Teng Qing Shan
The second floor of the Teahouse was very peaceful, gentle music that sounded like water flowing made people feel relaxed. There were not many people on the second floor of the Teahouse, only approximately ten or so. Groups of two or three people lowered their voice during their talks.There was suddenly a sound of footsteps from the stairs, drawing the attention of some guests.
A graceful young girl with a ponytail, wearing jeans and a white Polo T-shirt, together with a short haired tall lady in purple, stepped onto the second floor of the Teahouse.
Many people glanced at them.
“Let’s look at those two beautiful ladies! Especially the pretty lady who is wearing purple clothes!”
“Well, I who studied at Suzhou University for four years and have just returned to An Yi, cannot believe there is such a beautiful woman like that in this place. How pretty she is! The other girl seems to be quite young, but is still a very attractive one.”
“Hey Monkey, no matter how beautiful those women are, they must belong to others, you’d better stop dreaming!”
“Haizz, big brother, please don’t put me down. I wonder who that short-haired tall girl is. I have lived for more than 20 years, but she is absolutely in the top three most beautiful women I have ever met. Her demeanor… it touches people’s hearts… ”
“Monkey, let me tell you. That pretty woman is called “Lin Qing”- a very powerful person. Two days ago, the Land Rover car which costs two hundred thousand yuan that we saw, belongs to her. In An Yi County, she owns one pub and two teahouses. Our properties are very little compared to hers.
“Really?” – That young guy with nickname “Monkey” could not help rolling his eyes and putting his tongue out. An Yi County was just an ordinary county in the Jiang Su province. A two hundred thousand yuan Land Rover car in a small county was shocking indeed.
“Ms. Lin, we have just prepared a room for you, please follow me”- said a floor attendant of the Teahouse. The two women slowly followed the floor attendant to the VIP room, reflected in the prying eyes of many people there. The room door then closed.
***
Inside the room.
Lin Qing ordered a pot of tea and waited for the floor attendant to leave.
“Ms. Lin, you came here every day for the past few days, and only chose this VIP room. Ha ha, everyone can know your Sima Zhao thoughts.”-The pony tailed girl, said as she looked out the window, at an orphanage opposite it.
[TL Note: Sima Zhao is like a historical character in Chinese culture]
There was only a few staff playing with orphans in the orphanage‘s front yard.
“You are so funny”- Lin Qing couldn’t help laughing. But Lin Qing still sometimes glanced out of the window towards the orphanage. Her regretful eyes revealed that she was trying to search for something but just couldn’t find it.
“It’s really weird! There is no sign of Teng Qing Shan. Why didn’t he come today? Doesn’t he know that our Ms. Lin is right here, waiting for him desperately?” The young girl with ponytail wailed intentionally.
“Okay Xiao Min, please stop joking.” Lin Qing smiled.
The Young Girl with a Ponytail, ‘Xiao Min’ nodded, but then she wondered aloud, “Ms. Lin, I feel that Teng Qing Shan is a very mystical one. That time when we were climbing up Da Xing’An mountain, Teng Qing Shan carried you on his back for almost twenty miles of mountain road. It’s mountain road! Teng Qing Shan’s strength was so scary. ”
“He’s very mysterious.” Lin Qing nodded.
Lin Qing still remembered very clearly the situation when she met Qing Shan.
At that time, Lin Qing and some of her friends went to the northeast to discover the Da Xing’An mountain range. Being the adventurous youths they were, Lin Qing’s group did not follow the safe tourist trail. They hired a local villager as a guide for them, and then headed to few unknown wilderness areas.
Who knew …
The deserted mountainous scene with no human footprints was so charming, Lin Qing got distracted by a strange bird. She lost her teammates while trying to follow that bird. By the time Lin Qing realized her situation, she couldn’t see her group anymore.
There was no mobile phone signal in this wilderness, so she couldn’t contact her group. No one could hear her voice, so Lin Qing only choice was to try and find her way back. She didn’t know in advance that she would meet a group of poachers in Da Xing’ An Mountain. Those men hadn’t touched any woman for a long time, while Lin Qing was very bewitching. As a result, they harassed her. Lin Qing was a tough nut, so she managed to fight against their force. Ultimately, she was just a woman, and was unable to escape from those 5 men.
Lin Qing, desperate, was hit by those poachers and waiting to be humiliated. But then Teng Qing Shan suddenly appeared from Da Xing’An mountain and walked over to them. Teng Qing Shan attacked those poachers quickly. Lin Qing was injured and couldn’t catch his action. But as soon as she realized what was happening, those bad guys were all knocked down.
“Uh …” While recalling those memories, Lin Qing couldn’t help making a sound. There was a smile on her face.
