Seeing this message, Charlie’s heart instantly tensed up.
And his first reaction was to immediately call back on this phone number.
But what he didn’t expect was that just after receiving the message from the other party, the other party had already turned off the phone.
Nervous, Charlie hurriedly sent a video call to Xiaofen.
The video was quickly connected, and Xiaofen on the other end of the phone was standing at the cashier’s desk with a smile on her face,
“Brother Charlie, why are you calling me this time?”
Seeing that Xiaofen was intact, Charlie was relieved and said,
“Xiaofen, I just received a text message saying that you are in trouble and it asked me to come over to Vancouver immediately,”
“What’s going on? Are you in some kind of trouble?”
“Huh?” Xiaofen said with a surprised face: “I did not encounter anything …… I am at the convenience store you can see here ……”
Charlie frowned and asked, “Are you sure there is nothing wrong?”
“Then how can someone send me a message that you are in danger?”
Xiaofen also got confused, said, “Could it be a prank or some kind of fraudulent text message,”
“I’m here everything is fine, we did not encounter any trouble……”
Charlie said: “If it’s a prank, it must be someone who knows you and also knows me, to have my cell phone number, right?”
Xiaofen pair of willow curved eyebrows wrinkled into two balls, pondering for a moment, said,
“I really can’t think who it would be, we know a lot of friends on this side, but they certainly will not know brother Charlie.”
Saying that, she hurriedly asked, “Brother Charlie, tell me the phone number, I’ll check it out.”
Charlie then reported the cell phone number he had just texted to her.
Xiaofen looked at it and said with a frown, “Brother Charlie, this number is indeed a local Canadian cell phone number,”
“But I don’t have this number saved in my phone either, I don’t know who he is ……”
She then said with certainty: “I think this must be a prank, in the past, domestic people often used this set to engage in telecom fraud, right?”
“Suddenly send a text message, saying that your son has had a car accident, he is in the hospital emergency,”
“Need to hurry to remit money and so on, brother you must be careful.”
“Well ……” to see Xiaofen is indeed intact, Charlie also presumed that the probability of this is a prank, so he said,
“It’s best if it’s okay, but you still need to pay more attention a little,”
“Do not go out alone, lock the doors and windows when you sleep at night.”
Xiaofen said, “Don’t worry, brother, Vancouver has very good security, it is much better than the United States,”
“And there are many Chinese here, everyone is very friendly with each other,”
“And will help each other in any matter, there is no danger.”
Charlie nodded, then said, “If there are any problems, remember to contact me at the first chance.”
“Okay.” Xiaofen nodded in a hurry.
At this time, a pleasant bell sound came from the video, and she hurriedly switched the camera.
And said excitedly, “Brother Charlie, look who’s here!”
In the picture, the door of the convenience store had been pushed open,
And the one who pushed the door open was none other than Auntie Li,
Who had taken care of Charlie in the orphanage for a whole decade.
In addition to Auntie Li, there were several customers shopping in the store,
As well as a young girl wearing a coffee-colored apron who seemed to be helping out.
At this time, Auntie Li laughingly pushed the door in, carrying a non-woven handbag in her hand.
Seeing Xiaofen pointing her cell phone at herself, she curiously asked, “Xiaofen, who are you video calling with?”
“It’s brother Charlie!” Xiaofen said excitedly,
“Auntie Li, brother Charlie, and sister Claire have arrived in the United States, come and say hello to him!”
Upon hearing the video from Charlie, Auntie Li said excitedly, “Really?”
After saying that, she hurried to the front of the cashier.
And Xiaofen switched the camera back to the front, and the two appeared together in the video.
Charlie hurriedly waved respectfully, “Hello, Auntie Li!”
Auntie Li said happily: “Charlie, you have come to America? When did you arrive?”
Charlie said with a smile, “Auntie Li, we just arrived at the hotel and our luggage hasn’t been put down yet.”
Saying that, Charlie asked, “Auntie Li, where are you coming back from?”
Auntie Li smiled and said, “I just came back from the daycare class, I have nothing to do,”
“So I often go to help the young people in Chinatown to take care of the children.”
Charlie nodded and said, “I heard Xiaofen say last time, how is your life there?”
“Yes, it’s good!” Auntie Li said with a smile, “Our usual activity area is in Chinatown,”
“And the place where we live is also a Chinese community, except for the climate environment is different,”
“Other than that, it feels similar to being in China.”
At this time, Claire came out from the inner room and curiously asked, “Honey, who are you videoing with?”
Charlie hurriedly waved at her, “Claire, come and say hello to Auntie Li!”
