Regardless of who is right or wrong, they have to arrest their own people first to make a show of it.
China is a land of etiquette with a civilization history of five thousand years. We should pay attention to etiquette and manners in everything we do, right? For example, if the children of two neighboring families are fighting, and the adults in the family happen to see it, even if the parents want to kick the neighbor's child to the ground and stomp on him, they will usually have to put on a stern face and discipline their own child in front of outsiders first.
Zhou Ziwei had already died once, and he didn't want to be the unlucky kid who got scolded by his parents without knowing the facts again. So, at least in public, he had to consider the consequences before doing anything.
Although Zhou Ziwei had Director Liu as a backer, even if he beat up the foreign businessman, as long as he didn't cripple him or kill him, he probably wouldn't face any consequences. However, Director Liu and Zhou Ziwei didn't have a deep relationship. Even if it was to thank him for his contribution to the country during the hijacking incident, he would only help him once or twice in a critical moment. He couldn't possibly clean up his messes every time. Therefore, Zhou Ziwei had secretly decided that unless it involved a life-or-death matter, he would not easily use Director Liu's connection again.
Fortunately, Zhou Ziwei is no ordinary person; he has plenty of ways to scheme against people and there is absolutely no need for him to expose himself.
He quietly released a wisp of his soul power, which circled around the foreigner's body. Soon, he silently set up a sneaky trick. Then, without even glancing in that direction, he continued to enjoy his curry steak with relish, but a sinister smile involuntarily appeared on his face.
"Hey... what are those two arguing about? Is it because you were being too attentive to that girl and made her foreign boyfriend jealous?"
When Liu Xiaofei heard the waiter say that the plate of dumplings was ordered by Zhou Ziwei for that woman, she felt even more uncomfortable. She felt that Zhou Ziwei, who had come with her, was being very attentive to a strange woman, which made her feel very embarrassed.
Women are inherently contradictory creatures. Just now, when Zhou Ziwei made it seem like he was going to spend hundreds of thousands to order her a casual set meal, she thought he had ulterior motives. But now that she found out that Zhou Ziwei had ordered a plate of dumplings for another girl right in front of her, she started to feel unbalanced.
Hearing that the two seemed to be arguing, Liu Xiaofei immediately displayed her innate gossipy nature, shamelessly asking Zhou Ziwei for details, and not forgetting to make a few sarcastic remarks about him.
When Zhou Ziwei heard Liu Xiaofei refer to Wilson as Yu Xiaoru's foreign boyfriend, he almost vomited up the curry steak he had just eaten.
Although he couldn't quite tell the foreigner's age, judging from Wilson's wrinkled face, he was probably at least fifty or sixty years old. He might be a barely suitable grandfather to Yu Xiaoru, but Liu Xiaofei actually insisted on pairing the two together... It's hard to tell if she has terrible eyesight or if she did it on purpose!
Zhou Ziwei glared at Liu Xiaofei angrily, then coughed lightly and said in a low voice, "I'm telling you, even if you're going to play matchmaker, please find someone who looks close to you!"
Liu Xiaofei pursed her lips and said, "What's wrong with a big age gap? People always say that love knows no age or borders, right? Haven't you seen how many famous Chinese actresses and singers have married foreign husbands who all have white beards and look like Santa Claus? Even celebrities who don't have to worry about making a living are like that, so what's so strange about an ordinary young girl with only a little bit of looks marrying an old foreign man?"
Zhou Ziwei was taken aback by Liu Xiaofei's words, but thinking about it, Liu Xiaofei wasn't lying. In the past, when Zhou Ziwei saw those beautiful female celebrities on TV with foreign old men, looking happy, he couldn't understand it at all. He really couldn't figure out what those female celebrities were thinking.
Seeing Zhou Ziwei's defeated expression, Liu Xiaofei felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction and said smugly, "How about it? Are you feeling frustrated because you've discovered that your charm can't compare to that of a foreign old man?"
Zhou Ziwei was too lazy to argue with Liu Xiaofei about this. He just snorted and said, "Maybe you're right, but you've really misjudged this time. That foreigner is a complete homosexual. He has absolutely no interest in women, so how could he possibly be that lady's boyfriend?"
"Rumors!"
Liu Xiaofei, of course, didn't believe Zhou Ziwei's words. She stared at him with disdain and said, "You're obviously just jealous of him. I'm telling you... Mr. Zhou, he's a foreign friend! You need to be careful what you say. If someone hears you and sues you for defamation, that would be a lot of trouble!"
Zhou Ziwei shrugged and said, "Who's slandering him? He just said it himself... uh... he was speaking in Italian, saying that he went to a lingerie store yesterday and bought a very sexy thong, which he's wearing now, and he said he's going to take it off in public to show everyone!"
