Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"Are you having a party?" David asked.

"No, we just had an ordinary dinner together, and then we talked so much that we lost track of time." Chen Zhao said with a smile.

"I remember you came to the United States less than three months ago, right? You've already made so many friends. I grew up in Los Angeles, but I only know a handful of friends."

"You are also my friend now." Chen Zhao said with a smile.

David on the side put his arm around Leonardo's shoulders: "Man, we are friends now too."

"Then...it's my birthday this weekend, can you guys...can attend my birthday party?" Leonardo said slightly shyly.

"Of course...can we all participate?"

"Yes, I welcome you all, and I hope every one of you can come."

In fact, Leonardo knocked on the door just now because he wanted to invite Chen Zhao to his birthday party.

But he didn't expect that there were so many people in Chen Zhao's family.

Of course, he never expected to meet so many friends in one night.

Leon is not a loner, but he doesn't know how to socialize.

Even in the police station, most people are just his colleagues, not his friends.

It is estimated that the friends he met in this one night are already equal to the number of friends he made in the first half of his life.

But Leonardo couldn't stay too long because he was still working.

"Leonardo, how about giving us a ride, we're leaving too." David said.

"Of course, no problem." Leonardo agreed readily.

Sienna and Chris didn't stay and left with David.

After two days of busy work, Chen Zhao was finally able to have a good sleep.

…

The next day, Chen Zhao was woken up by Fali.

Although he didn't sleep enough, Chen Zhao didn't have much time.

It's past eight o'clock now, and after taking a shower, I have to go to fighting class.

Chen Zhao was pressed for time and had to go check on Ford's leg injury at noon.

After all, Chen Zhao invested in Ford, so he had to make money from Ford.

Chen Zhao was still scared when he went to the gym.

After all, Gaia's threat made him dare not forget it.

Fortunately, Gaia was just scaring him, what course should he take?

In two hours, Chen Zhao only hit the sandbags for an hour.

"Chen, you are using the wrong strength. You cannot use as much strength as you have. What you are practicing is not boxing, but fighting." Gaia has been observing Chen Zhao's boxing from the side.

"Although fighting also pays attention to physical fitness, the key lies in technique, which is to use the minimum force to knock down the opponent, so the angle and force of the attack are all particular. You may not be facing one enemy, maybe two, or maybe two. Twenty, if you attack each enemy with maximum strength, you may not be able to hold on for long.”

Gaia stepped forward: "The current mainstream fighting skills in the world are free fighting and military boxing, but I will teach you free fighting."

"Why not Junquan?"

Gaia now wore her fists and waved to Chen Zhao: "We have done two moves."

"Really?"

"No, it's just a trial move."

"Should I attack or you?"

"You attack."

Chen Zhao put on a boxing stance in a decent manner, protected his head, and then stepped forward with small steps.

The moment Chen Zhao punched out, Gaia had already avoided it, turned around, and hit Chen Zhao's face with her elbow.

"Don't slap me in the face..."

Gaia had no intention of harming Chen Zhao, and stopped with her elbow less than five centimeters away from Chen Zhao's face.

"The military fist is used to kill people. Do you plan to kill people?" Gaia said.

"Forehead……"

"If you don't have the consciousness to kill, the military fist used is not as lethal as free fighting." Gaia said: "The military fist's moves are more of a cruel way, trying to destroy as much as possible. The opponent’s body structure is mainly targeted at the opponent’s joints and vital points.”

"Gaia, you are so powerful. If you participate in a boxing match, you will definitely win the championship."

Gaia shook her head: "It's not as simple as you think. Even in women's boxing, I may not be able to win to the end. The rules in the ring barely allow me to express myself freely, let alone participate in the men's heavyweight competition. Well, it’s very difficult for me to win against three opponents.”

"What if it's outside the ring?"

"I can kill ten heavyweight boxing champions in ten minutes."

Chen Zhao shivered and went to the toilet. When he came back, Gaia had already taken off his gloves.

"Gaia, what's the hatred between you and Mowgli?"

"None of your business." Gaia replied bluntly.

Chen Zhao touched his nose in annoyance, cursing himself that his brain was filled with water, and he felt inexplicably unhappy looking for it.

…

After leaving the gym, Chen Zhao went straight to Ford's home.

Bird was also at Ford's home and was guiding Ford to do some light rehabilitation exercises.

"Chen, you're here."

Both of them stopped, and Chen Zhao signaled: "Continue and finish the lessons Bird taught."

Ten minutes later, Ford came to Chen Zhao's side.

After nearly a week of treatment, his leg no longer hurts and he feels that his leg injury has healed.

However, Bird felt that whether the injury was healed or not could only be determined after Chen Zhao checked it.

The feeling is not necessarily accurate. Sometimes athletes feel that they have recovered, but in fact there are still hidden injuries. Once strenuous exercise occurs, the old injury will relapse, so to ensure that this does not happen, you cannot be negligent.

After checking, Chen Zhao patted Ford on the shoulder: "Ford, you have recovered very well and can exercise normally, but you can't exercise too much these days. Bird, Ford, you have recovered well these days. Please give me a copy of the activity data.”

"no problem."

Bird was introduced to Ford by Chen Zhao, and Chen Zhao was also an investor in Ford.

Chen Zhao is also Bird's boss in disguise, and Chen Zhao once saved his wife and daughter, so Bird naturally obeys Chen Zhao.

After staying at Ford's house for an hour, Chen Zhao received a call from Ethan.

"Chen, there is a customer on the 40th floor of FDD Commercial Building."

"What's the price?"

"Eight hundred dollars."

"It's a bit low. Who is the other party? What kind of disease is it? If it's a gang boss or something, I won't go."

Chen Zhao didn't pick the price or the patient, but eight hundred dollars was relatively low.

If it was just an ordinary business, Chen Zhao would take it just to expand his contacts.

However, if the other party has a dangerous identity, the risk is too high, and eight hundred yuan is not worth the risk.

"The FDD commercial building is located in a downtown area. Do you think any gang could have its office there?"

"Okay, I'll go over now."