Chapter 156 Ruthless

Chapter 156 Ruthless

Chapter 156 Ruthless

After saying that, Shi Shuqiu quickly added: "Don't play word games. I have already said the two lower couplets, "Cannons guard the sea tower" and "Lights sprinkle the splendid city". These two couplets have already been said! You can't repeat them!"

Wang Zixu smiled and said, "Those two couplets of yours are not precious. Why should they be repeated?"

Shi Shuqiu said, "Okay, then you are right. If you are right, I drink. You can't check it on the Internet, and you can't spend too much time on it. By the way, did he check it on the Internet just now?"

Someone nearby immediately said, "He didn't check it just now."

Shi Shuqiu said: "Take away his cell phone."

Wang Zixu smiled contemptuously and placed the phone steadily on the table, right next to Shi Tonghe. Shi Tonghe glanced at it sideways and then raised his head as if nothing had happened.

Wang Zixu extended his index finger, dipped some water in the wine glass, and said:

"If that's ok, I'll start. The first couplet is 'Peach blossoms burning on the embankment of the Jinjiang River'."

As he spoke, he wrote on the table with the wine in his hand. The mahogany table dissolved the wine, leaving a translucent mark.

Shi Shuqiu came closer, with one eye larger than the other, and stared at the couplet for a long time.

Indeed, the radicals all contain the five elements of "gold, wood, water, fire and earth". From the literal meaning, it can be understood as "the peach blossoms are blooming brilliantly on the Jinjiang River embankment", and the artistic conception and scenery are beautiful.

"The second line is, 'The lanterns are set in the deep temple with tung trees.'"

Shi Tonghe took his glasses from his chest and put them on, then began to look carefully at the words on the table.

This couplet is slightly inferior in artistic conception, but equally cleverly matched.

"The third one is 'Maple leaves cover the ground in autumn'."

Wang Zixu raised his hand and finished writing on the table. Dean Li clapped his hands and shouted, "Good!"

Huang Xinghuo said: "So neat."

A teacher named Yu from NCU nearby said, "The third sentence doesn't make sense. Autumn leaves all over the ground, what does that mean? It feels like it was just made up to make up the words."

Huang Xinghuo said: "The word 'all over the ground in autumn' is a figurative term, just like 'smoke locks the pond willows', the word 'lock' is also a figurative term, the maple leaves are piled up on the ground, the autumn wind blows, the red leaves are rolling all over the ground, the ground is bleak, and it is very dramatic. If Teacher Zhong is here, he will definitely be able to give a similar usage in ancient poetry."

Dean Li nodded: "These three sentences are very well matched. Oh, I didn't expect that this 'absolutely' can be made into three couplets. Adding the two sentences just now by Master Shi, there are already five sentences, right?"

"Humph."

Shi Shuqiu sneered and raised his glass: "You can even come up with three pairs. You are knowledgeable and intelligent. I have nothing to say. I will drink it."

Teacher Yu gave a thumbs up: "Mr. Shi is generous! Mr. Shi is very generous! He is both generous and generous. How do you write the second couplet for the first couplet?"

The people around laughed and said, this is another absolute.

Amid the laughter, Shi Shuqiu was about to raise his glass, but was stopped by Wang Zixu:

"Don't worry. I just told you to have a drink every three sentences I write. I haven't finished writing yet."

Shi Shuqiu put down his wine glass, his expression changing: "Anything else?"

The people around him suddenly fell silent.

Wang Zixu dipped his finger in some wine and continued writing and reading:
"The fourth line, the lamp hangs down on the brocade railing."

"The fifth sentence: The beacon fire is extinguished at the end of the border."

"The sixth line: The bells are sinking and the lights are on the terraces and pavilions."

These three sentences are from the "Zhongzhou Caotang Yiji", from three poems respectively. The parallelism is more neat than the first three sentences, and the wording is more ancient, especially the second sentence "the beacon is extinguished and the wild geese are everywhere", which has a broader artistic conception than the first couplet.

Wang Zixu was particularly careful, knowing that the further he went on, the more likely Shi Shuqiu would cheat and find fault with the words, so he left these three sentences for the end.

Sure enough, Shi Shuqiu and several other people who wanted to please Shi Tonghe came over and studied the wine stains on the table for a long time, trying to find the flaw, but they couldn't figure it out.

After reciting each of the three sentences twice, Shi Shuqiu reluctantly sat back in his seat, shook his head and said nothing for a long time before looking at him and saying, "You didn't check it just for this, did you? Otherwise, how could you have so many couplets?"

Everyone looked at Wang Zixu, sharing his confusion. The first half of the sentence "Smoke locks the willows in the pond" required a lot of thought to come up with a couplet. If it weren't for intensive training, it would be hard to explain how a person could write so many lines on the spot.

