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Seeing this, Lu Guoqing smiled, put the cigarette in his mouth, and lit it with a lighter.

After exhaling a puff of smoke, he then commented:

"Trainee officer! That's not bad!"

"You're definitely practicing body-tempering techniques right now, aren't you?!"

"That's great! At least we didn't have to pay for the copyright for the body-strengthening method, saving a lot of money! Let me tell you, martial arts are such an expensive hobby."

"I spent nearly 300,000 yuan to become a martial arts performer."

"This doesn't even include the cost of buying the copyright for the body-strengthening method."

"I told them that once I became a government official, I wouldn't need to spend money on the body-strengthening method. But my family said that if I wanted to pursue a career in politics, time was more important than money, so they spent money to buy me the body-strengthening method!"

"I feel like I wasted so much money!"

"I'm currently in the Chengyang District Government Office, as the Assistant to the Office Director!"

Although Lu Guoqing complained about losing money, he was actually showing off in almost every sentence he uttered.

Tu Yuan didn't want to talk to Lu Guoqing any longer, so he quickly offered a few flattering words and then said:

"I have something to do! I need to go back now!"

Although Lu Guoqing felt he hadn't said enough, he still nodded and said:

"Okay! Let's meet up for a meal sometime!"

"Also, if you encounter any problems at work, you can come to me. I will do my best to help as long as I can, since we were in the same dormitory in college."

"No problem! I'll contact you again when I have time!"

Tu Yuan waved and left.

Tu Yuan's figure had just disappeared at the entrance of the lottery center.

A beautiful figure walked over.

"Lu Guoqing, who were you chatting with just now?"

"Why does that person's back look so familiar?"

Upon hearing this sound, Lu Guoqing quickly stubbed out the cigarette in his hand with his fingers and threw it into the trash can next to him.

He turned to look at the person who had come.

His eyes lit up.

"Yuanyuan! You look so beautiful today!"

The woman's name was Gong Yuanyuan, and she was the granddaughter of his father's former boss.

She was also the object of his affections.

Gong Yuanyuan is 24 years old and works as the deputy director of the lottery center's office.

She has a beautiful and dignified appearance, with delicate features and a beauty mark at the corner of her right eye.

Today, Gong Yuanyuan wore an office lady skirt suit, with the shirt tucked into the skirt to accentuate her slender waist, and black pointed high heels on her feet.

Her long, shapely legs were encased in black stockings, and her slightly wavy long hair swayed gently in the breeze blowing in from the doorway.

At this moment, Lu Guoqing, who is 1.76 meters tall, looked a little shorter than Gong Yuanyuan.

"I told you! Don't call me Yuanyuan, add my surname when you call me!"

"Alright, alright, Gong Yuanyuan!"

Lu Guoqing's smile remained unchanged, then he looked at Tu Yuan's vanished figure outside and said:

"That's my college classmate. He said he won a prize on a scratch-off lottery and came to claim it!"

"You might even know each other. He used to be like you, from Shengyun No. 3 Middle School, and his name is Tu Yuan."

Gong Yuanyuan was taken aback when she heard this.

"Tu Yuan?!"

"You really know him? I remember you weren't in the same year; he's two years younger than you!"

Lu Guoqing looked surprised when he saw Gong Yuanyuan's expression.

He was just joking, but he didn't expect that Gong Yuanyuan seemed to actually know Tu Yuan.

Gong Yuanyuan ignored Lu Guoqing at this moment, her eyes only sweeping across the entrance of the lottery center.

His eyes held a look of regret and reminiscence.

Gong Yuanyuan recalled the time when she asked her friend Ruan Xueqing to deliver a love letter to Tu Yuan at Shengyun No. 3 Middle School.

The next day, Ruan Xueqing returned the love letter, saying that Tu Yuan had confiscated it.

She had many suitors during her student days, and that was the first and only time she took the initiative to write a love letter to someone she liked.

In the end, they didn't even accept it.

This incident still haunts her to this day.

She never expected to run into Tu Yuan here today.

"I don't know him! I've only heard that Tu Yuan had a lot of girls who liked him in his first year of high school, and his desk drawer would be filled with love letters every day!"

