I am still sitting on the sofa in a daze when Didi and Amy come back. The two girls have seen me sitting in the living room, holding an empty beer bottle. Amy immediately utters a cry, "Why do you drink wine when you just come back? Didi bought you a lot of delicious foods and she will cook big meals tonight. If you are drunk, you won"t be able to eat any!"DIdi"s personality is more delicate, vaguely feels I look a little wrong. She gently pulls Amy, little moneygrubber just stops talking.
"Brother little 5, what"s wrong?" Didi comes to me, squats down slowly, clasps her hands around my knees, pillows her head on my lap, looking up at my eyes, and says softly, "Are you in a bad mood?"
I sigh, smile, reach out and touch her tender face gently, whisper, "Nothing, there"s something that I can"t understand for a while."
Her face is full of concern, eyes are full of tenderness, and she gently grasps my hand on her face and murmuring, "If you don"t understand, just don"t think about it... Brother little 5, you are sitting alone in a daze in the living room without turning on the light, such a scene makes me very worrying."
Looking at this gentle girl, I smile and say, "In fact, it doesn"t matter. Just a little bit of a contradiction between a friend today and I"m a little depressed." Then I stand up, hug Didi, walk to Amy, and say with a smile, "Well, say something happy, I made a small fortune today, got some bonuses, so I bought a gift."
I take out the LV handbag and hand it to Didi, smiling. "Here, this is for you. I just know that many girls like this brand, so I bought it."
Didi is shocked: "LV? It must be very expensive!" She takes it on her hand and just looking at it, Amy has grabbed it to her side. Her eyes are wide and she"s yelling, "Oh my G.o.d, it"s true! It"s not a fake one!" The handbag is turned over and over in her hand. She say quickly, "Chen Yang, have you made a fortune? It must worth thousands of money!"
Didi immediately takes the handbag from Amy when she hears this handbag is worth thousands of money. Hands it to me, speak softly, "No way! I can"t use such an expensive thing. Brother little 5, you"d better give it back. Thousands of money is enough for our living expenses for several months!"
I haven"t spoken yet. Amy has screamed, "Didi, why don"t you take it? This is the real LV!" She gives out the screams peculiar from women. Her eyes are glowing the lights.
Most women like this. Many people think that women like shopping for clothes. In fact, most women"s favorite things are not beautiful skirts. As a hooligan who rolls around in a woman"s heap, I am very clear about what women like. Besides diamond jewelry, bags and shoes are definitely the top three favorite items for women.
There is a saying that bags heal every sickness. Men who don"t have much experience can"t appreciate women"s obsession and madness with all kinds of bags and shoes. A woman"s wardrobe is always missing a pair of shoes. Always missing a bag!
Amy is undoubtedly a little girl who meets this standard very well, and Didi probably has lived a simple life habit since childhood. She could not adapt herself to such luxury thing yet. She looks at the handbag and a little hesitant.
I smile and embrace her gently, speak to her softly, "Just a handbag, I"m your boyfriend now. Your boyfriend give you a little gift, won"t you accept it?" After that, I lean over and kiss her on the cheek. She blushes pink, hesitates, and finally stops talking.
Amy cheers aside: "Oh, LV! LV!! At last, we have a LV handbag!" Then she looks at me sneakily, and giggling, "Chen Yang... Big boss... Are you tired? Do you want a ma.s.sage? Do you want me knead your legs?"
I laugh: "Little moneygrubber, what do you want?"
"d.a.m.n!" Her arms akimbo, "I"ve taken care of you for more than one month. Is there anything for me?"
"What do you want?" I keep laughing.
"En, LV? No? So a Prada? You shake head again? Then how about Gucci? Still no?" She stares at me, "d.a.m.n, you such a cheapskate!"
"Cut! You are not my girlfriend, why should I send you these luxuries?" I curl my lips and ready to go back to my room. She just follows me and shouts: "You get the bonus anyway, at least give me a small gift!"
I sit down on the sofa, take out the lottery tickets from my pocket, find out the one with her birthday number, and hand it to her.
"Cut! You such a cheapskate!" She stares at me, "A lottery ticket! How much is it worth?"
I smile and say: "Do you want or not? If you don"t take it, just don"t regret for it in future!"
