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Chapter 5 Chapter 3 Boss Bai has a hard time

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Everything was as I imagined. In front of the farm building, under the warm sunshine and the smell of hay, I told Boss Bai what happened to Bai Qiwei. Boss Bai was elated and laughed loudly: "This boy, Falling in love with an alien woman? Haha, there really is him." I laughed along with him: "You can't laugh anymore when you see his sad lovesickness." Boss Bai shook his big and rosy palm: "It's his fault, anyone will have this day, he thinks it's not his turn, but it will be his turn in the end." Seeing his interest, it was time for me to "bring it up leisurely" in my plan. I suddenly changed the subject and smiled: "Recently, I just found out that you have been a guardian."

Boss Bai didn't understand what it meant for a while, he smiled and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" I said: "There is a young man named Wen Yilai. When he entered a noble academy in Switzerland, you signed and became his guardian." Before I said this sentence, the conversation and meeting with Boss Bai were extremely pleasant.However, as soon as these words were spoken, everything changed.Boss Bai's face suddenly darkened, and his face became extremely gloomy. Even when I saw it, I couldn't help shivering secretly, and didn't dare to make a sound.

Faced with such a gloomy expression, it would be better if he suddenly became angry. When I didn't know what to do, he sneered: "You are too cunning, what purpose do you have, to be honest .” I hurriedly said, "It's really to help a friend—" Boss Bai interrupted me all of a sudden: "That Colonel Bao Ling who specializes in checking people's backgrounds?" I nodded hurriedly. Boss Bai snorted, and his expression became even uglier: "Go and tell him, I don't know where that kid came from." I dare not say anything, but Boss Bai's words are really a bit outrageous. He doesn't know the origin of the family, so how could he be the guardian of the family?

After Boss Bai finished speaking, he stood up, obviously not ready to discuss any further. I couldn't do anything, so I had to say to myself: "Oh, it's no wonder I think that at that time, the entire academy didn't know who this guardian was, and only Colonel Bowling knew that this Mr. Bai was a very important person with a great reputation. , A hero who travels across the world." As the saying goes: "Thousands of wears, ten thousand wears, flattering does not wear."Boss Bai had already taken a step away, and stood still again. When I finished speaking, his face was not as gloomy as before. He looked at me for a while, and then said: "What's the problem? Why do you have to know his background? According to my knowledge You know, that young man has all the expenses and has not violated any school rules!"

I hurriedly said, "So you have contact with him?" Boss Bai said angrily: "No, but since you are someone's guardian, you can't do it in vain. If you investigate secretly, you can count as an explanation." I hesitated: "Why have you never heard of such a thing from you?" Boss Bai was even more angrily: "What is there to say about the embarrassing thing." He suddenly said such a sentence, which really shocked me, and I didn't know what to say. It seems that there is a reason for Boss Bai's words, as if he suffered a little because he was Wen Yilai's guardian, but that is unimaginable.To be a guardian?What's the shame unless the ward behaves badly?Moreover, with Boss Bai's ability, who can make him suffer and lose face.As a result, when you mention it, you lose your temper?

Seeing my astonished expression, and not saying anything, Boss Bai shook his head and said: "It's not a big deal, but when I think about it, it's just a bit of a wimp, and I don't even know who's in the wrong hands. .” I was even more shocked: "What's going on?" Boss Bai walked back and forth a few steps, his anger was greatly reduced, and he smiled: "Actually, it's my own fault. When Bao Ling came to ask me, I just fabricated a story and told him that nothing would happen." I took a deep breath: "So, you really don't know the origin of that young man?"

Boss Bai said "hmm": "When I saw him, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old." He rubbed his hands as he spoke, and walked back to sit down.At this time, I naturally kept silent, because I saw that he was ready to tell me what happened, but if I urged him, he would not say anything. Sure enough, after a while, Boss Bai told the whole story of what happened.It really wasn't a big deal, but as he said, he was a bit useless, no wonder Boss Bai didn't say anything, so he had to keep it in his heart and sulk.
About five years ago, in Switzerland.There is a very important chess tournament.The world of chess has always been dominated by Soviet players.

