Neil looked at him, smiled, and said, "Thanks, Claire! In three years, I will buy it back into my home. You can too!"

Claire smiled and said, "You know, I believe in you more than I believe in myself! Who are you? You're Neil Geddes, the Wall Street Fox who once played the whole Wall Street!"

Neil didn't laugh, he said, "Actually, we were also tricked!"

Claire smiled wryly and said, "We were indeed tricked by Link Hans and Flen Pitt. But I think we're playing with ourselves. Do you know. I didn't sleep all night last night. It wasn't just that the dog man and woman in the next room were making too much noise in the bed and the walls were not well insulated, because the man had done it three times, and it was only an hour to rest in between. I couldn't sleep because I suddenly felt like I was in a dream. ”

Neil pulled out a smile and said, "No, that's not a dream. Now it is. Now we're having nightmares. ”

"Hopefully we'll wake up soon. "Claire is already in a lot better shape than she was two days ago. The first two days he was worried that he would be thrown into prison, but Furlen found him and lent him $200 million.

He negotiated with the creditor to repay 200 million yuan first, and the remaining 300 million yuan or so to be paid off within three years. If he is thrown into prison, the creditor may never recover his debt. The creditor agreed to his request.

That saved him from a fraud lawsuit for the time being. While the likelihood of him going to jail is still high, there is at least a buffer period.

Their cars have been seized by the court, so they can only take taxis. The taxi stopped at an alleyway, and after the two got out of the car, Neil's brow furrowed unconsciously. Because it was beyond his imagination.

Although it was daytime, the alley was still as dark as night. There are a few small red lights inside, indicating that this is a place where wandering warblers gather. Ten years ago, he never imagined that Claire and he would one day live in a place like this.

Claire carried her duffel bag and smiled and said, "Let's go." I live upstairs and the lighting is better than downstairs. ”

Ni didn't speak, but strode him into the alley.

There was no elevator, and they were so narrow that they could barely fit the stairs that Neil and his duffel bags walked side by side.

Upon passing the fourth floor, the door of one of the residents at the top of the staircase opened. A black man still wearing a leash came out of it. Almost hit Neil.

The black man looked them up and down, and Neil looked each other up and down. Perhaps it was his cold even that made the black man feel that he was not easy to mess with, and turned around and left. At this moment, the door was still open and a fat woman with scantily clad white blonde hair and a spring face. When she saw Neil, her face was amazed, and she smiled and said, "Hey, handsome guy, do you want to come in and play? I can give you free." ”

Neil smiled and said, "Thank you for the invitation, but I don't think I need it yet!"

In his gentlemanly performance, the woman even felt that she should be a lady, not the kitsch of today. She put away her smile, put her hands on her body, and said in a little hurry, "I'm sorry, sir!" and slammed the door shut.

Neil and Claire heard the woman's muffled cry coming from the door.

Claire shook her head and said, "Let's go!" he said and continued upstairs.

Neil didn't speak, just pursed his lips and followed.

Claire's rented room was a very small apartment, and even with a strong air freshener, she could still smell a faint musty smell.

There was a room in the apartment with two small beds of one and a half yards in between, and only one aisle of less than a yard remained. Outside there is a small living room and a kitchenette. In addition, there is a restroom where an adult can just turn around.

In his previous mansion, the cloakrooms were twice as large as this one. They still lived in such a room in the first month of the business, and even at that time, the house they rented was better than it.

The whole apartment can be seen at a glance.

Claire pointed to the bed on the right and said, "It's yours." I just bought it last night, the bed is second-hand, but the beds are all new. There will be heating here in the winter, and this winter, we won't have too much trouble. However we needed to move before summer as there was no air conditioning. ”

Neil saw two detachable plastic cloth wardrobes on the other side of the bed, nodded and asked, "The wardrobe on the right is mine?"

"Yes. You clean up yourself, I'll go order dinner first. ”

Neil opened the duffel bag and hung the clothes one by one, but he had brought too many clothes to fit them all in. In the end, he didn't leave half of his clothes in the bag. Maybe these thousands of dollars worth of clothes will look like ten-dollar stalls when he's going to wear them.

When he was done, he walked out of the room to see Claire playing with her phone.

Seeing him come out, Claire looked up and said, "I ordered a pizza to celebrate your move." ”

Neil smiled, took out his wallet, took out one of the Franklins inside, and put it on the table, saying, "This counts as a month's rent for me to pay first." ”

Claire glanced at him, knew that he was like this, and didn't shirk it, just picked it up and put it in her wallet. He waved his phone again and said, "This is probably my most valuable possession." Luckily, there are still $3,000 in phone bills. Enough for me to make phone calls for a long time. ”

Neil also took out his phone and said, "Is there a pawn shop around here that collects mobile phones?" and he only had a hundred dollars left. He's still going to look for work. With his current situation, it is not difficult to find a job, but it will be difficult for him to find a job that will give him a chance to make a comeback!

