Chapter 20: An Afternoon and the Empress (2/2)

Their Phoenix trip was fruitful, but the journey still exhausted all of Li Du's energy

When the two got back, it was already dusk Li Du made a campfire in the backyard and sat on a deck chair As he sipped from a freshly brewed cup of coffee, he quietly adlared at the dancing fla its front paws to try to reach thees, there was no room for much movement As a result, it could only pitifully let out soes and placed the sticks Soon, their surfaces started to crack, and their fat dripped onto the fire, filling the air with an alluring save some to Li Du and Ah Meow The ood as fresh bites of the meat Li Du and Ah Meow could not have enjoyed a finer hed, ”Of course it's delicious These are Marquette sausages A single one of theht was restful The next day, Li Du, Ah Meow, and Hans had a relaxing et an estimate for the drum set and the piano in the afternoon

Their truck arrived at a wooden apartstaff As Ah Meow sniffed the surroundings, it iet out of the vehicle

Li Du had to leave Ah Meow in the car as Hans went to ring the doorbell

The door opened, and an elegant shadow fell out froain appearing in front of hiraceful face, she gave Hans a dazzling s rifle for you”

”Dr Sophie?” Li Du asked in surprise

This beautiful girl in front of him was the same doctor who saved Ah Meow's life in the hospital

Sophie turned around and saw him She was surprised as well ”Hi sir, What a coincidence! Is your ocelot better?”

Pointing toward the truck, Li Du answered, ”It's right there, but it see to coreat sense of smell It must have sensed my presence and is afraid of another operation”

Li Du turned to the truck and saw Ah Meow hiding behind the front passenger's seat, revealed half of its head to observe the outside Its e his hands, Hans interrupted, ”Hey, hey, hey! You guys know each other? But Sophie, I'm the main character today, and I want to ask you for a favor”

”You want to ask my dad to test his rifle on you?” Sophie teased

”Daet about it I'm here today because ould like you to help us examine and appraise a set of drums and a piano”

Li Du was quite surprised He would never have thought that the nustaff that Hans mentioned earlier was this female doctor

However, as he considered it further, he found that itwith Dr Sophie, he felt that she ee doctor This must be a result of her musical temperament

The two opened the trunk and pulled the druloves and examined the drums for some tireat product It uses a chain drive system, and a 5002 series peddle This is a revolutionary product in the drum industry

”This particular set was probably made in the mid-90s The maple body and seven layers, the 14-inch cavity, and the rose-patterned side all confirm my conclusion”

”How much is it worth?” Hans asked

Sophie didn't answer the question Instead, she knocked on the drum and listened to the sound ”Very nice, this is the exact sound of the popular drums fro this sound”

”How much did Mr Martin buy it for?”

”The price at the time was around 2,000 dollars However, if this was maintained well, it will easily be worth more than 10,000 dollars,” Sophie said

”YES!” Hans started pu his fist in the air

”But that's only if it'sup the doctor's unspoken words

Sophie gently stroked on the fraood as neever, the back was repainted This reduces its value You should still be able to sell it for 6,000 to 7,000 dollars”

”Well then, take a look at this” Hans unwrapped the cover, and the wine-red grand piano was revealed

At the first sight of the piano, Sophie was enthralled by its beauty ”You guys et the Empress?!”