Chapter 195 - Fight with Yeong (1)

Lu Fang closed up Starlight's gym four to six hours every day to prepare for his fight with Yeong. He had been training every night with Han-joon in the last week since Andrea's discharge from the hospital. 

Andrea recovered from giving birth quickly and she took the time to practice with her husband two days prior. She recognized that her man was a very good close-range fighter. His punches were strong, and he had developed his hand tapping techniques faster than expected. 

She had to admit, Lu Fang was a natural. He had dramatically improved in such a short amount of time that she found it hard to keep up with him. Naturally, having given birth was a factor, but nonetheless, it was evident that Lu Fang will surpass her in this aspect.  

For the most part, however, she would end up getting kissed or groped. "Babe, we are supposed to practice! Don't ever let my brother beat you up. I'm going to kill him myself."

"Hmmm…" The man said as he held her in his arms, his hands reaching down to her behind. "I'm sorry, but you are a distraction, more than an opponent."

She wrapped her arms around his neck and said, "Babe, let's be practical here. I only have two hours before the babies wake again."

"How long until I can do you?"

She frowned at him. They had this talk almost every day. It could not seem to sink into his head. "Babe, why are you so perverted?"

"Why are you so tempting?" He answered the question with another one. 

"I don't know what you are talking about. See this?" She held the loose skin on her belly and said, "I'm not as sexy as I used to be."

"Don't worry, babe. You'll get it back with practice and training."

"Quit wasting time, babe. Let's practice!"

"Okay. If I beat you, you get to blow me twice tonight… or not! Up to you… depends if you love me or not." He was quick to change his negotiation after seeing his wife's stabbing eyes. 

Andrea used more of her legs than her hands, almost always when fighting. Thus, this is what she imparted to the man. He had the advantage to use effectively both his hands and legs in a battle, given his features were all well defined. 

The day had come for his brother-in-law to test his agility and strength. The staff at the Starlight gym cleared the center area from different types of equipment that would allow Yeong and Lu Fang to give it all their best against each other. 

Lu Wei and Gao Rou came to support the man. Christina could not bear to watch her son get beaten up, so she stayed in the Presidential suite to look after the babies. Yeong Soon also joined her. She was not thrilled about fighting herself. It was only her husband who encouraged Yeong because of the empire he needed to protect. 

Hanxi and Han-joon sat next to Andrea, both equally nervous for Lu Fang. After this hand to hand battle, Yeong would check if his aim was getting any better using different firearms. 

Andrea waited to see if Yanmei showed up, but she was disappointed not seeing her. During their last conversation, she told her that she may have been mistaken and misinterpreted Yeong's indifference towards women. She did not want to admit lying altogether. She could not bear it if Yanmei became upset with her, but recalling that day; she was awfully quiet for nearly an hour. 

She did not hear anything from Yeong when she asked about Yanmei. He simply said she was doing fine, and that they were still pretending to be lovers. Thus, Andrea could only hope Yanmei adjusted well to the newfound suspicion that she herself suggested. 

Yeong and Lu Fang came out in their boxing trunks. They both walked-in barefoot, their hands wrapped and their torsos completely bare. 

"Good. You've gained more upper body muscles," complimented Yeong. 

"Been working hard."

"Let's get started," said Yeong. 

Lu Fang turned to see his wife blowing him a kiss, and he did the same. Just as he was about to get ready, Yeong threw a punch at him. 

He blocked it with both arms crossed against his face. He quickly pushed Yeong and stepped back anticipating a kick to follow. 

Yeong came advancing in high speed throwing more punches which unfortunately hit the man's face but failed to knock him down. Lu Fang responded with the same attack, also hitting Yeong in both cheeks until an elbow came towards the man making it to his jaws. 

Yeong threw in some spinning kicks which the man successfully evaded by docking, leaning backward and stepping back a few times. 

While balancing his stand after throwing a series of kicks, Yeong failed to block a punch that went straight to his face, hitting his nose directly.

"Ahh! Watch out Yeong!" Everyone turned to see who it was. Xia Yanmei just arrived walking inside the gym. 

Yeong bled, but he was quick to pinch his nose and stopped the blood from flowing.

Lu Fang took advantage of his distracted brother-in-law and gave him a direct kick to the front. Unfortunately, Yeong was quick to grab his foot, refusing to let it go. 

The man came punching with both fists, hitting Yeong but still not letting go of his right foot. Since his foot was strongly held, he used all his strength to lift his body and ultimately gave a kick using his left leg. Although he missed, Yeong let go of him in the process of avoiding contact. 

While the two men were back to throwing punches at each other, Yanmei came to sit together with Andrea, Hanxi, and Han-joon.

"Oh, my gosh. I never thought this was a real deal. I thought they were just exercising." She turned to Andrea and asked, "They aren't going to get each other injured, are they?"

Andrea smiled at Yanmie. This side of their lives was still unknown to her, and Andrea did not know how to tell her. However, she knew, one day, Yanmei would hear of her complicated history, resulting in her own husband to cope and master how to become a better fighter.

"You have no idea. Lu Fang and Yeong are so into the sports - boxing and martial arts! They are absolutely taking this seriously," replied Andrea.