Chapter 1117 Messed Up The Plan (1/2)

Carlston brewed sweet, fragrant coffee for Li Du.

They sat in a small hall on the west side, looking out to the red sky and the setting sun,

all the way to the endless green space of Central Park.

Even though it was already winter, all was still greenish everywhere below.

”It's great here,” Li Du put down his coffee cup and sighed softly.

He had never felt so different from the past.

Although he had money and possessions before, in Australia and Africa, no matter how

much money he had, he was not much different from any ordinary tourist.

Back in the States, he lived in a suburban villa in Phoenix. It was a big villa, but it was

not a rich man's house. Even an average income family might have lived there.

Therefore, even with more than $4 billion in his bank account, he still didn't think much

of it. It was just a bunch of numbers.

Now, sitting in the sky over New York City, he finally realized how different he was from

what he used to be.

Before he became involved in the gem industry, Li Du could not have imagined that he

would have such wealth and status as he did now. That he would sit in the private

house of a famous New York rich man and enjoy the sunset and drink coffee with him.

As for before getting the little bug? He even kind of forgot what life was like back then.

Trying to choose between a beef burger and a chicken burger, feeling bad for buying a

Jeeves, deciding between renting a place of $200 or $300 a month, sometimes terrified

by the growl of a stranger in a back alley.

Slowly, Li Du remembered himself at that time.

”What are you thinking about?” Carlston asked curiously. ”Believe it or not, I would

guess.”

”Guess what?”

”You were thinking about your life way back and comparing it to what you have now.

And you feel that life is amazing, you didn't expect it to turn out this way,” said Carlston.

Li Du was stunned but calmly said, ”What you said was right, life is really wonderful. I

did not expect to achieve all this.”

Carlston laughed, and Li Du added, ”Now you can add that some people are so clever

that they can read minds.”

These words made Carlston laugh. ”No, no, no. I'm not a master of mind reading. It was

just that your expression looked familiar to me. Compared to you, your man looks

indifferent.”

Brother Wolf sat beside him drinking coffee in silence. Occasionally, he would look

around, but his eyes betrayed no expression.

Li Du smiled and said, ”It's not fair to compare me to him. He has really seen the world.”

Brother Wolf, in his work as a bodyguard, has been to many places, such as Germany's

imperial palace, Cologne Cathedral, and New Swan Castle. He had even climbed the

Brandenburg gate.

”Look, I was wrong. I picked the wrong person to go against. The first time we met, I

took you for an ordinary kid.”

Li Du said, ”We did have some misunderstanding at that time. Maybe I hurt your child

before, and when we met, I was a bit arrogant.”

”You know, we're both victims in this, right? The conflict between you and my two

asshole sons is no accident,” said Carlston while he shook his head.

Yes, this was Cole's plan. He knew how much trouble the two boys could make, and he

believed that Li Du would not be able to get along with these two young men, and they

would end up in conflict.

His plan was successful, and Li Du and Carlston became rivals.