The First Chaos Chapter 64: Treading Water Without a Trace

  Tell Baozi: "You lead your cousins and go first, I'll catch up later."

  Baozi nodded, with a gentle and affectionate expression, whispering in my ear, but what she said was: "You'd better be careful if you dare to take a bath with them!" Then she stood up, bid farewell to the good guys, and glared at me again before leaving. I hastily said: "I will be careful."

  Baozi left and Fu Sansao pinched my neck and asked: "What did she say to you?"

  I said with a bitter face: "She told me to stay away from you."

  Three Nang knew I was in Hu Qin, she pressed her arm on my shoulder and said to Lin Chong and the others: "Hey, you guys found out that the girl looks like my second sister." Everyone nodded and smiled.

  I knew she might be talking about Sun Erniang, and I couldn't help but ask: "Does Second Sister look like her too? No wonder my Zhang Qing brother can't have a correct outlook on life and values, becoming abnormal to the point of walking into human flesh buns." Then I smiled and said, "So you're only 24 years old, while my Xiao Qiang is already 27..."

  The Third Lady punched me with a package: "Didn't I tell you, this year I'm 900 years old, your Shao family's ancestors from ten or more generations ago might have even had drinks with me." She took a glance and suddenly pointed at the Saintly Hand Bookworm Xiao Ran saying: "That one might just be your ancestor, quickly go kowtow to him." Xiao Ran surprisingly didn't decline, moved over a stool and sat down, saying: "Maybe it really is, does your family have a genealogy?" This bookworm's heart is really wicked!

  I blurted out: "I heard from my grandfather that his father was originally not surnamed Xiao, and he changed his surname to follow his stepfather."

  "Alright then, tell me your surname and I'll find it for you. Today, you must acknowledge your ancestors."

  This is the benefit of having many people, these more than 50 people almost have all kinds of surnames, looking eager to try, and really want to recognize me as a cheap thirteen-generation grandson. I said: "From my body, it can be seen that our ancestors must also be law-abiding good citizens, maybe even descendants of book fragrance or official families, absolutely no connection with you brothers."

  The heroes all burst out laughing and said: If all of us were like you after entering the imperial court, we wouldn't have to rebel against the eunuchs.

  Lin Chong's face alone showed a look of discontent, as if he had stirred up his painful past.

  I hastily changed the subject and said: "Brother Lin Chong, I made great progress in the marksmanship you taught me last time."

  Lin Chong's spirit was suddenly lifted: "Oh, really?" He said, putting an unopened bottle of beer in front of me. Then he felt around, I asked him what he was looking for, he said: "I'm looking for a stick to give you, if you can break it open, I'll teach you something else."

  Hearing him say this, several people nearby also helped look. Xiao Rang asked: "How long does the stick need to be?"

  Lin Chong said: "Chopsticks are just fine as long as they're this long."

  Then Xiao Rang picked up a straw from the ground and handed it to me...

  Lin Chong laughed and said: "If he can use this to break a wine bottle, I'll worship him as my master!"

  Zhang Qing was playing with a small ball in his hand, when he suddenly flicked it with his thumb. The little thing shot out in a diagonal line and hit the mouth of the beer bottle, "Bang!" The cap flew off, but the beer remained still, only a few wisps of air escaping from the opening. Zhang Qing laughed: "Xiao Qiang, this is easier to learn than Lin's gun."

  My eyes lit up, I want to learn this trick now. In the future, when picking up chicks, just buying a bottle of beer will do the trick, and going on live TV is also an option! I grabbed Zhang Qing's hand and said: "Brother, teach me!"

  "Zhang Qing said: "This is simple, you just need to focus on a target, use your mind and energy to lock it in, the force must be controlled by yourself, with more experience, it will naturally become familiar." Zhang Qing stuffed an open-heart fruit into my hand, pointing to the distance and saying, "Do what I said. You'll definitely make it, first use your mind to lock it in!"

  I looked around for half a day and finally asked vaguely: "What's locked up?"

  "That wine bottle, you just need to knock it down and you'll be successful."

  I followed his pointing hand and saw that he was referring to an empty bottle on Li Kui's table.

  "Is it locked?" Zhang Qing asked.

