Chapter 60: The Deck Competition
Zhang Yuan didn't stay with Qin Siyu and Zhang Yue, after all, he just wanted to have a fair competition with Jack, so Zhang Yuan walked around the deck alone, while Zhang Yue and Qin Siyu had been waiting on the edge of the deck.
Zhang Yuan has been wandering around for half an hour, but what makes Zhang Yuan a little strange is that after so long, Jack has not come to retrieve the ring, and seeing that the time for dinner is getting closer and closer, Zhang Yuan doesn't know what Jack thinks, is he ready to give up this competition?
Although even if Jack gave up the game, Zhang Yuan would return the ring to Jack at the end, but he finally encountered something that he dared to be interested in, and if it ended like this, Zhang Yuan still felt a little disappointed.
Looking at the time, there were only ten minutes left, Zhang Yuan's patience was gradually exhausted, frowning, Zhang Yuan turned around and walked towards the place where he left Jack, when he came to the edge of the deck, Zhang Yuan found that Jack was still standing behind the young man, as if he was still performing the task of his bodyguard, and there was no intention of looking for himself at all.
Zhang Yuan came to Jack's side with some anger, and said to Jack with a somewhat unhappy face: "Why don't you start yet, the competition is about to end, aren't you ready to retrieve your ring?"
Jack first smiled apologetically at the young man, and then turned to Zhang Yuan and whispered: "Mr. Zhang Yuan, anyway, when the time is over, you will take the initiative to return the ring to me, so why should I waste my time, as long as I wait with peace of mind, you know, now the captain is still investigating the previous theft, if I make a move at this moment, if I accidentally reveal a flaw, the result will be very troublesome." ”
Listening to Jack's words, Zhang Yuan was a little speechless, Zhang Yuan really didn't know that Jack would be afraid of the captain's pursuit, otherwise, he wouldn't have left the woman's underwear to humiliate the captain before, but now Jack used such an excuse to prevaricate himself, Zhang Yuan really couldn't refute it.
Although the previous theft had nothing to do with himself, he had clearly found the thief but did not report it, and he also started a game with the thief, which is already an inappropriate behavior, of course, if the cruise ship is full of Chinese people, I am afraid that Zhang Yuan will take action at the first time, but most of the people here are from all over the world, so Zhang Yuan just thinks it is a farce.
However, at this moment, Jack used such a reason to refute his invitation, which really made Zhang Yuan a little difficult to refute, after all, if others knew that they actually knew about Jack's theft, others would only see themselves as Jack's accomplices, although with the skills of the two, the chance of being discovered by others was very small, but no one dared to guarantee absolute foolproof, so at this moment Zhang Yuan could only stay in place.
Seeing that Zhang Yuan seemed to agree with his statement, Jack seemed to have found his confidant, and reached out to Zhang Yuan with some excitement, looking at the expression on his face, Zhang Yuan began to believe that it was true.
However, when Jack's hands were about to touch Zhang Yuan's palms, Zhang Yuan immediately took a step back and looked at Jack's hands with some vigilance, which made Jack's face stunned, as if he didn't understand what Zhang Yuan meant.
"Jack, your performance is too successful, but it's not time to start the meal yet, and when it's nineteen o'clock, I will definitely return the ring to you, until then, I hope it's better to keep some distance from you, whether what you say is true or not, I must guarantee the victory of the competition, hehe!" Zhang Yuan said.
After Zhang Yuan said this, Jack froze in place, looking at Zhang Yuan with some tears and laughter, as if it was because of Zhang Yuan's misunderstanding that Jack was a little unable to advance or retreat.
Slowly shaking his head, Jack raised his two hands a little helplessly, and Jack himself took a step back, saying that he had admitted defeat and would not approach Zhang Yuan at the specified time.
"Mr. Zhang Yuan, you really misunderstood me, I said admit defeat and how can I make another move, after all, whether I win or lose, there is no loss for me, so why do I have to do these useless work, or in order to increase your trust in me, you better stay away from me before nineteen o'clock, as long as you can return the ring to me later." ”
But no matter what Jack said, Zhang Yuan didn't believe that Jack would admit defeat like this, so he made up his mind that he would never get close to Jack before the end of the competition, he couldn't lose the competition so carelessly, not to mention that there were only a few minutes left before the end of the competition, so he just had to wait with peace of mind.
At this moment, suddenly a man staggered towards Zhang Yuan, and his body was still full of wine, obviously the lord didn't know when he had drunk a little too much.
Originally, Zhang Yuan didn't plan to pay attention to such a drunk, so when the drunk walked past him, Zhang Yuan just moved a step to his side, but Zhang Yuan wanted to dodge, but the drunk seemed to deliberately embarrass Zhang Yuan, and suddenly vomited when he walked to the closest place to Zhang Yuan, and the direction of the vomit was still slightly behind Zhang Yuan.
