A Single Person's Infinite Wonderful Life

It's not just watermelons. In summer, people in developed European countries die from heatstroke, while in China, the national power grid provides a safety net, and several appliance manufacturers, with government support, offer subsidies for rural appliance purchases. Air conditioning is a luxury for Europeans, but affordable for most Chinese. Therefore, aside from a few people working in extremely hot conditions, it's rare to hear of anyone dying from the heat in China. In Europe, however, due to the high cost of air conditioning and energy, heatstroke is commonplace; only wealthy families dare to use it. These days, even the "European gentry" are finding it increasingly difficult to maintain their dignity.

Chapter 4. Stinging One's Pride

The semi-open dojo has a smooth and highly friction-resistant high-grade wooden floor. One side of the dojo connects to the main body of Chunyuan Manor, while the other three sides are a combination of sliding doors made of one-way transparent glass. Once all the doors are closed, they create a one-way transparent effect, allowing people inside to clearly see the outside, while people outside cannot see inside.

The dojo was fitted with a roof, and Li Wei also equipped it with central air conditioning, since the weather would soon become even hotter, and high temperatures would pose a certain obstacle to martial arts practice.

Li Wei was not a member of the ascetic school. He never believed that simply enduring hardship could make one stronger. There were fundamental principles to becoming stronger. Meaningless suffering would only damage one's body and would not bring about any increase in strength.

Practicing martial arts is inherently arduous, but while practicing in the cold winter is manageable, the high temperatures of the hottest days of summer can easily cause irreversible damage to a martial artist's body. Heatstroke, a deadly heat illness, not only kills workers but is even more likely to take the lives of martial artists who don't know how to protect themselves. Practicing in the hottest days of summer is not just about enduring the heat, but about maintaining continuous training even in such an environment. The training here is for maintaining one's condition, not necessarily for further improvement.

Because the temperature wasn't too high yet, the girls chose to open the glass sliding doors of the dojo. They had already learned a training method suitable for them from Li Wei, and they wouldn't need to consult him again for a while. All they had to do was repeat the training process.

Because Li Wei was secretly helping them improve, the girls' training results were quite good. In less than a month, their physical fitness, strength, and coordination all showed significant improvement.

Shiina Aki looked at the girls who had already started practicing and said to Li Wei, "Brother Li Wei, what kind of practice can I do?"

Shiina Aki watched as the girls all had things to do, while he didn't know what to do. He felt inexplicably panicked. If he didn't do something, he felt he would be left far behind. Even the girls were working hard to become stronger, and as a boy, he had to do something too.

Li Wei said, "You? Right now, what you need to train is your physical fitness. Your physical condition is really too poor. Even if you want to practice other sports, you have to start with physical fitness training."

Shiina Aki was somewhat dissatisfied. He knew his physical condition wasn't very good; while he wouldn't be considered frail and sickly, it was still worse than that of his peers. Li Wei's bluntness was like rubbing salt into his wounds, making him very uncomfortable. However, Li Wei was someone he had to rely on, so even though Li Wei's words had touched a nerve, he couldn't show any dissatisfaction.

Shiina Aki said, "If we're going to train physical fitness, how should we do it? Running? Jumping rope?"

Li Wei said, "Running and skipping rope are not suitable for you right now. With your thin arms and legs, these strenuous exercises can easily cause you to get injured. There is a stationary bicycle in the dojo. Try riding that for an hour each time."

Shiina Aki exclaimed in surprise, "Is it that simple?"

Li Wei said, "Beginner-level training is naturally simple. For a newcomer like you who has just started training, it's not suitable to do those more challenging programs. Stationary cycling is just for training your muscular endurance and cardiovascular function, serving as a buffer before formal training."

Shiina Aki nodded, indicating that he understood. He knew about stationary bikes; every gym had them, but he had never been to a gym and had never experienced such equipment.

Li Wei led Shiina Aki into the dojo and stopped near the corner close to the outer wall, next to a stationary bicycle.

Shiina Aki climbed onto the stationary bike somewhat awkwardly, slipped her feet into the footrests, and began pedaling.

"It doesn't seem that difficult. If it only lasts for an hour, it's just a matter of killing time," Shiina Aki said.

Li Wei just smiled, then adjusted the resistance of the stationary bike. Shiina Aki's expression changed immediately. He felt as if his legs were filled with lead, so heavy that he couldn't pedal at all.