  "It's locked in!" I'm so tense, I'm about to master the art of teleportation. From now on, when I put a handful of melon seeds on my bedside table and go to the bathroom at midnight, I won't have to grope my way through that stretch of road!

  Bang!

  As Zhang Qing gave a loud order, my pale fingers suddenly snapped...

  The bottle didn't move, and I was mentally prepared for this. What's weird is that the Happy Fruit also disappeared without a trace. It wasn't until one or two seconds later that we heard someone cursing from the dance pool ten million eight thousand miles away: "Damn it, who threw the Happy Fruit at me?"

  Zhang Qing patted me on the shoulder and said: "Although the aim is a bit off, but the strength is still pretty good."

  I embarrassedly said: "It's from practicing popping cigarette butts."

  It was already very late, and about 80% of the customers in the bar had dispersed. Most of the remaining people were couples huddled together whispering to each other. The music had also slowed down a lot, and the good men had drunk seven or eight parts. With a push from the music, they all yawned and stood up. Flanking San Niang stood up and stretched her waist, and the two jade rabbits on her chest almost burst out of her clothes, making her small waist look even more slender. I now think that Wang Ying's death in battle was his good fortune. At least he didn't tarnish the reputation of a good man. Otherwise, he would have died under this woman's belly sooner or later. Flanking San Niang didn't know about my sinister thoughts and asked me straightforwardly: "Where are you sleeping tonight?"

  Dai Zong stood up, clasped his fists and said: "Fellow brothers, I'm leaving, I admit defeat." After that, he patted his thigh, performed a magic trick and rushed out of the bar in a flash. The waiters were shocked, but after I told them to settle the bill, they didn't bother chasing him.

  It's impossible for the 50+ people to take a taxi back, first there aren't enough taxis available and secondly drivers are not willing to drive such long distances. The 8 large VIP rooms on the upper floor have sofas that can accommodate 4 people each, the 5 smaller VIP rooms can fit 2 people each, and the manager's office can also fit 2 people, so if we squeeze one more person into each room it will be barely enough for everyone to sleep. Today I spent 18,000 yuan treating everyone to drinks, but I don't have that much cash on hand, I'm thinking of a solution, just as Chen Kejiao called me and I asked her to take care of it, anyway the money will still end up back in my pocket by the end of the month, it's just like paying a small service fee.

  After finishing all these messy things, I finally found the opportunity to talk to Chen Kejiao alone. The first thing was to ask her for Liu Xuan's phone number.

  Chen Kejiao vigilantly said: "What do you want his phone number for? What kind of people were those at the bar today?"

  I lazily said: "Since you have an inside line, it's impossible that you only know that a lot of people came - didn't you know that Zhu Gui was stabbed?"

  Chen Kejiao calmly said: "I was just thinking of telling you this, let your two friends stop it, I'll pay the compensation myself, and let them speak out."

  "This time it's not a problem of money on the ground, the problem is no money..."

  "Huh?"

  "Ah sorry, I misspoke earlier - this time it's really not something that can be solved with money. Those two friends of mine have a pretty complicated background, and if you don't read fantasy novels, there's no way to explain it to you."

  Chen Kejiao smiled and said with a hint of disdain, "It's just a small force, right? Being able to call over 50 people in this room is already quite something, but Liu Xuan and you guys aren't...

  For your own good, really."

  I got a bit anxious and said: "I didn't mean to hurt him, I wanted to save him!"

  Chen Kejiao said with her usual arrogant tone: "You? Your friend doesn't seem to be hurt that badly either, 200,000 yuan is enough, right?"

  I said with red eyes: "2 million, why didn't they stab me? The mastermind of this matter is Liu Xuan!"

  "I'm not sure, even if it's not him I don't want to stir up trouble again, you've never told me that your friend is also not clean."

  "It's not just a matter of being unclean, they all have a history of blood and tears - you'd better tell me Liu Xuan's phone number quickly, or it'll be too late, maybe someone has already climbed up to their window."

  Chen Kejiao quickly said a number, coldly saying: "Since you want to solve it yourself, I have no way, the contract has been signed and I don't plan to breach it. I hope this year passes quickly - Mr. Xiao, cooperating with you is really not pleasant at all!" She then hung up my phone.

