Arthur rubbed his eyes, he thought it was a hallucination, obviously how did the red heart turn into a goat's horn?

He looked closer to the cards and saw that the hearts had indeed turned into two blood-red horns, and some dense small words began to appear on the card.

Arthur squinted:

"Name: Arthur Luciano, Occupation: Cook, Sequence: 9, Codename: Jumping Soul. Commentary: Let the fragrance of poetry shine on the land of God. “

"What is this? Magic? Or some kind of hell joke. “

Thinking it was some kind of joke, Arthur looked through the other three cards, but nothing appeared on them.

Arthur now has a lot of question marks.

He focused on the 2 of hearts, and after a few minutes, the goat's horn on it turned into hearts again, and the small print disappeared, leaving no trace. Looking at the back of the pattern, there are also columns of small characters, which are more than the front, which is a poem:

"How many years later I dreamed that I was king in hell. Who are the people of the sun who drive the chariot of the night in the flesh? Who is it? With my life, try its blade of light, and will the gods under those trees welcome me back to their ranks? I came to the end of humanity. ”

"What's going on here?" If you don't know anything about modern poetry Arthur, can't you write something that people can understand? Can you explain what you want me to do?

Thinking so, Arthur read the verses softly, and although he didn't understand the meaning of the verses at all, he felt that there was some kind of power in them.

"I'm at the end of humanity......" When Arthur finished the last sentence, the text on the back of the playing card disappeared, but the other cards in his hand lit up!

On the back of the 3 of spades, the 6 of grass flowers, and the J of the square, there are lines of small print, and they are all different obscure poems. To be honest, Arthur still knows a little bit about ancient Chinese poetry, and he doesn't understand what these modern poems are written about.

Arthur felt a little tired, Rinima, why don't you just "ding" a system for Lao Tzu, and let me get a task to draw a prize, wouldn't it be beautiful?

TM's let Lao Tzu recite poetry? Arthur read the poem on the back of the remaining three cards, and nothing happened.

If you are tired, don't care so much about it, go to sleep, maybe you will wake up and find that this is just a dream.

If it's really a dream, then it's better to ...... now

Arthur thought of Gina sleeping on the bed, and suddenly a little chicken, and a little caution inevitably came out of his heart.

But Yu Peng is a decent gentleman after all, and he can take advantage of it, but not now. For Gina, a cute little girl, if it weren't for the dream to stay for a long time, he hoped to cultivate feelings, after all, after more than 20 years, such innocent little girls are becoming fewer and fewer in the United States or China.

Arthur washed up a little, and on a somewhat cold night in early spring, he went into the room in the dark and crept into the bed.

The quilt had been warmed by Gina, and she was already asleep, but when she realized that Arthur had entered the quilt, she still turned around and hugged Arthur closely.

"God... If it's a dream, don't wake me up......"

Arthur's heart fluttered for a moment, and he felt as if he had returned to the time when he was eighteen, and that night, the girl's enthusiasm almost melted him. As the years passed, he thought that he would never experience such a feeling again, who knows...... Damn, it's so big, it's so soft.

But soon, Arthur didn't have the heart to feel it, he was really tired, and the next day he said that he was going to get up to take Gina to school, and he fell asleep in a daze.

……

Arthur woke up the next day, it was bright outside the window, he got up and rubbed his eyes, and saw that he was in a strange apartment.

That's right, not his home in Chengdu, but in New York, Little Italy. Arthur made sure of this when he came to the window and looked down.

Sure enough, it's crossed, and it looks like there's no going back.

Looking at the time, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, and there was no one at home.

On the table in the dining room there was a note left by Gina, saying that she had gone to school by herself and hoped that he would pick her up from school in the evening. The sticky notes were pressed with a plate of fried eggs, some toast, and a glass of milk that had cooled down. The girl also made Arthur breakfast before going to school, though not very skilled.

The original Arthur was a cook, but to be honest, his cooking skills were really not good, helping out in the restaurant and helping the cook, and his mind was all on picking up girls. Now Arthur had eaten this breakfast that didn't taste very good but was full of love, and remembered that he was going to work at Luciano's restaurant, so he hurriedly put on his coat and shoes and went out.

In the morning, Little Italy is very lively, in addition to the local life, there are many tourists from other places.

In the 90s, there were still very few Chinese who traveled abroad, like more than 20 years later, Chinese faces can be seen everywhere in Little Italy during the day, because Little Italy is separated by a street, which is Chinatown.

On the way to work, Arthur had two things on his mind, one was what was going on with the playing cards in his pocket? He decided to find a chance to experiment. Another thing was the assassination of Abramo, and Uncle said that Casey and Russell would come to him this afternoon and tell him how to plan the assassination.

Kill someone as soon as you cross over? Yu Peng felt that this was inappropriate, and let Arthur, a stunned young man, do this, there must be something unspeakable behind it. He decided to observe for the time being, make contact with Casey and Russell, and then take the next step.

Thinking about it all the way, he didn't pay attention to the work at Luciano's restaurant at all, and when he arrived at the restaurant, he was already late.

Luciano specializes in Italian cuisine, serving coffee, desserts, and takeaways in addition to lunch and dinner. The ancestors of the Luciano family came to the United States to work in this restaurant, married the daughter of the restaurant owner, inherited the family business, and slowly worked this basis. By the time of Arthur's great-grandfather's generation, it was already a well-known underground family in New York.

And Arthur, who has no interest, can only be a cook.

Upon entering, he was first scolded by the manager, who now owned Tony Luciano and hired a Jew to be the manager.

