Chapter 64: The Trouble Brought by Women

  The music ended and the men and women dancing in the hall all stopped.

  Bang! Bang!!

  Suddenly, thunderous applause erupted in the hall.

  Li Zhen heard the sound and looked over, only to see Ma Hui leading the applause, followed by Ah Li Guo and Ai Tang reluctantly clapping along. The rest of the dancing men and women did the same. These people had witnessed Li Zhen's speed in learning dance and sincerely admired him. However, some people also whispered among themselves that Li Zhen might have been pretending not to know how to dance on purpose. A person who couldn't dance suddenly becoming so skilled was really hard to believe.

  However, Guliina didn't think so and felt that Li Zhen was stupid.

  Li Zhen slightly bowed his head in gratitude, then took Gulina's hand and walked towards Areguo.

  At this moment, the two of them became the focus of everyone's attention.

  The man's handsome and domineering presence, the woman's charming and alluring beauty, made everyone present admire them.

  "Halt!"

  Just as Li Zhen and Guliina were together, a loud shout suddenly came. Li Zhen stopped abruptly, looked around, but it was a young man in his early twenties. This person's age was similar to Li Zhen's, but he was taller and more handsome than Li Zhen, with a pale face that showed a hint of weakness. When Guliina saw the young man stand up, her charming expression disappeared, replaced by a cold face.

  "Gu Lina shouted: "Watts, what are you going to do?" The young man named Watts was the son of a British duke. He had been infatuated with Gu Lina and followed her from Britain to Shanghai. Now that he saw Li Zhen and Gu Lina together, he was already furious."

  Li Zhen glanced at Watts Xi and then looked at the woman beside him.

  Li Zhen began to weigh up the pros and cons in his mind.

  Gulina also stared at Li Zhen, with a hopeful look in her beautiful eyes.

  Wattsi came out to stir up trouble, and A Ligu's eyes immediately showed a playful expression, looking forward to Li Zhen's next performance. Ma Hui shook his head lightly, because he didn't see a hint of fear in Li Zhen's eyes, but only calmness and composure.

  Li Zhen looked at Watts and asked: "What can I do for you, sir?"

  "Watt shouted: 'I challenge you, if you lose, get out of the consulate obediently and never associate with Gulina again.'"

  Li Zhen said indifferently: "Gulina's relationships with others are her freedom, you have no right to interfere. As for your challenge, I accept it, how do you want to compete?"

  "Watt said in a low voice: 'Tomorrow at noon, we will have a public showdown and determine the winner with one battle.'"

  Li Zhen looked at Guliina and asked with a smile: "Guliina, what do you think?"

  Gulina saw Li Zhen's decisive answer and was still quite happy in her heart.

  However, she glanced at the majestic and powerful Wattsy, then looked at the lean and powerful Li Zhen, and felt a little worried. After thinking for a moment, Gulina said: "General, I think it's better to forget about it. Wattsy has followed famous masters to learn martial arts, he is extremely formidable, if you were to engage in a martial arts competition with him, you might get injured." Gulina's expression fell into Wattsy's eyes, all his anger was directed at Li Zhen, and he hated Li Zhen so much that he wished he could swallow him whole to vent his hatred.

  Li Zhen lowered his head and whispered in Gulina's ear: "Gulina, shouldn't you give some encouragement?"

  Gulina's face turned red, and a shy look appeared in her eyes. Immediately, Gulina said in a low voice: "If you win, I'll give you a reward."

  "Wretched Chinese! Wretched, wretched!"

  Li Zhen said: "First of all, I do things upright and be a man upright, can't be called despicable. As for what you did after coming to China, I don't know if you are worthy of being called despicable or not. These have nothing to do with me, in my eyes you are just a passerby. If you want to challenge me, okay. Let's settle this once and for all, right here in the hall, do you have the guts?"

  "Come on then, who's afraid of whom!"

  Watt's eyes were blazing with ambition, looking extremely excited. He wanted to defeat the despicable Chinese in front of Gulina.

  Ariyoshi came over and said hypocritically: "General, Watashi is very powerful and a recognized brave warrior. If you compete with him, you will definitely lose. Tonight, I have invited all the celebrities from Shanghai, as well as those from the empire. If you lose in front of so many people, it will not be good for you. Therefore, I think you should apologize to Watashi and make a big deal smaller, and eliminate this matter."

  Li Zhen sneered inwardly, this Ali Guo was clearly up to no good.

  He has already accepted the challenge and spoken out in the hall. If he goes back on his word, not only will he lose a pawn like Guliuna, but also be ridiculed by everyone. In this way, Li Zhen's chances of standing firm in Shanghai are almost impossible.

  Inside the winding road, Li Zhen thought very clearly.

  Li Zhen said: "Mr. Ali, I think you should consider not whether I can win or not, but how badly Watts will lose. Let me tell you something, when I went to Beijing, I once fought with a Russian strongman and beat him so badly that his arms and legs were broken, and finally knocked the Russian's head off with one punch, killing him on the spot. Watts' reckless challenge, the outcome is likely to be not good."

  Gulina's eyes flashed with surprise and delight, and she exclaimed happily: "Dear Li, can you defeat the Russian strongman?"

  "Of course."

  A Lai Guo didn't believe it, but in his heart he secretly said Guli Na. A Lai Guo walked to the side of Wa Te Xi and whispered: "Wa Te Xi, you not only have to win back your woman, but also share worries for the empire, you must win."

  Watt nodded and agreed.

  "Please!"

  Li Zhenyi waved his hand and walked quickly to the center of the hall, standing still.

  Watt twisted his neck and exercised his wrists and ankles, hooking his hand and saying: "Despicable Chinese, come on."

  Li Zhen also beckoned with his hand: "You can't beat me, let you make the first move."

  At this moment, Li Zhen also slightly hooked his hand and looked at Watts with disdain. His expression was as if Watts was just a small ant that could be defeated by simply pressing his finger. Watts became even more furious and had already put Li Zhen on the list of people to be killed. Watts clenched his fist, and the joints of his fingers crackled, and this action alone immediately caused the young women in the hall to cheer repeatedly.

  Watt Si thought it was still not good enough, so he took off his jacket and went topless, revealing his strong and sturdy muscles.

  The weather was cold like this, but Watt Xi felt nothing.

  Wattsi flexed his muscles, glanced in the direction where Guliina was, but found that Guliina stared at Li Zhen without blinking, and inexplicably felt a little disappointed. He had already shown off his strength with all his might, but did not get Guliina's favor.

  Watt's anger was all directed at Li Zhen.

  "Roar!"

  Watt's fists were as swift as the wind and as fierce as thunder.

  At this moment, many women have already closed their eyes and dare not look at the situation that follows. In the eyes of these female guests, Vatsy is an invincible existence, while Li Zhen is a weak and small yellow-skinned man who cannot win.

  Li Zhen's mouth corners held a smile, standing like a pine tree, unmoving in the face of eight winds.

  Fists were approaching, and Li Zhen suddenly sprang into action.

  Li Zhen directly went around to Watt's side, his right hand stretched out and slapped Watt on the back. With a loud "slap", Watt's strong body fell forward onto the ground with a dull thud.

  Postscript; 2nd watch of the third night