Hugo looked at the earpiece in his hand, a little overwhelmed, in fact, he did not have too many memories of family in his mind, and it was difficult to call for more information from scattered fragments, and today's call confirmed that the relationship between the Lancaster family was very bad. I should have breathed a sigh of relief, but I don't know why, Hugo felt empty in his heart.

"Hugo, Hugo!" Alex's call sounded in his ears, Hugo came back to his senses and looked at him blankly, Alex couldn't help but repeat again, "I'm asking, do you still need to use the phone?"

"Oh no, no." Hugo handed Alex the receiver, looked around, and finally walked towards the big 'door', left the house, and then walked to the stairs of the third floor to the fourth floor and sat down.

In fact, Hugo has always felt that he is an unfilial child, not to mention how much 'fine' effort his parents spent on giving birth to him, and the reason why his parents opposed his formation of a rock band was not so much that he thought it was not a proper job, but that he was worried about his ability to survive in life in the future, and the fact is also true, he worked hard for ten years until he died and was always struggling at the lowest level of society. Musical dreams are beautiful to say, but the cruelty of reality never shows mercy.

However, Hugo has never regretted that he embarked on the road of music, because this is what he wants to do, even if it takes ten years, and this is the youth 'spring', the youth 'spring' without hesitation and without regrets. It's just a pity that he chose Qing 'Chun', but hurt his parents.

Now, it seems that things are happening again, Hugo can't help but smile bitterly, no wonder he will travel to Lancaster, maybe this is fate. Perhaps, Lancaster fell out with his family for the sake of his dream of being an actor, which led to a sharp deterioration in family relations and the loss of contact with both parents.

But if you think about it, it's not right, Lancaster may have run away from home, but from Adam's words just now, we can know that he and Adam are still intermittently connected, but it is his mother Lena who is a taboo topic at home. So, does it mean that Lena and Adam are divorced - this is not unusual in the United States, and the reasons for the divorce are terrible, and may even hurt Lancaster, so this leads to family tensions.

Hugo 'rubbed' his head, he really had no clue about the situation of the Lancaster family, even if he wanted to try to make some changes, he couldn't do anything. Hugo let out a long breath, at this moment, he felt a little lonely, the joy, anxiety, and struggle after crossing over turned into a full emptiness at this time, and he began to miss his teammates who were glorious to death.

The footsteps of "pop, pop ......" came from behind him, Hugo suddenly looked up and saw Joseph's hesitant steps, the two eyes made contact, Joseph pulled the corners of his mouth in embarrassment, turned around and wanted to leave, but hesitated, still walked down the stairs and sat down next to Hugo.

"So, what's wrong?" Joseph asked, but his tone was heavy and absent-minded.

Hugo glanced at Joseph, Joseph's state was not much better, and the lingering entanglement between his eyebrows made it clear that he had something on his mind, "I called my dad, and finally hung up the phone directly." ”

Although Hugo didn't say much, just one sentence was enough to paint a picture of the conversation not going well, which made Joseph laugh dryly, "Not surprised. ”

There hasn't been any communication for a year, and even close family relationships have been estranged, so it's hard to imagine that a phone call at this time will be very rewarding. In fact, Joseph also knew that the relationship between Hugo's family was not good, but he used to just watch as a bystander, and had no intention of interfering - of course, he had no intention of interfering now, he would make a Hugo Thanksgiving call home, but he was in the position of a friend, thinking that it was not a good idea to continue this stalemate. But now it seems that even after the call, there is not much improvement.

"What about Thanksgiving?" Joseph asked again.

"I would define Thanksgiving as a holiday where friends thank each other." Hugo said solemnly that since he couldn't spend time with his family, friends were the best choice. "Maybe you're the one who needs to be thanked the most, you shouldn't decline my invitation, right?"

Joseph looked at Hugo's smiling face, but the corners of his mouth couldn't be outlined, and his mood was so heavy that he was a little depressed, "Hugo......" Joseph said, but only called out, and then paused again, Hugo was not in a hurry, just looked at Joseph quietly, and after a few seconds, Joseph said with difficulty, "I want to ask you for a favor." ”

"Except for the matter of taking fruit photos, no problem." Hugo's casual teasing made the corners of Joseph's mouth tug involuntarily.

Joseph was clearly on his mind, and it seemed that things were still serious, and he weighed his words for a moment before he said, "Can you lend me a million dollars?" As soon as this sentence came out, without waiting for Hugo to react, Joseph hurriedly said, "I, I will do my best to return it to you, I am serious." If it weren't for the urgency of the situation this time......"