“Teng Qing Shan at first wanted to let me find my way back. Luckily, in the end he was not that cruel and carried me home on his back.” Lin Qing memorized every scene then. Lin Qing was lying on the back of Shan, just like a small boat drifting down the river to the port. Despite the bumpy mountain road, Lin Qing still felt really relieved.
Travelling twenty miles over the bumpy mountain road, Teng Qing Shan carried Lin Qing on his back to the destination.
Normal people would feel exhausted after walking twenty miles on the mountain road, not to say carrying someone else on their back. Furthermore, Da Xing’An is a huge mountain. Even commandos would find that unbearable. After the mysterious Teng Qing Shan and Lin Qing said good bye to each other at Da Xing’an, Lin Qing thought that she would never see Teng Qing Shan again. She just couldn’t imagine that one day she could meet him in An Yi County.
“Teng Qing Shan …” Lin Qing muttered, still immersed in those memories.
“Ms. Lin, look! Teng Qing Shan has appeared!” She was woken up by the yell of ‘Xiao Min’. She then turned to the window and looked out.
Opposite to the main window there was an orphanage, with the full name “Hua Hin Children Orphanage”. Qing Lin and Xiao Min could clearly see the courtyard of the orphanage from the window. A young man with short hair wearing glasses and ordinary clothes, was carrying a large pot filled with apples going to the courtyard of the orphanage.
“Whoa! Apples”
“Let’s eat apples!”
“Let’s line up to eat apples.”
“Don’t panic. Stand behind me please. Line up!”
All the children playing in the yard voluntarily lined up into two sub-teams.
Hua Hin Children orphanage provides every orphan a glass of milk every morning, and some fruits in the afternoon. Those orphan children didn’t have fruits to eat very often, so fruits were quite appealing to them.
“Thank you, uncle Teng” -those smart children said happily as they received lovely ripe red apples from the young guy.
The short-haired youth smiled while he continued giving more fruits to those children.
…
In the VIP room of the Teahouse, Xiao Min and Lin Qing were watching the short-haired guy distributing fruits from the window.
“Ms.Lin, Teng Qing Shan looks so happy. He seems to really love those little children”- said Xiao Min
“Yes, he really loves those little children, otherwise he wouldn’t go to this orphanage to work for free.” Lin Qing eyes stopped on the body of that short-haired young man -Teng Qing Shan. Teng Qing Shan treating the orphans with a sincere smile on his face had absolutely left a deep impression on her. “Xiao Min, I suddenly want to do one thing.”
“Do what?” Xiao Min’s eyes lit up.
Lin Qing said: “Mrs. Hua Hin has been running this orphanage herself for nearly thirty years, which I really respect and admire… I’m pleased to donate them one hundred thousand yuan. Could you please help me meet the orphanage’s representative?
Mrs. Hua Hin was more than eighty years old. She was the Chief of Hua Hin Children orphanage. “That’s a good deed.” Xiao Min agreed happily.
…
The short-haired young man Teng Qing Shan had just stopped distributing apples, most of the little children having received their fruits and starting to eat them.
“How small it is!” A slightly curly-haired little child was looking at the apple in his hand, most of the little children having received their fruits and starting to eat them, he detected that his apple was significantly smaller than theirs. This orphanage was obviously incapable of buying fruits having the same size, consequently the fruits those children received were not the same size.
These little children were fond of comparing, a smaller sized apple made them feel like suffering a loss.
“Brother, my apple is the smallest one. Yours is much bigger than mine, almost twice as big as mine!”- said the curly-haired little boy to a big boy standing next to him.
“Well, my stomach feels unpleasant today. I don’t think I can eat this entire apple. Do you want to exchange?” – laughed the bigger boy. The curly-haired boy’s black eyes lit up as he asked, “Really?” Though he asked so, his eyes actually directed towards the huge apple in his big brother’s hand.
“How could I joke with you?”- laughed the big boy. He took the apple in the hand of his little brother and gave him his one.
Teng Qing Shan had finished his distribution, and caught that scene.
“Those two guys …” Teng Qing Shan eyes were shaking. A very old scene appeared in his mind.
It was on the Lunar New Year’s Eve, a very long time ago …
The snowflakes fluttered, firecrackers rang incessantly outside. In an empty room, a bunch of big children were clapping their hands and surrounding a sixty-year-old woman.
“There are candies for everyone. One by one please!” The old white-haired woman who was watching those children, gave each one three big bunny sugar candies. At that old time, having bunny candies in new year days was really something incredible.
“Thank you!”
Those little children were bursting with delight, eagerly receiving the candies.
They hadn’t eaten any candy for the whole year, so they just couldn’t hold their joy in. Everyone was happily eating, while shrieking with excitement.
“Brother!” A child wearing a tatty old shirt, curled his lips and looked at his big brother.
“What’s the matter, Qing Jiang?”- asked the slightly taller boy next to him.