Li Wei said, "We didn't adjust the resistance coefficient just now; it was all in the air, just like you said, a waste of time. Now, this is the real training, the easiest difficulty level. You just need to maintain this for an hour."

Shiina Aki's face immediately fell, and she said, "This is too difficult. In an hour, my legs will be ruined."

Li Wei said, "This is already the lowest difficulty level. I only did one lap. Logically speaking, boys your age should start with three laps on the resistance band. You've already lowered the difficulty level by a lot compared to other boys your age. If it's any lower, it won't have any training effect."

Shiina Aki said pitifully, "But this is really hard for me. Can you reduce the resistance by half a turn? I really can't pedal anymore."

Shiina Aki's forehead was already covered in sweat. He pedaled very slowly, like a tortoise, and his expression was somewhat ferocious.

Li Wei said, "Your physical fitness is really... girls your age are much better than you. I bet you've never passed a physical education test at school... big."

Shiina Aki's face turned bright red, whether from exhaustion or anger, it was hard to tell. Li Wei's words had successfully hit a sore spot for him. During his elementary school years, he had always failed every physical education test. Because of this, he was always ridiculed by the other boys in his class. Although some girls protected him and prevented him from being bullied, he felt ashamed to be protected by girls.

He once fantasized about having strong physical abilities so that he could impress the boys in his class who looked down on him, but he could never stick to the training and his habitual giving up made it impossible for him to continue exercising.

Li Wei said, "Aki-kun, exercise has always been against human nature. Humans instinctively pursue comfort and dislike exercise; it's a common trait etched into human genes. But everyone who climbs the path to strength uses their willpower to overcome this problem. Only by overcoming laziness and fear can an individual truly become strong. Aki-kun, don't you want to have a healthy body like a real man?"

Li Wei's words were like sharp knives, making Shiina Aki unbearable. Li Wei's flattering tone disgusted him, but what Li Wei said was true. He did indeed have laziness and timidity, just like just now, his behavior was a form of escapism.

Chapter 1. The Spirit of Ah Q

Although Li Wei's tone was very gentle, what he said was a merciless psychological bombardment for Shiina Aki. At least Shiina Aki felt that what Li Wei said was very excessive and hurt his self-esteem.

What Shiina Aki didn't know was that Li Wei said it on purpose. After all, if he didn't say it like that, Shiina Aki would become like a salted fish, giving up and doing nothing, which would not be good for Li Wei's next plan. So Li Wei wanted to stimulate his initiative and make him realize the importance of training.

Li Wei stood silently by, watching Shiina Aki struggle to pedal her bicycle. Shiina Aki's physical condition was extremely poor, and without his help, her training results were only at the level of an average person; she couldn't get the same level of feedback as the other girls.

Li Wei had already noticed Shiina Aki's problem: she was extremely sensitive about her self-esteem, and at the same time, she had problems with laziness and escapism.

Through the memories seen by mind-reading, Li Weixian learned that Shiina Aki was overly protected by those around him. At home, he was protected by his older sister, and at school, he was protected by the girls in his class. His life was very simple, with almost nothing that allowed him to build a sense of accomplishment. Therefore, it is normal that he developed the personality he has now.

Li Wei thinks that Shiina Aki's older sister is also a psychopath. Her desire to control her younger brother is so strong that it's pathological. In the dimensional world, girls with this kind of yandere personality can be considered cute, but if such a girl appeared in the real world, very few people could stand her. Such an intense desire to control is enough to suffocate people.

Li Wei ignored Shiina Aki and began his own martial arts practice. His current persona also includes the element of a martial artist, so practicing boxing in his spare time to "maintain his condition" has become his daily routine.

In the dojo, everyone was doing their own thing. Ten minutes later, an exhausted Shiina Aki collapsed onto the bicycle, panting heavily, her workout clothes soaked with sweat.

When Sumire Tsukimi saw Shiina Aki in this state, she stopped her martial arts practice and walked over to him.

Shiina Aki felt a surge of excitement as he watched the beautiful, long-haired, black-haired girl, Tsukimi Risuke, approach him. He wondered if his charm was starting to take effect. The thought that the long-haired, black-haired older sister in front of him might have feelings for him made him unable to contain his excitement.

Sumire Tsukimi placed her hand on the bicycle's resistance band and tried to turn it counter-clockwise, but after only one turn, the resistance band became loose. The atmosphere became somewhat awkward, and Sumire's expression turned complicated.

Tsukimi Sumire said, "You haven't even lasted ten minutes, and you're already exhausted by this level?"