Someone said: "If he had just checked his phone secretly just to come here to mess with Mr. Shi, then it would be meaningless."

Huang Xinghuo quickly said: "I was chatting with Xiao Wang just now, and he didn't check his phone."

Everyone looked at Huang Xinghuo, and Huang Xinghuo added: "I guarantee with my character that he definitely didn't check the phone."

Dean Li smiled and said, "Professor Huang is an associate professor in our school. If you say it, everyone will believe it. It's a bit of an exaggeration to say 'guarantee with your personal integrity'. Professor Huang, don't say such things in the future, otherwise you will be looked down upon by the younger generation."

On the surface, he criticized Professor Huang for making a fuss out of nothing, but in fact he was implicitly on Professor Huang's side. The subtext was: Our associate professor has said it and even guaranteed it with his character, so why don't you believe it?

No one was talking now, and Shi Shuqiu finally said, "I'm done for. I just drank two cups of wine at Ning Chunyan. I'll give you back your place, so I'll drink two cups too, okay?"

Wang Zixu shook his head: "I haven't said it's over yet."

Dean Li widened his eyes: "Is there anything else?"

Teacher Yu stretched out his hand and frowned, "Hey, you, Xiao Wang, right? That's enough. That's enough."

Dean Li stopped him with his hand: "No, I really want to see if he can write three more sentences. Xiao Wang, you must write three sentences and not miss a single one! If you miss a sentence, you'll have to drink a glass of wine. Do you dare?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Wang Zixu raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.

Shi Shuqiu poured two glasses of wine into Ning Chunyan's mouth, how could he let it go so easily?

He wanted him to pay back double.

As he read, he wrote on the table:

"No. 7: Fishing in the Mojiang River in Autumn."

"The 8th sentence, the building holds the autumn scenery of Saihu."

"The 9th sentence, River mirrors Nomura Aki."

Teacher Yu glared and said, "All of them are 'Qiu'? You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

Huang Xinghuo said: "They all end with the word Autumn, so there is nothing to say. After all, it is not a poem."

Wang Zixu raised three fingers towards Shi Shuqiu and shook them, and his face turned pale.

"I see. Three cups," Shi Shuqiu said. Seeing his expression, his face changed. "Is there more?"

"Yes." said Wang Zixu.

If I say I will pay you back double, even one cup less will not count as paying you back double.

As Wang Zixu spoke, he wrote: "Rust clogs the range hood..."

After seeing this sentence, everyone thought about it for a moment and then burst into laughter.

"Smoke locks the willows in the pond, rust blocks the range hood." Although the words are vulgar, they do have all the five elements, "smoke" and "rust", "lock" and "block", "pond willow" and "range hood". According to the theory of "ruthless pairing", it can also be said.

"Wuqing Dui" only seeks to compare the nature of words, without mentioning the objects they actually refer to. For example, "Xianrendong" is paired with "Vaseline", "Dongpo Pork" is paired with "Spain", and "Amphetamine" is paired with "As I have heard".

Wang Zixu was also very ruthless when he wrote this ruthless couplet, and he used it to kill Shi Shuqiu. Shi Shuqiu was not defeated by the 9 couplets he wrote just now, and this "rust-blocked range hood" finally broke his defense. He didn't care what Wang Zixu was going to write next, he grabbed the cup and stood up, and said in a rough voice:

"That's enough, stop writing. No matter how much you write, I can only drink three cups. I will only drink three cups, one more than before. I will give the place back to you, okay?"

After hearing this, Wang Zixu stopped writing and wiped his fingers on the tablecloth to indicate that he would stop.

Just now, Shi Shuqiu had forced Ning Chunyan to drink too much, and he wanted to let him experience the feeling of being forced to drink too much, tit for tat. However, Shi Shuqiu was a little frustrated and lost his composure after losing.

Shi Tonghe took off his glasses and said, "This little brother has written so much, it's really interesting, but if he just wants to gamble, it seems that he is a little narrow-minded. I think, why not, forget it."

Wang Zixu's expression changed slightly.

Forget it? What do you mean?
Dean Li extended his hand to Wang Zixu and said, "Forget it, forget it. Listen to Teacher Shi. You and Master Shi should shake hands and make peace. Today we can say that we have made peace without fighting."

The atmosphere in the room became a little more relaxed, and the tense atmosphere just now disappeared. Some people immediately stood up and actively toasted.

Dean Li winked at him. Shi Tonghe still sat in the upper seat calmly, not even looking at Wang Zixu. Shi Shuqiu breathed a sigh of relief, put down his wine glass, sat back in his seat, and an awkward smile slowly appeared on his face.

