Since he couldn't avoid it, he had no choice but to follow his wishes. Anyway, Tommy originally came here today just to see his... friend, brother.
Maybe, there is still a little bit of the idea of meeting Dana Lance, who knows.
Anyway, now...
"Brother Tommy? Why are you here?"
The familiar voice rang in his ears. Tommy seemed to be suffering from PTSD and shuddered. This time he was completely sober.
"Oh! Shia! Hahaha... you, why are you here, oh, this is your hotel, hahahaha..."
Dressed in a simple T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers, Sia today doesn't look like the same person she used to be. Although it seems like she shouldn't be dressed like this for an occasion like today, but...
As long as she doesn't cause trouble, that's fine.
It seems that what happened last time had a considerable impact on Sia.
Tommy shook his head, reluctantly clearing the terrible memories from his mind. He smiled and took two glasses of wine from the waiter on the side. After thinking about it for a moment, he put one of them back.
"Xia, how are you... lately?"
Tommy has been "locked up for a long time" and has lived an extremely fulfilling and busy life every day for the past year or so. He has not seen Sia for a long, long time.
Subconsciously, he thought that Sia was still the same trouble-making young lady as before, just like himself in the past, a person who couldn't do good things but only knew how to do wrong things.
But in fact, Tommy himself was troubled by nightmares, and he would relive the horrific scenes of that day in his dreams every now and then, and so was Sia.
"I'm okay, brother Tommy."
Sia smiled gently, and wanted to put her hands into her pants pockets a little uneasily. It was a kind of self-protection to isolate herself from the outside world. Maybe she didn't want to be seen by others. Her movements were very strange when her hands touched the pockets. Unnaturally, he took it back and held his hands together.
"I...brother Tommy, you today..."
"Oh I-I'm...him. I'm here to find him."
Tommy patted Oliver on the shoulder and said seriously: "Today is his birthday."
Oliver's eyes widened, feeling as if he had accidentally fallen into some not-so-good "battlefield" and was used as a prop to divert attention and topics by both of them, unable to escape.
"Ah, yes, that's good, that's good."
Sia didn't refute, she just smiled and took a glass of wine from the waiter who passed by again. She raised the glass and raised her head to drink.
"Sia."
Oliver stopped her.
Tommy started to have a headache.
"I'm okay, Oliver."
Sia didn't get angry or make trouble as Tommy imagined. She just smiled and looked at Tommy and stood there silently.
The scene fell into some kind of embarrassment for a moment.
Until the first wave of guests arrived.
"Let's go to the door first. We don't want to neglect the guests."
Tommy acted accordingly, put down the wine glass in his hand, pulled Oliver and walked towards the door.
Sia, on the other hand, looked over there blankly, pursed her lips, and leaned against the wall, wondering what she was thinking.
…………
Today is Oliver's big day. This is the first time that he stands in front of celebrities from all walks of life in Star City with a positive, polite and capable image, and as the heir to the Quinn Group, he takes on the responsibility of organizing such an event.
This is indeed a signal. The signal for the prodigal son to turn back and put down the butcher's knife.
In fact, except for those first-generation entrepreneurs who really worked hard from scratch, almost all business heirs, those second and third generations... have more or less had a past where "nothing can be done with less".
At some point in their lives, some of them will have a "great enlightenment" and transform into a qualified heir to a business empire. Many businessmen here are not surprised by this, but have a familiar sense of déjà vu. Feel the same.
This Oliver Queen finally realizes that he is him and his mother is his mother. He decided to fight for power with the mother who now controls the Quinn Group.
Oliver did have such thoughts. After all, what was recorded in the little notebook his father left to him, apart from the dirty sins of letting down many wealthy people in Star City, was actually the development history of their Quinn Group and the unsightly people behind it. thing.
As a member of the Quinn Group, Oliver has long been determined to completely end all the value of the Quinn Group's existence at a certain moment.
For this reason, he should indeed become the master of the Quinn Group first.
However, this is not the full value of today's dinner.
Oliver had previously captured the central figure who caused chaos in Star City and almost led to a riot among the entire underground forces in Star City: Black Manta.
