Chapter 212: No Need to Be Polite to Her

In the past, qigong was exaggerated to be magical, with a wide variety of techniques, and it was even divided into Taoist, Buddhist, and various qigong techniques invented by some so-called modern masters. They promoted it like a pyramid scheme to make money, which ruined the reputation of the entire qigong.

So much so that now many young people, when they hear about qigong, their first reaction is that it’s fake and deceptive, with a stigma attached to it.

But in fact, if you say that qigong is completely deceptive, that is definitely wrong. After all, not everyone is a fool, and it’s impossible for all the older generation who believed in qigong to be fools.

When they were young, the qigong craze was prevalent for an era. If you say that the people of the entire era were deceived, and that few of the older generation were smart people, how is that possible?

Of course, it can be confirmed that there are not many people who really know qigong. There are many swindlers who use the name of qigong to swindle people. With the good and the bad mixed together, many people no longer believe in qigong.

Chen Feng himself believed that there was such a thing as qigong, but it was just not that magical. Because he had personally experienced it when he was a teenager. In high school, an old teacher at the school had practiced qigong for decades and had a very good set of massage techniques.

He had sprained his foot playing basketball that year and went to the school infirmary. He happened to meet this old teacher there. The old teacher saw him grimacing in pain and felt sorry for him, so he gave him a qigong massage. He personally felt the effect. It was numb, hot, and very comfortable. After just a few minutes of massage, the original pain was much relieved.

Later, he went back and applied some safflower oil himself, and he was fine in three or four days.

When he talked about this with his classmates at that time, many of them actually knew this old teacher and confirmed that this old teacher really knew qigong. Qigong massage was his specialty. Many people paid him for it.

So, from this matter, Chen Feng was very sure that qigong was not fake. It did exist, but it was just not that magical.

However, now that Chen Feng had personally experienced something magical, he began to doubt his previous judgment again. It was not impossible that qigong could be magical.

Just like his sudden sharp sixth sense this time, his premonition and judgment of danger. This was difficult to explain with scientific principles.

In addition, he had originally been sentenced to have not much time left by several doctors, but it had been almost half a year, and he was still alive and well, and even healthier and more energetic than before he was diagnosed with the terminal illness.

This was also something that could not be explained by medical principles.

Now that he was idle anyway, he thought of the magical qigong and wondered if this qigong would be helpful to his sixth sense and his illness.

He first spent a few days searching for relevant qigong techniques on the internet, and then gradually screened them. After much selection, he finally felt that sitting meditation and breathing was the simplest and should also be the most reliable.

So, Chen Feng began to practice this qigong technique called “sitting meditation,” which was to sit cross-legged, then slowly adjust his breathing and focus on his dantian.

This was the first stage.

After getting used to this, the second stage was to inhale through the nose, so that the lungs expanded and the abdomen bulged; when exhaling, exhale through the mouth, and the abdomen contracted.

And so, from sitting for more than ten minutes at the beginning, to one or two hours.

This required long-term practice.

The technique was simple, and it was impossible to practice it to the point of causing any problems.

After practicing for two days, Chen Feng quickly adapted.

However, for the time being, he had not found any gratifying changes brought about by this practice.

This was understandable. After all, he had just started practicing, and it was impossible to have an effect immediately. Chen Feng was not mentally prepared for this.

Besides, the reason why he practiced qigong was not because he was 100% sure that he could succeed, let alone whether it would have a healing effect on his terminal illness.

He could only be sure that such simple meditation practice would only be good for his body and not bad.

In addition, he was bored at home, so it was a good way to pass the time.

That day, he finished his meditation in his room specially used for practice. He looked at the time and saw that more than half an hour had passed, which was a few minutes longer than the last time he meditated. This was very good.

He slowly stretched his somewhat numb legs and massaged them for a while before they slowly returned to normal.

He was still sitting in the half-lotus position, but even so, his feet would still go numb every time he sat. The full-lotus position was even more difficult. He had tried it once and immediately grimaced in pain. He didn’t have the ability now and could only take it slow in the future.

He picked up his phone from the carpet next to him. He had set it to silent before.

He saw that there were several unread WeChat messages on his phone.

He opened it and saw that they were from Wu Mengting, Hong Xiaodan, and his mother.

Chen Feng immediately listened to the voice message from his mother: [Two days later, your eldest aunt’s eldest granddaughter is getting married. You are invited to the wedding banquet. Do you want to come back?]