"No way! This foreign grandpa is so bold! He's really going to put on an underwear show right here in public..."
This remark stunned even Li Yifeng, who couldn't help but point at Wilson and burst into laughter, saying, "Actually, we're not discriminating against homosexuals. Life is lonely, and everyone has the right to choose their own hobbies and interests. But... with his appearance, wearing a thong? Wow... my lobster meal was very expensive, don't make me throw it all up, okay?"
Li Yifeng thought the foreigner couldn't understand Chinese at all, so he spoke without any restraint. Immediately, half the people in the restaurant heard him and all turned their strange gazes toward Wilson.
Although Wilson didn't quite understand what "old gay" or "thong" meant, he did understand homosexuality. Upon hearing this and seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, he became furious and jumped up from his seat. He pointed at Li Yifeng, about to loudly question and protest, when he suddenly heard a soft "snap" from his waist. His belt loosened abruptly, and he felt a chill run down his lower body.
Meanwhile, everyone in the restaurant stared at Wilson's half-naked lower body with expressions of shock, contempt, and disgust...
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Thong! This foreigner is actually wearing a disgusting thong!
Liu Xiaofei didn't believe Zhou Ziwei's words at all, thinking that Zhou Ziwei was just jealous of the foreigner and was making malicious remarks. But who knew that the foreigner would actually cooperate with Zhou Ziwei. As soon as Zhou Ziwei finished speaking, he actually stood up, took off his pants, and revealed his two thick legs covered with black hair, as well as the tiny underwear between his legs that was so narrow that it made people blush!
Damn, that's disgusting!
When Liu Xiaofei saw the dissected corpses at the police academy, she managed to suppress any unusual expression. But now, seeing the foreigner's exposed underwear, she couldn't hold back any longer. She quickly grabbed a handful of tissues to cover her mouth, stood up, and rushed to the bathroom... It was obvious that poor Liu Xiaofei was going to throw up everything she had eaten the night before!
After a slight pause, the men in the restaurant burst into laughter, while the women, except for a few who were more oblivious or might have some unusual hobbies, all ran into the restroom like Liu Xiaofei, including Yu Xiaoru.
Yu Xiaoru was the closest to Wilson to this day, and in the rush, she saw things more clearly than others. This made her even more disgusted, and she might even have some kind of psychological trauma in the future.
Wilson himself was still a little confused about the situation, only thinking that his belt buckle was broken and that his pants had just fallen down.
Although this guy is not young, he considers himself a rather fashionable person. He is also an important member of an environmental organization in Italy. He has repeatedly used the excuse of protesting to the country and government and calling on citizens to protect the environment to engage in so-called "performance art" with some shameless old men in the organization.
That is, regardless of gender, everyone takes off their clothes, at most they paint a little bit of paint on their private parts, and then either pose on the street for beautiful women to admire, or each person rides a bicycle and wanders around the world.
Over time, this old guy's skin became almost as thin as the Great Wall. Although he felt a little embarrassed when his pants suddenly fell down in public, he didn't take it to heart at all.
When he saw the reactions of everyone in the restaurant, he realized something was wrong. He subconsciously looked down and was surprised to find that the ordinary men's briefs he had put on that morning had become so narrow. He reached down and touched his buttocks... his entire buttocks were smooth, and the back of the briefs had been twisted into a rope and sunken into his butt crack!
Although the old man had a thick skin, he couldn't hold back under the laughter and contemptuous looks of the crowd. He hurriedly pulled up his pants, and Yu Xiaoru didn't even have time to wait. She quickly paid the bill and fled.
After laughing, Zhou Ziwei couldn't help but sigh softly. From Wilson and Yu Xiaoru's conversation, he could tell that Yu Xiaoru wasn't having a good time.
Many people think that being a foreign language translator in a big company is glamorous, that you can eat and drink with the boss and foreign guests, and that you have good benefits and a high salary. But they don’t know that it is really dangerous for a young girl to be in such a sensitive position.
Even if the company's CEO doesn't have any ulterior motives, once a foreign guest makes a special request... it's likely that even a CEO who wouldn't stoop to taking advantage of a female employee would turn a blind eye to such a thing, or even simply use the female translator as a sacrifice to please the foreign businessmen.
Yu Xiaoru was clearly a victim of this. Otherwise, why would the company assign her, a foreign language translator, to accompany foreign businessmen on inspections? It was obviously a deliberate attempt to create an opportunity for that foreigner. If Yu Xiaoru hadn't been self-respecting and strictly adhered to her principles, any girl with a slightly weaker will would probably have already become that foreigner's tool for sexual gratification!
Zhou Ziwei secretly decided that after this trip to Tengchong, he would definitely go to Zhongdu to see it and find an opportunity to see his parents from his previous life.
