Chapter 555 Father Simon(1/2)
Alice's disguised forced marriage made Luo Lie immediately embarrassed.
Luo Lie likes Alice. Four years ago, when he first met Alice, he fell in love with this blonde girl. Over the past four years, this emotion has only become stronger but has never faded. However, Luo Lie has never considered the issue of marriage.
When he was stammering due to embarrassment, a person suddenly staggered out of the bushes by the side of the road. Luo Lie was shocked and subconsciously protected Alice. The man staggered a few steps and finally fell to the ground. When he fell to the ground, he seemed to have attacked Luo Lie. Luo Lie's wrist flipped, and a flying knife fell from his sleeve and buckled it in his palm. He took two steps forward carefully, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Master Hu? How could it be you?"
The person who fell to the ground was Hu Yiqing, the former head of the Hu family class.
"Save me..." Hu Yiqing seemed unable to recognize Luo Lie, and only called for help in a faint voice.
Luo Lie was kind-hearted, but although he felt compassion, he did not lose his guard. He held the flying knife in his hand and protected Alice behind him. He took another step forward and asked, "Where are you hurt?"
Hu Yiqing seemed to faint and did not respond to Luo Lie.
"Alice, go back to the hotel to find the eldest senior brother, I'll stay here." Luo Lie was not yet in the world. When he encountered this situation, he naturally thought of his eldest senior brother Zhao Daxin. After Alice took a few steps towards the hotel, Luo Lie suddenly realized something was wrong and hurriedly called Alice: "Wait a minute, Alice, I'll take you to the hotel."
This place is only three or four hundred meters away from the hotel. Luo Lie sent Alice into the hotel lobby. After confirming that Alice is safe, he returned to Hu Yiqing. Zhao Daxin quickly rushed over under Alice's leadership, and was still more than ten steps away, so he asked anxiously: "How is he like, Master Hu?"
Luo Lie shook his head and said, "It seems like he fainted."
Zhao Daxin came to Hu Yiqing, squatted down and checked carefully, but kept shaking his head: "There is no external injuries on him. Could it be that he was poisoned? Xiaoqi, come here to light up the senior brother." Zhao Daxin took out a box of matches from his pocket and handed them to Luo Lie.
With the help of matches, Zhao Daxin opened Hu Yiqing's eyelids.
"The pupils are not dissipated, and the light can shrink even if stimulated, and it doesn't seem like poisoning!" Zhao Daxin hesitated and said to himself. After trying Hu Yiqing's breath again, Zhao Daxin said: "Master Hu is not bad in nature, but he was bewitched by Na Duo and used by the traitor. Thinking that he and we are compatriots, we cannot watch coldly."
Luo Lie said: "But how did Master Hu faint? Senior brother, should we invite a doctor for him?"
Zhao Daxin shook his head and said, "He has no external injuries, nor does he feel like he was poisoned. He looks like he was shocked by an internal master. However, I tried his breath and it was still stable. Let's take him back to the hotel first and decide whether he should hire a doctor for him according to the situation. Alas, if something happens, don't choose a good time. It's so late, where can I go to hire a doctor!"
Zhao Daxin carried Hu Yiqing back to the hotel, but just fed some warm water for him to drink. Hu Yiqing woke up slowly. The first sentence he woke up did not express his gratitude to Zhao Daxinluo Lie, but said two words: "I'm hungry!"
Luo Lie couldn't help laughing silently. After a long time of nervousness, this guy fainted from hunger. "Senior Brother, I'll find him some food."
Zhao Daxin said: "There are also late-night snacks in the hotel restaurant. You can get some easy-to-digest food for him, preferably porridge. People who have been hungry for too long have their stomachs damaged and cannot eat the difficult-to-digest food."
The hotel restaurant is indeed open, but the restaurant managed by a foreign chef has never made any porridge. Luo Lie has planned to bring a soup and a hamburger. Zhao Daxin only fed Hu Yiqing and drank half of the soup and a few sips of bread. This little food was enough to restore Hu Yiqing to a little bit of his strength to speak. "Daxin, thank you, Luo Lie, thank you, thank you for saving me."
Zhao Daxin asked: "What's wrong with you? Also, why did you come to Los Angeles too?"
Hu Yiqing sighed and said, "It's a long story. I was harmed by the traitor Na Duo. I went to the prison of the United States and worked as a coolie for four years before I got my freedom again. After I came out, I went to settle the score with Na Duo. Who knew that the family had already scattered the birds and beasts, and Na Duo was gone."
