The pinnacle of magic

Non-stop rushing to four venues in a week, everyone was so tired that they almost lost their strength when they got on the night flight back.

Except for the magician and his younger brother who sat in the front first class, all other members of the team were arranged in business class.Engineer James was leaning on his seat and whispering on his cell phone. From his soft tone, it looked like he was talking to his family.The elusive liaison Joe rejoined the team this evening after being separated from the team for two days.At this moment, he was sleeping soundly with the peaked cap on his face.In addition to the female secretary Kate who was still handling documents with glasses on, even Anna, the prop master in a long black leather coat, put on her headphones and closed her eyes.

After Shi Rui finished saluting, he walked forward.When passing through the safe exit, the stewardess politely reminded him that the departure time is coming soon, and he nodded to indicate that he would return to his seat soon.

Sure enough, the magician was still concentrating on watching the video.He rested the white tablet on his lap, resting his chin with one hand, and tapped the side of the computer with the other hand.The pure white earphone cable clings to his neck, making his side face look a little more peaceful.In his inner seat, Eric is dancing and playing a video game console.

The magician's eyes were bloodshot, and the dark circles under his eyes were deeper than the previous two days. "Clifford, you need to rest." Shi Rui leaned over the magician's shoulder and whispered in his ear.The long tassels on the earrings fell into the magician's shoulder socket, making his body slightly stiff.

"Huh? Rui, you're here!" Eric greeted Shi Rui loudly.He paused the game, glanced at the stunned expression on the magician's face, then stood up and stretched. "Want to change seats with me?" He winked his right eye playfully at Shi Rui.

"Need not."

"it is good."

Shi Rui and the magician spoke at the same time, but gave completely different answers.Eric smiled and spread his hands: "I'll go to the back. I've been waiting for a chance to strike up a conversation with those girls for a long time!" The magician immediately retracted his legs resting on the footboard, and let the boy walk sideways . "By the way, your skirt is beautiful today." The boy deliberately touched the magician's arm with his elbow as he passed by, signaling him to learn from him.Then, before the magician got angry, he quickly fled in the direction of the business class.

"Okay. Since you are the boss." Shi Rui compromised.

"You take my seat!" The magician moved inward to Eric's original seat, vacating his seat.

Shi Rui sat down silently and buckled up his seat belt. "Sleep for a while?" He reached out to cover the magician's computer screen.

A faint scent came from the nose.The magician suddenly felt that the smell on Shi Rui's body was slightly different from before.In other words, the unique fragrance on his body has actually been changing with his mood swings.The most obvious difference is that his taste in women's clothes is obviously not as cold as when he wears men's clothes.

This discovery made the magician secretly clenched his fist.If you can perceive Shi Rui's emotions from the change of smell, does that mean your odds of winning will be higher?He took a deep breath, and found that the smell on Shi Rui's body was milder than usual, and he even felt drowsy.

"Sleep after I finish this?" the magician asked tentatively.Then I immediately found some irritability in the aroma.Did you get angry because you rejected his concern?

"Actually, just get through tomorrow morning. I have a small activity to attend tomorrow morning. I can sleep with my head covered in the afternoon." The magician pressed the corners of his eyes and explained with a smile.

He was suddenly curious about how Shi Rui allocated his sleep time.According to his observations these days, Shi Rui starts changing into women's clothes at five o'clock in the evening, and ends at five o'clock in the morning.In other words, Shi Rui's habit is to disguise himself for 12 hours.The magician has always abided by the contract, and has never assigned Shi Rui a job earlier than five o'clock in the afternoon.And in order to prevent Shi Rui's special habits from being discovered by other members of the team, he arranges Shi Rui's room on a different floor from everyone else's every time.Because of his busy schedule, he didn't have the chance to find out what Shi Rui did during the twelve hours of the day.However, judging from everyone's reactions, no one has discovered Shi Rui's secret so far.

Shouldn't he be sleeping in his room all day long?

"Clifford, you don't need to schedule so tight, you still have plenty of time to prepare for the second challenge." Shi Rui said with a frown.

"No, it's not enough!" The magician paused and met Shi Rui's gaze, "I want to do my best, so I need more time to prepare. This challenge is very important to me, Hmm...maybe you can give me some more inspiration?" His eyes were full of expectation.

"I will try my best to help you." Shi Rui nodded seriously.

"Well... But most of my work is at night, and I can only use the daytime to prepare." The magician looked a little embarrassed.

"You can call me. But I'm usually in a bad mood during the day."

Where Shi Rui couldn't see, the magician secretly made a victory gesture. "A deal?"

Shi Rui discovered that even in the state of overwork, magicians can still emit dazzling brilliance at any time. "It's a deal. So now..." He raised an eyebrow at the magician.

"Then let's sleep together for a while!" The magician quickly turned off the tablet, stuffed it into the bag next to the seat, then grabbed Shi Rui's right hand with his left hand, turned his head to the direction of the window, and adjusted the angle of his neck , close your eyes.

Is it Playboy's old problem again?

Shi Rui frowned and looked at the tightly held palm.

After 10 minutes, the magician appeared to have fallen asleep, and even the vibration of the plane taking off could not wake him up.

