Chapter 142: Between Men
He retracted his gaze with a quick glance, and sat at a dining table with few people, and several people at the table saw Chu Mo and didn't recognize them for a while, after all, Chu Mo's appearance at this time was very different from that time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"This Huaxia friend, have we met?"
Someone recognized Chu Mo and felt that he was a little familiar, so when he asked, Chu Mo looked up and saw that there was a polite young white man with a smile on the corner of his mouth, he recognized the other party, so he nodded with a smile.
"We did, not so long ago."
This young man from the United States was the one who reminded him that there was a shark under the boat on the Pearl Princess before, so he had such a deep impression of Chu Mo.
"Haha, you actually came, I looked for you on the boat and you wanted to repay you for your help to me, but I didn't expect you to disappear like this, let's say, where have you been hiding on the ship for the past two days? I can't go anywhere except for Chriss's family room on the top floor, so you're not going to hide there, are you? ”
James talked to Chu Mo very freely, but threw aside a few people at the same table before, Chu Mo shook his head, glanced at Christina in the distance, and said, "I didn't hide there, I got off the boat directly and left early." ”
Hearing this, James's lips grew wide, and after holding this action for a few seconds, he patted Chu Mo's shoulder with a smile and said, "Friend Huaxia, your joke is so funny." ”
"Call me Chu Mo, I know your name is James."
"Hmm."
He didn't think it was strange that Chu Mo could know his name, although he was not a genius, but he also had a bit of a reputation, so he naturally thought that it was normal for Chu Mo to know his name, if Chu Mo told him that he could judge his name by the shape of his mouth when he saw others calling him just now, I don't know what his expression would be.
"James, is the party over?"
Chu Mo was still concerned about the auction of a few of his paintings, and he was a little uncomfortable sitting here watching a large group of foreigners staggering here.
"It's over, there will be a charity auction later, it is estimated that it will be held in a while, this auction is said to be amazing."
There was a look of expectation in James' eyes, Chu Mo nodded, sat on the table, and looked at Andy not far away, who seemed to feel something, and actually smiled at Chu Mo and made an "ok" gesture.
Chris Leon next to him pretended to be casual and also looked at Chu Mo, but Chu Mo deliberately lowered his head, so he didn't see it.
"Father, Uncle Andy, who do you look at?"
Christina looked at the two of them looking towards one place, and couldn't help but look at her gaze curiously, and sure enough, she suddenly stood up in the next second, she didn't see Chu Mo's face, but Chu Mo's black hair was very conspicuous.
Which of the Mi people present is not blonde and brown-haired, to be honest, there are too few black hairs, basically you can't see them, Chu Mo never thought that his hair color would cause him a lot of trouble.
"Tina, stay here, you will be the one who will be the host of the auction later, where do you want to go now? You know, so many people here are here for you. ”
"But, Father......"
When Christina's eyes looked in Chu Mo's direction again, she couldn't see Chu Mo's figure again, she had an intuition in her heart and told herself that the other party must be the Huaxia "stowaway" who saved her but left without saying goodbye, why did he come here too?
"Sit down, I'll tell you about it later."
The people at the table heard Chris Leon's words, and Andy still looked like he was going to die, bored and playing a game of cat and mouse with Chu Mo, looking carefully in the hall.
Dave sat next to him without saying a word, he was already fortunate to be able to sit here at this table, and it was a luxury for him to say a few words to these people.
"Yes, Miss Chrissy, you will be in charge of the auction that will be held later, so I will listen to Uncle Chrissy."
Medik said lightly, I don't know if it was because his uncle was killed inexplicably, or because the steel castle that his family was proud of was found to be flawed, and now his stomach is full of anger.
I didn't want to come to this party, but I was invited by Chrissy Leon, and he could ignore the invitation of the mayor of Los Angeles, but if he could ignore Chrissy Leon's invitation, I was afraid that his father would not dare to do it.
Christina glanced at the hall unwillingly, the conspicuous black hair was invisible, she glanced at Medik coldly, when did this guy preach to himself?
"Father, I'm up."
"Hmm."
Chrissleon nodded, watched her daughter walk up to the makeshift auction table, her eyes swept over Medik, and said lightly: "Medik, I heard that your father left you here to help someone, how about it, do you want me to help you?" ”
"No, I still have a way to deal with that person."
Medik is very wary of Chrissy Leon, as the saying goes, life is like a play, and a guy who lives almost like a play, he must be vigilant.
Besides, if the news of the flaws in their family's steel castle is known to their Chrissy family, maybe the Chrissy family will not only not help them arrest people, but it is estimated that they will fall into the well and make a hindrance.
