Volume 2: The crown and the hat are all over the capital, and the spirit is full of energy and enter the foggy city Chapter 236: Grand Marshal (Part 2)
Subtitle of this chapter: A small storm caused by 404
"Haha, what three cute little friends."
Our Master Yuan laughed and let this slip. He turned to invite everyone, "Please come in..."
"Well, well..." He suddenly felt like he had a thorn in his side. He turned his head and saw Brigadier General MacArthur out of the corner of his eye, who looked rather unhappy.
He then remembered that he was no longer the "host", so Yuan Yan immediately changed his words, forced a smile towards the hostess and the "host" who took his plate, and said, "Of course, I'm speaking for Ms. Brooks and Mr. MacArthur."
“Hahaha…hahaha…”
Everyone had to give a few awkward smiles, and then, at the "enthusiastic" invitation of the host and hostess, they walked into the living room as if they were familiar with the place.
Don’t forget that “His Majesty the Emperor”, “His Holiness the Pope” and “His Highness the Devil” who has not yet been promoted to an official position have been here several times.
Everyone took their seats as host and guest, and Ms. Brooks asked the servants to bring drinks, and the gentlemen lit up their tobaccos one after another.
Master Yuan naturally smoked top-quality Cuban cigars, while the Brigadier General took out his famous pipe.
It is well known that his pipe was made of old corn cobs, which is related to the place where MacArthur grew up. He was born in Arkansas, where most people use pipes made of corn cobs.
In fact, a hundred years later, many people in the American South still used this corncob pipe.
MacArthur was also a heavy smoker, having started smoking in middle school. No matter how his teachers persuaded him, MacArthur still went his own way and smoked a pipe to school every day. Given his excellent grades, his smoking pipe was selectively "forgotten" by his teachers.
Later, a reporter asked MacArthur specifically about the pipe. MacArthur replied that his father, Arthur MacArthur, once told him that a man should smoke a corncob pipe.
MacArthur was a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army and served as the Governor-General of the Philippines. However, he died in 1921. So MacArthur was definitely a heavy smoker.
At this moment, the old smoker, with his pipe in his mouth, was looking at our Master Yuan with a look mixed with curiosity, jealousy and disgust.
Speaking of curiosity, who wouldn’t be curious about a legendary figure who could be resurrected like Jesus?
By the way, the old expert from New York Presbyterian Hospital published an article , saying that Mr. Neo Yuan fell into a coma due to lack of oxygen due to loss of lung function. The call made by Miss Lillian Gish was equivalent to emergency treatment, so Mr. Yuan came back to life.
So this was not his misdiagnosis, but the miracle of medicine and the power of love!
Speaking of jealousy and disgust… isn’t that what all scapegoats are like?
He took a few puffs of his cigarette and said slowly in a rather stern tone: "Mr. Yuan..."
"Excuse me, Mr. MacArthur. Please call me Dr. Yuan!" Yuan Yan interrupted somewhat impolitely.
But then he said a little embarrassedly: "I think you also know that after all, I paid with my life to get this doctorate."
"Hahahaha..." Even MacArthur laughed out loud.
The awkward atmosphere in the hall finally eased a bit, and the Brigadier General spoke in a softer tone this time: "Then Dr. Yuan, logically speaking, this is Louise's property, and it was Louise's decision for her to donate the property to you, but..."
404 is definitely very valuable, and has great potential for appreciation. Anyone with a little common sense knows this.
But what made MacArthur most unhappy was his own woman... He had already regarded Keke as his woman, and giving a house to this yellow-skinned pretty boy was really a bit too much.
At least it's better to say it than to hear it.
"Wait a minute!" Dr. Yuan interrupted him rudely again, turned to look at him and his woman, and asked in surprise: "Louis, didn't you tell Mr. MacArthur?"
"I……"
In fact, Ms. Brooks was also confused and didn't understand what she didn't tell MacArthur. But in the eyes of others, she looked like she had something to say but couldn't.
"Hmm..." Our Master Yuan nodded in understanding, turned around and said, "Mr. MacArthur, it seems that you don't understand the inside story of this matter."
He shook his head and sighed, "No wonder. Most people won't believe this kind of thing just by talking about it..."
Yuan Yanshu's pretentiousness naturally whetted people's appetite.
However, the other three friends who knew him well quickly lowered their heads and began to drink their drinks "attentively".
MacArthur couldn't help but ask, "Dr. Yuan, what's going on?"
Dr. Yuan glanced at Ms. Brooks again, and sighed again, “Since you asked sincerely, I will answer you on behalf of Louis.”
His face straightened and he said solemnly: "Mr. Douglas MacArthur, you and I are both 'good friends' of Ms. Louise Cromwell Brooks..."
From this perspective, they are brothers-in-law.
"We all know that no matter how she is perceived by the outside world, she actually has a heart of gold..."
Well, Ms. Brooks is worth a little more than her weight in gold.
"Women like her are always pursuing their own love, which is why people who are not familiar with her have misunderstandings..."
That's right, in pursuit of love, she slept with all the men in the American Expeditionary Force. Fortunately, Eisenhower was not good-looking, and Marshall was okay-looking but loved his wife very much, otherwise the three commanders of the empire would have become brothers-in-law.
He changed the subject and said, "Mr. MacArthur, since you participated in the last European war, you must know Major General Connor and Major Patton, right? Then have you heard about my deeds?"
Although MacArthur had grudges against the "Xiao Meng Gang" headed by Pershing, he was a senior officer among the Wang Shi's second-class officers after all, so he still knew some things.
He nodded and said in a noncommittal tone: "I've heard that, Dr. Yuan, you are a psychic, and you used your abilities to help the Marshalls."
"Psychic... hehe..." Yuan Yanshu did not deny it, but chuckled a few times and shrugged his shoulders and said: "Anyway, Louise also knows that I have some special abilities, so she asked me where her love is..."
"She asked me to tell her where to pursue her love, no matter what the cost..."
"Sickening..."
"It's okay, Louis."
Our Master Yuan smiled at Ms. Brooks, then turned around and continued, "Since she asked sincerely, I will help her..."
He spread his hands and said, "So, she met you at West Point..."
"Now you understand, Mr. MacArthur. Louis exchanged this house for you, a U.S. Army brigadier general!"