“I ate all the candy, it was so delicious. I finished it in just a wink.” That little child called Qing Jiang was watching other children eating candies, which made his mouth water. The slightly taller boy lowered his head, looking at the two sugar candies in his hand.
” Qing Jiang, take this and eat.” -said the slightly taller boy.
“Brother, you don’t want to eat it?”- hesitated Qing Ha.
“I have a toothache.” –Laughed the taller boy. “I had a nasty toothache after I finished the first candy. This is yours. Remember… do not chew the candy when you eat it. You chewed on them, so you finished all 3 of your candies while the others were still eating their first one.”
“Yes! I noticed it. You are the best to me.”- laughed Qing Jiang. “There are two candies, one for each of us. Okay?”
The taller boy lowered his head. He was also just a little boy and couldn’t resist those appealing candies. He nodded, “Okay, we’ll share.”
“One candy per person please!” – said Teng Qing Shan in a low murmur. “Qing Jiang, twenty years have passed. It has been twenty years!”
There was the echo of footsteps. Teng Qing Shan looked back. He saw an old white-haired lady accompanied by another woman coming towards him.
“Madam!”
“Hi madam!”
The orphans yelled in excitement. A smile, like a blooming flower, appeared on the white-haired old lady’s face.
“Madam!” Teng Qing Shan was stunned. This Chief reminded him of the Chief who made allowance for him and his little brother 20 years ago. “It’s been twenty years. That Chief might be eighty-three years old now.” Teng Qing Shan was excited and slightly trembling.
But he regained his composure quickly.
“Chief, this guy Qing Shan came on his own initiative, working for us for free. He has been working here for six days. He is agile, hard-working, and very smart.” – laughed the woman.
“Teng Qing Shan?” The over-eighty-year-old white-haired woman smiled, looking at Teng Qing Shan.
“Qing Shan, could you please help me take care of the Chief for awhile? I will go prepare dinner for little children in the kitchen.”- said the woman with a smile.
“No problem.” -laughed Teng Qing Shan.
“Chief, I’m leaving now.”-said the woman. Teng Qing Shan took Chief’s hand to help her. This old woman tenderly looked at Teng Qing Shan with a gentle smile on her face, “Shan, you are twenty three years old, aren’t you? I’ve looked over your resume.”
“Yes, I have just graduated from college.”- nodded Teng Qing Shan.
“At the first time I saw you, I knew that you had never done hard work before. Have you suffered for the past few days here?”- smiled the old white haired women.
“No, I work only when I have a feeling of pleasure and enthusiasm.” – said Teng Qing Shan with a smile, holding Chief’s hand.
The Chief emotionally said: “To be honest, Qing Shan, I feel really close to you each time I see you, and can’t help thinking of the past. There was a child in this orphanage, who was about eight years old. Our orphanage conditions were very poor. There was only me and my oldest daughter taking care of those children. They were close friends, one called Shan, one called Qing Jiang. I named them. Your name is also Qing Shan… This is fate.”
Teng Qing Shan trembling, nodded: “Yes, it’s fate.”
“But Qing Shan was adopted and left this orphanage around twenty two years ago. He must be around twenty nine years old now, much older than you. Perhaps he got married and already has a kid.”-said Chief. “He was very smart. I don’t know how he is now. I’m getting weaker day by day. If only I could see him again.”
Teng Qing Shan was very touched: “I believe Chief’s wish will come true.”
Qing Shan and Qing Jiang were brothers left in front of the orphanage since they were born. At that time, Hua Hin Chief had just opened this orphanage. Qing Shan and Qing Jiang were said to be the earliest group of orphans. Moreover, the Chief raised up those children in poverty. As a result, her affection towards them was very deep.
…
Lin Qing and Xiao Min observed Teng Qing Shan working at the orphanage. Teng Qing Shan first accompanied the Chief, then went and played with the orphans. From the beginning to the end he didn’t feel annoyed at all. All the children there also loved him. Then Teng Qing Shan took the children to the dining room.
“Ms. Lin, here he comes!”- said Xiao Min.
Seeing Teng Qing Shan coming out of the orphanage, Lin Qing yelled out, “Teng Qing Shan!”
Teng Qing Shan looked up.
“Come here and sit for a while” -Smiled Lin Qing. She guessed Teng Qing Shan already had dinner, because … although she has invited Teng Qing Shan several times, Teng Qing Shan only came here twice to talk to her.
Teng Qing Shan smiled and shook his head: “I have something that needs to be done today, see you next time.”
“It’s ok then…” Lin Qing was quite disappointed but still kept smiling.
Xiao Min and Lin Qing watched Teng Qing Shan going away.
“Ms. Lin, Teng Qing Shan didn’t give us face. He didn’t even respond to Lin Qing beauty’s invitation!”-laughed Xiao Min.
