Chapter 57: The Day Before
It has been said that life is like a journey.
When you pack your bags and set out, you will meet all kinds of things and all kinds of people.
Something will change your mind, and you may turn at the next intersection, even though you don't know if it's a straight road or a rough mountain road.
Your parents will walk with you for a while, and you will gradually fall behind. Some will pass by, some will accompany you on a ride, and many more will walk on another path in life.
Everything is a scenery on the road of life.
All you can do is keep going...
Ten years ago, the day before Li Mo's birthday, he was still traveling on CD. In the small hotel, while using the Nokia straight board player to send text messages to Zhang Kai, he looked at the super girl voice boringly, and his heart was full of confusion about the future.
Ten years later, on this day, he was playing an arcade in an arcade in Hell's Kitchen in Marvel World, and he looked down on many things and felt more calm.
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"Hey, Lee!"
The middle-aged white fat man who was fighting the King of Fighters with him suddenly said: "Aren't you a superhero, as a representative of our Hell's Kitchen, you should learn from Iron Man to go out to fight crime from time to time." β
Li Mo knocked out the white man in a combo and shrugged his shoulders, "Oh, that's really hell!" β
The middle-aged white man shook his head and did not speak, and the two continued to start the next game.
After coming out of the amusement hall, Li Mo strolled slowly and sent a text message to everyone he knew, informing them of the location of the birthday party and asking them to bring their friends to play.
It's not that Li Mo likes to be lively,
He's just suddenly a little lonely...
Walking all the way back to West 32nd Street, Li Mo saw Daddy Bruce standing outside the store looking at his second-hand recycling shop, looking a little lonely.
"Yo, Bruce, what's wrong with you, are you going bankrupt?" Li Mo stepped forward to say hello.
βshitοΌ Why is your mouth getting more and more poisonous? Daddy Bruce shook his head, "It's not going to be bankrupt, I'm selling the store." β
"Is business sluggish?" Li Mo asked guessingly.
Daddy Bruce sighed, "The cost of living has gotten higher over the years, and many of the people who came to me to deal with things have moved away. Coupled with that Daredevil making trouble every night, business is getting harder and harder. β
Li Mo smiled, "Then what are you going to do?" β
"Moving to Brooklyn." Daddy Bruce's voice was a little frustrated and angry, "I grew up here, experienced the era of the mafia, watched high-rise buildings rise from the ground, but I didn't expect to be kicked out of New York when I was old!" β
"Doesn't Brooklyn belong to New York?" Li Mo lit a cigarette and asked.
"You can only call yourself a New Yorker if you live in Manhattan, Brooklyn is a place where poor people live, New Jersey and Queens are all countrymen!" Daddy Bruce spat with disdain on his face.
"Then I should call you a poor ghost countryman when we meet in the future." Li Mo pursed his lips and said.
Daddy Bruce shook his head, "How many rich people are there on this street?" Mrs. Mary has already left, sold the house to Florida to retire, and only Fernandez wants to continue to renovate. By the way, what do you plan to do? β
Li Mo shrugged, "I'm rich!" β
βshitοΌβ Daddy Bruce's eyes were a little jealous, "I really envy you superheroes, it's so easy to make money." β
"Superheroes don't have much to do with making money, do they?" Li Mo muttered, "TM doesn't even give taxes away." β
Daddy Bruce said as a matter of course: "Why doesn't it matter, isn't there a merchant looking for you to advertise?" Wouldn't you confiscate the gangster's cash when you fight crime? Aren't there rich chicks and hot model starlets looking for you? β
"What you say makes so much sense! However," Li Mo hesitated, "Isn't it a little too undisciplined?" β
"Discipline?" Daddy Bruce scratched his head, "What's that?" β
"Ginger is still old and spicy!" Li Mo sighed and said, "Why don't you learn from Mrs. Mary to go to Florida for retirement?" β
βshitοΌβ Daddy Bruce shook his head firmly, "I'm not going to grab a little nurse with those old men with urinary catheters." β
"Well, you're always right." Li Mo was completely defeated, "Received my message, let's go and have a good time with the old neighbors, maybe you won't see you in the future." β
Daddy Bruce sighed and didn't continue to speak.
Li Mo was suddenly a little sad, there were fewer and fewer acquaintances on this street, and before he knew it, many shops had been transferred and closed. Even Luke Cage's newly opened bar closed its doors and was reportedly chased away by the bank's loan chasers...
Maybe he's also starting to prepare for the lucrative career of being a superhero.
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After returning to the shop, Li Mo had just made a pot of tea, and little Lucas came back.
The little guy's image has also changed a lot, cutting off his dreadlocks, putting on a suit and a pair of black-rimmed glasses.
"Boss, I've contacted a company that specializes in party planning. I've been around and oh my God, that's a nice place! Little Lucas took a sip of water and said enviously.
"Of course it's good, but don't think about it in your life, not every lawyer can make a lot of money. Seeing that Matt didn't, that guy's office was about to close. Li Mo took a sip of tea and said jokingly.
Yes, the venue for the party was found. Because there are so many people planning to come, you need to find a bigger place.
Of course, Li Mo didn't have this way, so he called a rich man for help. Tony didn't have any idea about this kind of thing, so he called Pepper Pepper directly.
In the afternoon of the same day, a family contacted Li Mo and said that they wanted to lend him their idle manor temporarily.
That place is on Long Island, and Li Mo hasn't been there yet. But it should be pretty good to think about.
Americans' enthusiasm for participating in the party is unimaginable, because Li Mo's special indication that you can bring friends at will, so the news quickly spread...
Harlem.
Several black youths in wide hip-hop suits surrounded Kurt. Barrett, "Boss, I heard that your boss is going to have a birthday party, can you show us a little bit." β
Barrett: "Of course, but you guys should pay attention to my words and deeds, and don't go and scare the guests..."
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Upper East Side, Manhattan
In an upscale cottage
A white woman said affectionately to her son, "Baby, don't you like superheroes." Li Mo is going to hold a birthday party, and Iron Man will definitely go too, and a friend invited me. β
βyeahοΌβ The white fat kid jumped for joy.
The father on the side said with some worry: "Will there be any danger, go to some indiscriminate people?" β
"You're thinking too much." The white woman shook her head, "It's a superhero's birthday party!" β
"That's right." My father was relieved.
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Brazilian rotisserie.
Fernandos watched his daughter Sophia keep comparing clothes there, and couldn't help but say, "It's just a birthday party, what do you want to do?" β
Sophia said wistfully, "Tony. Stark will also go, and if you say that if I seduce him, will I invest in making a movie? β
Fernandos scoffed: "Tony, that playboy, what kind of woman I haven't seen, and I haven't had a good chance of seducing Li Mo." Damn, you can't seduce anyone! β
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John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Exorcists Marcus and Thomas got off the plane with tired faces.
They have experienced another dangerous paranormal event. When I came to New York, I happened to receive an invitation call from Li Mo.
Thomas: "Is it necessary for us to go, I don't know him very well." β
Marcus looked at Thomas worriedly: "No matter how you say it, we have fought together, and you also need to relax your spirits, has Chiarapos come out to make trouble in the past two days?" β
Thomas nodded confidently, "No problem, as long as I keep my strong will, he won't have a chance to come out!" β
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A garage in Brooklyn.
A tall white fat man with tattoos took a big bite of the hamburger in his hand, touched his head and asked, "Agua, the boss asked us to go to Li Mo's birthday party to set off a bomb?" β
"Dumb, our chance has come, as long as we do this, we will definitely be appreciated!" A thin black man with a watermelon head said excitedly.
"Why did you choose us?"
"Probably because we're smart..."