Hearing Xiaofen’s words, Charlie couldn’t help but feel a little ashamed.
Auntie Li and Xiaofen went to Canada for so long, he has not seen them, and even do not know their recent state of life in Canada.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly said, “Xiaofen, I happen to accompany your sister-in-law to study in the U.S. in a few days,”
“So I’ll be closer to you then, and when she finishes studying, I’ll bring her over to see you and Auntie Li!”
“Really?” Xiaofen was surprised and said, “Brother Charlie, you’re coming to America with Sister-in-law?”
“Where in America? If it’s convenient, I can also come to see you!”
Charlie said, “I’m going to Providence, on the east coast, which should be quite far from Vancouver.”
Xiaofen said somewhat melancholy: “That is very far …… from me to the east coast of the United States,”
“At least more than three thousand, nearly four thousand kilometers.”
Charlie laughed: “It does not matter, more than three thousand kilometers, in the plane, it is only four or five hours,”
“But you do not toss and turn, usually have to watch the store, must be very busy, when I come over with your sister-in-law to see you.”
Xiaofen hurriedly said, “Okay brother Charlie, then we have a deal.”
“Oh, when Aunt Li comes back I will tell her the good news, she must be very happy, you must not keep us waiting!”
Charlie then said, “Don’t worry, when the time comes, I will definitely come over to see you guys, I’ll contact you before I come.”
“Great, then I’ll wait for your news!”
After agreeing with Xiaofen, Charlie hung up the phone.
At this time, Warnia’s secretary called her office landline and said,
“Ms. Song, there is a gentleman named Conrad Huo who wants to see you, saying he has a big deal to talk to you about.”
“Conrad Huo?” Warnia first froze, then looked at Charlie and said, “Master Wade, it’s that 099, I didn’t expect him to find me here.”
Charlie nodded and spoke, “It must be for the Rejuvenation Pill.”
Warnia was busy saying, “Then I’ll have someone send him away.”
Charlie thought for a moment, but shook his head and said, “Forget it, he also came all the way from North America, let’s not seem too unkind.”
Charlie said: “How about this, in a moment, you have someone bring him in,”
“If he wants to ask about the Rejuvenation Pill, you tell him that you only help the owner of the Rejuvenation Pill to sell the Pill,”
“Other than that, you can not do anything about the actual sale of the Pill,”
“By the way, tell him that yesterday the one who ordered him away was me, and the Rejuvenation Pill is not in your hands,”
“You can not help, if someone in his family really wants the Rejuvenation Pill,”
“In the next year’s Rejuvenation Pill auction, let the people who need it sign up in person.”
Warnia asked again, “Master Wade, are you not going to give him any chance at all?”
Charlie said seriously, “Not yet, so you tell him to go and hurry back from wherever he came from.”
“I understand Master Wade.” Warnia nodded and asked again, “Master Wade, do you want to see him together then?”
Charlie shook his head and laughed: “I won’t see him, I’m not going to hide it from you,”
“His real name is not Conrad Huo, but Marshal An, and he is also my great uncle,”
“But maybe in his perception, I may be still alive or dead, so I don’t plan to see him yet.”
Warnia was made speechless by Charlie’s words, and only after a long time did she exclaim:
“Master Wade, he …… he’s really your great uncle?!”
“Yes.” Charlie nodded and said, “My mother’s real brother.”
Warnia was even more jaw-dropped and said offhandedly, “Then …… then you still asked me to expel him yesterday ……”
Charlie blandly said: “At that time, I also did not know his true identity, and, even if I did, that situation had to expel him.”
After a pause, Charlie added: “I run this auction, not to open the back door for my own relatives,”
“But to make these top tycoons, regardless of their status and background, must honestly bid for the pill,”
“All according to my rules, they must not be allowed to use the money to override them,”
“Once I opened this mouth, the nature of the whole thing will change,”
Warnia nodded gently and said, “I understand Master Wade, in that case, then I will have my secretary invite him to the parlor,”
“I will meet him there, you wait here for a moment.”
Charlie stood up and said, “It’s better for me to go to the parlor and wait, you are the chair of Song Group,”
“He came to see you and you didn’t meet him in your own office,”
“It will only make him think that you have a more important guest in your office,”
“And the auction just ended yesterday, he will definitely think about it in his heart.”
Warnia busily said, “Master Wade, you can go directly to the room behind me to take a rest.”
