When the family returned home, Lin Chengyu received a phone call.
After a brief chat, Lin Chengyu hung up the phone and turned to Song Ziqing beside him, saying, "Qingqing, I need to go out now. The people who just called were Teacher Gu and Uncle Wang. They want me to go to the Hongmen to see them immediately."
From what they were saying, it seemed they wanted me to "pay my respects" to the authorities. That way, when we visit America again in the future, we'll have more places to stay.
Lin Chengyu agreed with the two elders, saying that it was always good to make more friends while living in a foreign country.
Who knows, if I encounter something difficult abroad someday, I might be able to find a solution through these connections!
With this in mind, he was filled with anticipation for the meeting.
After hurriedly saying goodbye to his family, he drove off at breakneck speed toward the Hongmen...
Upon arriving in the United States, cars went from being a luxury item to a daily necessity. After buying a villa, Song Jingwei directly bought a car.
As for the SUVs that Song Ziqing and Lin Chengyu and the others had driven out earlier, they were all rented, but they were blown away by the tornado and disappeared without a trace.
Since these SUVs were insured, they didn't need to pay compensation.
Song Ziqing, a girl who loves money, didn't feel sorry for him after hearing this.
Lin Chengyu drove the vehicle slowly toward the Hongmen, raising a cloud of dust as the wheels rolled.
As soon as the car came to a stop, Teacher Gu and Uncle Wang went to greet it; they had been waiting there for a long time.
Stepping into the magnificent hall of the Hongmen, one is immediately struck by a solemn and dignified atmosphere.
Lin Chengyu took a deep breath and then respectfully bowed to each of the Hongmen elders present.
After a brief but friendly exchange of pleasantries, Teacher Gu began to tell Lin Chengyu in detail about the long and glorious history of the Hongmen and its many rules and regulations.
Following this, in accordance with the traditions passed down for many years, Lin Chengyu methodically completed a series of complicated and lengthy rituals: first, he devoutly offered incense and worshipped, then he knelt down and kowtowed, weeping with great solemnity.
Throughout this period, Lin Chengyu was filled with a deep sense of awe.
After all the ceremonies were over, the respected elders of the Hongmen stood up and warmly welcomed Lin Chengyu, promising that if Lin Chengyu ever encountered any difficult problems in the United States and needed help, the Hongmen would do everything in its power to provide assistance.
Faced with such kindness and high regard from his seniors, Lin Chengyu was deeply moved. At this moment, he realized that his visit to "pay his respects" was of extraordinary significance—it would undoubtedly create countless excellent opportunities for his future.
Afterwards, he left the Hongmen with Teacher Gu and Uncle Wang.
When Lin Chengyu returned home, he drove Gu Santong and Uncle Wang with his car full of their luggage.
Behind him followed a van, which was crammed full of boxes.
These are all antiques that Gu Santong has collected in the United States over the past few years.
If the seaside town hadn't been destroyed, he would have had an even larger collection.
At this moment, he was very glad that some of his important collections were kept in New York and not in the seaside town.
Now that the two are about to return to Hong Kong with Lin Chengyu, Gu Santong has decided to bring back all of his collections from the United States.
At first, Lin Chengyu didn't pay attention to these items, but when they arrived at the front of his villa and got out of the car, Gu Santong began to explain the situation of these boxes to him.
After hearing the introduction, Lin Chengyu looked helpless and asked, "Teacher Gu, with so many boxes, won't it be impossible to bring them back by plane? You might as well have just asked the brothers of the Hongmen for help to ship them back to Hong Kong by sea."
However, Gu Santong was not a fool; he had already come up with a solution.
He confidently replied, "Don't you have more than ten bodyguards with you? We can simply distribute these boxes equally among everyone and transport them by plane, eliminating the need for sea freight."
Clearly, Gu Santong already had a plan in mind regarding how to deal with these boxes.
However, he was overly optimistic and didn't consider the possibility of unexpected situations.
Lin Chengyu looked helpless and said with a wry smile, "But the women in our family are such shopaholics! The house is already piled high with luggage, more than ten suitcases in total!"
It turns out that Song Ziqing and Zhang Lihua had already planned ahead and purchased a large number of clothes, accessories and other items according to the number of people in the family.
Not only that, they also brought back many rare items that were not available in Hong Kong.
It is particularly worth mentioning that Song Ziqing had a discerning eye and specially selected many masterpieces by contemporary Western painters.
These precious paintings filled several boxes. They were selected because of their enormous potential for future appreciation or their unique and novel style, which could provide Song Ziqing with great reference value and artistic value.
Upon hearing Lin Chengyu's words, Gu Santong's body trembled violently, and his face showed astonishment, as if he had been struck by lightning, and he froze on the spot.
Wang Bo, standing to the side, couldn't help but burst out laughing. He mercilessly mocked Gu Santong: "Hahaha, Gu Santong, you've really embarrassed yourself this time!"
I told you long ago that you've wasted your time. Those big boxes full of treasures, in the end, you still have to rely on us brothers to help you carry them back.
But you, stubborn as ever, insisted on taking the gamble. And now look what you've done—you've lost everything!
Uncle Wang's laughter echoed in the air, filled with mockery and disdain.
Gu Santong's face turned extremely ugly. He stared wide-eyed at Uncle Wang, his heart filled with annoyance and anger.
He never imagined that he would lose so completely, especially in front of so many people.
At that moment, he wished he could find a crack in the ground to crawl into and never come out to see anyone again.
How embarrassing!
Before he came, he was very confident that he would definitely not lose the bet with Uncle Wang.
After all, he had personally heard Lin Chengyu mention this matter before—their group, including security personnel, numbered more than a dozen!
There were only about ten people, but he only had seven or eight suitcases to check in. Normally, these things could have easily been taken back to Hong Kong by plane.
But who could have predicted that the other party would be so cunning and clever, having already taken those security personnel into account?
In this way, I have completely lost the space and room to use my wisdom and strategy, which is really unexpected!
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