Zhou Xuan smiled awkwardly. It was really hard to say. With Zhang Lei's intelligence, it was definitely hard to cover it up. "Looking back on what I did at the nightclub, I do regret it. I was reckless." It was mainly because he had drunk some alcohol beforehand and was provoked by that rich young man. The alcohol emboldened him, which led him to do some outrageous things. But now that Zhang Lei is asking, how should he answer?
After thinking for a moment, Zhou Xuan replied, "This isn't magic, it's kung fu, the Six Meridian Divine Sword. Have you ever heard of this kung fu?"
"Six Meridian Divine Sword?" Zhang Lei asked curiously, the name sounding familiar. After a moment's thought, she suddenly realized, "Isn't that the martial art the male protagonist in 'Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils' knows?"
Zhou Xuan chuckled and said, "Yes, that's it. The kung fu I practice is somewhat similar to that one, except that one is from a novel, it's fictional, while mine is real!"
If Zhou Xuan were to tell Zhang Lei now that the drinks from last night were hidden using magic, even if Zhang Lei believed him, she would still want Zhou Xuan to explain and demonstrate the magic trick. Besides, to be honest, Zhang Lei was still somewhat skeptical.
However, Zhou Xuan then said it wasn't magic, but rather kung fu he had practiced. Hearing about kung fu, Zhang Lei became somewhat convinced. Zhou Xuan's greatest strength was his kung fu; drinking over a hundred bottles of wine was clearly unbelievable and unreal. "If he said it was done with kung fu," Zhang Lei immediately believed him to be 80% certain!
Before she could ask any more questions, Zhou Xuan explained, "My most powerful skill is internal energy cultivation. I've been practicing with Taoist priests from Wudang Mountain since I was a child. Now, my internal energy can force the alcohol I drink to my fingertips and then out. So as long as I use my internal energy to force the alcohol out, I won't get drunk no matter how much I drink!"
Zhang Lei said "Oh" and opened her eyes wide, imagining just how powerful Zhou Xuan's kung fu was, and the more she thought about it, the more shocked she became!
"Then can you demonstrate it for me?" Zhang Lei was surprised for a while before she realized what was going on and said to Zhou Xuan, "Hearing Zhou Xuan say that, I really want to see how amazing his kung fu is."
Zhou Xuan glanced around. No one was looking this way, and there were green plastic curtains blocking the view from both sides, so no one could see him. He immediately smiled and said, "Alright then, Xiao Zhang, keep an eye on the coffee in front of you. I'll make it disappear!"
Upon hearing that Zhou Xuan was going to demonstrate on the spot, Zhang Lei immediately opened her eyes wide and stared intently at the coffee cup in front of her.
Even if Zhang Lei is smart and capable, she is still far inferior to Zhou Xuan in terms of ability.
Even though Zhang Lei was staring intently at the cup, Zhou Xuan activated his supernatural ability, and "half of the coffee in the cup suddenly disappeared." Zhang Lei was speechless with surprise. This phenomenon wasn't actually that strange to her, but now that Zhou Xuan had explained the details to her and carefully observed the cup in front of her, "Zhou Xuan didn't even move an inch, and half of the coffee in the cup disappeared." In her astonishment, only a second later, the remaining coffee in the cup vanished, leaving an empty cup!
Zhou Xuan was about a meter away from the table, and he hadn't moved a muscle. Zhang Lei saw this clearly and carefully. Zhou Xuan was sitting properly, but the coffee in his cup was decreasing and then disappeared completely. This surprised her greatly!
"How... how did you do that?" Zhang Lei couldn't help but ask, but then she realized that this was the profound skill Zhou Xuan had been talking about!
Without making a sound or revealing their presence, they can make objects disappear in secret. This skill is very similar to the more than one hundred bottles of foreign liquor that Zhou Xuan drank before. I guess Zhou Xuan used the same method to make the coffee disappear!
Zhang Lei was stunned for a moment, then rubbed her eyes, shook her head, opened her eyes wider, pulled the cup of coffee in front of Zhou Xuan to her, and said, "Do it again, this time I'll keep a closer eye on you!"
Volume One: The Lotus Buds Just Begin to Emerge, Chapter 583: Unpredictable Fortune
Zhou Xuan smiled, pointed to the side, and said, "Your food is here, let's eat!"
Zhang Lei turned her head and noticed the waiter bringing over the food, so she shut her mouth. After the waitress placed the food on the table, she opened the red wine, poured half a glass into a stemmed glass, stepped back half a step, and said, "Please enjoy your meal!"
Seeing that her trap was complete, Zhang Lei smiled and then instructed the waitress, "Go ahead and get busy. I'll call you if I need anything!" She wanted to get rid of the waitress as soon as possible, fearing that she might reveal any flaws in her plan.
After the waiter left, Zhang Lei picked up her wine glass, swirled it in front of her, took a small sip, savored the taste, and exclaimed, "Not bad, sweet, like eating fresh grapes!"
Zhang Lei was obviously saying this on purpose. Although the wine was a bright red, you could clearly taste the alcohol when you drank it. It only had a partial wine flavor. But she still spoke very naturally and casually, so that Zhou Xuan wouldn't suspect anything.
