On the other side of the crowd, Li Hui and Yue Hua watched Zhou En, who was basking in glory at the center of the gym, with gloomy expressions.
"I didn't expect Zhou En to actually have some skill. Yue Hua, it looks like you didn't lose unfairly after all," Li Hui said calmly, folding his arms.
Yue Hua's face was so gloomy it looked ready to drip water. He had never imagined that the tiny ant he had once looked down on—
could actually possess such terrifying strength.
After all, he had trained desperately at the club for nearly three months before reaching a forty-jin bench press.
Yet that brat Zhou En, who had never even trained before, already possessed strength no weaker than his.
Comparing people could drive one mad, just as comparing goods could ruin one's mood.
Li Hui patted Yue Hua on the shoulder and said calmly, "It's fine. This brat won't be jumping around for much longer."
"Wait another two months. Once the attention he's receiving dies down a little, I'll find a chance to get rid of him."
Yue Hua nodded and was just about to say something when the gym suddenly erupted into an uproar.
"This Zhou En is actually going to challenge a sixty-jin barbell?" Someone looked at Zhou En in the center as though he were staring at an idiot.
"Ha, there's no way Zhou En can lift it."
"That's not necessarily true. Maybe Zhou En was simply born with divine strength?"
"Ha, buddy, you really made me laugh. Unfortunately, there's no reward."
"Get lost. I'm just stating the facts."
"Brother, don't you know? People who are born with muscles capable of reaching this level are practically nonexistent."
Seeing a newcomer who knew nothing, an old hand immediately began educating him.
"Oh." The newcomer nodded as though he understood, yet didn't.
"I wonder where Zhou En got the confidence to challenge a sixty-jin barbell." There was an unmistakable sourness in the speaker's voice.
Clearly, when this fellow had first arrived at the club, he had failed to complete a forty-jin challenge.
"Haha, buddy, don't take it to heart. Zhou En is about to pay the price for his arrogance."
Yue Hua narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze filled with gloom.
"I didn't expect Zhou En to actually have the guts to challenge a sixty-jin barbell. He really doesn't know how high the heavens are or how deep the earth is."
Li Hui patted Yue Hua on the shoulder and said with a faint smile, "Don't worry. Zhou En is just a clown seeking attention."
A smile curled up at the corners of Yue Hua's mouth when he heard Li Hui's words.
"Let's see how Zhou En gets himself out of this."
Elsewhere in the crowd, Wu Min was looking at the beautiful coach beside him with a smug expression.
"See? I told you. Zhou En definitely has the strength to bench press sixty jin."
The beautiful coach's brows seemed to knit even tighter. She puffed up her cheeks and said, "Impossible. Zhou En is only putting on an act."
"Achoo!" Zhou En, who was in the crowd, suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose with a puzzled look.
"Huh? What's going on today? How did I catch a cold?"
"Zhou En, are you going to help or not?" Chubby couldn't stand it anymore and complained unhappily.
The sixty-jin barbell had far exceeded Chubby's limit. He was already exhausted and panting heavily.
"Oh." Zhou En answered and hurried over to secure the sixty-jin plates in place.
"All set. Brother, you're up," Su Lin said to Zhou En beside him, sounding somewhat helpless.
"Mm." Zhou En nodded and lay down on the bench.
He gripped the barbell with both hands and slowly exerted force upward. Zhou En felt as though every muscle cell in his body was letting out a joyful cry.
The barbell slowly left the rack. Though it rose slowly, it never stopped.
"He lifted it! He actually lifted it!" The club members nearby stared at Zhou En in the center as though he were a monster.
A newcomer—someone who had never undergone training before—had actually lifted a sixty-jin barbell.
Everyone was so shocked that their scalps tingled. They found it utterly inconceivable.
Their understanding of the world was being rewritten by that youth named Zhou En.
Outside the crowd, Wu Min looked at the beautiful coach with a mischievous smile.
"Heh heh, Liu Yu, I won this time."
Wu Min pretended to be relaxed, but the shock in his eyes was impossible to conceal.
Liu Yu had no time to bother with Wu Min, who was preening nearby. At that moment, her beautiful eyes were filled with utter disbelief.
Liu Yu simply couldn't understand how Zhou En had managed to lift a sixty-jin barbell.
Looking at Zhou En now, Liu Yu's heart gave an involuntary flutter.
From childhood to adulthood, she had had quite a few male friends, but none had ever shone as brilliantly as the man before her.
A trace of regret rose in her heart. If she had cultivated Zhou En as a formal student, perhaps there really would have been a chance for her to return to the National Team.
At that thought, Liu Yu shook her head.
What am I thinking? If the club cultivated one more person, it would be impossible, whether in terms of funding, manpower, or resources.
Reality was often exceptionally cruel.
On the other side of the crowd, Li Hui's face was so gloomy it looked ready to drip water.
"Brother Li, are we going to let this brat keep growing?" Yue Hua asked, looking at Zhou En in the center with jealousy and resentment.
Li Hui thought for a moment before saying, "We can't let this brat continue receiving training at the club."
"He's already this terrifying without training. Once he receives the club's training, I'm afraid even I won't be his match."
Hearing this, Yue Hua was once again fiercely shocked.
"Then what should we do, Brother Li?" This time, Yue Hua was truly starting to panic.
It wasn't that Yue Hua was worried about Li Hui. He simply didn't want Zhou En to become an official student of the club.
It was the mentality of if I can't have it, neither can he.
"What are you panicking about? After he finishes training today, I'll find a few brothers and take care of him." As he said this, a sinister smile appeared at the corners of Li Hui's mouth.
Kid, you can only blame your bad luck.
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