After He Berger and Wei Taiqiang and Liu Tienan worked together to formulate an e-sports strategy to defeat the Rain Man through technical analysis.

The Liu Tienan began to officially fight with the Rain Man. Whether it was the e-sports tycoon in the Lighthouse Country or the e-sports tycoon in the Sheep Country, they couldn't wait to look at the number one person in the e-sports in the Xuanwu Country, and that Liu Tienan was defeated.

Whether it is Cao Jiao or Tu Tuqiao, they all know that technically, there are only Hong Haiyang and Liu Tienan in the mainland of Xuanwu Kingdom.

However, it is probably the only one who can truly defeat the Rainman e-sports player.

In Liu Tienan

Don't you know at all?"

"How could I know."

"He loved Isabelle to the extreme, and people were like crazy, but Isabelle fell in love with Larry."

"Why doesn't he compete?"

"Larry is his best friend."

"I dare say that things are troublesome."

"Indeed, if you were as loyal as Gray."

I can't tell her if she means seriously or sarcastic. Her attitude is not reckless, not straightforward or reckless. However, I have an impression that she does not lack humor or shrewdness. I can't guess what she would think in her belly when she talks to me like this, but I know that this will never be clear. She clearly doesn't trust herself very much. I think she is probably an only child. She has lived a lonely life with people much older than her for too long. She has a kind of quiet and honest style that makes people feel very painful. However, if I guess that the fact that she had lived a lonely life for a long time before, it seems that she must have observed the people who live with her silently, and has a certain view of them. We older people rarely realize how ruthless, yet profound the judgment of young people on us. I look at her blue eyes again.

"How old are you?"

"Seventeen."

"Are you reading a book?" I asked her boldly.

However, she had not answered yet. In order to fulfill the responsibility of the hostess, Mrs. Bu had already taken the call with me. Before I could deal with her, the supper was over. The young people immediately left without knowing where to go, and the four of us were left, so we sat in the living room upstairs.

I was surprised that I was also invited today, because after a while they chatted, they talked about something that they were afraid they would be willing to talk to behind their backs. I was unsure whether to avoid suspicion, lift my feet and walk away, or be an outsider, a bystander who is beneficial to them. The question of the debate was why Larry refused to find a job, which was so strange. Later, Mr. Mathurin agreed to give Larry a position in his company, and Mr. Mathurin was the father of the boy who was sitting at dinner. This was a good opportunity. As long as people were diligent, Larry could make a lot of money within a certain period of time. Mathurin was eager to ask him to accept it.

I can't remember all their conversations, but the content of the conversation is clearly in my mind. When Larry returned from France, his protector, Dr. Nelson, advised him to go to college, but he refused. This is also a common human relationship. He was idle for a while; he suffered a lot and was injured twice, although it was not too serious. Dr. Nelson believed that his fear of war had not been eliminated, and he could rest for a few days until he was completely restored to normal. However, it took several months for several weeks, and now he was away from him.

It had been more than a year since he was discharged from the army. He seemed to be doing well in the Air Force and was very talkative in Chicago when he came back, so several business people asked him to ask him. He thanked them, but refused. He didn't say anything, but said that he had not made up his mind about what to do. He and Isabelle were engaged. Mrs. Bu was not surprised about this, because they had been together for many years; Mrs. Bu knew that Isabelle loved him; she herself liked him, and felt that he would make Isabelle happy.

"She has a better personality than Larry, and she can make up for his shortcomings."

Although both of them were so young, Mrs. Bu was willing to get married immediately, but Larry always had to find a job. He had some money himself, but even if there was ten times more money than this, she still had to stick to this. As I guess, what she and Wei Taiqiang wanted to ask Dr. Nelson was what Larry was going to do. They wanted Dr. Nelson to use his influence to make Larry accept the position given to him by Mr. Mathurin.

“You know I never could control Larry,” he said, “and when he was a child, he was alone.”

"I know, you completely indulge him. It's a miracle that he will become so good."

Dr. Nelson had already drunk a lot of wine. He looked at her unhappyly, and his red face turned a little redder.

"I'm very busy, and I have something to ask about. The reason I took him in was because he had nowhere to go. His father was a friend of mine. This child is not easy to discipline."

"I don't understand how you can say such things," Mrs. Bu replied sarcastically, "his temperament is very gentle."

"This child never quarrels with you, but he does his own way. When you are so angry, he will say sorry and let you roar. How do you deal with it? If he is my own son, I can beat him. However, his father entrusted him to me with a child who had no relatives and thought I would treat him well, so I couldn't beat him, right?"

"This is all a bad word," Wei Taiqiang said, a little bit furious. "The current situation is like this. He has been idle for a long time; he now has a chance to find a job, and he can make a lot of money; if he wants to marry Isabelle, he has to accept it."

"He should always understand the world at present," Mrs. Bu interrupted, "A man must do things. He is now strong like a good person. We all know that after the Civil War, some people came back and never did things. They are burdens to the family and are of no benefit to society."

Later I spoke.

"But what reason did he make when he rejected what those people asked him for?"

"No, just say those things he doesn't like."

"But, what's the matter he's going to do?"

"It's clear that there isn't."

Dr. Nelson poured himself another glass of lemon whiskey, took a big sip, and then looked at his two friends.

