The daily life of American drama detective

Beth Harmon withdrew her gaze and rested her chin on her hands. What appeared in her mind were the subsequent changes of the chess game on the chessboard.

for a long time.

She just turned the chess piece.

"It's wrong for you to do this!"

Little Sheldon, standing aside, raised an objection.

"Shelly!"

Little Sheldon's mother immediately pulled her son, and then looked at Beth Harmon apologetically.

Although her son's IQ, she has always believed in it.

But this is the just-cooked national champion of the National Junior Chess Championships!

Besides, it's just rude behavior.

"She knows I'm right!"

Little Sheldon said confidently.

Peggy couldn't help but glanced at him, her left lip curled up, as if to say: "The sky is sunny, the rain has stopped, and you think you can do it again."

But she didn't stop it.

As she said before, she didn't target little Sheldon, including Beth Harmon, in her eyes, they were all rubbish.

They are just their own triggers.

Just like Billy was to little Sheldon.

But Beth Harmon didn't get used to his meaning, didn't speak, but answered him with practical actions, and didn't follow what he said at all.

"You are doomed."

Young Sheldon was upset with Beth Harmon's attitude.

"Feel sorry."

Seeing this, Little Sheldon's mother quickly apologized to Beth Harmon, then pulled Little Sheldon outside.

Walking to the door, I ran into Monica and Linda who had gone out and returned.

This Linda is not Peggy's mother, but Beth Harmon's adoptive mother, the wife of the chess grandmaster Patrick Cross.

"Mrs. Cooper, you are here."

When Monica saw Little Sheldon's mother, she immediately greeted her with a smile.

"Yes."

Little Sheldon's mother also greeted Monica with a smile.

As guardians of gifted boys and girls, the two have known each other for a long time.

"Let me introduce you."

Monica quickly introduced: "This is Linda, Beth's mother, Linda, this is Sheldon, Peggy's good friend, and this is Sheldon's mother Mary."

"Nice to meet you."

Little Sheldon's mother, Mary, immediately extended her hand and shook Linda enthusiastically, but when she got closer, her nose moved, and she looked at Linda with a weird look.

"Nice to meet you."

Linda was very familiar with this expression, and smiled apologetically: "I like to drink some wine..."

"Understand, understand."

In normal times, Little Sheldon's mother, Mary, must have some objections to this, especially her husband, George, who never leaves Lone Star beer, but now she is not so resistant.

The reason why the eyes are still weird is because it is too early and it is not night at all. This Linda's so-called liking is probably not pure liking.

"What a coincidence, your name is Linda, and Peggy's mother is also named Linda."

Smelling the smell of wine, Mary thought of the scenes in her recent dream, her heart fluttered, and she hurriedly spoke to divert her attention.

"Yes."

Linda smiled awkwardly but politely.

"Let's go out and talk."

Monica suggested.

"Okay."

Mary readily agreed.

"Mom, aren't we leaving?"

Little Sheldon frowned frankly.

"You watch them play chess first."

Mary pushed her son into the room, smiled and walked out with Monica and the others.

Although little Sheldon didn't understand, he still moved towards Peggy and Beth.

He is not convinced!
outside.

"sit."

Monica greeted warmly.

After exchanging pleasantries, Mary asked casually, "I heard that Chandler has his own show, and I watched it too. It's really great."

"Haha."

When Monica heard this topic, she couldn't help laughing immediately: "Ms. Cooper also watches his show? Still think it's great?"

"It's just that I complain too much to my parents too often."

Mary explained awkwardly.

"Used to it."

Monica smiled and said, "We've been listening to it for years, and besides, Nora didn't say anything, and even praised Chandler."

"Nora?"

Mary answered immediately, "Is it Chandler's mother?"

"Yes, you should know her..."

Monica said something subconsciously, then glanced at Mary, and stopped talking.

Mary knew what Monica meant.

In the past, her image had always been that of a devout, faithful, and good mother. She was instinctively disgusted with women like Nora.

"I know her."

Although Mary knew it, she could only meet Monica's strange eyes and said with difficulty: "Sheldon's grandma is her fan..."

"Oh."

When Monica heard it, she immediately had the original expression, as if it was not surprising at all.

