Chapter 173: The Abnormality of Having Strong Martial Arts Despite Having Many Girlfriends (2/2)
Wang Chao himself had admitted that he had learned from under elder Li. To have Liu Qing lose to him would not be a disgrace for the school, as this match would be considered to be a match between brothers of the same school in a display of skill. Wang Chao’s name was far beyond Liu Qing, so to so bullishly announce that he had defeated some unknown figure would be a bad thing to do for his reputation.
Like when Wang Chao won in his match against Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei had to kill himself despite not dying.
“But I’ve something to ask you still.” Liu Qing asked.
“What is it?”
“You fought with Duan Guochao before, correct? How was his martial arts? And how was ZHou Binglin, how strong did he become?” Duan Guochao and Zhou Binglin were both targets Liu Qing had wanted to challenge and fight. With one of them dead and the other crippled, Liu Qing had naturally wanted to ask the person who had caused both acts of his opinion.
“That’s enough, Liu Qing, you’ve got your fill.” Gao Jun hurriedly asked. As a guard for Beijing, he knew of Wang Chao’s circumstances to a decent degree. Whenever he fought, if the opponent did not die, then the opponent was crippled. Gao Jun had been afraid that Liu Qing might say something disagreeable and cause some trouble that would not be worth the trouble. “Master Wang, you haven’t eaten, have you? Why don’t we accompany you to eat. The higher ups might have instructed you to be our instructor, but if we are to be honest, I was slightly unaccepting of it before. But after seeing you just now, I have to admit you have the right to be our instructor.”
“Yes, yes.” From the side, Zhang Kai spoke up as well, “Why don’t we buy you a drink. Liu Qing, whatever it is you want to say, say it while we’re having a meal.”
Laughing, Liu Qing gave a smile that was filled with a light-hearted expression without the tint of the sadness from losing earlier. “My brothers are correct. Instructor Wang, since this is the first time we’ve met, why don’t we go drink with one another and talk. I’ll buy another coffee table for the one I destroyed.”
“That’ll do.” Wang Chao spoke. He could already grasp the inherent nature of Liu Qing and the carefree nature that seemed to accompany him. But there were times that Liu Qing was earnest. He would be discouraged by failure and reflect heavily on it, but he would not pay too much attention to it.
“Why don’t we head for the Heaven’s Foodery? The meals there are quite nice, and the drinks are delicious. We’ve eaten there plenty of times in the past. If we call a car, it’ll take half an hour to get there.”
The way the four soldiers worked had been rather extensive due to their popularity. In a short while, they had managed to procure the car of some leader or vice-principal. Driving down the road with a wisp of smoke trailing from behind, the car took some time before it finally arrived right in front of a rather luxurious looking restaurant in the nearby city.
After the six of them booked the best private room they had, Wang Chao ordered several dishes before looking around the place. This Heaven’s Foodery hadn’t been bad at all; they were seated within a private dining room on the eighth floor with french windows and glass walls. Brand new bamboo curtains were used to accentuate the place and gave the entire room the sweet scent of bamboo. The ground had carved a pattern within the bamboo floors, and by the side of the room was a single water attraction made and constructed with bamboo with goldfish to be seen swimming in it. Not long after, two young women dressed in Qipao walked into the room to await any orders.
“The local special of this area is the bamboo rat. I’ll order a plate and two bottles of ten year old Maotai. Feel free to order whatever it is you want.” Liu Qing then called out to one of the beautifully dressed women before looking to the shut-eyed Huo Ling’er who had her lips pursed together.
“This must be miss Huo Ling’er. Have I met you somewhere before? Take a look at the menu, perhaps you’ll find something you’ll like.” Liu Qing observed Huo Ling’er with furrowed eyebrows as if he was trying to recall something from his memories.
“Hehehe.” Huo Ling’er laughed gently. “Back during one of the racehorse drinking parties for the English royal family, I recall seeing senior colonel Liu holding hands with one of the princesses.”
“Cough cough….” At that, Liu Qing had almost spat out the mouthful of tea from his mouth. Wiping at his nose, Liu Qing let out two embarrassed coughs.
“Senior colonel Liu, I’ve heard about your popularity overseas. You’ve plenty of girlfriends; if it isn’t the daughter of the head of a financial group, then it’s the princess of a royal family. I’ve also heard that within the country, you’ve held quite the affairs with some of the ladies of the private corporations. Your martial arts might be decent, but you need to take care of your posture as well.” As she spoke, Huo Ling’er’s finger pointed here and there at the meals she wanted.
“Ling’er.” When Wang Chao saw how Huo Ling’er had been picking at the old details of Liu Qing and how embarrassed he was about it, he had to stop her, but Wang Chao had felt quite surprised at the news himself.
“Huo Ling’er seems to know plenty about Liu Qing and his affairs. But it’s rather irregular how his martial arts reached such a stage if he has engaged in so many things like that. Even I had to spend every moment of my previous five years carefully engaged with martial arts. In order to combine the fist and intention together to reach a stronger comprehension of martial arts, I could not afford to let my mind wander. Otherwise, I wouldn’t even be as strong as Huo Ling’er today.”
At these thoughts, Wang Chao couldn’t help but look to Liu Qing’s forehead, temples and face. There hadn’t been any negative signs that might occur due to his numerous acts in debauchery.