This time the world championship competition, after a long period of preliminaries, two chess players competing for hegemony, one is of course a Soviet chess player, and the other is a French chess player. This event attracted chess enthusiasts, many of whom made a special trip to Switzerland to visit.The event was held in the conference hall of a luxurious hotel on the shores of Lake Geneva, and the qualifications for on-site visitors were extremely strict. Since Boss Bai is interested, he can naturally get an on-site visitor pass. A chess game usually lasts for ten or eight days. When the players are resting, visitors and chess fans will naturally gather together to discuss the clever moves played by the players.

That night, Boss Bai was in the lobby of the hotel, telling 20 to 30 chess fans about the magic of French chess players playing three times in a row, and when he was talking with great interest, he was suddenly struck by a cold voice. Duan, the man's words were extremely blunt: "Only those who don't know how to play chess will think that the three moves are wonderful." Boss Bai was taken aback, and smiled instead of anger, because he really understands chess, not only understands it, but also has reached the level of an international master. Under such circumstances, if someone says he doesn't understand, he will naturally not be angry.

He followed the sound and saw that the person who spoke was an ordinary-looking, thin and tall middle-aged man. From the outside, there was nothing special about him, except for his clothes. It can be seen that it has been carefully tailored and designed for comfort. This person looks ordinary, but the young man standing beside him is impressive, and his eyes shine.There was still a bit of childishness on that young man's face, but he was blond and blue-eyed, tall and tall, with a graceful temperament and a handsome appearance, with a very elegant and special temperament. Boss Bai laughed a little: "I don't understand, does your Excellency understand?"

