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The Black Card - Chapter 84-85

Published at 18th of March 2018 09:41:40 PM


Chapter 84-85

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Chapter 84 - Walk Pass Through Your World 

Translator: Lav

Editor: Levs

Wei Qing spoke up. Obviously other than Shi Lei, he was under the spotlight. 

Chen Shao obviously had to root for Shi Lei. As to that guy who begged for pity, he couldn't even remember who he was, so why did he have to give him face? 

In silence and rigidness, Wu Haoyuan didn't even know how he went back in his car. 

He only knew that all the friends he invited drove behind the Koenigsegg, which was barely driving at the speed of 20km/h. The cars Shi Lei brought also followed and with a blank mind, he started the engine of the usually cool Bumblebee in Wu Dong university, but in this situation, it seemed like a taxi, and he was escorted up the mountains by the Porsche 911 and McLaren P1. 

Wu Haoyuan knew that there was no escape. 

"But, he could be escorted by two supercars over 20 million, isn't that a honor?" This was said by Shi Lei who was driving the Maserati, to Sun Yiyi. 

Sun Yiyi giggled, but followed by concern and said: "Shitou ge, are you really telling Wu Haoyuan to swim naked?" 

Shi Lei smiled. He replied as he drove: "Depends. But today's really cold, he'll probably lose his life from swimming in the lake. But, I'll still have to do something. Don't worry, I won't go overboard, I just need to make sure that he'll stay away from me in Wu Dong university."

Sun Yiyi nodded. It was not that she could not bare to see what's about to happen, but more concerned with potential incidents. 

Quickly, they reached the top of the mountain. There were groups of hikers who were astonished at this sight and all took photos of it. As Shi Lei saw that, he was slightly worried that if any of those people posted the pictures on WeChat or Weibo, wouldn't that make things chaotic? 

No one was next to Lake Cui as it was a bleak day, adding a group of luxurious cars, a few people who wanted to see all stood far away from them. People were afraid. Although it was normal for them to swear and curse at wealthy people who show off how rich they were, but when they saw that in real life, they couldn't just blame that these people were driving cars close to a billion to get through the winter as it was none of their business. 

After the cars stopped, the people inside also stepped down. Wu Haoyuan looked at those people with foolish expressions. Seeing that they were all demonstrating their excitement, he could not help but scream internally. Was it really fun to watch someone swim naked in the middle of winter? 

Even Wu Haoyuan's friends did not felt sympathetic towards him. Although they were not delighted to see Wu Haoyuan's misfortune, but Wu Haoyuan had dragged them into the drama. Wanting to compete for who's the wealthiest with billionaires like this, did you think your life was too long? Hence, none of them pitied Wu Haoyuan. They also planned to never have any kind of connections with Wu Haoyuan ever again after they leave the mountain today. If Shi Lei did not let Wu Haoyuan go and made him do the bet, Wu Haoyuan probably won't have the face to appear in their circle anymore. 

At this time, Wu Haoyuan couldn't care less about his reputation. He dashed two steps forward and knelt down in front of Shi Lei. He slapped himself in the face roughly and cried: "Shi Shao, you are a broadminded adult, please let me go this time, I won't do this again!" 

Shi Lei remained unmoved whilst Sun Yiyi held onto Shi Lei's arms tightly, hiding half of her body behind Shi Lei. 

Wu Haoyuan slapped himself again: "Shi Shao, please let me go on this, just pretend I'm a fart and you just let me out! I'm a toad, I'm a frog sitting at the bottom of the well, I'm too blind to see your greatness……" One slap after another, Wu Haoyuan was really harsh on himself and finger marks tainted his face. 

Wei Qing and the rest all crossed their arms and watched this scene with interest. To be honest, they thought that the bet was a bit too much. It was not a family grudge or anything like that, did he have to go all out? But, they came today because of this, and the person directly involved in it was Shi Lei so they did not want to butt into his business. If there was some fun to watch, then they will, if not, they would just be slightly disappointed. 

Shi Lei finally spoke. 

"If your face swells from slapping, you won't be good looking anymore!" 

Wu Haoyuan slapped himself roughly a few more times. If kowtow worked, he would have done so. 

"But, Wu Haoyuan, if I lost today, do you think you would let me go so easily?" 

Shi Lei's words were as if he had thrown Wu Haoyuan's heart into an ice cellar as his own body froze. He didn't take off his clothes, and he was yet in the water, but he felt that his lips were purple. 

"Today's lower than 10°C right? It's early for winter swims because the water's not cold enough. It's getting a bit late and I'm hungry. I want to eat and drink to warm myself up." 

