Despite his initial smugness, Gao Mingyuan suffered a crushing defeat, leaving him looking extremely embarrassed.
Yang Tiancheng chuckled and ordered one of his men, "Go get 500,000 yuan in cash and put it on the table. Girls, whoever wins a round will get a 10,000 yuan cash reward!"
When the bodyguard brought out a large box of hundred-yuan bills and neatly stacked them on the table, Yang Tiancheng took a stack and put it aside, saying, "Miss Qian Qiqi won the first round, so she gets a reward of ten thousand yuan. I hope the other ladies will continue their efforts and win even more money!"
Money and temptation are truly boundless. With cash in front of them, all the women rushed to the front, splashing water loudly. Only the woman who had just been beaten by Gao Mingyuan was very angry. She had lost from the very beginning, and seeing the other women winning money, each winning ten thousand yuan, how could she not be envious!
Gao Mingyuan won one car after another, and after playing two rounds, he was already panting and exhausted. It seems that he usually spends too much time on sensual pleasures, and his body is weak.
Zhou Xuan hadn't expected things to go in the opposite direction of his plan. He scratched his head, bit his lip, thought for a moment, and then said, "Old Gao, you take a break. I'll have a match with all the ladies. However, as a man, I can't have a one-on-one match with you ladies, otherwise it would be unfair to you. I propose we do it this way. What do you ladies think?"
The two women, who were also very good swimmers, were somewhat wary of Zhou Xuan. However, they didn't know what method Zhou Xuan would use, so they immediately asked, "Mr. Zhou, how do you plan to compete?"
“I want to do it this way!” Zhou Xuan pointed at them and said, “There are ten of you sisters in total, right? I think you ten can take turns, one by one. After one person dives, the next person takes over, and I will dive alone. If I surface within the time it takes for all ten of you to dive, then I lose. If all ten of you have finished diving, and the last person surfaces before I have surfaced, then I win.” How about it?
Zhou Xuan's words immediately startled Yang Tiancheng and his men!
The ten women and Gao Mingyuan were even more astonished, their mouths agape. However, after a moment of stunned silence, the ten women immediately began to shout excitedly again.
"Okay, let's do it that way then." Mr. Zhou is such a gentleman; he's so respectful to the lady!
The ten women started talking all at once, but they were all incredibly excited. It seemed that Zhou Xuan wanted to give them money and was deliberately saying this. "Anyway, it's Yang Tiancheng's money, and he doesn't have to pay for it. Borrowing his money to please them"—it seems that Zhou Xuan is really generous. It's only right that we serve him well.
Yang Tiancheng paused for a moment and thought that this might be the reason. Even if each of the ten women could last for an average of one minute, that would add up to ten minutes. No matter how tolerant or cunning Zhou Xuan was, how could he last for ten minutes?
And this is just an estimate. Like that woman just now, she stayed underwater for more than a minute and a half. If there are a few more people like that among ten people, the total number will be a few minutes longer. A few minutes plus ten minutes, who else can stay underwater for so long?
If Zhou Xuan plays with them a few more times and loses again and again, he will lose a lot of money today. He will lose 100,000 yuan each time. If he loses five or six times, 500,000 yuan will not be enough!
Yang Tiancheng naturally wouldn't go back on his word in front of everyone, but the thought of losing so much money still made him wince. He had originally intended to save face by giving a reward of around 100,000 yuan to those women to win over Zhou Xuan. As long as he achieved his goal, it would be worth it. The key was that he was afraid of spending money and failing to get things done, which would be quite painful. For Zhou Xuan's sake, he had spent over a million yuan to hire these ten women.
The women unanimously agreed with Zhou Xuan's suggestion. While Yang Tiancheng was unable to speak out, they urged Zhou Xuan to prepare for the competition. Since there were ten of them, there was no need to find other people to act as judges or witnesses. One was underwater, and the other nine were on the surface. It was better for them to act as judges themselves.
