People in America: My Uncle Don Quixote

Chapter 404 Acting Like a First Wife (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

"Liz went to Pittsburgh," Levi said casually. "She's not back yet. She should call back when she's done with her work."

"That's good," Anya casually placed the cake she had just bought on the table. "Have some of this. It's the hottest cake in New York right now. I queued for ages to get it."

Li Wei put the ring into his inventory, walked to the table in the restaurant, and opened the cake box.

"Why are you in such a good mood today?" He picked up a spoon and scooped up a spoonful. "Want to go line up yourself?"

He was just about to put it in his mouth when he suddenly became alert, realized what was happening, and instinctively brought the spoon to Anya's lips.

At this moment, Anya was about to scoop a spoonful and feed it to Li Wei's mouth. Seeing how cooperative Li Wei was, she couldn't help but laugh and opened her mouth.

"Hmm... the taste is just so-so," she said, taking a sip and smacking her lips. "It's probably just because it looks nice and they do good marketing."

"How long did you wait in line?" Li Wei leaned down so Anya wouldn't have to hold her hand up to put the cake in her mouth.

"I waited in line for about 10 minutes," Anya said, sitting down and crossing her legs on the chair. She then scooped some more food into her mouth. "Then I saw there were still dozens of people ahead of me, and I immediately got impatient."

"So what did you do?" Li Wei asked casually, "Stay in line?"

"I just said I'd pay for everyone in front of me, could I go first?" Anya shrugged, thought for a moment, "and then I automatically went to the front."

"It saved me an hour," she said, "and it didn't cost much to pay for everyone."

Li Wei nodded. For Anya, whose net worth exceeds 30 billion US dollars, the interest in a day would be more than 30 US dollars, so paying for everyone's bill was naturally nothing.

No wonder she's the wife of a super oligarch—wait, what?

Li Wei looked at Anya. Wasn't this the daughter of the Northern Great Lord? A true noblewoman.

"Ahem," Li Wei cleared his throat and looked at Anya, "I recently learned a magic trick."

Anya was scrolling through posts while eating cake, and she was chuckling to herself as she watched the news about her spending a fortune on a cake circulate in the community.

Hearing Li Wei's words, she looked up, blinked, and made a soft "hmm" sound.

Li Wei put the ring on his hand and focused his mind on Anya.

The ring felt slightly warm.

"There's definitely something going on," Li Wei thought.

"Do you have anything you cherish?" Levi asked. "Take it out, and I'll show you a magic trick."

Anya, with a plastic fork in her mouth, blinked and hugged Li Wei.

"You are my beloved," she said.

Even though they're an old married couple, they still do these things. Li Wei felt a warmth in his heart and patted Anya's head. "Do you have any items or anything like that?"

"Hmm..." Anya released Levi's waist, gesturing with her chin towards the cake. "This one, then what?"

"Look closely," Li Wei spread his arms out, showing Anya his hands and forearms. "There's nothing on my hands, right?"

"Wait!" Anya mumbled, "I've seen similar magic tricks before. Let me check your arms and fingers. Are you wearing fake fingers?"

She grabbed Li Wei's hand, looked it over carefully from head to toe, and then let go after confirming that there was nothing wrong.

"Watch closely."

Li Wei smiled slightly, and with one hand sweeping across the table, a cake in the cardboard box disappeared as his palm brushed past.

"Suka!" Anya's eyes widened in surprise.

[You have completed the quest: The Mystic's First Lesson in Smuggling]

You stole the most prized possession from the daughter of the Highlord of the North.

[You have gained: 0.1 free attribute points, and the approval of the Arcane Smuggling Ring]

"How did you do that?" Anya grabbed Levi's hand and examined it carefully from all angles. "Where's the cake?"

"Guess?" Li Wei said with a smile, opening his arms for Anya to see, "It wasn't behind my back."

"No?" Anya's eyes widened. "Is this magic? Teach me!"

"No," Levi waved his hand again, and the cake reappeared on the table exactly as it was, "This is magic."

Anya jumped off the chair, picked up the cake and examined it closely, but couldn't find a single trace.

"Let's try something different," she looked up at Li Wei, "I'll take another look."

After Li Wei changed his mind twice more, he refused to teach Anya no matter what, which made Anya so angry that she bit Li Wei's arm.

Li Wei quickly lowered his physical condition value to avoid breaking one of Anya's teeth.

"Oh, right," Li Wei said, looking at Anya who was frantically attacking his forearm, "I have a surprise for you."

He thought this was a good opportunity; there were less than 10 days until July 8th, Russian Valentine's Day, and he could take this opportunity to give away the Fabergé eggs he got from Ronan.