Zhao Daxin said: "Na Duo is a traitor and must have suffered retribution."
Hu Yiqing sighed again and said, "I also comfort myself in this way. Even if I can let go of my grudges with Naduo, I still have to live. I am penniless and can only rely on the help of my brothers and sisters in the Hu family to make a living. But it is not a long-term solution. Therefore, I thought about returning to my hometown and making a comeback. If I can't, I still have a few acres of thin fields at home and have a simple meal, but I can spend the rest of my life. But before I could buy a boat ticket, the money that everyone had collected for me was stolen."
Luo Lie said: "If I had known today, why should I have been there? If you were a little grateful, you would not have been deceived by Naduo and attacked Little Anderson. In the end, you would have ended up living on the streets."
Hu Yiqing dodged Cai Luo Lie's gaze, turned his face to the other side, and said sadly: "Who said no, but it's too late to regret it!"
Zhao Daxin sighed: "If you can regret your reform, I think it's not too late. Master Hu, please stay here tonight. I'll buy you a boat ticket tomorrow and send you back."
Hu Yiqing said excitedly: "Hu is disrespectful to your Peng family, but you repay your grudges with kindness. Hu has no choice but to repay me. Please accept my wish." Hu Yiqing said, struggling to turn over and get out of bed, but Zhao Daxin held it down.
"Teacher Hu doesn't have to do this. You and I are both Chinese children. We should have helped each other in this foreign country. To be honest, after you had an accident, the Hu family class was forced to disband. My master also selected more than a dozen outstanding actors from your Hu family class. Although he was not included in the Peng family class, he also stayed in the Global Circus. Anderson still attributed the dozen actors from your Hu family class to the Peng family class. Therefore, my Peng family class has made some money in your Hu family class in recent years. It should be a must forcibly support your return tickets." Zhao Daxin saw that Hu Yiqing's condition gradually improved, so he handed the remaining half of the soup and most of the burger to Hu Yiqing, and said: "You have been hungry for a long time, so you dare not overeat. After eating these, let's take a break."
Hu Yiqing said: "You saved me and promised to buy me a ticket to take me back. I, Hu Yiqing, are already grateful. How can I occupy your room again? I'd better go out and find a place for a night."
Zhao Daxin hesitated for a moment and said, "Well, let's do it." Zhao Daxin took out a few dollar bills from his pocket and stuffed them into Hu Yiqing's hand. "Although it's spring, this year's spring is chilly. Take this money and find a small hotel to stay."
Hu Yiqing struggled to get up again, but this time, Zhao Daxin did not stop him.
"Thank you brothers Daxin. Hu Yiqing will remember this great kindness and virtue in his heart." Hu Yiqing got out of bed and couldn't help but shake it, but then he stood firm, bowed to Zhao Daxin, and then bowed to Luo Lie, before he retreated to the door.
"Wait a minute!" Hu Yiqing just opened the door, but was called by Zhao Daxin: "That little money is only enough to stay in a hotel. You have to have a meal tomorrow. I'd better give you more money." Zhao Daxin said, and came to Hu Yiqing's side, took out a few more US dollars from his pocket and stuffed it into Hu Yiqing's hand.
Hu Yiqing thanked him deeply and left.
In the room, Luo Lie said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, you are too kind-hearted. Although Master Hu is not a bad person, he is definitely a villain. Just because he was profit-oriented, he knew that Na Duo was not a good person but he still had to stick to it. We can't have a deep friendship with him."
Zhao Daxin sighed: "The so-called pitiful person must have something abominable. Hu Yiqing is indeed as you said, and it is not suitable for a close friend. However, the eldest brother does this, not to treat him as a friend. The eldest brother is just asking for psychological comfort for his master."
Luo Lie asked in confusion: "How can this matter be related to the master?"
Zhao Daxin sighed lightly and said, "At that time, you were still young, and you might not understand many things even if you knew them, let alone you didn't know. Tell you, Hu Yiqing was in jail and said that he was harmed by Na Duo, but the cause was that his master wrote a letter of complaint to Sheriff John, which arrested Hu Yiqing. The master's original intention was not to target Hu Yiqing, so he was very regretful for the result that Hu Yiqing was in jail and Na Duo was still out of trouble. After that, the master left behind more than a dozen actors from the Hu family class, and the original intention was to leave some seeds for the Hu family class. Unfortunately, we brothers and brothers did not understand the master's painstaking efforts and just had friction with others."
Luo Lie said: "Since that's the case, let's return the dozen actors from the original Hu family to Hu Yiqing!"
