Chapter 2720: 2694: Gotta Hold Back
Eileen, who had something to do, was fine, but those with nothing to do truly didn’t know how to spend their days.
Eileen’s mother was coming, which counted as a big deal, especially for the bored crowd right now. Anything with a bit of meaning was considered a big deal.
But it was still early, she wouldn’t arrive until the afternoon, so there were still half a day’s time left that they had no idea how to spend.
“Shall we play poker?”
“No, not interested.”
“But you guys were so into card games when you were in Yemen.”
“That was in Yemen, now we’re in New York. Playing poker to kill time? Are you kidding?”
After a few boring exchanges, everyone fell into silence. After a long while, Gao Yang sighed deeply and murmured, “What should we do?”
Glolov raised his head, looking a bit apprehensive, and said, “How about we clean our guns?”
“Clean guns? Sure!”
“That’s good, let’s clean guns, I’ll go get them.”
Gao Yang shouted, “Hey, hey, if you’re going to clean guns, why not quietly clean them in your own home? Why bring them to my place?”
Jansen looked indifferent and said, “It’s more fun to clean guns together. Why not come to my house instead?”
Gao Yang waved a hand and said, “You guys really have nothing better to do. What’s so interesting about cleaning guns? Mine are already spotless. How about we go for a run? Whoever runs the slowest buys lunch.”
“Not going.”
“No fun, who can outrun you? How about we compete in a sprint?”
Glolov shouted, “Or we could find a gym or a fight club and practice some combat sports.”
Gao Yang said, troubled, “Why go to a gym when everything’s at Li Jinfang’s place?”
Jansen said excitedly, “Why not get Li Jinfang back so we can hang out at his place?”
Everyone gave Jansen a look as if he were an idiot, and Jansen shrank back, muttering, “Can we just pretend I didn’t say that?”
Gao Yang sighed, “I’ve decided, I’m going to Colorado to find that guy who’s great with iron sights. I want to practice shooting without aids. I want to hit targets accurately beyond 500 meters with iron sights. That’s what I’m going to do.”
Glolov lamented, “You’re retired already, what’s the point of practicing that? Is it meaningful?”
Gao Yang replied, “Of course it’s meaningful. I have to find something to do, right? Otherwise, what else would I do?”
“Why don’t you go to Houston to handle some company business?”
Gao Yang looked at Glolov with a wistful expression and said, “Abdul and Karima have managed the company so well there’s nothing left for me to do. What would I do there? Serve them tea?”
Jansen suddenly chuckled and shouted, “I want to perform, I can focus on playing the bagpipe from now on. Hey, who knows, I might become a great bagpipe musician!”
Eileen glanced at her watch, then took out her keys and placed them on the table, standing up and saying loudly, “I have to go. Here are the house keys. When my mom arrives, she can go straight home.”
When Eileen left, Andy He arrived.
As soon as he walked in, Andy He had a gloomy face and said, “Everyone, listen to me, this life is unbearable, I’m suffocating. I have a good idea, do you want to hear it?”
He teased them by keeping it a secret before sitting down and eagerly saying, “Let’s take on a small task, something not too dangerous…”
“Scram!”
Gao Yang shouted irritably, then said to Andy He, “Don’t even think about it. Don’t even mention it.”
“You don’t agree? No problem, I have another suggestion. How about we go to Italy and become football hooligans? We could go help Rafael in a fight.”
Rafael happily said, “This idea isn’t bad.”
“Get lost, can’t you have some ambition?”
Andy He said with a mournful expression, “It’s too boring, what do you guys want to do?”
Gao Yang looked at his watch and said, “I say, let’s start thinking about what to have for lunch. Once we decide, it’ll be noon by then. If we take our time at lunch, we can pick up Eileen’s mother, and have dinner plans sorted since Eileen is busy. Then there’s something to do in the evening, and we can go home and sleep.”
Andy He said anxiously, “What about tomorrow?”
Gao Yang was taken aback, then waved his hand and said, “Tomorrow’s plans can wait until tomorrow. If we can get through today, that would be good enough. Folks, think about what to eat, because all we have left in life now is eating, drinking, playing, and having fun.”
As Gao Yang said, finding a place to eat took a while. Once they reached a consensus, it was time for lunch. If they lingered a bit over lunch, it would be time to head to the airport to pick someone up.
And for the pickup, they definitely had to take the Rolls-Royce. There was no other reason; the car was expensive and prestigious.
But when it came to picking someone up, only Gao Yang and Joseph went. Joseph was the driver, and Gao Yang was the translator, so both of them had to go.
Eileen’s mother only spoke German, and among Satan’s group, Gao Yang’s German was decent enough. Even though his conversations faced a few bumps, he could still convey the meaning clearly.
Sitting in the car waiting was dull, so Gao Yang took out his phone and called Bob. When Bob picked up, Gao Yang asked with curiosity, “Hey, buddy, how’s it going?”
“How’s what going?”
“You know, how’s your girlfriend?”
Bob sighed, sounding troubled, “It’s progressing well, but I’ve hit a snag.”
“What’s the snag?”
“She’s gone on tour with Katy Perry, so we hardly have any time to date. I don’t know what to do.”
Gao Yang said anxiously, “Why not hire her as your bodyguard, buddy? You’re much richer than Katy Perry.”
“It’s not about the money. They’re very close friends, and it’s her career.”
“Then you’ll just have to slowly figure it out. I’ve got something to do, talk to you later, bye.”
Gao Yang quickly hung up. He was worried Bob might ask for his help, but Gao Yang really couldn’t come up with a good solution, so he quickly made an exit.
After hanging up, Gao Yang checked his watch and said, “It’s just about time to go pick up the person. You stay in the car.”
Joseph looked at Gao Yang and suddenly said, “Are you really bored, extremely bored?”
Gao Yang nodded, “Yes, you can tell?”
“I want to tell you, going from a hectic life to being extremely idle all of a sudden isn’t something everyone can handle, especially for you guys. Nevertheless, you have to adapt. If you can’t adapt, you need to learn to do so. After some time, it will get better, but you absolutely must not return to the battlefield out of boredom. Don’t talk about supposedly safe missions; there’s no such thing as a safe fight. If you can’t resist going back to the battlefield this time, you’ll never adapt to normal social order again. That’s important!”
Gao Yang was taken aback, then he smiled at Joseph and said, “Don’t worry, I’ll definitely hold back.”