Yan Qingwen glanced at Liu Di. Competing with children in archery?
Childish!
She had returned to the main building with Big Sister and had not followed them.
Behind the manor.
There was a racetrack, a small golf course, and a huge swimming pool.
Liu Di was amazed!
There was actually a separate archery range?
It consisted of an exquisite little wooden cabin and a two-lane field covering at least three mu.
The cabin walls were covered with photographs.
They all showed Ouyang Fengyu standing on podiums after winning archery trophies.
Liu Di counted them. There were six championships and four runner-up finishes!
"Hehe!"
Ouyang Fengyu adjusted his glasses. His manner remained refined, though he could not hide the pride in his heart. "Those are all things of the past. Don't laugh at me!"
Tsk, tsk. He really was showing off.
Liu Di curled his lip.
"Oh, right, Little Liu. Do you know how to shoot?" Ouyang Fengyu asked with narrowed eyes, stroking his chin.
"Ding! Subconscious Archery Fusion complete!"
Just as Liu Di hesitated, Demon Eye's notification came through.
"I just scanned competition footage of every Olympic archery champion and compiled all of their archery techniques!"
"They have been encoded into subconscious neural information and mapped onto your cerebral cortex!"
Liu Di was somewhat puzzled. "Subconscious?"
"Fun fact: seventy percent of human consciousness is subconscious!"
"It can also be called instinct!"
"It is an action that can be performed without conscious thought!"
"For example, when you were looking at the photos just now, you never realized that you blinked six times!"
"Your subconscious has now gained archery skills. You may call upon them at will!"
"So, I know how to shoot now?"
"That's right! In human terms, they are god-tier archery skills! More than enough to crush Ouyang Fengyu!"
Fine, then.
Liu Di smiled for no apparent reason and nodded. "I know a little."
Then Liu Di shrugged and looked at Ouyang Fengyu. "How about we have a match?"
"What? Liu Di, stop joking. Didn't you see Brother-in-law's photos?"
"He's an archery champion who has won lots of gold medals!"
"You've only learned a tiny bit and you want to compete with Brother-in-law? You'll embarrass yourself!"
Upon hearing this, the twin beauties laughed so hard their bodies shook.
In their eyes, Liu Di was taking his act a little too far!
He did not know his own limits!
"So what if he's a champion?"
Liu Di folded his arms and walked to the display case, inspecting the bows and arrows inside one by one.
"You two, stop laughing!"
Ouyang Fengyu looked solemn, though the corners of his mouth twitched slightly as if he were struggling not to laugh. "Perhaps Brother Liu is an expert!"
"Since Brother Liu is in the mood, how can we, as the hosts, fail to oblige?"
Ouyang Fengyu said seriously, "A match is fine, but I'm a professional athlete after all. I have to give Little Liu a handicap. How about this? For the twenty-five-meter target, I'll shoot blindfolded. That shouldn't count as bullying, right?"
Shooting blindfolded was practically the same as disregarding Liu Di entirely.
The two young beauties' eyes lit up, and they clapped in approval. They naturally knew what Ouyang Fengyu was capable of. Hitting a twenty-five-meter target blindfolded was no difficult feat for him!
"However."
"Since it's a competition, there should be some stakes."
Ouyang Fengyu narrowed his eyes like a fox. "Xin Xin, when someone loses a PK match in your livestream, aren't there lots of punishments?"
As he spoke, Ouyang Fengyu gave the two girls a meaningful look.
"Oh, right!"
Yan Xinxin looked at Liu Di and covered her mouth as she giggled. "There are tons! Squats, eating mustard, drinking cola upside down, and so on!"
"Drinking cola upside down... That's interesting. How about whoever loses has to eat lunch upside down at the banquet later?"
Suppressing the eagerness in his heart, Ouyang Fengyu smiled. "What do you say, Little Liu? Dare to bet?"
"Sure."
Liu Di gave a slight shrug, a faint curve appearing at the corner of his lips.
Pfft.
The twin beauties finally could not hold it in and burst out laughing.
Brother-in-law really was impressive!
Without making a sound, he had set a trap for Liu Di!
Just thinking of Liu Di having to eat upside down in front of everyone at the lunch banquet made their stomachs hurt from laughter!
They would see how he got himself out of that!
"Then I'll go first."
Ouyang Fengyu picked up a black professional bow, and his expression instantly turned serious.
He truly had the bearing of a professional athlete. First, he judged the Wind Direction, then focused intently as he memorized the target's location.
Yan Kaikai took out a silk scarf and gently tied it over Brother-in-law's eyes.
Ha!
Ouyang Fengyu gave a light shout, exerted force through his arm, and pulled the bow to full draw.
The series of movements made the two girls' eyes sparkle with admiration!
Ouyang Fengyu took two deep breaths and said calmly, "Archery requires a steady hand and a tranquil mind. I trained hard for ten years and have nearly reached the state where mind and spirit become one. Though my eyes are covered, that red bullseye has already been firmly etched in my heart!"
"Brother Liu, watch carefully. Today, I'll show you what a champion's strength looks like!"
Whoosh!
Thud!
The two girls immediately erupted into cheers!
Ouyang Fengyu smiled faintly and slowly removed the silk scarf.
The arrow was embedded perfectly in the center of the bullseye twenty-five meters away: a precise ten!
"As expected of Big Sister's husband! No one can compare to his archery skills! Hahaha!"
The two girls laughed even more happily. With that shot, their prank on Liu Di was as good as done!
"So, I can only win by hitting a farther target?" Liu Di's lazy voice sounded from the side.
Ouyang Fengyu's face showed a look of speechless despair. "Brother Liu, that's a twenty-five-meter target. Farther than that would be thirty meters, the distance used in professional competitions!"
As he said this, Ouyang Fengyu turned to look at Liu Di, and his expression suddenly froze!
"Hahaha!"
Ouyang Fengyu could no longer care about maintaining his refined image and burst into hearty laughter!
"Liu Di, what are you holding?"
Liu Di held a huge Ox horn bow in his hand. It was ancient in style and crudely made, even its bowstring fashioned from thick hemp rope!
Ouyang Fengyu had originally brought this bow back for his collection because of its antique design and distinctive appearance.
This bow had been made using crude methods and had no accuracy to speak of.
Most importantly, it was used by mountain hunters to kill wild boars. Usually, it took two people working together just to draw the string!
By the numbers, this bow had a draw weight of at least one hundred and eighty pounds!
In other words, it required eighty kilograms of arm strength to draw!
Even Ouyang Fengyu, a former archery champion, could only admire it and could not wield it easily!
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