If Yu Xiaoru truly keeps her promise and continues to take care of Zhou Ziwei's parents from his previous life in the Yang family, then Zhou Ziwei will definitely have to find a way to change Yu Xiaoru's current situation.
The little incident passed by, and Zhou Ziwei did not take the opportunity to get closer to Yu Xiaoru. Instead, he chose to silently pass by her.
On the contrary, Liu Xiaofei's attitude towards Zhou Ziwei changed because of Yu Xiaoru's appearance.
In fact, Liu Xiaofei's personality is naturally lively and active. The cold and aloof demeanor she's been displaying these past two days was all an act. Now that the pretense has been torn away, Liu Xiaofei simply stopped hiding it. However, her wariness of Zhou Ziwei hasn't lessened much, and she still treats him like a class enemy.
Her expression turned cold, but she always had a stern look when facing Zhou Ziwei. She had become more talkative, but what she said was always sarcastic and mocking towards Zhou Ziwei, as if he were her enemy from a past life.
The next day, the three of them checked out of the hotel and continued their journey. From then on, Zhou Ziwei never had a moment's peace.
Zhou Ziwei had no idea how Liu Xiaofei could have so much to say. Even though no one paid attention to her, this girl could talk on and on for hours without getting tired!
Some people say that two women together are equal to a thousand ducks. Zhou Ziwei used to not understand this saying at all, and he couldn't figure out how two women could be equated with a thousand ducks.
But now that he's met Liu Xiaofei, he understands. He'd even rather have a thousand ducks sitting in this car than a woman...
Unable to bear Liu Xiaofei's sharp words any longer, Zhou Ziwei had no choice but to lean back in his seat, close his eyes, and pretend to be asleep. However, the road from Baoshan to Tengchong was almost entirely mountainous, and driving on it felt like riding a roller coaster. If it weren't for the Audi's good shock absorption, Zhou Ziwei's head would probably have been smashed against the roof.
In such a bumpy state, it was impossible to actually fall asleep, and Liu Xiaofei's incessant chatter kept getting into his ears, giving Zhou Ziwei a terrible headache.
He even began to wonder if this girl was the reincarnation of Tang Sanzang, since she spoke as if chanting the mantra of tightening the headband! If things continued like this, Zhou Ziwei was genuinely worried that by the time they reached Tengchong, he would have a nervous breakdown from her nagging!
Zhou Ziwei is now really regretting why he insisted on having the branch office assign him another driver... Wasn't that just asking for trouble?
In order to suffer as little as possible, Zhou Ziwei had a sudden inspiration. He remembered that after he devoured the old ghost in Gu Xiaoli's body, his soul was in a state of collapse, so he had to concentrate all his soul power in the depths of his soul, thus completely giving up control of his body... It seemed that the state was even worse than deep sleep, with all five senses lost. He guessed that even if someone detonated a nuclear bomb next to him, he wouldn't hear anything.
Since there was nothing else to do but listen to Liu Xiaofei's nagging while sitting in the car, Zhou Ziwei had an idea and began to concentrate all his spirit and consciousness, slowly gathering them towards the depths of his soul.
Just then, Zhou Ziwei suddenly noticed a strange phenomenon...
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It allows one to completely absorb one's spirit and consciousness into the soul, thereby completely losing control of the body and shutting down all bodily sensations.
This is unimaginable for ordinary people, but Zhou Ziwei had been a wandering ghost for three years, and this body was obtained through the resurrection of a body, so his control over the soul is naturally beyond what ordinary people can match.
This time, Zhou Ziwei discovered that when he actively gathered his spirit and consciousness, wisps of weak soul power also surged out from various parts of his body at the same time, eventually converging into grid-like fine lines that flowed into his soul ocean, which surprised him greatly!
It should be understood that this soul power is now Zhou Ziwei's biggest secret for survival and future development. In addition to being able to replenish this soul power by devouring other soul entities, it is used up little by little. Therefore, in order to conserve soul power, Zhou Ziwei usually locks all of his soul power deep in his soul and will not use it unless necessary.
He had been sitting in the car listening to Liu Xiaofei chanting scriptures, so there was no need for him to use his soul power.
But if he didn't actively mobilize his soul power, then why is there so much soul power scattered throughout his body? Judging from his reaction just now, it seems that a trace of soul power is hidden in every organ and even every cell of his body.
However, this wisp of soul power, distributed throughout his body, was as thin as the air on a plateau. If it weren't for this deliberate contraction, Zhou Ziwei might never have realized that there was still soul power hidden in various parts of his body that had been naturally distributed without his active intervention.
What's going on here?
When the last wisp of his soul power was also drawn into his sea of souls, Zhou Ziwei suddenly felt as if he had entered a still world without light, air, time, or anything else.
