Chapter 116: Watch my performance on Channel 112
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Fang You horsed around with Xia Nuoluo and Luo Xianyu in the foyer before being pulled by the hands, left and right, upstairs to the music room—
To be accurate, it should now be called Nuo Nuo's children's room.
Now, aside from the piano, most of the musical instruments in the room had been put away.
Storage cabinets filled all four sides of the room: one side adorned with cute stuffed animals, another with various spaceship models, and another brimming with all sorts of children's books.
It was truly every child's dream room...
And in the corner created by the intersecting angles of the bookshelves and spaceship models, there stood a peak-topped children's tent.
Hand-painted colorful flags adorned the top of the tent, which was decorated around the perimeter with a variety of stringed lights.
For Nuo Nuo, the inside of the tent was her "secret base."
Without her permission, no one could enter.
Not even mom was allowed in!
However, although Nuo Nuo's secret base seemed very mysterious, there wasn't actually anything particularly special inside.
A small round table, a few throw pillows, some of Xia Nuo's favorite books, toys, and dolls – that was all.
Ah? How do I know?
Of course, I've been inside...
To date, only Fang You and Luo Xianyu, who have grown up together with Nuo Nuo as good friends, had been inside her secret base.
Usually, this place was used for tea parties or intergalactic battle meetings.
Xia Nuo held tea parties with Luo Xianyu and called war meetings with Fang You.
But today there was no need for the secret base because everyone wanted to watch Fang You do martial arts!
The children spread out the yoga mats in the music room, took off their shoes, and sat cross-legged, while Fang You stood in the center and took out the foam nunchucks given to him by Meng Xing to perform the martial arts he had just learned in the children's martial arts class for his good friends.
Fang You swung the nunchucks with ease, creating a series of dazzling moves in front of him.
Xia Nuo was excited, but Luo Xianyu got startled and closed her eyes slightly out of fear.
The timid Xian Yu was afraid of being hit in the face by Fang You's nunchucks.
Seeing this, Fang You consciously took a half step back.
Even though Fang You was aggressive in front of other children, he was still quite gentle with these friends he had grown up with.
And so, Fang You completed his nunchuck performance.
"Wow, wow!"
"Daddy's so cool!"
Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu kept clapping for Fang You, their eyes shining with admiration.
But Fang You felt a bit of disappointment.
Because this did not earn him any new knowledge energy.
It seems that I've already accumulated too much knowledge about "showing off" in normal times...
Fang You harbored a faint hope that showing off on the drums, squawking, and showing off with nunchucks would be completely different kinds of knowledge, but obviously that wasn't the case.
Huff huff...otherwise, how could I do such a childish thing as performing in front of the kids?
It's quite obvious.
Xia Nuo stood up, clapping her hands and moved closer to Fang You, "Can I play with your sticks, You You?"
"Sure, go ahead."
Fang You handed the nunchucks to Xia Nuo and reminded her again of their correct name.
"How do you swing these?"
"You hold this end of the handle like this, and then swing it, start by swinging it lightly."
"Won't you hit yourself? That seems like it would hurt."
"These are made of foam, so it's okay... give it a try."
"Ha!"
Under Fang You's hands-on instruction, Xia Nuo started swinging the nunchucks. At first, she moved them slowly, but as she got the rhythm, she swung faster and faster.
"Ouch!"
Caught up in her excitement, Xia Nuo accidentally hit her own head with the nunchucks.
"Ah, ouch, ouch..."
Xia Nuo squatted on the ground holding her head while Fang You immediately approached her, concerned.
Something was not right.
"How is it? Where did it hit you?"
The nunchucks were made of foam; being hit on the head shouldn't be that painful...
Just as Fang You was about to check Xia Nuo's head carefully, she suddenly leaned on his shoulder and pushed him down onto the yoga mat, sporting a triumphant winner's smile:
"Ha ha! I tricked you!"
Xia Nuo sat on Fang You and pinched his face, "It didn't hurt at all."
As she said this, she started tickling Fang You.
Of course, Fang You wouldn't let this naughty child get her way with him, so he grabbed her arm, lifted her up, then exhaled sharply and retaliated with his own tickle attack.
"Ha ha, ha ha ha—"
After being tickled by Fang You, Xia Nuo couldn't stop laughing.
...
It seems I've punished Nuo Nuo too many times, and there's no display of knowledge energy.
Meanwhile, Luo Xianyu, sitting to the side, sighed:
"Really, Nuo Nuo is always like this, never learning her lesson. She never beats daddy... yet she keeps teasing him—"
"Ah ha ha... It's so much fun though!"
Xia Nuo stood up, dusting her bottom off, "You don't have to beat You You to have fun."
Then she handed the nunchucks to Luo Xianyu, "Ayu, do you want to play with the nunchucks? Daddy will teach you personally!"
"I don't want to... Ayu is afraid of pain."
