Chapter 447 Chinatown Detective: Don’t Dream

Author: Qingsi Looking Back

"Are you speaking Chinese?"

Caroline heard it immediately and was surprised: "Why do you feel like you speak more smoothly and naturally than she does, Chuck?"

"What's so strange about this!"

MAX smiled and said: "Boss is a real super genius. Whatever language you want to learn, you can definitely learn the most authentic one."

Tim's sister looked at Chuck with much softer eyes, and couldn't help but said: "If Tim is still alive, he will definitely be able to chat with you! Your Chinese is equally good."

That’s right!

Although there are many dialects in Chinese, Chuck speaks the Hokkien dialect she learned from her mother, which is pure and natural and is better than what her brother speaks.

Besides, they are all geniuses and should have many things in common.

"Your brother must have some friends on the street, right?"

Officer Max reminded again.

"No, just friends from school!"

Tim's sister insisted.

"Can we see his room?"

Chuck asked in English.

He really couldn't stand Sister Tim's poor Chinese.

"good."

Tim's sister did not refuse and took the initiative to take them there.

Compared with ordinary young people, the room is relatively clean and tidy, and the walls are covered with various posters.

Chuck's eyes fell on a dazzling large poster.

"How is he similar to Einstein or Patrick Wien?"

Detective Max saw Chuck looking at the face photo and complained in confusion.

Chuck didn't answer.

In his eyes, Einstein could not be compared with a teacher.

At the same time, his desire to redress Tim's grievance became even stronger.

In the world of American TV series, he unexpectedly saw a Chinese-American genius boy who had his teacher's portrait and Einstein's portrait posted in his room. He instantly identified with Tim.

This time it’s real recognition!

"He went to see a plastic surgeon."

Detective Max checked the room again, turned to an appointment registration record, and said to Tim's sister at the door: "Want to remove the tattoo?"

"That was because he was ignorant when he was young and was dragged over to get a tattoo."

Tim's sister explained: "When he went to middle school, he never played with them again, and he never broke the law. He was a good kid!"

"Don't get excited, I'm just asking casually."

Detective Max quickly signaled: "Maybe they are unwilling to let him withdraw?"

"He has quit for five or six years. If he didn't let it go, how could he wait until now?"

Sister Tim retorted.

"Are you sure they haven't come looking for him again?"

Chuck looked into Sister Tim's eyes.

"I am sure!"

Sister Tim looked directly at Chuck with her big eyes.

"I believe you, then this can basically be ruled out."

Chuck nodded: "Do you remember anyone who threatened Tim and you? Any threats!"

"No threat..."

Tim's sister shook her head subconsciously, and then saw Chuck looking at her insistently. She could only think carefully: "Carl's mother called, and his brother..."

Speaking of this, she explained to everyone: "Karl is Tim's classmate and friend."

"I know that he is a genius second only to Tim, and he also got into a noble high school with a genius scholarship."

MAX answered: "Both of them signed up for the Helms Science Competition. They also lost to Tim for the NASA award before."

"What did Carl's mother and brother say when they called?"

Chuck asked.

"Carl is a good boy, but his mother is not."

Tim’s sister carefully considered her words: “She usually never says hello when she meets us, but after Tim won the NASA award, she called excitedly and said that we are not real Americans, so why should we win the award...

"

"I want the exact words!"

Chuck looked her in the eyes and reminded: "I know you have a cultural custom of treating others politely, but this matter involves murder, and murder is the result of intense emotions.

So I need to know what they really said when they called and what their emotions were like at that time."

"Did not you say……"

Tim's sister guessed something. She never expected it. She looked at Chuck in disbelief, covered her mouth, and said in a trembling voice: "Do you mean to say that a Chinese child does not deserve to win the award?"

No one answered her.

Only her heartbreaking cry: "But Tim is a real Chinese-American!!!"

"Do not be sad."

MAX tried to comfort him: "I was also called white trash at the beginning. It was always a conflict of class, not race.

So what if I'm an American?

I'm the same age as Tim, and if I tell you about my childhood experiences over the years, you might think that death is not the most painful thing."

"Exact words!"

Chuck ignored Sister Tim's heart-wrenching accusations. In his opinion, if he couldn't understand such an obvious fact, it would be useless for anyone else to say anything.

"After Tim received the NASA award, Carl's mother called him many times in the past six months, 9 to 10 times."

Tim's sister cried while saying: "She said that Carl should not be friends with Tim. Tim is using Carl and using Carl's wisdom to make profits! She called me brother..."

After saying this, she paused, tried her best to control her emotions, and said the insulting name.

"A Chinaman! She said, 'You Chinamen are not real Americans.' Carl's brother called and said, if Tim continues to steal Carl's ideas, we will definitely regret it."

"OMG!"

Caroline exclaimed: "This is pure racism!"

The insulting slur of Chinaman can be called scolding Nico in front of African Americans, and it is a familiar synonym for racial discrimination.

"You didn't call the police."

Detective Max frowned.

If he had called the police, he would have found out long ago.

"What? So you didn't call the police?"

Caroline exclaimed in disbelief: "In half a year, there have been 10 abusive phone calls. Brother Carl's call is even more of a threat from Chi Guoguo. You haven't even called the police once?"

"In our culture, there is no culture of calling the police."

Tim's sister cried.

"This is not Chinese culture."

Chuck corrected: "Humility and tolerance may be Chinese culture, but not calling the police is definitely not! This is just a twisted habit formed after your tolerance culture automatically adapted to the United States."

Just kidding, on the other side of the ocean, it is recognized that it is the right way to go to the people's police when something happens. When you can't bear it anymore, you can choose to call the police without hesitation.

But after arriving in the United States, there is no word "people" in front of the American police. Looking at the law enforcement habits of American police including the NYPD from a historical perspective, Chinese Americans including Tim's family naturally have a culture of not calling the police.

Compared with the uncontrollability and risks after calling the police, it is relatively safer to tolerate and not call the police.

This is not the best choice.

But it is a choice between history and survival!

It is said that when one goes to country, do as the Romans do. Tim's family, including Tim, is trying hard to adapt to the free country that exists here in the United States, but they have never learned the customs that should be learned and changed.

That is resistance!
To be continued...