Zhao Daxin smiled bitterly and said, "What you think is simple. Will Mr. Anderson agree with this approach? He hates Hu Yiqing but hates it in the cracks. If we return those dozen people to Hu Yiqing, wouldn't it be like breaking the road to life? In addition, the people in the Hu family class belong to our Peng family class. Every month, we can get more than 18 or 90 dollars from Mr. Anderson. Now we spend more than 10 dollars to buy him a boat ticket to send him back to China. In addition, the money for him to stay in a restaurant and eat, it is only 20 dollars. We are still sure to make a profit!"
Luo Lie figured it out, laughed and nodded, "Well, spend some money to send him back so that there will be fewer changes. We can only earn peace of mind if we can earn $18920 a month of extra money."
The next morning, Zhao Daxin was going to buy a boat ticket for Hu Yiqing. Alice was still very interested in browsing the scenery of Los Angeles, so she pulled Luo Lie and pestered Zhao Daxin and insisted on going together. Zhao Daxin couldn't resist and had to agree.
As soon as I left the hotel gate, I saw little Anderson driving over in person. He honked the horn from a distance and greeted Zhao Dashino and the others. "Hi, Zhao, Nuoli, and our beautiful little princess Alice, early in the morning, where are you going?"
Zhao Daxin answered truthfully: "Last night, I happened to meet Hu Yiqing and Hu's headmaster. His situation was very bad. It was hard to have a way out in America, so he wanted to go back to his hometown. After he came to Los Angeles, his travel expenses were unfortunately stolen. I thought that everyone was Chinese, and if you could help, you would help him. Are you planning to buy him a ticket to return to China?"
Anderson little shook his head and sighed: "Zhao, Hu is self-destructive and does not deserve sympathy at all. Although I do not agree with your approach, I have no right to interfere with your decision. Get in the car, I will take you to the port."
Zhao Daxin hesitated and said, "Mr. Anderson, the port is a bit far away. Will it delay your affairs?"
Anderson Jr. smiled and said, "Today is Sunday, I am going to go to church for a week. It doesn't matter if it's early to late."
Alice said in surprise: "Mr. Anderson, can we go to the service with you?" Then she said to Luo Lie: "Nuoli, please accompany me, okay?"
Luo Lie shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's the consent of Mr. Anderson!"
Anderson Jr. said: "Of course I won't refuse. You know, rejecting a beautiful princess' request is a very ungenius."
Luo Lie turned his head and looked at Zhao Daxin.
Zhao Daxin nodded and said, "Go, just don't cause trouble for Mr. Anderson."
Little Anderson drove Zhao Daxin to the port, and then took Luo Lielis to the church.
"Beautiful Princess Alice, I take the liberty to ask, are you a believer too?" Little Anderson asked inadvertently in the car.
Alice answered happily: "Yes, Mr. Anderson, I was taken to church by my mother when I was very young, and I was baptized when I was five years old."
Anderson Jr. asked again: "Nuoli, are you interested in becoming a churchman?"
Luo Lie did not have much affection for God. Perhaps the marks left by his grandfather on him were too heavy. Although he came to America in his youth and has been around for four years and seven months, he still cannot fully accept the culture of American. However, when Kingsoft and Celena were talking and chatting together, Celena once hinted that Luo Lie that if he wanted to marry Alice, the first and only condition was that he had to become a Christian.
"I think I should be a Christian who has not yet been baptized." Luo Lie couldn't help but look at Alice when he answered Anderson.
Alice looked at Luo Lie affectionately with her big blue eyes, and said in surprise: "Really? Nuoli, Alice doesn't want to force you to do anything."
Luo Lie smiled and said, "Don't worry, no one can force me unless I voluntarily."
After hearing Luo Lie's answer, Anderson Jr. also seemed very happy and said, "We go to St. John's Church, and I know Father Simon there, Nori. If you really want to be a believer, I can introduce Father Simon to you and ask him to baptize you."
All those who believe in God are called Christianity, which seems to be unified, but they are divided into three factions: Catholicism, Orthodoxism and Protestantism. The believers of different factions need to go to their respective churches to worship, while St. John's Cathedral is a Catholic church. According to principles, Anderson Jr. should have asked Alice's religious sect clearly to avoid unnecessary embarrassment. However, Anderson Jr. did not ask in detail and directly took Alice and Role to St. John's Cathedral.