As he said that, Wu Haoyuan suddenly saw a glimpse of hope as he raised his head and looked at Shi Lei with tear filled eyes. The chilly wind swept past them and Wu Haoyuan almost wanted to make Shi Lei his best friend. 

But to Wei Qing and the rest, it was a shame. Indeed, making Wu Haoyuan swim in this weather would definitely blow things out of proportion, but didn't they come in vain if the bet was cancelled? That's so boring. They all came for this in the first place. 

Shi Lei scanned the expressions of those around him and beamed: "How about this, you need to do the bet, except we can forget about swimming naked, you are not Sun Yang or Ning Zekai(1), and we don't really want to watch someone who doesn't have a nice body to swim naked for so long. You will go to the lake, take off all your clothes and stand in the water for ten seconds, then you just have to come up and scream that you are an idiot three times!" 

Wu Haoyuan's face was as pale as a ghost. Wei Qing and the rest thought it was rather interesting as they all laughed. Even Wu Haoyuan's friends also imagined what was about to happen, although they didn't laugh, but their faces were distorted from trying to fight back their smiles. 

"Hurry up, don't make me change my mind. I'm hungry. The earlier you finish, the earlier I can eat. Oh, come with us later, too. Have a hot shower inside and have some food. I don't want to be sued if you are frozen to death!" 

Shi Lei's words completely threw Wu Haoyuan into despair and he no longer thought that he could fluke it. Facing against fuerdai who treat 7 million yuan cars like the Lamborghini Aventador as appetizers, he really didn't have any will to fight back. 

As they watched Wu Haoyuan walk step by step towards Lake Cui as if he was on the execution grounds, Shi Lei turned to Wei Qing and Wu Haoyuan's friends and said: "No one take photos, ok? This really isn't something memorable." 

Everyone laughed merrily yet Wu Haoyuan thought that every step he took passed through their worlds. 

Finally, he was on the bank of the lake. He took out his clothes slowly one by one, hoping that Shi Lei would change his mind. 

Except, all he heard was the only girl's excited call from Wei Qing's group: "Hurry up and take it off! At this speed, are you waiting for New Year to come?" 

Wu Haoyuan made up his mind and quickly took off all his clothes. Although everyone was standing behind him, but he covered his private part with his hands and dipped his toe into the lake to check the temperature of the water. 

"So cold!" Wu Haoyuan didn't even know how he went into the water, but he knew that the water was unexpectedly warmer than on the bank. 

Shi Lei asked Wu Haoyuan's friends: "Who has a towel inside their car? Prepare it for him!" 

 

(1)Sun Yang & Ning Zekai: Chinese representative swimmers 

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Chapter 85 - Grand Mansion

Translator: Lav/Last

Editor: Levs

Wu Haoyuan was filled with grief and indignation. He covered his crotch with both of his hands as he faced the ice cold Lake Cui, and shouted in the chilly wind whilst shuddering. 

His voice trembled as he shouted: "I am an idiot! I am an idiot! I am an idiot!"

He then looked back at Shi Lei with puppy eyes, as if he wanted to know whether Shi Lei was satisfied or not.

Shi Lei's interest slightly dulled. He waved his hands and gestured at Wu Haoyuan's friends to wrap Wu Haoyuan with the towel they had prepared.

Wu Haoyuan did not dare pretend to be cool anymore. He bowed towards his friends and said: "Thank you, please help me get my clothes!" Then he strode back to his Bumblebee.

He got in his car and turned on the air conditioner, but he still shivered at the cold.

After Wu Haoyuan wiped his body and changed his clothes, Shi Lei walked towards his Bumblebee, he bent down slightly and lightly knocked on the car window. When Wu Haoyuan turned around, he was frightened at the sight of Shi Lei's face. 

Shi Lei was now a demon in Wu Haoyuan's eyes. From today onwards, he would be afraid to see Shi Lei. Even seeing someone who looked like him was enough to make him run away."There is a house there, yes? The cocktail party will be held there. If you want, you can take a bath and eat something there." As Shi Lei said this, he turned around and walked towards Wei Qing's Maserati.

Wei Qing walked over with a maintained graceful smile and asked: "Was it fun?"

"I thought it would be pleasurable. But when I actually did it, I felt like it wasn't too interesting. This won't happen again."

Wei Qing nodded and said: "Don't humiliate him anymore."

Shi Lei shook his head earnestly, "All those resentment had already disappeared the moment he went in the water. The reason I called him to go was really to let him take a hot bath." Seeing that Wei Qing smiled ruminatively as if he did not believe him, Shi Lei added: "This is also to let him experience what it means to be really wealthy. I believe that in the future, he would not wield his family's small foundation to look down on everything in the world."

