On the next morning, Fourth pressed the doorbell of Murong Ye"s villa.
Murong Yunxi opened the door and saw a beautiful mixed-race man standing in the doorway. She asked with some hesitation, "Who are you?"
Fourth was a gentleman and smiled as he greeted her politely, "h.e.l.lo Miss Xiao Xi, I am Big Master"s subordinate, you can just call me Fourth."
Murong Yunxi was a little surprised. She had seen Murong Ye"s subordinates, Second, Little Three, and Little Five before. They were indeed named after a sequence. Indeed, she had never seen Fourth before.
Murong Yunxi asked very straightforwardly, "Oh? Why didn"t I see you before?"
Mentioning this, Fourth"s face showed a little awkwardness. "I"ve been abroad for the past six months."
Murong Yunxi nodded. "I see! But what are you doing here? My brother went out early in the morning."
"I"m not here to find Big Master. He sent me here."
"My brother sent you here?"
"Yes, Big Master wants me to follow you during this period of time."
"Follow me for what?"
"Of course, if you don"t need me, I will leave."
After which, Fourth turned and left. He did not expect things to turn out so smoothly. Since Young Miss did not need him, he could then head back and report on his mission. Besides, it was Young Miss who said that she did not need him. Fourth was elated when thinking about going back to report back to Murong Ye. Just then, Murong Yunxi called him. "Fourth! Wait! Come in."
Murong Yunxi felt something strange was going on. But Murong Ye had always been cautious in everything that he did, so she kept Fourth with her.
Fourth felt disappointed instantly. Seemed like he was too naive.
He turned and smiled at her, "Didn"t Miss Xiao Xi say that you don"t need me to follow you?"
"I only asked why you have to follow me, I didn"t say whether I need it or not! Let me call my brother to ask. Come in first."
Fourth followed Murong Yunxi and entered the house helplessly.
Murong Yunxi picked up her phone and called Murong Ye, "h.e.l.lo, bro?"
"Hmm, what"s the matter? Did Fourth go?"
"He"s already here. Why did you send someone to follow me out of a sudden?"
"Hmm, didn"t you say that you want to take part in the family business? Fourth is the most familiar with Murong family"s business. He is also my best subordinate. Let him bring you around. I feel safe when you"re in his hands. Give him orders if you have any. He"s yours now. If he makes you dissatisfied in any way, tell me directly."
"Oh, okay! Understood. Bro, remember to eat at regular timings. I"ll wait for you to come back for dinner."
"Hmm, okay!"
After hanging up, Murong Yunxi turned to look at Fourth.
He was sitting casually on the couch, playing with a unique lighter in his hand.
"My brother told me. But right now I don"t know what I want to do. I just want to strengthen myself first."
Four frowned slightly, "Strengthen yourself? How?"
"Be it the body or the mind."
"..." Four looked at Yun Muxi in confusion. He had imagined that he would be shopping with her, helping her to carry her luggage, watching a movie and drinking coffee, chit-chatting with her friends and gossiping. But now Murong Yunxi was saying that she wanted to strengthen herself from the body and the mind? What was this trap all about?
"Then let"s start with the body first. I want to have the abilities to protect myself. To put it simply, I want to be able to fight."
"You want me to train with you?"
"Yes, if you can."
"What do you mean? You"re joking. I"m the best fighter that Big Boss has, other than him, probably no one else can beat me."
"Very good. Then let"s start today."
"Other than training, you still have to teach me the basics of business operations. I majored in Communications and Accounting in university, so I have no experience with business operations and management. I have to start from the top."
Fourth could not help but complain to himself: She"s called Young Miss and she"s really acting like one, her ideas are so wild! Since she wants to play, I"ll play with her for a while. I don"t think she can last long.
"Okay. But just a disclaimer, I"m very strict. You cannot complain to Big Master when you cannot take it anymore. If you can"t take it anymore, just tell him that you give up."
"Don"t worry, there won"t be such a day."
Gong Yu was discussing with the magazine publisher about the anniversary, so he was not at home. Murong Yunxi packed up her stuff and arrived at the gym with Fourth.
"If you want to fight, you have to first receive strength training. These few types of equipment train your arm and leg strength respectively. Now do two sets of each, each set a 100 times."
After which, Fourth gave Murong Yunxi a demonstration and she started doing.
Fourth looked at her walk to the front of the equipment and snickered in his heart: This is low-level, let"s see how many you can last.
