Zhou Xuan smiled at Li Wei without saying a word. Li Wei immediately became embarrassed and quickly raised his hands, saying, "Brother Xuan, I—I—I surrender!"
Zhou Xuan smiled faintly. This guy actually deliberately revealed his name in order to curry favor with Shangguan Mingyue. What a guy!
Shangguan Mingyue was incredibly intelligent. She understood perfectly, and gave Li Wei a subtle, almost imperceptible, gesture.
"Brother Xuan, just tell us, give us a demonstration!" Li Wei was indeed itching to try. Despite his words and laughter, he was truly impressed by Zhou Xuan's drinking skills at Mingzhu Entertainment City. In his words, "So cool!"
Zhou Xuan said calmly, "Third brother, what I'm doing is called magic. Do you understand what magic means? If it's magic, then of course the methods behind it can't be revealed!"
Li scratched his head, thought for a moment, and then said, "If you're not going to tell me, then forget it!" He said this, but the disappointment on his face was obvious.
Shangguan Mingyue narrowed her eyes, paused for a moment, and then said, "Mr. Zhou, how about this? Since you don't want me to repay you, and you don't want to talk about this matter, then let's not talk about it. I think we can still be ordinary friends, right?"
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Of course, I'm not anyone special. At home, you rely on your family; when you're out in the world, you rely on your friends. The more friends you have, the better!"
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Xiao. My name is Shangguan Mingyue, my surname is Shangguan, and my given name is Mingyue, Ming as in 'bright' and Yue as in 'moon'!" Shangguan Mingyue immediately stood up gracefully and extended her fair right hand to Zhou Xuan, introducing herself and stating her name.
This girl is indeed smart; she knows how to seize opportunities.
This was Zhou Xuan's intuition. Zhou Xuan said calmly, "Miss Shangguan, it's a pleasure to meet you. I think it's a bit inconvenient for me to meet a friend here."
Li Wei was quite embarrassed by Zhou Xuan's words. "This guy, does he not know how to appreciate beautiful women? Such a beautiful person, let alone dating her, even just being ordinary friends and shaking hands would be a blessing. Others would never even dream of it, but he is completely unmoved. He simply doesn't know how to cherish a beautiful woman!"
Shangguan Mingyue glanced at Zhou Xuan again, her curiosity about this ordinary yet mysterious man replaced by a hint of anger. She couldn't recall ever getting angry at a boy before, because she felt it was pointless to be angry over men; they weren't worth it!
But what's going on? Zhou Xuan has made her lose her temper and get angry time and time again!
Zhou Xuan dismissed her, and Shangguan Mingyue bit her lower lip, raised her eyebrows, but then suddenly smiled and simply sat down!
Zhou Xuan genuinely wanted Shangguan Mingyue to leave so he could discuss business with representatives from the Xu family, and having outsiders present was obviously inappropriate. Although he didn't know what Shangguan Mingyue did for a living, she was clearly wealthy, that was for sure. Since she was wealthy, and Zhou Xuan's business dealings involved business matters, he naturally didn't want someone like her to get involved.
However, Shangguan Mingyue didn't get angry despite his attitude and sat down again, which surprised Zhou Xuan. He frowned, took out his phone to check the time: five o'clock sharp. Fortunately, there was still an hour until the agreed time. Hopefully, he could get her away before then.
Shangguan Ming saw Zhou Xuan checking the time on his phone and knew he really wanted to talk about something important. However, she was very resentful that this man was so rude to her, even though Zhou Xuan had helped her a lot in the past.
But girls all have this thought: the more a man ignores them, the more they want him to submit, especially a beautiful girl like Shangguan Mingyue!
Shangguan Mingsong bit his lip, then reached out and picked up the cup, took a small sip of tea, put the cup down, and sat motionless. His expression clearly indicated: I'm not leaving!
Zhou Xuan was a bit overwhelmed, but Shangguan Mingyue said again, "Mr. Zhou, if you explain and demonstrate your magic trick to me again, I'll leave!"
Volume 1, Chapter 204: The Boiling Water Has Disappeared
Guangguan Mingyue. Zhou Fuhuan was truly in a dilemma. This beautiful girl was clever and sensible, yet knew how to keep her distance. She was assertive but not excessive. A beautiful girl usually makes men give way to her.
Since that's the case, let's just cut to the chase!
Zhou Xuan squinted at Shangguan Mingyue and asked, "Then how are you going to explain it? Magic tricks aren't something you can just tell anyone. Do you know what magicians hate the most?"
Before Shangguan Mingyue could ask, Zhou Xuan blurted out, "What magicians hate most is being asked how magic tricks are done. If everyone knew, what would be the point of performing them?"
