The First Volume The Empty Spirit Chapter 64 Making Wine for Old Friends

  That's right, Shanghai is a world of flowers, there are many places to play, and beautiful women can buy even more things. Zhang Shaojie has fought against the Soviet Union and Japan, and because of this, Zhang Shaojie has a lot of trouble, so he can only send people to other places to think of ways.

  Wang Ya Zu glanced at the dancing girl beside Deputy Zhang a few times, and at first, she was somewhat curious. After glancing back a few times, she quickly tried to find ways not to let Wang Ya Zu see her face clearly.

  "Deputy Director Wang, what's the meaning of this? Are you suspecting everyone to be a communist just because you've caught too many? We're just here in Shanghai for a visit, I really don't understand what you people are thinking. If it were true as you said, we would have been sipping coffee inside the British and French consulates long ago."

  "For crying out loud, what a pain! I was looking forward to having some fun, but then I ran into you. If you're done wasting my time, get out of my way, I still want to dance!" One face turned white, the other red, as they vehemently denied Wang Ya-zu's accusations, but both Wang and Director Zhang were old hands at this game, and even a fool would know that the more you protest, the more suspicious you look.

  However, Director Zhang doesn't want to make a scene at this time. After all, these two are now guests, and the Nanjing side is also paying attention. If things go wrong, the one who will be most unlucky is Wang Yaowu, and as the director, he will have to take responsibility. Whether Wang Yaowu lives or dies is his own business, Director Zhang doesn't want to share in his bad luck.

  "Vice Director Wang, you've gone a bit too far. If there's nothing else, please leave. These two are our guests and not suspects in your investigation!"

  Director Zhang was driving people away, but Wang Yaowu didn't care. Instead, he smiled, and Director Zhang also followed with a smile. General Yang, on the other hand, looked very disgusted with Wang Yaowu. For many high-ranking military officers and civil officials in local areas, those from the central government were a bunch of annoying guys.

  Wang Yaowu finally stood up and left, and Maozi didn't want things to get too big either. Seeing Wang Yaowu stand up and walk towards his seat, Maozi let out a sigh of relief. Who would have thought that things would be so coincidental, and it was him who couldn't afford to mess with. If they were from the police station, they wouldn't say a few words before rushing up to beat people; if they were from the Public Security Command, they would first talk about a bunch of nonsense, then use other methods to compete, whoever wins gets the woman. But it just so happened that they ran into guests from the Northeast Army.

  But what the bandit didn't expect was that Wang Yaowu just went back to fetch two opened bottles of Fen wine. After fetching the Fen wine, Wang Yaowu walked back again, and the bandit's forehead began to sweat. Fetching two bottles of wine could be for a drinking contest, but it could also be for using the bottles as weapons, smashing them on someone's head would be very effective, and even if the glass bottle broke, it could still be used to stab someone, the bandit had done this before. But now was not outside, and the person he needed to deal with wasn't someone who could be easily offended, the bandit really became a bit flustered.

  "Let's have a drinking contest! Whoever wins gets the dancer by their side. We come here to play, of course we want to find the prettiest dancer, but there are only a few of the prettiest dancers, it's no longer about money, it's about face!"

  Wang Yaoyu finished speaking and sat down, staring at Yang Shizhang. Zhang Fuwan looked like a clever man who had read books, of course, as a deputy officer, he was different from the bandit-turned military commander who crawled out of a pile of dead bodies.

  "Just these two bottles of wine? You're not even a decent drinker, you're such a weakling! If you want to have a drinking contest with me, at least bring ten bottles!" As for Yang Shizhang, women were all the same once they took off their clothes and got into bed. What mattered was finding something interesting to do. Wang Yaowu might not look like much, but he was more interesting than that Zhang guy next to him.

  "Who can drink more than who, getting drunk isn't fun, some things are better when you're sober. These two bottles of wine haven't been opened yet, the amount is the same. Let's see who can finish the bottle in the shortest time!" Wang Yaizu said and immediately opened both bottles of wine. At this moment, if you don't accept Wang Yaizu's proposal, it would be a loss of face.

  "Alright. I'll play along with you. Here's my bottle, Director Zhang, you be the witness!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Shizhong picked up a bottle of wine. Looking at Wang Yaowu, Wang Yaowu also picked up another bottle of wine, and both of them placed their bottles in front of their chests, waiting for someone to shout "start".

  At this point, Director Zhang could only helplessly shout: "Begin!" Then in his heart, he began to think about how he would report back to Commander Xiong when the farce was over, let Commander Xiong put pressure on Shi Anguo, and finally let Shi Anguo punish Wang Yaozu.