Although he still didn't know the reason behind it, he knew that a powerful person came to Star City, and it was that mysterious person who was guiding all of this.
The current situation is that there will inevitably be a follow-up between Green Arrow and the mysterious man with unknown results. This follow-up may be a negotiation, it may be a war, in short...
In the coming days, Oliver may have to remain vigilant for a long time, appearing as the Green Arrow, which will be an unconcealable impact on his plan to hide his identity.
He had to have a reason, a reason that made Oliver disappear for a few days, but everyone, including friends and family, everyone who knew him thought it was reasonable.
He fought for power and had a falling out with his mother. This is a good reason.
Therefore, Oliver carried out this plan decisively and directly.
After the dinner is over, he will naturally walk out of that door and disappear for a while.
This can be very reasonably explained as "to avoid family members", and no one will doubt it.
In this way, he can get enough time to do what Green Arrow should do.
Therefore, throughout the dinner, Oliver behaved politely and extremely restrained, indeed like a person who had "awakened" and had many worries.
Some of the guests looked at each other coldly, some smiled, some went to Moira Quinn, the current head of the Quinn Group, to discuss something in a low voice, and some were blatantly betting on the future new emperor.
The warmth and coldness of human feelings are vivid and vivid.
By the end of the dinner, the three people from the Quinn family were clearly standing in three different directions. Moira was standing with her boyfriend, Oliver was standing with his friend Tommy, and Sia was standing by herself. together.
"Oliver..."
Moira's face was not very good and she looked very tired. She took a step forward and seemed to want to say something to Oliver.
As a mother, although Moira is a strong woman in business, and worked with old Quinn to develop the Quinn Group, and truly secured her position as the helmsman of the Quinn Group with her strength and ability, she did not occupy the position at all. This company has no intention of targeting Oliver at all.
She has never delegated power and kept Oliver and Sia away from company affairs. In fact, Moira is really doing it for their own good and is really protecting them both.
The Quinn Group has been completely tied to the Merlin Group for decades. This is not just an in-depth cooperation in business, but even...
Moira certainly won't forget what Tommy's father said to her when he found out that Quinn Sr. wanted to quit and bring all those dirty things to light.
Also unable to forget... how Oliver's father, old Quinn, died.
Dear Oliver, my son. Do you really think that it was a simple accident...
That's silence!
"Mother."
At this time, the guests had basically left. Oliver walked directly to Moira who did not dare to step forward, hugged her gently, and said in a low voice: "I know. I know everything."
"you do not know!"
Moira almost couldn't help but wanted to say everything, but when she saw Tommy over there, she naturally thought of his father who seemed calm but was actually cruel, and took back the words when they came to her lips. He just closed his eyes and kept mumbling to himself: "You don't know... you don't know..."
"Sia."
Oliver let go of Moira, who was exhausted, and turned to look at Sia: "Why are you standing so far away. We are a family."
This sentence immediately made Xia, who had always been aggrieved and dared not speak, cry. She ran over with tears streaming down her face, hugged her brother and mother, and sobbed in a low voice with great sadness.
"What's wrong with you, why are you doing this!"
Originally, Sia was uneasy because of the last incident, but when she instinctively wanted to find help and support, she was surprised to find that everything had changed.
Tommy disappeared, as if avoiding her.
Oliver was the same, always hiding some secret in his eyes, always looking at her with a... pitying look, but saying nothing.
The same goes for her mother, Moira. She also hides some secrets and refuses to tell them. She also avoids her. She often hides and cries secretly. She often looks at her with eyes that reveal... apologies unconsciously.
Sia doesn't know what's going on with the world, nor does she know what's going on with her brother Tommy and her family.
She only knew that something had happened. It seemed that everyone knew it, but they all kept it from her tacitly, and they always showed a hidden hostility to each other.
All of this left Sia at a loss, even fearful and self-blame.
"What on earth happened? You... why are you doing this!"
Facing his sister's cry, Oliver's eyes flashed with sadness, but all he could do was hold Sia tightly.
He must never let Sia know those terrible and sad truths, he must never let Sia know...
