Chapter 1887 - 695: With Them in the Restaurant...

Chapter 1887: Chapter 695: With Them in the Restaurant...

In the pool, Zhang Jingdong was going all out, accompanying Laura in training.

He wasn’t just helping Laura pick up speed; he would also point out some small issues she had during breaks.

And with a top-level sparring partner like Zhang Jingdong, Laura’s training state was visibly getting better and better.

She’d never had such a high-level training partner before, and with Zhang Jingdong’s identity as a winery owner and the fact that he was about to become her boss, Laura’s gaze toward him during breaks was growing softer and softer.

Watching the two of them train, Isabella was not only surprised, but bit by bit, completely won over by Zhang Jingdong.

Because she suddenly realized that Zhang Jingdong wasn’t just technically good at swimming; his understanding of swimming competitions was also extremely advanced.

The little race tricks he taught Laura were not only very practical, but also very high-level.

To put it bluntly, when Laura was up against regular competitors, just the techniques she herself had taught Laura would be enough to deal with them.

But when facing those truly top-tier masters, the methods Zhang Jingdong taught her could play a huge role.

From her point of view, Zhang Jingdong was at most around twenty this year. He hadn’t even been training professionally all the time; he spent more time doing business and had founded a massive group corporation, with a net worth of several billion.

Yet even under these circumstances, his swimming level could still reach this standard. It showed just how freakishly gifted he was in swimming.

Isabella herself had been a professional swimmer back in the day, and these years she’d been coaching her own daughter, so she could feel this even more deeply.

And this was the first time she gained a very clear sense of Zhang Jingdong’s true strength.

What she admired most, in her bones, were men with real ability, because her father had always told her since she was little that a real man isn’t about how good-looking he is or how great his figure is, but about his talent and his ability to change the world.

And now...

She felt that Zhang Jingdong was exactly that kind of man, and what made it even more precious was that he also had a handsome face and an almost perfect body at the same time.

Then, as time went by, she vaguely sensed the fire in her heart getting more and more unruly, as if she could no longer put it out herself.

She even had a bold thought flash through her mind for a moment: it seemed that doing that with him wasn’t something completely unacceptable... After all, she had lost to him.

Just then, as Zhang Jingdong and Laura finished another full-out 400 meters in the pool, Zhang Jingdong leaned against the edge, smiled, and said, "That round was good. Whether it’s your rhythm, your entry into the water, or the tactics you used against an opponent, it was all close to perfect. All right, let’s call it a day for now."

Receiving praise, Laura instantly went all cheerful: "Thank you, it’s all thanks to your guidance and pacing. Otherwise, there’s no way I could have done this well."

Zhang Jingdong teased her: "Hey, don’t say that. Aren’t you afraid your mom will get jealous?"

Laura instantly turned her head a little shyly toward Isabella: "Mom, should I keep training?"

Isabella deliberately avoided looking at a certain someone, but said, "All right, the training quality was very high today. Let’s stop here for now."

Laura was thoroughly happy now: "Okay! Thank you, Mom... Thank you, Mr. Zhang!"

Zhang Jingdong’s gaze brushed over her snow-white skin, and he nodded meaningfully: "No need to thank me. It’s my honor to get to accompany a future Olympic champion for a training session."

With that, he first turned to look at Sophia and He Jieyu: "Are you two hungry yet?"

Sophia and He Jieyu instantly caught on and both nodded at once.

"I’ve been hungry for a while. Didn’t you see me resting here for half the day?"

"...I’m hungry too."

Zhang Jingdong promptly climbed up onto the deck and then said to Isabella, "Since classmate Laura’s training session is over, why don’t we all go grab a meal together? Let her loosen up a bit too—after all, balancing work and rest is the real way to go."

Isabella hesitated slightly, then said, "All right. Seeing as you just gave Laura a lot of guidance, we’ll treat you to dinner."

Zhang Jingdong curled his lips: "Lady Isabella, I have to say, you really are a very proper person. Fine, since that’s the case, we’ll do it your way."

After that, everyone took a moment to get changed and pack up, then left the swimming hall together and headed to a French restaurant near the Aegean Sea.

Greece itself is a world-class tourist destination, and with the Olympic bonus on top of that, all the seaside restaurants were extremely lively.

On top of that, Zhang Jingdong was one man escorting four women—and all four were top-tier beauties who could conquer all of Europe and America—so the moment they walked into the restaurant, they instantly drew countless gazes.

Compared to the nightclubs and restaurants in Italy before, the people here came from all over the world, with a huge mix of races and skin colors, and their identities and backgrounds were very complicated.

There were big shots from the sports world, and there were also some heavyweights from the European mafia, so their gazes were even more direct, and even more predatory.

Sophia and the others all felt this, and each of them, more or less, grew a bit uneasy and worried.

Zhang Jingdong noticed, and he immediately gave Sophia’s and He Jieyu’s hands a reassuring squeeze, then quietly squeezed Isabella’s hand as well.

At first, the people around them were, of course, very envious seeing Zhang Jingdong walk in with four top-tier beauties, but most of them assumed that he was probably just the boyfriend of that Asian beauty, and that the other three European beauties were all their friends.