how i bought the whole world

I jumped over a pile of presents and opened Gu Anning's package first.

This is a beautifully packaged box. The light green wrapping paper is simple and elegant, without any extra patterns, which is very in line with Chinese aesthetics. There is a lavender ribbon on the wrapping paper, which forms a cross around the gift box, and is delicately typed. A bow, it seems that this gift has been carefully hand-wrapped. I carried it in my hand and put it on a cushion. It is not heavy and makes no sound. It seems to be something like clothes.

When I opened it, I found that there was indeed a piece of clothing inside, a classic Burberry plaid scarf, which was ironed neatly without any wrinkles.When I took it out, a small card fell out, which said, I saw this scarf while shopping in the store, I thought it would match your long black trench coat, hope you like it!

I hesitated and wrapped the scarf around my neck.

In fact, my emotions are a bit complicated now, because I didn't prepare a gift for Gu Anning. Giving gifts during Christmas in the West is also a big event, but usually it is only for close friends and family members. I think my friendship with Gu Anning is not enough. I didn't reach the point of giving gifts to each other, and I never thought that the other party would take the initiative to give me gifts.

"Is this a gift from Mr. Bennett's Chinese nephew?" Chris appeared behind me in a ridiculous dressing gown and nightcap, handing me a glass of cider. You don't seem to have prepared a present for him."

This Christmas, I still celebrate with the Tiffany family in New York, because the rented apartment has been returned, Evelyn specially prepared a guest room for me as my bedroom, and she said that I just want to live here as much as I can , it's okay to spend the whole Christmas holiday.

"I arranged for Brandon to give Mr. Bennet a platinum bookmark as a gift, who made him our major shareholder." I said, "Mrs. Bennet will also receive a string of pearl necklaces, but Gu Anning... I didn't expect it."

"Of course, since he's not your business partner, it's normal that you didn't take him into consideration." He flipped through his presents, "Tiffany's socks again, he's given me socks for ten years, ah, William, What did you give me?"

"It's a Chinese silk fan, do you like it?" I smiled at him, "You can hang it on the wall of your office, it's very pretty."

"That's great." Chris praised contentedly.

Although what Chris said made me slightly divert my attention from Gu Anning's gift - he took me to the living room for a drink, and took care of a lot of Tiffany's little ghosts by the way, but at night, I returned to myself room, when I was lying alone on the bed and remembered this incident, I suddenly felt the need to contact Gu Anning once and thank him in person.

Anyway, the other party treats me as a friend, but I only treat him as a stranger, which is my faux pas.

I immediately picked up the phone and called Gu Anning, and the phone rang twice before being picked up, "Mr. Field." Gu Anning's confused voice came from the other side. "Hello?"

Why is his voice so sleepy?I was slightly taken aback, and turned to look at the wall clock on the wall. It turned out that the hour hand had passed twelve o'clock before I knew it. It was already the rest time for normal people. Gu Anning must have gone to bed, but I The phone woke me up again.

"I'm really sorry to interrupt your rest." I was extremely embarrassed, "Well, I just want to say thank you for the gift and Merry Christmas."

"I'm glad you like it, and you do too. Merry Christmas," he said, his voice still muffled and nasal, and he yawned, "Mr. Boston? Today is Christmas, you must have had a good time with your friends."

"No, I'm in New York with my teacher," I said. "I just escaped from a group of little guys. It's not as pleasant as you think. My friend Christian only cares about my jokes, because then he can watch TV easily."

Gu Anning laughed a few times, "That's not bad, unlike me, I stay alone this day, and my uncle and aunt are not at home."

His voice gradually sank, as if revealing a strong sense of loneliness.

I suddenly remembered what my elder brother said. After I disappeared, the Wenle Group tried to pressure the Gu family. My father and elder brother forced Gu Qiankun to exile his son abroad because of anger at Gu Anning. I said he was forced to come to New York...

So, the culprit of everything seems to be myself?

I still remember the last time Gu Anning told me that he was here alone and had no friends, and because of face blindness, his uncles and aunts never worried about him going out. His self-deprecating tone at that time did not seem like a joke, and he seemed lonely How pitiful, if it is really my fault that caused his unfavorable situation at the moment, then I would be guilty of a heinous crime.I suddenly felt a little guilty, and he was still in the cafe last time, and this time he found that he didn't take him seriously, and I found that I seemed to have harmed him several times without knowing it.