"Well, it"s better than nothing." She s.n.a.t.c.hes the lottery ticket and says angrily, "If I win the prize, I"ll buy a hundred LV handbags! I"ll buy another big house and move there with Didi. Huh! I"ll not let you in then!"
I smile and say, "Well, anyway, I bought several lottery tickets today. If I win the lottery, I will give you an LV bag too."
"A promise is a promise!" Amy claps her hands and very happy.
I look at her:"In that case, may I live in your big house in future?"
"Cut!" She put up a middle finger for me, nothing of the lady in her behavior, "I"ll let you sleep on the sofa in the living room."
Didi went out shopping with Amy after work today. They went to the supermarket to buy a lot of foods. So they just get in the kitchen to prepare dinner. The two girls were born in small families and did housework from childhood.
When they are back, they have brought a lot of the noises, which have diluted the unhappy feeling from my heart. Probably when people are unhappy, they are most eager for the warmth. Even when watching TV, Amy bares her teeth and claws to grabs the remote controller with me, I still feel warm.
In fact, this situation has been repeated many times.
Amy: "I want to watch the Korean TV dramas!"
I: "I want to watch the football match!"
Amy: "Korean dramas!"
I: "Football!"
Amy: "Drama!"
I: "Football!"
At that time, Didi always leaning in my arms gently, smiling and watching at us, as if she does not care what we quarrel about at all. Seems in this gentle girl"s heart, she can lie in my arms has been the happiest thing.
"Fx.x.x! I"ll go and buy another TV tomorrow! If not, I"ll be a puppy!"
Such a word repeats many times, but we still play the same game the next day. And there"s always only one TV in house.
Maybe, I think this is also a necessary part of a family.
...
In the middle of the night, I was waken up by the phone.
It"s an unknown number, I press the answer b.u.t.ton.
"h.e.l.lo, Little 5?" It"s a cool voice.
I jump up from bed when hear this voice. It"s Jim, the guy beside Juan.
There are few people on the street now. I come out only wear the coat and a pair of shoes in a hurry. This dress is so much like a tramp that I have stopped the taxi by the side of the road for twenty minutes. Finally a daring driver dares to stop and take me.
Jim asked me to meet him at the tower over gates in the city"s old town, surrounded by streets of all sizes, like spider webs, and near the river. Now it has been transformed into a tourist attraction. But locals do not often go there, nor do the travelers. So this place is quite desolated and out-of-the-way.
After I get there, I easily turn over the fence on the edge, jump over the garden all the way, and go upstairs in the dark. The temperature is somewhat low in the middle of the night. I just feel my face freezing. I walk up the stairs to the tower over city gates and I can see a flash of fire on the side of the wall from a distance.
I walk close and see it is Jim smoking.
"Hi, Jim!" I run to him, "You are back? Where"s Juan?"
He looks at me, says nothing, and continues to smoke his cigarette, then throws it on the ground and stamps it out. He leans against the wall and looks down at the road not far below.
"Little 5, Juan didn"t back. I came back to do some business. So I pay you a visit on my way."
I take a deep breath, and the cold air is sucked into my lungs at night. I felt a little calm. I stare at him: "Jim! I don"t know too many about Juan"s things, but after last time, I probably know a little. Tell me, is he in trouble?"
Jim"s cold face shows a little smile and a little warmth in his eyes. He pats me on the shoulder: "Little 5, I know what you att.i.tude to Juan... Take it easy. We haven"t paid attention to this little storm yet. Juan is keeping a low profile now. He has something else to do and won"t be able to come back for a while."
I sigh: "I know the boss of the casino has been changed to Jimmy Chou, I"ve met him before."
"You don"t have to care about that." Jim stares into my eyes: "Juan"s meaning you should understand. He asked me to tell you that when he was in the ascendant, he wanted to train you to succeed him. But now things are different. You are a smart man. Juan doesn"t want you to get into trouble right now. You should understand the meaning of the arrangements he made before he left."
"I understand." I am a little depressed: "He didn"t want me to get involved."
Jim squints at me: "Little 5, I"ve been around Juan for years... You know, he"s never been as kind to anyone as he was to you. I know what you really want to do something for him now. But no need! You can"t help with these things. It"s not something you can afford right now in this circle!"