It was their mother who caused the shipwreck and killed their father.
And Moira couldn't open her mouth and could only cry.
The three of them each had their own concerns and were sad to see each other. In addition, Moira's boyfriend who has been secretly siding with old Quinn and wants to investigate the truth, and Moira's boyfriend who knows everything and sees everything, but on one side are his friends and the people he loves and the people who love him , and on the other side was his father and his own original sin. Tommy looked even more miserable but could do nothing, couldn't do anything...
With five people standing there, it's enough to film eighty episodes of the TV series for four seasons.
This scene can't be explained by just feeling uncomfortable.
"Tsk...I can't stand it anymore."
Behind him, a voice suddenly sounded, interrupting the man in the game's sorrow.
They looked back and saw that there were still guests sitting in the buffet area. They moved a chair over and were eating with their backs to everyone.
"gentlemen……"
Tommy stepped forward first, who allowed him to stand closest.
"The dinner party is over. If you think the food here is not bad, we will arrange a private room for you here tomorrow. Please be sure to come.
The car is ready outside the door, I hope you..."
"Hey, you're quite polite and good at talking."
The man was holding a plate with noodles, turned around, smiled and swiped a large handful of noodles into his mouth with his own chopsticks, and said vaguely: "I remember you weren't like this before."
At this time, Tommy, the only one facing the guest, was frozen in place.
The painful memories resurfaced in my mind, and the nightmare-like and terrifying image in my mind slowly reappeared with the smile of the person in front of me.
"you you……!"
"Ah, me. What's wrong with me."
Lin stood up, paused and sat back down. He pulled the steak that was a little further away and picked it up with chopsticks: "You still know me, don't you?"
"Why are you here!"
"Tsk, these words are not as good as the ones just now. Why can't I be here? I am Oliver's savior. How can this kind of situation be without me!
Moreover……"
Lynn bent to the side, showing a bright smile and looking at Oliver and others who were also looking this way: "...Oliver himself invited me here."
With that said, Linn stood up.
Tommy, who was standing in front of him, yelled and fell to the ground.
"Brother Tommy...oh my god...ah——!!"
Only then did Sia see who the guest was.
"Stop barking."
Lin frowned impatiently, stepped over Tommy, and walked towards this side.
"Forest……!"
Oliver hurriedly took a step forward, protecting Sia behind him: "Calm down!"
"Huh?! Who do you think I am!"
Lin put her hands on her hips and saw Moira's bald boyfriend calling someone over.
"Don't move. What does this have to do with you?"
Oliver found out too. If others don't know what's going on, how can he not know? That's Lynn! Why did you call so many people over? I'm afraid it's not chaotic enough here or...
Suddenly, his expression froze, and he swallowed with great difficulty: "You just said... I asked you to come..."
"yes."
"Then that person..."
"right."
Lin En smiled and nodded: "I'm just looking for him."
Oliver's expression suddenly turned bitter.
"This... doesn't fit in with your style of doing things..."
"So, you really can't figure me out! Hahahaha!"
Linn smiled happily, but Oliver was very sad and regretful.
If I had known... I would have known what I was involved in...
"okay."
Linn just stood up and was able to pull up a chair and sit down again for twenty seconds. He looked back and glanced at Tommy, who was still stunned. Linn smiled, looked at Oliver and the others, and looked at each other one by one. Finally, he set his sights on Oliver.
"Whoever it is, you have to leave it to me."
"okay."
"Then who is it? He has come to see you."
"Um."
"He really came to recruit you to join his gang... did you agree?"
"Um……"
"Tch. It seems to me that you haven't settled your own affairs yet. It's been a year."
"Lynn, you..."
"Why don't I help you today?"
"Lynn! You want to...!"
"right!"
Lin En nodded and said expressionlessly: "I'll help you walk through the entire story from beginning to end.
Then who, that bald head, get out~
Oh, by the way, go find someone. Her name is...Lance. Dana Lance. "
Crossing his legs, Lin En took a plate of raw vegetables from the table next to him and took out a stove from somewhere.
"My patience is limited~"
(End of chapter)
