Chapter Five Bar Competition

  The woman Wu Tian saw was the beauty who borrowed a cigarette in the afternoon. Same clothes, same expression, same mysterious and sexy aura that seemed to be both near and far at the same time, but different from before was the cigarette in her hand, which had been replaced by a cocktail. The lively atmosphere of the bar did not seem to affect her, the woman sat alone at the counter drinking quietly. She looked out of place with the surrounding atmosphere, yet she shone like a firefly in the dark.

  Within a day, two encounters. If the afternoon's encounter was just a coincidence, then this time, is it fate?

  Wu Tian's face revealed a faint smile, and at the same time, Zhou Haoran stood up, adjusted his clothes, and held his wine glass to go over, but was stopped by Liu Jin who had just boasted about picking up girls.

  "Zhou Ge, you're a married man now, so don't compete with us singles anymore, okay?" Liu Jin said with a smile, looking at Zhou Haoran.

  "Yes, yes. Leave some good bok choy for us." Hao Jun also chimed in, with a silly look on his face.

  As they spoke, several men had already approached the woman one after another to strike up a conversation, but all ended in failure. The woman kept staring at the colorful wine glass in her hand, revealing a few hints of indifference, ignoring anyone who came near.

  "There's character, I like it." Zhou Haoran's mouth curled up, revealing a hint of a smile. Those familiar with him knew that whenever he wore this expression, it meant he had taken a liking to the woman. Once, he had seen a poster on the street and worn this same smile, only to appear a few days later with the female star from the poster in front of Wu Tian and others.

  Although Wu Tian didn't miss out on flirting with girls in school with Liu Jin's help, when it comes to techniques, Zhou Haoran claims to be second, and no one dares to claim first.

  "Haha, since you guys all like it, why don't we have a little competition?" Hao Jun said, as the deputy commander of the special forces brigade, he was the most fond of challenges and competitions in every aspect.

  "What's the comparison method?" Wang Da asked.

  "Just now, you all saw that this woman is not so easy to conquer. Ten minutes, whoever can hug her within ten minutes wins. How about it?" Hao Jun said the rules.

  "It's that simple, who's afraid of whom!" Liu Jing rolled up her sleeves, wanting to show off her skills. "Right, who goes first?"

  "Rock-paper-scissors decides."

  "Rock, scissors, paper!"

  After several rounds, the results came out: Zhou Haoran ranked first, Hao Jun second, Wang Da third, Liu Jin fourth with the most enthusiastic jump, and Wu Tian fifth.

  For this result, Liu Jin was very dissatisfied. He thought his picking-up-girls technique was not bad, but being ranked so far back was very unfavorable to him. As long as one of the three people in front succeeded, his chances of success would decrease, and he wouldn't even have an opportunity.

  "Liu Jin, don't be dissatisfied, this is heaven's will." Hao Jun said with a pleased expression.

  "If everyone can hug her, who will win in the end? Can't divide her into five parts?" Liu Jin said.

  "It depends on who can win her over within these ten minutes," Hao Jun said.

  Wu Tian knew the guys well, they were all proud and unwilling to admit defeat, especially when it came to women, each one refusing to give in to the others. In desperation, they would do whatever it took, so he spoke up to remind them, "Let's make one thing clear, if the confession doesn't work out, don't force it. Whoever tries to use brute force will automatically be eliminated."

  Wu Tian's intention was to remind the other four people not to force themselves, but as a result, Wang Da and Liu Jin both looked at Hao Jun, who was ranked second. Hao Jun immediately became unwilling, his face red with discontent, and scolded, "What are you looking at? You're making it seem like I'm a rapist or something. I'm a soldier, for goodness' sake! Would I do something so shameful?"

  "Stop arguing!" Zhou Haoran chuckled and said confidently, "You can all go home now, I'll take her to the hotel directly." He strode casually towards the bar.

  Knowing Zhou Haoran's ferocity, but also not wanting to lose the opportunity, others began to use their own methods to fight for themselves.

  Hao Jun clenched his fists tightly, staring at Zhou Haoran's feet, muttering in his mouth, "Trip, trip...!" Wang Da also murmured like chanting scriptures, "Don't succeed, don't succeed..." Liu Jin was even more ruthless, his hands grasping towards Zhou Haoran's direction, rolling his eyes and using his inner energy to try and make Zhou Haoran feel unwell.

  In comparison, Wu Tian was calm and composed, lighting a cigarette with a relaxed air, his narrowed eyes gazing through the smoke at the woman sitting in front of the bar.

  Although he was ranked last, he didn't think he would lose, and of course, he hadn't thought about winning either. Wu Tian's judgment was entirely based on his understanding of the other four. Zhou Haoran liked to be high-handed when chasing girls, using money to solve all problems, and under the alternating attacks of flowers, jewelry, luxury cars, and villas, no woman could withstand. Hao Jun was a rough man who liked to do things directly, except for his strong body, there was nothing else to say about his skills, he was good at doing push-ups but not good at flirting with girls. Of course, he was still loved by rich women and resentful wives. Wang Da looked elegant and knowledgeable, but only liked pure and innocent girls, even 24 or 25-year-olds were too old for him. As for Liu Jin, his smooth talk could fool some student girls, but if he met someone with substance and stories, his tricks wouldn't work.