Saying that she stood up and pushed a piece of geometric decoration on the back wall directly from the left side of her office.
This turned out to be an invisible door that perfectly used the background wall decoration and lines to hide itself.
The other side of the invisible door is a lounge of about thirty square meters.
The room has a bed, a bathroom, a shower, a closet, and a massage chair, basically a standard bachelor apartment.
Charlie was lit up by this design show, while Warnia introduced at the side:
“This is left by grandpa, he usually needed to take a lunch break at the company,”
“So he made such a dark room, but I replaced all the furniture inside with new ones, you can take a rest here first.”
Charlie nodded and said, “Okay, I also happen to listen to what he is going to talk to you about.”
“Okay.”
Warnia closed the door and then asked her secretary to invite Marshal An in.
As soon as Marshal entered, he said with a humble face, “Hello, Miss Song, we meet again.”
Warnia politely smiled slightly as a greeting, and then asked, “Mr. Huo came here to look for me, is there something wrong?”
Marshal was busy saying, “I’m not going to hide it from you …… or the matter of the Rejuvenation Pill ……”
“Yesterday at the auction, it’s true that I was not sensible enough and gave Miss Song trouble,”
“But I sincerely want to buy a Rejuvenation Pill, so I want to ask Miss Song to do me a favor,”
“Ask the owner of the Rejuvenation Pill for me, can they sell me one privately,”
“If my offer yesterday was not high enough, I can also increase it some more.”
Warnia shook her head and said, “Sorry Mr. Huo, in fact, the one who ordered your expulsion yesterday was the owner of the Rejuvenation Pill himself,”
“He was behind the whole auction, and I was following his instructions completely.”
Marshal was surprised and asked, “He was there yesterday?
Warnia blandly said, “He was not there, but just watched the whole thing through the video feed.”
“You think you can spend three hundred and seventy billion US dollars to buy a rejuvenation pill,”
“But as far as I know, the one rejuvenation pill he gave out alone, this amount of money is not enough to count.”
Marshal’s jaw dropped as he listened.
Warnia added: “Mr. Huo, for the owner of the Rejuvenation, the most important thing is the rules, not money,”
“Even if you take more money out, he will not break his rules for you, and you have been expelled from the venue yesterday,”
“From now on, you are not qualified to participate in the Rejuvenation PIll auction.”
Speaking here, Warnia looked at him and said seriously, “Mr. Huo, I suggest you should not make similar attempts, since you insisted on gambling at the auction yesterday,”
“If you lost the bet, you have to be willing to gamble and accept defeat, or grab the time to leave the city and go back to North America,”
“And if you really have someone at home who needs the Rejuvenation Pill, let him sign up for it himself next year!”
Hearing Warnia’s advice, Marshal hesitated for a moment and opened his mouth to ask, “Miss Song, do you know about the An Family?”
“The An Family?” Warnia frowned and casually asked, “Is it the TV series that was a hit some time ago?”
Marshal said awkwardly, “It’s not a TV series, it’s an American Chinese family, the An Family.”
Warnia pretended to be surprised and asked, “I heard that the An family seems to be the top three families in the world,”
“And the highest-ranking Chinese family in the world, what’s wrong?”
Marshal then breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously,
“To be honest with you Miss Song, my real identity is the eldest son of the An family, Marshal An.”
Warnia said with a shocked face, “Your name is not Conrad Huo?”
Marshal said truthfully, “Conrad is only one of my identities.”
Warnia said seriously, “Mr. An, right? If you use a false identity to participate in the auction,”
“According to the rules of the auction, you will also be permanently deprived of the right to participate!”
Marshal did not expect that Warnia would not marvel at his initiative to reveal his true identity
But instead circled back to the rules of the auction.
He already had some doubts about life at this moment.
Because, in the past, any Chinese entrepreneur, even Mr. Li Lao, who had been the richest Chinese man in Hong Kong, would bow down and grovel when meeting him.
However, now in Warnia’s eyes, it does not matter whether he is the An family or the Zhang family or the Li family,
What matters surprisingly is that he has broken the rules of the auction ……
He could not help but ask himself in his heart, “Could it be that my identity, Marshal, is not as important as the rules of the auction in her eyes?”
Just as he was doubting his life, Warnia had already stood up and said nonchalantly,
“Mr. An, right, sorry, we don’t welcome people like you here who even have to hide their true identity, please go back.”