Shangguan Mingyue smiled slightly and said, "If you don't want to ask, then don't. But please perform this magic trick again. Is that alright?" At first, she hadn't noticed Zhou Xuan's trick at all, and because she firmly believed that no one could possibly do it, Zhou Xuan had done it. It could only be cheating; she just hadn't figured out the cheating method.
As Shangguan Mingyue was talking, she picked up her teacup to drink some water, but when she brought it to her lips, no water flowed into her mouth. She paused, looked at the teacup, and found it empty. She remembered that there was water in it just now. Could it be that she had drunk some without realizing it?
Although it was a bit strange, she didn't investigate further. Shangguan Mingyue reached out and picked up the glass kettle that was burning on the alcohol lamp, poured boiling water into the porcelain pot, and then put it back into the glass kettle. She then took the porcelain pot and poured tea into a cup.
The tea was very hot, and steam filled the air. Shangguan Mingyue waited for the tea in her cup to cool down while glancing at Zhou Xuan.
Li Wei kept a close eye on Zhou Xuan, urging him on, "Brother Xuan, just one! Where did you put those twenty bottles of wine?"
To be honest, Li Wei didn't believe Zhou Xuan had conjured the wine. He had personally witnessed Zhou Xuan pouring the wine into his mouth; in full view of everyone, there was no way Zhou Xuan could have cheated. Yet, Zhou Xuan had whispered to him that he had used magic to make it disappear. Naturally, Li Wei didn't believe him at first, but Zhou Xuan genuinely finished the wine, and Li Wei began to doubt his own judgment.
Li Wei picked up his teacup to drink, but the cup was empty. He grabbed the porcelain teapot, poured more tea, and drank again, only to find it empty as well. He was puzzled; he had just poured tea. How could it be gone?
Shangguan Mingyue also picked up her teacup and touched it to her lips, tilting it slightly, but no tea flowed into her mouth. While looking at Zhou Xuan, she tilted the teacup even more, but still no tea flowed into her mouth.
Startled, Shangguan Mingyue looked at the cup again, and sure enough, it was empty. She was immediately surprised!
Because she had just been given tea and the memory was still fresh, Shangguan Mingyue paused for a moment, then suddenly looked up at Zhou Xuan with a sense of realization.
Zhou Xuan smiled faintly, and Shangguan Mingyue suddenly understood.
Li Wei muttered to himself, "I just poured the water. How come it's gone?" He reached for the porcelain teapot again, poured some tea, and brought it to his lips to drink, but there was no tea left.
Li Wei suddenly understood and exclaimed, "Brother Xuan, is this another magic trick of yours?" Zhou Xuan replied calmly, "Miss Shangguan, goodbye, isn't it?"
Shangguan Mingyue smiled and said, "I haven't even said 'start' yet, and you've already begun. That won't do. You can only perform your magic trick when I say 'okay'!"
Zhou Xuan bit his lip, then suddenly laughed. What's the point of fighting with a pretty girl? Winning is losing, and losing is losing even more!
"Alright, you can say when, whenever you want!" Zhou Xuan said calmly, his mood composed.
After saying that, Zhou Xuan thought for a moment and then said, "How about this, you specify the item and the time, and I'll do it!" To prevent Shangguan Mingyue from going back on her word, she was allowed to specify the item and the time, so that Shangguan Mingyue would have no further objections.
Zhou Xuan was confident that she wouldn't be able to see through the flaws or the reason, so he wasn't worried.
Shangguan Mingyue looked around, thought for a moment, and then simply took down the boiling glass kettle and placed it in front of her. The glass kettle still contained more than half a bottle of water.
Shangguan Mingyue did this intentionally. If she didn't understand why Zhou Xuan had taken those twenty bottles of Hennessy in the Mingzhu Entertainment City, but those wines were harmless, then this pot of boiling water in front of her would be difficult for Zhou Xuan to hide or drink and conceal on his person, because the water was boiling and could burn people!
After placing it in front of her, Shangguan Mingyue said to Zhou Xuan, "Use the boiling water in this glass kettle, and you can make it!" She deliberately said the words "boiling water" to remind Zhou Xuan to pay attention.
At this moment, Li Wei also stared wide-eyed at Zhou Xuan, not daring to blink for even a moment, for fear that Zhou Xuan would turn the water away in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Xuan smiled and said, "Since it's magic, of course there have to be props. If there are no props, then at least it has to be done when no one is paying attention. If you two are watching me closely, how can I perform this magic trick?"
Shangguan Mingyue actually didn't believe in gods or ghosts, so she didn't believe that Zhou Xuan had used any magic to drink those twenty bottles of Hennessy. She might believe it if it was a trick, but even with her intelligence, she couldn't figure out what method he used. It was one thing if she couldn't figure it out, but she couldn't find the slightest flaw. This made her want to get to the bottom of it and not give up until she got to the bottom of it.