Chen Feng was a little speechless. His eldest aunt’s family lived a bit far from his family, and they hadn’t had much contact before. And if they did, it was only between the two sisters. The next generation, because they were cousins, and they were more than ten years apart in age, basically had no personal contact.

His eldest aunt’s granddaughter was actually the eldest daughter of his eldest aunt’s eldest cousin. The last time they met was a few years ago, and he hadn’t seen his eldest cousin for several years.

Originally, during the New Year this year, his eldest aunt’s family, including her two daughters and sons-in-law, had come to his house, but at that time, Chen Feng was at his aunt’s place in Tianzhou and had not met them.

The reason why his eldest aunt’s family had suddenly become so close to his family was of course because his family had started to prosper last year. First, they opened a car beauty shop, and they even monopolized the car washing business in a town. The two brothers now each had a car, and they were about to open a second car beauty shop. It was clear that their family was about to prosper.

At this time, of course, these cousins could not be exempt from the custom and took the initiative to come to their door to connect with them. This was also human nature and understandable.

Moreover, the manager of the second shop was now his eldest aunt’s eldest son-in-law’s nephew. With this relationship, his eldest cousin’s husband of course had to come to their door to pay his respects for his nephew. And since the eldest cousin and her husband had come, the second cousin and her husband could not not come. This was even more human nature.

This was just as the saying goes, “the rich have distant relatives in the deep mountains.” This was unavoidable.

But this did not mean that Chen Feng had to actively respond to these cousins. For example, this time, his eldest cousin’s daughter was getting married.

After thinking for a while, Chen Feng replied, [I won’t go. If my big brother goes, then please also bring my share of the gift money.]

Soon, his mother replied with a voice message: [They’ve already sent the invitation. Your eldest aunt also said that our whole family should go. It’s not good not to go. Of course, we can’t not give the gift money.]

This was a society of human relationships. Although he and his mother did not want to attend this wedding, because of his eldest aunt’s relationship, it was not good not to go.

Since they were going, of course, the gift money could not be small. Especially for Zhao Xiaolan, who was an elder and the bride’s grandmother’s sister, the gift money could not be too small.

But for Chen Feng’s family to get back this gift money, it seemed that they would have to wait until Chen Feng’s two nieces got married, which would be at least more than ten years later.

Of course, it could also be when Chen Feng remarried and had a banquet, and sent them red bombs. But Chen Feng had no such plan.

Even if he really remarried in the future, he would not take the initiative to send an invitation to his cousin. At most, he would call a few cousins. This was a common custom and tradition in their area.

[Alright then. You can pay my share of the gift money for me. The same as my big brother.]

[Alright. Are you really not coming back?]

Zhao Xiaolan obviously wanted her son to come home.

Although Chen Feng also missed his family a little, he was not used to being controlled by his mother at home all the time. Besides, he was used to the bustling life of the big city and was not used to staying in the countryside.

[I have something to do here, so I can’t go back for the time being.]

[Alright, alright, you always have a reason. If you can confirm your relationship with Mengting, Mom doesn’t mind you staying in Xiuzhou all the time.]

[We’ll talk about this later. Mom, I have something to do, so I’ll go now.]

[You brat, what’s wrong with Tingting? You’re really making me angry. Anyway, I’ve already decided on her as my daughter-in-law. No other woman will do. You should know in your heart.]

Chen Feng was very helpless and could only hide.

Then Chen Feng opened Wu Mengting’s message. She said she would be in Xiuzhou for a few more days and asked if he had anything for her to do in Xiuzhou, since she was now his personal assistant.

In fact, besides taking turns with Sun Xiaorui to be his nanny and accompanying him on his trip around the country to book plane tickets and hotels, his personal assistant had not really done much for him.

Especially yesterday, when she received her first month’s salary from Chen Feng, a full ten thousand.

She felt a little guilty about taking this money and wanted to do more for Chen Feng.

But it was obvious that Chen Feng didn’t need her to do anything for him for the time being.

[You should just take good care of your dad at the hospital now. In a few days, I’ll also have to go back to Lushi to get the property certificate for the shop. We can talk then.]

[OK]

Finally, Chen Feng went to look at Hong Xiaodan’s message. She had basically sent him a message every day these past few days.

Especially these few days when she knew he was back home, she would send several messages every day, all wanting to freeload a meal and invite him out to eat.

At first, Chen Feng would reply with a polite refusal, but later he was too lazy to reply.

