Huangfu Jue reopened the documents in his hand. His gaze fixed on the characters written on the paper, but although he saw every one of them, he couldn’t make sense of the meaning they formed together.
The characters on the paper gradually distorted, turning into her long hair scattered over the bedsheet.
The feel of the paper under his fingers also subtly changed, as if it turned into her skin, smooth and lustrous as jade...
His breathing tensed, and his emotions gradually slipped out of control, realizing the reaction his body was producing, Huangfu Jue abruptly lifted the documents and slammed them down on the desk.
Gan Yuan tugged at her sports clothing in front of the locker room mirror, noting the obvious hickey at the collar. She pulled up the neckline and sharply closed the locker door.
Stepping out of the changing room, she quickly climbed the stairs to the gym on the fourth floor and warmly greeted the female student already waiting there.
"Let’s start, beginning with warm-up exercises."
Under her guidance, the girl began stretching her body, warming up for the fitness class.
She struggled a bit with the exercises due to being a first-timer with less muscle. Gan Yuan patiently directed her movements.
Someone passed by, and Gan Yuan reacted swiftly. The student, however, didn’t dodge and was bumped on the shoulder. Her grip loosened, and her forehead hit the fitness equipment hard.
"Ouch—It hurts!" the student cried softly, turning her face to look at the two girls who had just walked past and spoke discontentedly, "Hey, you bumped into someone. Shouldn’t you apologize?"
The two girls stopped and turned around.
Gan Yuan lifted her head and immediately recognized one of them as Annie, and the other, a black and white mixed-race girl, wore a black sports outfit, with firm muscles on her arms exposed outside her sleeves.
Gan Yuan was familiar with both of them.
The one in the purple sports outfit was Annie, and the mixed-race girl was Barbara, another star instructor at the club.
"What a coincidence, Miss Gan!" Annie said, her lips curling into a light smile.
Gan Yuan also smiled, "Indeed, it’s a small world."
Came to pick a fight in a group and still pretending to run into each other by chance. Isn’t it tiring to beat around the bush?
"Did we bump into you?" Barbara shrugged indifferently at the student, "That’s nobody else’s fault, it’s just because you chose the wrong instructor who hasn’t even taught you the basic principles of movement!"
Gan Yuan calmly stated, "If Coach Barbara has any issue with me, please state it directly. Do not disturb my students."
"Fine!" Barbara raised her eyebrows, "I just dislike you. A newcomer, why should you become a formal instructor so quickly?!"
Barbara was a very famous fitness guru online and a special instructor at the club. She was originally Annie’s sister Anna’s fitness coach and knew Annie from before.
With her fame online, many students came specifically to her. She was always arrogant in the club and carried a haughty demeanor in front of her students.
Since Gan Yuan arrived at the gym, with her approachable and cheerful nature, coupled with her vast experience in sports, she easily gained the trust of her students. There was one student who, due to a referral, came looking for Barbara but ended up under Gan Yuan’s tutelage after hitting it off well with her during a chat.
Barbara lost a client, and naturally, her commissions suffered. She harbored resentment towards Gan Yuan for some time and quite naturally teamed up with Annie.
"Heh..." Gan Yuan laughed softly, "That means, I’m sufficiently qualified."