Gong Yuanyuan tried her best to appear calm, but when she mentioned the word "love letter," a blush still flashed across her face.

However, Lu Guoqing did not notice.

"Is that so? Although Tu Yuan may not have any other skills, he is indeed handsome. Even I, as a man, have to admit it."

"He also received quite a few love letters when he was at Dongzhou University."

"But that's all there is to it!"

"Being handsome can't put food on the table," he said. He added that he is currently a trainee police officer at the Zhenghe Police Station in Xingsheng District.

"I estimate that he is still far from being a first-level martial arts performer. The police officer profession is different from other government civil servants. Only when you have the skills of a first-level martial arts performer can you officially enter the probationary period. That's the rule."

"Within the police station, trainee officers like Tu Yuan are called 'fake trainees'."

"His family was of modest means; during his university years, the total cost of all his clothes didn't exceed two hundred federal dollars."

"Therefore, it is impossible to expect the family to pay for martial arts training resources."

"Without money to buy resources, the progress of martial arts training will definitely not be fast."

"It will probably be three or four years before he gets a permanent position, but no matter what, it's still better than working for those companies. He'll have the chance to become a martial artist in the future."

"Of course, the chances are very slim for him."

"Anyway, I think only short-sighted girls would send him love letters."

Lu Guoqing's tone was slightly disdainful, and also carried a hint of sourness that he himself was unaware of.

"Let's go! I drove my dad here. Today, the Shengyun Hotel said they brought in several spotted deer with strength comparable to a first-level martial artist."

"Although I couldn't order the most premium antlers, I've already asked the manager of Shengyun Hotel to reserve a portion of the succulent venison leg for me."

Lu Guoqing subconsciously showed off his connections.

However, he didn't notice Gong Yuanyuan's cold gaze.

"You go by yourself. I'm not feeling well and want to go home and rest!"

"Huh?! Why do I suddenly feel unwell?!"

Lu Guoqing was full of questions. Gong Yuanyuan was already a second-stage martial arts performer, and was only one step away from becoming a martial arts master.

Normally, it's practically impossible for someone to get sick or feel unwell!

"I'm just feeling a little unwell! Don't ask any more questions!"

Gong Yuanyuan's tone was indifferent.

"Then...then I'll drive you home."

Lu Guoqing wasn't stupid; he had already realized that he had angered Gong Yuanyuan.

However, he couldn't figure out what he had said wrong that made Gong Yuanyuan angry.

"No need! I have my own car!"

Gong Yuanyuan then left the lottery center.

Lu Guoqing was left standing there, at a loss, looking completely bewildered.

Tu Yuan was naturally unaware of what had happened after he left.

Even if he knew, he would only say one thing: he had never received a love letter from Gong Yuanyuan.

He has a very good memory; if Gong Yuanyuan sent him a love letter, he would definitely remember.

Find the Qinglong Pharmacy closest to the lottery center and buy four vials of Qinglong No. 6 medicine.

He then headed straight home.

We then had a quick dinner at a restaurant near the entrance of the residential area.

When Tu Yuan returned home, it was just past six o'clock.

After returning home, Tu Yuan looked at the four small green boxes in his hand.

The six large characters "Qinglong No. 6 Medicine" are very eye-catching on the front of the box.

There are also four small characters in the upper right corner: "Qinglong Pharmaceutical".

"Two vials of the Azure Dragon No. 6 potion can be used at once!"

"Although using one vial at a time yields the best results, I can accept this slight loss of efficacy."

"Time is more important to me!"

Thinking of this, Tu Yuan still did not take it immediately.

Instead, one should first practice the body-strengthening method.

Only when the muscles in the body were sore and swollen did the two vials of medicine take out.

It was swallowed down with a gulping sound.

After feeling the heat flowing through his body, he continued with the body-strengthening postures and adjusted his breathing rhythm.

Three hours passed, and it was 9:23 PM.

Tu Yuan felt a sense of constraint on his body, and he seemed to be able to try to gather all his strength to break through this constraint.

"Am I... experiencing a bottleneck in my transformation into a martial arts practitioner?!"

"If I wanted to, I could try to break through right now?!"

Tu Yuan quickly checked the progress in his mind.

[Thirteenth Edition Body Tempering Method: 93/100]