“Okay, why don’t we go have dinner at my place?” Lin Qing proceeded to stand up and leave the Teahouse with Xiao Min.
***
In the yard of a house in the suburb of An Yi County.
In the empty courtyard, Teng Qing Shan was shirtless without wearing glasses. With glasses, Teng Qing Shan looked humble. When removing his glasses, he looked unwavering.
Teng Qing Shan was shirtless, in the Xing Yi Quan standing postures.
He breathed in, and suddenly threw his chest out, simulating tiger claws. His feet were moving like riding on air over the mud. Teng Qing Shan had a solid masculine appeal, like a mountain. Regardless of moving forwards, turning right or fighting, it felt like no one could ever move this stable mountain.
“Whew, Whew!”
There was the sound of the breeze in the air.
Once in his postures, he stood still like a tripod Cauldron.
His left leg looked like a plow scraping on the ground. He suddenly stomped his right foot. All his body was bent to the limit like a bow ready to be shot out.
“Poof!”
There was an explosion in the air, generating a stream of strong wind in the yard.
Xing Yi Quan posture changed without hesitation to the Five Elements Arts ‘Ice Fist’, which looks like flowing water and floating clouds.
The more tremendous his power is, the more wind generated.
Normal people learning martial arts would be terrified watching his actions. He kept on changing from Xing Yi Quan to the Five Elements Arts. Obviously he got his supreme power from the Five Elements Arts.
[TL Note- Xing Yi Quan is a type of Chinese Martial Arts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xing_Yi_Quan]
“Ho~.”
His body turned around. Then Teng Qing Shan returned to his first posture of Xing Yi Quan, slowly exhaling. His mind was calm like water, like a lake with no waves at all. He could feel every millimeter of his body, from his inner organs, to every strand of muscle, every pore in his skin, to even every follicle of his hair. However, it still cannot be compared to the “urban” legend.
“This is the ultimate level but it’s really so hard for me to pass it. If, finally I can successfully achieve it, I could die without any regret.” Teng Qing Shan could not help sighing.
‘I could die with no regrets, my wish would come true.’
Xing Yi Quan was one of the three great Internal styles. There were several historical people capable of achieving its ultimate level. However, nowadays it was very rare to find someone able to master it.
“This ground is so perishable, I cannot feel comfortable practicing on it.” Teng Qing Shan observed the mud ground which was cracked. He was just practicing, not really serious. If he was really to fight, the ground would have been destroyed.
Teng Qing Shan then sit cross-legged. His breath was so slight that it could hardly be heard. His mind was calm as water.
He felt so relaxed.
“Wuh, wuh …” His blood was flowing in his vessels so softly, just like water mildly drifting away. His slow heart beat could easily be heard.
Time passed slowly, yet quickly the night came.
Teng Qing Shan still sat cross-legged in the same position. There was a tall skinny man wearing black clothes, who lowered his voice to talk to the microphone stuck on his collar, “Smelly Eagle, I have just reached the place he’s living in.” The skinny man tried to calm himself down.
He was approaching the target quietly, taking nimble steps, without making a sound.
He grabbed the wall by his ten fingers, using one hand as the fulcrum, jumping in the area like a panther.
His legs and hands touch the ground at the same time, making an extremely light sound.
The guy in black looked around, noticed a man sitting cross-legged in the yard, which really made him surprised.
“You arrived?” The man sitting cross-legged suddenly opened his eyes.
“Run!” The guy in black changed his countenance and decided to run away without any hesitation.
The guy in black was wise, with ‘sneak assassination’, he might still have had a chance to win. However, now he had been detected. According to the intelligence, he had no hope.
“Whoosh”. The guy in black stepped back, turned around, wanting to escape…
“Boom!”
The guy in black felt the cross-legged shadow suddenly stand up, the entire mud ground becoming cracked. That shadow looked like a furious tiger, jumping from 7-8 meters away to him. The guy in Black was so terrified that he didn’t even have a second to take his weapon out.
“Ack!” The guy in black felt a strong pain in his throat.
“Wha … ha …” he was trying to speak but not a single word came out. He then collapsed and died.
Teng Qing Shan tore the sleeve off the assassin’s shirt, and applied the blood to his arm. A dark barcode tattoo appeared on his arm, which looked very complicated. Despite the weak moonlight, Teng Qing Shan could clearly see that tattoo thanks to his stunning vision. Teng Qing Shan countenance slightly changed. “It’s just because of me that makes them want to pay such a high price. They even invited Evil Group to track my trace.”
“I was detected, I shouldn’t stay in An Yi County any longer.”
Teng Qing Shan went back to his room, changed into another set of clothes, packed his belongings, and then quietly left the An Yi County in the middle of the night.
