"Ow, ow, ow, ow—"
In the basement, Qin Shi executed a beautiful shoulder throw, slamming Lin Yunqing into the padded mat. If he hadn't gone easy on her for the sake of the Level 4 Energy Liquid,
the damn woman would have enjoyed another baby-like sleep.
"Is this how you repay me?!"
Lin Yunqing grumbled, rubbing her violently jostled chest.
That hurt!
"Helping you develop your Life Force is one way of expressing my gratitude, isn't it, Teacher Lin?"
Qin Shi shrugged.
He'd already figured out what made the damn woman tick. He absolutely couldn't show her any kindness.
The moment he acted even a little gentle, Lin Yunqing would immediately take advantage.
She had to be taught a harsh lesson, like a Samoyed that had torn the house apart.
Is the damn woman a masochist? Is this her thing?
Qin Shi thought back to his first truly intimate interaction with Lin Yunqing, when he'd deliberately punched her hard enough to give her a pair of panda eyes. That was how their connection began.
There was something seriously wrong with this woman!
"Ah, my potential ceiling is what it is. No matter how hard I work, it's unlikely to make much difference."
Lin Yunqing suddenly lost interest. Her father was a renowned scholar and a visiting professor at one of the Four Great National Universities.
But she'd rather follow in her mother's footsteps and pursue the Martial Artist path.
Unfortunately, her inborn potential ceiling was too low. Even with every resource poured into her, she could only reach around Amateur Fourth or Fifth Rank.
"What's a potential ceiling?"
Qin Shi felt like a curious child.
Because of the limitations imposed by his background as a worker's child from Old Factory Street, he really didn't know enough about the world around