The pinnacle of magic

"Hi! You are... what's wrong?"

If there is anything more astonishing than Shi Rui in a wet dress, it is the magician who at first glance has nothing to wear under the blanket.This astonishing scene even made Eric, who was going to take a peek at his brother from behind the door, fall into a state of confusion.

"I heard that you are going to a banquet tonight? This, is this too crazy?" The magician's lips turned white from the sea water made the boy feel a little worried.

"Eric, go back to your room." Shi Rui laid the magician flat on the sofa, turned around and walked into the bathroom, and turned on the faucet to the maximum.

The boy licked his lips. "What the hell are you playing?" It was the first time he saw his brother unconscious.

"You want to stay here?" Shi Rui walked up to the boy and looked down at him.

"No, no, no, I have to sleep. It's too late, I have to go to bed." The boy nodded vigorously, as if trying to make his words more convincing.

"Then you go."

Shi Rui tilted his head, and the boy immediately hid back in his room as if he had been pardoned.

Shi Rui turned around and picked up the magician from the sofa.The hot skin made him frowned slightly, and he couldn't help but relax his movements.Half of the bath water had been placed, and he carefully put the magician into the warm water.It seemed that he was a little afraid of the heat of the water, and the magician instinctively wrapped his neck around his neck, unwilling to let go.

After keeping leaning down for more than ten seconds, Shi Rui finally decided to compromise.He stepped into the tub, over the magician's body, and lay down against the edge of the tub on the other side.Fortunately, the square bathtub in the hotel is big enough, even if it accommodates two men, it will not be crowded at all.

"Don't worry, Clifford, you'll be comfortable soon."

One by one, he untied the tightly crossed fingers at the nape of his neck, and he whispered in the magician's ear.

Clifford.Huai Shi felt that he was going to die.

There is freezing water everywhere.He felt his body sinking slowly.Limbs were so heavy that they seemed to be filled with lead, let alone paddling, they couldn't even move.The water flow quickly takes away the heat in the body.The school of fish brushed past him, touched his arm with their kisses as if mocking, and then walked away.

It was too cold.

The temperature of the water was getting lower and lower, and when his back finally hit the ground, he felt that he was about to be frozen into a block of ice.A tingling sensation like a needle prick clearly came from the surface of the skin, and the cold air invaded his body bit by bit from the abdomen, and the internal organs were tangled together, converging into an unspeakable pain.

Suddenly, he found that the power returned to his body!

He began to struggle, struggling to get back to the surface.The gravel under his body was lifted into the water, but his body could not rise up.In a panic, he seemed to grab something.The fingers that were almost stiff were desperately closed.Can't let go, never let go!

"Don't worry, Clifford, you'll be comfortable soon."

With a low voice, the surrounding water suddenly became warmer.It was as if he was instantly transferred from the bottom of the sea to the beach.The warm sunshine swayed down, and the fine sand was under the body.He closed his eyes and let the waves beat against his body, occasionally holding his breath as a larger wave swept him over.

The thing caught by the fingers slipped away like a fish.

He clenched his fist nostalgicly.

"Clifford, it might hurt a little, but you'll be fine after you get some sleep."

"Um……?"

The body was carefully turned at an angle, and there was a sore and painful feeling on the back of the neck.

"what!"

The magician's skin was soon soaked in hot water and turned pink.The warm water made him finally let go of his fingers.His beautiful eyebrows gradually stretched, and his face was even stained with a blush.Shi Rui started to massage from the third vertebra.

"what!"

The groan from the magician made Shi Rui's movements involuntarily paused.He frowned, and attributed the sudden irritability in his heart to accidentally seeing the vulnerable side of the magician.This is a man who is suited to stand on stage and be the focus of thousands of people's eyes, not lying in the bathtub like a soft puppet that can be manipulated at will.The strength on the fingers gradually strengthened, Shi Rui speeded up his movements, and quickly completed the massage in the water before the magician let out a painful cry.

Picking up the glowing red body from the bathtub, Shi Rui used a large clean towel to absorb the moisture from the magician's body.The unusually soft blonde hair lingered for a moment before his brow furrowed even tighter.He picked him up again with blunt movements, and pushed open the two doors to find the bedroom.

Even if the lights are not turned on, the unique night lights in the metropolis illuminate the room very clearly.Shi Rui stuffed the naked magician into the quilt, thought for a while and finally took out his hands.Although there is a constant temperature air conditioner in the room, it is a bit too stuffy to be wrapped in a cocoon after taking a shower at this temperature.

The magician uttered a series of meaningless words, and the palm that was placed outside the quilt moved back and forth along the surface of the quilt, and finally crossed on his chest and stopped.His sleeping posture reminded Shi Rui of a wooden sculpture of a guardian angel he had seen somewhere.He smiled, found a pen from the bedside table beside him, and drew a cross on the back of the magician's hand.