Teng Qing Shan
The second floor of the Teahouse was very peaceful, gentle music that sounded like water flowing made people feel relaxed. There were not many people on the second floor of the Teahouse, only approximately ten or so. Groups of two or three people lowered their voice during their talks.There was suddenly a sound of footsteps from the stairs, drawing the attention of some guests.
A graceful young girl with a ponytail, wearing jeans and a white Polo T-shirt, together with a short haired tall lady in purple, stepped onto the second floor of the Teahouse.
Many people glanced at them.
“Let’s look at those two beautiful ladies! Especially the pretty lady who is wearing purple clothes!”
“Well, I who studied at Suzhou University for four years and have just returned to An Yi, cannot believe there is such a beautiful woman like that in this place. How pretty she is! The other girl seems to be quite young, but is still a very attractive one.”
“Hey Monkey, no matter how beautiful those women are, they must belong to others, you’d better stop dreaming!”
“Haizz, big brother, please don’t put me down. I wonder who that short-haired tall girl is. I have lived for more than 20 years, but she is absolutely in the top three most beautiful women I have ever met. Her demeanor… it touches people’s hearts… ”
“Monkey, let me tell you. That pretty woman is called “Lin Qing”- a very powerful person. Two days ago, the Land Rover car which costs two hundred thousand yuan that we saw, belongs to her. In An Yi County, she owns one pub and two teahouses. Our properties are very little compared to hers.
“Really?” – That young guy with nickname “Monkey” could not help rolling his eyes and putting his tongue out. An Yi County was just an ordinary county in the Jiang Su province. A two hundred thousand yuan Land Rover car in a small county was shocking indeed.
“Ms. Lin, we have just prepared a room for you, please follow me”- said a floor attendant of the Teahouse. The two women slowly followed the floor attendant to the VIP room, reflected in the prying eyes of many people there. The room door then closed.
***
Inside the room.
Lin Qing ordered a pot of tea and waited for the floor attendant to leave.
“Ms. Lin, you came here every day for the past few days, and only chose this VIP room. Ha ha, everyone can know your Sima Zhao thoughts.”-The pony tailed girl, said as she looked out the window, at an orphanage opposite it.
[TL Note: Sima Zhao is like a historical character in Chinese culture]
There was only a few staff playing with orphans in the orphanage‘s front yard.
“You are so funny”- Lin Qing couldn’t help laughing. But Lin Qing still sometimes glanced out of the window towards the orphanage. Her regretful eyes revealed that she was trying to search for something but just couldn’t find it.
“It’s really weird! There is no sign of Teng Qing Shan. Why didn’t he come today? Doesn’t he know that our Ms. Lin is right here, waiting for him desperately?” The young girl with ponytail wailed intentionally.
“Okay Xiao Min, please stop joking.” Lin Qing smiled.
The Young Girl with a Ponytail, ‘Xiao Min’ nodded, but then she wondered aloud, “Ms. Lin, I feel that Teng Qing Shan is a very mystical one. That time when we were climbing up Da Xing’An mountain, Teng Qing Shan carried you on his back for almost twenty miles of mountain road. It’s mountain road! Teng Qing Shan’s strength was so scary. ”
“He’s very mysterious.” Lin Qing nodded.
Lin Qing still remembered very clearly the situation when she met Qing Shan.
At that time, Lin Qing and some of her friends went to the northeast to discover the Da Xing’An mountain range. Being the adventurous youths they were, Lin Qing’s group did not follow the safe tourist trail. They hired a local villager as a guide for them, and then headed to few unknown wilderness areas.
Who knew …
The deserted mountainous scene with no human footprints was so charming, Lin Qing got distracted by a strange bird. She lost her teammates while trying to follow that bird. By the time Lin Qing realized her situation, she couldn’t see her group anymore.
There was no mobile phone signal in this wilderness, so she couldn’t contact her group. No one could hear her voice, so Lin Qing only choice was to try and find her way back. She didn’t know in advance that she would meet a group of poachers in Da Xing’ An Mountain. Those men hadn’t touched any woman for a long time, while Lin Qing was very bewitching. As a result, they harassed her. Lin Qing was a tough nut, so she managed to fight against their force. Ultimately, she was just a woman, and was unable to escape from those 5 men.
Lin Qing, desperate, was hit by those poachers and waiting to be humiliated. But then Teng Qing Shan suddenly appeared from Da Xing’An mountain and walked over to them. Teng Qing Shan attacked those poachers quickly. Lin Qing was injured and couldn’t catch his action. But as soon as she realized what was happening, those bad guys were all knocked down.
“Uh …” While recalling those memories, Lin Qing couldn’t help making a sound. There was a smile on her face.