In the fifty years, Marshal had lived, except for last night,
When he was thrown out of the auction by the security personnel on the spot, he had never been so stifled.
If it were anyone else, he would not have been moved to invite him,
But he did not expect to come to China to attend an auction and be driven away more than once.
But reason still prevailed over impulse, he could only stiffen his head and said,
“Sorry Miss Song, my participation in the auction under a pseudonym was also an unintentional mistake,”
“Please be understanding, and Miss Song should have heard about the strength of the An family,”
“If Miss Song can help deliver a message to the owner of the Rejuvenation Pill,”
“So that he can take time out of his busy schedule to meet with me,”
“The An family will definitely do its best to repay for Miss Song’s help ……”
In Marshal’s opinion, this promise of his, has indeed been worth a thousand gold.
The An family’s strength is at least a hundred times that of the Song family,
Even if they casually give the Song family a hand, they can also take the Song family to a higher level.
But he did not expect that Warnia did not care about it at all.
She said without hesitation: “Mr. An, for you, money and status may be your unimpeded pass in the world,”
“But I want to tell you that money and status, here is not at all with any value!”
Saying that, Warnia added: “The owner of the Rejuvenation Pill has long told me clearly that he will never change the rules for anyone,”
“Even the Ruthschild family’s patriarch is not qualified to do so,”
“What makes you think that your status can make him change his mind?”
“So, I advise you to give up these unrealistic fantasies and go back to North America.”
Marshal had wanted to, using his true identity, impress the owner of the Rejuvenation Pill behind him.
Perhaps after the other party heard that he was An family member,
They would be flattered and overjoyed and immediately agreed to meet with him.
But what he didn’t expect was that the other party had put out the word that even the Rothschild family’s patriarch was not in his sights.
At this moment, Marshal was devastated.
Warnia’s words had basically blocked all the roads to this point.
Marshal it is also really embarrassing to continue to find any existence with his identity as a member of the An family in this situation.
Thinking of this, he could only say awkwardly, “Well …… since that’s the case, then I won’t give Miss Song any trouble.”
Warnia nodded and said indifferently, “Mr. An takes care, I won’t see you off.”
Marshal thought that he might be able to use more high-end and scarce resources to make a good relationship with Warnia in the future,
So he politely asked, “Miss Song, I wonder if we can leave contact information for each other,”
“So that if there is anything that needs the help of the An family in the future, you can always tell me.”
Warnia was not moved at all and said blandly, “I appreciate your kindness, but there is no need to leave contact information.”
“Although the An family is more than a hundred times stronger than us,”
“Our Song family does not have too much ambition and only wants to run our own piece of land in this city.”
Marshal completely lost any sense of superiority.
So what if you have money and resources, people don’t have them, but they don’t even look at them.
If you continue to show your superiority here, you will only end up making a fool of yourself.
So, he stood up decadently and said politely, “Miss Song, then I’ll take my leave.”
Warnia nodded and said indifferently, “Mr. An I still have things to do, so I won’t see you off.”
Marshal had already suffered enough blows and had lost his temper at this time,
So he smiled, nodded and turned around, and walked out by himself.
As soon as Marshal left, Warnia immediately took a few deep breaths nervously.
Then hurriedly walked into the lounge behind the dark door and saw Charlie sitting on the single sofa with his legs crossed,
And hurriedly asked, “Master Wade, was my attitude towards your uncle just now too much ……”
Charlie laughed: “No, I think it’s okay, you can’t leave any hope for him in this situation.”
Warnia nodded and said seriously, “I think so too …… And I’m afraid that if I’m suddenly too polite to him,”
“I’ll look like I don’t have a position …… After all, I’m representing the auction, representing you,”
“And he has repeatedly tried to challenge the rules you have set,”
“If I’m polite to him, he might think that the auction really scorns his An family’s identity ……”
Charlie smiled slightly and said, “Warnia, you did the right thing, the proportion is also very accurate,”
“In this case, neither to be polite to him nor to react too fiercely,”
“This is just right, press his self-confidence, frustrate him,”
“By the way, and then completely destroy his hope of fighting against the rules.”
Warnia also breathed a sigh of relief and said seriously, “As long as you have no opinion on it ……”
Charlie nodded slightly and added: “Okay Warnia, issue a notice to everyone attending the auction,”
“Warning anyone not to privately search for the owner of the Rejuvenation Pill,”
“Once found, the same will be permanently exempted from attending the auction.”