Seeing that the drunk was about to vomit, Zhang Yuan didn't want the vomit to get on his body, so he habitually avoided it, because Zhang Yuan's back was the direction of vomiting, so Zhang Yuan could only walk forward quickly, and as soon as he took a step, a white line erupted from the drunkard's mouth, which made Zhang Yuan feel even more disgusted, so Zhang Yuan stepped forward again at a faster speed.
At this time, Jack also seemed to find out the embarrassing situation Zhang Yuan was facing, and hurriedly stepped forward to pull Zhang Yuan, which happened to be on Zhang Yuan's hand with the ring, and quickly took a step in his direction.
When Jack's hand touched Zhang Yuan's hand, Zhang Yuan immediately had a guess in his heart, I am afraid that this drunkard was arranged by Jack himself, in order to relax a little in his heart in some unexpected situations, after thinking about this, Zhang Yuan immediately pinched his open hand, hoping that he could still have time, and the ring had not been retrieved by Jack.
After the drunkard spit out such a mouthful, his eyes became much clearer, when Zhang Yuan looked at it, the drunkard still smiled at himself, obviously confirming his own identity, Zhang Yuan looked carefully at the drunkard's face, but when he saw his face clearly, Zhang Yuan found that he was a little careless, this drunkard himself has really seen it, like Jack, he is also a bodyguard who has been following behind the young man, but at that time, his main attention was completely on Jack's body, so he didn't recognize the other party for a while.
Since Jack can send a bodyguard, then he can definitely also send two or three, when he discovered the secret of the drunkard, Zhang Yuan immediately looked near the young man, but after removing the drunkard, Zhang Yuan found that there was still one bodyguard missing, and the disappearance of the bodyguard was obviously arranged by Jack, but I don't know what kind of plot Jack arranged for himself in addition to the drunkard.
Turning his head to look at Jack, who had been holding his hand without moving, at this moment Zhang Yuan saw a victorious expression on Jack's face, and his heart was chuckled, and he quickly took his hand out of Jack's hands, looked at the ring on his finger, and hoped that Jack had not yet succeeded.
When Zhang Yuan saw the ring on his hand, his face immediately changed, because when he took the ring off Jack's hand before, although he only took a cursory glance, Zhang Yuan vaguely remembered that the gem on the ring was a black one, but at this moment, the ring on his finger turned out to be a red gem.
Looking up at Jack, I saw Jack looking at himself with a smile on his face at this time, Zhang Yuan smiled slightly bitterly in his heart, I didn't expect that, after all, he was still succeeded by this guy, and in such a short period of time, he gave himself a steal to change the pillar, the problem is that during this time, he still didn't feel it, shook his head with a wry smile, Zhang Yuan took off the ring on his finger, and prepared to return the fake ring to Jack.
Zhang Yuan just took off the ring and was about to return the ring to Jack, when he suddenly reacted, this doesn't make sense, since Jack has taken the ring back, there is no need to bring a fake ring to himself, and he brought the ring to his eyes again, but he really can't remember the appearance of the real ring at that time.
Although there is no way to remember what the real ring looked like, Zhang Yuan knows that this ring is a space magic weapon that can be stored, Zhang Yuan doesn't believe that Jack can casually bring a storage ring to himself, so he input his internal force into the ring in his hand.
When Zhang Yuan's internal force entered the ring, Zhang Yuan immediately felt the space in the ring, and at this moment, Zhang Yuan finally knew that the ring was not taken back by Jack, but I don't know how Jack changed the color of the gem, and touched the gem on the ring with his hand, but there was no change, and it seemed that it was indeed different from the previous black gem, although I don't know what was going on, but Zhang Yuan still quickly held the ring in his hand.
"Mr. Jack, I have to admire you this time, I wonder if you can tell me how you changed the color of the gemstone?" Zhang Yuan asked.
Jack didn't feel a little frustrated when he saw that Zhang Yuan had discovered his plan, and still explained to Zhang Yuan seriously, it turned out that this storage ring was originally a red gem, but Jack needed to be low-key after all, so he used some chemical pigments to turn the red gem into a black gem, and just after shaking hands, Jack just hid some chemicals in his hands in advance that could restore the original appearance of the gem.
After listening to Jack's explanation, Zhang Yuan finally understood, and he had to admire this Jack in his heart, he actually set a trap for himself, which was simply unguardable, but this was not what Zhang Yuan hoped to encounter, Zhang Yuan wanted to understand Jack's skills, not these things about strategy, so Zhang Yuan decided to distance himself from Jack, hoping to make Jack personally make a move in the last time, so that he could have the opportunity to learn the other party's kung fu.
It's just that when Zhang Yuan wanted to retreat, a melodious song suddenly sounded on the deck, hearing this song, Zhang Yuan also understood that the time for dinner had come, that is, the time for the competition was over, and when he heard the music, Jack's face was also a little stunned, and he looked down at Zhang Yuan's hand that was still holding tightly, obviously unable to believe that he had lost.