The man still said coldly: "The best way to judge who knows and who doesn't is to play a game of chess." Boss Bai is itching.Moreover, the other party's tone is very loud, and he must have some background, he said: "That's right, let's play a game with Your Excellency." But the man said: "I didn't say I understand, but he said you don't understand." He pointed at the young man beside him, and the young man smiled proudly at Boss Bai as if he was doing his part. It's a different matter, you can look down on younger people, but in terms of chess, there is absolutely no such thing as "experienced". Playing chess depends on talent, young people with talent are much better than older people without talent. Therefore, Boss Bai didn't dare to be negligent, so he set up a chess game in the lobby and played against the young man.The young man seldom spoke. When he spoke, he spoke very pure French. He only made a few moves at the beginning. The man watched from the side, and suddenly said: "Old Mr. Bai, there is a Chinese saying called "Chess without white" Saying "What?" This sentence is authentic Chinese Beiping dialect. Boss Bai was stunned for a moment, and he had already begun to feel that the two people, one big and one young, might have a lot of background, especially if they could call out their own names, how dare they not behave like that? Challenge him politely, then you must have come prepared.He smiled slightly: "Yes, what are we going to bet on?" The middle-aged man nodded: "Yes, Mr. Bai won, what do you want to win?" At this time, Boss Bai already had a good impression of the young man, so he had a very good demeanor: "I win. The little boy will naturally take back what he just said and apologize to me publicly." The young man smiled, nodded, and agreed. The middle-aged man asked again: "What if Mr. Bai loses?" Boss Bai asked back: "What do you want?" When he asked this sentence, he already knew that the opponent's purpose was here, but what surprised him at the time was: Could it be that this young man really has such a high chess strength and is sure to win? Next, the conditions that the middle-aged man said made Boss Bai dumbfounded. The middle-aged man pointed to the young man and said, "His name is Wen Yilai. He is going to study in a noble academy. He needs a prestigious person to be his guardian. I hope Mr. Bai can agree." No matter how clever Boss Bai was, he didn't know what it meant for a while. He moved his mind quickly, and immediately thought of the huge fees of this kind of college: "As a guardian, of course you have to be responsible for—" Who knew that before he finished speaking, the middle-aged man had already said: "All the expenses, I don't need Mr. Bai to worry about it." Boss Bai was taken aback for another moment. There was no reason not to agree to the other party's conditions, so he nodded. This game of chess was played until dawn, and Boss Bai lost. (According to Boss Bai, because the conditions of the opponent's force are too weird, he was playing chess while thinking about it, so he was distracted. Otherwise, he could have killed Wen Yilai to a complete defeat.) (I didn't express any opinion on his statement. How many people who lost chess admitted that they were not good at chess? Otherwise, there would be no joke of "I want to draw, but the opponent refuses".) After losing the game, Boss Bai laughed and stood up. The middle-aged man hurriedly said, "Mr. Bai, please come to our room. There are some documents that the old man needs to sign." Boss Bai thought to himself, I’m just a guardian anyway, and I’ll see what kind of tricks you guys play, so I’ll be generous. When I got upstairs, I opened the door of the room, and Boss Bai was stunned for a moment. The middle-aged man and Wen Yilai lived in the Large suite with two bedrooms and a living room.What surprised Boss Bai was not that the rent of such a large suite was expensive, but that during this period of time, every hotel was fully booked, and the supply of such a large suite was in short supply. And that young man has such a noble temperament, one can imagine that he must have a very prominent family background. So, while drinking the fine wine offered by the middle-aged man, he said: "It's much better than me to pull anyone from his family to be a guardian, right? What exactly do you mean?" The middle-aged man's movements were very neat, and he had already spread out several documents: "I really just want to ask you to be the guardian, there is no other meaning." Boss Bai picked up those documents, and after looking at them, he couldn't help being dazed again. The papers, indeed, were all that a guardian of a student should have signed, to be sure, absolutely nothing else.What made him dazed was the guardian.That is to say, some information about him that needs to be filled in has already been filled out clearly, and all the information is correct.It can be seen that the other party has made a lot of investigation work on him, and it is naturally not a pleasant thing to be investigated secretly. Boss Bai pulled his face down at that time, and said with a sneer: "You spent a lot of time investigating." But the middle-aged man said: "You don't need to spend too much time. For a big man like Mr. Bai, just ask casually and everyone will know." Being suppressed by his high hat, Boss Bai can't get angry. The document is indeed what the guardian needs to sign, and he lost the game of chess.Boss Bai only felt that in this matter, he was controlled by others everywhere. In the past 60 years since his debut, he has almost never been so useless. While thinking about how to deal with it, he signed his name on the document, and then looked at the middle-aged man: "Your Excellency, your surname is Gao, who is Wen Yilai?" The middle-aged man smiled: "Mr. Bai, please be Wen Yilai's guardian. There is another reason. Wen Yilai will ask you for something in the future. It's better to get to know him first." He even avoided answering Boss Bai's question. Boss Bai was rude, pointing to Wen Yi and asking, "Who are his parents?" The middle-aged man still didn't answer, just smiled, and his attitude was very polite: "Mr. Bai, do