Zhou Xuan smiled and didn't object, gesturing for them to arrange the order, who would go first and who would go last.
Gao Mingyuan was filled with regret. He had just gotten a woman and was hoping that Zhou Xuan would be good enough to win a few more times so that he could share one or two with him. Now, Zhou Xuan had thrown away all his chances of winning!
To make a good start, the ten women first arranged for the woman who had defeated Gao Mingyuan to be in the first position.
Yang Tiancheng and his men stood by the pool to watch the battle, but almost all of them thought that Zhou Xuan was just putting on an act to please the women. When Yang Tiancheng thought of this, he felt more at ease. If Zhou Xuan had this intention, he didn't mind losing some money. After all, he was just trying to please Zhou Xuan, and all these things were done for him. With this thought, the feeling of being taken advantage of disappeared.
One of the two women who had gone diving with Zhou Xuan stepped forward to take the lead, "Mr. Zhou, Qian Qiqi will be the first one on our side. Please get ready, Mr. Zhou. If there are no objections, then we will begin!"
Zhou Xuan nodded and replied, "Okay, I'm ready, let's begin!"
"One, two,..." Before the woman could even count to three, Zhou Xuan plunged into the water. She was startled, and Qian Qiqi, who was waiting, was also taken aback. Then she chuckled, took a deep breath, and submerged herself in the water.
Gao Mingyuan couldn't help but shake his head, while Yang Tiancheng and the others became even more certain that Zhou Xuan just wanted to give those beauties some money, since the money wasn't his anyway.
However, Yang Tiancheng knew that Zhou Xuan wouldn't care about this amount of money, because he knew that Zhou Xuan had won two or three hundred million yuan in cash at Gao Mingyuan's stone factory and gambling den, so he wasn't short of money. Moreover, this was just a small amount of money he won casually, and he already had much more wealth. What was this amount of money?
The remaining nine women couldn't help but laugh so hard they were doubled over, splashing water droplets with their hands and feet.
A bodyguard on the poolside was checking the time with his watch. Qian Qiqi had submerged in the water at least six seconds later than Zhou Xuan. After everyone quieted down, Yang Tiancheng said, "Everyone, try not to move and see how their competition goes!"
Time ticked by, second by second. The bodyguard watched closely; the time on his electronic watch had reached one minute and forty-four seconds, and Qian Qiqi still hadn't surfaced. This time, she had performed well. Eleven more seconds passed, and just five seconds shy of the two-minute mark, Qian Qiqi finally couldn't hold back any longer and surfaced, gasping for breath. This time, she had truly given it her all, exceeding her usual limits.
But Zhou Xuan remained completely still. Moreover, with Qian Qiqi and the other women taking turns, Zhou Xuan had been underwater for more than two minutes, gaining an extra six or seven seconds before the second woman finally went underwater.
Gao Mingyuan originally wanted to remind the women that they had exceeded the time limit and that it was a violation of the rules, but then he thought that since Zhou Xuan was going to lose anyway, why should he play the bad guy? Let them lose, since they don't have to pay for it. So he kept quiet and let them cheat.
The second woman was the one Gao Mingyuan had won. This time, she wanted to vent her anger and save face, so when she went underwater, she took a deep breath before diving in. This time, she actually managed to hold her breath for a minute, which was an extraordinary performance. When she surfaced, she used her breath to delay for a few more seconds.
Of course, she herself did not know how long she had been underwater; she had only done her best. When she surfaced and saw the other nine women clapping, she knew that she had done well. Only after the third woman lingered for a few more seconds before slowly diving back into the water did the others calm down.
Because they sensed something was wrong, they had initially thought they would win against Zhou Xuan no matter what, it was just a matter of whether they would win against the second or third person. After the second woman surfaced, plus the time that had passed, it must have been more than three minutes, while Zhou Xuan remained submerged without any reaction!