Shi Rui gently bent his index finger and stroked the magician's jaw, then closed his eyes.

He didn't notice the smiling face reflected in the glass window.

The scorching midday sun dries up every drop of moisture in the air, and even the large lawns and the shade of tall walnut trees do not bring much coolness.Even so, it can't stop the interest of tourists.The square on the side was full of buses, and a group of students was walking towards the gate of the museum with a man who looked like a tour guide.

Stepping up the 26 steps, Shi Rui looked up at this tall building with a classic atmosphere, and he couldn't understand why the magician chose this place for his "date".

On the banner hanging from the top of the colonnade, there is a majestic Chinese character - dragon.According to the introduction below, the main exhibition of the museum this week is imperial porcelain from China.

Shi Rui spotted the magician at a glance.The handsome blond man was leaning on the cornerstone of the colonnade, and immediately took off his earphones when he saw Shi Rui.The magician wore a short-sleeved T-shirt with a skull and roses pattern, and a pair of low-slung denim with a large hole in one knee.The deliberately lowered brim of the hat and a pair of yellow sunglasses covered most of the magician's face, and his hands covered with rings of various shapes made him look a bit more ruffian.

Shi Rui's eyes stopped on the magician's shiny belt buckle for a second, then he smiled and walked in front of him. "Do you want to see the exhibition?" No wonder he had such doubts.Either way, magicians are clearly not "art gallery types".

"Honey, I just want to learn more about Chinese culture." Sensing that Shi Rui frowned slightly, the magician immediately lowered his sunglasses to reveal a pair of ice blue eyes and winked at him, "Okay! Only tickets here are available on Sundays." It's half price, and it's nice to have an occasional artistic influence?"

"I just thought you might run into trouble when passing the security check." The faint smile on Shi Rui's face made the magician stunned.

Just as Shi Rui expected, the many "scatterers" on the magician made him delay at the entrance for more than ten minutes.When the inspector handed the belt back to him with a look of disgust at the end, the magician also whistled disdainfully to the anxiously waiting crowd behind him.

"Judging people by their appearance is the greatest inferiority in human history!" The magician rolled his eyes at a group of people in suits and ties passing through the VIP inspection-free passage.

"Don't tell me you never judge by appearances, Clifford."

The clear expression on Shi Rui's face made the magician raise his hand and touch his forehead. "At least I pay more attention to the essence than them." He argued in a low voice.

"for example?"

"..." The magician hesitated to speak after taking a deep look at Shi Rui. "It is said that the most expensive exhibits are on the second floor. Why don't we start upstairs first?" He changed the subject and raised his hand as a gesture of invitation.

"If you make such disgusting flirting expressions to me again, I promise you will learn a lesson that will be remembered deeply." Shi Rui walked past the magician expressionlessly, his tone extremely cold.

The magician couldn't help pursing his lips. "Have you been here before?" He followed Shi Rui step by step.

"The school organized an event." Shi Rui paused in front of a glass cabinet near the entrance on the second floor. "It's free." He raised the corners of his lips slightly.

Realizing that Shi Rui's mood seems to have improved, the magician immediately moved to his side. "Speaking of which, you're still in college, aren't you?"

"You don't have to be so nervous, I don't eat people." Shi Rui nodded, his eyes still fixed on the porcelain vase in the cabinet, "Yes, I am studying in university, but I will graduate soon."

"What are you going to do after graduation? Wow! This thing is worth 1000 and [-] million!" The magician suddenly noticed the instruction manual next to the exhibit, and he exclaimed, causing many people around him to look sideways at him.

"Go back to China." Shi Rui seemed to have lost interest in this cabinet, and walked slowly to another showcase.

The magician swallowed and followed behind him. "If you go back, what will happen to the assistant's job?"

"A magician's assistant is a very fluid profession. If you don't intend to continue to develop in the magic world, few people will do this for a long time." Shi Rui replied lightly.

"I think you are very suitable for performing magic. I can write a recommendation letter for you to the association, as long as you want." The magician's expression was very serious.

"Johnny made a similar suggestion."

Shi Rui's answer undoubtedly implied that the magician had once rejected Old Johnny's invitation, which made the magician who had just made up his mind to pursue the pursuit couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.

Well, Clifford, you only have a few months left.he said to himself.

"Clifford, you don't want to waste the whole morning chatting, do you? Tell me, what exactly do you want to chat with me." Shi Rui turned around suddenly, looking into the eyes of the magician.

"I saw an advertisement for the exhibition in the newspaper, so I wanted to take a look." The magician spread his hands, "Rui, why do you think these things are so valuable?"

"..."

"Hundreds of years ago, they were made by the best craftsmen in the world and became utensils that only the emperor and his wife and children could use. Over time, most of them fell into pieces, and the remaining The ones below have become collections placed in glass cabinets. Each of them is valuable, and this value is obviously not derived from practicality. Where did it come from? When I was waiting for you at the door just now, I kept They're all thinking about it."

"What is the result of your thinking?"

"It's people. The people who made them, the people who used them, the people who stole them, the people who owned them in the process of changing hands. Become a legend. That is the true source of their value! Now, Rui, tell me, what do people think of ghosts in your country?"

For a moment, the magician's eyes were as sharp as a beast ready to go.