Chapter 030: Meeting

"I'm terribly sorry, I misunderstood you."

After figuring out Wang Bo's background, Chunli couldn't help but bow her head and apologize to him.

Clearly the other party regarded him as a friend, invited him to dinner, and even taught him such a powerful qigong as Ripple Qigong, yet he himself had been thinking of the other party as a terrorist.

Whenever she thought of her own foolishness, Chunli couldn't help but blush.

Therefore, this apology was absolutely sincere.

"Chunli, you know what?" Wang Bo looked at her with a serious expression.

Chunli looked up at Wang Bo in surprise.

Wang Bo said, "In my world, showing your chest when apologizing is common sense."

Chunli couldn't help but let out an 'ah,' her already rosy face instantly turning so red it seemed ready to drip blood. Not just her earlobes, but even her neck was as red as if it were fully ripe.

"Don't believe her, how could there be such common sense in the world?" Yazi slapped her best friend's shoulder hard, stopping her from reaching a trembling hand toward the cheongsam.

Then, she glared fiercely at Wang Bo.

"You bastard, you just want to take advantage of Chunli, don't you?"

"No, you're overthinking it." Wang Bo said seriously. "The world is full of wonders, all kinds of rules exist. I remember one world where you couldn't speak loudly, or even make a sound while walking, otherwise you'd be taken away by monsters."

"Besides that, I also know of a twin world, where two planets are inverted relative to each other, and looking up you can see people on the other planet living on the ground."

"I also know of worlds invaded by alien races, worlds under nuclear winter, and worlds overrun by ghosts and monsters. So, just because you don't know about them doesn't mean they don't exist."

Wang Bo's words successfully bluffed Yazi.

She looked at Wang Bo with a mixture of suspicion and doubt, wondering if showing one's chest while apologizing really was common sense in his world.

"No, no matter what, this is our world. Even if what you say is true, you should know what it means to 'do in Rome as the Romans do.'"

"Alright then." Wang Bo didn't mind; after all, he was just talking big.

If Chun-Li really apologized by showing her chest, he really wouldn't know what to do.

"In any case, this matter ends here. You may go back now." Wang Bo waved his hand. He had explained so much today that he was already tired.

Misunderstood by Uncle Tang and Tang Xin in the morning, and by Yazi and Chunli in the afternoon.

To be honest, Wang Bo was truly exhausted.

After Yazi and Chunli left with apologetic looks on their faces, Wang Bo took a shower, lay comfortably on the bed, gazed at the starry sky outside the window, listened to the sound of the waves, and slowly closed his eyes.

Before long, Wang Bo fell into a deep sleep.

Wang Bo slept very comfortably this time.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Wang Bo slowly woke up. After stretching, he lay in bed lazing around for a while. At around three in the afternoon, Wang Bo reluctantly got out of bed.

After washing his face in the bathroom, Wang Bo sat on the sofa, eating the delicacies obtained from the gourmet tablecloth while turning on the TV, slowly changing channels to pick a program he liked.

The television programs of this era were far less exciting than those of later generations, appearing particularly crude.

Before long, Wang Bo settled on a TV channel that was rebroadcasting the most classic TV series of the 1980s... The Bund!

Wang Bo watched with great relish.

To be honest, Wang Bo had never actually seen this version of Shanghai Bund.

Or rather, Wang Bo had never watched the television version of Shanghai Beach.

Wang Bo had only seen the new version of Shanghai Beach starring Leslie Cheung and Andy Lau, but that was many years ago, and he had long forgotten the main plot of Shanghai Beach.

He had even forgotten whether the character played by Andy Lau was Ding Li or Xu Wenqiang.

Although TV dramas from this era look rough, the actors were very dedicated, and their acting was basically up to standard—completely on a different level from the later generation of young idols.

So Wang Bo could still watch it, even savoring it with great relish.

Just then, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Wang Bo had to get up and open the door. At the entrance of the villa stood three people.

One was a young man in a suit with long hair; the other two were Tang Xin, her expression cold, and Uncle Tang, also in a suit and dressed like a successful businessman.

Wang Bo opened the door and welcomed the three of them in.

All along the way, the young man kept looking at Wang Bo with astonished eyes.

"What would you like to drink, tea or coffee?" Wang Bo asked after returning to the villa.

"Just a cup of coffee for me, please," the young man said hastily.

Old Tang said, "Give me a cup of coffee too."

Tang Xin said nothing.

Wang Bo simply poured three cups of coffee and placed them in front of the three people.

Old Man Tang took a sip of coffee, and sensing the tense atmosphere, set down his cup and said, "Let me introduce you. This is my worthy nephew, Ma You, and this is a young friend I met yesterday, Wan Ming."

Ma You tilted his head and looked at Wang Bo a few times. "Really similar, it's almost like looking in a mirror. You are Wan Ming, my younger brother who disappeared at birth."

Wang Bo said calmly, "I am indeed a daredevil, but as for whether I am your brother or not, I wouldn't know."

Ma You did not mind Wang Bo's tone of voice; he was not the sort of person with a hot temper to begin with. On the contrary, he was quite refined—whether in his attire, demeanor, or hairstyle, all exuded an artistic flair.

"I think you are my brother. How could there be two identical people in the world? Look at us, face to face—it's like looking in a mirror."

Wang Bo looked at Ma You, who did not resemble him at all.

No matter how you look at it, these are two people.

Yet in Ma You's eyes, and in Old Tang's eyes, Wang Bo was exactly the same as Ma You—such was the subtle power of substitution.

They were clearly two different faces, yet because Wang Bo was standing in for Wan Ming, they gave the impression of being twins.

After a pause, Ma You continued, “And when we sat together, I could feel that, although we had never met before, you felt very familiar to me. This feeling—you must be my younger brother.”

What else could Wang Bo say.

Whatever makes you happy.

But just then, Wang Bo suddenly remembered that in the plot of Double Dragon, the brothers did seem to have telepathy—for instance, when Ma You was playing the piano in the United States, Wan Ming, who was on Hong Kong Island, couldn't help but move his fingers.

The very beginning of the film once showed this scene.

Now Ma You said he felt very familiar with Wang Bo, which might not be false.

It was just that Wang Bo didn't feel that way, after all, he was only substituting for Wan Ming, not the real Wan Ming.

Old Tang said from the side, "In that case, why don't we go to the hospital for a checkup to verify this matter? What do you think?"

Ma You waved a hand and said, "No need, I can be certain that this is my younger brother."