This puzzled them, and even Yang Tiancheng and the others found it strange. According to common sense, no matter how long a person can hold their breath, they would not stay underwater for more than three minutes. Could it be that Zhou Xuan had already become dizzy in the water?
Yang Tiancheng thought this way, and so did everyone else, especially Gao Mingyuan. Startled, Gao Mingyuan hurriedly bent down and reached into the water to pull Zhou Xuan out of the water, only to see Zhou Xuan stretch out a hand from the surface and make a "V" gesture.
Gao Mingyuan immediately stopped. Zhou Xuan's actions indicated that he was fine and could still endure it. However, this was truly unbelievable. But then Gao Mingyuan thought that Zhou Xuan had practiced advanced martial arts and might have other secret skills. It was not surprising that he was good at diving. He had heard that some qigong practitioners could hold their breath for ten minutes when they reached a certain level. Of course, he had only heard of such things and had never seen them in person.
When Yang Tiancheng saw Zhou Xuan making a gesture by reaching out of the water, he couldn't help but be surprised and his expression changed!
This Zhou Xuan is not only skilled in gambling and has exceptional physical abilities, but he also surprised me by diving. He is truly an incredible person!
In the pool, the women also began to be surprised. They originally thought that Zhou Xuan was letting them have the advantage, but now it seemed that was not the case. Moreover, Zhou Xuan was too surprising. He was not a fish, so how could he stay underwater for so long?
Next, one after another, the nine women dived down to take over, then emerged from the water again, making a total of seven people. Zhou Xuan remained motionless, while most of the seven women held on for a minute, meaning that Zhou Xuan had been underwater for almost eight or nine minutes.
This wasn't Zhou Xuan trying to make money for them at all; it was clearly a slap in the face. The remaining two girls were the two best swimmers who had been on the diving team. At this moment, the two girls and the other girls all looked terrible. They had thought they could each win ten thousand yuan, but it was all for nothing. Zhou Xuan, after diving into the water, was like a stone thrown into the water, without any reaction. If he hadn't occasionally stretched out his hand to make a gesture, you would have thought he had drowned!
Although Gao Mingyuan noticed Zhou Xuan making gestures from time to time, he still felt uneasy, so he simply submerged himself in the water to check on Zhou Xuan.
Although Zhou Xuan was submerged in the water, his supernatural ability allowed him to detect everything. As soon as Gao Mingyuan went underwater, Zhou Xuan knew. He stared at him with his eyes open and made some gestures in the water. When Gao Mingyuan saw Zhou Xuan smiling at him with a natural expression, he felt relieved, but his surprise and sense of mystery about Zhou Xuan only intensified!
Zhou Xuan is truly a magical and unfathomable person. Gao Mingyuan exclaimed in amazement as he surfaced again. He couldn't stay underwater for long. After surfacing, Gao Mingyuan awaited the final result. At this moment, his confidence in Zhou Xuan returned, and he no longer thought that Zhou Xuan intended to go easy on those women. The thought of Zhou Xuan winning against all ten women at once filled him with indescribable joy!
Zhou Xuan certainly wouldn't have so many women to himself, and judging from the past few days, he doesn't seem to be particularly interested in women. I've tried to take him to brothels several times, but he's always made noncommittal excuses.
Once Zhou Xuan wins, we'll take two more from him!
Gao Mingyuan thought to himself with a smug smile. Suddenly, he felt a surge of ambition. He felt that as long as he was with Zhou Xuan, there was nothing he couldn't do. He used to be afraid of Yang Tiancheng because of his power and wealth, but now Yang Tiancheng was treating him politely because of Zhou Xuan.
While Gao Mingyuan was distracted, the competition had already reached the last woman. These two women were excellent swimmers. The first one stayed underwater for two minutes and twenty seconds, and the last one stayed underwater for two minutes and thirty-one seconds. However, when she surfaced, she saw that the other nine of her companions all had dejected expressions, while Zhou Xuan was still in the water without moving!
"We lost"—we lost completely, utterly and utterly!