“Teng Qing Shan at first wanted to let me find my way back. Luckily, in the end he was not that cruel and carried me home on his back.” Lin Qing memorized every scene then. Lin Qing was lying on the back of Shan, just like a small boat drifting down the river to the port. Despite the bumpy mountain road, Lin Qing still felt really relieved.
Travelling twenty miles over the bumpy mountain road, Teng Qing Shan carried Lin Qing on his back to the destination.
Normal people would feel exhausted after walking twenty miles on the mountain road, not to say carrying someone else on their back. Furthermore, Da Xing’An is a huge mountain. Even commandos would find that unbearable. After the mysterious Teng Qing Shan and Lin Qing said good bye to each other at Da Xing’an, Lin Qing thought that she would never see Teng Qing Shan again. She just couldn’t imagine that one day she could meet him in An Yi County.
“Teng Qing Shan …” Lin Qing muttered, still immersed in those memories.
“Ms. Lin, look! Teng Qing Shan has appeared!” She was woken up by the yell of ‘Xiao Min’. She then turned to the window and looked out.
Opposite to the main window there was an orphanage, with the full name “Hua Hin Children Orphanage”. Qing Lin and Xiao Min could clearly see the courtyard of the orphanage from the window. A young man with short hair wearing glasses and ordinary clothes, was carrying a large pot filled with apples going to the courtyard of the orphanage.
“Whoa! Apples”
“Let’s eat apples!”
“Let’s line up to eat apples.”
“Don’t panic. Stand behind me please. Line up!”
All the children playing in the yard voluntarily lined up into two sub-teams.
Hua Hin Children orphanage provides every orphan a glass of milk every morning, and some fruits in the afternoon. Those orphan children didn’t have fruits to eat very often, so fruits were quite appealing to them.
“Thank you, uncle Teng” -those smart children said happily as they received lovely ripe red apples from the young guy.
The short-haired youth smiled while he continued giving more fruits to those children.
…
In the VIP room of the Teahouse, Xiao Min and Lin Qing were watching the short-haired guy distributing fruits from the window.
“Ms.Lin, Teng Qing Shan looks so happy. He seems to really love those little children”- said Xiao Min
“Yes, he really loves those little children, otherwise he wouldn’t go to this orphanage to work for free.” Lin Qing eyes stopped on the body of that short-haired young man -Teng Qing Shan. Teng Qing Shan treating the orphans with a sincere smile on his face had absolutely left a deep impression on her. “Xiao Min, I suddenly want to do one thing.”
“Do what?” Xiao Min’s eyes lit up.
Lin Qing said: “Mrs. Hua Hin has been running this orphanage herself for nearly thirty years, which I really respect and admire… I’m pleased to donate them one hundred thousand yuan. Could you please help me meet the orphanage’s representative?
Mrs. Hua Hin was more than eighty years old. She was the Chief of Hua Hin Children orphanage. “That’s a good deed.” Xiao Min agreed happily.
…
The short-haired young man Teng Qing Shan had just stopped distributing apples, most of the little children having received their fruits and starting to eat them.
“How small it is!” A slightly curly-haired little child was looking at the apple in his hand, most of the little children having received their fruits and starting to eat them, he detected that his apple was significantly smaller than theirs. This orphanage was obviously incapable of buying fruits having the same size, consequently the fruits those children received were not the same size.
These little children were fond of comparing, a smaller sized apple made them feel like suffering a loss.
“Brother, my apple is the smallest one. Yours is much bigger than mine, almost twice as big as mine!”- said the curly-haired little boy to a big boy standing next to him.
“Well, my stomach feels unpleasant today. I don’t think I can eat this entire apple. Do you want to exchange?” – laughed the bigger boy. The curly-haired boy’s black eyes lit up as he asked, “Really?” Though he asked so, his eyes actually directed towards the huge apple in his big brother’s hand.
“How could I joke with you?”- laughed the big boy. He took the apple in the hand of his little brother and gave him his one.
Teng Qing Shan had finished his distribution, and caught that scene.
“Those two guys …” Teng Qing Shan eyes were shaking. A very old scene appeared in his mind.
It was on the Lunar New Year’s Eve, a very long time ago …
The snowflakes fluttered, firecrackers rang incessantly outside. In an empty room, a bunch of big children were clapping their hands and surrounding a sixty-year-old woman.
“There are candies for everyone. One by one please!” The old white-haired woman who was watching those children, gave each one three big bunny sugar candies. At that old time, having bunny candies in new year days was really something incredible.
“Thank you!”
Those little children were bursting with delight, eagerly receiving the candies.
They hadn’t eaten any candy for the whole year, so they just couldn’t hold their joy in. Everyone was happily eating, while shrieking with excitement.
“Brother!” A child wearing a tatty old shirt, curled his lips and looked at his big brother.
“What’s the matter, Qing Jiang?”- asked the slightly taller boy next to him.