When she heard that Charlie was videoing with Auntie Li, she hurriedly ran over and came up to him,
Waving happily at the video, “Auntie Li! Little Fen! Hello!”
Auntie Li said with a smile: “Claire, you are still so beautiful! When are you and Charlie planning to have a baby?”
“I’m still waiting to come back to China to drink your child’s full moon wine!”
Claire’s pretty face blushed and said shyly, “Aunt Li, we …… we don’t plan to have a child for the time being ……….”
Auntie Li said seriously: “It’s almost time to have one, even now, when you pull the oldest out,”
“And then the second child will have to be thirty years old, the further back the harder it is.”
Claire was ashamed, but still agreed with her mouth and said, “Yes, Auntie Li, I know, we will do it as soon as possible ……”
After saying that, she gave Charlie another somewhat shy glance, and then hurriedly turned her eyes back to the phone.
Aunt Li was in an extraordinarily good mood and couldn’t help but sigh:
“I don’t know what’s wrong with you kids, one is either not married or when married you don’t want children,”
“I’ve been looking forward to holding your children since five or six years,”
“And I haven’t been able to get what I wanted until now, I’m looking forward to good news from you two ……”
Charlie said smilingly: “Aunt Li, you can rest assured that we will let you have your wish as soon as possible!”
Hearing this, Auntie Li was even happier and said: “Good, good, great!”
Auntie Li said, “Charlie, Claire, you two just arrived at the hotel, you must be very tired, take a good rest first,”
“Auntie will not bother you, when you are finished with the American side of things, you must remember to come to Vancouver to see Auntie!”
Claire hurriedly said, “Auntie, don’t worry, Charlie and I have agreed that we will come over to see you as soon as we finish our business here,”
“And we are not in a hurry to go back, so we will stay at your place for a few more days to keep you company!”
Auntie Li was so relieved that she nodded her head and said, “That’s great! The house here is very large,”
“And the house Xiaofen and I live in has five bedrooms on the two upper and lower floors,”
“So we are worried that it is not lively enough.”
Charlie immediately smiled and said, “Okay, Auntie Li, then it’s a deal.”
“Okay!” Auntie Li said with a smile: “You guys hurry up and get busy, let’s talk some other time!”
After hanging up the video, Charlie couldn’t help but think back to the text message just now.
Although he confirmed that Xiaofen was safe and sound, but he still had some doubts in his heart.
He really couldn’t figure out what the other party’s purpose was in sending this text message.
If it was for fraud, but why did the other party not continue to contact themselves?
If it was just for a prank, the level of this prank was more or less poor,
After all, he only needed a video to determine whether Xiaofen was really in danger.
In doubt, he opened that text message and replied to the other party, “Who the h3ll are you?”
But unexpectedly, the message sank like a stone into the sea, and there was never a reply ……
Until Charlie and Claire, and Kelly had dinner and returned to the room,
The mysterious person who sent the text message still did not give Charlie any reply.
Charlie also tried to call quietly, but the other party is still out in the shutdown state.
He is still a little uneasy, so he sent a text message back to this number, the text message wrote:
“If you are a friend of Xiaofen, out of goodwill, please tell me some more specific information, thank you.”
The message was sent, but it also sank like a stone in a deep ocean.
Claire because rushed with a day of travel, more or less felt tired, so after a bath, can not carry anymore and went to bed.
Charlie finished his bath, wrapped in a bathrobe went to the terrace of the presidential suite located on the top floor.
Looking outside at the lights, he has mixed feelings in his heart.
Although this is his first time in Providence, two or three hundred kilometers from Providence, New York, is his grandfather’s family settled there.
The San Francisco Bay Area, a few thousand kilometers away on the west coast, is where his mother, Margaret.
Where she studied at Stanford University and Silicon Valley, where she built her legend.
When he came to the U.S. again after more than 20 years, he missed his mother uncontrollably, like a tidal wave surging.
He remembered his childhood with his parents, his heart dripping blood at the same time,
He could not help but ask himself again, who killed his parents back then, and the other party’s motive, in the end, what was it about?
In addition, he also wanted to know, the Wade family at that time in the domestic premier.
The An family in the international are standing at the tip of the pyramid.
With these two as a backing, why his parents could be still killed by someone.
A thought to this, Charlie’s heart has mixed feelings.
Even though they have the means to the sky, how could they end up like that?
Still can not find out what happened back then, and what was the hidden agenda behind it.
If he can get back his parents’ lives, he is willing to give up everything he has.
Even if it means giving up the “Nine Profound Heavenly Scriptures”, he will have no complaints.
But unfortunately, the world will not give him a chance to exchange.