  Damn it! You can change your attitude! I've been cheated into taking this crappy job and haven't even settled the score with you yet.

  I muttered and cursed as I dialed the number, it rang only once before being picked up, a sharp voice asked: "Who the hell is calling so late?"

  I said irritably, "It's so late and you're still calling? Haven't you gone to bed yet? Are you Liu Xuan?"

  The little guy was stunned, probably shocked, and slowly said: "Who are you?"

  "My name is Xiao Qiang, was it you who did what happened at the Inverted Time Bar today?"

  Liu Xuan hesitated for a moment before realizing who I was: "Hey, I'm looking for you, where's Xiao?"

  I said sincerely: "I really can't tell you where I am, it's not that I'm afraid you'll come find me, but I'm afraid you won't be able to return. Today's matter is indeed your doing?"

  "It was me who did it, tell those two friends of yours to get lost. I don't care about you and Chen Kejiao's business, this bar is mine to say what goes."

  "...Can't you watch your tone? I'm not arguing with you. I sincerely advise you to pack up and leave immediately. Come back in a year, better yet, bring your whole family to Daxing'anling to hide out for a while."

  Liu Xuan glared at me: "You dare to fart, I must copy you." Looks like he took my words as a threat.

  "Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. You really offended people you shouldn't have. These are names you've heard since childhood, but I can't tell you..."

  "Are you talking about Lei Laosi?"

  "Who is Lao Si Lei?"

  Liu Xuan listened, even Lian Lei didn't know. He became arrogant again: "Even if Lao Si gives me some face, what are you? I'll mess with you, come on, move!"

  It seems that my little brother Xiaoqiang has indeed fallen behind the times after not asking about Jianghu for many years. I really haven't heard of Lei Laosi at all, and it seems that except for Lei Laosi, this surname Liu is not afraid of anyone else. He's probably got some underworld background. This matter can't be settled today.

  I said: "Let's just leave it at that for now, and I'll explain to you slowly later. Oh, by the way, have you seen 'One-Armed Swordsman'?"

  Liu Xuan was taken aback by my sudden jump and involuntarily said, "No."

  "Go take a look, it will be good for you."

  This thing is not easy to handle, the other party is a stubborn person, and this broken wine is also unknown what's good about it, not even worth a wrist.

  I stood in the corridor for a while, and then I found out that all the good guys were asleep. Where should I sleep?

  Push open a private room door. They were all big and tall men, who could easily lift me up, according to my arrangement, just enough for 52 people to sleep, and Du Xing, Dai Zong and Shi Qian should be just right.

  I had just pushed the door and searched half of the room, when Cui San Niang came out of the bathroom and walked towards her own room. She was still wearing jeans on the lower half of her body, but as I looked up further, I almost fainted - she was only wearing a shirt with unbuttoned buttons, inside which was empty and without a bra. Seeing me in the corridor, she casually used her hand to hold the middle of the shirt, and as she walked, the upper and lower hemispheres of her chest appeared and disappeared, and when the gentle breeze blew, that slender waist was completely exposed.

  She was originally a bit drowsy. Seeing my uneasy appearance, standing in front of me, tilting her head to size me up, suddenly using her index finger to flick my chin, mischievously teasing and saying: "Want to go in with me?" Her hair, usually tied up, now flowed down her shoulders in waves, a few strands falling into the wide collar of her shirt, making people feel itchy all over, wavy and flowing, truly having both waves and billows!

  But I don't dare to believe what she says, I know she loves to play with people, it's not a big deal, many things are just pretending to be true, but the problem is that I also know this woman has too much evil in her hands, or else I'll become a eunuch.

  She saw me hesitating and said disappointedly: "Forget it, you don't have to come to my place anymore."

  I didn't think she would use it at the time, could she open the door with a fork?

  My mind is filled with thoughts of Jianghu heroes and heroines meeting with a smile, what kind of door opens for you, and I have a misunderstanding about Song Dynasty women, that is, I think all beautiful women are hard to bear loneliness. Look at Yan Poxi, look at Pan Jinlian, look at Pan Qiuyun... Wei San Niang, as a young wife, now sends me an ambiguous invitation, how can I not be stirred up?