He takes out his cigarette again, lights one by himself, and says lightly, "That fellow Jimmy Chou is nothing. He"s just a follower. The person behind him is the one Juan to pay attention to! Now something"s wrong. Juan gives up something in his hand for the time being. This is normal. This circle is like this. It ups and downs all the time. It"s not the first time he"s experienced these years." The man who never laughed is laughing, with a sense of self-confidence: "Don"t worry, it won"t take long. We"ll be back."
I hesitate for a moment and whisper, "There"s one thing... I"ve met VIvi Yang."
"Oh?" Jim wondered, "Vivi Yang?"
"Um." I nod. "She told me something."
Jim"s face is a little strange: "How did she find you?"
I laughed bitterly: "Maybe the last time we were attacked together, she thought about my humanity."
He nods and does not delve into the problem. He says lightly, "Her family does things very weird, and the girl seems to be the same. You"d better be careful not to get too close to her." After a pause, Jim is suddenly laughing and says, "But thanks to her this time. A lot of things have happened in recent days. It seems that they have come here to revenge."
"What?"
"Recently, there have been a group of top players went to several casinos of our organization. They have won a lot of money. Our gambler masters here were totally not able to defend them at all. Obviously, the other side was well prepared, Obviously, foreign experts came to sweep the field. If they hadn"t left some b.u.t.ton line, I"m afraid a few casinos here who couldn"t stand for it!" He thinks for a while, "Juan doesn"t care about the casino anymore. No matter how much trouble the casino has, it"s these guys to clean the mess up. It"s none of our business. But it"s fun to see them lose faces."
My heart suddenly moves.
It"s seems Vivi did this. Last time she was attacked, although she beat it at her own game, but Jimmy Chou"s people dared to set her up. With her temperament, she would surely retaliate afterwards.
They are a big family in Las Vegas. There must be a lot of the gambling masters. It"s very cunning to take revenge on the gambling table.
In casinos, there are natural rules. Generally, when a gambling expert rolls up money, if the opponent is single-handed, then the owner of the casino will often let the opponent win a sum of money to go, as long as it is not too much, even tolerate. But if the other party is insatiable with greed, then if it is not someone else"s opponent at the gambling table, then most of will be black-handed.
Generally speaking, the world"s major casinos, many well-known professional gamblers, are recorded. Sometimes, when a gambling master comes, he will be invited to the office of the casino before he starts. Some casinos will simply send him a sum of money and ask him to leave and play at another place instead of coming.
In this case, it"s called "pay protection fee". As long as the other party is not too greedy, casinos generally acquiesce to this action. After all, there are so many professional gamblers in the world. If any master comes to be killed. This kind of thing spread out, the reputation of the casino will be downgraded and the business will not go on.
In this circle, there are certain rules. If a gambling master wins more money than a certain amount, the casino will give you face, invite you to leave in private. If you don"t know restrain yet, at this time, you might be killed. Even spread it out, people in the circle will not blame the casino, only blame yourself is too greedy to die.
In one word, casino is opened for making money, not someone else"s ATM.
Another case is that other gambling groups are organized to plot! On such occasions, both parties usually don"t use force, but each of party gathers their own gambling masters, just see which side is better on the gambling table.
Until one side voluntarily admits defeat, the struggle on the gambling table will end. And before the game is won or lost at the table, if anyone comes to use force or conspiracy, if spread out, reputation will be swept away, and in the future will not be able to do business too.
This time, it seems that Vivi Yang came to sweep the casinos with a group of masters from her family, and let Jimmy Chou"s Gang suffered a lot.
"Now that the casinos have given up, this time big boss is very angry, Jimmy Chou"s people have lost a big face. Juan said that it is not the time yet, we still have to wait." Jim says lightly, "Now Juan has something to entrust you. It"s very important. I don"t think you"ll let him down, will you?"
"You just say it!"
Jim takes out an envelope from his pocket and hands it to me: "Here is a personal information. It"s a girl. She"s only eighteen years old. She"s still studying in a high school in this city. The thing Juan entrusts to you is, he hope you take good care of her!"
"What?" I"m stunned.
Jim looks serious and says slowly, "Little 5, you have to do this carefully. Especially, don"t let anyone know about her relationship with Juan! In the past few years, I was doing it all by myself. I did it in real secretive way and absolutely n.o.body knew about it! Now, it"s up to you."
I take a deep breath: "This girl is... Who is she?"
Jim"s face is a little deep: "This girl, she"s Juan"s daughter, and his only relative in the world!"