When he was sighing, his cell phone suddenly rang.
He had thought that it might be a message back from that mysterious person,
But unexpectedly, it was another unfamiliar phone number starting with +1.
Charlie retrieved his thoughts, pressed the answer button, and alertly asked, “Hello, who is it?”
Qinghua’s voice, came from the other end of the phone, “Young Master Wade, it’s me, Qinghua.”
Charlie faintly froze and asked in a respectful tone,
“Mr. Lai, why do you have time to call me at this late hour?”
Qinghua said: “Back to Young Master Wade, there is an important matter,”
“I dare not delay, so I called you at the first opportunity.”
Charlie asked, “Mr. Lai, what is the important matter, please tell me.”
Qinghua said solemnly, “Your grandfather, just now, called me and asked me about the matter of the Rejuvenation Pill.”
“My grandfather?” Charlie frowned and asked, “Was it my great uncle who told him about the Rejuvenation Pill after he went back?”
“Yes.” Qinghua said, “Your grandfather said he wanted to buy the Rejuvenation Pill and hoped I could help match him.”
Charlie asked him, “Mr. Lai, then did you ask him what he intended to buy the Rejuvenation Pill for?”
“I did.” Qinghua said, “But your grandfather said it is not convenient to disclose,”
“I speculate that the probability is that he himself needs,”
“But he can not let the outside world know that his current health encountered a condition.”
Said, Qinghua added: “He asked me how I got the Rejuvenation pills and through what channel,”
“But I have told him, this matter is about a heavenly opportunity, as inconvenient to disclose.”
“And I also told him clearly that if you want to get the Rejuvenation Pill,”
“You have to sign up for next year’s Rejuvenation Pill Auction.”
“But I was afraid that he would monitor my phone, so I changed it to a phone that no one knew about and reported to you.”
“Also in the future, you should not contact my previous phone, this phone is not even known to my family,”
“You can call this number to find me if you have something.”
“Okay!” Charlie answered and said, “It’s hard for you, Mr. Lai.”
“I should!” Qinghua said, “I just gave your grandfather a calculation of the trigrams,”
“He does have a lot of bad luck recently, the next two or three years are overall more dangerous,”
“But in a short time, there should be no danger, so you do not have to worry too much,”
“If there is any update over there, I will also be the first to convey it to you.”
“Okay Mr. Lai, you’ve worked hard.”
After hanging up Qinghua’s phone, Charlie couldn’t help but ponder in his heart,
“Great uncle came to buy the Rejuvenation Pill, it seems that it should be for grandpa,”
“And combined with Mr. Lai’s trigram, it should be that grandpa’s body has some kind of condition.”
Thinking of this, Charlie’s heart also flashed a thought, is it not best to confirm the situation of grandfather,
“If the situation is critical, he should not lend a helping hand.
However, thinking back again to the doubts he had when he was thinking about his parents just now, his heart was a little indignant.
The An family is so strong, why didn’t they ever find out the truth about his parents’ death after twenty years of their death?
In addition, he still remembered that when he followed his mother back to the United States to visit his family,
Grandfather always had nothing good to say to his mother.
Every time, after his mother had tried to keep up with his grandparents and the relatives, she would return to her room and cry in secret.
And grandpa’s family, the attitude towards father was even worse,
Often come back to stay for a number of days, grandfather will rarely say a few words to his father.
So, thinking about this, Charlie towards grandfather has more or less some complaints.
Since he needs the Rejuvenation Pill right now, the situation is not very urgent.
Let him register himself for the auction next year.
With his financial strength, it would not be a problem to get a Rejuvenation Pill at the auction.
In addition, Charlie also had Xiaofen on his mind.
He always felt that the warning text message was unlikely to be created out of nothing.
So, he kept waiting for the other party to write back.
However, until the next morning, Charlie still could not wait for the mystery person’s reply.
Claire was still sound asleep in bed, so Charlie called the waiter to bring breakfast to the room first.
After that, he added a small amount of Rejuvenation Pill to Claire’s cup of milk while she was still not awake, so as to help her recover her strength.
Since the effect of the Rejuvenation Pill was too obvious,
He did not dare to add too much at once, so he planned to let her take a Rejuvenation Pill gradually over the next month or so.
After Claire got up and ate breakfast, she really felt refreshed and the fatigue of yesterday’s body instantly disappeared without a trace.
Not only that, she even felt her body was full of strength.
She couldn’t help but express her doubts to Charlie,
Who only attributed it all to the fact that she had slept well last night.
Afterward, he changed his clothes and accompanied her to leave the hotel and walk to Rhode Island School of Design to report to the school.
