Odd, Roland felt that what the girl said was quite odd.
Vaguely, the girl seemed to have a sense of familiarity with him. But Roland thought about it and confirmed that he really hadn't seen the girl before. She was quite pretty and had a good temperament, and if he had seen her, he would definitely have an impression.
Seeming to feel that she had said too much, the girl turned around and walked forward in silence.
The two of them came to a warehouse behind the shed, and the girl opened the door with a key. There were many weapons inside, as well as some protective gear and the like.
"Choose one you like." The girl walked in first.
Roland entered the warehouse and found miaodao placed horizontally on the wooden weapons rack in the corner, and there was even a scabbard.
He picked one up casually. Although it was made of wood, it was a bit heavy in his hand because of the length of the miaodao. The scabbard was made of bamboo and looked okay, and the hilt was very smooth, as if it had been soaked in tung oil.
Roland put the miaodao upright and wanted to unsheathe it for a look, but it turned out that the miaodao was too long and couldn't be drawn out.
"It's easier to unsheathe it horizontally."
As the girl spoke, she walked over with a tape measure. She looked Roland up and down for a while and said, "Stand still."
She then measured Roland's height, chest, waist, and arm circumference.
As the girl approached, the fragrance of osmanthus became stronger.
Roland was a bit surprised. He let the girl measure him, but still asked, "Do I have to take a physical examination before learning miaodao techniques?"
"This is for you to make protective gear." The girl said in a low voice while measuring the data of various parts of Roland's body, "Even wooden blades are dangerous."
Roland was a bit surprised and said, "But I don't see those teenagers wearing protective gear."
"Of course not when practicing routines." The girl stood up and said matter-of-factly, "But when sparring, you have to wear it, or even if it's a wooden blade, it will be very painful to take a hit."
"Do I have to pay extra for this protective gear?" Roland asked, wondering if this was a disguised charge!
The girl shook her head. "It's free."
"There's breakfast, and there's free knives and protective gear. The benefits are pretty good." Roland smiled.
At this time, the girl had already measured his physical data and said softly, "Although the tuition is a bit expensive, what we teach is actually worth the price."
There was some explanation in the voice, and the girl's face even looked a little weak.
Roland keenly noticed this and was a little surprised. He hesitated for a while, and the strange feeling in his heart became more and more obvious. He asked curiously, "Have we … met before?"
The girl looked at him calmly. "What do you think?"
Roland felt that he was overthinking things and laughed awkwardly.
Then, he randomly chose a wooden sword and quickly left the warehouse.
When he arrived at the shed, Qi Shaoqiu was already waiting for him.
The man leaned against the iron load-bearing pole of the shed, smoking a cheap cigarette. His pair of emotionless dead fish eyes gave off a kind of lament.
Of course, this was just an illusion. Qi Shaoqiu's temperament disappeared the moment he opened his mouth. "If you spend any more time alone with my sister, I'm going to beat someone up."
Roland rolled his eyes helplessly.
"Alright, you've chosen your knife. You can bring it home later, or you can leave it with us for safekeeping." Qi Shaoqiu pinched the cigarette butt with his fingers and put it in his trouser pocket, saying, "Since you've practiced Sanda, then we don't need to do the basics like stretching the muscles and bones. Now, I'll briefly talk about the basic steps of miaodao techniques. In our sword techniques, most of the movements are completed by alternating the forward step and the horse stance, so for something as old-fashioned as the horse stance, you have to take half an hour every day to practice it, and then there's the basic way to hold the knife, which is different from the Japanese … "
Qi Shaoqiu taught and demonstrated.
Soon, the morning passed.
When it was almost noon, Roland refused Qi Shaomi's invitation to have lunch with him and left on a public bike.
Watching Roland leave, Qi Shaoqiu said to his sister next to him, "You seem a little strange today, with a lot of mood swings. Do you know that kid? He's not your former classmate, is he? "
Night Tide Sands didn't say anything.
Qi Shaoqiu waited for a moment, then turned his head in surprise, and the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground. "I didn't hit the nail on the head, did I?"
Night Tide Sands pursed her thin pink lips. "Not really a classmate, he was my senior in high school. He was a grade higher than me. "
"A senior in high school, there's no need to have such a deep impression. How many years ago was that … wait! " Qi Shaoqiu froze for a moment and asked, "The 'Ninth High Duo' that you often mentioned in high school, one of the two gay friends who were admitted to Rodu Jiao Tong University together?"
Night Tide Sands nodded.
Qi Shaoqiu bent down to pick up the cigarette butt, gently flicked the cigarette filter, and then stuffed it back into his mouth. "So that's how it is, no wonder!"
It wasn't until Roland's figure became an indistinct black dot on the street that Night Tide Sands withdrew her gaze. "How's his talent? How long will it take for him to learn miaodao techniques? "
"He's very talented. He learned the technique of withdrawing and exerting force as soon as I taught him, and can draw inferences about other things from one instance. As expected of a talented student, he'll probably be able to graduate from me in half a year. " Qi Shaoqiu sighed in admiration, then he looked at Night Tide Sands and said with a smirk, "But don't worry, I'll teach him slowly, at least let him learn here for a year."
Night Tide Sands turned her head away grumpily. "No need, you don't have to worry about my business."
She returned to the warehouse, looked at the physical data on the table, and said softly, "He's much taller than before!"
In a trance, she remembered seven years ago, when she was still a little girl, and high school was a dormitory system. She pulled a heavy salutation box and walked on the concrete path of the campus by herself. There happened to be a small slope that she couldn't pull up, and after trying a few times, she didn't have much strength and was about to sit to the side to rest.
At this time, a very ordinary-looking senior with ordinary temperament and clothes reached out to help.
She still remembered that the autumn sun was just right, the sky was blue, and the senior was dressed in plain white clothes, and even though his eyes weren't outstanding, he gave her a warm feeling like a jade in her arms.
The senior helped her pull the salutation box to the girls' dormitory and left.
She had thought that she wouldn't have much to do with this senior after that.
But what she never expected was that for the next two years, she would hear news about this senior every month.
This senior had an outrageously handsome childhood friend, and the two of them dominated the top two places in the grade, taking turns to sit first.
They were in the speech contest, they were in the Olympiad, and they could also get places in the school sports. What was even more outrageous was that they were also involved in fights, and they were the initiators.
If it weren't for the fact that their academic performance was so good that the school leaders took the initiative to cover it up for them, there would definitely be a stain on their school records.
In the end, the two of them went to Rodu Jiao Tong University together.
Night Tide Sands' first choice was also Rodu Jiao Tong University, but she didn't get in.
She felt that she had almost forgotten about this senior, but she didn't expect him to appear in front of her again.
His appearance and features hadn't changed much from before.
She knew him.
He didn't know her.
He shouldn't have known her in the first place; they were just acquaintances.
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