Almighty Coach

Chapter 334: A Fitness Trainer and His Female Customer

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Dai Li still didn’t know that he was hurt innocently, for he hadn’t gotten the awareness of being a shield until now. A qualified shield should be penetrated by hundreds of arrows. The consequence of being a shield could be easily figured out by thinking about the pathetic straw soldiers on the boats used by Liang Zhuge to borrow arrows.

In the evening, Dai Li came to the training room. All the rest of the people had gotten off work. The training room was quite empty.

She is not here. Dai Li was a little bit disappointed. He shook his head, and walked to the newly-purchased equipment with the thick operation instruction in his hands.

Dai Li was focusing on studying the new equipment, and ignored the passage of time, until he heard a voice that came from behind.

"Coach Li, you are also here!" The sweet voice came into Dai Li’ s ears, as he turned around immediately with a pleasant surprise. Yunan Xiao was here, finally.

"General Manager Xiao, you are here to do exercises again." After seeing Yunan Xiao, Dai Li was a little bit excited. After the thing happened that night, Dai Li felt Yunan Xiao was not so strange to him like before.

"General Manager Xiao, is your ankle better now?" Dai Li asked.

"It doesn’t hurt anymore." Yunan Xiao nodded, then she said after a short while of hesitation, "Actually you could call me Yunan privately, and you don’t need to call me General Manager Xiao."

"Not Nannan anymore?" Dai Li said jokingly, "Then you could just call me Dai Li instead of Coach Li."

After hearing "Nannan", Yunan Xiao was a little bit shy, and her face was also flushed unknowingly. Dai Li wasn’t embarrassed, so he continued to say, "Yunan, I see you always use the treadmill, do you want to try these new training devices?"

"A lot of equipment looks quite complicated, and I don’t know how to operate them," Yunan Xiao said.

"I can help you!" Dai Li patted his chest and said, "As a professional physical trainer, I won’t have any problem in acting as your fitness trainer."

"I don’t want to trouble you," Yunan Xiao said hesitantly.

"Don’t forget you pay me hundreds of thousands Yuan for my salary. I should make myself well worth the money you paid." As Dai Li spoke, he pointed at a piece of equipment beside him, "Do you want to try this one? This is a new piece of equipment, which hasn’t been used by our players yet."

"OK," Yunan Xiao agreed.

"This equipment is called the intelligent ..." Dai Li pointed at the equipment and started his introduction.

...

The equipment in the training room of Dingtian Club was better and more diversified than the equipment of the national team. Even if Yunan Xiao tried 2 or 3 new pieces of equipment a day, she would need 10 days to half a month to try it all!

Both of them didn’t reach an official agreement, but they had formed a tacit agreement. Every day after work, Yunan Xiao and Dai Li would come to the training room. Then Dai Li would act as the fitness trainer of Yunan Xiao and instruct her for a workout for several minutes.

Dai Li and Yunan Xiao got acquainted with each other soon. Although they hadn’t stepped over the boundary of friendship, they had become intimate friends.

The news that Yunan Xiao had gotten a boyfriend was publicized with the "help" of Fen Luo. Yunan Xiao was the princess of Dingtian Group; her family background was also the best among the second generation riches. Also, she was a beautiful girl, and would receive great interest, naturally. Therefore, this news was spread quickly among the second generation rich.

Of course, this news was spread in the circle of the second generation rich; Dai Li had no idea of this news.

Yunan Xiao was very angry upon hearing this news, and she knew it was initiated by Fen Luo, since only Fen Luo knew she took Dai Li as her shield. Now, the spreading of the news must only be being fueled by Fen Luo.

...

Dai Li felt that Yunan Xiao’s expression was unnatural.

"What’s wrong with you? You look absent-minded," Dai Li asked.

"Nothing, just something annoying." Yunan Xiao shook her head.

"Something related to work or the AFC Champions League?" Dai Li asked.

"It’s not related to work, but something private," Yunan Xiao replied.

"Oh..." since it was Yunan Xiao’s private issue, Dai Li stopped asking.

But Yunan Xiao raised her head and looked at Dai Li, "I’m sorry."

"What? Sorry for what?" Dai Li asked in surprise.

"Do you still remember Fen Luo? After that night, he has been publicizing the news that I have a boyfriend." Yunan Xiao paused a bit, and continued to say, "This might bring you unnecessary troubles."

"Oh?" Dai Li’s heart was filled with an inexplicable happiness, then he said, "It doesn’t matter. Rumors stop at those who are witty. Besides, it’s my pleasure to be your shield!"