The long-established Chris family and the emerging arms family Maddie family are faintly at odds with each other, because the McKe family is a bit unprincipled in doing things, as long as it is beneficial to them, they will do it, so for the extremely conservative and extremely regular Chrissy family, the Maddie family is just a gangster.
"Oh, okay then."
Chrissy Leon smiled faintly, looking at the appearance of this junior who wanted to save face, he let out a slightly sarcastic laugh, Medik was expressionless, and he was thinking about what model to use, how many catties of explosives should be used to blow this guy to the ground.
"Ladies and gentlemen, today at the invitation of the Mayor of Los Angeles, I, Christina, are hosting a charity auction for you, and all the proceeds from the auction will be donated to the disaster area and used for urban construction, and everyone applauds the Mayor of Los Angeles for his righteousness."
The applause was extremely warm, most of the people sitting here were young people, looking at the goddess in their hearts, how could they not cheer and cheer, as for Dave himself, with a reserved smile on his face and most of the people here bowed to express his gratitude, in fact, his heart was already like a nuclear explosion, thrilling.
One night when he finally had a chance to show his face, no one could understand what it was like to sit among these people, definitely the feeling of an ugly duckling seeing a flock of swans.
Taking the microphone handed over by the hotel on the side, Dave impassionedly said his urban plan and the idea of helping the poor, this speech that has been revised by more than a dozen people racking their brains was deeply imprinted in Dave's head, so the wonderful speech and sincere intentions also really made these people's eyes shine, and there was a heartfelt applause.
"Thank you, thank you."
Dave thanked him and sat back down, his back soaking wet, and after a cup of tea, he looked at Christina as everyone else did, and watched her preside over the auction.
Christina on the auction table had more visibility because she was standing tall, and she looked in the hall for a while, but she still didn't find Chu Mo's figure, which couldn't help but be a pity.
Taking the auction item handed over by the person on the side, Christina looked at this small palm-sized green jade, and introduced: "This is an imperial green jadeite, the sender said that this jadeite has a history of 100 years, after more than 100 years of precipitation, the green has become more pure, in fact, it is a rare good product, and this piece of jadeite can be carved again, into the shape you want, the reserve price is 100,000 meters, the auction begins." ”
Christina was not in the mood to be an auctioneer, so she announced the start of the auction after a hurried introduction, and did not care about the people present for this mistake, after all, what they really cared about was not such a trivial matter.
"One hundred thousand."
"Two hundred thousand."
"Five hundred thousand."
“……”
The blonde-haired Chu Mo sat on a table, watching these people shout without treating money as money, even if he saw what it means to spend money, it changed from 100,000 to 1 million yuan in a blink of an eye, you must know that this is still the first auction item, if the auction is final, will these people still show off in front of the beauty?
Chu Mo was concerned about this problem, if these people ran out of money when they auctioned off their paintings, they would have a lot of fun.
"Who are you, and where has the person sitting here gone?"
Someone recognized that the extra Chu Mo was not the person who was sitting here with them before, so he asked.
"He's gone to the bathroom, and as for me, I'm a half-breed, can't you tell?"
The blonde hair on Chu Mo's head really made these people stunned for a while, but when they looked at it again, where was Chu Mo's shadow, it was long gone.
"These gringos are so vigilant."
Chu Mo walked to the toilet, and actually took off his blonde hair, it was a wig, he just asked the hotel staff to come, although the other party was very puzzled and surprised, but he knew that the people here were not something that they waiters could afford to provoke, so he still did as if he got a blonde hair out of nowhere, and Chu Mo put it on his head.
After looking in the mirror for a while, Chu Mo put on his wig again, trying hard to make himself look like a Mi Chinese, but doing so would only make him look more nondescript.
Suddenly, Chu Mo found a question, why did he hide himself, he didn't do anything wrong, he was invited to participate in the auction, if even the guests needed to hide, wouldn't it be too much to say?
Walking out with the wig, Chu Mo returned the wig to the waiter and sat down next to James again, who looked at him and quipped, "Where have you been, you will disappear and reappear again?" ”
"It's nothing, it's just going to the bathroom."
Chu Mo didn't think about how to hide this time, he, like everyone else, acted as a spectator openly, waiting for the moment when his painting was taken out for auction.
"This is the 30th auction item, it is a famous painting, everyone should be able to recognize, this is Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" thirteen of the pairs, for some collectors, this is a priceless treasure, for its authenticity we do not have to doubt, it is absolutely genuine, now auctioned, the reserve price is 10 million meters."
Christina's beautiful voice made these people feel that this work of art was worth a lot of money, so they asked for the price, Chu Mo couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he saw that so many people still had the strength to spare, it seemed that these hot potatoes could finally be thrown out.