  Also, I just remembered that when I was arranging the rooms earlier, I forgot about one more girl, which means according to the original arrangement, I should also be in the same room as Cuī Sān Niáng.

  Third Sister-in-law turned back to glance at me when she entered the room, then slowly closed the door. I stomped my foot: "…Well, I'll just have to make do with this for one night."

  That night, I entered Cuī Sān Niáng's room and soon began to pant violently. My body kept rising and falling, with large drops of sweat rolling down. I gasped for air and said: "......Three...three sister, I really can't take it anymore." Cuī Sān Niáng cooed: "Not yet, I still want..."

  "......Really......Can't take it anymore......Huff huff......"

  "Are you a man? Get up and continue!"

  It wasn't until the sky was bright that Fu San Niang sat up in bed and said, "You only did 200 push-ups all night, you still dare to be lazy, and you still want to learn kung fu, huh?"

  "I'm really just trying to get by for one night," I said regretfully.

  San Niang threw a pillow at my head: "Still thinking of sleeping for one night, not wanting to take responsibility, huh?" She shook her hair, inadvertently revealing her delicate collarbone and deep cleavage, but this time I didn't have any perverted thoughts. After doing 200 push-ups, my limbs were completely unable to cooperate with me to do any more exercise.

  When Hu San Niang kicked me out of the room, she said that if she found out I did anything to hurt Bao Zi, she would confiscate a certain organ from my body. Nowadays women don't understand subtlety at all. Look at girls in the past, they would blush and say "you're bad, you're bad", or else it was "I'll never forgive you again" - Hu San Niang must be considered a woman of the past.

  Oh right, she's a bandit, different story. From now on, I'll treat her like my own sister!

  I had just walked unsteadily through two rooms, when the door of the private room opened and Zhang Shun and Ruan Xia'er and Ruan Xiao Wu came out. They greeted me with a clear and refreshing expression: "Xiao Qiang is up so early? Shall we go swimming now?"

  I bumped my head against the wall, swimming? I did push-ups all night, now go swimming?

  Zhang Shun led the way in front, while Ruan brothers carried me out of the door like a gust of wind. I faced backwards, with a resolute expression like a loyal minister being dragged out of the grand hall, struggling to point at a breakfast stall and shouting loudly: "Let me have one last fried dough stick..."

  They were also hungry, and the four of us ate 20 fried dough sticks, with each of them only eating three. This was the first time I showed my superiority over the heroes of Liangshan in some aspects. After the old man brought me a bowl of soy milk, I really wanted to dive into it and drown myself.

  Today is Sunday. The swimming pool was crowded early in the morning. I took them to buy swimsuits and swim caps at the entrance of the swimming pool, and also bought an extra pair of diving goggles for myself.

  At the ticket office, they seemed to have smelled the water and started getting excited. In the locker room, as the host, I wanted to remind them of something, but after being nervous for half a day, I couldn't think of what to say. Finally, I reminded myself: never go to the deep pool!

  When we walked into the swimming pool and looked at the azure, calm water surface, they didn't cheer up and jump in like I thought. Ruan Xiao'er subconsciously covered her private parts with her hands and said awkwardly: "Why are there still women?"

  I saw several women of different ages swimming in the pool, one of whom had a great figure and was wearing a black swimsuit, swimming back and forth in the deep water like a mermaid, unfortunately I couldn't see her face.

  I saw that all three of them were a bit hesitant, and I sneered: "You guys have been here for quite some time, don't tell me you haven't seen a naked woman before."

  Ruan Xiao Er said with shame: "It's really the first time I've seen..."

  "Hi, mind your own business. What they do is none of your concern."

  Zhang Shun steeled himself and assisted by a running start, he took a flying leap into the water. At the moment of entering the water, he finally let out an excited shout. The Ruan brothers followed closely behind. I had just walked to the edge of the pool when I saw that they had already swum to the other side. After turning back, Zhang Shun stood steadily in the water, wiping his face and saying: "Xiao Qiang, why don't you come down?"

  I chuckled and said: "I don't know how to swim?"

  Zhang Shun took a deep breath and said to Ruan Xiao'er who had just poked his head out: "Xiao Qiang said he can't swim."