All the sensations his body should have had completely disappeared, and he seemed to have become a lonely soul again.
Zhou Ziwei's heart stirred slightly. He thought to himself that when he was a ghost, he was able to sense the existence of this world by radiating the power of his soul to the surroundings.
Otherwise, if one deliberately contracts the power of the soul and concentrates it entirely within the soul, one will experience the loneliness of having no time, no air, no light, and no worldly things.
Does this mean that even now that I'm human, I still need to rely on the power of my soul to perceive the world outside my soul? Otherwise, why do I only completely lose the sensation of my body when I gather all the last bit of my soul power into the sea of my soul?
Thinking of this, Zhou Ziwei once again relaxed the restraints on his mind and consciousness, while constantly paying attention to every bit of soul power contained in the sea of souls.
Sure enough, as he relaxed his mind, wisps of extremely weak soul power immediately began to flow out of his sea of souls on their own, and then began to spread rapidly along the omnipresent microscopic pathways within his body.
As this soul power spread, Zhou Ziwei's control and perception of his body immediately returned.
In a very short time, the wisps of soul power surging from the sea of souls completely covered every part of Zhou Ziwei's body.
As a result, the already extremely weak soul power was dispersed even more thinly. If Zhou Ziwei hadn't been focused on tracking the direction of that soul power, he probably wouldn't have been able to sense its presence within his body at all!
Moreover, as Zhou Ziwei continued to observe, he soon discovered that the soul power scattered throughout his body was not static, but rather, like electrons forming an electric current, it was flowing rapidly along certain routes within his body.
Moreover, although the network formed by the soul power within the body is intricate and interwoven, every single line will eventually connect to the sea of soul located in the brain.
As Zhou Ziwei focused intently on the grid composed of countless lines of soul power, he was suddenly astonished to discover that it was clearly a complete diagram of the distribution of the human nervous system!
Could it be that... the so-called nerve transmission is actually a flow of soul power? The reason why the human body has various sensations, and why the human limbs can follow the brain's instructions to make various movements, is that all these sensations and instructions are accomplished through the flow of soul power.
What are nerves? Why can nerves transmit sensations and information commands? If nerves are merely a network of pure matter, how could they possess such wondrous functions? But if there is a flow of spiritual power within them, then everything naturally makes sense!
Soul power is essentially a kind of energy similar to pure spiritual energy. Zhou Ziwei can generate sensations similar to sight, touch, and hearing simply by relying on the flow of soul power. So it's not surprising that the human body also generates various sensations through the transmission of this energy!
This discovery could be considered a major breakthrough in human physiology! However, Zhou Ziwei knew that he could never publish this discovery, and even if he were willing to, others might not believe it.
Because apart from him, a freak who had died once and spent several years as a wandering ghost, there was probably no one else who could sense the existence of soul power.
This kind of purely spiritual energy body cannot be detected by any existing instruments, so... even if Zhou Ziwei announces his discovery, no one will be able to confirm it.
Therefore, Zhou Ziwei would naturally not do something so thankless!
In fact, Zhou Ziwei never thought of becoming a scholar or expert who would benefit all mankind. Therefore, when he discovered this secret, his first thought was what benefits this discovery would bring him.
Then he realized that... the human body generates various sensations through the flow of these spiritual forces within the nerve fibers, and that the brain (or rather, the soul) can issue various movement commands to the limbs at will.
So... if Zhou Ziwei could simulate human nerve lines and allow the soul power belonging to the independent soul to flow within a non-living entity that he created as an independent soul, then... is it possible to turn an object that originally had no hands or feet into a real living being?
It should be noted that although Zhou Ziwei could previously create an independent soul with simple intelligence and thought from ordinary non-living entities, the function that this independent soul could exert was very limited. Only by consuming a large amount of Zhou Ziwei's own soul power could he make the object perform some simple physical movements.
And this can only be accomplished if the soul he creates is a low-level independent soul that consumes the least amount of soul power, has the lowest intelligence, and is most dependent on him as the main soul.
Through continuous practice over this period, Zhou Ziwei has learned that the simpler the structure and the smaller the volume of an object, the less soul power is consumed when creating an independent soul entity. However, the intelligence of the independent soul entity created in this way is also lower, and even if an independent soul entity is created, the repulsive force of the soul power emitted by this soul entity is extremely weak.
If it's a complex object like a mobile phone, the amount of soul power required to create an independent soul within it would be extremely large. Such an independent soul would have high intelligence and strong independence. Once formed, it would not allow Zhou Ziwei's soul power to re-enter, so Zhou Ziwei would be unable to use his soul power to move the object physically.
However, if Zhou Ziwei can really use the principle of neural response to construct a similar neural circulation system in a non-living object, then creating a mobile phone that can run or a flying dagger will no longer be an impossible myth!