In fact, Zhou Xuan didn't suspect anything. The wine in the glass was bright and clear, and looked very nice. He first cut and ate the steak on the plate, and then casually picked up the glass and took a big gulp.
The wine still tasted a bit like alcohol, but the grapes were also very sweet. I didn't feel anything after drinking it, and then I started cutting the steak again.
Zhang Lei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that Zhou Xuan hadn't thought about it that way at all. She ate while keeping an eye on Zhou Xuan's reaction.
Zhou Xuan had a very low alcohol tolerance and no sense of caution towards Zhang Lei. He ate a few bites of steak and then drank a sip of wine. After finishing a plate of steak and drinking two glasses of wine, his face was flushed, and the effects of the alcohol were obvious.
Zhang Lei smiled slightly. It seemed that Zhou Xuan hadn't used his powerful methods and had really drunk the wine. You could tell from his face that he was completely different after drinking. Now, she just didn't know how much Zhou Xuan would drink before he got drunk. So, she kept adding wine to Zhou Xuan's glass while eating, while she herself drank from the same glass the whole time.
Each time Zhang Lei drank, she only took a tiny sip, but it looked like she had taken a big gulp. After Zhou Xuan drank three glasses of wine, Zhang Lei's glass of wine was still almost the same amount.
Because Zhou Xuan hadn't paid any attention to her, he hadn't kept track of how many glasses of wine she had drunk. After finishing two-thirds of a large bottle of dry red wine, Zhou Xuan was already drunk, his head was spinning, and he was no longer as sensitive as usual.
Zhang Lei was overjoyed and asked tentatively with a grin, "Zhou Xuan, how exactly did you manage to drink at the nightclub?"
Zhou Xuan looked at her blankly, his mind seemingly a mess. He shook his head vigorously, finally remembering a tiny bit, and still somewhat dazed, asked, "You mean drinking?"
Zhang Lei provoked him again, saying, "Those people look very powerful. How can you drink as much as they do by yourself? There are so many bottles of wine, more than a hundred. You couldn't even fill them with water, could you?"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said smugly, "Of course, I have special abilities. A hundred bottles of wine are nothing to me. If I wanted to, I could make all those hundred-plus people disappear without a problem!"
Zhang Lei frowned. Everyone says that drunk people don't talk nonsense, that they speak the truth when they're drunk. Why is Zhou Xuan talking nonsense when he's drunk? Could it be that Zhou Xuan is faking being drunk?
The image of Zhou Xuan miraculously disappearing two cups of coffee was still fresh in Zhang Lei's mind, and now, with his seemingly drunken state, it was hard to imagine that he was faking it.
"Stop talking nonsense, okay? Let's talk about something serious!" Zhang Lei said, frowning. "Here, have another glass of wine to moisten your throat before you speak!"
Zhou Xuan didn't refuse. Zhang Lei filled the glass, and Zhou Xuan took a sip, moved it around in his mouth, and then swallowed it. He then drank the whole glass of wine, smacked his lips, and thought it tasted very good.
Judging from Zhang Lei's appearance, Zhou Xuan was completely drunk. In this state, he shouldn't be talking nonsense, right?
After thinking for a moment, he quickly asked again, "Zhou Xuan, tell me again, how did you drink so much wine, what method did you use?"
“I used…” Zhou Xuan glanced at her sideways and stammered, “I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you everything…”
Zhang Lei was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly with a smile, saying, "Okay, okay, go ahead, go ahead!"
Zhou Xuan gestured for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "I used... used..." Suddenly, he collapsed onto the platform with a "thud," his forehead hitting the platform loudly.
Zhang Lei asked in surprise, "What happened to you?" She quickly helped Zhou Xuan up and saw that his forehead was scraped and bleeding, but it was nothing serious. However, Zhou Xuan was unconscious and fast asleep. No matter how Zhang Lei called or shook him, she couldn't wake him up!
Zhang Lei was furious. She had originally planned to get Zhou Xuan drunk to trick him into revealing information, and she had indeed achieved her goal. However, she hadn't expected that Zhou Xuan's alcohol tolerance was so low!
Just when they were about to trick him into telling the truth, he suddenly passed out drunk, which made Zhang Lei so angry she almost vomited blood!
Not only was Zhou Xuan drunk, but she also had to take responsibility. If she brought Zhou Xuan back to the Municipal Bureau, it would definitely have a bad impact. What would people think if he was drunk during working hours? If she sent him back to his home and Fu Ying saw him, she would probably start to have all sorts of wild thoughts. She was caught in a dilemma. How did she end up in this mess?
After fuming and lost in thought for a while, Zhang Lei called the waiter over, paid the bill, gave him a tip, and asked him to help Zhou Xuan to the outside of the store. She then called a taxi for her and finally managed to get Zhou Xuan into the car. Only after the taxi started moving did Zhang Lei start panting heavily.
The driver peeked at her in the rearview mirror, but didn't dare to be too obvious, because Zhang Lei was wearing a police uniform. Although she was beautiful, she wasn't someone to be trifled with.
With no other option, Zhang Lei took Zhou Xuan back to her residence. After arriving at the building, it took a lot of effort to get Zhou Xuan out of the elevator and into the house. After opening the door, the exhausted Zhang Lei and Zhou Xuan collapsed into the room together.