For the first time in the summer, Sean woke up before eight in the morning — not because he didn't want to sleep, but because he couldn't sleep at all. In fact, since his three friends came home yesterday afternoon, Sean has been indulging in all sorts of fantasies and speculations about that amazing book of poetry — and he's sure so is Cotton. And judging from Kirton's urgency, he may be several times more anxious than he is - thinking of this last night, Sean put down the phone in his hand that was about to call Lu Hua's house. He finally decided that it would be better not to disturb Lu Hua too often while he was concentrating on translating the verses. (He guessed without doubt that Kirton had called Lu Hua at least three times)

At this moment, Sean finished washing up in the bathroom in his room and walked down from the second floor in his pajamas. He came to the restaurant and greeted his parents, who were eating breakfast: "Good morning, Mom, Dad." ”

Sean's dad sat neatly dressed at the dinner table, reading the morning newspaper with a pair of gold-rimmed glasses — and by his appearance, he looked more like a college professor than a billionaire. He saw his son walking to the dining room at this time, raised an eyebrow and asked, "What is today's special day, Sean?" ”

Sean dragged away a chair and sat down, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It's not a special day, I just can't sleep, so I'll just get up early." ”

Sean's pretty American mom walked up to her son and kissed him on the forehead: "That's good, young man, a young man with a lot of energy shouldn't sleep in the first place." ”

At this time, the Filipino maid came over awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, Master Sean, I didn't know you would get up so early today, and you haven't prepared your breakfast yet." ”

"Ah, you don't have anything to prepare with me, Leanne." Sean said, "It's too early for me to eat anything — you can just pour me a glass of milk." ”

"That's not going to work, skipping breakfast in the morning will hurt your stomach, you have to at least have some salad." Mom said to Sean as she motioned for Leanne to prepare.

"Okay then." Sean pursed his lips helplessly and said to Leanne, "I want fruit salad, not vegetables, um—strawberries and grapes, Leanne?" ”

"Yes, young master." Leanne nodded and hurried to get ready.

Leanne brought over a plate of fruit salad and a glass of milk, and Sean picked up a strawberry with a fork and put it in his mouth, swallowed it, and asked, "Dad, is there anything interesting and new in the newspaper?" ”

Dad smiled and said, "Yes, but I'm looking at the economic version — Toshiba's stock fell 8% during the economic crisis, but its rival Sony also fell 9% — is that funny?" ”

"It's not fun. As long as Sony can continue to produce the PS series of game consoles, it doesn't matter how much it loses. Sean turned to his mother and asked, "Mom, is there anything big going on in the United States?" ”

Mom shook her head and said, "The biggest problem in the United States right now is not the economic crisis – and the social problems that arise from it are getting worse and worse." Some criminal gangs have begun to take advantage of this opportunity again. ”

Sean pondered for a while and asked, "Mom, I mean, recently in the United States...... Has there been any major disaster? ”

Mom crossed her chin with her hands, stared at Sean and said, "Son, don't you think it's not a disaster?" ”

"No, I was trying to ask, did that ...... happen," Sean was halfway through when the crisp ringing of the doorbell interrupted him. Dad put down the newspaper and glanced at the clock on the wall, it was only 7:50 - he looked at his wife and son and said, "Who is going to visit so early?" ”

Sean and Mom shrugged their shoulders at the same time, indicating that they didn't know. Dad said to the Filipino maid, "Leanne, go and see who it is." ”

Leanne walked quickly to the living room, and after opening the door, she looked at the dining room and said, "Young Master, it's your friend Lu Hua who is here." ”

"Huh? Lu Hua! Sean was surprised to drop the cutlery in his hand and said to himself as he walked towards the door, "God, he must have found something terrible!" ”

Sure enough, the first time Sean ran to the door and saw Lu Hua, he knew that what he had just thought must be right - Lu Hua was sweating profusely at the moment, as if he had run over. He kept panting, wiping the sweat from his head with his left hand, and holding the book of poems and a notebook in the other. His eyes were dark, and it was obvious that he had stayed up late last night, but what appeared on his face at this time was not tired, but an extremely shocked and nervous look.