Dave looked at the painting, his brows gradually furrowed, how could this painting be taken out as an auction item?
For his old enemy Depp, he is very concerned, so he knows that this "Sunflower" is his collection, and the whereabouts of this painting have been unknown until Depp is found, which may involve the real cause of Depp's death, so he can't sit still when he sees this.
"Mayor, do you want to make a bid too? Now it's 50 million. ”
Andy on the side reminded Dave, who was a little moving, and also pointed to the words and said to Dave: "I took out that painting and put it up for auction, mayor, if you want it, don't say it sooner, I can sell it to you privately and cheaply." ”
Hearing this, Dave sat back in his place, and he didn't know the bottom of his heart about the person who was sitting next to Chrissy Leon and talking to him so casually, only knowing that he was also a native of Los Angeles, but it was estimated that he was also a giant-like existence, so some thoughts that shouldn't have dissipated.
Andy glanced at him and stopped talking, touched Chrissy Leon on the side with his hand, and said with a smile: "How much do you owe me, remember?" ”
"Of course I remember, it only adds up to a few dozen, and I have a lot of them, and there should be one left now, and you help me find out about that young man."
Chrissy Leon and Andy spoke a little less arrogantly and more easy-going, and it could be seen that the two were acquainted.
"Hehe, you really know how well I owe you the most favors, and I pay back the fastest, for fear that I will do what you want."
"That's natural, you vampire didn't know when you were in college, you can count people to death, but I know your details."
Andy smiled and waved his hand, he looked at Christina, who was still presiding over the auction on the auction table, and said meaninglessly: "What path are you going to let her choose, is it your own wandering path or the family's career path." ”
"I don't want to arrange any road for her, so it's up to her to walk out on her own, and I have the same opinion as her mother."
"You're not afraid of those old people's opposition, after all, the men in your Chrissy family have become more and more bad in recent years, but women are in charge of the house, and your daughter is so good, are you sure those people in your family will give her so-called freedom and happiness?"
Chrissy Leon pondered for a while, and said with a little uncertainty: "No, after all, those people in the family love her very much now, and they shouldn't force her to do anything." ”
"I hope so, I don't want to bother about the things in your family, but I still have to think more about your affairs, after all, if your wife hadn't been merciful to me, it would have been my wife, and your daughter would have called me father."
Andy's eyes flashed with complications and reminiscences, Chriss-Leon didn't mind his rude statement, but fell into silence, he looked at Andy, frowned and said: "How much time do you have left, I see that you have lasted for so many years, running around the world, you should be cured, right?" ”
"No, who can help me cure things that can't be solved by medicine now, I listened to what you said, I went to China for five years, and I didn't find any strange people, but I was attracted by the civilization of China, and now I speak the Chinese language better than ordinary people."
Speaking of Huaxia, Andy's eyes were shining, it was a magical country, and there were too many things on that land that attracted him.
Chrissly Leon looked at Andy guiltily and whispered "I'm sorry", as for why, only these two people can understand, Andy suddenly patted Chrissy Leon's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Look, that Huaxia kid is out again." ”
Sure enough, Chris Leon followed Andy's eyes and saw the Chinese man, with a delicate face, eyebrows like two willow leaves, but there was a kind of stability and depth in his deep eyes that young people should not have, and his cold face was even more reluctant to approach.
"This is the Huaxia man who disappeared after saving Tina?"
Chrissy Leon asked Andy, and suddenly his heart sank, because the eyes of the Chinese man were cast to his side, and the unfriendliness made him uncomfortable, and his eyes quickly retracted.
"It's him, this young man is not simple, when I checked him, I found that nothing was right, as if he had nothing to do with everything at all, but it was this that caused me to suspect, no one can be separated from society, he covered up everything about himself and exposed it."
Andy drank a cup of tea prepared by the waiter, and his eyes never stayed on Chu Mo for five seconds, as if he knew that doing so would attract the other party's attention.
"You told me that there is a kind of person in the Huaxia people who is very magical, I have not seen it, so I have been looking for it, if I find it, Leon, do you think that kind of person has the ability to cure my disease?"
Andy's eyes reveal a strong will to survive, he has been afraid to keep close contact with anyone since he learned that he has a strange disease more than ten years ago, because he knows that no one wants to be friends with strange people, so he tries to avoid others.
Sometimes he thought about cutting off contact with his only friend, but fate seemed to be playing a joke on him, no matter where he was hiding, he would always be found by the other party to drink and chat with him.
It was a friendship between two men, and after a long period of consideration, he didn't want to lose this only bond, so he wanted to live, but before that he could heal himself.