Upon hearing how miserable the girl described himself, Zhang Lisheng smiled noncommittally and said, "Senior Sister, I'm fine anyway. I'll be fine after resting for a while. You can go ahead with your work."
"We're from the same hometown. Your face is as white as wallpaper, so how can I leave you alone?" Guo Caiying hesitated for a moment before shaking her head in a righteous manner. "Why don't I let you go back to the dormitory with me to rest for a while? Since today is Saturday, I'm going to change the bed sheets anyway."
"You want to change the bed sheets so you're not afraid that I'll dirty it? Thank you very much then." Zhang Lisheng was stunned for a moment before saying with a wry smile, "But there's really no need for that. I have a house in Silicon Valley. I'll just rest there when the school bus arrives."
"Look at your messy and slovenly appearance, I really can't tell that you're a 'quality stock' who can afford to eat in Michelin restaurants and live in a high-priced house in Silicon Valley." Guo Caiying looked at the exercise watch on her wrist and calculated for a while before patting the back seat of the bicycle. "The school bus leaves every half an hour on the weekend, so you'll have to wait for at least 20 minutes. Silicon Valley is not far away anyway. Come on, I'll take you there."
"Stop joking, Senior Sister. I don't live in the Silicon Valley science park …"
"I know, but I'm the holder of the Stanford University women's triathlon competition record, so it doesn't matter if it's far away." Guo Caiying smiled indifferently. "Come on, I'll take you there."
"I don't think so, Senior Sister. I'll wait for the school bus …"
"You're a man, a real man, so why are you being so coy? You make it seem like I'm begging you," Guo Caiying frowned in dissatisfaction. "I'm a girl, so I don't care. We're all from the same hometown, so it's only right for us to help each other. Come on."
Zhang Lisheng was not afraid of other people being malicious to him, but he was most afraid of people being helpful and caring, especially when he was trying not to stand out from the crowd on a university campus. Looking at the girl whose eyes were wide open, his mouth moved helplessly. Sighing, he sat awkwardly in the back seat of the car. "Thank you, Senior Sister. Let's go to Kmart One."
"Kmart No. 1? What a strange name …" The girl swung her black hair and opened the navigation software on her mobile phone. After entering the address that Zhang Lisheng said, she looked at it and stepped on the pedal to slowly accelerate along the flat campus road. "Your house is only 21 kilometers away from us. It'll take at least an hour to get there by bus. I'll just take you for 45 minutes."
"21 kilometers and 45 minutes? You must be joking, right, Senior Sister? Oh sh * t …" Sensing that the speed of the bicycle was gradually increasing and the degree of shaking was getting bigger, Zhang Lisheng grabbed the back seat and said, "D-Are you alright for riding so fast?"
"Professional road racers can maintain an average speed of more than 50 miles per hour for 200 kilometers. 45 minutes for 20 kilometers is a piece of cake."
"But you're not a pro player, and I'm in the backseat …"
"I want to try to challenge the limit." Facing the bright sunshine hanging above her head, Guo Caiying pedaled hard and cheered loudly, "Sit tight, I'm going to continue to accelerate."
"I don't think you're planning to send me home to rest at all. Instead, you're using me as a 'tool'." Upon hearing the girl's words, Zhang Lisheng mumbled softly. Instead, he let go of his hand that was grabbing the back seat of the bicycle. To him, even though it was very uncomfortable, it was a piece of cake for him to maintain his balance on a speeding bicycle after getting used to it.
People's psychology was so strange. Guo Caiying was warm and outgoing, but when someone of the opposite sex took advantage of her enthusiasm to get close to her, unless it was the kind of person who was excellent in all aspects and could make her feel good about him, she would feel disgusted at once.
However, when she met someone like Zhang Lisheng who acted politely but kept a respectful distance from her when he met her enthusiasm, the girl would feel that he was too introverted.
Just now, she was still worried that the unattractive skinny Junior Brother behind her would take advantage of the bumpy ride to make a move on her. Now that she saw him sitting at the back without saying a word and seemed to be grinning, she said, "Junior Brother, are you a straight-A student who has never been in contact with a girl before?
Why is your body as stiff as a rock when you're sitting on a girl's bicycle? Aren't you feeling dizzy and want to rest? I'll be kind today and lend you my waist to hug … "
"You don't have to be kind, Senior Sister." The moment Zhang Lisheng heard this, he immediately interrupted the girl's words and said, "I've practiced Kung Fu before, so I can maintain my balance even if I encounter turbulence on the plane. It's alright."
"Kung Fu? You've practiced Kung Fu before with this kind of physical condition?" Guo Caiying was stunned for a moment before chuckling. "Can you tell me what you've practiced? I'm planning to learn some fighting techniques so I'll exclude the Kung Fu that you've practiced first."
"I've practiced Shape-Will Boxing. This kind of boxing technique's attacking method is too fierce and it's indeed not suitable for girls to practice.
