Chapter 13 Chapter 3

At the same time, late at night on March 11, at the Officers Club of the Chongqing Institute for Sino-American Cooperation. Beside the bar, sitting quietly in a cheongsam, is a beautiful young woman, but slightly melancholy. She is Zhang Haifeng's lover Wang Lingyu ten years ago.An exquisite goblet filled with wine was placed on the bar counter and pushed in front of Wang Lingyu. Bartender: "Miss Wang, please!" Wang Lingyu said politely, "Thank you!" Wang Lingyu lit a cigarette, then picked up the wine glass, shook it slightly, stared at the red wine in the glass, then put the wine glass under her nose and smelled it, but did not drink it.

At the bar not far from Wang Lingyu, three or four young officers in uniforms of the U.S. Army watched Wang Lingyu with their eyes while drinking. An American military officer named James said: "This woman is wonderful, who is she?" Another U.S. military officer smiled: "Her name is Wang, and she is the most mysterious woman in the club. Do you know that she never drinks a drop of wine, but she can tell any kind of wine by smell!" James said in surprise: "What? There is such a thing? I don't believe it! I want to bet with her!" As James said, he picked up more than half of the bottle of whiskey on the table, left the bar, and wandered to Wang Lingyu's side. James whistled to Wang Lingyu. Wang Lingyu raised her head and looked coldly at the American officer in front of her.

James said in broken Chinese: "Beauty! I want to buy you a glass of wine!" Wang Lingyu: "No, thank you!" James: "Oh! Yes, I heard, you don't drink, but you smell wine! How about we make a bet?" Wang Lingyu looked at the American army in front of her, but did not answer, and several other American soldiers also surrounded her. James provocatively: "Dare to bet with me? Listen up! I've made a cocktail, tell me, what's in it? How about it?" Wang Lingyu smiled: "OK!" James snapped his fingers and said in broken Chinese: "Good! Bartender, bring the wine!"

Several other American soldiers on the side whistled excitedly, clapped their hands, and cheered for their companions. In the bar, everyone stopped and turned their heads to look this way, watching this little gamble at the bar with great interest. On the sofa in the corner of the bar, Xu Xingliang, the special service chief of Baishan Hall, was flirting with a blonde foreign girl in his arms.Hearing the movement at the bar, Xu Xingliang turned his head and saw the scene at the bar, he couldn't help smiling contemptuously. The foreign girl raised her head and whispered, "What's the matter, baby?"

Xu Xingliang smiled: "It's nothing, dear." The foreign girl pulled Xu Xingliang past him, Xu Xingliang looked back at the bar again, and continued to flirt with the foreign girl. At the bar, James has already started mixing drinks. There are several wine bottles in front of him. He is rolling up his sleeves, skillfully holding the mixing glass, flying up and down, and the movement is chic. There is silence all around. Suddenly, James' movement It stopped abruptly and the wine was adjusted. James poured the mixed wine into a goblet and pushed it in front of Wang Lingyu, stretched out his hand, and said in broken Chinese: "Baby, please!"

Wang Lingyu looked at James, picked up the wine glass and quietly observed the glass of wine in front of her, checking the color and natural layering of the wine. Wang Lingyu closed her eyes, brought the glass to her nose and took a sniff.After a while, Wang Lingyu opened her eyes, and said slowly: "The sweet pomegranate fragrance has a hint of spicy behind it, and there is cactus wine in the smell. The main wine is Mexican agave mixed with gin, vermouth and fresh guava juice. , This is a Pinky Tequishake!" After Wang Lingyu finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at James.

James stared at Wang Lingyu with wide eyes in surprise.Next to U.S. Army B stretched out his hand to pull James, James nodded subconsciously: "Yeah..." For a time, there was thunderous applause all around!In the distance, Xu Xingliang smiled when he saw the scene here. It took James a while to recover, and he said to the bartender in broken Chinese, "Bring me my wine!" The bartender immediately took out a beautifully packaged bottle of wine from behind the bar and handed it to James. James: "Open!" James picked up a whole bottle of whiskey next to him: "Baby, if you can tell me the exact year and origin of that bottle of wine later, I'd like to drink the whole bottle of whiskey!" After James finished speaking, he put the wine in his hand Ping Dun stood in front of Wang Lingyu.Everyone was stunned.

Wang Lingyu nodded: "OK!" A goblet filled with wine was pushed in front of Wang Lingyu.In the silence, Wang Lingyu picked up the wine glass.Wang Lingyu put the wine glass in front of her eyes, shook it slightly, observed for a moment, and frowned. James asked provocatively in broken Chinese, "How is it?" Wang Lingyu said to the bartender, "Light a lighter for me!" Bartender: "Okay, Miss Wang!" The bartender took out a Zippo lighter, lit it with a "snap", and held it in front of Wang Lingyu.Wang Lingyu raised her wine glass, put it in front of the lighter, and observed it carefully.I saw Wang Lingyu observed for a while, tilted the wine glass at an angle of 45 degrees, observed it carefully for a while, and said slowly: "A beautiful hanging glass, deep red with purple, delicate luster, this is a glass of Bordeaux wine!"

Everyone held their breath. Wang Lingyu continued: "There are still fine grape residues suspended in the wine, which settle quite slowly. The wine is 32 years old. This is the wine from the harvest year of 1915!" Wang Lingyu paused and continued: "Wine cannot be separated from the sun. The grapes used to make this wine were once bathed in the abundant sunshine on the southwestern hillside! Similarly, wine cannot be separated from the land. It has clay components, but more than 80% of it is gravel soil! This should be... Château Lafite! Yes, this is the 1915 wine of Chateau Lafite!" After Wang Lingyu finished speaking, she raised her head and looked at the James. James stared at Wang Lingyu with wide eyes in surprise.