Shiina Aki said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm not very good at physical exertion."

Sumire Tsukimi frowned slightly and said, "It's not that you're not good at it, it's that you're completely incompetent. With things so chaotic outside, it's impossible for someone as skinny as you to use force to defend yourself. The only thing you can do is run away, but with your physical strength, even if you wanted to escape, it would be very difficult."

Sumire's words made Shiina Aki's face turn bright red. He had originally thought that this beautiful older sister with long, straight black hair had come to comfort him, but who knew that she would come over and make sarcastic remarks to him, which he could not accept.

Shiina Aki was a little confused. He used to be quite popular with the girls in his class. The girls didn't even guard against him. Even if he followed the girls into the girls' restroom, they would just laugh and joke instead of kicking him out.

But now, in this Chunyuan Manor, all the girls seem hostile towards him, as if every girl is targeting him. This makes him doubt his own charm. Is his style no longer popular? The huge difference between before and after makes it hard for him to accept this reality.

Tsukimi Sumire didn't care about Shiina Aki's thoughts and continued, "This world is cruel. In some ways, Tokyo is even more dangerous than the eastern region right now. No one knows when danger will appear. Recently, due to the struggle between various forces for the Qin Secret Manual, a large number of innocent people have been implicated, and the death toll has exceeded one hundred. With such a grim situation before us, can you still be content to slack off here?"

Shiina Aki wanted to refute, but didn't know what to say, because what Tsukimi Sumire said was true. Tokyo was indeed very dangerous during this period, and even the television news was reporting on it.

However, he felt that such things were far removed from him. As long as he didn't wander around outside and took the tram back to Chunyuanzhuang directly after school, the probability of him encountering danger was actually not high.

Shiina Aki said, "I understand, I will try my best. But right now I really need to rest. If I continue to train, I will die suddenly."

Sumire Tsukimi frowned. Shiina Aki's perseverance displeased her. Originally, Shiina Aki looked a lot like the kidnapper who abducted Sunohara Ayaka, which already gave her a bad first impression of him. Now, his lazy appearance only made her feel more disgusted.

Sumire Tsukimi said, "Life is only once, and it belongs to you. So you are responsible for your own safety. Brother Li Wei can't always be by your side to protect you."

Without waiting for a reply, Sumire Tsukimi left the bicycle, leaving Shiina Aki, who was lying on the bicycle, watching her back with gritted teeth.

Li Wei overheard their conversation and sighed inwardly. The saying "a piece of mud can't be plastered on a wall" perfectly described someone like Shiina Aki. The other party's lack of ambition made him feel somewhat constrained, and he couldn't find an opportunity to unleash the pranks he had prepared.

To maintain his image as the older brother, he wouldn't directly cause trouble for Shiina Aki, but he could use various methods to make Shiina Aki's life more difficult.

At this moment, Shiina Aki cursed Tsukimi Risuke in his heart. Although Levi's words were harsh, he could feel Levi's care and expectations for him. However, Tsukimi Risuke made no attempt to hide her disparagement of him, which he found unacceptable. The only way to shut her up was to become stronger, but the thought of the effort required for training filled him with a sense of powerlessness.

Shiina Aki started pedaling the bicycle again. Without resistance, it wasn't too difficult. Shiina Aki comforted himself, telling himself that this level of exercise was suitable for him, and he could increase the resistance later once he got used to it. In this respect, Shiina Aki had a rather self-deceptive, almost stoic, attitude.

Chapter 1. Aggression

Shiina Aki thought he had hidden it well and that no one around him had noticed his change, but in reality, the other girls had also noticed his ferocious expression.

When Sumire Tsukimi walked back to the practice area, Yuri Kazami whispered, "What did you say to that kid? He looked at you like you were an enemy."

Tsukimi Risu said, "I'm just saying his physical fitness is too poor and he needs to continue practicing. After all, Tokyo has been so chaotic lately. If he can't even master the art of escaping, he could easily get into trouble if he encounters danger."

Kazami Yuri said, "This is for his own good, yet he still looks at you like that. He's such a shameless little rascal."

Sumire Tsukimi said, "Maybe my tone was too serious, making him feel like I was scolding him."

Kazami Yuri said, "Just looking at people like that shows that this child isn't very broad-minded. Dealing with such an ignorant brat would be exhausting. But I don't want to bother with this kind of brat who can't distinguish right from wrong either. It's a waste of that cute face."