When the three arrived at St. John's Cathedral, the first mass had come to an end. Anderson, Little, led Alice to find an empty seat in the last row of the church and sat down. For believers, the weekly mass is the most important activity in life. Therefore, although this mass has come to an end, all believers are still fully focused. As soon as Alice, who has always been active and active, enters the church, it seems like she has changed her face, no longer laughs, and even her walking and sitting posture has become much more restrained.
In the gap between the two masses, Anderson, Little, and Alice met Father Simon. When Luo Lie saw Father Simon, he felt a strange feeling at the first sight, as if he had seen him somewhere. But Alice seemed to have a bad first impression of Father Simon. She hid behind Luo Lie, and just greeted Father Simon in a shallow manner, and then said nothing more. Even Father Simon's polite questions were answered by Luo Lie.
"Father, Noli is an extremely outstanding young man and a devout believer of God. However, for the past few years, he has been immersed in his flying knife skills, and therefore ignored God's love for him. Now he has awakened and is willing to open his heart to accept God's care for him, and ask the priest to love this child and lead him to true light." After a few greetings, Anderson, a young man, made a request to baptize him to Father Simon.
When Father Simon was listening to the request of Anderson, he turned his eyes to Alice behind Luo Lie from time to time, which made Luo Lie feel very uncomfortable. Alice is his, and even in the name of the Lord, he cannot have any inappropriate thoughts about Alice. Before Father Simon, Luo Lie said: "I'm sorry, priest, sorry, Mr. Anderson, I think I'm not fully prepared to become a loyal believer of the Lord. I still need some time to make me feel the greatness of the Lord."
Father Simon did not feel abrupt, but just smiled faintly and replied, "The Lord will bless you, my child."
Young Anderson was a little embarrassed, and hesitated and quickly changed the subject.
The interval between the two masses was not very long. Father Simon politely spoke to Anderson little and left. At this time, Alice pulled Luo Lie's clothes off, and when Luo Lie turned around, Alice attached to Luo Lie's ear and whispered: "Nuoli, I don't want to have a mass anymore, I want to leave here as soon as possible."
Luo Lie glanced at little Anderson in embarrassment, then lowered his head and whispered: "But little Anderson still has to do Mass, we need to take his car back!"
Alice shook her head slightly and said, "Nuoli, can't we go back by ourselves?"
Luo Lie smiled bitterly and said, "The journey is so long, I don't have any money on me."
Alice was determined and said, "We can walk back!"
Luo Lie knew that Alice was not a girl who liked to behave like to behave. Unless she encountered a special situation, she would never have such willful behavior.
"I went over and say hello to Mr. Anderson!" Luo Lie took two steps quickly, caught up with Mr. Anderson, and said, "Sorry, Mr. Anderson, Alice suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. I think we can't participate in the next mass."
Anderson Jr. was concerned: "Is it serious? Do you need to see a doctor?"
Luo Lie shook his head and said, "No need, she often does this. She will be much better when she goes out for a walk and breathes fresh air."
Anderson Jr. said: "Okay, you guys are walking around and I will take you back after I finish the Mass."
Luo Lie said: "No need, Mr. Anderson, thank you, let's call the taxi back by ourselves."
Anderson little shrugged his shoulders and agreed.
After walking out of St. John's Cathedral for more than a hundred meters, Alice finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Nori, don't you think that Father Simon is strange?"
Luo Lie said: "Well, he looks at you strangely, and he often looks at you with his own eyes."
Alice couldn't help but shivered and said, "Nuoli, when I think of his gaze, I couldn't help but feel fear."
Luo Lie took Alice's hand and smiled, "We will leave Los Angeles in two days. Perhaps today is the only time we meet with Father Simon. Alice, don't be afraid. With Nuli protecting you, Nuli will not allow anyone to hurt Alice."
Alice hugged Luo Lie's arm and leaned her head on Luo Lie's shoulder. Her tone was filled with happiness: "Nuoli, it's great to know you."
After the mass was finished, and was about to drive back, a strange man chased after him and shouted, "Mr. Anderson, please stay." The strange man was also in a suit and tie, and looked like a person with a status. So Anderson jumped out of the car and stood at the front of the car to wait for the man. "I am the staff of St. John's Cathedral, Mr. Anderson, Father Simon, wants to ask you for a talk."
Anderson Jr. replied: "I have brought Alice to meet him as promised. I have fulfilled my promise, but I do not need any extra thanks or rewards. Please tell Father Simon that Anderson Jr.
The man quickly explained, "Oh no, Mr. Anderson, I think you misunderstood. Father Simon wants to talk to you about something else."
To be continued...