Chapter 306 International Call


    “Look. She’s shy. Coach Koby please go ahead with your training. I’ll teach Le myself.”


    Coach Koby blinked and suddenly was enlightened. “Lexi, is Arthur the man you want to fight again?”


    “Ah? No, it’s not him.” Le shook her head. Then she realized something wrong and nodded


    immediately. “Coach Koby, could you teach me yourself please?”


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    “I’ll ask Arthur to teach you. He’s good at counter-force. If you want to fight against a man, you should


    learn from him. As long as you could win against him, you can surely defeat an ordinary man.” Coach


    Koby left with a smile.


    “Ah-- How could this happen?” Le was speechless.


    “Lexi, what now? Don’t you want to be my student?” Arthur crossed his arms on his chest. Rubbing his


    chin, he walked over, “Or are you afraid that you will have physical contact with me? Don’t worry. We’re


    lovers. We would have the physical contact sooner orter. It’s just a warm-up. Let’s get familiar with


    each other in this way.”


    Indeed, it was unavoidable to have physical contact when practicing taekwondo. If she agreed, it would


    mean that she had to touch Arthur’s body shortly. The key point was that this man looked extremely evil


    but charming, which made herck security. She always afraid that he would take advantage of her.


    “I’m not your girlfriend!” Le said to Arthur seriously. “I don’t want you to teach me.”


    “Why not?”


    “I just don’t like it.”


    “You do have a strong personality. But I insist on teaching you! I like the challenging work,” Arthur said


    with a smile, “And it has something to do with changing another person’s personality, which is my


    favorite. In other words, if you don’t want to be my student today, I’ll throw you to the floor.”


    “You--”


    “Me?” Arthur looked solemn. Instantly, his tone because extremely strict. “No, you must get into


    character now. Or I’ll kick you away!”


    “You! You!” Le was so speechless. She looked into his eyes with stubbornness, only to find that he


    looked the same as if he didn’t ept to be rejected. She red at him for a few more seconds, and


    then she nodded. “Okay. I’ll learn from you!”


    “Good! That’s my good girl.” Arthur’s tone became softened again. “Come on. Our first lesson was


    about the basic knowledge and the training requirements of taekwondo. The most important was the


    courtesy and etiquette of taekwondo. Also, there are some simple warm-up exercises. Usually, we


    don’t encourage the practicer to stretch the ligaments forcibly. It needs to be done step by step. Do you


    know the slogan of taekwondo yet?”


    Le nodded. “Yes. Coach Koby told us yesterday.”


    “Then, please repeat it. Let me see if you are so dumb that you’ve forgotten about it after a night.”


    Le frowned. She could only say, “Etiquette and shame, patience and self-denial, and unyielding.”


    “Ehn!” Arthur nodded, bing quite serious. “Next, let’s review the standing posture, sitting posture,


    and the ways of putting on the taekwondo jacket, tie it, and binding the belt.”


    “Can’t you tell me something practical?” Le asked. “I just want to learn how to kick someone.”


    “Your ligaments haven’t been stretched. I can’t teach you that yet!”


    “My ligaments work very well.” She used to dance, and her ligaments were quite fLeble. She could


    still do the splits now. Her muscles were a little bit stiffened since she hadn’t worked out for a long time.


    “Are you or am I the teacher?”


    Le didn’t have the guts to retort again.


    As the result, in the next one hour, Arthur didn’t have any physical contact with Le. After teaching the


    courtesy and etiquette, he taught the rules and regtions for practicing taekwondo. Then he asked


    her to stretch the ligaments for twenty minutes. She also hopped up and down for around a quarter.


    Finally, he checked the time on the watch. “Time’s up. Let’s dismiss.”


    “Is that all?” Le asked in shock, sweating all over her body.


    “Let’s go on tomorrow.”


    “That’s too simple!” Le muttered, “Can you do it or not?”


    “It’s a disdainful way if you ask a man can he do it. You need to try me so you’ll know if I can or not.”


    “You--” Le was speechless. Helplessly, she stood up to change her clothes. If she continued staying


    here, she would go nuts.


    After changing her dress and arriving downstairs, Le found that Arthur standing at the door. She


    nned to leave directly without talking to him. However, Arthur didn’t n to let her go obviously.


    “Let’s go for a drink, shall we?”


    “I can’t drink.”


    “You can drink juice,” said Arthur.


    “No, thanks. I still have sses tomorrow. See you, Mr. Lane.”


    She didn’t know many men, and Theodore was one of them, who had be her thesis tutor. Arthur


    was another one, who had be her taekwondo teacher. What a fate!


    Le thought to herself with self-mockery.


    “You still owe me a jacket. How could you be so arrogant to ignore me? Anyway, I helped youst time,


    didn’t I?”


    Le was helpless. She could only get in Arthur’s car because there were so many people gazing at


    them behind her back. She couldn’t continue staying there and bing the target of other women.


    Arthur was absolutely the apple of the eye for so many women.


    She turned to look at him up and down. Then she asked, “Are you truly the vice president of your


    company?”


    Upon hearing that, Arthur immediately became unhappy. “Why? Don’t I look like such a person?”


    “You look so childish!” Le curled her lips. “I’ve told you I don’t want to go, but you make an excuse


    that I owe you the jacket. Didn’t you tell me that you don’t want it? Aren’t you too immature in this


    way?”


    “You like mature men, do you?” Arthur raised his eyebrows.


    “What does it have to do with the kind of men I like?” Le was speechless. However, she couldn’t help


    wondering what kind of man Mr. White was -- was he a mature man?


    “Why are you silent? What are you thinking?” Arthur asked curiously when seeing that Le looked


    confused.