Only then did Wang Zixu understand that when Shi Tonghe said "forget it", he actually meant forget the three cups just now.

Dean Li's eyes wandered, suggesting that he return to his seat.

His eyes were a private hint, not to use his power to pressure others, nor to please Shi Tonghe. Wang Zixu knew that he was reminding him. He should forgive others when he can. Shi Tonghe has spoken, so he should give him face and not offend Shi Tonghe to death.

Don't chase a desperate enemy. Having taken advantage of Shi Shuqiu, it's time to settle the matter peacefully and reap the benefits.

However, Wang Zixu was somewhat unwilling.

"Who said that what he said counts?"

Shi Shuqiu had just put down his wine glass when his arm froze.

Wang Zixu took another step forward and said, "Just now I wanted to drink for Editor-in-Chief Ning. Who said that if you lose a bet, you must keep your word? You must keep your word when others drink, but you can't keep your word when it's your turn, right?"

Shi Tonghe frowned, looked up at him and hesitated to speak: "Hey you..."

He paused in the middle of his words and then shook his head repeatedly.

Dean Li's smile became even more pronounced, thinking that the editor-in-chief that Ning Chunyan had hired was too reckless. He had to get back at Shi Tonghe in front of so many people and embarrass him.

What he meant just now was to hint to the prince to show some mercy and let Shi Shuqiu go. If he could make friends with the Shi family in the future, he would gain so many benefits that even people would not be able to ask for even if they knelt on the ground, especially for someone like him who majored in Chinese and was in the publishing industry.

In the end, he just didn't understand.

It’s not that Wang Zixu didn’t understand, he understood everything, he just didn’t want to understand.

You, Shi Tonghe, love your precious son, so you can write off the three glasses of wine that you persuaded him to drink with great difficulty. Why didn't you let me drink for Ning Chunyan just now? Not drinking is also a lack of face, and persuading you to drink is also a lack of face. You, Shi Tonghe, think face is more important than anything else, right?

Shi Shuqiu relied on his status to go on stage and say that the little prince was a girl, and he had to approve it personally. Wang Zixu was used to being bullied, and he had no temper when you bully him. How could Ning Chunyan be bullied at will?

He didn't agree.

He tilted his head and looked at Shi Shuqiu: "Master Shi, you won't go back on your word, right?"

Shi Shuqiu stood up, with the same expression as Ning Chunyan just now, and filled the wine glass in his hand, raised it high, held it in front of his face, and said:
"One cup."

After saying that, he drank it all.

"Two drinks."

Drink again.

When he was pouring the third glass, his hands were already shaking and he was a little unsteady on his feet. The person next to him came over to support him: "Forget it, forget it." He pushed the person away and the wine spilled all over the floor.

"Three...cups."

Shi Shuqiu raised his head, his throat rolling, and swallowed the third cup with difficulty. Wang Zixu stared at his glass until it was completely empty, then he returned to his seat as if he had accomplished his mission and picked up his chopsticks to eat.

"vomit……"

Not long after Shi Shuqiu sat down, he vomited all over the floor. Someone immediately stood up and called the waiter.

Wang Zixu was no longer in the mood to eat. He suddenly remembered that Ning Chunyan was still in the bathroom. There had been no movement for a long time. He didn't know if he was hiding from the alcohol or was really lying in there, so he hurried over and knocked on the door.

After knocking a few times, no one answered. He reached out and pushed the door. Fortunately, there was no threshold. He went in and found that the situation was worse than he had imagined. Ning Chunyan, who always liked cleanliness, was holding the toilet, sitting on the ground with his legs in a bow position, his head leaning on the toilet mat, his eyes closed, and he didn't know whether he was asleep or awake.

Wang Zixu closed the door and hurried forward to help her up. Ning Chunyan's body was frail and boneless. She leaned her head on his shoulder with food residue at the corner of her mouth.

Wang Zixu patted her face, but there was no movement. He thought that she might be poisoned by alcohol. He did not bother to avoid suspicion, took off his clothes, put them on her, carried her on his back and rushed out.

He simply said a few words to the people at the table. Those people were all taking care of Shi Shuqiu and no one cared about him. Wang Zixu hurriedly kicked the door and left, hailed a taxi and went to a nearby hospital.

While waiting for the car outside, Ning Chunyan woke up a little when the cool breeze blew. When Wang Zixu carried her into the car, she woke up completely.

"What are you doing?"

Wang Zixu was pleasantly surprised: "Are you okay?"

"You don't want me anymore?"

Wang Zixu got in the car and said to the driver in the front seat, "Let's go to the hospital."

Ning Chunyan was furious: "Even a Capibara like you doesn't want me, what's the point of me living? If that's the case, I won't pretend anymore and will go to Locke Kingdom!"