"I'll take you there after dinner!" Claire didn't persuade her. Now the sum of the money on the two of them is only four hundred dollars, and they really need some money. "I'm going to have my phone too. ”

His phone is much more valuable than Neil's, because it is custom-made, and the titanium body is still on the market for a high-end configuration that I don't know when I will be able to buy it, and it is at least pawned for five thousand dollars. That was enough for the two of them to get through the most difficult of days.

Claire's pizza was quickly delivered, and Claire took out two beers from a small Xiaoice box in the corner, threw one to Neil, and said, "Today you move, we have to have a drink to celebrate." ”

"Cheers to our goddamn new home!" he sheathed his beer, then bumped into Neil and half-listened.

Neil smiled and said, "For our new home!" he took only one sip.

Claire grabbed a slice of pizza and stuffed it into her mouth, took a bite, and said as she ate, "You would never have imagined that I suddenly found that the pizza for five dollars was even better than the fifty dollar for a piece! ”

Neil understood the distress in his heart, and was about to say something to relieve him, when his phone suddenly rang.

He thought it was the court or the bank that was looking for him. He took out the phone and found that it was "Link Hans" on the screen. He couldn't decide for a moment whether he should answer the call.

"What's wrong?" Claire noticed his anomaly.

"It's Link calling. ”

Claire was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said, "You don't dare to take it?"

Neil smiled and answered while the phone was still ringing, "Hello, Link." It's me. ”

"Where do you live now?" I just went to your house and found a seal on the door!" Link on the phone said in the same tone as usual.

"You wait!" Neil didn't hold the microphone and asked Claire for her address.

He had just said a word on the phone when he heard Link say, "I just heard that." Can I be a guest?"

Neil glanced at the cramped living room, but said, "Of course! ”

After he put down the phone, he said to Claire, "Link is coming!"

Claire smirked and said, "Hopefully he won't come down the alley and turn around and leave." ”

In about thirty minutes, Link arrived. He also carried two paper bags.

When he entered, he went straight to the small table, pulled something and sat down as a stool, and when he saw that there was only a pizza box left on the table, he said, "You've already had dinner?"

Claire, who had just closed the door, smiled and said, "You know, I can't stand being hungry for a fat person like me, so I ate earlier today." ”

Link laughed and said, "But I'm still hungry." And you shouldn't be the ones who drink this low-quality beer and pizza made in fast food restaurants. ”

As he spoke, he made a phone call and said, "Tiger, get me something to eat and bring it to me, I want it for three people." And get some beer. ”

"You drink beer too, and I thought the wine in your cellar would make you swim with red wine every day. ”

"I've thought about it that way, but you know, being an environmentalist is going to make me a mess. Because red wine will make the fish drunk. ”

Neil then picked up the last slice of pizza and ate it as he said, "You didn't come here specifically to joke, did you?" ”

"Of course not. Link said earnestly. "I'm here to congratulate you on your housewarming. This is my gift. ”

As he spoke, he gave the two paper bags to the two of them.

"What is this?" Claire pulled out a flat box and opened it. "Is it wine? 2023 "New Queen and Fire Cloud" is a great gift. It's a pity I don't have a goblet here. ”

"The only thing you can't do without is your mouth, not your glass!" Link said as he took out the corkscrew in the box, then took another bottle of Fire Cloud, opened it, and handed the cork to Claire.

"The scent is strong. It does seem to be better than 22 years. I'll go get the cup. ”

Link threw all the beer cans on the table into the trash and said, "You're the ones who should drink this full red wine." If you like beer, you should drink at least two hundred dollars a dozen. And not these. ”

"But we don't have the money to drink!" Neil saw that the beer was gone, and continued to eat pizza.

"But you have the right to drink!"

Claire brought three disposable cups and said, "This is the most refreshing compliment I've ever heard." Maybe we can try this way of drinking. ”

Link smiled and took the glass, then poured three glasses in the standard pouring technique.

Claire couldn't help but laugh when she saw him and said, "Link, you're really funny!"

Link put the bottle on the table and said, "I'm not only funny, but also rich!"

The smile on Claire's face retracted, and she just looked at Neil and didn't speak.

Neil looked at Link and didn't speak for a long time. Link smiled, and he watched.

Half an hour later, Neil was about to speak when there was another knock on the door.