"Do you want to listen to me and tell me what I think? I dare not say that I am right in my opinion. However, I have been working in the medical field for at least thirty years, and I think I always understand a little bit. This war changed Larry. When he came back, he was no longer the same person as he left. It was not that he was a little older. He didn't know what happened, and even his personality changed."

"What happened?" I asked.

"I don't know. He is always secretive about his war experience." Dr. Nelson turned to Mrs. Bu, "Louisa, has he ever talked to you about his experience?"

She shook her head.

"No. When he first came back, we always tried to tell him a little about his life and death experience, but he always smiled like that and said there was nothing to talk about. Even Isabelle had never told him. She asked him many times, but she didn't ask anything at all."

The conversation continued without any pain. Soon, Dr. Nelson looked at his watch and said he had to leave. I was going to go with him, but Wei Tai kept me behind. After Dr. Nelson left, Mrs. Bu said hello to me and said that I would be bored with these private matters.

"But, you know, this is indeed a matter of mine," she said at the end.

"Mr. Maugham is very cautious, Louisa, just tell him if you have anything. I don't think Bob Nelson and Larry are so close, but there are some things that Louisa and I think should not be mentioned to him."

"Wei Taiqiang."

"You told him a lot, why not tell him the rest too. I don't know if you noticed Gray Mathurin at supper?"

"He is so tall, how could he not notice him?"

"He was also one of the people who pursued Isabelle. When Larry was away, he was very attentive. She also liked Gray. If the war was delayed a little longer, she would probably marry Gray. Gray proposed to her. She did not accept or refuse. Louisa guessed that she was unwilling to make a decision before Larry came back."

"Why didn't Gray go to the war?"

"He used his heart too much because he played football, but it was not serious, but the Army refused to accept him. In short, when Larry came back, he would have no chance. Isabelle resolutely threw him off."

I didn't know what to say about this, so I didn't speak. Wei Taiqiang continued to talk, with his dignified appearance and Oxford accent, he could be a senior official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

"Of course, Larry is a good boy, and it is a feat for him to sneak into the Air Force privately, but I think people are still quite good..." He smiled and said the only thing I heard that he had made a fortune in the antique business, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have a fair amount of phenanthian stocks now. My opinion is that Larry will never have any prospects, money, status, and status. Gray Mathurin is completely different. There is a good Irish family voice. One of his ancestors was a bishop, a dramatist, and several famous soldiers and scholars."

"How do you know this?" I asked.

"That's how people know," he answered as if nothing had happened. "To be honest, I happened to read the American celebrity dictionary that day in the club and found this surname."

I don't think it's too much to do. I told him what my next seat next to me told me during supper, saying that Mathurin's grandparents were poor Irish sailors and Swedish female runners. Wei Taiqiang said again c

"We all know Henry Mathurin for many years. He is a good man and very rich. Gray is stepping into the best brokerage agency in Chicago. Which one doesn't buy his account? He wants to marry Isabelle; he can't help but say it's a good marriage. I totally agree with it myself, and I know Louisa agrees with it."

"Wei Taiqiang, you have been away from the United States for too long," Mrs. Bu said, smiling reluctantly. "You forgot that girls don't get married just because their mother or uncle approves of their marriage."

"This is not worthy of pride, Louisa," Wei Taiqiang said sarcastically. "Based on my thirty years of experience, I can tell you that a marriage takes into account status, property, and the situation of both parties, and is ten times better than the union of love. In the end, France is always the only civilized country in the world. In France, Isabelle will marry Gray without hesitation; in the next year or two, if she wants, she can treat Larry as her lover, and Gray can buy a luxurious apartment and raise a female star, so that everyone will be happy."

Mrs. Bu is not stupid; she looked at her brother and was secretly amused.

"Wei Taiqiang, the hindrance is that the New York theater troupe only comes here for one period every year. No one can tell how long the girl in Grey's luxury apartment can live. This must be inconvenient for everyone, right?"

Wei Taiqiang smiled.

"Gray could have a broker's place on the stock exchange in New York. To be honest, I can't see where I can live in the United States except living in New York."

I left shortly after that, but before leaving, I could understand why Wei Taiqiang suddenly asked me if I would have lunch with him and meet Mathulin and his son.

“Henry is the best example of business people in the United States,” he said. “I think you should meet. He has been managing the industry for many years.”

I don't really want to see this person, but I have no reason to refuse him, so I'm very willing.

Someone introduced me to join a club during my stay in Chicago. There was a good reading room in the club. The next morning I went there to read one or two university journals because these journals were not easy to encounter except for long-term subscriptions. It was still early, and there was only one person in the reading room, sitting in a big leather chair reading. I was surprised to see that this person was Larry. In such a place, he could be said to be the person I least expect to encounter. When I approached, he looked up and knew that it was me, and he looked like he wanted to stand up.

"Don't get up," I said, and then asked him almost casually, "What are you looking at?"

"A book," he said, smiling, but that smile was very touching, and even the retort tone he did not make people angry.

He closed the book, looked at me with his special, unlustrous eyes, and raised it to show me the title.

"Did you have a good time last night?" I asked.

"It's so satisfying. I didn't go home at five o'clock."

"Then it's not easy for you to come here so early and be so energetic."

"I often come here. I usually take it exclusively at this time."

"I won't disturb you."

"You didn't disturb me," he said, laughing again. At this time, I realized that he could smile extremely cutely, not that beautiful, lightning-like smile, but seemed to contain an inner light that illuminated his face.

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