  In one breath, in about eight seconds, Wang Yaizu drank the wine in the bottle. The empty wine bottle shook downwards, Yang Shilang's wine had not been finished yet, and he almost didn't come up for air due to surprise, but still persisted in drinking it all, and after putting down the bottle, he kept coughing.

  "With you... there is a set..."

  Yang Shizhang really couldn't hold on anymore, sat down and coughed loudly, the wine was too much for him to bear.

  "You've won, these dancing girls are yours. But we lost face today, and we'll definitely come back next time! Director Zhang, it's no fun to continue playing here, let's go!" The prettiest dancing girl is gone, calling another one will only continue to lose face, might as well leave directly. Director Zhang secretly resents and quickly follows to leave.

  "Deputy Director Wang, I didn't expect that, Deputy Director Wang, your drinking capacity is so formidable. Today, my eyes have been opened wide." Such a good opportunity, Maozi certainly wants to flatter Wang Yaowu, but seeing Wang Yaowu's way of drinking, being scared is also normal, this isn't drinking, it's playing with one's life.

  "The woman I've won, not a single one is allowed to leave, especially him! I'm going to the toilet!" Wang Ya Zu directly pointed at the woman who had been in his heart for many years and never forgotten. Wang Ya Zu was unclear why she appeared in Shanghai, why she became a dancer. But thinking of his parents back home, thinking of the things he saw his parents do when he was young, Wang Ya Zu really felt helpless, extremely helpless.

  Seeing the woman pointed out by Wang Yaoyu, Maozi still thought that the dancer had caught Wang Yaoyu's eye. Maozi carefully observed her for a few more moments, and she seemed to have a mature womanly air about her, probably not yet thirty years old. However, Maozi didn't like this type; what he liked was the young kind with a youthful spirit.

  Wang Yaozu went to the toilet, that was to vomit out the wine he had just drunk from his stomach. Wang Yaozu's alcohol capacity was actually not good, and he didn't like drinking either. Drinking would make people very excited, but also make their heads unclear. Wang Yaozu had many things to consider, and many things to guard against, so he must keep his head in a clear state at all times.

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  It's time to leave home, enter society, and struggle in the outside world, where socializing is unavoidable. Socializing often involves drinking, and sometimes even drinking games, so Wang Ya Zu practiced a trick: downing a bottle of liquor or a large bowl of wine in one breath within a short period. The goal was speed, and normally, just practicing with plain water would suffice. At critical moments, this skill could be used to intimidate others - after gulping down the liquor, there's an excuse to go to the restroom, where everything can be vomited out. Vomiting is painful but ensures that one won't get drunk.

  He had vomited everything out, wiped his face and mouth clean with a handkerchief, and after barely tidying himself up, Wang Yaowu returned to his seat. At this time, Maozi was staring intently at the dancer that Wang Yaowu valued, watching as he came back. As soon as Wang Yaowu returned, Maozi immediately stood up and said: "Deputy Director Wang, this woman is really not giving you any face, actually wanting to leave while you're not here. Luckily I kept an eye on her, do you need me to call the manager of this nightclub?"

  Wang Yaizu looked at the people he valued and shook his head, saying: "No need, you Miao people go dance, the music now is very good, since there are beautiful dancing girls, of course, can't miss the opportunity."

  Wang Yaozu was going to temporarily drive people away, Maozi was a little puzzled, but immediately took people to dance, leaving only Wang Yaozu and the dancer sitting on the seat. Seeing Wang Yaozu sit down, the dancer was a little scared, just thinking of standing up but being pulled back by Wang Yaozu, forcing her to sit down again.

  "You're really leaving, why are you here, in Shanghai, as a dancer at this nightclub. The last news I got about you was from mother, saying that you were married off. They found you a good husband's family and gave you a large dowry, enough for you to live a good life."

  Wang Yaizu put away his original cup, took a clean one and placed it in front of the dancer. Both cups were filled with wine. Wang Yaizu picked up his wine glass, and the other person also picked up their glass together.

  "Sir, you must be mistaken. If sir wants to use this excuse to take me away, please discuss it with our manager first. The sisters here are all valuable." After finishing speaking, she raised her wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

  "It's been five years, we haven't seen each other for five years. Mei Jie, you've changed a lot in these five years, but I've changed even more. More importantly, this isn't the attitude you should have as a dancer. With my current status and position, it would only take one word to take you away. But what I want to know now is, what happened during these five years? Why are you here, why did you become a dancer?"

  Wang Yaoyu said this, and was very excited. He slammed the wine cup to the ground, but no one dared to come over and clean it up. Maozi had already made arrangements beforehand. Besides, smashing a wine cup was not an unusual thing. They could just add the cost of the wine cup to the bill when they settled later. Gunsmoke Silently, Volume 1: Empty Spirit, Chapter 64: Drinking for the Sake of Old Friends