: he wanted to ask Xia Huanao for Zhang Hong's contact information.
Xia Huanao glanced at him, then slowly went back into his room, took out an invitation, and returned to the door: "Take a look. Yu Longdu gave this to me the day before yesterday, or something like that. There's a small gathering. You can see if you want to attend."
Xia Huanao handed the invitation to Zhang Hong. Zhang Hong took it without looking closely and said, "I'll go, I'll go." He then turned and left.
Xia Huanao looked at Zhang Hong's retreating back and frowned slightly: "He's a bit too eager. He agreed without even seeing what it was about. This habit needs to be corrected."
With that, Xia Huanao closed the door, returned to his bed, and stared blankly at the ceiling, beginning to count down.
As expected, not long after, Zhang Hong's voice rang out from outside the door again: "Boss, Boss Xia, hurry up and open the door."
Xia Huanao's lips curled up: "I knew you'd come back."
Saying this, Xia Huanao got out of bed for the second time, went to the door, and asked through the door: "I say, Zhang Hong, you're not sleeping in the middle of the night, and we need to rest. What's the matter?"
Zhang Hong outside the door's face fell: "Boss, just let me off the hook. Listen to your voice, it's full of energy. You don't sound like you need to rest at all."
Xia Huanao inside heard this: Oh ho, you little brat dare to talk like that. I must continue to teach you a lesson.
"Do you have something to say or not? If not, I need to rest. I have things to do tomorrow."
"Boss, I beg you, please open the door. Do you know how cold Linglong City is in the middle of the night?"
Xia Huanao opened the door: "Go ahead, what's the matter?"
Zhang Hong held up the invitation in his hand: "Boss, there's a problem with this invitation."
Xia Huanao looked at the invitation, pretending to know nothing: "Is there? I haven't opened this invitation. Yu Longdu just told me when he gave it to me to make sure you attended."
Zhang Hong spread out the invitation: "Boss, take a closer look. This is an invitation to a dance party. What if I can't dance?"
Xia Huanao spread his hands: "You ask me, who do I ask? Do you think I'm good at dancing?"
To be honest, Zhang Hong had never seen Xia Huanao dance, and although Shen Yu knew, she never mentioned it. Therefore, Xia Huanao's dancing skills seemed to be at a standstill externally.
Hearing Xia Huanao say this, Zhang Hong breathed a sigh of relief: "That's right, Boss Xia, you don't know how to dance either. Then I'm relieved. If even the honorary chairman of the Grand Festival doesn't know how to dance, then it's not strange that I don't know how to dance."
Xia Huanao glanced at him: "No, do you think our current situation is the same?"
Zhang Hong was stunned: "I-it's the same, neither of us knows how to dance."
Xia Huanao shook his head: "No, I'm like you, I don't know how to dance, but the decisive difference between us is that I have a choice, and you don't. This invitation didn't invite me, so my presence or absence doesn't matter."
With that said, Zhang Hong's face began to look ugly, but Xia Huanao continued: "So, what's the situation now? Yu Longdu invited you, and you're in a position where you must go. I'm different. Forget about them not mentioning me, even if they did, I could find an excuse not to go. Can you?"
Zhang Hong's face crumpled: "No..."
He had finally managed to ask out a girl from the Yu family. Judging by the appearances of Yu Longdu and Yu Linglong, the Yu family's genes were excellent, at least in terms of looks, there was no problem. So what should he do now?
Xia Huanao took the invitation back, pretended to look at it for a moment, and said, "Zhang Hong, this clearly says there are two days left. It seems you'll have to cram dancing."
Xia Huanao's suggestion was not without merit. After all, to make Zhang Hong accept this invitation in the remaining two days, there was no better method than cramming dancing.
Zhang Hong's expression was strange as he took the invitation back from Xia Huanao's hand: "Then I guess that's the only way."
Hearing Zhang Hong say that he planned to cram dancing, Xia Huanao nodded and sent him out the door: "Very good, then you should go back and rest well, and remember to get up early tomorrow to practice dancing."
With that, Xia Huanao closed the door, leaving Zhang Hong alone outside to feel the cold north wind. 138 Reading Network.
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One night passed, and Xia Huanao slept quite well. However, Zhang Hong couldn't sleep at all; he had been thinking about dancing all night.
When Xia Huanao and Shen Yu called him out from his covers, it was still clear that Zhang Hong was suffering from lack of sleep and was in a listless state.
Xia Huanao waved his hand in front of him: "Zhang Hong, are you still conscious? Do you know who I am?"
Zhang Hong nodded: "Don't worry, I'm not as bad off as you are."
Xia Huanao withdrew his hand: "I checked yesterday, and there are a few dance training institutions in Linglong City that are said to be able to teach quickly. Do you want to try?"
Zhang Hong nodded: "Let's go."
Leaving the research institute, Xia Huanao and the others walked through streets and alleys, going further and further into seclusion until they stopped somewhere. Zhang Hong looked at the surroundings and asked, "Boss Xia, are you sure you're going the right way? How did we end up here? What is this place?"
Xia Huanao looked at his phone's navigation: "It's correct, the navigation says it's here, but this place really doesn't match the city's appearance and style."
At this moment, they saw a woman in a black tight-fitting outfit push open a door and walk out: "I say, who are you, and what are you doing here?"
Xia Huanao replied: "We heard that there are fast-track dance classes here, so we came to take a look."
The woman nodded: "Oh, then follow me."
Xia Huanao was surprised. He was too lucky to have found it so easily. This wasn't the luck he should have.
Xia Huanao and the other two followed the woman into the courtyard. They saw wooden dummies, sandbags, and barbells. Zhang Hong became a little flustered: "Boss, something's not right. Look at this place, is it a dance studio? It looks like a martial arts training ground."
Xia Huanao had the same feeling. It seemed like they were about to witness a martial arts convention rather than a dance convention.
Just as Xia Huanao was about to speak, he heard the older sister leading the way say: "Don't worry, this is indeed a place for dance practice."
Zhang Hong pointed to a wooden dummy with many holes in it: "Do you practice such powerful moves when you dance?"
The older sister didn't turn her head: "That's what my sister uses. We teach martial arts and dance here. My sister and I are in charge of them separately. However, compared to martial arts, which requires a certain foundation and time accumulation, dance can be learned faster. How long do you want to learn it in?"
Xia Huanao looked at his watch: "There are about sixty hours left. Do you think it's enough time?"
The older sister stumbled: "Ho-how long? Sixty hours? You three need sixty hours to learn to dance?"
Xia Huanao shook his head: "No, not the three of us. Only this big fool needs to learn to dance. We two are just accompanying him."
The older sister then nodded: "One person? That's better. Although the time is tight, it's not impossible. At most, the methods used will be a bit cruel."
Hearing this, Zhang Hong's legs began to tremble. He gripped Xia Huanao's hand and said, "Boss Xia, I think we should leave. With cruel methods added, I might not be able to handle it."
Xia Huanao held his hand, gave him a reassuring look, and then asked: "Miss, how cruel can your cruel methods be? Will it make him unable to walk after sixty hours, or cause any obvious external injuries that might affect the result of the blind date?"
The older sister listened: "It's for a blind date? That's fine, my methods are not so malicious as to ruin someone's happy marriage. You can rest assured."
Although the older sister's smile was warm, Zhang Hong felt it was the smile of a demon. He had to escape from this place. Dancing? To hell with dancing!