She wanted too badly to keep her movements perfect, trying to control every part of her body, but that only made her perform worse.
"Don't shrug your shoulders. Don't overextend your arms..." Dong Yunshan was getting anxious just watching Yukino Yukinoshita.
Yukino Yukinoshita immediately corrected every problem he pointed out, but it also made her body grow increasingly rigid.
Dong Yunshan could tell that Yukino Yukinoshita was trying her best not to make mistakes. Her arms, shoulders, waist... she was paying attention to all of it.
But that kind of intense control made her clumsy as a robot.
"Relax. Imagine your spine is a string of pearls. Curve upward, curve downward. Slower. Your bu—your hips shouldn't move backward. Engage your core..." Dong Yunshan took a deep breath, stood up, and walked over to Yukino Yukinoshita. He extended a hand beneath her abdomen, touching her naturally draping T-shirt without touching her body. "I'm going to touch your stomach."
Yukino Yukinoshita's icy gaze pinned Dong Yunshan's head. "What did you say?"
"Your abdomen contracted, right? Remember that feeling." Dong Yunshan's hand moved upward. "I'm about to touch it."
Yukino Yukinoshita lightly bit her lower lip and arched her back like a cat, avoiding the heat of Dong Yunshan's palm.
Despite there being no actual contact, Yukino Yukinoshita could clearly sense Dong Yunshan's palm drawing closer.
"Good... very good... slow... slower..." Dong Yunshan had barely begun to remind her when he noticed Yukino Yukinoshita's movements turning stiff again. He couldn't remind her like that. "I'm going to touch your lower back."
"Guh..." Yukino Yukinoshita let out an annoyed sound, then sensed warmth approaching her lower back.
Her slender waist began to sink downward.
"I'm about to touch your stomach," Dong Yunshan reminded her.
Yukino Yukinoshita immediately tightened her core.
"Hold it. Up... down...