Rhode Island School of Design, right next to the Hilton Hotel, the hotel, and the school are only separated by a wall,
So it only takes a few minutes to walk to the school.
At this time, the main entrance of the Rhode Island School of Design had already hung up the display materials of this master class,
And even many design-related media reporters could be seen interviewing and filming on site.
The reason for the media’s attention to this master class is not only because there are many top designers personally coming to be instructors in this master class,
But also because there are many celebrity designers among the students who already have considerable popularity in the world.
In the design circle, this is considered an absolute big event, so it gets a lot of attention.
During the check-in process, Claire recognized many famous designers and originally she couldn’t resist and wanted to get autographs and photos,
But Charlie kept reminding her that these people would be her classmates in the future,
So she doesn’t need to lower her status at the beginning and make it seem like she is a bit lower than others.
After he accompanied her to take care of all the check-in process, the time had come to noon.
The two of them went back to the hotel to get a car and went to downtown to get familiar with the city.
Where they will be living for more than a month.
In the city center, Charlie chose a relatively high-end Western restaurant and had lunch with Claire.
While the two of them were enjoying lunch, Charlie’s cell phone received a text message again.
When he opened it, it was from that mysterious person!
Charlie hastily opened the message, only to see that the text message read:
“Xiaofen is in great distress, it is very urgent! Please come to Vancouver quickly!!!”
Seeing this text message, Charlie’s eyebrows tightened and he immediately called the other party.
However, the phone quickly beeped, telling him that the other party has turned off the phone!
This caused his heart to feel a kind of anger at being teased.
So, he immediately stood up and said to Claire, “Wife, I’m going out to make a call.”
Claire found that Charlie’s face was not right and wanted to ask the reason,
But she was afraid of delaying his business, so she nodded and said softly, “Go quickly.”
Charlie took his phone out of the restaurant,
And in a location where there was no one around, he directly called Joseph.
As soon as the phone call came through, he immediately said to Joseph:
“Joseph, I have a number that I need you to check for me!”
“Find out exactly who is using this number, where the person is, and the location should be as accurate as possible!”
Joseph said without thinking, “Mr. Wade, please tell your subordinate the number you want to check, I’ll have someone check it out!”
Charlie immediately told him the number.
After only three minutes, Joseph called him back.
After Charlie got through, Joseph said, “Mr. Wade, I had someone check the phone number you sent me,”
“And this number is a cell phone number from Canada, and the operator is Bell Communications;”
“However, this is an anonymous prepaid cell phone card, so can not find any user-related information,”
“This kind of card although most foreign tourists buy mostly, but in Canada, anyone can buy it at will,”
“Want to find out who at that end is, I’m afraid it will take some time, and it is very difficult;”
Speaking of this, Joseph also introduced: “I have asked my men, trying to determine the specific location of the other party based on the information of the base station used by them,”
“But to determine the specific coordinates of the other party,”
“We need to keep the other party into the network for at least one or two minutes,”
“But the other party’s anti-reconnaissance awareness is very strong,”
“They turned on the network for no more than thirty seconds each time, so we can only find out their approximate location. “
Charlie asked, “What is the approximate location?”
Joseph explained: “the other party used the base station, located in Vancouver, Canada, near Chinatown,”
“The base station signal coverage radius of more than two kilometers,”
“So we can only determine the other party must be in the Chinatown area, the specific location can not be determined.”
When Charlie heard this, he was startled.
If the user of this phone is not in Vancouver, then Charlie could also assume that this may be some kind of prank,
Or a kind of telecommunication fraud preheating stage.
No matter what the other party’s purpose was, at least he was not a direct threat to Xiaofen.
However, Joseph’s men had already located the location of this cell phone user to Vancouver’s Chinatown.
Then this proves that the user of this phone is right next to Xiaofen!
This made Charlie’s heart tense up again.
So, he asked Joseph: “Is there any way to determine the other party’s exact location as soon as possible?”
“At least narrow down the accuracy to within a radius of 100 meters.”
Joseph explained, “Mr. Wade, if you want to narrow down the positioning accuracy to within a radius of 100 meters,”
“You have to let the other party stay in the network for at least one or two minutes,”
“So that it is possible to pinpoint his location through the data between him and multiple base stations,”
“And if the other party is only on for thirty seconds each time, it is technically impossible to achieve accurate positioning. “
After listening to Joseph’s introduction, Charlie knew that this act of the other party to turn off the phone,
After sending messages must be to avoid base station positioning, and this method now seemed to be very effective indeed.
So, he asked Joseph: “Do you have the manpower in Canada?”