Warnia immediately said, “Okay Master Wade, I’ll have someone notify them one by one.”
Charlie let out a sound and said, “It’s still too troublesome to notify them one by one,”
“It’s better to have the technical staff develop another software,”
“The previous software is specifically for registration, and then develop another software specifically for successful bidders who have registered and participated in the Rejuvenation Pill auction,”
“As well as those whose background and financial strength meet our requirements.”
“Updates can be directly pushed to them through this software.”
“Okay!” Warnia said without a second thought, “I’ll start making arrangements for this today.”
Saying that, she hurriedly asked, “Master Wade, do you have any other functional requirements for this software?”
Charlie thought about it and suddenly had a new thought and said,
“I want to develop a mission notification function on this software.”
“Mission publishing?” Warnia asked, “Can you roughly tell me the basic logic?”
Charlie then said, “I, as the official, can issue tasks to each of them through this software,”
“And for each task, there will be a corresponding reward for whoever completes the tasks I issue.”
Speaking of this, Charlie smiled and said, “The reward I give is not money,”
“It is a fragment of rejuvenation pill!”
“Rejuvenation Pill Fragment?!”
Hearing this, Warnia was surprised and couldn’t help but ask:
“Master Wade, what do you mean by this Rejuvenation Fragment?”
Charlie smiled: “It is a kind of virtual coin in our software, this kind of virtual coin is not sold to the public,”
“And users are not allowed to trade with each other in any way,”
“And this kind of rejuvenation Pill fragment is also not linked to any currency money,”
“It only has a fixed exchange rate between it and real rejuvenation Pill.”
Saying that, Charlie added: “This exchange rate is set at 10,000 Rejuvenationing Pill fragments equal to one Rejuvenationing Pill.”
“Whoever can collect 10,000 Rejuvenation Pill fragments in this software by completing the various tasks I issue,”
“They can come to me in Aurous Hill to exchange for a complete Rejuvenation Pill.”
Speaking of this, Charlie continued: “This group of people is spread all over the world,”
“And have their own resources and areas of expertise, if there is something that needs the help of this group of people in the future,”
“I can directly issue a task on this software, for example, I want whoever investigates a matter,”
“Give them a hundred Rejuvenation Pill fragments as a reward,”
“Then this group of people who first helps me to investigate first will get a hundred fragments of Rejuvenation Pill.”
Warnia brightened up and said offhandedly, “In that case, I’m afraid that the most important thing they do every day is to take tasks on the software ……”
Charlie nodded and said seriously, “If I want to make this group of people work for me,”
“I must leave them a chance to get the Rejuvenation Pill by working for me,”
“They are now particularly eager for the Rejuvenation Pill, like rats that are hungry and desperately beating around the granary.”
“It’s just that I built this granary so strong that I won’t leave any opening for them to drill in,”
“So as long as I open a small opening, they will desperately drill in,”
“Even if the opening is so small that they will be bruised in the process,”
“But as long as they can still get in alive and eat the grain inside, they will do whatever it takes. “
“Only in this way can I make this group of people put aside their identity,”
“Status, principles, and dignity and use them for me regardless of everything.”
Warnia was suddenly enlightened.
She originally thought that the fragment of Rejuvenation Pill that Charlie was talking about should be some kind of mini-game,”
“Embedded into the software or a small benefit like signing up to give experience.
But unexpectedly, Charlie was directly planning to create a new set of channels for this group of people to obtain Rejuvenation Pill in this software.
And this channel for them, the possibility is much greater than the auction,
Because the auction is too cruel, all rely on money to speak,
When money is not enough, it is only dry eyes to watch others successfully shoot the Rejuvenation Pill.
In this new access, money doesn’t really matter, what matters is who can best solve Charlie’s most practical needs.
This was much more flexible and diverse for Charlie.
He could use the auction to turn the Rejuvenation Pill into money, and even more so,
He could use the Rejuvenation Pill fragments on this software to turn the Rejuvenation Pill into whatever he wanted.
He can use it for information, for resources, for connections, and for everything.
Even, if he wanted to, he could trade the Rejuvenation Pill for someone else’s life.
This instantly brings the efficacy of the Pill to the extreme!
Warnia admired Charlie’s conception to the point of no return.