“I ate all the candy, it was so delicious. I finished it in just a wink.” That little child called Qing Jiang was watching other children eating candies, which made his mouth water. The slightly taller boy lowered his head, looking at the two sugar candies in his hand.
” Qing Jiang, take this and eat.” -said the slightly taller boy.
“Brother, you don’t want to eat it?”- hesitated Qing Ha.
“I have a toothache.” –Laughed the taller boy. “I had a nasty toothache after I finished the first candy. This is yours. Remember… do not chew the candy when you eat it. You chewed on them, so you finished all 3 of your candies while the others were still eating their first one.”
“Yes! I noticed it. You are the best to me.”- laughed Qing Jiang. “There are two candies, one for each of us. Okay?”
The taller boy lowered his head. He was also just a little boy and couldn’t resist those appealing candies. He nodded, “Okay, we’ll share.”
“One candy per person please!” – said Teng Qing Shan in a low murmur. “Qing Jiang, twenty years have passed. It has been twenty years!”
There was the echo of footsteps. Teng Qing Shan looked back. He saw an old white-haired lady accompanied by another woman coming towards him.
“Madam!”
“Hi madam!”
The orphans yelled in excitement. A smile, like a blooming flower, appeared on the white-haired old lady’s face.
“Madam!” Teng Qing Shan was stunned. This Chief reminded him of the Chief who made allowance for him and his little brother 20 years ago. “It’s been twenty years. That Chief might be eighty-three years old now.” Teng Qing Shan was excited and slightly trembling.
But he regained his composure quickly.
“Chief, this guy Qing Shan came on his own initiative, working for us for free. He has been working here for six days. He is agile, hard-working, and very smart.” – laughed the woman.
“Teng Qing Shan?” The over-eighty-year-old white-haired woman smiled, looking at Teng Qing Shan.
“Qing Shan, could you please help me take care of the Chief for awhile? I will go prepare dinner for little children in the kitchen.”- said the woman with a smile.
“No problem.” -laughed Teng Qing Shan.
“Chief, I’m leaving now.”-said the woman. Teng Qing Shan took Chief’s hand to help her. This old woman tenderly looked at Teng Qing Shan with a gentle smile on her face, “Shan, you are twenty three years old, aren’t you? I’ve looked over your resume.”
“Yes, I have just graduated from college.”- nodded Teng Qing Shan.
“At the first time I saw you, I knew that you had never done hard work before. Have you suffered for the past few days here?”- smiled the old white haired women.
“No, I work only when I have a feeling of pleasure and enthusiasm.” – said Teng Qing Shan with a smile, holding Chief’s hand.
The Chief emotionally said: “To be honest, Qing Shan, I feel really close to you each time I see you, and can’t help thinking of the past. There was a child in this orphanage, who was about eight years old. Our orphanage conditions were very poor. There was only me and my oldest daughter taking care of those children. They were close friends, one called Shan, one called Qing Jiang. I named them. Your name is also Qing Shan… This is fate.”
Teng Qing Shan trembling, nodded: “Yes, it’s fate.”
“But Qing Shan was adopted and left this orphanage around twenty two years ago. He must be around twenty nine years old now, much older than you. Perhaps he got married and already has a kid.”-said Chief. “He was very smart. I don’t know how he is now. I’m getting weaker day by day. If only I could see him again.”
Teng Qing Shan was very touched: “I believe Chief’s wish will come true.”
Qing Shan and Qing Jiang were brothers left in front of the orphanage since they were born. At that time, Hua Hin Chief had just opened this orphanage. Qing Shan and Qing Jiang were said to be the earliest group of orphans. Moreover, the Chief raised up those children in poverty. As a result, her affection towards them was very deep.
…
Lin Qing and Xiao Min observed Teng Qing Shan working at the orphanage. Teng Qing Shan first accompanied the Chief, then went and played with the orphans. From the beginning to the end he didn’t feel annoyed at all. All the children there also loved him. Then Teng Qing Shan took the children to the dining room.
“Ms. Lin, here he comes!”- said Xiao Min.
Seeing Teng Qing Shan coming out of the orphanage, Lin Qing yelled out, “Teng Qing Shan!”
Teng Qing Shan looked up.
“Come here and sit for a while” -Smiled Lin Qing. She guessed Teng Qing Shan already had dinner, because … although she has invited Teng Qing Shan several times, Teng Qing Shan only came here twice to talk to her.
Teng Qing Shan smiled and shook his head: “I have something that needs to be done today, see you next time.”
“It’s ok then…” Lin Qing was quite disappointed but still kept smiling.
Xiao Min and Lin Qing watched Teng Qing Shan going away.
“Ms. Lin, Teng Qing Shan didn’t give us face. He didn’t even respond to Lin Qing beauty’s invitation!”-laughed Xiao Min.