Yunan Xiao rolled her eyes. She felt that what Dai Li said was a little bit like a confession of love. Dai Li changed the topic immediately, and said half-jokingly, "I have checked the information of that Fen Luo from the internet. According to his experiences, he could be considered as being a competent second generation rich. I didn’t expect he was so narrow-minded."

"A competent second generation rich? In your mind, all second generation riches are ignorant, right?" Yunan Xiao asked.

"When I was still a schoolboy, I used to think so. After all, for a lot of people, the second generation rich is not a commendatory term. Sometimes, it is a derogatory term." Dai Li smiled at Yunan Xiao, and continued to say, "However, when I met Haiquan Fang later, who is the son of Chairman Fang of Dalu Group, my idea about the second generation rich was changed by him. Through him, I knew the second generation rich were not pursuing enjoyment every day, and that they could also pursue their dreams strenuously."

"Haiquan Fang? I know him, but we think he is a troublemaker of his parents." Yunan Xiao shook her head.

"Why? He was the champion of the Asian Games, which could sufficiently prove he is a brilliant second generation rich," Dai Li asked.

"Do you think our parents would care about a champion of the Asian Games?" Yunan Xiao let out a long sigh and said, "For them, Haiquan Fang accomplished nothing. Dalu Fang spoiled his son too much, and allowed him to be an athlete."

"Accomplish nothing? For your parents, the real accomplishment is to be the successor of the family enterprise, right?" Dai Li said ironically, for he really didn’t like that the athletes were looked down upon by the rich.

"Isn’t it what we should do?" Yunan Xiao asked back.

Dai Li was tongue-tied, for he couldn’t find any excuse to contradict Yunan Xiao. For those billionaires and multi-billionaires, a champion of Asian Games was really nothing. Obviously, the most important thing for them was to cultivate a qualified successor to continue the operation of their gigantic properties.

Then Yunan Xiao continued to say, "I am the only child of my father, so I knew I would be the successor of Dingtian when I was young. It is my responsibility to be the manager of Dingtian in future."

"It is quite stressful if you think in this way, right?" Dai Li sighed slightly.

"Sometimes it is stressful." Yunan Xiao continued to say, "But it is still a driving force. When I was in school, I always worked harder than others. After graduation, I started to work in Dingtian Group, and I also did my best to complete all tasks assigned to me. I hope I am not accepted by everyone because of my identity, but by my abilities. I hope I could prove that I could be a qualified successor of Dingtian Group to my father."

"What you have done is already good enough. You are running such a big club, and we have defended our championship of the domestic league." Dai Li consoled her.

"But my father doesn’t think so." Yunan Xiao lowered her head with frustration, "My father always thinks I am a girl, and will marry someone sooner or later."

"Doesn’t he want to hand Dingtian Group to you? Is he going to find a professional manager?" Dai Li asked in surprise.

"No, he will not find a professional manager, but a son-in-law who could run the business of the whole Dingtian Group," Yunan Xiao said disdainfully. "Also because of this, he keeps introducing those ’young talents’ to me."

"Like Fen Luo?" Dai Li asked.

Yunan Xiao nodded, "From the aspect of an entrepreneur, Fen Luo could be considered as a qualified successor. He is running two investment companies, and the annual rate of return is quite good. But I don’t think that I am not as good as Fen Luo. I am not a man, but I can do better than them!"

Dai Li nodded. He could understand Yunan Xiao, who was working hard to be the successor of Dingtian Group. However, her father didn’t recognize her ability, only because she was a girl.

Dai Li felt this might not be considered as a son preference, but rather that this might be the distrust in the traditional thoughts. The same can be said in reality. In most industries, a lady always needed to work much harder than her male counterparts to gain recognition and accomplish success.

She is making her efforts, but can’t gain recognition from her father, who always wants to find a substitute. And the substitute will be her lifelong partner, and that’s why she has the antagonism against Fen Luo. Suddenly Dai Li had a hint of sympathy towards Yunan Xiao in his heart.

Dai Li couldn’t help saying, "Yunan, please trust me. I will do my best to ensure that our team will win the champion of the AFC Champions League, so that you could submit a flawless answer sheet to your father!"

With his eyes filled with sincerity, Dai Li said sturdily. Yunan Xiao looked at him earnestly. At this moment, suddenly she felt a kind of security in her heart. She felt as if Dai Li was the man she could rely on.

...

Watching Yunan Xiao go, Dai Li got a feeling that he was a big hat, with no cattle.

"As a loser can’t afford an apartment, how could I be sympathetic to Yunan Xiao?" Dai Li shook his head, and said to himself, "Just now, I talked too large. I am not a head coach, but just a physical trainer."