"Arthur, you said yesterday that you slept in the store, that you were afraid of being late, why weren't you here this morning? You're lying to me again? I don't care what your uncle says, if you are late like this, I can't fire you, but I will deduct your wages!" "Jews are known for their scheming and shrewdness, and they are annoying, but they are really good at managing their finances.

Arthur had something on his mind, and he didn't bother to pay attention to this Jew, so he just snorted coldly and went to the locker room to change his clothes.

Seeing Arthur's attitude, the store manager followed him into the locker room and said, "Half of your salary this month will be deducted!" Arthur, if you continue to have this attitude, I can't guarantee that you will be able to keep your job in the kitchen! Tony is a fair and just person! “

Arthur used to work in the store, and he was bullied by this Jewish store manager, this guy is a snob, and he knows that the boss Tony doesn't like this nephew, so he gives him small shoes to wear everywhere. Arthur has a big heart, he has never bothered with him, and his mind is all on pickling girls.

Yu Peng is different, this is an old fritter, so he is not afraid of the threat of the store manager.

After changing his clothes, Arthur pointed to the Jewish store manager and said, "Schmidt, if you dare to deduct my salary, I will tell Tony about you taking the money from the store to loan sharks, what do you think he will do with you?" ”

Yu Peng found everything about Schmidt in Arthur's memory, including that he used the business income of the store to lend usury, and then paid it back when it expired, and the interest was all his own business. For Jews, usury is like growing vegetables for the Chinese, it is their natural skill.

But taking the business income of Tony's store to lend money is completely different.

The amount is not the key, the key is to give him a cut of the loan on Tony's territory, this Schmidt is good, he used Tony's money to make money, and he didn't pay a penny of taxes, then he would definitely die without a body.

When Schmidt heard Arthur's words, his face turned blue with fright, he didn't know how Arthur would know about this, so he quickly grabbed Arthur's hand and said, "Oh dear Arthur, you know that I have always been good to you, but I just borrowed a little from the store because my family was really short of money, and I put it all on!" Not a penny less! Not a penny less! “

Schmidt's voice trembled a little, because he knew how miserable Tony would be to lend money with his business money.

Seeing Schmidt's cowardice, Arthur bypassed him for the time being, leaving the dressing room and going to the back kitchen. Yu Peng thought to himself, it turned out that this Arthur was really a fool, holding such a big handle as Schmidt in his hand, but he didn't know how to use it. As for how Arthur knows? It was told to him by a waitress in the store before, the two had a leg in the locker room, and the waitress inadvertently leaked the matter to Arthur after the incident, and also hoped that Arthur would not be bullied again.

How do you know that Arthur only has a beauty in his eyes, but he doesn't understand the friendship of beauty, and he doesn't know how to use it at all.

Now that the hostess had left New York, she was still thinking about Arthur and left him her phone number, hoping that he would be free to find her.

This guy is really a merciless little Italian stallion.

In the back kitchen, Chef Carson saw Arthur and beckoned him to the back door to unload the newly arrived ham and steak from the truck and put them in the cold storage. Arthur didn't have any opinion and took the initiative to get to work.

This kid is indeed strong, drinking and gambling all day long and not exercising, but he is still as strong as a foal, no wonder he is popular with women.

Busy until noon, Arthur mainly did some chores, carrying, cleaning, and side dishes, so simple that he didn't need to use his brain at all.

After lunch, I could finally relax a little and light a cigarette at the back door.

Chef Carson also came over, Arthur gave Carson one, Yu Peng remembered that this Carson was not bad to Arthur and took care of himself. But he is also a drunkard, he is 10 years older than Arthur, he has a family, but he still often drags Arthur out to fool around.

"Hey boy, something is wrong with you today, why don't you speak?" Carson found that Arthur was not the same as usual, usually Arthur was stunned, his emotions were always up and down, he was cowardly in front of the store manager, and he was flamboyant in the face of the waitress, but today he was surprisingly calm, he was not lazy and complained in the back kitchen, and things were done neatly and orderly.

Is this still the same Arthur as before?

Arthur lit a cigarette for Carson, and didn't take his words, of course, he wasn't the same bastard Arthur anymore.

Spit out a smoke ring, Arthur took out three playing cards from his pocket, Carson saw it and waved his hand: "Arthur Arthur, are you thinking about gambling again?" You're still at work, boy, how about talking about it after work? Don't be seen by Schmidt. “

In addition to being lustful, Arthur is also a petty gambler, often mixing in various private casinos, taking the girl to eat Hesse when he wins, and getting out of the house if he loses, anyway, with the surname Luciano, no one is too embarrassed by him.

But Arthur, of course, didn't want to play cards this time, he picked up a card and showed the back of the pattern to Carson, and said, "Carson, do you see the words on it?" Read it to me. ”

With the exception of the 2 of hearts, Arthur recited the other three cards behind the cards, but nothing happened.

He wanted to test Carson to see if he would react when he read the poem on the back of the poker.

As a result, Carson's answer was unexpected, "Don't tease Arthur, there's no writing on the back of the playing cards, are you broken in your brain?" ”

No words?

Arthur turned over the back of the playing card and looked, there were obviously words, dense letters, this is a 3 of spades, the back reads:

"April is the cruelest month, with lilacs growing on the wasteland, mixing memories and desires, and letting the spring rain rush those sluggish roots. I'm not Russian, I'm from Lithuania, I'm an authentic German. We stayed at my cousin's house with the Grand Duke when we were young, and he took me out to sledding, and I was scared. He said, Mary, Mary, hold on firmly. Let's go down. In the mountains, where you feel free. ”