"Come on in." Sean beckoned his friend through the door and asked in a whisper, "What's wrong?" ”

Lu Hua stared at Sean with a shocked expression, and couldn't help but shudder: "You can never imagine what I found, this is really terrifying, I'm just-ah...... Hello, Auntie. ”

Sean turned around, only to find that her mother was already standing behind her, and she said to Lu Hua with a smile: "Hello, Lu Hua." You look like you've just finished a long-distance race. ”

Lu Hua seemed to have completely forgotten that Sean's parents were still at home, and he said embarrassedly, "No, Auntie...... I...... In fact......"

Sean said to his mother, "Mom, Lu Hua came to discuss some things with me...... So, please？ ”

"Oh, of course. Let's talk slowly. It's time for me to go to work, too. ”

Sean patted Lu Hua on the back: "Come to my room and talk about it." ”

The two walked up to Sean's room on the second floor. Sean closed the door, and then asked hurriedly, "What's wrong, Lu Hua!" Did you know what the impending disaster of 2009 would be after translating? ”

Lu Hua's body trembled again, he glanced at Sean with a pale face, and said, "Otherwise, you can call Corton and Lancy now, and let the two of them come over immediately, and say that there is something important!" ”

Sean stared into Lu Hua's eyes, judging in his heart what "important things" meant. After a moment, he nodded, "Okay, I'll tell them to come over now." ”

Lu Hua turned around and walked to the window, facing the window and taking a deep breath. Sean took out his mobile phone to make a call - he glanced at Lu Hua from time to time, and found that Lu Hua's body had been trembling slightly. He couldn't imagine what kind of fear made Lu Hua, who was usually steady and calm, afraid to be like this.

A few minutes later, he finished his phone call and said to Lu Hua, who was standing in front of the window: "I told Kirton and Lan Xi to tell them to come over as quickly as possible." ”

Lu Hua, who was standing with his back to Sean, nodded his head lightly with an almost invisible amplitude, and then stood in front of the window without saying a word. Sean couldn't see his expression, couldn't guess his thoughts, and could only sit in the room anxiously waiting for Kirton and them to arrive.

Half an hour later, the door to Sean's room was slammed open by Kirton—Kirton's level of urgency could be imagined without description. Lan Xi was behind him, also with an eager expression, and after the two entered the house, Sean hurriedly greeted him. Leanne followed into the house and asked, "Master, do your friends drink juice or coke?"

Sean said, "You go get busy first, and I'll call you later when we're going to have something to drink." ”

Leanne stepped out, and Sean stepped forward to close the door. The moment the door closed, Kirton said in a completely unbearable tone: "Lu Hua, everyone is here." Tell me, what is written in the next poem? I've called you so many times and you don't tell me, I can't sleep! ”

Lu Hua walked over from the window, looked at Kirton and said, "Are you insomnia?" I haven't closed my eyes since yesterday afternoon! I stayed up all night translating the rest of the book. If you hadn't called me so many times last night, maybe I would have done it sooner! ”

Kirton stuck out his tongue, not daring to shout loudly, and he whispered as if he were sorry, "You've worked hard—and now you can always say—I know you brought us all together early in the morning, because you discovered something amazingly significant, right?" ”

Lan Xi asked worriedly, "Should it be...... Did you really learn about the catastrophe that was coming in 2009 through that book of poems? ”

Lu Hua's face turned pale again, his lips twitched, and his eyes straightened. After a long time, he struggled out of his fearful contemplation, flipped open one of the notebooks he was holding, handed it to Kirton, and said, "I have translated all the last few pages from '09' and written them down in this notebook, so read for yourselves." ”

Kirton took the notebook with a solemn expression, as if he had received some kind of divine judgment. Sean and Lancey hurriedly gathered around him, and the three of them sat down slowly with their notebooks in their hands, their eyes fixed on the four-line poem in the notebook.