Joseph said ashamedly, “Back to Mr. Wade, the main area of activity of the Front is the Middle East and Africa,
The North American side is the territory of the American mercenary corps and some overseas gangs, we generally do not intervene.”
Saying that he added: “But if you need, I will send someone over now!”
Charlie fell into hesitation for a moment.
If Xiaofen’s current situation was really urgent, then I’m afraid there was no time to delay.
And Joseph sent someone from the Middle East to Vancouver, Canada, the flight distance alone would be over 10,000 kilometers.
He did not have a Concorde, and it would take more than ten hours to get there at the earliest.
In this case, if something goes wrong with Xiaofen in these ten hours, no one can help her at all.
So, now the closest to Xiaofen, instead, is himself.
After all, if he flies from here, he can get to Vancouver in four hours,
And if he can rent a Gulfstream G650, he can get there in three hours.
So, he has made the decision to personally go to Vancouver immediately!
He is worried, in case the person who sent the text message, is transferring the tiger away from the mountain,
Then his wife will be left alone in the United States will definitely be in danger.
However, once he thought of the person who sent the text message, was right beside Xiaofen,
So the possibility that the other party’s target was Claire, although it cannot be said to be completely absent, but it is also negligible.
However, in order to be cautious, he still said to Joseph: “Joseph, you immediately arrange a few female warriors of the Front to come to the United States,”
“Your side of the flight to the east coast of the United States is only 6,000 kilometers,”
“You can we arrive at night today, after arriving, help me secretly protect my wife.”
Joseph immediately said, “No problem, Mr. Wade, I’ll arrange it.”
After saying that, he asked, “Mr. Wade, on the Canadian side, are you going to go there by yourself?”
“Yes.” Charlie opened his mouth and said, “You don’t have to worry about the Canadian side, I’ll take care of it.”
When Charlie hung up the phone with Joseph, the first thing he did was to ask Elder Wade to help him coordinate his official plane.
Although the Wade family could not have their own business planes all over the world,
They at least had partnerships with all the major business jet leasing companies,
So they immediately helped Charlie coordinate a Gulfstream G650, which would take off from Green Airport in Providence in an hour.
So, Charlie immediately returned to the restaurant, and before he sat down,
Claire across the table asked carefully, “Honey, is something wrong?”
Charlie hesitated for a moment, took out his cell phone,
Opened the text message records with that mysterious person, and pushed it to Claire’s face.
After reading it, Claire was shocked and said, “Fanny is in Canada, running a convenience store, why would someone be against her?”
Charlie shook his head and said, “I’m not too sure, it’s still not sure if the other party pulled a prank or if it’s really something.”
Claire said: “Then do you want to tell Fanny, let her pay more attention to her surrounding?”
“If you can’t, she can come to America with Auntie Li to find us!”
Charlie said: “If it is true, avoidance is not likely to solve the problem,”
“Aunt Li and Fanny just set up in Vancouver, just integrated into the society there,”
“Because a few warning text messages to let them leave there, it is too hasty for them,”
“Can not let them move again because of a few text messages, right?”
“It’s also ……” Claire sighed and said, “Why don’t we go over to see them first?”
Charlie said, “The master class officially starts the day after tomorrow, you better not toss,”
“I plan to go over by myself, later I will send you back to the hotel first,”
“After you return to the hotel, until the morning after tomorrow, try not to go out.”
Claire asked nervously, “Honey, you are going by yourself? How about we find a way to call the police!”
Charlie shook his head and said, “I’d rather go by myself, you don’t have to worry about me,”
“You’re still not sure about my skills? Generally, two ordinary people are not my opponent.”
Saying that he continued: “Moreover, I think Xiaofen should not encounter any special big trouble,”
“At most, it is a hooligan mob trying to collect a protection fee and so on.”
Claire said with a worried face: “I’m not sure you should go alone, why don’t I go with you!”
Charlie shook his head and said: “You come with me, not only can not help if there is a real problem I’m afraid it will add to the chaos,”
“Then in case I have to protect you alone, then I may not be able to cope with the other side,”
“So the best way is to stay in the hotel and wait for me, I will come to you as soon as I finish dealing with it!”
He said firmly: “This matter is settled, I have just bought a ticket to leave in an hour,”
“I will now send you back to the hotel, and then go directly to the airport!”
Claire saw that Charlie’s mind was already determined, now she knew that it was useless to persuade him,
So she said good-naturedly, “Okay, then you take care of everything yourself!”
Charlie nodded, got up, and said, “Wife, let’s pack the things, let’s go back to the hotel to eat there.”
Claire hurriedly said, “You do not need to care about me, go directly to the airport! I’ll take a taxi back by myself!”