    “Do all men like hunting for beauty, new love, and novelty?” Le suddenly asked.


    Arthur red at her weirdly. He asked, “What’s wrong? Are you hurt by a man? You can’t


    misunderstand all men because of that. I have to admit that I like hunting for beauty, new love, and


    novelty, but it doesn’t mean other men like it too. There are a lot of loyal men in this world.”


    “Oh! You are indeed honest!” Le didn’t expect that he would admit it himself. It seemed that he knew


    himself quite well.


    “Of course! One virtue of my life was honesty. But it depends. Now all women would make me have the


    desire for hunting.”


    Upon hearing Arthur’s blunt words, Le did a self-reflection suddenly. She wondered if she had been


    too serious. This world was supposed to be a virtue. Vincent and she got married not because of love.


    What could she expect from it then?


    If Mr. White, Pippa, and Owen were a family since Pippa didn’t mind, why would she feel depressed? In


    that case, Pippa and Owen should be the ones who got hurt, shouldn’t they?


    “Oh! Lexi, you are bothered by something!”


    “No, I’m not!”


    “Liar!”


    Le fell into the silence.


    Arthur took Le to a high-end restaurant. It was eight o’clock already, so most of the diners had


    already finished dinner. They went there a bitte, but Arthur ordered a few light dishes.


    Le always felt that this kind of asion didn’t fit her at all, so she looked quite restrictive. During the


    dinner, she didn’t make a big move at all. Actually, eating was supposed to be natural and casual, not


    like what she was doing now -- she was eating with tensed nerves, feeling quite ufortable.


    They were chitchatting. Suddenly, Arthur asked, “Are you still studying or having a job?”


    “Studying.”


    “Where do you go to college?”


    “P University!”


    “Do you have a boyfriend?”


    Le’s heart skipped a beat. With a faint smile, she answered, “Yes.”


    “What? You are just a little girl and you have a boyfriend! What are you doing? I guess you don’t have a


    good performance in college then, because you focus on puppy love too much. How could you be a


    good student? You should break up with him immediately. Falling in love too early isn’t good for you


    both mentally and physically. Are you physically mature yet?”


    “Well! No, I’m not a student. I will graduate soon, so it shouldn’t be falling in love too early.” Le smiled


    slightly. She didn’t know how to continue with the topic. Biting her lower lip, she said, “I’m full. I need to


    go home now.”


    “I’ll give you a ride.” Arthur also put down the chopsticks, ready to stand up as well. “I’m serious. You


    are too young. How dare you date someone? Give me your home phone number. I’ll call your father


    and ask him to scold you.”


    “My father supports me for that. All right. I’m leaving. I don’t need you to ride me home. Thanks,


    though.” Le rejected him indifferently. She walked towards the restaurant door. She was not in a


    good mood originally.


    After Arthur had paid the bill and chased after her, Le had already hailed a cab and the car roared


    away. Arthur exhaled, walking to his sports car, feeling quite bored.


    The study, NT Mountain vi.


    Le turned on theptop. It was a whiteptop given to her by Vincent. She browsed some news


    online first and then logged onto her blog ount. She felt quite bored. Suddenly one of the family was


    missing, she didn’t adapt to it.


    Her cell phone was ced on the desk. She took it over and looked at Vincent’s caller ID. After finding


    it, she didn’t have the guts to tab it to call him while looking at the caller ID “Mr. White”, because he told


    her not to call him.


    Right then, the phone suddenly rang. Le was startled. Grabbing the phone, she found the caller ID


    “Mr. White” was sparkling on the screen. She immediately swiped to answer and put the phone next to


    her ear. She answered in an almost trembling voice, “Hello?”


    Her heart kept hammering, and she felt so nervous.


    “Have youe back home?” After a moment of silence, she heard a deep voice from the other end of


    the line.


    Le nodded and suddenly realized that he couldn’t see her. She answered right away, “Yeah! You...


    How are you doing?”


    In fact, she wanted to ask if he was on vacation with Pippa and Owen, but she didn’t dare to ask,


    because she was afraid that the peace would be broken if she asked. Besides, for a man like Vincent, if


    she asked, he might not be willing to answer. If she didn’t ask him, probably he would tell her.


    “Ehn!” he just uttered a word. This kind of phone conversation sounded somewhat awkward, but Le


    felt quite sweet.


    “Speak!” he snapped, his tone overbearing as if he was giving an order.


    “Oh! Well, how do you like Japan?” She found her tongue, wondering if he was calling her to chitchat


    with her on the phone. She couldn’t be used to it at all and didn’t know what to speak. Hence, she


    chose a question at random.


    “Just so so!” He sounded a bit tired.


    “The sakura in Japan is so beautiful.” Le found another topic. “Have you seen the sakura blossom?”


    “The reason is already past.” His deep and maic voice came over from the distant short, bumping


    her heart.


    “Yeah, there’s no sakura in this season now. I heard that thendscape is quite beautiful in Hokkaido.


    Which ce are you in Japan now?”


    “Hokkaido.”


    “For real? Is it so beautiful as it was on the TV?” Le was a bit excited. Whenever she saw the


    landscape of Hokkaido on TV, she always felt it was an extremely beautiful ce, especially the


    landscape in the winter.


    “I didn’t pay attention,” Vincent said in a deep voice. After a pause, he added, “Do you like Hokkaido?”


    “Ehn! Yes! I like Shizuoka, too. It’s quite beautiful there as well.” Le was more excited. It was rare for


    him to call her and spoke so many words with her. It hardly happened. She wondered if it meant that he


    started to care about her. She suddenly forgot all her depression and became excited. In a delighted


    tone, she raised her voice and asked, “Mr. White, did you go there for vacation or


    business?”