you want to have another bet?" Boss Bai was holding his breath, and when he heard it, he said without thinking, "Okay, bet whatever you want." The middle-aged man immediately said: "Old Mr. Bai Bai will not be able to find out the origin of Wen Yilai's life experience within five years." When Boss Bai heard this, his eyes widened, and he could hardly breathe. The other party immediately asked what the bet was, and he had already thought about it. One more question about Wen Yi's origin, otherwise, what kind of bet is it? But he was angry for a short time, and he immediately thought that five years to check a person's background is more than enough, and he can say that he is sure to win this bet. He proudly said, "What's the bet?" Wen Yilai kept silent, and the middle-aged man continued to speak: "If Mr. Bai loses, Wen Yilai has the right to ask Mr. Bai to do one thing for him after five years—what is it? to decide." Boss Bai snorted and stared: "If I win, I want his parents to treat me as the guest of honor and hold a grand banquet. The number of guests should not be less than a thousand." Boss Bai thought to himself, the parents of that boy named Wen Yilai must be either rich or noble, and he is a very important person, but for some reason, he wants to hide his identity. He made such a request, naturally, based on an interesting and lively psychology. The middle-aged man listened.Wen Yilai and Wen Yilai looked at each other, and Wen Yilai suddenly sighed: "If I have parents. Or if Mr. Bai can find my parents." When Wen Yilai said this, he was really sad to a certain extent.But Boss Bai didn't care about it at that time, he just sneered and thought in his heart: "You guys underestimate people too much, if it takes five years and you still can't find out where you came from, it would be too bad." At that moment, Boss Bai raised his head and said, "What? Shall we high-five as an oath?" Wen Yilai was very interested: "Good!" So, one old and one young, they slapped each other.
Boss Bai was talking about how he became Wen Yilai's guardian, but he stopped at this point. His narration naturally came to an end.It is conceivable that, these days, like Colonel Bowling, he is trying his best to investigate the origin of Wen Yilai, but there is also no result. This is naturally very frustrating and humiliating, no wonder he doesn't want anyone to mention it. I didn't say anything, I just smiled wryly in my heart. Colonel Bowling thought that as long as I asked Boss Bai, the truth would be revealed. Who would have expected that Boss Bai, the guardian, would be appointed under such circumstances.He also knew nothing about Wen Yilai. What I thought at this time was: Why can Wen Yilai's life experience be kept so secret?It's a wonderful feeling that I suddenly think of the family of "Papa Ginger", which is also mysterious and no one knows their origins. If it wasn't for the inconsistency in time, I almost intuitively thought that Wen Yilai was the "son" of the red-headed father.Not only are the narrators using the same adjectives when referring to these two people, but they are also of a similar age. However, it was nearly three years ago that Wen Yilai met Boss Bai and entered the Noble Academy. At that time, the red-headed father’s family was still in the mountain village of Madagascar. Three years ago.Naturally, two people cannot be the same person. I was thinking miscellaneously, when Boss Bai suddenly asked: "In terms of traditional oriental martial arts, how is my internal kung fu attainment?" He suddenly asked such a question that seemed completely irrelevant to what we were discussing.It's strange.It was only then that I noticed that after the narration came to an end, he had been in deep thought, possibly in the middle of a problem, and had another problem.I thought for a while before answering his question: "A master of internal strength, of course you are among the top five in the world." Boss Bai said "hmm".He said to himself: "You are ranked between the third and fourth... What did I say just now? Yes, that boy wanted to give me a high five as a pledge. I myself didn't live up to it, and I just fell into the trap of others, and I was a little angry, so I wanted to take this opportunity to give that boy some trouble." When I heard this, I couldn't help frowning.I already knew what trouble Boss Bai was going to give Wen Yilai, but I just didn't know what his intentions were.That is really a big deal. Boss Bai just mentioned the "Neijia Qigong" in the oriental martial arts. This is a very advanced martial art, and it takes a long period of training to achieve a little success.To explain it in modern terms, it can be said that through a certain way of luck, the potential of the human body is brought into full play.The extent to which the human body's potential can reach is immeasurable, but with profound internal strength, such as Bai Laoda, it is easy to kill a person with one palm, or to break a person's bone or internal injury with one palm. So, how is Boss Bai going to deal with Wen Yilai? Old Bai naturally saw my suspicious expression, and he hurriedly said: "I just want to knock him down a lot." I hurriedly said: "That's good, who dared to underestimate Mr. Bai." Boss Bai suddenly smiled wryly, which made me stunned again: Could it be that Boss Bai couldn't even do this? This is really impossible, unless Wen Yilai or that middle-aged man is also a master of martial arts. I didn't express any opinion, just looked at Boss Bai.Boss Bai sighed: "Fortunately, I only used 10% of my strength at that time. If I set my mind to break his arm bone, I'm afraid that my old bone would fall apart at that time." I was horrified: "That boy... how can he fight against your internal strength?" Boss Bai shook his head slowly: "I don't understand. I still don't understand until now. I clapped my palms with him, and I suddenly exerted strength. I guess he must have fallen three catties, but suddenly, a wave The powerful force came out from his palm, and in an instant, my whole body felt like an electric shock, if I didn't have a few strokes, I would have to make a fool of myself on the spot." He stopped for a while when he