"Antonio." I couldn't help lowering my voice, "Are you free tomorrow? I'm sorry that I didn't prepare any gifts for you. I didn't mean it. Let me treat you to an opera tomorrow to make amends."

Gu Anning laughed, "Maybe I'm not in New York anymore?"

"Uh..." I didn't expect that.

"I'm lying to you, of course I'm in New York." Gu Anning said mischievously, "Shall we watch an opera together tomorrow? It sounds very good. I've never been invited to an opera before. But there are many people in the theater. What about Mr. Field?"

"I can tell you what I will wear tomorrow." I stood in front of my suitcase, "I will wear my black coat, inside is a suit, vest and shirt, stand at the entrance of the ticket hall, you can see can see me."

"You can also wear the gift I gave you."

"Okay." I nodded in agreement, "Then how about we meet at the New York Grand Theater at two o'clock tomorrow afternoon? I checked the time and found that the opera "Scary Christmas" will be screened at 02:30. I heard it is very interesting. "

Gu Anning agreed.

I called Brandon right after I ended his call. Brandon was already in bed at this time. My serial call rang several times before he picked up. Brandon who was woken up by me was very annoyed. , especially when he heard that I wanted to help me get two tickets to the opera, whether it was scalping tickets or robbery, he was completely angry up.

"That's great!" Brandon said sternly, "Boss, are you chasing after some strange little star again? You actually asked me to book tickets for tomorrow's opera at this time, do you think it's possible? OK Well, even if I agree, do you know how popular opera is during the Christmas holidays right now?"

"Calm down." I explained to him, "It's not a starlet, it's Mr. Bennett's nephew."

I can imagine him raising his eyebrows there, "Why are you fighting with Mr. Bennet's nephew again?"

"This...the reason is more complicated." I briefly explained the situation, focusing on the fact that I had been rude to him several times.Of course, I concealed my past with Gu Anning in China from Brandon.

Brandon was a little calmer and didn't interrupt while I was explaining. "Well, you have a reason." He finally softened his voice and sighed, "It was our mistake not to prepare a return gift for this little gentleman. I thought it would be formal enough for Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, but unexpectedly You and his nephew also communicate, so it seems that we don't pay enough attention to each other, so we should apologize."

"So we can't offend our shareholders, right?" I hypocritically suggested, "Before Huaguo's Bunle Group joined in, Bennett was our largest shareholder. Even if Antonio is just his nephew, he still needs us." Please be careful."

"I'll try to get you tickets," Brandon said finally. "Maybe you should treat him to dinner?"

"Of course I will," I said.

I woke up very early the next day. Although I made an appointment with Gu Anning to meet in the afternoon, I spent two hours in the early morning arranging my attire, including bathing, hair styling, ironing, and perfume spraying. Wait, I'm a little nervous. The last time I met Gu Anning, I could pretend that I didn't care, and only accepted his repeated invitations out of politeness. But this time I took the initiative to invite, and the situation is different. In my heart, I regard this meeting as Make a date.

The first person who knew I had a date was Evelyn. After I told her not to prepare my dinner, she had a look of surprise on her face, "Are you watching a date with your girlfriend, William?"

"No."

She looked at me with the look of 'don't lie to me, I know everything', "It's nothing, my dear child." Evelyn poked her head out to talk to me while cooking lunch on the kitchen counter, "Should you Going out to play, it's no fun to accompany us two old guys, you know I always told Tiffany that he restrained you too hard, when you were working in New York, you should be encouraged to go Hanging out with girls instead of asking you to live the life of an ascetic who sleeps on time, works out every day, and doesn't go clubbing."

"Actually, I was busy with work at the time, Evelyn." I felt a little uncomfortable, "Tiffany was also looking out for me."

"Oh, come on, according to you, all the elites in the United States should stop getting married."

She complained about her husband, and turned around, and made some suggestions for my clothes. According to Evelyn's taste, I replaced the light white square scarf in the pocket of the suit with dark purple. The color, but in Evelyn's words, this color is very suitable for showing charm.

Then at lunch, Chris also asked me about it, "Did you go out with Bennett's nephew, the boy named Antonio?" He had a mysterious smile on his face. "That was a very handsome boy, if I remember correctly."

"What do you want me to answer?" I rolled my eyes at him, "Yes, he is Bennett's nephew, and he is also very beautiful, but I went to apologize to him today, there is no other purpose."

"Really?" Chris looked at me meaningfully.It seems to be saying, you can fool Brandon, but you may not be able to fool me.