“No way!” Charlie shook his head and said,
“I’m not comfortable with you going back by yourself,”
“I’ll send you back to the hotel room, and after you go back, you should not go out again.”
Claire saw Charlie insisted, and had no choice but to nod.
He asked the waiter to pack the untouched things,
And then he drove the rented Audi A6 Touring Edition and took Claire back to the hotel.
Being cautious, he dropped her back to her room and instructed her,
“Honey, lock the door of the room by yourself, and don’t go out if it’s unnecessary.”
“Okay!” Claire hastily agreed, then grabbed Charlie’s hand and pleaded,
“Honey, you must be more careful, don’t be brave when you encounter any problem that can’t be solved,”
“Call the police in time, and if the police doesn’t work, ask the embassy for help!”
Charlie nodded and smiled, “Don’t worry wife, it will be fine,”
“In case it’s a false alarm, then I’ll come back right away.”
“Well ……” Claire shook Charlie’s hand hard and instructed, “Pay attention to safety!”
“Okay!”
Charlie watched as Claire closed the door of the room before hurrying to the airport.
A Gulfstream G650, which Elder Wade had someone arranged, was already waiting at the airport.
This airliner, with the fastest speed close to the speed of sound,
Is the fastest civilian airliner Charlie could find at the moment.
When he boarded the plane, it was almost 1:40 p.m. New York time.
Thanks to the three-hour time difference between here and Vancouver,
When his plane landed in Vancouver, it was exactly 2:00 p.m. local time in Vancouver.
After getting off the plane, he immediately took a cab and went straight to Vancouver’s Chinatown.
On the way to Chinatown, he sent a WeChat to Xiaofen.
On the WeChat, he asked her, “Xiaofen, send me the specific address of your convenience store,”
“I’ll have someone send you and Auntie Li some of our local specialties from Aurous Hill.”
If before, he told Xiaofen of sending something, she would never accept it.
Because in her past perception, Charlie has been living a very hard life.
When he left the orphanage to work at the age of 18, he suffered a lot of hardship.
After getting married and joining the Willson family, he was treated with disdain.
Later, for Auntie Li’s treatment, it was him who had to go to extra troubles.
However, since she followed Auntie Li to Canada, she heard about Charlie’s identity and knew that he was the youngest son of the Wade family.
Therefore, when she received this WeChat from him, she was not polite with him at all,
Not only she sent him the address, but also said with a smile, “Thank you, brother Charlie,”
“I want to eat brine duck and plate duck, the kind that can last the long-distance transportation!”
Charlie readily agreed, then looked at the address and said to the driver who was driving, “Please go to 47 Hastings Street.”
After that, he forwarded the address to Issac and instructed,
“Buy some Aurous Hill specialties and send them to this address, and mail them regularly in the future.”
Issac immediately replied, “Young master, don’t worry, I’ll mail it monthly!”
Half an hour later, the cab that Charlie was riding in passed through a Chinese-style pagoda and drove into Vancouver’s Chinatown.
As soon as he entered there, he felt as if he had returned to China in a second.
The Chinese street on both sides of the street
Facades, as well as a variety of signs hanging high on both sides of the building, almost all in Chinese.
Moreover, both sides of the street are almost all Chinese faces, foreign faces are few and far between here,
Which makes people feel as if they are in some street of China.
Vancouver Chinatown is one of the world’s most famous Chinatowns and is also one of the largest.
In this city, Chinese people make up 21% of the entire population,
This means that one out of every five people in Vancouver is Chinese.
And Chinatown is a place where Chinese are highly gathered, so it is normal to see no foreigners here.
When the cab drove to this street, the crowd around was even more bustling.
Due to the direction of travel, the driver parked the car across the road from No. 47 Hastings Street.
After Charlie paid and got off, he saw the store named
“Friends and Neighbors”, which is the convenience store run by Auntie Li and Xiaofen.
The store does not look big, width-wise, except for a double-opening glass door, there is only a glass window.
In addition, it can also be seen that the store is newly renovated, the overall neatness, are higher than other stores around by and large.
At this time in the convenience store, there were many people buying things,
And Charlie could even see Xiaofen, who was constantly busy in front of the cash register.
So, he deliberately stood for a while longer, waiting for this wave of customers to check out of the store,
Before he smiled heartily and stepped towards the store.
At this time, Xiaofen, who was behind the cash register to sort out the cash in the cash register,
Heard the wind bell ringing when he pushed the door, and said without raising her head, “Welcome!”
On the side of the shelves in the store, a girl who was turning her back to Charlie and organizing the shelves also said sweetly, “Welcome!”