This made Mary a little uncomfortable.

Although it was her mother, Little Sheldon's grandmother, anyone who saw her would think that her mother should be cooler than her and take everything for granted.

You know, she was the real cool girl before she got pregnant with her husband out of wedlock and got married.

The kind that even her mother has a headache for her!
Now the tide has turned.

She is not as good as her old mother.

What is this called!

"Listen to her, Chandler's mother, Nora, is coming to New York to do a promotion?"

Mary complained in her heart, but she could only follow Monica's thoughts and start asking in the name of her mother.

"Correct."

Monica nodded.

"why?"

Mary asked the biggest confusion these days: "Chandler complained about her like that on the show, why is she still here to promote?"

"Because Chandler complained about her like that on the show and received a lot of response, even though she has always said that she doesn't like New York, she still came here to promote it."

Monica explained: "It's making money, it's not shabby!"

"Do you really think so?"

Mary's heart moved, and she asked subconsciously.

"of course."

Monica smiled and said: "As Chandler's friends, we all know that although he complained about his parents crazily, he actually has a deep affection for his parents and they have a good relationship with each other.

Now, taking advantage of the effect of the show and taking the opportunity to sell a wave of books, what's the problem?
Besides, even Chandler is preparing to sell books.

what do you say that is?

Oh, right!

"The First Half of My Life"..."

"Chandler is writing a book too?"

Mary's eyes became more intense.

"I heard that too."

The alcoholic Linda finally interjected: "It seems that their mother and son jointly wrote it, and the perspective is the young Chandler, who has the fantasy experience of the world-renowned Liu Bei novelist Nora Bing.

But I heard that it was stopped by someone later, and it was nothing. "

"Ah."

Monica nodded: "It was Chuck who stopped it, and the impact is not very good. Chandler has a bright future, and he can make fun of it to gain fans, but he can't follow his mother's path.

Especially writing this kind of joint novel has far more ethical concerns than a simple Liu Bei novel, so Nora was not asked to write it directly.

Instead, let Chandler write it, delete the overly explicit descriptions, and strive to be gorgeous but not vulgar..."

"Will Nora Bing direct Chandler?"

Mary asked.

"Of course."

Monica smiled and said: "Chandler is writing a book for the first time after all, and who can be more qualified to guide him than his mother? In fact, this is more like an autobiography, and it must have Nora's mother's perspective."

"It's great...I mean, they can cooperate with mother and son."

Mary said in a gaffe: "If possible, I would also like to meet Nora... for Sheldon's grandma, you don't know, she likes Nora the most, she is said to be the representative of American women, and she is great at everything up.

For example, writing.

Not only is she gifted, but she also takes the time to collect stories so that she can write that kind of moving text.

For example, the "Passionate Harvest".

I heard that she wrote it after she went to a big ranch in Texas to collect folk songs..."

Having said that, facing the strange gazes of Monica and Linda, she paused for a moment, and quickly made amends.

"I heard from Grandma Sheldon that she liked that book so much, she read it many times, and collected the chapters and folds she liked. It's a good book, all of which are folds..."

"I've seen it too."

The alcoholic Linda withdrew her gaze from Mary, and said in a daze, "It's really Texas-like, very wild..."

"Ha ha."

Monica could only laugh dryly at this.

She is not interested in this, and she will not go through all of Chandler's mother's books just because she is Chandler's good friend.

After all, Chandler's mother, Nora Bing, has written too many books.

But who gets her roommate Rachel, who is a fanatic.

Rachel has read all of Nora Bing's novels more than once. According to her, "I always carry one with me when I travel, and there must be one under my pillow when I sleep. I once wanted to start writing like an idol."

Rachel with this kind of enthusiasm, after knowing that Chandler is the son of an idol, and met Nora through the relationship of her old circle of friends, she has a deeper study of Nora's book.

It is natural to bring out in speech and manner.

As a roommate, Monica can't avoid being passively instilled by Rachel in some classic scenes and plots of Nora Liu Bei's novel universe.

Among them is this so-called Passion Harvest.

If I remember correctly, the gist of the story is that the heroine is called Passion, and she inherits her dad's farm, and there's a stallion on the farm...

