American TV series Detective's Daily Life

"What's that look in your face?"

Rachel felt uncomfortable when she saw her best friend suddenly looking at her with burning eyes.

"Nothing, nothing."

Monica said this, but what she was thinking in her heart was: "Great, after the Thanksgiving dinner is over, when Ross and the others have left, she will aggravate Rachel's symptoms while Chuck is not paying attention. , that would not be much worse than her absence, maybe it would be better..."

Thinking of this, she subconsciously clenched her fists.

At this time, the door was pushed open.

Everyone looked over immediately, and then they all couldn't help laughing.

"Laugh, laugh."

Standing at the door was Joey, a short and handsome Italian-born guy. Faced with everyone's smiles, he complained helplessly.

He is the only son among seven sisters in his family. He was supposed to go back to celebrate Thanksgiving, but as a professional actor, he received a public service announcement a few days ago. After taking over the filming, he discovered that it was a heart disease advertisement.

What’s even more exaggerated is that this advertisement was placed in prominent places throughout New York. His face is now closely connected with his heart disease. It even spread to his home and was misunderstood by his family, so that he did not need to come back for the holidays and recuperated first...

"Don't laugh! Don't laugh!"

Monica was also laughing, but after laughing for a while, she suddenly reacted and shouted loudly: "No one is allowed to mention this matter in front of Chuck later!"

"Will it work? Unless Chuck is blind and can't see the ads all over New York."

Chandler teased.

"..."

Joey's mouth twitched.

Monica's reaction hit him harder than his family.

"How about I leave?"

Joey said unhappily.

"No, not so much..."

Monica was very torn, but she didn't say anything to let Joey go.

It's okay to hurt her friends physically in preparation for a date, but she still can't do it to hurt their hearts.

Boom, boom, boom.

Boom, boom, boom.

Boom, boom, boom.

There was a knock on the door.

"he came!"

Monica immediately shouted nervously, looking around the apartment, then warning her old friends one by one with her eyes wide open, then she arranged her clothes, then walked over to open the door, showing the brightest smile: "Chuck, you coming."

"Happy Thanksgiving Day."

Chuck handed over a scroll.

“Is it Jackson Pollock’s Free Form 1946?”

Monica happily took it.

"no."

Chuck shook his head.

"Let me see, let me see!"

Rachel grabbed the scroll, opened it, and saw a group of dogs sitting at the table playing poker. She couldn't help but burst into laughter: "What is this?"

no way.

She had heard from Monica that Chuck's artistic level was very high and that he copied all the masterpieces of art by masters, but what she saw now was this slightly funny one, the contrast was really huge.

"This...I like it very much."

After seeing it, Monica smiled reluctantly.

What I gave to Professor Alicia Harper was a high-end work like Free Form 1946, but what I gave to her was a funny dog ​​playing cards. What does that mean?

“It’s dogs playing poker.”

Chuck said calmly: "It's a painting I like very much."

"real?"

Monica was stunned.

"Um."

Chuck nodded: "Dogs themselves don't participate in gambling, so this painting looks very incongruous. I like the incongruity. Many bars hang this painting. You used to like to play in the bar downstairs. I think you will like it." "

"I like it, I like it very much!"

Monica reacted with infinite joy.

Before, she expected to get the same Free Form 1946 so that she could have what others had, but now that she thought about it, this painting was better. Not only was it down-to-earth and interesting, she could appreciate it, but Chuck had specially selected it for her situation. One of my favorite works.

Isn't this better than receiving the free form 1946 that already exists.

"Who doesn't like dogs?"

Chandler joked: "And it's very appropriate for a special day like tonight."

Monica understood the connotation, her face turned red, and she gave Chandler a fierce look.

"Sorry, I thought of some shadows from my childhood again."

Chandler shrugged and laughed at himself.

"..."

Monica was speechless and could only pretend not to understand the connotation. She couldn't put it down and put away the painting and asked Chuck to sit down.

"So, Chuck, what have you been busy with lately?"

Best friend Rachel covered her face and laughed.

“Class, work, treasure hunt.”

Chuck said casually, his eyes falling on the wounds on her face.

"Treasure hunt?"

Everyone was surprised: "Similar to what was filmed in the movie, find a treasure map and then search for it?"

"Give!"

Chuck took out a small bottle of ointment from his pocket and handed it to Phoebe: "Apply it on her wound and massage it. It will have a miraculous effect."

"Really?"

Rachel was pleasantly surprised.

Although her injury was not serious, it was really painful for her who had never experienced it before. If she had not had medical insurance, she would have gone to the hospital long ago.

"Um."

Chuck nodded.

"You are very familiar with us."

Phoebe took the ointment and smiled while applying it to Rachel and massaging it.

She is a flexible employee, and her main job is to give people massages.

"I can tell."

Chuck looked at her hands.

"Don't interrupt, let's talk about the treasure hunt."

Ross didn't like Rachel and the others looking at Chuck like this, so he interrupted unhappily.

"Yeah, I'm also interested in treasure hunting."

Chandler rubbed his hands and looked eager to try: "Do you remember that after Ross was dumped by Carol, he pitifully said that he didn't want to be single and wanted to be a wedding hero, but the next second Rachel ran away wearing a wedding dress. Then may I make a wish?"

"Remember, you wave your hand and say you want a million dollars."

Joey subconsciously recounted the original scene, then widened his eyes and pointed at Chandler with his finger.

"That's right! That's what I thought!"

Chandler said funny: "Maybe this is my wish coming true."

"The prize is indeed $1 million."

Chuck said.

"Look!"

Chandler was stunned for a moment, then jumped up and shouted, "I knew it!"

"bonus?"

Ross noticed the problem: "Isn't it a treasure hunt? How can it be a bonus?"

"It's that math scavenger hunt."

Monica thought of something and suddenly said: "Peggy also participated in that one?"

"Um."

Chuck nodded.

"Math scavenger hunt?"

Everyone exclaimed: "What kind of gameplay? Can we participate?"

The bonus is as high as 1 million US dollars, even if they know that they may not be able to do it, but what if.

"This is a common breakout game in mathematics."

Seeing that everyone was curious, Chuck gave them some popular science: "Each level is a math problem. After you solve it, you will get a coordinate or send the answer to the organizer, and then get clues to the next level, and proceed step by step. , those who pass the level can receive bonus rewards provided by the organizer.”

"Who is the organizer? So generous?"

Rachel was now particularly interested in money, her eyes shining: "And you mathematicians often play this kind of game? Are you mathematicians so rich?"

"There are many organizers, such as the Clay Mathematics Institute, CAML (Center for Applied Mathematical Logic), and many anonymous organizers."

"Generally the bonus amounts are pretty good," Chuck said.

“A million bonus is just nice?”

Ross was stunned.

Chuck gave him a knowing look.

Ross: "..."