Charlie saw that both of them were too busy to look at him,
So he directly selected a chewing gum from the shelf, and then handed it to Xiaofen.
She was too busy to look up and just said habitually, “Hello, one dollar please.”
Charlie casually took out a one-dollar coin and placed it in front of her.
It was a one-dollar denomination RMB coin, which, according to the exchange rate, was almost equal to 20 cents of the Canadian dollar.
When Xiaofen saw this one yuan coin, she looked up helplessly and said offhandedly, “Sir, did you take the wrong ……”
Before she could finish the three words “take the wrong”, she saw Charlie with a smiling face.
At this moment, her jaw dropped in shock, and only after a moment did she come back to her senses and shouted,
“Oh my God! Brother Charlie?! How come you’re here!!!”
How did you get here?” She said, climbing over from the cashier’s desk and jumping into Charlie’s arms,
Saying with surprise and joy, “Didn’t you say you’d come only after Sister Claire’s class? How come you’re here already?”
Charlie said with a smile: “It’s your sister Claire’s class, not mine,”
“I have nothing to do in America, so I came to see you first.”
“Mom!” Xiaofen excitedly hugged Charlie and jumped several times before picking up her phone and said,
“I’ll call Auntie Li and tell her the good news!”
Charlie was busy saying, “Auntie Li must have gone to help in the nursery class, right?”
“Yes!” Xiaofen nodded and said, “She is in the nursery class from 1:30 to 6:30 in the afternoon.”
Charlie then said, “Then it’s better not to tell her yet, let her be busy first,”
“So as not to distract her, I’m not leaving today anyway, waiting for her in the store is the same.”
Xiaofen smiled cheekily, nodded, and said, “Okay then, then you wait in the store to give her a surprise!”
Saying that she hurriedly waved to the girl in the store who was packing the shelves,
“Claudia, come quickly, this is the brother Charlie I’ve been telling you about!”
The girl called Claudia turned around, looked at Charlie, waved her hand politely, and said timidly, “Hello Mr. Wade ……”
Charlie saw this girl’s age between seventeen or eighteen, the appearance seems to be a mixture of East and West.
Blue eyes, long eyelashes, a high nose, and with brown-black hair, the features look almost impeccable.
However, although her features are very beautiful and her face is also very perfect,
But only the right cheek all the way to the neck, there is a burn scar, the scar is very obvious,
The whole skin has been completely screwed into a ball, shocking, and even looks a little gruesome.
Claudia is conscious of her appearance, so she tried not to let Charlie see her right side of the scar,
And even involuntarily pulled up the collar, want to block some as much as possible.
Charlie looked at her and said politely, “Hello Claudia, your Chinese is very good!”
Claudia nodded slightly and said softly, “Thank you Mr. Wade for the compliment ……”
Xiaofen on the side introduced, “Brother Charlie, this is our store’s number two employee Claudia Ricci, Claudia’s mother is Chinese,”
“Her father is Italian, and she has been learning Chinese from her mother since she was a child,”
“That’s why she is particularly fluent in Chinese, almost nothing different from us.”
“So that’s how it is.” he nodded gently, his heart pondered.
Claudia said to Xiaofen with some nervousness at this time, “Sister Fanny, there is no more cut bread,”
“I will go to the back of the storehouse to bring some over.”
Xiaofen hurriedly nodded and said, “Okay, go quickly.”
Claudia turned around and went inside the storehouse, Xiaofen then said in Charlie’s ear in a low voice:
“Brother Charlie, Claudia is more introverted, plus her family had a fire before,”
“Her parents and two brothers were burned to death in that fire,”
“Her own face and neck were also seriously burned, so she usually has been a little less confident,”
“But she is a very good person, kind-hearted, and especially hard-working!”
Charlie nodded and could not help but sigh: “It seems that this girl’s life is quite tragic ……”
“Yes ……” Xiaofen sighed lightly and said, “She is the only one left in her family,”
“And her schoolmates often bully her, so she dropped out of school,”
“Alone without a source of livelihood, living in no fixed place, and then came to Store to work.”
Charlie asked curiously, “Did you recruit her?”
“It’s Auntie Li.” Xiaofen said: “When her mother was alive, occasionally she was busy,”
“She sent her youngest brother to the nursery class, so she and Auntie Li became friends,”
“And her mother came out of Aurous Hill some years ago, so it was a real sense of the hometown reunion,”
“So Auntie Li and her very chatty, but I did not expect them to suddenly meet with the untimely… …”
Said Xiaofen continued, “After Claudia’s family accident, she disappeared for nearly half a month,”
“And Auntie Li had been looking for her, and then after she came back, Auntie Li brought her home.”
