Chapter 259 - Toxophilite

As far as they know, J have never held a gun before much more fired a gun before. So, the three of them were in awestruck. J removed the earmuffs and safety glasses to check the paper target and a faint smile appear on the corner of her lips in contentment.

With wrinkles spreading across Stefan's forehead, he walked to J and asked to confirm. "Miss J, have you fired a gun before?"

"No." J replied casually.

Obviously, Stefan didn't believe so he rephrased his question. "Are you sure you haven't fired a gun before?"

"Yes." J said nonchalantly before he turned to look at Stefan with a knitted brow.

"But I'm fond of archery." she said casually.

Stefan was surprised. No wonder. Although target shooting and target archery differs from stance and mechanism their target is almost the same and their goal is both accuracy from a set distance.

If J is accurate when it comes to archery, it would be easier for her to be accurate as well with shooting guns. After all, both need the same level of concentration and accuracy to be able to hit the target.

Apparently, J is a toxophilite. Archery has been her sport since she was eight years old and is now an expert in archery. But she is not into competitive archery. It was only for her recreational activity.

If in racing she finds a sense of fulfillment during adrenaline rush, in archery, she finds a sense of calmness.

When she was a child, whenever she is upset, her grandfather would take her outside the Lodgepole Mansion, he would set up a target and would teach her to shot an arrow to the target. Soon it became a recreation for her, she became fond of it and later on become an expert.

One time, her grandfather takes her out for hunting in an island near Lodgepole Estate. That island is uninhabited but there were some large migratory birds who stop there to rest and eat. Elder Do taught her how to hunt using a bow and arrow, but the moment she pointed the arrow to that large bird, her hands trembled and her heart tightened. She can't seem to do it. In the end, she split the arrow into two and throw it in the sea.

But that didn't stop her from archery, she would still do target archery but despised bowhunting. She seemed to have valued life ever since she was a child.

When she was studying abroad, she became a member of International Bow and Arrow Federation. She would sometimes represent her school in archery competitions. But whenever she wins, she doesn't have that sense of fulfillment. But archery taught her how to concentrate and to be calm.

After graduating in college, she stopped participating in archery competition and would only use the bow and arrow as her recreation.

After her target shooting lessons, she didn't practice racing anymore. Instead, she told Arthur that they would be going back to Lotus City.

When she arrived in the Evergreen Villa, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening, the house is empty. Lily is already filming her movie in Mt. Celandine, so she would be gone for a couple of weeks. Jacob is probably already at Elm Palace Hotel where the CLP Hospitals Foundation Gala is to be held. She felt somewhat down. She thought that she might see Jacob when she arrives and if he persuade her one last time, she might go with him.