Wei Qing beamed and walked back towards the Koenigsegg. This time, he did not waste this 20 million divine car. As he stepped on the accelerator, this supercar equipped with a V8 engine that could reach more than 1000 horsepower let out an exceptionally wild roar, ripping everyone's eardrums as it dashed towards the other side of the mountain.  

The rest of the cars followed behind it with Shi Lei at the end.

He turned around and glanced at the Bumblebee which was still in the same spot. As for the other five cars, they all turned around and drove down the mountain. They did not believe that Shi Lei and Wei Qing would really invite them to  the cocktail party. Moreover, they were dandy youngsters of Wu Dong city so they knew about the single mansion that stood on the top of Qing Long mountain. That place belonged to one of the richest and most powerful people in Wu Dong. Although that person was never on the Forbes rank, nor was he on Hurun's Millionaire Rank, but if he wanted to, he would definitely make it to the top 5 wealthiest people in the country. There was definitely more than one rich person like this in China.

Naturally, it was impossible for Shi Lei to have any kind of relationship with that mansion. But even if it was only borrowed, wasn't it enough to explain everything? Amongst them, none of their families would have the opportunities to see the richest man except in very big occasions like banquets or charity parties. But even if they saw him, he would simply ignore them. In that millionaire's eyes, the families in which they looked up to was invisible to him. 

The people in those five cars, who just drove down the mountain, were all contemplating about the same question: who was Shi Lei. What was the identity of this person whom Wu Haoyuan provoked, and who was almost invisible for the past three years in Wu Dong University? How much of the background information which Wu Haoyuan had on Shi Lei was real? They wondered why Shi Lei kept such a low profile. 

If Shi Lei knew about what this group of people were thinking, he would probably laugh because he really had no background. He was only modest because he could only be modest.

The Koenigsegg steadily approached the villa, or more appropriately, the mansion. The mansion's heavy iron gate opened at the car's approach. A middle-aged man, who wore a set of perfectly ironed traditional Chinese clothing, stood beside the gate.

He slightly nodded at the Koenigsegg. The Koenigsegg didn't dare to dash in anymore, but returned to the speed of 20km/h from before.

Soon, the other supercars followed inside one by one. The middle aged man, who was most likely the butler of the mansion, did not even blink once. Although he was only a butler, but all these luxurious cars which could not be afforded by ordinary people seemed to be normal in his eyes. 

But when the Maserati entered last, the butler's pupils widened slightly as if he was observing Shi Lei, but it was only for a second. The butler could not see Shi Lei's face clearly due to the privacy function of the side windows. 

Although Shi Lei knew that this place was organised by the Black Card, it was also his first time  in this mansion, and the enormous size of the mansion startled him.

If he was not guided, Shi Lei would've never known that there was a mansion hidden at the peak of Qing Long mountain.

How big was this place? Shi Lei felt like it was too hard for him to estimate. The courtyard itself probably exceeded 450 hectares. At the center of the courtyard was a two story white building. It was plain without any overly extravagant decorations, but it manifested its owner's tastes and status.

From eyeing the building, the mansion should be around 70,000 - 110,000 sq. feet, it was almost as big as a large supermarket. Using numbers to describe it was not as shocking, but in comparison to a normal 3LDK residence from the city, which was around 4,500 sq. feet, two apartment units would be around 9,000 sq. feet, three units would be around 13,500 sq. feet. The area of this mansion is the equivalent of three to four apartment buildings combined together. This scale was simply too frightening.

The lawn occupied the majority of the courtyard. Even though it was already winter, it was still green as if it was not affected by the seasons.

But there were no flowers that could resist the changes of seasons on the wall as Shi Lei had imagined, but rather, it was covered with withered ivy that was no longer green from the bleak weather of winter. 

There were a few tall trees planted on the lawn in a scattered manner. Shi Lei, who knew a bit about plants, have noticed that all of the trees were fruit trees. He was only able to distinguish the pear, apple, and cherry trees, and he did not know the others.

There was an empty space in front of the building and everyone parked their cars there. After the fuerdai got off the car and entered the mansion together, they felt the grandness of the mansion.

As Shi Lei walked up the stairs, he saw that there were flower ponds on both sides and they were filled with different kinds of plants that were arranged delicately. There were a few flowers which he did not recognise that provided a sense of vitality.

The others had already entered but Wei Qing stood in front of the door, waiting for Shi Lei. After Shi Lei climbed up the stairs, he draped his arms around Shi Lei's shoulder and said: "I called the others just now and they should be here in 15 minutes. I'll trouble you as today's host to go to the kitchen and tell them to serve the cold food. Let me give you a head up. Don't go wild with the others. They usually restrain themselves. When they first arrived, they had reverence for this mansion in their hearts. But once they let loose, you may not be able handle their craziness."

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