Chapter 1817 Chapter 1817 The Grumpy Old Man

"Don't yell, I'm not deaf." Ernst said violently, looking at Hugo in front of him with an impatient expression.

However, Hugo has long been used to Ernst's gesture, and he said indifferently, "Why did you come to the city, and it's still at this time?" Hugo looked at the empty street, although He wasn't sure when the last bus in Los Angeles was, but it wasn't that easy to go back to Sunset Plaza now, "Have you ordered a taxi yet?"

Ernst heard Hugo's words, but he seemed to be stabbed in the wound, "Why can't I come here? The city? This is not the site you bought. I... I came to the city hall to do business, and then I wanted to be alone, so I took a walk by myself, and you yelled like a sixteen-year-old girl meeting a gangster."

Ernst didn't notice the second half of Hugo's sentence at all, but was stung by the first half, which made Hugo look at Ernst twice more, which made Ernst feel uncomfortable, He hit the ground violently with his cane a few times violently, and then took half a step back, "I'm not your alcoholic father, don't look at me with such disgusting eyes, I'm not interested in young hairless men."

Ernst's reaction was really a bit extreme, and his words sounded very harsh. Even Hugo couldn't help being a little angry when he heard it, but he still gritted his teeth, swallowed the swear words that came to his mouth, and then took a deep breath , trying to maintain a smile, "Ernst, did you come here specially to watch the filming of 'LA Confidential' today?"

Today this area is completely blocked by "LA Confidential". A small number of people who come here are to go to Wall Street, and most of them come to join in the fun. Ernst had nothing to do with Wall Street, not to mention that it was already ten o'clock in the evening, and most public places were closed before eight o'clock. There are only a handful of things Ernst can do here.

So, Hugo remembered the scripts he saw at Ernst's house before—in fact, Ernst never really left Hollywood, and he still had nostalgia for the spotlight stage. That's why Hugo made such a bold guess.

Ernst jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, "Dog. Shit! You're talking about dogs. Shit! Go away, go away, don't pretend to be familiar with me."

Hugo couldn't help smiling, and Ernst's reaction confirmed his guess. The stubborn old man in front of him really still has nostalgia for Hollywood, "Hey, old man, remember? I was a guest at your house once, I saw the scripts in your entire bookcase, and I also saw your love for screenwriting career , so, you don't have to pretend to be indifferent, I know, I know."

"Go away!" Ernst did not soften because of Hugo's words, and said viciously, but his eighty-two years old couldn't stand the toss at all, so he began to cough violently, seeing Hugo A moment of worry. But when Hugo wanted to take a step forward to see his situation, Ernst picked up the crutch and waved it towards Hugo mercilessly, although Ernst had nothing in his hand because he was coughing. Hugo said, but Hugo dodged subconsciously, "You self-righteous megalomaniac, I am not that familiar with you, don't think that we have been neighbors for a few years, you are my friend. No, you are not !We're not friends at all, you're just... just a poor slob under the Hollywood spotlight, no difference... no difference..."

This time, Hugo's face finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he frowned and looked at Ernst in surprise, as if he didn't know him at all. It was as if the old man who sat on the stairs to comfort him, the old man who guided him when he was confused, did not exist at all.

The last time I saw Ernst, although he was a little irritable and withdrawn, it was not so serious. What is going on today?

"Ernst, if you don't want to, you have already expressed your meaning clearly. There is no need for you to say such harsh words. I thought we were friends." Hugo's face also became serious. He wanted to be with Enst Ster argued for a few words, but seeing Ernst whose face was flushed unhealthily due to coughing, he couldn't speak again.

"Don't be like a sentimental little girl, still begging and talking about friendship in front of me. Friend? Huh, do you think I'm handkerchief to you? Little girl, I'm a man, a cowboy!" En Ster finished speaking in one breath, but after he finished speaking, he began to breathe heavily. He looked like a scarecrow bleak in the wind, but he was stubbornly unwilling to ask for help.

Hugo also completely lowered his expression at this time, "Mr. Lehman, I don't know what's going on with you, why do you have to speak so badly? If you didn't come to watch 'LA Confidential' tonight filming, then you can say no, there is no need to hurt yourself like this.”

