Demons Beside You

Translator: Larbre Studio  Editor: Larbre Studio

“Douglas, how about a drink tonight?”

 “Sure. Dobby, do look after the center. I"m going out with my friend.”

 “Of course. Just leave everything to me.”

 “Mr. Douglas, our coach was bullied by someone at UCLA today,” a student suddenly complained.

 “Huh? What happened?” Zanla Douglas asked, confused.

 “Hobby, that didn"t happen.”

 “During training today, our coach was thrown into the pool by a UCLA swimming coach.”

 “Did all of you just watch the person bully your coach?”

 “Someone from the boxing club stopped us. He said that the swimming coach is as strong as a professional boxer.”

 “Professional boxer? Is he? I"ve been quite free recently. When will you bring me to him?” Zanla Douglas said, not bothered.

 He had fought all the good boxers in the entire United States. What could UCLA possibly offer?

 What makes a boxer professional?

 Those so-called professional boxers who do not have a professional boxing license are all self-proclaimed.

 Countless boxers have failed the a.s.sessment to become professional.

 “Great. I"m looking forward to the match. I"ve never seen a professional boxing compet.i.tion up close,” Urgat said, smiling.

 　　…

 “Chen, I heard Tiger hired you as his boxing coach for yesterday?” Eveleigh asked.

 “Yup.”

 “How much did you charge him?”

 “Three sessions for three days, thirty thousand.”

 “What? We paid two hundred thousand for ten days. Why did he only have to pay thirty thousand for three days?”

 “I train you at least four hours a day, which means forty hours in total, but his lessons are only one hour each. So your price is actually lower. Perhaps I should have charged you at the same rate as him.”

 “Forget it. Ignore me.” Eveleigh already had a hard time squeezing out two hundred thousand to pay Chen Zhao.

 If Chen Zhao were to charge her at Tiger"s rate, she would probably need to ask her family for money.

 “Alright, let"s start the training today.”

 “Chen, why don"t you teach me boxing?”

 “Ten thousand per hour. You want it?”

 “Stingy a.s.shole…”

 “I don"t have time to waste with you. Quickly, change to your swimsuit…”

 Four hours later, the training ended.

 Chen Zhao changed his money-making arena to the boxing club. The training today was getting beaten.

 Of course, Tiger would attack and Chen Zhao would get beaten.

 “Punch harder, harder… Did you not have breakfast? Or both breakfast and lunch?”

 Tiger realized that no matter how much force he used, Chen Zhao would not move an inch.

 “This is strong enough, but it"s boxing. Who can you even hit after charging your attack for ten seconds?”

 The previous day, Tiger realized that he could not withstand Chen Zhao"s attacks at all. He had to rest after a few minutes.

 When he got home, he even had to use some medication.

 Now it was his turn to attack, but he could not move Chen Zhao, regardless of how hard he tried.

 　　…

 “Coach Urgat, he"s in the boxing club now, practicing with that black man yesterday.”

 “Okay, I knew they know each other.”

 “I"ve asked around. That Asian has a one-hour lesson for today, as well as yesterday.”

 “How long have they been boxing?”

 “More than half an hour already.”

 “Douglas needs more than half an hour to reach. Looks like today"s not the day. I"ll ask Douglas to go early tomorrow.”

 After hanging up the call with his student, Urgat called Zanla Douglas, “Douglas, are you free tomorrow afternoon?”

 “Yes.”

 “Can you go to the UCLA boxing club tomorrow at two?”

 “Will the person who hit you be in the boxing club?”

 “Yes.”

 “Alright, got it. I"ll be there tomorrow.”

 …

 “Tiger, that"s the end of the session,” Chen Zhao said.

 “Mr. Chen, how strong do you think I am?” Tiger asked.

 “Quite strong, but not top-tier, I"m afraid,” Chen Zhao said frankly.

 “Mr. Chen, have you fought with a top-tier boxer before?”

 “Yes, once.”

 “How big is the difference between him and me?”

 “He can hurt me.”

 “Err…”

 Tiger was speechless. “Fine, I"ll work hard.”

 “Have a good rest today. Tomorrow, we"ll have a proper fight.”

 “I will.” Tiger asked again, “Mr. Chen, how strong is your heaviest punch?”

 “You don"t want to know.” Chen Zhao recalled how he broke Gaia"s punching machine last time.

 He felt that his strength had grown significantly since then.

 It was pointless to let Tiger know his strongest punch because their difference was too big.

 In fact, Chen Zhao did not even dare to use too much force during the training.

 Otherwise, he might really destroy the promising young man in one punch.

 After returning to the RV, Chen Zhao took a shower. He realized that there was some p.o.o.p in the toilet bowl.

 “Princess, you left it, right? Didn"t flush again, huh?”

 Princess looked wronged and pointed at Black-Ma. Roar…

 “Stop accusing Black-Ma. Only you could leave such a big mess.”

 Chen Zhao widened his eyes at Princess. “Go and do ten push-ups.”

 Last time, Chen Zhao brought Princess around the college and she left some feces on the ground, forcing Chen Zhao to clean it up. Since then, he had been leaving Princess in the van.

 Of course, he would leave Black-Ma and White-Ma in the van, too. They were always over-excited when there were people around.

 Whenever they saw a person, they would chase him or her, causing a very bad influence on the college.

 On the other hand, Princess"s biggest hobby was lying down.

 Second hobby, eating.

 Third hobby, eating while lying down.

 Hence, she was delighted to stay in the van.

 Nevertheless, while Princess was clever, she was forgetful.

 She had been taught how to use the toilet, but she would always forget to flush.

 To her, the most painful thing was to receive a punishment.

 Push-up was the thing she was most scared of, especially given her current weight.

 Ten push-ups were almost enough to kill her.

 Over the last period, she had doubled in weight.

 How did 1000kg feel like? A small car probably only weighed 1400 or 1500kg.

 Chen Zhao did not have the slightest doubt that with her current growth rate, Princess"s weight would surpa.s.s that of a car very soon.

 Princess was now a real giant.

 She was the largest carnivorous beast on land. Nothing could be bigger than her.

 Roar, roar!

 “No? Then no dinner tonight.”

 Roar…

 Princess submitted. She lay on the ground and began to do push-ups.

 Although her push-ups were nowhere near being standard, Chen Zhao barely accepted them.

 “You better remember this. If you don"t flush again, it"ll be twenty push-ups.”

 Chen Zhao glanced at Princess. “Alright, let"s go home.”