Chapter 11: Hope and the Hulk

Although, the occasional good deed is in a good mood.

However, seeing the middle-aged man in the antique shop again, Li Ran's mood at the moment was still somewhat delicate.

Not to mention.

"Boss, this gem?"

Inside the store, the middle-aged man's expression was restrained, his eyes swept over the layout of the store, and he subconsciously paused when he saw the familiar jade bracelet on the grocery pile behind Li Ran.

"The finished sapphire is good, the cut is also translucent, the color is between the third and fourth grades, a little blue, although it is a little smaller, but it is still a good fine gemstone." Li Ran looked at the familiar gems in his hand, and was a little speechless in his heart, he didn't expect that after such a circle, the gems he sent out would return to his hands.

"In terms of price, the price of gems has dropped a bit recently, but it's basically stable. And this sapphire is close to three carats, and the price should be between 10,000 and 15,000, of course, this is only my preliminary estimate, if you want a more accurate price, you need to use the instrument to analyze it in detail. ”

Although he knew everything about the gems in his hands, Li Ran still pretended to look left and right before putting on a professional posture and said to the man in front of him.

"Much, how much?!"

Although he was already aware of the preciousness of the gem, but after learning its actual value from Li Ran's mouth, the man was still a little strict to hide the excitement in his heart.

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Lowering his head and scanning the content on the data panel, Li Ran continued to reply quietly on his face: "Floating between 10,000 and 15,000." ”

"Ten thousand, ten thousand, ten thousand, so many ......"

Standing in the antique shop, he muttered for a long time with a crying and smiling expression.

Only then did the man suppress his complicated emotions, and a bright light flashed in his eyes: "Boss, if you can, I want to exchange this sapphire for cash." ”

As he spoke, the man's gaze subconsciously swept over the bracelet on the grocery pile: "And ......"

"Well, it's different?"

In the laundry, Old Jack looked at the familiar back of the antique shop, but his face showed a little doubt.

"What's different?"

Li Ran walked out of the antique shop, listened to Old Jack's self-talk, and couldn't help asking.

"The man's appearance looks a little different from before, as if he has found hope again."

Old Jack tilted his head and said with some uncertainty.

"Isn't that a good thing?"

"Indeed." Old Jack nodded, but noticed that Li Ran was already preparing to close the store.

"Why did you close the store so early today?"

"Because there's an important appointment waiting for me to attend." Li Ran smiled slightly, and casually flipped the signboard at the door of the store to the side of the closed door.

"Haha, yes, which girl fell into the charm of our James." Old Jack laughed and said in a mocking tone.

"A nice girl."

Jennifer's beautiful blonde hair flashed in his mind, and Li Ran calmly accepted Old Jack's ridicule.

"yes, then I wish James a good date for you."

"Thank you."

Li Ran nodded slightly and accepted the blessing from Old Jack.

"It's good to be young."

In the laundry, Old Jack watched Li Ran's departing back, smashed his mouth and whispered a sentence, and then put his gaze back to the newspaper in his hand.

However, on the other side of the newspaper in Old Jack's hand, the full-page entertainment section was reporting on the Victoria's Secret party hosted by Tony Stark, the famous playboy in New York City, last night.

……

"Thank you, James!"

Holding Li Ran's hand and coming out of the movie theater, Jennifer leaned on his shoulder with a happy face.

"Hey, Jennifer, you don't need to say thank you to me."

Shaking his head, Li Ran stretched out his hand to swipe the girl's smooth blonde hair, and replied in a gentle tone: "It was my honor to be able to spend a wonderful night with such a beautiful girl in front of me. ”

"James." Although Li Ran's lines are old-fashioned, they still deeply moved the girl Jennifer.

She looked at the man in front of her, her eyes misty.

Boom Boom –

However, at this moment, there was a loud explosion and screams.

turned the originally warm scene in front of him into a disaster movie.

"What's going on?"

Protecting Jennifer in his arms, Li Ran looked at the panicked crowd around him with a puzzled expression.

Could it be that aliens have attacked New York?

It shouldn't be, Tony hasn't become Iron Man yet, Captain America is still freezing in Antarctica, and the time is completely wrong.

However, it didn't make Li Ran wonder for too long.

With a loud bang, the high wall of the movie theater was directly knocked into a large hole, and then a huge dark green figure appeared in front of his eyes.

"I mean, it's the Hulk."

The huge size and green skin, as well as the iconic pants, made Li Ran recognize the identity of the other party at a glance - a member of the future Avengers, Hulk.

Li Ran nodded abruptly at first, and then immediately reacted, now is not the time to think about this.

The Hulk at this time is far less talkative than the Avengers period in the future, because the endless pursuit of the US military has made the anger in his heart grow all the time, if it weren't for the fact that Banner, who is hidden in Hulk's body, has been trying to refrain from escaping, New York would have been turned into a wreck in the Hulk's anger.

Li Ran looked at the wall of the movie theater that was knocked out of a human-shaped passage by the Hulk in front of him, and then turned his head to look at the helicopter hovering overhead, which was basically confirmed. In front of the situation, it must be the US military that lured Banner over by some means, intending to arrest him, but accidentally released the Hulk, and the result was the scene in front of him.

Sometimes, Li Ran really can't understand some of the thinking patterns of the American military, knowing the power of the Hulk, and ordinary conventional weapons can't help him much at all, but he always takes a tough attitude to arrest him, instead of using more flexible methods to contact Banner.

Compared to the uncontrollable Hulk, Banner is the most suitable person to talk to, not to mention that Banner himself has always had the idea of controlling and even completely destroying the Hulk. At this time, if the military can be softer and show goodwill, it can actually cooperate with Banner and even study.

However, General Ross, who was in charge of the military or the principal, chose a tough confrontation line.

A good scene of win-win cooperation was simply made by the military into such an uncontrollable result in front of us.

The hegemony and unreasonableness of the American military can be seen.