Hugo's words made Ernst stunned, and his eyes were averted, but he still stubbornly puffed out his chest, as if to prove that he was not guilty. But Hugo realized that the reason why Ernst was so sensitive was because Hugo revealed his true purpose.

Hugo suddenly realized that this was the first time in his memory that he saw Ernst appearing near the set. In the past, Ernst simply avoided him and spent most of his time wandering around the Sunset Square, so when Hugo saw They were so surprised when they went to the script bookshelf in Ernst's house, because they never thought that Ernst still had nostalgia for Hollywood. But today, Ernst took this step, and he stayed here for a long time—at least until the crew finished work before reluctantly leaving.

Therefore, Ernst became angry because his intentions were exposed.

Hugo understood the cause and effect, but he couldn't understand it, because Ernst had shown these tendencies in front of him, and at the same time enlightened him in confusion twice, even if Ernst felt ashamed in front of him, There is no need to overreact either.

"Mr. Lehmann, I don't understand what's wrong with you. You're always rejecting others." Although Hugo was still very angry, his voice softened again. Looking at Ernst who was pretending to be strong, his eyes were full It's all helpless, and there is some sympathy, "rejecting other people's care, rejecting other people's help, rejecting other people's friendship, and even rejecting anyone's company. Look at your life these years, there has never been anyone else, just you, You are the only one from the beginning to the end, why? Why do you reject others over and over again? Even hurt others to achieve the goal, but in the end, isn’t it you who hurt yourself?”

"Just because I'm always alone!" Ernst was stabbed by the sympathy in Hugo's eyes. He hit the ground with his crutches hard, making a crisp "bang bang" sound, like a wounded lion, Roaring with the last of his energy.

In an instant, Hugo understood.

The reason why Ernst refused to care was because he was afraid that he would be abandoned after all. Hugo didn't know how many partings and injuries Ernst had experienced, which made him choose to live alone and be accompanied by loneliness.

Those years in Sunset Square came to my mind one after another. Ernst's rejection was not a kind of fear, and Ernst's anger towards them was not a kind of envy. And then, he moved, Alex and Charlize moved, Joseph, Fokine, and Carl moved, and Ernst was left alone again. They spent nearly three years getting close to Ernst, but chose to leave.

In fact, the last time Hugo went back to Sunset Square and met Ernst, Ernst had very mixed feelings. On the one hand, he still had resentment for Hugo's departure, but on the other hand, he was reluctant to see his old friend. But today, Ernst's "secret" was revealed by Hugo, and the complaints in his heart burst out completely, and he fired at Hugo.

Looking at Ernst in front of him, Hugo had mixed feelings for a moment, and he opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

However, the hesitation in Hugo's eyes made Ernst completely angry, "You sympathize with me? You sympathize with me! How dare you! How dare you sympathize with me!" Ernst said trembling all over, as if In the next second, he would faint due to high blood pressure, but he gritted his teeth and persisted, then turned his head and left straight away, muttering, "How dare you, you! How! Dare!"

Hugo lowered his head in annoyance and gritted his teeth. He knew that Ernst didn't like to be sympathized with, but he still made a mistake just now. Perhaps Ernst was right that they had never been friends, since he had never really known the old man. Seeing Ernst's stumbling back leaving, Hugo was also a little at a loss, hesitated again and again, and could only follow up step by step.

Ernst's pace was not fast, and Hugo could only fall behind at a moderate distance, but only half a street away, and when he was fifty yards away from Al's bar, a taxi stopped beside him— — It looked like a call from a bar customer, but Ernst walked over, opened the car door and got in.

Hugo trotted after him, only to hear Ernst's violent growl, and then the taxi drove away. Hugo could only look at the tail smoke of the taxi leaving, and stood there with annoyed expression on his face. After thinking about it, after all, he was still worried. Hugo also ran to the parking lot in front of the warehouse, drove out his car, and chased after the taxi in the direction the taxi left.

But for Lu Chi, next. The streets in the city are like spider webs. Hugo couldn't recognize the direction at all, let alone find a taxi. In the end, he had to turn east and west along the avenue, and finally drove to Sunset Boulevard. Hugo finally let go In one breath, drove along the Sunset Boulevard back to the familiar Sunset Plaza.