Chapter 149 Displaying One’s Good Points (1/2)
Chapter 149: Displaying One’s Good Points
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Many of the old books stacks fell to 100 dollars, but there were still no bids.
The old and new books were different; once old books were deemed to have no knowledge value, they would often become worthless paper.
The current price for waste paper was 210 dollars per ton. These stacks of old books were, at most, about 220 pounds. Even selling them as waste paper wouldn’t make much money, and would surely end up as a loss.
The two huge units, containing over 100,000 books, were slowly auctioned off from morning all the way until the late afternoon.
In the mid-afternoon, Li Du, Hans, and Godzilla ate some dumplings. A smart Chinese vendor had brought his cart to sell some fast food. Business was booming for him. The treasure hunters were too lazy to go out for lunch, so they just bought food from him.
With the afternoon auction over, Godzilla loaded the books into the truck. They had bought a total of 4,000 books. It was quite a hassle to load them, with the compartment space stuffed to the brim.
Seeing that there was still some time left in the day, Li Du said, ”Let’s go back to Flagstaff.”
Hans wanted to stay. ”We’ve worked all day, especially Godzilla. After moving all those books, he’s definitely tired out. Let’s just stay in Phoenix and have some fun for the night.”
Li Du shrugged and agreed. He knew that to Hans, a big city like Phoenix was much more attractive than a small town like Flagstaff.
They drove to a motel, and Li Du’s phone rang. He picked up the call and heard Sophie’s voice. ”Hi, Li, where are you at?”
”In Phoenix. How about you? Are you off from work?”
Sophie said, ”Yup. I went off work quite early today, and wanted to invite you to dinner to thank you for the help lately. You’ve done so much for me. But since you’re in Phoenix, next time then…”
Li Du immediately changed his tune.”It’s like this, Sophie: We’re actually on the way back to Flagstaff from Phoenix. We’ll be back by dinner time.”
He gestured while he said that, and Godzilla quickly turned the steering wheel and drove the truck onto the highway.
Hans sat helplessly in the shotgun seat, his exciting night for today gone.
Sophie said joyfully, ”That’s great, what would you like to eat?”
Li Du replied happily as well, ”I’m fine with anything.”
Hearing that answer, the female doctor was troubled. ”Anything? Then I don’t know what to choose, because I don’t know your palette.”
Li Du was about to answer, when Hans waved to him and mouthed: ”Pause!”
Although he didn’t know what that guy was trying to pull, Li Du still had some trust in Hans, so he told the female doctor that he’d call back later and hung up.
”What’s wrong?”
”Sophie’s asking you out for dinner?” Hans replied with another question.
”Yeah, what’s wrong?” Li Du asked without thinking, and then froze for a moment. ”D*mmit, you were eavesdropping on us?”
Hans rolled his eyes. ”My ears are good; you can’t fault me for that. Listen, me eavesdropping isn’t important. If you want to ‘improve’ your relationship with her, then the next step is important.”
Li Du mumbled, ”Why would I want to ‘improve’ our relationship?”
Hans waved and said, ”Alright, alright, then just pretend I didn’t say anything…”
”Stop, stop, stop. Big Fox, continue, continue.” Li Du gave a fake smile as he spoke. He did have some affection for the female doctor, and indeed hoped that he could have a more established relationship with her.
Hans rolled his eyes again. ”Next time, in front of me, don’t act like you’re some saint, okay? When it comes to issues about women, don’t expect to be able to hide anything from me, okay?”
”Ok-ok-ok!” Li Du nodded like a woodpecker.
”I know Sophie—her whole family are devoted Christians. Since youth, she didn’t spend time with boys. I bet that the first guy she’s ever asked out to dinner is you.”
Li Du smiled gleefully.
”So that means—in her heart—you’re not just an ordinary man, and unordinary men do not do typical things. Moreover, they do not have typical dates.”