But while marveling, a question came to mind, so she asked:
“Master Wade, if it is 10,000 Rejuvenation Pill fragments to exchange for one Rejuvenation Pill,”
“Then to collect ten thousand pieces of Rejuvenation Pill, will this not be a little too far for them?”
“For example, if each of your missions rewards one hundred Rejuvenation Pill fragments,”
“Then at least one hundred missions must be completed before it is possible to collect ten thousand,”
“Which is indeed too difficult, I am afraid that they will lose motivation when they think of this ……”
Charlie laughed: “Although 10,000 Rejuvenation Pill fragments are equal to one Rejuvenation Pill,”
“It doesn’t mean that you must save all 10,000 Rejuvenation Pill fragments before you can start exchanging them.”
Charlie said, and continued, “When the time comes, I will set the minimum redemption threshold,”
“To one-tenth of a physical Rejuvenation Pill by collecting one thousand Rejuvenation Pill Fragments;”
“This way, the hope won’t be too slim for these people.”
Warnia nodded and said, “Master Wade, our auction is only held once a year,”
“So does this Rejuvenation Pill fragment of yours have to be redeemed every year at the time of the auction,”
“Or can he come to Aurous Hill to redeem it at any time as long as he has saved enough one thousand fragments?”
Charlie said with a smile on his face, “When our auction center is completed, I will reserve a Rejuvenation Pill exchange center inside,”
“All those who want to exchange Rejuvenation Pill, only need to make an appointment a few days in advance,”
“They can come to the exchange center to exchange Rejuvenation Pill at the appointed time, this can also further increase their enthusiasm.”
Saying that, Charlie added: “Although saving Rejuvenation Pill fragments may sound difficult,”
“But with hard work, perhaps a few years or in a couple of years it can still be achieved,”
“And for those who are still in their prime, or just entering their old age, they can take it as a long-term goal to slowly achieve it now.”
Warnia agreed: “Indeed, those who are in a hurry and very rich can pin their hopes on the auction,”
“And those who are very rich but not at the top can pin their hopes on coming to Aurous Hill to invest and enter our high-end health real estate project,”
“While those who are not in a hurry and have slightly less assets than the first two can slowly save themselves,”
“A half pill of rejuvenation pills in this way. The first two are also a little bit less important.”
“Right.” Charlie nodded and laughed: “What I want is this effect.”
After saying that, he added: “About this matter, you first do not release the news,”
“First let people develop the software, after the software development, don’t temporarily do not open the function of the Rejuvenation Pill fragments,”
“When you need to use this function, directly open the permission on software, and then push the rules of play to them on the line.”
Warnia immediately said, “Okay Master Wade, I’ll start arranging this, and will definitely do a good job of keeping secrets.”
Charlie gave a hint and said, “There’s nothing else, I’ll accompany my wife in the next two days to prepare for going abroad,”
“I’ll leave directly in a couple of days, you can contact by phone or WeChat if there’s anything.”
“Okay!” Warnia could not hide her envy and said, “Master Wade, your wife is so lucky ……”
Charlie asked casually, “Is that so?”
Warnia nodded and said, “Of course! Even ordinary people can hardly spare more than a month to accompany their wives to go abroad for further study,”
“But it is alone with you …… So she is really too lucky ……”
Charlie smiled and said, “You only see me this time to accompany her to the United States for further study,”
“But this time, a variety of things came up, every now and then to deal with these matters, in fact, I ignore her quite a lot.”
Warnia suddenly recalled that when she was in danger in Japan, he had rushed to Japan overnight to rescue her.
And her heart could not help but surge with a strong feeling of love and warmth.
So, she said to Charlie: “Master Wade, this time go to the United States, also, by the way, give yourself a vacation,”
“You have explained to me the matters, I will definitely do my best to do a good job, please do not worry!”
With the auction complete, Claire has also begun to prepare for her trip to the United States with Charlie.
Because the stay time is long, she carefully packed out two large suitcases of luggage.
She also made a list of preparation matters, according to the list packing one by one every item, afraid to leave anything behind.
In contrast, Charlie is much more casual.
In addition to a few sets of change of clothes, the rest is almost nothing with him.
Because in his opinion, instead of going to the trouble of preparing all kinds of luggage,
It would be better to pack lightly, and after arriving in the United States,
Then the missing things could be bought one by one so that it is more convenient and less hassle.
However, the thrifty Claire does not think so, she feels that many things are readily available at home.
If they pack up and take it over, they will not have to spend money to buy another copy after arriving in the United States.