Regardless of whether the stallion was metaphorical or literal, Monica didn't dare to listen any further.

But she also knew why Chuck stopped Chandler and his mother Nora's cooperation.

no way!
Even in the open United States, Nora's books are beyond the acceptable range of normal people. They belong to the minority among the minority. .

In the United States, where the people are infinitely divided, if you want to be a great leader, you must obtain the greatest common divisor.

If the minority is extremely small, it is obvious that they are cutting themselves off from this path, which is not advisable.

While the three were chatting, the phone of the alcoholic Linda rang, and Linda went out to answer the call with her cell phone.

"I'll call you when Nora comes over."

After watching Linda leave, Monica suddenly whispered to Mary.

"Thank you."

Mary was overjoyed at first, but then realized from Monica's expression that she might have been exposed, her smile froze: "I'm for Grandma Sheldon..."

"No need to explain."

Monica smiled and comforted her: "I understand this expression, my best friend and roommate Rachel is Nora's biggest fan, and she wanted to write novels just like her idol.

When Nora came over, she also specifically asked for advice, and wrote for a while afterwards, your expression now is the same as hers at that time. "

"Is that so..."

Mary was embarrassed for a while before she couldn't help asking curiously: "Then what happened later? Did Rachel succeed?"

"She."

Monica couldn't help shaking her head and laughing: "Liking to read novels and writing novels are completely different concepts.

Let me put it this way.

At that time, she loved Nora's novels so much, but now that she really tried to write them, she didn't care about such novels, and she rarely read them. "

"How could this be?"

Mary was taken aback.

"Because interest and work are completely different concepts."

Monica explained: "One thing is a hobby, and you can stick to it for a long time, but if it becomes a task that must be completed, and you have to rely on it to make money for food, it gradually becomes a kind of torture.

Rachel encountered a setback at the beginning.

That is, she has never written before, even if Nora told her the secret, she still has a lot of life experience... But there is no writing style, and there are many typos in the article.

It directly dampened her enthusiasm.

Then there is no more. "

"Writing..."

Mary was nervous at first, but when she heard this, her expression immediately relaxed, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Monica noticed and opened her mouth, but didn't say anything.

She knew that this was a common delusion for novices, and Rachel was the same at that time. She felt that she was very good, with beautiful writing and moving plots.

However, the reality is that there is no need for outsiders to evaluate it. As long as you put these words there and read them again the next day, you may have a different feeling.

After watching it again after a few months, I just couldn't bear to look at it directly, and it was proper 'who wrote this shit', and then I gave up completely.

Obviously, Mary is still in the initial excited stage of a novice, no wonder she flew so far on purpose to find Nora Bing.

I'm afraid not only seeing idols for advice, but also asking for help to publish a book.

She also heard that little Sheldon's family's finances have been in trouble recently.

Publishing books to make money is definitely a choice with a low threshold and very imaginative gains.

"Linda, what's wrong?"

At this moment, Monica noticed the alcoholic Linda walking in in a daze, and immediately looked over.

"Patrick, my husband, he died."

The alcoholic Linda murmured.

"what?!"

Monica was startled.

living room.

Beth Harmon, who was playing chess with Peggy, turned her head and looked over, and the chess piece in her hand fell.

"do not worry."

Peggy picked up the dropped chess piece and put it back into Beth Harmon's hands: "That's just your adoptive father. With your current reputation, there are many families willing to adopt you. You won't go back to the orphanage."

"I want Linda."

Beth Harmon took the chess piece and held it in the palm of her hand, with a little anxiety on her indifferent face.

She was adopted by Patrick Close and Linda, and the adoption system prioritizes families with both parents.

Once Linda became a widow and a widow, there would be problems with the adoption relationship, and it might be terminated at any time.

Besides, Linda's alcoholism, mental state problems and other problems are all recorded.

Patrick is such a well-known chess grandmaster, the media must have reported it extensively, and those institutions and individuals who pay attention to Beth Harmon must know about it.

I can't hide it even if I want to.

After thinking about it for a while, Beth Harmon understood the great significance of her adoptive father's death to her, but even though she didn't have any feelings for her adoptive father, the meaning was still not positive.