Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 38: Taking Action

Just as Wang Ye was contemplating.

He heard Wang Liquan’s voice from behind.

"Thank you to all relatives and friends for attending my engagement party, I toast everyone!"

Wang Ye turned around, only to find Wang Liquan with a flushed face, already a bit unsteady on his feet, and his cup was barely holding upright.

Wang Ye immediately stood up and supported Wang Liquan, persuading him: "Drink less, it’s just an engagement party, don’t drink too much and ruin your health."

Wang Liquan then shook his head and softly said: "It’s alright, I’ll rest for a bit after toasting this table. You’re participating in the marathon tomorrow, try to avoid greasy food and alcohol, and eat more digestible stuff."

"Understood." Wang Ye nodded in agreement.

His mother chimed in: "Xiao Ye needs to learn more from Ah Quan in this area. If you don’t understand anything, just ask, he has been training in sports since childhood and knows a lot."

Wang Liquan suddenly smiled wryly: "Nonsense, Auntie, you don’t know, Brother Ye’s running level is better than many athletes now."

His mother waved her hand and laughed: "What are you talking about, Xiao Ye just started training a few days ago."

"You’ll know when Brother Ye’s marathon results come out tomorrow." Wang Liquan laughed.

...

While Wang Liquan was drinking and chatting with the elders at the table.

Wang Ye was amusing the child by the table.

This child was his cousin’s kid, already four or five years old, playing Glory of Kings, even opened Wang Ye’s phone, and instinctively downloaded Glory of Kings from the app store to play.

By the way, his cousin’s kid... what’s the name again?

Wang Ye suddenly found his mind blank, his eyes bewildered. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

He has always been confused by these complex and obscure family relationships since he was young, often relying on his mother to tell him who to greet during visits for New Year’s gifts, never bothering to remember by himself.

Wang Ye pondered for a while, then asked his mother beside him what relation this child was to him.

His mother replied helplessly: "Nephew!"

"Come, nephew, I’ll teach you a move." Wang Ye pulled his phone back from his nephew’s hand.

He then picked up a clean disposable chopstick from the table and performed an incredibly cool pen-spinning trick right in front of his nephew—a pale-yellow disposable chopstick, spinning infinitely in his hand!

If dissecting the pen-spinning sequence, it would be the chopstick first spinning around the thumb, then the index finger, the middle finger, and finally back to the thumb for another spin, in an endless cycle.

Though the trick was relatively simple, it looked extraordinarily cool to others.

Because the chopstick was spinning so fast.

Especially between Wang Ye’s nimble fingers, it was incredibly fast, even cutting through the air with a slight sound. This trick was naturally learned after Wang Ye’s Throwing Skill reached level 3, greatly enhancing finger coordination.

As expected, the four or five-year-old nephew, upon seeing this trick, immediately pleaded with Wang Ye to teach him.

Seeing his nephew freed from the misery of online games and start indulging in real-life games, Wang Ye felt deeply gratified and prepared to patiently teach him the pen-spinning trick. It wasn’t long before his nephew took a chopstick and shrank to a corner by himself to study the trick.

...

Just then.

After toasting, Wang Liquan planned to rest but was stopped by an elder’s call.

"Ah Quan, please go give some wedding candy to the guests in other private rooms, we are hosting a banquet here which might disturb their meals. Handing them some wedding candy might lighten their spirits a bit."

Although Wang Liquan was drunk, his consciousness remained alert. He responded with an "嗯", stuffed a few boxes of wedding candies into his pocket, and then, along with his fiancée, headed toward the other private rooms.

At the table, Wang Ye frowned slightly, looking in the direction where Wang Liquan and his fiancée left.

He sipped his glass of baijiu, feeling the spiciness slowly dissipate from his throat, silently thinking,

"Hope there won’t be any trouble with the people in that room."

Wang Ye’s eyes closed slightly, leaving only a squint, as if napping.

But in reality, he was listening attentively to Wang Liquan and his fiancée’s movements outside the rooms. He could construct a rough 3D map in his mind through smell and hearing, barely sensing movements or stoppages beyond his line of sight.

Wang Liquan and his fiancée were distributing wedding candy room by room. Guests in each room congratulated them with wedding blessings like "eternal union" and "happy forever".

Finally.

They arrived at the last room down the corridor.

The room where a thick, rancid smell permeated.

This room’s atmosphere was starkly different from the previous ones; Wang Liquan felt the relatively cold and silent atmosphere inside as soon as he stepped in.

And those three middle-aged men sitting at the table silently drinking and smoking, upon hearing the abnormal footsteps, sharply turned to look at Wang Liquan and his fiancée at the door. Even tens of meters away, Wang Ye could clearly hear their heartbeats accelerating to a rhythm of 180 beats per minute.

"What’s your business?" the leading man asked in a low voice, suppressing his emotion.

Wang Liquan also sensed something amiss, stammering: "Sorry to disturb you, we are having an engagement party there and want to share some wedding candies... hope you don’t mind."

Upon hearing this, the leading man visibly relaxed and continued: "Oh I see, that’s alright, wishing you both a long-lasting love."

"Thank you, thank you." Wang Liquan gradually relieved his suspicions, hurriedly moved forward and distributed wedding candies to the three middle-aged men present.

But when he reached the table, he suddenly froze, seemingly sniffing an unusual scent, somewhat subtle in his gaze towards the suitcase in the corner of the room. The suitcase was entirely gray, secured with a password lock, discreetly placed behind the table.

The three men immediately noticed Wang Liquan’s peculiar gaze, and their eyes tightened instantly. But they did not make any rash moves, only tensely waiting for Wang Liquan to finish distributing the candies, leave the room, and for the footsteps to become completely inaudible.

Only then did the leading man angrily slam the table and curse under his breath:

"Old Third, how could you stash it, putting that thing in such an obvious spot? If others find it and report, the three of us at least will face life sentences!"

"What to do, big brother, that kid seems to have discovered our business."

"I took a lot of money from Old Chen for this, it absolutely cannot be exposed... I’ve thought it through, wait until the banquet ends and most of the people leave, then we’ll seize the opportunity to deal with him."

"Wha... what kind of dealing?"

"Directly snapping the neck! We’ve already killed one, killing another one or two makes no difference. After the job, the three of us will escape to Southeast Asia!"

His tone turned clearly fierce.