Charlie knows her temper, so he also let her do what she wants.
However, on the issue of travel and accommodation, he did not give her the opportunity to save money.
He directly bought two first-class tickets to fly to New York,
And then booked a very practical Audi A6 Touring at a chain car rental company at the New York airport.
The driver’s licenses of China and the United States are mutually recognized,
And Charlie had done the translation in advance so that he could use it normally when he arrived in the United States.
As for accommodation booked the only presidential suite in Hilton Hotel directly near the Rhode Island School of Design
The area of this presidential suite is more than 500 square meters, for two people, it is a little too big.
However, he sees it with all facilities, own a small gym, on the top floor, but also with an open-air pool.
Staying in such a room, you basically don’t have to deal with other guests of the hotel.
Charlie and Claire were about to leave for the United States,
And the old man, Jacob, also began to pack his bags in preparation for his upcoming trip to Korea.
His departure time was the same day as Charlie and Claire, except that his flight was at 8:30 am.
While Charlie and Claire’s flight at 12:00 noon.
Since he was going to Korea with Meiqing, he was extraordinarily excited.
And felt that it was no different from going on a honeymoon and enjoying the world of two people together.
Therefore, he has been looking forward to this trip to Korea for a long time.
Elaine saw that the rest of the family was busy with the matter of going abroad, her heart more or less felt a little lonely.
This is the first time that everyone is leaving home and leaving her alone.
Fortunately, Charlie took the initiative to fulfill his promise to her,
And transferred 500,000 RMB to her bank account the day before he left.
After receiving this money, Elaine was naturally excited and all the lonely and despondent feelings were swept away.
This money was enough for her to spend a long time in the city in style.
After receiving the money, she said to Charlie happily and excitedly,
“Good son-in-law, you and Claire can stay in the United States worry free,”
“Don’t worry about mom, I will definitely take care of myself!”
Claire looked at her mother’s money-minded look and shook her head helplessly while instructing,
“Mom, you must not spend money too extravagantly and wastefully.”
Elaine muttered resentfully, “Okay, okay, I know! I will pay attention!”
Charlie said with a smile, “Mom, don’t listen to Claire, the money is given to you,”
“You spend it happily, preferably during the time we are not at home,”
“Spend every penny of the money, it is originally made to be spent.”
When Elaine heard this, she immediately smiled and said happily,
“It must be my good son-in-law! Your words really speak to mom’s heart!”
After saying that, she looked at Jacob at the side and said, “Jacob, leave me the keys to Cullinan’s car.”
Jacob looked at her warily: “What do you want my car keys for?
Elaine blurted out, “Of course, I want to drive it! Otherwise, what else can I ask for?”
Said Elaine frowned and said, “Besides, when did this car become yours?”
“This car is a gift from someone to my good son-in-law!”
“You are just driving it in the light of your good son-in-law.”
Jacob said seriously: “It’s true that this car is a gift for Charlie,”
“But this car was given to me by Miss Zhan by name, and my name is also written on the driving book!”
Elaine said impatiently: “Oh, I’m too lazy to argue with you, give me the car keys!”
“I won’t give it!” Jacob said offhandedly, “Just with your skills, driving the BMW is almost enough,”
“Cullinan such an expensive car, can you drive?”
“Jacob, you cut the fcuking crap!” Elaine said angrily: “If you do not leave the car keys to me,”
“You leave the first foot, I will take off all four wheels of that car and sell it!”
“When the time comes to take the bricks for you to pad up, you fcuking wait to come back with a big-eyed stare!”
Jacob shivered with fear.
He did not doubt Elaine’s guts, this b!tch is like a mad dog, not to mention selling the four wheels of the Cullinan,
Even if she thinks of the Cullinan disassemble it and sell parts, she can do it.
Thinking of this, he had to give in and said: “Okay, okay, for you to drive, for you to drive,”
“But you must be more careful when it comes to driving! Don’t give a scratch!”
Elaine disdainfully said, “You just take out the car keys, why so much nonsense!”
Jacob could only cross his heart and handed the car keys to Elaine.
Elaine got the car keys, immediately overjoyed, gave a detailed look for a long time, and only then put the keys into her pocket.
……
In the evening, Charlie helped Claire to put in order all the luggage of the two people in advance, on the inside of the bedroom door.
Claire once again checked the passports of the two people as well as other documents to confirm that they were correct,
Before lying down on the bed with peace of mind.