"Okay." Hugo interrupted Joseph's words and simply nodded in agreement, not long ago, the first payment of 1 million for the remuneration of "Yihai Xiongfeng" has been received, and the subsequent remuneration will not be credited until the movie is released.

Joseph knew this very well, but Hugo did not suspect that Joseph was calculating his money, because after a year of getting along, Hugo knew that Joseph was not such a person, and he was willing to believe Joseph. Besides, if Joseph really had ulterior motives, it would be worth it to use a million to recognize the true face of a friend.

Hugo's crispness and neatness made Joseph speechless for a while, just looked at Hugo dumbfounded, in fact, Joseph had countless thoughts surging in his heart, and a lot of words were piled up on his lips, but there was no way to express them, he could only look at Hugo stupidly.

Hugo smiled and said, "Give me the bank account number, and I'll call you, or cash?" Hugo was still in debt not long ago, so he was not qualified to write cheques at all, and could only use bank accounts or cash.

Only then did Joseph react, swallowing a mouthful of saliva, allowing his dry throat to regain his voice, "I'll give you the account later." After saying that, Joseph took a deep breath to calm his rapid heartbeat, and then explained, "Here's the thing, there's an emergency at home, and I, I need this money, but I don't know who to turn to. Joseph found that his language was 'confused' and 'chaotic', and he explained for a long time but did not explain the situation at all, he could only take a deep breath and said helplessly, "Hugo, I will give it back to you as much as possible." ”

"Joseph, I see." Hugo didn't say anything polite, but patted Joseph on the shoulder. No one wants to be in an emergency, but when it does, a helping hand from a friend is even more important. "Now I just have the ability, otherwise I wouldn't be so crisp. Besides, this money is not given to you for free, remember to pay me back, I also plan to use this money to buy a car. ”

In fact, for Hugo, he hasn't checked the million after the receipt, he doesn't feel it at all, it sounds like it's just a string of numbers, and now after lending it to Joseph, he doesn't think it's a lot of money, but he just thinks it's good to be able to help his friend.

Hugo's words didn't make Joseph relax much, because he knew that Hugo was just comforting himself, but Joseph didn't say anything more, because he knew that no amount of gratitude would be superfluous at this time. "I need to go back to Houston today, I wasn't going to go back for Thanksgiving, but now I ......"

Joseph didn't say anything, but Hugo knew that the sudden incident at home made him have to go back to Houston to deal with it. Hugo nodded, "Have you bought the plane ticket?"

"I just answered the phone and decided." Joseph shook his head, "I decided to drive back. ”

"Are you crazy?" Hugo's astonishment blurted out, "It's fifteen hundred miles, and it's going to take at least twenty-two hours." "If it's a road trip, it's a different matter, Joseph is doing this because he is in a hurry to get home, and it's dangerous to drive back all the way back," you should go to the airport, it's only Tuesday, and there should be a lot of flights. ”

Joseph didn't speak, obviously carrying Hugo's million-dollar debt, and it was difficult for him to fly home in a big way, but Hugo saw Joseph's hesitation, "Hey, man, a $700 ticket is nothing compared to a million." The interest is more than that. Hugo's last joke made Joseph tug at the corners of his mouth.

If you think about it, that's exactly what happened. If you have too much debt, lice don't bite. So, without further hesitation, Joseph got up and went back to the room to pack his luggage, saying that it was tidying, but in fact he just took his wallet and a coat, and then walked out quickly, looking at Hugo who was sitting on the steps, his footsteps paused slightly, and he walked down quickly, but when he reached the third floor, he stopped again, and he looked back, "Hugo." ”

"What?"

"Aren't you afraid that I'll run away with the money?" Joseph knew that his actions today were too unusual.

In fact, this is the first time in Joseph's history that he has mentioned his family affairs to Hugo, and the point is that he was not prepared, so he didn't say anything at all, just vaguely said something specious, which was not convincing at all. But Hugo did not ask himself about the purpose of the borrowed money, nor did he ask himself to write a guarantee, an IOU, or even check the interest, so he expressed his support. Joseph felt a little frightened.

Hugo's chuckle came over, "That's your freedom." There was no explanation, no explanation, and no accusation, just such a fluttering sentence, but it made Joseph weigh a thousand pounds.

If someone asks Hugo how much a trust is worth, Hugo will reply that at least a million dollars can't be bought.