Why did he rent it instead of buying it?
Xiang Kun felt that he had already answered Yang Zhen Er's question. However, since Yang Zhen Er asked again, he explained, "If I stay there, I will have to spend twice as much time on the road to work. This means that I will have to sleep less than half an hour every day."
"Then why did you buy it in the outer ring?" Zhen Er asked again.
"Because I can only afford the outer ring," said Xiang Kun honestly.
"You can live in the outer ring and drive to work every day. If you buy a house and a car, it won't be much different, right?"
"Driving by yourself is not less time-consuming than using public transport. Also, the cost of raising a car is very high. There's no need for that."
"Then wouldn't there be no point in buying a house?"
"There is. Now, each square meter has increased by at least eight thousand yuan compared to when I bought it. The rent is also slightly higher than what I'm renting now. It can make up for my mortgage."
"Have you found a new job?"
"Not yet."
"Do you want Nana and me to introduce you?"
"Thank you, but that won't be necessary. I don't intend to seek the young lord for a while. I need to rest."
"Have you practiced martial arts before? Are you really a monk?"
"I haven't had any practice… I shaved my hair because I started to get bald, not because I was a monk."
"Did you always fight in the past? The day before yesterday, when I saw you fighting with that wanted criminal, you fell and flew away. He even held a knife… and in the video, you kicked him away…"
Tang Baona interrupted, "Alright, stop talking. Focus on driving. You almost ran the red light just now!"
After getting into the car, Xiang Kun answered all of Yang Zhen Er's questions truthfully as long as it did not involve the secret of his mutation.
Whether it was the state of unemployment, the situation of not having much money when he bought a house, or the situation of his balding head falling off, he did not hide or disguise anything. He answered directly.
If it was in the past, he would have thought twice before answering these questions in front of an interested blind date. He would not have answered them so casually. He wanted to give the other party a good impression and was unwilling to let the other party know that he was down and out.
However, he did not care if Baona or Yang Zhen Er were satisfied with him or not.
His thoughts were not on the car, not on the hike or Baona.
He kept thinking about the "self-harm training" he had done last night.
Last night, he did not simply use a knife to cut the wound. Instead, he used the method of burning. He found that the healing speed of the burn was much slower than that of a knife wound. It took more than 15 minutes and 40 seconds. However, even if the burn was charred and carbonized, it could still recover after 15 minutes and 40 seconds.
Xiang Kun gritted his teeth and broke one of his fingers. It took 18 minutes for him to recover to the point where he could move freely without any pain.
Moreover, he was very sure that his bones were definitely much tougher than those of ordinary people. He used it twice before breaking it.
However, this was not the biggest discovery last night.
The biggest discovery was that he had cut off a piece of meat about the size of a grain of rice from his little finger.
The wound on her pinky recovered after 13 minutes. There was no scar at all, and the small piece of flesh that had been cut off turned into an oxidized powder.
As for his blood, after it solidified, it also turned into some light gray powder, dispersing in a pinch.
Although he had already guessed it, it was only at that moment that he was completely certain that the difference between his body and that of a normal person was getting bigger.
…
They drove onto the highway and walked for an hour and a half. After getting off the highway, they walked for another hour before they arrived at the venue of the hiking meet.
Tang Baona and Zhen Er had a group that often traveled together. This time, other than the three of them, there were more than ten men and women.
When Xiang Kun got out of the car, he realized that two of the people who had arrived first knew each other.
One of them was the trainer of the gym that Xiang Kun had been going to recently. It was Coach Shen, who had approached Xiang Kun to talk to him when he had just arrived at the gym.
As for the other person, he was also a trainer. However, he was not a trainer in the gym. Instead, he was a trainer in a boxing gym below the gym.
Xiang Kun had gone to the boxing gym yesterday and wanted to take a course. He wanted to learn boxing for a short period of time.
However, after listening to the people in the martial arts school's introduction, he realized that after two months of lessons, most of them were physical training, strength and physical training. There was not much actual combat training and guidance.
Therefore, Xiang Kun suggested that he did not want to participate in physical training. He only wanted to learn specific fighting techniques and technical moves. He wanted to participate in advanced courses.
However, his words were heard by a coach beside him. The coach turned his head and sized him up before immediately sneering. "You work out often, right? You aren't small in size, and your muscles are pretty well trained. I often hear people like you say that strength is enough, but your muscles and boxing muscles are completely different. Come, come, come, punch me. Use your full strength and hit me here. Use all your strength…"
As the coach spoke, he walked up to Xiang Kun and patted his waist, signaling him to attack.
In fact, he had been listening to Xiang Kun talk to the receptionist for a while. From the content of their conversation, he could tell that Xiang Kun was a fledgling who had not been trained by the system before. Therefore, he came over to pretend to be a boss and showcase the abilities of the boxing gym.
Initially, the coach was still sparring from time to time. He maintained his training and was much more resistant to attacks than ordinary people. Furthermore, he kept his distance, making it difficult for Xiang Kun to punch him. Later, when Xiang Kun threw his punches, he would find the right angle and hit his abdomen. Usually, his fists would be deflected if he did not exert force.
Unfortunately, he met Xiang Kun.
In the past two weeks, he had been deliberately training his strength, endurance, and agility. After drinking blood three times, his control over his muscles had become stronger. Even though he was stuck at a distance, he could still move his hips and shoulders at a very small degree to release his strength.
Hence, the seemingly small punch made the coach lie on the ground like a shrimp, speechless for a long time.
Of course, Xiang Kun did not use his full strength. After two fights, he knew how strong he was.
When the coach fell to the ground, it quickly attracted the attention of the other coaches and students in the boxing club. They quickly surrounded him, and the receptionist who had been standing by the side quickly explained to them.
After a while, the coach got up. His face was red and veins were popping out of his head. He was about to pull Xiang Kun onto the ring.
"F*ck! I actually misjudged you! Playing the pig to eat the tiger, right? Which martial arts hall are you from? Come, come, come, let's fight in the ring!"
Xiang Kun did not reject or defend himself. He took the boxing gloves from the trainer, put them on, took off his shoes and socks, and went up the ring.
The coach obviously thought that Xiang Kun was pretending to be a newbie and was here to pick a fight. Therefore, after entering the ring, he did not hold back at all and attacked continuously with his Combination Fist and Leg Skills.