Senior Sister, the weather is very cold. If you keep opening your mouth and swallow too much cold air when you're cycling so fast, it's not good for your body, especially when you're exercising strenuously. "
"It's alright. I'm in good health …" The girl shook her head and suddenly realized something. Choking on her words, she said hatefully, "Junior Brother, do you mean that you want me to shut up?"
"Why would I? You're so talkative," Zhang Lisheng replied with a noncommittal smile.
"Don't be so sarcastic, boy." Guo Caiying waved her fist without turning her head, but she spoke much less.
The two of them chatted casually as they passed through the Stanford campus and went onto the cycling path of the highway.
After riding for a while under the shade of the trees and the shadows of the leaves, they finally arrived in front of an open luxury villa without any fences at the foot of the green mountain near the highway, with its back facing a vast lake.
Although it was said to be open, in reality, other than stepping on two beautiful flowerbeds, one could only pass through a winding stone path to enter the villa from the mountain road.
At the beginning of the stone path, there were two beige rock flowerpots made of various miniature animal and plant statues with a large cluster of colorful flowers in full bloom, seemingly reminding the passers-by that the pointed French country villa in the distance that occupied an area of at least several thousand square meters was a private place that no one was allowed to enter.
"Junior Brother, t-this is your house?" Even though Guo Caiying came from an extraordinary background, when she saw this manor-style villa that was too different from what she had imagined, she was still dumbfounded, which was something that she rarely did.
"It should be. After I bought it, I was forced to live on campus and I've never been here before." It was obvious that he was living alone, but Maddie had actually prepared a villa that seemed to be able to accommodate all the students of a Stanford department for him. This made Zhang Lisheng a little dumbfounded.
However, when he recalled how he had made all kinds of harsh requirements for the house before he enrolled in the university, he smiled in relief. "Let's go in, Senior Sister. There should be servants in such a big house. Let's go and ask." Then, he walked along the stone path into the villa.
At the end of the stone path, at the corner of the fountain in front of the villa's gate, there were indeed two middle-aged women wearing traditional US black dresses and white aprons chatting with the busy gardeners.
"Young man, are you looking for water to drink …" When one of the women saw a young man and a young woman who looked like two students pushing a bicycle towards them, she immediately greeted them enthusiastically. However, when she was halfway through her words, she suddenly saw the face of the male student that she had seen in the photos all day long. Choking on her words, she could not help but exclaim, "Oh my god! Y-Are you Mr. Zhang Lisheng Zhang?
Yes, you must be! I remember that face very clearly! You're finally here! I-I'll go call Butler Torres … "
"You don't have to be so surprised that I'm finally here, ma 'am." Zhang Lisheng shrugged. "Also, you should be able to see that what I need the most right now is not Butler Torres but a hot bath and a comfortable big bed."
"Y-Yes, sir! Please come with me." The woman was stunned for a moment before nodding repeatedly and pushing open the villa's door.
"Senior Sister, I'm really uncomfortable. I really don't have the strength to entertain you. Just treat this place as your own home and look around as you like …"
"It's alright, Junior Brother. I sent you home so that you can have a good rest, but do you really not need to see a doctor?"
"No need, I'm always like this. I'll be fine after resting for a while.
Ma 'am, please take good care of my guests. "Zhang Lisheng showed the air of a big entrepreneur and ordered the other maid by the fountain before waving his hand at Guo Caiying weakly." Senior Sister, I'm going to rest now. If you have time, please stay here for dinner. Thank you so much for today. "
"You didn't have to be so polite on the way here," The girl said with a smile.
The young man chuckled and no longer said anything. With a pale face, he turned around and followed the first maid to the villa's master bedroom.
The master bedroom was close to the lake shore. Other than the huge bathroom and cloakroom, the area was still more than 100 square meters. However, there were not many furnishings inside and the layout was simple and lively.
After walking into the bedroom, Zhang Lisheng immediately locked the door. Even though he knew that the windows must be single-sided bulletproof glass that could only be seen from the inside, he still cautiously pulled all the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows. This time, he took off his clothes and commanded wyrmdragon to restore its long body before appearing in front of him.
When everything was ready and he was about to transform and make a breakthrough, a reluctance suddenly rose in the young man's heart as he looked at the dragon wizard gu in front of him. This reluctance did not stem from cherishing the Crocodragon, the tool of the Witchcraft's Gate of Death, but it was because he was reluctant to part with the powerful power that it brought to him.
The wizard's cultivation seemed strange and cruel, having nothing to do with cultivating one's mind, but in reality, the difficulties of tempering one's mind were everywhere.
For example, after Zhang Lisheng transformed the wyrmdragon, even if he went through all the hardships to make a breakthrough to the Rank-8 Wizard Stage, the increase in power he obtained was actually not as great as the loss of the wizard gu's disappearance.
If he simply added and subtracted the comprehensive combat power, it would be a huge loss. However, if he thought about it carefully, he would realize that what he improved was his own power, but what he lost was external help.
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