  Ruan Xia'er: "Huh? There are still people who can't swim?"

  I indignantly said: "Can't Li Kui swim either?"

  Zhang Shun splashed water over and laughed: "You mean I should go up and compare our skills on land with you?"

  Ruan Xiaowu suddenly emerged from the water and said: "This water is too soft, and there are no fish in it." Then he sank again.

  Zhang Shun splashed another handful of water over: "Come down and play, can't just waste the ticket money, right?"

  I said, "It's better to spend money on a ticket than to spend money on a ticket and drown." I saw Zhang Shun coming up with the intention of pulling me into the water, so I quickly dodged and hid in the diving pool. I splashed around, my nose and mouth full of water, feeling like I was going to suffocate. When I stood up, the water only reached my knees.

  But when there are too many people, I feel it's not fun anymore. A few little kids were hugging plastic ducks and running around my feet, the adults on the shore were watching their own kids play while playing themselves - they all looked at me with joy. That's when I reluctantly climbed out. Sulkily sitting by the deep water pool, Zhang Shun said a few words to me in the water, suddenly he sank, it turned out that Ruan Xiaoer had pulled his feet from underneath and dragged him down.

  The lifeguard who had just started work didn't pay attention at first, blowing a whistle to warn them, but the two people still hadn't come out after nearly 40 seconds. The lifeguard panicked and ran over to me, staring intently. I kicked my feet in the water and said to him: "Don't worry about it, those two are amphibians, fish that live on land, they can stay in the water until you get paid next month."

  Standing on the shore, I could vaguely see Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiaowu in the water swirling and splashing like two dragons, occasionally stirring up dark waves around them. Ruan Xiaowu's water-treading skills were truly exceptional. Almost half of his body was able to emerge from the water surface, just like when I stood in the shallow pool earlier. If he continued for a while, he would probably be able to tread on the water completely, which is probably what they mean by "treading water without leaving a trace".

  I told Ruan Xiao Wu to call those two over, Ruan Xiao Wu turned around and walked out of the water like he was walking up stairs, saying "No need, you can go yourself, I'm going to the bathroom."

  Xiao Wu was indeed very thick-skinned and knew he couldn't settle it in the pool.

  That lifeguard has completely lost his mind, standing in front of me with his mouth wide open and not moving at all. Many people passing by us said: "Who is this statue?" It took the lifeguard a long time to say one sentence: "Are you sure those two aren't dolphins you brought?"

  At this time, a figure silently sat down beside me. I turned my head to look and it was that stunning black mermaid with the perfect figure. Now I could finally see her face clearly - it was an unblemished oval-shaped face, two big eyes almost as large as her mouth, long eyelashes still dripping with water droplets, short hair neatly combed back, about 18 or 19 years old, truly a breathtaking little beauty.

  Now I have the same expression as that lifeguard just now. She saw me looking at her and smiled politely: "Hello, my name is Ní Sī Yǔ."

  I stared blankly and waved at her: "Hi——"

  But Ni Siyu obviously didn't care what I was called, her eyes fixed on Zhang Shun and Ruan Xiao'er playing at the bottom of the water, saying: "What's the relationship between those two people and you?"

  A mix of frustration and vanity led me to blurt out: "Those two are the useless good-for-nothings I taught."

  Ni Siyu's eyes lit up: "Really?"

  I turned my head away in disdain, but immediately turned back: I couldn't bear to part with Nie Siyu's perfect facial features.

  "Can you tell me how you taught them?"

  I sneered coldly and said venomously, "This is simple, if you don't swim fast, it's a flogging; if you can't hold your breath and stick your head out, it's also a flogging."

  Ni Siyu smiled faintly, and it seemed that she wasn't as easy to deceive as she appeared. This smile actually revealed a few hints of vicissitudes, which was far beyond what a girl of her age should have.

  She suddenly stretched out her soft hand and grasped mine - so soft!

  But is it developing too fast? Besides, isn't she a bit small?

  Then she said a very frightening sentence: "Let's go down together and pull them apart."

  Then she dragged me into the water without saying a word.

  "My soul cried out in despair: 'I won't——'"

  The rest of the words were left unspoken, as my mouth was already filled with water.