"What surprise?" Anya looked up at Li Wei.

"Wait for me," Li Wei said before walking back into his room.

A dozen seconds later, he came out again, his hands clean.

"Watch closely."

He put his hands together and clapped his palms.

A box with a classic design, adorned with gold trim and diamonds, in the aesthetic style of 19th-century Tsarist Russia, appeared in his palm.

Anya felt a jolt in her heart.

"This...this is?" she said, trembling.

"Open it and take a look," Li Wei said softly. "I spent a lot of effort searching for it, but I found it unexpectedly in the end. Perhaps this is fate's arrangement. It will come to you without you having to force it."

He's quite eloquent now, but worried that Anya might think he got it too easily, he deliberately changed his story.

Anya took it from Li Wei's hand and opened it.

A Fabergé egg lies quietly inside.

"You really...you really found it?" Anya said in disbelief. "Russia's national treasure...there are only about 50 in the whole world."

"Yes," Li Wei nodded, "that's right."

For Russian women, this is the ultimate expression of love, because it was an Easter gift commissioned by the Tsar for his wife by a jeweler in the 19th century, representing a willingness to go to great lengths to surprise her.

All the previous grievances, dissatisfaction, tolerance, and sacrifices quietly crumbled at this moment.

Anya excitedly took the Easter egg, jumped onto Levi's waist, and screamed like a little girl.

The next day, Elizabeth flew back to New York from Pittsburgh and made a special trip to Levi's house.

"Uncle Ronan... is indeed a bit strange," she said.

"What did he say to you?" Li Wei asked as she sat down and handed her a bottle of water.

"I thought he would be somewhat dissatisfied with me, or express his dissatisfaction with his grandfather's behavior," she shook her head, "but in reality he remained very calm and showed no emotional fluctuation."

Li Wei nodded: "It was the same when I went to see him last time."

Elizabeth hummed in agreement. "He told me that he actually knew about Freeport several years ago, before Freeport was even built."

"I asked him how he knew, and he said that any US dollars circulating in a bank can't escape his eyes. I've been observing Alexander for years, ever since he started using the foundation's money for Freeport."

“I didn’t say anything,” Elizabeth said, “because I really didn’t know what to say.”

"That's terrifying," Anya commented. "I never imagined there were people like that in the world."

She thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "I'm afraid even my father wouldn't be able to deal with him."

Elizabeth said, "But Count Ronan seemed quite indifferent; he didn't seem to care much about anything."

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She paused, then continued, "I asked him what to do about the free port issue? He turned around and asked me what I wanted to do."

"I certainly can't say we should continue operating," she said with a wry smile. "Then I suggested that my great-uncle's family take over the operation of Freeport. He said I should discuss it with Uncle Richard, since he has invested 10 billion in Freeport."

"Maybe Ronan feels a little bad about your grandfather having a stroke?" Anya said. "I think he definitely wanted to take back Freeport before, but now that his brother has also had a stroke and hasn't woken up yet, he might feel a little bad about it."

Elizabeth thought for a moment, then nodded, agreeing with Anya's statement.

"It seems nothing can be hidden from him," Li Wei said. "After all, we live in the information age, and theoretically he would know the amount of US dollars involved in any online transaction."

"Before I left, I asked him a question," Elizabeth said quietly, "I said, since Uncle knew about Freeport back then, why didn't he stop it?"

"He told me he was so engrossed in beekeeping at the time," she said, "that he had completely forgotten about it."

Anya remained silent for a while, while Li Wei also wondered what kind of person Ronan Mellon really was.

In modern society, it's so easy to cause someone's social death; sometimes you don't even know where your adversary is.

It seems we shouldn't get too cocky before we have absolute power.

"By the way," Anya suddenly said, "but Liz, it's a good thing that you've become the acting chairperson of the foundation."

Her face flushed slightly as she looked at Levi and Elizabeth: "How about the three of us go for a walk together?"

Li Wei glanced at Anya.

Anya blushed even more when he saw her, but she still forced herself to hug Elizabeth and stammered, "I...I have to protect Liz. I can't let you bully her too much."

She acted like a domineering wife.

Elizabeth looked at Anya and completely understood what she meant.

She was quite tempted, but still shook her head: "Forget it. My grandfather had a stroke the day before yesterday and he hasn't woken up yet. Even if I want to leave, I have to wait until he's fully recovered."

"When are you going to see him?" Li Wei suddenly asked. "I'll go with you."

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He hasn't used his [Knight's Light (Silver)] yet.

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