Chapter 283 Starlike Purse (1/2)
Chapter 283: Starlike Purse
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Hans asked, ”Which purse?”
Li Du said, ”Let Akkalou tell you. Don’t you know? This purse is very famous. I saw it and decided that I had to get ahold of this storage unit.”
The Playboy, who was inspecting the snakeskin purse, was shocked to hear that. ”You had seen this purse? You saw it? Where was it?”
Li Du pointed at the cabinet and said, ”It was in this cabinet. The door to the cabinet was ajar and if you shined your flashlight in there, you could see the first half of the purse.”
The Playboy was dumbfounded. ”D*mn, d*mmit, are you serious? Why is it that I don’t recall this?”
Hans added, ”Li has superb sight. Dude, this is how we’ve been making money.”
Li Du shrugged. ”No big deal. Since childhood, I’ve always been more observant than other people.”
The Playboy still found it very unbelievable. Li Du turned on the handheld torchlight and shined it into the storage unit. He then pointed at a piece of clothing in the corner and said, ”There’s a small stool under the clothing, and the side of the stool has been painted with Bavarian lines.”
Once he finished speaking, the Playboy went into the corner of the unit to have a look. Indeed, there was a round stool partially covered by clothing. On the side of the stool were some painted lines.
He was not able to see anything clearly when he had looked from the outside—only when he went closer could he see the side of the stool.
When walked back, he was full of admiration for Li Du. ”God, you’re really brilliant—I must give you two thumbs up—you’re really brilliant!”
Hans laughed, ”Of course, Li Du’s a rain man, an observant rain man!”
The Playboy pointed at him and said, ”Wrong—Li is not a rain man. He’s a regular super-observer, a superhero just like Hawkeye.”
Rain Man, which had featured Dustin Hoffman as the lead actor, was an Oscar Best Picture award-winning movie. The name had originated from the main character Raymond whose diction was not clear and often referred to himself as ”Ruiman,” which literally sounded like ”Rain Man” in English.
Later on, ”Rain Man” became a phrase with special meaning, often used to describe those that had special abilities but were not able to function normally in their daily lives—also known as idiot savants.
Hans pushed this hand away and said, ”Don’t be this way, buddy. No point in being overly fixated on the meaning of the words—you guys know what I mean. So, you heard this purse is very valuable?”
Li Du grinned. ”It’s finally my turn to teach you something. This purse is indeed valuable, it is also very famous—you would know if you watched ‘National Geographic.’”
”Valuable? Li, you’re being modest.” The Playboy turned the purse around to inspect it, and found a shield-shaped symbol in it which he reached out to touch.
Hans said, ”D*mmit, the two of you can’t keep talking like this. Stop teasing me. Quick, tell me its value and identity.”
”If this is brand new, it should be worth about 400,000 dollars,” Li Du said with a laugh.
Hans was flabbergasted, and cried out, ”No way, how can a purse cost so much? If it’s so expensive, why is it that I don’t know of it?”
The Playboy said, ”What Li said is true. This is a product from the leather factory under National Geographic. If I remember correctly, it’s a limited edition item—they only produced 16 of them.”