  "Look, Zhou Ge is handing over the Mercedes-Benz S600 car key." Liu Jin exclaimed, then said with a dissatisfied face, "30 million, he's cheating!"

  "No big deal. Before Zhou Ge left, you should have known he would do this. The luxury cars Zhou Ge has given away over the years could be tied together with iron wire and become a train." Wang Da glanced at Liu Jin with a knowing look, then stared at his watch, "There are still two minutes left, that woman hasn't said a word to Zhou Ge, it seems Zhou Ge is really anxious."

  Hao Jun heard this and laughed, rubbing his fists together, "Heh heh, a challenge, I like it."

  Not long after, Zhou Haoran returned. He sat on the sofa with a gloomy face, poured himself a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp, saying coldly, "Three million can't even get an embrace from her. Who does she think she is? Is she more expensive than Lin Zhiling's appearance fee?"

  "Maybe she's a rich lady!" Hao Jun said with a smile, then stood up. "I'll do it instead." He deliberately unbuttoned two buttons on his shirt, revealing his well-developed chest muscles, and walked towards the beauty.

  "Brother Zhou!" Wu Tian tossed a cigarette to Zhou Haoran, who was still fuming, and said, "Compare with whom? Don't be serious."

  Zhou Haoran took the cigarette and lit it, taking a deep drag before smiling at Wu Tian and saying, "Not serious, just a bit depressed. If she weren't a rich woman...she'd really be a great woman." After speaking, a hint of admiration appeared in Zhou Haoran's eyes.

  While chatting, Hao Jun suddenly came back, panting, and directly took a swig of wine from the bottle.

  Everyone was stunned, and Wang Da asked, "Junzi, what's going on? It's been less than five minutes, how did you get back so quickly?"

  "I spoke for five minutes, she didn't even fart, what else can I say?" Hao Jun said with wide eyes.

  "What do you know?" Wang Da said, the failure of Zhou Haoran and Hao Jun made him very happy. "Silence is an attitude, a philosophy, and even a realm. Its charm is not something that ordinary people can understand? Look at me!"

  Wang Da went with a confident look. However, Zhou Haoran and Hao Jun had also looked like this before.

  "Do you think he will win?" Liu Jin asked.

  "No!"

  "It's definitely not going to happen!"

  Zhou Haoran and Hao Jun said that as losers, they naturally did not want Wang Da to win either.

  Wu Tian smiled, he thought this game was getting more and more interesting.

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  As expected, Wang Da returned with his head hung low in dejection ten minutes later. He also took a sip of the strong liquor and said in a suspicious tone, "You guys say, could she be mute?"

  Zhou Haoran and Hao Jun both laughed. Zhou Haoran looked at Liu Jin and said, "Liu Jin, you'd better not go. Neither of us is capable. Will your tricks work?"

  Liu Jin's heart was originally empty, but now hearing Zhou Haoran's words, he immediately straightened his waist, put on a look of not admitting defeat, and said, "You guys can't do it, that doesn't mean I can't do it, I have my own advantages."

  "What's your advantage?" Wang Da asked.

  "I... I have a partner." Liu Jin said, looking at Wu Tian with expectation, "Tian Ge, cooperate with me and pretend to be a thug?"

  Wu Tian rushed towards Liu Jin with a fervent gaze, and smiled slightly before opening his mouth to say, "Get out!"

  Zhou Haoran and others burst out laughing, Liu Jin's waist, which had just been straightened with great difficulty, bent down again. He admitted that Zhou Haoran was right, if he compared himself to the other men in the room, he was confident, but compared to the top three, he really didn't have any advantages.

  "It's even harder to pick up a chick than to learn advanced math!" Liu Jin said, gritting his teeth as he turned and walked towards the bar. Looking at him, it didn't seem like he was going to pick up a girl, but rather more like he was heading to his execution.

  Ten minutes later, Liu Jin came back with his head down, sat down and drank wine to vent his anger, repeating the actions of the previous three people.

  "Liu Jin, I just saw you dancing with excitement, what's wrong now?" Zhou Haoran asked deliberately.

  "Didn't you see that? The monkey tactics didn't work, huh?" Hao Jun said with a smile.

  "Don't talk nonsense, at least... at least she looked at me a few more times, unlike you guys who don't even look. If we're ranked by how much attention we get, I'd definitely win." Liu said with his neck stretched out.

  "Still so stubborn?"

  "Don't mind him, that's all he's capable of, refusing to admit defeat. Even if someone blocks his way, he'll shout loudly: 'I haven't gone in yet!' just to show off his uniqueness." Wang Da said, turning his head to look at Old Mo's Wu Tian, "Tian, are you still going?"

  Wu Tian heard this and smiled, standing up to say, "You're all rejected. If I don't go get my face slapped, won't it seem like I'm out of touch with the masses?" Wu Tian poured a glass of wine, added an ice cube, placed it on the table, and looked at the others saying, "Don't move, I'll be right back to drink!"

  After finishing speaking, Wu Tian smiled and walked towards the woman.