Remembering his agreement with Xiaofen, he said to Claire,
“Honey, after you finish your master class, let’s go to Vancouver, Canada together, to see Auntie Li and Xiaofen.”
Without thinking, Claire said, “Yes! I haven’t seen Auntie Li for a long time, and I miss her!”
Charlie laughed: “I called Xiaofen two days ago, they are living a full life in Canada.”
Saying that he then described the situation introduced by Xiaofen and recounted it with Claire.
After listening, Claire happily said, “Hearing you say that it feels like Auntie Li’s life is so happy now,”
“With Xiaofen accompanying her, there is no difficulty with money,”
“And she can also take care of the little children in the nursery class, so she must not be as tired as before in the orphanage.”
“Yes.” Charlie nodded and sighed, “Auntie Li was kind to me like a mountain, since she went to Canada,”
“I haven’t been there to see her, I’m quite ashamed when I think about it.”
Claire quickly said: “If you want to see Auntie Li and Xiaofen earlier, then wait until we settle down in the United States,”
“You should take time to go over to see them, and then after I finish my classes, we can go together!”
Charlie thought about it and said, “Wait until we reach the United States, if you could be left alone there, I’m not too sure.”
At noon the next day, Charlie and Claire flew to New York on the transoceanic flight of Air China.
The whole voyage took 16 hours, and by the time the two arrived in New York, it was already 2 p.m. local time.
Charlie is usually used to the Concorde, which is three times faster than a civilian airliner,
So when he first took this ordinary plane, it felt like a direct drop from a high-speed train to a green train.
Good thing he bought the ticket for a luxurious environment and could lie down to sleep in first-class, otherwise this journey would have been extra tormenting.
Claire after sixteen hours of flight, her state is also very good,
Does not seem tired, and there are a few expectations and excitement in her eyes.
After getting off the plane, the couple used another hour or so to complete the process of customs entry and luggage pickup.
Charlie took the car he had set up in advance, and after putting all the luggage into the trunk,
He drove Claire to their final destination – Providence.
This was Claire’s first time in the United States,
And her curiosity about a foreign country made her excited on the way, constantly looking left and right.
Driving north, through the bustling New York, Charlie then followed the navigation tips, all the way towards the northeast.
Four hours later, the two finally arrived at the Hilton Hotel in Providence.
Kelly, who was responsible for hosting the master class, was already waiting at the hotel in advance.
Just as the two walked into the lobby of the hotel,
A white woman in the lobby lounge area ran over happily and said to Claire, “Claire, you’ve finally arrived!”
The one who spoke was Kelly.
Because she was the person in charge of this master class,
She had already returned to the United States two days before the auction started and began to prepare for the master class.
She heard Claire say that she would arrive at the Hilton Hotel in the afternoon,
So she came over in advance to wait for them and greet them.
Claire was also very surprised to see her and said offhandedly, “Kelly, what brings you to the hotel?”
“I’m here to give you a good reception!” Kelly said with a smile,
“It’s already past six o’clock, just in time for dinner, I made a reservation at the Hilton’s Sky Restaurant,”
“After you put your luggage away and take a short rest, we can go to eat.”
Claire said: “I’m really sorry, I made you break the bank.”
Kelly said with a straight face, “You’re still so polite with me?”
Saying that, she looked at Charlie and asked with a smile, “This is your husband, right?”
Claire hurriedly nodded and said with a smile, “Kelly, let me introduce to you, this is my husband, Charlie Wade.”
After saying that, she was busy saying to Charlie: “Charlie, this is what I’ve been telling you, my idol, Kelly West.”
Charlie looked at Kelly and said politely, “Hello Ms. West, I’ve heard a lot about you.”
Kelly hurriedly extended her hand and said, “Mr. Wade you are too polite,”
“I also admired your great name for a long time when I was in Aurous Hill.”
Although Kelly did not know what exactly was Charlie’s origin and background,
She knew that this was a man that even Stella had to be careful to curry favor with,
And this alone was enough to prove that this man was not ordinary.
After the two shook hands and exchanged a few words of courtesy, Charlie politely said to the two,
“You guys chat first, I’ll go do the check-in procedure.”
The two nodded slightly, and Kelly then asked Claire in a low voice,
“Claire, why can’t you contact Feier in the past two days?”
Claire still didn’t know Stella’s real identity and thought that her good friend was the French Chinese Zhan Feier.