Physical training was indeed one of Murong Yunxi"s biggest weaknesses. She lacked training on usual days and she was already struggling once she started.
Those equipment were heavy and it was an impossible feat for her.
Murong Yunxi slightly frowned her beautiful brows and started repeating the move that Fourth demonstrated.
Fourth smiled and said, "If you feel like you can"t do it, you can give up, don"t force yourself. You just have to tell Big Master that you can"t do it. He dotes on you so much, he would not bear to see you suffer.
Murong Yunxi started to feel a suspicion. Right from the start, she felt like Fourth seemed to be wanting her to give up. Although he always smiled at her as he talked, and was very polite, she still felt like he was not that friendly. It was not as simple as her sixth sense.
Murong Yunxi glanced at him with a deep gaze and gritted on her teeth and started carrying out the task.
These were indeed difficult for her. And what Murong Yunxi did not know was that Fourth had given her a task that women could never complete. Furthermore, the task given was for a man with a solid foundation.
Murong Yunxi had just done 30 reps and she was already very tired. Her forehead was filled with sweat and her shirt was soaked wet. Her arms were so sore she could not proceed to do the next one.
Fourth teased from aside, "Wow, you"re actually great! But seems like you can"t hang on much longer, take a break if you can"t continue."
Murong Yunxi shook her head. She took a deep breath and did another one.
Fourth chuckled in his heart: Haha, seems like you can persevere quite well! Let"s see how long you can last.
Murong Yunxi locked her gaze on him, as if he was an enemy. Her gaze was fierce.
Fourth rubbed his nose and his heart trembled a little. Why was Murong Yunxi looking at him with that expression?
She gritted on her teeth and completed another 10 reps. After 10 of those, her face was already flushed red.
"If you can"t continue then take a break."
Murong Yunxi was about to pause for a while and drink some water before continuing, but she accidentally saw the scornful smile on the corners of his lips. She said very calmly, "Let me finish this set first."
She took a deep breath and held her breath as she continued. She shut her eyes tightly and bit so hard into her teeth that it made the "kachak" sound.
Fourth was a little surprise. Didn"t he just saw a compromised look on her face? Was it an illusion? Seemed like Murong Yunxi had quite the perseverance, but so what? Managing the Murong family was not something that could be done with mere perseverance.
Fourth looked at her as she continued her moves. Because of how much she was struggling, her actions began to not so standard.
Fourth frowned and scolded, "Take note of your move! If you can"t do it then give up! Don"t use inaccurate moves to bluff me!"
Murong Yunxi"s expression was a little bad. She was now sure that Fourth did not like her. But they had just met, why was he so hostile towards her?
While she was distracted, she finished another 10 reps without knowing. She continued with that insistence in her heart and finished the rest while staring at Fourth.
With her perseverance, Fourth was very surprised to see her finish this set of 100.
In the end, Murong Yunxi"s arms did not feel like hers anymore. She could not feel the sore feeling in her arms.
Fourth chuckled, "Not bad, now that you"re done with arms, let"s do legs. Still a hundred."
After Fourth demonstrated once, he picked up his bottle and sat at a side as he looked at her. This gym was owned by the Murong family. In order to let her train, Fourth had specially asked for it to close for today so that there would only be him and Murong Yunxi in the gym. He could torture her and make her life difficult to his heart"s content.
Murong Yunxi had used up almost all her strength in the arms training just now. So when she continued with this set, it was already so difficult that she did not know how to continue.
Her only focus was that she could not let Fourth look down on her, she must complete everything.
She felt dizzy and as if she was traveling in another time and s.p.a.ce while she completed both sets of strength training that Fourth had ordered.
At this moment, she was completely exhausted. She did not even have the strength to sit. She lied on the ground without caring for her image.
Fourth walked up to her, squatted down and said cheerfully, "Miss Xiao Xi, you"re really good! You"ve completed everything!"
Murong Yunxi was breathing heavily. She stared deeply into his blue and starry eyes. They were breathtakingly beautiful. But at this moment, Murong Yunxi saw a trace of disdain in them.
This careful observation triggered her arrogance. She could not let Fourth look down on her like that.
She sat up at once and everything turned pitch dark. She pretended to be calm and let it pa.s.s for a few seconds. Her eyesight came back gradually. Fourth"s beautiful scheming face appeared in front of her once again. She stood up quickly and her body wavered a little.
Fourth frowned slightly and looked at her with a cold gaze. Was she up for a challenge?
Murong Yunxi said with much determination, "I will make you accept me wholeheartedly!"