Luo Xianyu refused outright, "I'm fine just watching you play."
At this moment, Xia Nuo, sitting in Fang You's arms, also slowly lifted her head, looking at Fang You curiously: "You You, have you decided to take martial arts classes? Are you going every day?"
"Not yet,"
Fang You replied, "I'm just attending trial classes for now, once a week is enough."
"Hmm... just once a week."
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Xia Nuo stared into Fang You's eyes for a while.
"What's wrong?"
Xia Nuo reached out her hand and slowly took off Fang You's glasses.
Then, she climbed out of Fang You's embrace and placed the glasses on the small table beside them.
"Now that you've seen You You's performance, it's my turn!"
Suddenly, Xia Nuo began to slowly bend her knees, gliding down onto the yoga mat.
Fang You watched wide-eyed as Xia Nuo slowly spread her legs, pressing lower and lower until both legs were flat on the yoga mat, side by side.
"You You, look at my splits!"
Xia Nuo said proudly to Fang You, holding her head high, "How about that, I'm pretty good, aren't I!"
Ah?
Fang You was initially stunned, but then clapped for Xia Nuo slowly, "Great, great..."
Is this her trying to compete with me after seeing my performance?
Xia Nuo, seeing Fang You applauding, looked extremely happy, "Hmph... Actually, I can be even more amazing!"
Xia Nuo placed her hands on the yoga mat and slowly laid down on the floor.
Immediately after, she laid her head down on the yoga mat, her legs still in splits, and slowly lifted them up.
She performed a horizontal split handstand.
"This is called a side shoulder stand split!"
"Wow, amazing!"
This time, Fang You was genuinely astonished.
Xia Nuo's waist, it's really something...
"And this one!"
Xia Nuo supported herself with her hands flat, then slowly lifted one leg, arching her body backward, "Hu... Ha!"
Using her elbows for support, her legs crossed in mid-air to form a straight line, creating a beautiful T-shape.
"This is an elbow stand with a vertical split!"
"Wow, smashing!"
Fang You clapped vigorously for Xia Nuo from the side. Luo Xianyu, who was next to him, let out a prolonged hum of approval.
Then, she finally stood up, clenching her tiny fists, and said to Fang You:
"I can do this too, I want to perform for Daddy!"
"Ah? Don't push yourself, Ayu..."
"Ayu can do it, let's team up. I'm waiting for you!"
Xia Nuo actually wanted to maintain that handstand position?
Ayu is usually like a salted fish, not very enthusiastic in dance class, and not as skilled as Xia Nuo, twisting and turning many times before nearly failing to achieve the pose.
Fang You helped her slightly, and she finally stabilized her body, joining Xia Nuo in a beautifully aligned T-shaped handstand.
"Not bad at all! Applause!"
"Hu..."
After their performance, Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu were panting heavily, and Nuo Nuo went to grab a soda and gulped it down.
Ayu then approached Fang You, looking at him expectantly.
Seeing Ayu usually too timid to try anything, but challenging herself today, was indeed quite remarkable...
Fang You patted Ayu's head and said with a smile, "Very good, Ayu is quite impressive."
The praised Luo Xianyu was immensely satisfied, wiping the sweat from her forehead and posing as if she had worked herself hard today.
[You've realized that genuinely praising others isn't that hard, knowledge energy +10]
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Have I never genuinely praised someone before?
Fang You found it hard to believe.
But, having watched the performances of Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu, Fang You grew a little curious and impulsive.
"Say, I want to try it too."
Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu exchanged glances and burst into giggles.
"You You can't, You You, this move is dangerous, and you shouldn't try it without a teacher present," Xia Nuo said seriously, "Ayu and I practiced this for over a month!"
"Exactly..."
Luo Xianyu nodded vigorously, "I even cried when I was practicing it!"
What, you're proud of that...
"Nuo Nuo, have you forgotten all about the things we did before?"
"Um... What things?"
It seems she's forgotten.
But, considering it was something they did together when she was four or five years old, it's normal for her not to remember...
Under Xia Nuo's and Luo Xianyu's puzzled stares, Fang You imitated their moves and easily recreated the action they had struggled with—
An elbow stand with a vertical split!
This left Xia Nuo and Luo Xianyu speechless!
In his earlier years, Fang You possessed a golden talent called Muscle and Bone Tenacity, a natural gift for learning dance. However, Fang You had never really had the chance to utilize this talent before.
But now, the opportunity had come.
Because Fang You had never learned to dance before.
He hadn't even read a book on dance!
After completing the elbow stand with a vertical split move, Fang You's display did indeed show an increase in knowledge energy.
[You have learned the technique of an elbow stand with a vertical split, knowledge energy +5]
This made Fang You even more convinced of his idea:
The chance of bursting out knowledge energy is higher when encountering unknown areas of knowledge!
"What other moves do you have, let me try," Fang You said interestedly, "I want to practice them all."