The driver looked back in confusion: "Where are you going?"

"Go to the hospital."

Ning Chunyan fell on Wang Zixu and cried. She pinched his thighs with her hands and gritted her teeth: "I hate it!"

The driver finally started the car and headed towards the hospital. Wang Zixu was in the back seat, grimacing in pain. It took him a long time to pry her hands apart. As a result, she tilted her body and lay directly on his legs, waving her fists in the air, two of which hit him in the chin, making him see stars.

"I only wish to win the heart of one person, and I will not spare him even if I fight to the death. That sounds better than singing. What qualifications do you have to turn my black hair into white? There is no time left. Take me to Locke Kingdom!"

The driver said: "It costs 200 yuan to vomit."

Wang Zixu finally took Ning Chunyan to the hospital. The doctor judged that she didn't need an injection. Even if she did, she wouldn't cooperate. In the end, he prescribed some hangover medicine. So Wang Zixu took her back to her own home.

With a moment of anger, Ning Chunyan got his place back, but from then on, all of Ning Chunyan's plans fell through. Not only did this banquet fail to promote Wang Zixu and get him the connections of two magazines to publish his articles, but it also offended Shi Tonghe. Wang Zixu didn't know how to explain this to Ning Chunyan.

But after Wang Zixu offended many people, he became less worried about his debts. He had his own set of methods to comfort himself: Shi Tonghe was a man who had no problem using the little prince's connections. He asked people to do things for him without giving any benefits, and he felt honored by even coming here. But he felt bad when he made his son drink three glasses of wine. If he really got angry and wanted to take revenge, it meant that this person was hard to please and easy to offend. It was best to stay away from him, otherwise he would suffer in the future.

Wang Zixu didn't know how to explain to Ning Chunyan when she woke up, but he would leave tomorrow's worries to tomorrow, so he might as well have a good sleep today.

Fortunately, Wang Zixu knew where her home was. Ning Chunyan had a small house of 70 square meters in Donghai, where she lived alone. When he really carried the person downstairs, he hesitated again.

This world always sets various traps for men, such as zippers on crotches, copper heads on belts, and drunken, boneless beauties carried on shoulders.

Of course, the third party is not often seen in daily life, but at least the risk of the zipper on the crotch is always with men throughout their lives: if you take the little monk out of this thing to go to the toilet, then according to Murphy's Law, sooner or later you will be pinched by this thing and scream. This is a life trap for men.

So when Wang Zixu was standing downstairs, he hesitated for a moment: After I send Ning Chunyan upstairs, at what stage should I leave?
In her current state, it would definitely not be appropriate to just throw the person on the sofa and leave. That might be cool, but the next day there might be news saying that a female writer was choked to death at home by her own vomit.

It would be safer to help her upstairs to wash her face, fetch water and carry a basin, and wait until she regained some consciousness before leaving. But when would she regain consciousness? Maybe she would stay there all night, and tomorrow, he would still be squatting in her house, and it would be hard to tell what happened.

Ning Chunyan reached out and pulled his cheek: "Capibara, what do you think is the meaning of love?"

Wang Zixu put her arm on his shoulder and said, "Let's go to Locke Kingdom."

Ning Chunyan's eyes lit up, he stopped talking, and followed him obediently.

He hadn't figured out what to do next. He had read a couplet in Xiao Chuang You Ji that made him admire it: When making friends, you must have a chivalrous spirit, and when being a person, you must have a simple heart. Now he could only rely on a pure impulse, but he did good things without asking about the future.

Go upstairs.

He put Ning Chunyan's arm on his shoulders, holding her wrist with one hand and wrapping the other around her waist. He tried his best not to touch her with his hands, as this would make Ning Chunyan feel uncomfortable and so would he.

She used a little perfume today. The unknown fragrance mixed with the scent of her usual skin care products, plus the smell of alcohol on her breath, mixed into a wonderful smell. Fine sweat appeared on her soft skin, which was powdery and had visible blood vessels.

If her high heels hadn't stepped on his toes, the occasion might have been better.

After much difficulty, he took out the key, opened the door, and carried Ning Chunyan into the room. At this time, she was very well behaved and didn't say a word, which made Wang Zixu feel a little relieved.

But he suddenly noticed that Ning Chunyan's house was brightly lit, and the lights in the living room were on.

"Dang Dang!"

A voice came from the living room, and a woman with skin as white as snow came out from the next room, stood in front of him, and met his eyes.

At that moment, Wang Zixu seemed to have returned to many years ago.

She is Chen Qingluo, he is Wang Zixu.

If Chen Qingluo was wearing other clothes besides underwear, the reunion scene might be even more beautiful.

(End of this chapter)