Chapter 228 Like Master, Like Rabbit
Xia Lili rested her elbows on the table, supporting her chin, and couldn't help but observe the guests around her.
I heard that in many interactive parts of magic shows, the audience members randomly picked up to interact are actually "his own people" arranged by the magician. They have rehearsed many times beforehand and are usually the magician's partners and assistants, commonly known as "shills".
Could it be that among the guests sitting around her there are also "stooges" arranged by the magician?
According to the staff, these guests were either invited by the organizers or were avid fans of magician Victor who spent a lot of money to buy front-row seats.
Judging from their attire, the people sitting around me are indeed either rich or noble.
Just then, a sound of slow and unhurried footsteps came from behind.
Xia Lili looked back and saw first a pair of slender legs, then straight black trousers, and then the well-tailored tuxedo wrapped around the man's broad shoulders and narrow waist.
Li Qihan's outfit today really embodies the word "cold" in a very elegant way.
The collar of his tailcoat was trimmed with dark patterns, which made his neck look longer and slenderer, and his bow tie was tied meticulously, as if it had been measured with a ruler.
His walking posture was also nice, neither fast nor slow, but with a certain innate sense of alienation.
Li Qihan sat down at the other side of the small round table and said in a cold voice, "Good evening."
After saying that, he lowered his eyes to look at the menu, his long eyelashes casting a shadow under the light.
Xia Lili's heart trembled, and she couldn't help but lean over to give a "friendly reminder": "Captain Li, there will be special effects such as fireworks and lasers in the front row, and you may be called to the stage to interact..." Her voice gradually weakened.
Li Qihan tapped his slender fingers lightly on the menu: "Only by sitting close can you see the flaws in the magic."
"Ah...that's right." Xia Lili chuckled twice and lowered her head to stir the straw in the cup.
The waiter brought the dessert at the right time, and the exquisite macarons were arranged in the shape of petals on the porcelain plate.
The two of them sipped in silence, and the air seemed to freeze.
The subtle silence was not broken until the lights in the theater suddenly dimmed and a spotlight pierced the darkness.
The lights in the theater suddenly went out, and only a soft "click" was heard in the darkness.
A spotlight suddenly hit the antique box in the center of the stage.
It was a Victorian-style wooden box inlaid with intricate patterns.
Just as the audience held their breath, the lid of the box suddenly popped open, and dozens of white doves flapped their wings and flew out, circling over the theater.
Wherever the pigeons flew past, specks of silver powder fell, like a dreamy first snow.
"ladies and gentlemen!"
A voice with a strong Italian accent suddenly sounded from the back of the audience.
Everyone turned around in surprise, only to see a figure in a tuxedo elegantly standing up from the seats in the last row.
The moment he took off his hat, smoke exploded with a "bang"
When the smoke cleared, the man was already standing in the aisle of the auditorium!
The audience suddenly burst into applause!
"Welcome to Magic Night!"
Victor opened his arms, his chestnut curls glistening like honey in the light, his emerald green eyes gleaming with cunning.
"I'm Victor JR!"
"But you may be more familiar with my other identity—"
He pulled out a playing card from his empty hand like a magic trick, "Mr. Magician, always thinking three steps ahead of the audience!"
Xia Lili was very surprised that this magician from Italy spoke all his opening remarks in Chinese today, and it was obvious that he had tried hard to pronounce his words correctly, showing that he was quite sincere to the Dragon Country audience.
Victor walked gracefully down the aisle of the auditorium, the hem of his tuxedo swaying gently with his steps.
His slender fingers seemed to have magic, and every three steps he took, a surprise appeared from the void.
First, he pulled out a gorgeous red rose out of thin air and threw it to an audience member.
Then he snapped his fingers crisply, and a star stick suddenly ignited at his fingertips, with sparks drawing brilliant trails in the darkness.
When he walked to the first row, he suddenly made a grabbing gesture in the air and pulled out a furry white lop-eared rabbit from his sleeve.
The female audience members were immediately amazed by how cute the little rabbit was.
Victor's emerald green eyes scanned the audience in the front row, finally stopping on Xia Lili.
"Ah, this lady who is as charming as moonlight."
He bowed slightly and gently placed the little rabbit in Xia Lili's trembling palm. "Could you please take care of this greedy little lady for a while?"
Xia Lili felt that everyone's eyes were instantly focused on her, and her ears suddenly burned red: "Okay, okay..."
She held the soft little life stiffly in her arms, even her breathing became cautious, and she wished she could disappear into the seat immediately.
The little rabbit seemed to sense her nervousness and rubbed it affectionately against her palm, causing the audience around her to burst into good-natured laughter.
The little rabbit, as big as a snowball, curled up obediently in Xia Lili's palm, and its soft fur made her palm itchy.
She froze and dared not move, her mind full of the horrible thought that the rabbit might defecate at any time - I heard that these little creatures have a very fast metabolism, what if they urinated and defecated on her in public!
She carefully placed the rabbit on the velvet-covered table, but the little guy kicked his hind legs and nimbly jumped into Li Qihan's arms.
The usually stern criminal investigation captain suddenly froze like a sculpture, his hands hanging in the air, unable to move forward or backward.
But the little rabbit took advantage of the situation and found a comfortable position on his straight tuxedo, and rubbed his bow tie with its head like a spoiled child.
Li Qihan frowned slightly, and a rare look of helplessness appeared on his handsome face that was always serious.
He lowered his head and looked into the ball of hair in his arms, as if he were facing a suspect who refused to confess.
Xia Lili quickly covered her mouth, but a chuckle still slipped out from between her fingers.
Who would have thought that Captain Li, who was feared by criminals, was now being controlled by a little rabbit.
Li Qihan heard the laughter and his eyes fell on the corners of her eyes: "Like master, like rabbit."
Xia Lili raised her hands in surrender: "Don't talk nonsense, I just met it! It wasn't my order."
At this moment, the stage lights suddenly dimmed, and a transparent glass operating table slowly rose in the smoke.
Victor, wearing rubber gloves, used an exaggerated scalpel to draw cold light in the air. "First magic trick of the night - 'Vivisection: The Mystery of the Transparent Human Body'! Please welcome our volunteers!"
The randomly selected audience members lay down on the operating table trembling with fear.
When Victor's "scalpel" cut across his abdomen, the whole audience gasped one after another.
I saw the internal organs being "taken out" and displayed on a tray, while the volunteers were still smiling and waving!
Those organs even trembled slightly to the rhythm of the music, emitting a strange red light.
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