"Good night, Clifford."

He put the pen back where it was, turned and walked out the door.

"Clifford, is that why you called me so early in the morning to borrow some coins from me?"

Shi Rui's complexion is quite bad.Even he, after hearing the magician's feeble "call for help," couldn't help but wonder if he had gone too far last night and caught the magician with a bad cold or some other ailment.But when he hurried to the hotel, what he saw was a lively magician and a living room that had been tidied up to the extent that only four walls remained.

"No, no, I mainly want to show you this." The magician smiled and touched the only piece of furniture in the living room.A small transparent table.

"Look, there's a special groove here that just fits a quarter or so of a coin. Do you have a dollar? I just got this desk this morning and was about to try it out and there were no coins .not a single one."

Shi Rui doesn't think the magician's current explanation is more in line with common sense than the previous one.If you need a dollar, calling the front desk is far faster than calling him to rush over, not to mention the painful moans on the phone will never be the mental damage that a coin can cause!

"sharp?"

Although he wanted to poke a hole out of the magician's smiling face with his gaze, Shi Rui calmly reached out and took out a one-dollar coin from his wallet after thinking about it.

"Ha! It's just right!" The magician stuffed the coin into the groove, then stepped back half a step, and began to look at it sideways.He stroked every corner of the table with his fingers, and his eyes carefully observed the table from all angles. "This table is made of special plexiglass, which looks perfect from any angle."

"Are you going to use this for the first challenge?" Shi Rui had to admit that a magician who is obsessed with work is very attractive.

"Hmm." The magician turned the coin with his index finger so that the pattern on it was right. "Remember what I told you, you inspired me. Last time you said I should use willpower to break that bastard Congressman's bones."

"Then?" Shi Rui remembered that he did mention this sentence when he called the magician to confirm the scandal in the newspaper.

"Mindpower. This is the most common of all abilities. This morning, I searched the Internet, and even found a few 'textbooks' on training mindpower!" The magician said happily, "You absolutely Unexpectedly, they have also divided nine levels of power for this unnecessary ability. Mind power is mainly divided into two types, one can make objects move out of thin air, and the other can bend objects. What I want to perform is the latter Kind of. Sounds familiar doesn't it? Bending a spoon with your mind? Aha! That's the first trick for many magicians."

"Are you going to bend coins with your mind?"

"I've told Phila about my plan. She said Rhett is going to take care of the guy who did a show on TV last year bending a steel nail with his mind. According to our engineers, it's much harder to bend a coin than a steel nail. And the coin It looks closer to life, doesn’t it? Well... we need to add a little more legendary stuff, we will create a miracle for the audience!"

"Maybe add a little bit of contrast to give the audience an idea of ​​the difference in difficulty between the two?"

"Hmm... let me think, let me think. Ah! Rui, can you try it?" The magician picked up the coin standing on the table and handed it to Shi Rui.

"Ok?"

"Give it a try and see if you can bend this."

Shi Rui turned the coin around with the index finger and thumb of both hands, and then found two suitable points of force. "I don't think I can do it. You have to use tools." He gave the coin back to the magician after trying it.

"Great. Eric said you're too strong to be human. If you can't even bend it, this trick will work."

"What else did he say?" Shi Rui was a little curious about how Eric explained to the magician what happened last night.

"Who? Eric? That bastard can't be bothered to talk to me! He wouldn't even want to see my face if he wasn't so eager to explain your 'feat' to me yesterday."

Are the brothers still in a Cold War situation?Shi Rui frowned: "So, what did he tell you?"

"He said you sent me back." The magician licked his lips and deliberately changed the word hug. "Rui, I'm sorry, I seemed to be having too much fun yesterday." He blinked his eyes, and there was a certain knowing expression on his face that is only used between men.

Shi Rui let out a cold snort expressionlessly.

"Then... how did we get back last night?" The magician couldn't remember how he met Shi Rui and went back to the hotel with him.Despite making a phone call to Warren, even Warren said that he had no knowledge of what happened last night, and he was already lying in a comfortable cabin when he woke up.Maybe Rhett did it?Give yourself to the dance partner who came with you?

"It's not important." Shi Rui pursed his lips.

"Okay, okay, no matter what, I owe you a favor." The magician patted Shi Rui's shoulder, each time becoming weaker, "Then what do you think of me? About this magic trick?"

"Very good. I'm looking forward to it."

Shi Rui nodded seriously, then turned and walked towards the door.

The magician stared blankly in the direction he left.

After a while, he suddenly slapped his forehead angrily.

"Oops, forgot to ask. Why on earth did he make the sign of the cross on the back of my hand?"