was talking, and while I was listening to him, I shook my head, expressing my disbelief. return. For this kind of situation to happen, it must be that the cultivation level of the inner family qigong of the young man is still higher than that of the boss Bai. But Wen Yilai is only a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy, how could it be possible? When Boss Bai was talking, he still couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression. It can be seen how embarrassed he was after being shocked. He took a deep breath and said: "At that time, I was able to sit down with great difficulty, but Wen Yilai stood up with a smile as if nothing had happened, and said goodbye to the middle-aged man very politely. Think about it, a Western boy, The inner family's qigong cultivation is actually higher than mine, this... this..." I also smiled wryly: "Where did this really start?" Boss Bai raised his head and sighed: "Since then, I have spent a lot of effort to investigate Wen Yilai's origins, but I have found nothing. Even the middle-aged man seemed to have disappeared in the air. I have asked my friends all over the world for help, and no less than 50,000 people have received the portrait of the middle-aged man, but there is no result. nor." I complained a bit: "You should tell me, at least to Bai Su." Boss Bai shook his head: "At that time, you disappeared in Nepal, and Asu was waiting for you at the place where you disappeared for several years." I said "Oh" without saying anything.In my life, there is a gap of six years, which was formed under the situation of "a day in the sky, but a thousand years in the world". (This experience is described in the story "Wu Ming Fa".) The origin of Wen Yilai could not be found.That was expected, Boss Bai said angrily: "I don't feel comfortable thinking about it, and that Colonel Bowring is still ignorant, so I naturally sent him away with a few words." I stood up, paced back and forth, thinking in my mind, the matter is really very simple: Wen Yilai is this person.He can be found at any time.Colonel Bowling was unable to question him because he was an administrator of the college.Boss Bai didn't do any tricks because of the bet back then, but I was completely free from any restrictions, so I could discover Wen Yilai's secrets from him. When I was thinking about this idea, Boss Bai sighed again: "I have worked hard for more than two years without any results, and I have given up at all, but thinking about the five-year time limit of the bet back then, it is almost here, and I don't know what the other party is. I will make some weird requests. I am also very annoyed." I said: "At least half a year away, I think we can find out the origin of that young man." Boss Bai glared at me at first, but he immediately understood what I was going to do, he laughed and said, "That's your business, but it has nothing to do with me." I said: "Of course, my actions are entirely my own responsibility." Boss Bai seemed much happier, and I discussed with him about the origin of Wen Yilai, but we couldn't figure it out. Wen Yilai is naturally a fake name, so what's the point of this fake name? (It should be noted that the name "Wen Yilai" is naturally a translated name based on pronunciation for the convenience of writing and description. The original name is: ELEC HOMME MAN. When translating, the middle word was omitted. The habit of Chinese people is to put the surname first, which becomes "Wen Yilai". The middle character is French, which means MAN in English. This name can be seen as a fake name at a glance. The real name will not Taking the English and French words of "person" or "man" as first and last name.) The pseudonym doesn’t seem to have any special meaning. One thing Boss Bai can conclude is: “Wen Yilai is definitely a Caucasian, and more likely a Nordic Caucasian. Only Caucasians have his physical characteristics. I have sent people to observe his life in the academy, and the reports he got are all very normal, it is really hard to imagine what kind of medicine they are selling." I said, "Is there a picture of him?" Boss Bai nodded: "Look for it, you should be able to find it." We went to Boss Bai's study together, searched for a while, found a folder, opened it, and there were many photos in it. When I picked it up and looked at it, it was mainly about Wen Yilai. It took about three or four years. If Wen Yilai was a handsome young man three or four years ago, then Wen Yilai in his youth, Even more tall and straight.As handsome as a statue, he is simply an impeccable handsome man.Moreover, even in the photos, one can feel that this young man has a very elegant temperament. I couldn't help but wondered even more: "Who is he? The prince of Sweden, the crown prince of Hor, or—" When I said this, I suddenly stopped. People sometimes have a very strange feeling that what they are doing and saying at this moment is vaguely familiar, as if it happened at some time in the past.However, most of them are vague and difficult to determine when it happened. But at this time, I can be quite sure that my speculation about Wen Yilai's identity at this time, not long ago, the other party alone made the same speculation, that is, in London, in Sir Pursoli's residence, After listening to Yingsheng tell the story of the red-headed father, he speculated on the young man in the story. This is the second time. Unknowingly, I naturally associate Wen Yilai, who is studying in the Swiss Noble Academy, with the young people living in seclusion on Madagascar. I even thought: Is there some kind of connection between these two people?Why should it be two irrelevant people, in terms of feeling, will give people so much in common, and always associate the two of them together? I originally wanted to tell Boss Bai about "Daddy Red", but then I dismissed the idea, because Boss Bai is old after all, so it's unnecessary to bother him with things that have nothing to do with him. I was thinking that a trip to Switzerland is inevitable. If I find out Wen Yilai's identity and tell Boss Bai that he can win this bet, he will be very happy.
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