Chapter 1362: A Change in Friendship
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Li Du had been to Tucson countless tis. The first ti he arrived, he found the place interesting and novel. By now, he felt that there was nothing in the town to be curious about.
It was especially so now that he had traveled around the world, been to both the Arctic and Antarctica, dived in Australia, and toured through Siberia. A small place like Tucson was nothing to him now.
The car went around the city as Lu Guan was trying to figure out where they would stay.
Li Du said, “Next ti you should find a hotel beforehand. It should be special, the best this place can offer. As for the price, don’t worry about it…”
Lu Guan looked up. “Boss, I’m not looking for a hotel. I’m trying to connect to soone.”
“Who?”
Lu Guan said, “Many of our buddies from Flagstaff and Phoenix are also here to join the auction. Aren’t we going to stay with them?”
Li Du had not thought about that. It has been so ti since he has been away. He had forgotten about Big Beard Carl, Dickens, Reeves and the rest.
Perhaps one would be unable to find another treasure-hunting king as unreliable as he was. The treasure hunters from Flagstaff and Phoenix saw him as their leader but he had not even brought them to attend the auction.
Li Du rubbed his nose and said, “You’re right. I had better hang out with them, contact them.”
“I already did,” Lu Guan smiled, “They are staying in Titan Missile hotel. We can go there directly.”
Li Du thought for a while and said, “When we arrive, check if their rooms have been paid for. If not, go and pay for them. If they have, let’s pay for their als for the two days they will be in Tucson.”
Lu Guan gave him a thumbs up. “Boss, you’re so cool!”
Li Du was about to give himself so praise too when a call from an unknown number ca through.
Seeing the number, Li Du strained his mory but did not recall it. It was not a number he was familiar with. In fact, it was not a regular phone number at all.
Li Du picked up the phone and said, “Hi, who is this? If you’re promoting sothing I’d suggest that you hang up now. At least you’ll be able to save on your phone bill.”
“It’s , old mate, Tang Chaoyang,” soone said in Mandarin.
Li Du said awkwardly, “Oh, oh, Brother Tang, hi. Sorry, sorry, this number looked strange. I thought it was a phone call from a bot.”
The other party hesitated and said, “Brother Tang… hmm… we are related?”
Li Du did not know how to react. “No, we’re not, as far as I know. Your last na is Tang, so I addressed you as Brother Tang…”
Tang Chaoyang said, “Oh, I see. I thought I had forgotten that we were relatives.”
Li Du burst out laughing. He felt that Tang Chaoyang was cracking a joke.
However, Tang Chaoyang elaborated further to explain. “In the past, I got into so situations that left suffering from mild amnesia. I can’t rember so things very well now. So when you addressed that way just now, I misunderstood.”
Li Du was shocked. “You have amnesia? What happened?”
Tang Chaoyang said, “It’s complicated. It’s not like I completely lost my mories. I forget so things, however. Okay, long story short, I’m calling to apologize to you.”
Li Du did not understand. “Apologize? What for?”
Tang Chaoyang said, “I recall that I took so papyrus from you. There are so olden day writings on it.”
Li Du quickly caught on and asked, “You lost it?”
Tang Chaoyang said, “No, I didn’t lose it. It looks like soone stole it. D*mn, this ti around, I’ve been duped. Soone tricked !”
Hearing that, Li Du lowered his phone and looked at the screen, as though expecting to see Tang Chaoyang.
He felt that there was sothing about with Tang Chaoyang this ti. There was nothing wrong with his voice, but it felt like the man did not have his usual smart and steady deanor that Li Du was familiar with.
Tang Chaoyang went on, saying, “I’m very sorry. However, I have translated the information on the papyrus. It describes a gold mine. The gold mine is situated near Egypt.”
Li Du asked to clarify, “So the papyrus contains information on the location of a gold mine?”
Tang Chaoyang laughed bitterly. “Yes, it should have been found two thousand and four hundred years ago. However, before I confird its exact location, it was snatched away by soone else. I’m really sorry.”
Li Du did not harp on that. He smiled and said, “Don’t worry, it’s not an issue. It doesn’t matter whether the information about the gold mine is true or false. Even if it’s real, after over two thousand years, perhaps soone had discovered it already in the anti.”
Tang Chaoyang stayed silent for a few seconds before he said, “Thank you, Li.”
Li Du said generously, “I thought sothing worse might have happened. So it’s just this? Anyway, I had no intention to earn money from that papyrus. Hence, it doesn’t matter that it’s gone. Don’t you worry about it.”
Tang Chaoyang said, “I am responsible for this. I will take responsibility. Please wait for a while. I have information about a jewel mine sowhere else. Once I confirm it, I will let you know to compensate for your loss.”
Hearing that there was so information about a new mine, Li Du’s brain went into rapid action. He repeated, “You really don’t have to compensate for anything. We are friends. So we should give each other so leeway, right? We are very good friends!”
Tang Chaoyang and he was not very good friends at all. They had only t a few tis, in fact. However, Li Du knew that that man was very powerful.
Since Tang Chaoyang was suffering from partial mory loss, Li Du took the chance to advance their relationship. He did not want to pursue the issue of the lost papyrus. It was equivalent to Tang Chaoyang owing him a favor.
With that, the two parties could forge a stronger connection, and improve their relationship.
Tang Chaoyang smiled. “Are we very close friends? In that case, I can’t let my friend take a loss. Alright, I have so issues on hand right now. I will contact you again. You will not lose out, I promise. Goodbye, my friend.”
“Goodbye, brother!” Li Du said.
He was quite sincere, however. He really did not care much about the loss of the papyrus. He had no interest in it. Right from the start, he did not have much expectation for earning anything from it.
The truck drove across Tucson. Titan Missile Museum appeared before them. It was located not far from the gallery.
Tucson had one of the largest air force bases in the United States. Hence, so museums in the city were related to the military. The Titan Missile Museum was well known for having an underground launching base of Arican intercontinental missiles during the Cold War. One could find much to explore in the place.
Following the the, the hotel had two missiles erected at the door. One was ground-to-air, and the other was ground-to-ground. The ground-to-ground intercontinental missile model was huge and looked like it was ready to be launched.
The truck stopped and Li Du walked towards the hotel. Then when he entered the door, he spotted soone familiar. Princeps!
Princeps was drinking beer at the bar, relaxing with a few of his buddies. There were also so foreign treasure hunters at the bar. They did not look like easy opponents.
When Li Du walked in, the atmosphere changed suddenly.
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