Next to U.S. Army B stretched out his hand to pull James, James nodded subconsciously, and after a moment of silence, the crowd began to cheer.Finally, the cheers became a unanimous shout: "Cheers! Cheers! Cheers!" Wang Lingyu looked at James with a smile, James grabbed the bottle of whiskey amidst the shouts of the crowd, and drank it dry in one gulp.Everyone who watched the excitement applauded and applauded! James had a bottle of whiskey and was already drunk. He burped, his eyes were red, and he dangled a glass of wine: "Beauty, I admire you! I toast you, cheers!" Wang Lingyu: "Sorry, I told you, I don't drink!"

James: "No, beauty, I already drank a bottle, it's your turn, you must have a drink!" Wang Lingyu smiled slightly and shook her head. James got angry, moved his face closer to Wang Lingyu, and said in a threatening tone: "You have to drink, or there will be no end!" The scene fell silent, and everyone looked at Wang Lingyu. On the sofa in the corner of the bar, Xu Xingliang hugged the foreign girl, smiling and looking at Wang Lingyu not far away. Foreign girl: "It looks like your girl is in trouble!" Xu Xingliang smiled, noncommittal. Yang Niu: "Aren't you going to help her?" Xu Xingliang smiled and shook his head: "No, she will handle it!" After Xu Xingliang finished speaking, he picked up the wine glass, took a sip of wine casually, and continued to watch the show. There was no sound in the bar. James threatened, "Drink, or not?" Wang Lingyu looked at James coldly and did not answer. James grabbed Wang Lingyu's hand and cursed, "Bitch!" Wang Lingyu said coldly, "Let go of me!" James raised his hand: "I'll let you go after drinking!" Wang Lingyu smiled, suddenly, a cold light flashed, and the crowd exclaimed.Wang Lingyu's scalpel hit James' neck. James looked down and saw that his neckline had been cut by the scalpel at this moment, and the knife was tightly attached to the clavicle and carotid artery. James was dumbfounded and said tremblingly, "What do you want to do?" Wang Lingyu approached James and said with a little teasing, "Did you know? Your carotid artery is 9mm below my scalpel. As long as I exert a little force, your blood will flow from the opening at a speed of 11 meters per second." 10 seconds later you will be unconscious, 3 minutes later your brain tissue will be permanently damaged, during this time you will not have any pain, but you will have wonderful hallucinations and everything in your life will Replay in your mind, your family, your childhood... 5 minutes later, you will walk into another world, Mr. Officer! Do you want to try this wonderful process?" James sobered up all of a sudden, and shouted, "No, No!" Wang Lingyu smiled, as if looking at a little brother, slowly raised her hand, and retracted the scalpel. James breathed a sigh of relief, and walked backwards. The crowd applauded seeing that the dispute had been resolved, and James left dejectedly.At this time, Xu Xingliang came over with a wine glass, stood beside Wang Lingyu, and raised the wine glass: "I respect you!" The two touched each other, Xu Xingliang drank the wine in his glass in one gulp, but Wang Lingyu didn't drink it. Xu Xingliang said gently: "Shall I take you back?" Wang Lingyu nodded and put down her wine glass.Xu Xingliang gracefully picked up the windbreaker and put it on for Wang Lingyu. Xu Xingliang pulled Wang Lingyu up, walked slowly towards the exit, turned around and blew a kiss to the foreign girl: "See you! Sweet!" After speaking, he walked out of the bar with Wang Lingyu in his arms. Xu Xingliang walked out of the officer's club with Wang Lingyu on his arm. The two got into the car, the car started, and the car drove slowly through the streets of Chongqing. Wang Lingyu sat lazily in the car, and no one spoke.Not long after, the car stopped outside Wang Lingyu's house.Xu Xingliang got out of the car and helped Wang Lingyu open the car door: "Rest early!" Wang Lingyu: "Thank you for sending me back!" Xu Xingliang smiled, did not answer, took a step back, and got out of the way.Wang Lingyu smiled at Xu Xingliang and left.Just as Wang Lingyu took two steps away, Xu Xingliang suddenly seemed to remember something: "Oh, that's right!" Wang Lingyu turned around and looked at Xu Xingliang in surprise. Xu Xingliang: "I ran into an old acquaintance at the special mediation office's dance two days ago!" Wang Lingyu was taken aback for a moment, and said alertly, "Who?" Xu Xingliang looked at Wang Lingyu, observed her carefully, for a moment, pretended to be relaxed and said: "Oh, you don't know, an old friend of mine, I haven't seen him for many years!" Wang Lingyu breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh!" Xu Xingliang: "How's your mood recently?" Wang Lingyu said lightly: "Same as usual!" Xu Xingliang sighed: "After so many years, it seems...you still can't forget that incident." Wang Lingyu smiled, but did not answer. Xu Xingliang: "There is something I've always wanted to ask you!" Wang Lingyu: "Say it!" Xu Xingliang: "If one day, I mean, if, you have the opportunity...to meet that person again, what will you do?" Wang Lingyu was taken aback, looked at Xu Xingliang for a long time, and said slowly: "What do you think?" Xu Xingliang looked at Wang Lingyu quietly, without answering. Wang Lingyu gritted her teeth: "I will kill him!" Xu Xingliang looked at Wang Lingyu for a long time, then patted Wang Lingyu's shoulder lightly: "Okay, it's getting late, go to bed early! Good night!" "Good night!" Wang Lingyu turned and left, entering the room. Seeing Wang Lingyu entering the house, Xu Xingliang didn't leave immediately, lit a cigarette, and took a few puffs. "Zhang Haifeng!" Xu Xingliang threw the cigarette butt on the ground viciously, smiled coldly, turned around, got into the car and left.