Chapter 981 - 015 Enemies on a Narrow Road_4
Avery Graham sat in the car with Bernard Taylor, and she remained silent for a long time. Bernard stayed quietly by her side. She still couldn’t understand why Michael Auclair would dare to speak to her like that, it was simply too detestable.
Bernard knew what she was dwelling on and wanted to wait until her anger subsided before speaking, but Avery misunderstood him. "Do you think I was acting too much like a tomboy just now?"
Bernard pursed his lips with a smile. He had thought she was still angry, but as it turned out, she was concerned about this. "It’s good, like this. When no one is by your side, you won’t be bullied. Did your father teach you all your martial arts skills?"
Suddenly, Bernard thought of his first encounter with Violet Orson. At that time, Violet was being bullied by four thugs on a mountain pile. If it had been Avery there that day, he thought, she would have beaten those thugs until they were running with their tails between their legs, and if he passed by, he could enjoy a good show and then be impressed by Avery’s spirit.
"When I was young, my health wasn’t very good. I was born a month before my due date, and the first half-month after birth, I stayed in an incubator. Then, before I was one year old, I often went to the Hospital. My parents carefully nurtured my health. When I was three, my dad started taking me out every day to exercise. We met an old Taoist priest with an air of purity, and after that, I took him as my master," Avery said with a laugh.
Of course, the whole old Taoist priest part was just her making things up. Whenever she told this story, she would say it that way, but in reality, it was just a person who knew some martial arts, whom her dad happened to know. Whenever there were holidays, he had her learn some exercises to strengthen the body, and eventually, her master started teaching her some self-defense techniques.
Her master used to say that girls should learn to protect themselves. It’s not good to only be delicate and wait for men to protect them, because there are times when men can’t provide protection.
Avery quite agreed with this sentiment. She had never thought that her life should completely rely on a man, which is why, when she was dating Michael Auclair, they kept their finances separate whenever possible.
"So that’s how it is. I’ll take you home now," Bernard said with a laugh, knowing that Avery’s latter remarks were dubious, so he didn’t take them seriously and drove her home.