Since the time of the competition has been decided, although Zhang Yuan did not appreciate the kung fu in Jack's hands, Zhang Yuan was not willing to delay too much, so he could only find other opportunities in the future trip, so he directly slapped the ring in his hand into Jack's hand, but said: "Find another day to learn Mr. Jack's kung fu." ”
Zhang Yuan's words deliberately accentuated the two words in his hand, obviously a little dissatisfied with today's competition, after finishing speaking, Zhang Yuan turned around and walked towards Zhang Yue and Qin Siyu who were not far from here, but when he saw the expressions of the two, Zhang Yuan was a little surprised, because Zhang Yuan obviously saw pity on the faces of the two.
"Mr. Zhang Yuan, don't you have a watch with you? But it doesn't matter, I happen to have it, the exact time is eighteen fifty-eight, and it's not time to start the meal yet, so I think if you go to the restaurant now, I'm afraid you can only taste some desserts or something." Jack's voice came from behind Zhang Yuan.
Zhang Yuan looked at Jack in some surprise, and pulled Jack's arm to check his watch with some disbelief, and sure enough, as Jack said, it was indeed not nineteen o'clock at the moment, that is to say, in the effective time of the competition, he actually returned the ring to Jack directly, and he lost like this.
Raising his arm and stretching out his thumb to Jack, Zhang Yuan had to admire Jack's strategy, and at this moment Zhang Yuan also understood how Jack did it, because at this time, the bodyguard who disappeared before had already appeared and was walking here from the direction of the cabin, so the reason why the music was played in advance must have come from him.
"Tell me why you're only using some tricks this time? I haven't had a chance to appreciate Mr. Jack's true ability. Zhang Yuan said.
Jack waved his hand modestly, and then spoke: " It's not that I don't want to use the technology in my hand, it's just that Mr. Zhang Yuan thinks that I can win just by virtue of the skills in my hand, first of all, Mr. Zhang Yuan already knows my identity, so once I appear, I'm afraid Mr. Zhang Yuan will immediately dodge, if I can't connect Mr. Zhang Yuan, it's better to wait for Mr. Zhang Yuan to send it to the door himself, even if Mr. Zhang Yuan doesn't dodge, but with your immortal sense, I'm afraid that no one can easily take anything from your hands, so I can only choose this means。 ”
Jack's words made Zhang Yuan nod slightly, what Jack said is indeed very reasonable, indeed, if he has been avoiding Jack, he really has no way to get close to him, and there is no way to retrieve the ring, in addition, he decided not to use the immortal sense and did not tell Jack, so Jack will choose to use wits to win the victory, Jack can think of such a complex strategy in less than an hour, it is indeed not something that ordinary people can do, so his ability should not be underestimated.
After understanding all of Jack's thoughts, Zhang Yuan felt that this Jack might have heard of his name, and there might be other things that he wanted to ask for help from, after all, the two didn't know each other before, but since Jack took out his ID card to check it, he immediately changed his attitude towards himself.
At the beginning, Jack was still a little wary, and after he recklessly took off his storage ring, he immediately took measures, and when Zhang Yuan didn't react at all, he emptied his pocket, but all the changes seemed to start after Jack knew his identity, a storage ring seemed to be no longer important, and casually let Zhang Yuan take it away for nearly an hour, although during this time, Jack designed such a perfect chain meter, and finally took the ring back, but Zhang Yuan still felt Jack's contempt for the storage ring。
Until now, Zhang Yuan doesn't have a storage ring in his hand, but Zhang Yuan has a more convenient space-time storage warehouse than the storage ring, so the storage ring can only be dispensable, if it is replaced by someone else, I am afraid that this storage ring may not be able to be retrieved by Jack, so Zhang Yuan thinks that Jack knows his own person, and he also asks for himself, so he will behave so generously.
Although he guessed that Jack had some purpose, Zhang Yuan didn't want to get into trouble casually, and the main purpose of his trip was to find an island with more aura in heaven and earth, and improve his cultivation, just to take this cruise ship, Zhang Yuan and Hua Feng signed many unequal treaties, how could they let go of their own things and get involved in other troubles.
The competition was over, Zhang Yuan also said goodbye to Jack, and after meeting Zhang Yue and Qin Siyu, he walked in the direction of the restaurant, but it was not unexpected by Zhang Yuan, Jack really followed, and with a warm smile on his face, he looked like an old friend who had been friendly for many years.
"Mr. Jack, what else is going on?" asked Zhang Yuan, pretending to be puzzled, and the expression on his face was much more indifferent, looking like he was rejecting people thousands of miles away.
Zhang Yuan's expression made Jack stunned for a while, it was still a very friendly relationship just now, how could he be much more indifferent to himself in the blink of an eye, Jack suspected that Zhang Yuan might have lost the competition, so he had a bad heart for himself, Jack secretly blamed himself in his heart, if he had known that Zhang Yuan was such a character earlier, I am afraid that he would have deliberately lost the competition just now, but at this moment regret has no effect, Jack can only try to lower his posture, hoping to restore the relationship between the two, and when he was about to speak, suddenly the cruise ship trembled violently。