“Okay, why don’t we go have dinner at my place?” Lin Qing proceeded to stand up and leave the Teahouse with Xiao Min.
***
In the yard of a house in the suburb of An Yi County.
In the empty courtyard, Teng Qing Shan was shirtless without wearing glasses. With glasses, Teng Qing Shan looked humble. When removing his glasses, he looked unwavering.
Teng Qing Shan was shirtless, in the Xing Yi Quan standing postures.
He breathed in, and suddenly threw his chest out, simulating tiger claws. His feet were moving like riding on air over the mud. Teng Qing Shan had a solid masculine appeal, like a mountain. Regardless of moving forwards, turning right or fighting, it felt like no one could ever move this stable mountain.
“Whew, Whew!”
There was the sound of the breeze in the air.
Once in his postures, he stood still like a tripod Cauldron.
His left leg looked like a plow scraping on the ground. He suddenly stomped his right foot. All his body was bent to the limit like a bow ready to be shot out.
“Poof!”
There was an explosion in the air, generating a stream of strong wind in the yard.
Xing Yi Quan posture changed without hesitation to the Five Elements Arts ‘Ice Fist’, which looks like flowing water and floating clouds.
The more tremendous his power is, the more wind generated.
Normal people learning martial arts would be terrified watching his actions. He kept on changing from Xing Yi Quan to the Five Elements Arts. Obviously he got his supreme power from the Five Elements Arts.
[TL Note- Xing Yi Quan is a type of Chinese Martial Arts http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xing_Yi_Quan]
“Ho~.”
His body turned around. Then Teng Qing Shan returned to his first posture of Xing Yi Quan, slowly exhaling. His mind was calm like water, like a lake with no waves at all. He could feel every millimeter of his body, from his inner organs, to every strand of muscle, every pore in his skin, to even every follicle of his hair. However, it still cannot be compared to the “urban” legend.
“This is the ultimate level but it’s really so hard for me to pass it. If, finally I can successfully achieve it, I could die without any regret.” Teng Qing Shan could not help sighing.
‘I could die with no regrets, my wish would come true.’
Xing Yi Quan was one of the three great Internal styles. There were several historical people capable of achieving its ultimate level. However, nowadays it was very rare to find someone able to master it.
“This ground is so perishable, I cannot feel comfortable practicing on it.” Teng Qing Shan observed the mud ground which was cracked. He was just practicing, not really serious. If he was really to fight, the ground would have been destroyed.
Teng Qing Shan then sit cross-legged. His breath was so slight that it could hardly be heard. His mind was calm as water.
He felt so relaxed.
“Wuh, wuh …” His blood was flowing in his vessels so softly, just like water mildly drifting away. His slow heart beat could easily be heard.
Time passed slowly, yet quickly the night came.
Teng Qing Shan still sat cross-legged in the same position. There was a tall skinny man wearing black clothes, who lowered his voice to talk to the microphone stuck on his collar, “Smelly Eagle, I have just reached the place he’s living in.” The skinny man tried to calm himself down.
He was approaching the target quietly, taking nimble steps, without making a sound.
He grabbed the wall by his ten fingers, using one hand as the fulcrum, jumping in the area like a panther.
His legs and hands touch the ground at the same time, making an extremely light sound.
The guy in black looked around, noticed a man sitting cross-legged in the yard, which really made him surprised.
“You arrived?” The man sitting cross-legged suddenly opened his eyes.
“Run!” The guy in black changed his countenance and decided to run away without any hesitation.
The guy in black was wise, with ‘sneak assassination’, he might still have had a chance to win. However, now he had been detected. According to the intelligence, he had no hope.
“Whoosh”. The guy in black stepped back, turned around, wanting to escape…
“Boom!”
The guy in black felt the cross-legged shadow suddenly stand up, the entire mud ground becoming cracked. That shadow looked like a furious tiger, jumping from 7-8 meters away to him. The guy in Black was so terrified that he didn’t even have a second to take his weapon out.
“Ack!” The guy in black felt a strong pain in his throat.
“Wha … ha …” he was trying to speak but not a single word came out. He then collapsed and died.
Teng Qing Shan tore the sleeve off the assassin’s shirt, and applied the blood to his arm. A dark barcode tattoo appeared on his arm, which looked very complicated. Despite the weak moonlight, Teng Qing Shan could clearly see that tattoo thanks to his stunning vision. Teng Qing Shan countenance slightly changed. “It’s just because of me that makes them want to pay such a high price. They even invited Evil Group to track my trace.”
“I was detected, I shouldn’t stay in An Yi County any longer.”
Teng Qing Shan went back to his room, changed into another set of clothes, packed his belongings, and then quietly left the An Yi County in the middle of the night.