In fact, Claire had been trying to contact Stella in the past two days,
But like Kelly, Stella’s contact number had been turned off, and the whole person seemed to have evaporated without a trace.
So she said truthfully to Kelly, “I’m not going to lie, I haven’t been able to contact her in the past two days,”
“Could it be that she left China for something urgent?”
Kelly hesitated for a moment, nodded gently, and said, “That’s probably possible.”
Kelly did not clearly know about what happened to the Fei family,
So she did not know that Stella had already started her escape journey with her grandfather, at this time.
Moreover, in order not to leave clues to her eldest uncle, Stella did not dare to contact these two when she left.
However, Kelly did not think much of it.
After all, Stella is the Fei family’s first lady, and she is not at all on the same level,
She must have a little something temporary needing her attention, there is no need to say hello to her every time.
So she put the matter behind her and laughed:
“Let’s not worry about it, maybe one day she will come over to us after she’s done.”
At this time, Charlie also finished the check-in procedure, handed his luggage to the waiter to take upstairs first,
Then came to the two people and said, “The procedure is done, does Ms. West want to come up and sit down together?”
Kelly shook her head with a smile and said, “I won’t go over there, you guys go back to your rooms and clean up first,”
“I’ll wait for you in the restaurant, but you don’t need to rush, we’ll eat just after seven o’clock.”
Then Mr. and Mrs. Charlie said goodbye to Kelly for the time being and took the elevator to the presidential suite on the top floor first.
As soon as they entered the elevator, Claire said to Charlie,
“Honey, Kelly couldn’t contact Miss Zhan even in the past two days, she won’t be in any trouble, right?”
Charlie laughed: “I don’t think so, she’s a rich girl, she enjoys life every day, what kind of trouble can she have?”
Claire said: “But that should not be unable to contact ah, call her it is off,”
“Sent her a message she did not return, sent a WeChat also no response.”
Charlie said casually, “I think the probability is that she has something important to go back to France,”
“After a while, she may go back to Aurous Hill.”
“Okay.” Claire nodded gently and didn’t think much more.
Charlie took Claire to the presidential suite on the top floor, and the moment the door swept open,
What came into view was a huge living room with an area of over a hundred square meters.
And because of the high floor, one side of the living room is full of floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
The entire city of Providence can be seen, and even from here, the entire Rhode Island School of Design can be seen in full.
As soon as she saw this living room, Claire was stunned speechless and asked offhandedly,
“Husband …… you …… what type of room did you book? How come it’s so big ……”
Charlie laughed: “This is their presidential suite, at the southernmost end of the entire top floor,”
“A little better privacy and a little better environment.”
Claire was surprised and asked, “You wouldn’t have booked the presidential suite for a month ……”
Charlie said with a smile: “A month is definitely not enough, I booked it for forty days,”
“If there is a change in the schedule, then we can easily extend the stay.”
Claire said: “Forty days here, I’m afraid it’s a million …… husband, this is too extravagant ……”
“Why don’t we change the room, the two of us, a normal one-room suite is enough ……”
Charlie said seriously: “Claire, you are here for further study, then every day in addition to classes at school,”
“Come back to review, drawing, do all kinds of homework, how can it all work?”
“Besides, you usually would go to school, I must be bored to death staying alone in the hotel,”
“This presidential suite has a large area, which can more or less relieve some of the boredom,”
“Otherwise, it won’t be long before I can’t stand it anymore.”
Once Claire heard this, she quickly said, “Husband, it’s really hard for you, coming all this way to accompany me ……”
Charlie gently scraped on her nose and laughed: “I am your husband, this situation is certainly incumbent on me.”
Claire nodded and said, “I’ll go check our bedroom first,”
“You help me bring in the luggage from the living room, I’ll simply tidy up!”
“Okay.” Charlie agreed, Claire then hurriedly went to look for the bedroom.
This presidential suite is too large, without getting familiar with it first, you simply don’t know what each room is for.
So Charlie was ready to go and take his luggage when the cell phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.
He took it out by hand and glanced at it, and found that the message came from a phone number that started with +1.
Charlie knew that the international area code for the whole of North America was +1,
So he instinctively thought that the message might be the same as a welcome text message from a certain city in China,
Which is a way to welcome in a certain city, but when he clicked on the text message,
He suddenly found that it read, “Xiaofen is in trouble, please come to Vancouver quickly!”
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