Chapter 314 The Extraordinary Umbrella (1/2)
Chapter 314: The Extraordinary Umbrella
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
On the way, they saw Godzilla and Big Quinn with the Iron Knight driving toward them. Hans swerved the Hellcat across the lane and stopped directly in front of the Iron Knight; while doing that, he popped out his head and shouted, ”Hey, stop!”
Godzilla stopped the truck. Big Quinn jumped out and asked, ”What’s up?”
As the two vehicles stopped, the cars behind them slowed down.
When a car drove past them, the driver gasped when he saw Big Quinn get down from the truck, and gleefully commented, ”That stupid fella overtook the truck—he’s going to be in trouble!”
”Hey take it easy, that black guy looks like he's going to kill someone.”
An old Ford stopped beside them; a kind old man alighted and said, ”Young man, he just wanted to be in front, he didn’t mean to offend you, don't be rash, okay?”
Big Quinn had become accustomed to being treated as a bad guy. He took off his shades and nodded in a friendly manner. ”Of course, we—”
But when the old man saw his eyes, he immediately returned to his car and said, ”It’s none of our business, we better get out of here.”
Big Quinn was speechless.
Li Du laughed, ”This is so interesting—Big Quinn’s appearance can really be lethal.”
Big Quinn felt helpless and said, ”Boss, don’t laugh at me. I’ve been discriminated against since childhood.”
Some people were born with a naturally vicious appearance, and Big Quinn must have been among the top of the most vicious-looking.
Li Du felt that Big Quinn should have entered the movie industry. Heaven had given him a natural gift: he was born to play the role of a villain.
When they returned to the hotel, Li shared this thought with the rest of them.
But Big Quinn shook his head firmly. ”No, I can’t do that. I don’t want to leave the impression in people’s hearts that I’m a bad guy, an evil thug, a villain—especially my kids. I don’t want them to have that kind of impression.”
Just then Hans’s phone rang; he took a piece of paper and scribbled something on it, constantly muttering, ”Okay. Okay.”
After the phone call ended, Li Du asked, ”Is it the silent auction? The results are in?”
Hans waved his fist in the air. ”Yeah! We won unit 16 and unit 58!”
Li Du was elated when he heard that. Unit 16 was the fifth storage unit, which contained the cannon. Unit 58 was the vintage-goods unit; they got it with a bid of 2,000 dollars, which should enable them to earn some cash.
The fishing gear unit had fallen into the hands of others, which was no surprise to them. They had placed a relatively conservative bid, and there must have been someone who was willing to pay a higher price for it.
For many treasure hunters, they were just glad if there was profit to be made. Better to earn little than not make any profit at all.
That night, because they had the Spirit of Ecstasy, which they had to keep secret, Li Du decided to lie low by not going out to eat and to bring back something for dinner.
In addition, Big Quinn’s intimidating look could cause some inconvenience if he were to appear in the streets at night—it would inevitably cause some panic.
Li Du and Godzilla went out to get dinner. There was a restaurant just beside the hotel entrance. The two of them ordered takeaway for a huge amount of food that amounted to 400 dollars!
When they were on their way back, Godzilla kept frowning and glancing around their surroundings. Li Du inquired, ”What’s the matter?”
The burly Mexican man had felt strange and said, ”Someone’s following us.”
”Is that so?” Li Du became vigilant; now that he had a certain amount of wealth and there were quite a number of people he had offended, it was worth it to be more cautious.
Godzilla looked carefully around the area but ultimately shook his head and said, ”Might be mistaken.”