Sumire Tsukimi said, "It's probably because he's always been treated well, so he's gotten used to that kind of environment. Now that none of us are flattering him, he's not used to it. But to be honest, this kind of kid is quite troublesome."

Kazami Yuri looked in the direction of Shiina Aki. At this moment, Shiina Aki was obediently pedaling his bicycle, but the expression on his face looked somewhat resentful, as if he was sulking with someone. It was probably because Tsukimi Sumire's words earlier had provoked him.

Yuzu Yukimoto also stopped her practice, came over, and said, "What are you talking about? You were practicing properly, and then you suddenly stopped."

Kazami Yuri said, "We were talking about that new brat."

Sumire Tsukimi briefly recounted her conversation with Aki Shiina. Yuzu Yukiko frowned slightly upon hearing Aki Shiina's reaction. She also disliked this type of person, regardless of gender; she simply felt that people who couldn't distinguish right from wrong were unappreciative even when you were trying to help them, and would even feel insulted. Dealing with people like that was exhausting.

As the student council president, Yuzu Yukimoto has to deal with all sorts of people. She's even had dealings with people like Shiina Aki who can't tell right from wrong. The best way to deal with such people is to give them the cold shoulder and avoid contact with them. Only in this way can she avoid more trouble.

Yuzu Yukimoto said, "We'll just do our own thing. That brat will naturally be dealt with by Brother Li Wei. Now Chun Yuan Manor has been divided into two parts, with male and female residents managed separately. Brother Li Wei isn't exactly known for his good temper. If that brat continues like this, he'll suffer sooner or later."

In Yuzu's opinion, Li Wei, as a ruthless person who had been through the underworld, had a good temper, but even that good temper had its limits. Given Shiina Aki's current situation, it was only a matter of time before she offended Li Wei.

Li Wei listened to the girls' conversation but said nothing. Shiina Aki's docile nature in the original story was due to the gentle environment around him, which allowed him to maintain that state. However, people are influenced by their environment. In the current situation, Shiina Aki would naturally feel uncomfortable, and to protect himself, he would inevitably appear aggressive.

Humans are capable of responding quickly to the external environment. When the external environment is relaxed, people will inevitably appear somewhat lazy, while when the external environment is harsh, people will naturally become vigilant and aggressive.

Li Wei arranged the kidnapping of Sunohara Ayaka earlier to create conflict between the two sides and prevent the situation from progressing as originally planned. Now, the effect is good; Shiina Aki can't find her place within Sunohara Manor, which makes her feel tense and uncomfortable, exactly the effect he wanted.

When training was over, Li Wei clapped his hands and said, "Everyone can stop now. Today's training is over. You can rest now."

Upon hearing Li Wei's words, the girls stopped their practice. Although their physical fitness had been enhanced, the physical strain from martial arts training still left them drenched in sweat. Shiina Aki also stopped; although he wasn't using resistance equipment, an hour of exercise was still a considerable burden for him.

Li Wei approached Shiina Aki and said, "Although you slacked off, you still managed to complete an hour of training, which is not bad for you. Get up early tomorrow, you need to train in the morning too."

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Shiina Aki's face immediately fell, and she said, "No way, we've already had such a heavy workout today, and you still have to get up early to exercise?"

Li Wei said, "What do you think? Don't you want to become a real man? A real man can't even endure this little bit of hardship, right?"

Shiina Aki decisively shut his mouth. He did want to become a man, but if there was a shortcut, he would not hesitate to take it. For him, training was just too hard.

Li Wei said, "A true man faces a harsh world, and a strong physique is the most basic guarantee, as well as the foundation of a strong spirit. A person who is not physically strong can hardly support a stable and strong spirit, so physical training is necessary for you."

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Shiina Aki found Li Wei's words harsh, but they also held some truth. A strong body can indeed bring confidence. Moreover, if one cannot even control their own body, how can they control their own life? In his view, Li Wei's words were like honest advice—unpleasant to hear, but undeniably true.

Shiina Aki felt that Li Wei's words were more pleasing than Tsukimi Risuke's. Although they said the same things, Li Wei considered his feelings when speaking and was relatively more tactful. Tsukimi Risuke, on the other hand, spoke without any restraint, saying whatever came to mind without considering his feelings at all. He found Tsukimi Risuke extremely annoying, a waste of her cute face and hot body.

Shiina Aki said, "I understand, I'll try my best. Brother Li Wei, do you have any secret techniques to increase efficiency in training?"