And these past two days, she had even come directly to ring the doorbell. It was always Sun Xiaorui who opened the door and used the excuse that Chen Feng was not at home to not let her in.

Of course, Hong Xiaodan was not so easy to fool. She came in the morning and Chen Feng was not at home, at noon he was not at home, and at night he was not at home. How was that possible? She was fooling a ghost.

To be able to see Chen Feng again, she had been getting up early these past few days and then waiting at the door, waiting for Chen Feng to get up early to exercise and run like last time.

But in the end, she had waited for several days and still hadn’t seen him.

And to avoid her, Chen Feng had not gone out to run these past few days in the morning, but had been exercising on the treadmill at home.

Chen Feng had also gone to great lengths for this.

Originally, Chen Feng thought that with his obvious avoidance of contact and meeting, a proud woman like Hong Xiaodan would have given up.

But he had underestimated Hong Xiaodan’s stubbornness, and her attraction to him.

The WeChat message she sent this time was similar to the previous ones, inviting him out to eat.

Chen Feng glanced at it and then ignored it, getting up from the meditation cushion. Then, he went out and downstairs.

It was now after ten in the morning. In the kitchen downstairs, Sun Xiaorui was busy with lunch for the two of them. Although there were only two people, Sun Xiaorui still insisted on four dishes and one soup, a balanced and nutritious meal.

Chen Feng went down to the first-floor hall, sat down on the sofa, and casually picked up the teapot on the coffee table to pour himself a cup of tea. The temperature was just right. This was prepared for him in advance by Sun Xiaorui. After he finished his meditation, he could just come downstairs and drink it.

He turned on the TV and started watching the news while drinking tea.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Chen Feng couldn’t help but frown slightly. Needless to say, the one ringing the doorbell was Hong Xiaodan again. This woman was really determined.

“I’ll get the door!”

Of course, Sun Xiaorui also heard it and knew it was probably Hong Xiaodan. She was a little angry and was about to go and open the door. These past two days, Hong Xiaodan had been coming over to ring the doorbell several times a day, which was obviously intentional harassment.

Seeing this, Chen Feng stood up and said, “Forget it, I’ll get the door. She won’t give up until she sees me.”

Hearing this, Sun Xiaorui couldn’t help but say, “This kind of woman is too thick-skinned. You don’t have to be polite to her.”

Chen Feng nodded and went to open the door.

The person standing at the door was indeed Hong Xiaodan. Seeing Chen Feng open the door, she immediately had a brilliant smile on her face, “Chen Feng, I finally see you. You’re really something. You don’t answer my calls, you don’t reply to my WeChat messages, and you even hide from me when I come to knock on your door. Do you hate me that much?”

Chen Feng thought to himself, since you know, what’s the point of coming to my door with a thick skin?

“I don’t hate you, but I don’t want to be harassed every day. I hope you won’t harass us anymore in the future. We have our own lives, and you should also have your own life. Can we just live our own lives?”

Chen Feng said with a straight face. This was already very impolite.

The smile on Hong Xiaodan’s face finally slowly disappeared. Her eyes were full of anger and disappointment. She subconsciously waved her right hand and said, “If I harassed you, I’m sorry. Alright, I know. I’m leaving.”

After saying this, she immediately turned and left. Although she was thick-skinned, she was not a woman without dignity. Moreover, it was Chen Feng himself who had said such harsh words. Her heart was suddenly blocked, and she felt very uncomfortable.

When she just turned around, her pace was still normal and steady. But after a few steps, she couldn’t help but quicken her pace. In the end, she ran straight back home, opened her door, and then slammed it shut with a bang. Then she threw herself on the sofa in the living room with teary eyes and cried out in pain.

She had never been treated so rudely and rejected in her life, especially by someone she cared about. This anger was really hard to bear.

“Chen Feng, one day I will make you regret it!”

Hong Xiaodan gritted her teeth and secretly swore in her heart that she would find a chance to teach Chen Feng a lesson in the future.

Seeing Hong Xiaodan run away with an obviously wrong expression, Chen Feng secretly shook his head. It was better to have a short pain than a long one. He was not interested in Hong Xiaodan at all. She was not his type at all.

And Hong Xiaodan’s frequent harassment of him really disgusted him. With Hong Xiaodan like this, his aunt’s face would definitely not work.

But he didn’t know that his resolute rejection had already made Hong Xiaodan hate him.

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