“During that time, Claudia did not dare to come out to meet people, she also did not go to school,”
“And even was not willing to eat food, only after much insistence she started coming to the store to help,”
“Auntie Li felt that this also helps her to come out of the shadows as soon as possible, so let her come over.”
Charlie nodded thoughtfully.
At this time, Claudia came out holding a pile of sliced bread, and Xiaofen also hurried up to give a hand.
Charlie saw that the workload was not too big, so he did not go up to help, but turned around and paced to the door of the convenience store.
He stood in the doorway, took out the chewing gum, gently pull out a piece,
Peeled it open, and put it into the mouth, while chewing and looking around.
The atmosphere of life in Hastings Street is very strong.
There are various stores with Chinese signs everywhere, mostly Cantonese restaurants and pubs.
There are also many small mobile food carts in the pedestrian areas on both sides of the road,
Some selling pancakes and fruit, and others selling Northwest Meatloaf.
Although it was already past the lunch hour, but the business of the vendors is still good.
Charlie stopped to look for a while, the only feeling is that the life here is comfortable and peaceful, can not see the danger in the end.
At this time, a few 17 or 18-year-old, middle-school-looking men and women came to the door of the convenience store in pairs,
They brushed past Charlie, pushed the door, and walked in.
Charlie looked back, the leader is an Asian girl with long dyed blonde hair, followed by a very trendy, fancy Asian boy,
The two holding arms like a couple.
And behind this man and woman, there are two colorfully dressed girls, one of them even has a lip ring.
Charlie’s first impression of these people,
They feel very much like the more common troubling teenagers in the third and fifth-tier cities in China.
The four people entered the convenience store, the girl in the lead then spoke directly: “Hey, give me a pack of Marlboro!”
Xiaofen turned around, saw that it was these kids, immediately frowned, coldly said:
“BC province has a rule, only 19 years old and above can buy cigarettes.”
The girl in the lead skimmed her mouth and said disdainfully, “I’m 19 years old!”
Xiaofen said lightly: “Then please show your ID card.”
The girl at the head said contemptuously, “I don’t have my ID card, I’m nineteen this year, ask that b!tch if you don’t believe me!”
After that, she pointed her finger at Claudia beside Xiaofen and said with a provocative face,
“Hey, you disfigured b!tch, you tell this b!tch if I’m nineteen years old or not!”
Claudia said somewhat nervously, but firmly,
“If I remember correctly, you should have just turned eighteen this year.”
After saying that, she looked at Xiaofen and said seriously,
“Sister Fanny, if we sell cigarettes to her, according to the law of B.C.,”
“The store will be fined up to fifty thousand Canadian dollars.”
Xiaofen frowned and said, “I ask you few to focus on your studies, don’t come to my place to pick a fight with bad intention,”
“You go away, you are not welcomed here!”
The girl’s face suddenly chilled, staring at Claudia, coldly said:
“Really b!tch, you usually at school liked to steal the limelight from me,”
“Now disfigured and still fcuking disgusting me here,”
“I buy a pack of cigarettes you have to give me trouble, really fcuking b!tch!”
After that, she clutched her shoulder and looked at the boy beside her, said with a disgusted face:
“You’re really blind, you used to secretly like this b!tch, you also wrote a few love letters to her behind my back, didn’t you?”
“As if she did not hang you at that time ah! Probably did not put you in the eye, but now she is disfigured,”
“You want to break up with me, and then try to pursue her? Maybe she’ll say yes to you!”
The boy said with some embarrassment, “Yun Yun, that was all in the past, it’s true that I was blind in the past,”
“I will definitely not be s3duced and compelled by such people again ……”
When Claudia heard this, she immediately said coldly, “Smith, please pay attention to what you say!”
“I have never s3duced you! Those letters you wrote to me, I returned them to you in their original form without even opening them and reading them!”
“I hope that you, as a boy, at least have the basic responsibility of a man when you speak!”
The boy who was called Smith suddenly blushed, but the girl on the side was adding fuel to the mockery:
“Awww, Smith, you wrote a letter to someone, and she didn’t even read it, you say you are not ashamed ah?”
“The key is that she is now disfigured and ugly, but she still doesn’t like you and can still hit you in the face,”
“So what’s the point of living? If I were you, I’d find a piece of tofu and crash to death!”
Xiaofen spoke up at this time and said, “Please go out and crash if you want to crash to death,”
“Not in my store, you are not welcomed here.”
“Sh!t!” The girl cursed loudly: “You’re a fcuking convenience store owner,”
“What are you pretending with me here, believe it or not, I’ll make your store unsuccessful in a minute?
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