Hollywood Secret Garden

Chapter 157 Father and Grandpa

During dinner, the atmosphere was a bit delicate. Grandpa always wanted to say a few words about his father. From house design to furniture decoration to dressing, everything escaped his criticism. He looked more like grandma than grandma. grandfather.

And the father's reaction is also very intriguing. Regarding the "provocation" of the grandfather, he mostly kept silent, pretending not to arrive, and only muttered a few words occasionally.If it was before, I am afraid that tit for tat would have already been fought.

However, the performance of the two women in the Mason family is very interesting. Whenever grandpa expresses any opinion, at most two sentences will be distracted by grandma.Similarly, as soon as the father starts to mutter, the mother will immediately take over the conversation, and the cooperation is very tacit.Angela, who was watching from the sidelines, was even more puzzled, what on earth...what's going on?

Originally, she really wanted to ask her uncle secretly, since he was also invited, she must know something about it, but Frank is a busy person at the moment, and whenever the above situations happen, it is always his turn to come out and say something else Yes, to adjust the atmosphere, so throughout the dinner, Angela could only occasionally tease Lulu, and at the same time prevent her from touching her face with her creamy mouth.

After dinner, everyone chatted for a while in the living room, and then Frank left with the yawning little Emma, ​​while his father, Jared, went to the study. Although he came home on time today, there are still many things to do To deal with it, and mother Elena went to the garden with grandma, as if deliberately leaving time for the grandparents and grandchildren.

"Your acting is getting better and better, my dear. I have seen every movie of yours." Grandpa stood in front of the display rack, looking at the four trophies on it-two statuettes, two gramophones — Mimi said with a smile.

"Thank you for the compliment. Then, Grandpa, which of my characters do you like the most?" Angela sat in front of the bed, holding the drawing board and waving her arms without raising her head.

"I like almost all of them." Grandpa shrugged.

"Please. Grandpa, it sounds like you're prevaricating me. Can you give me a definite answer?" Angela rolled her eyes, looked up at the old man, and then continued to draw, "Don't say It's the girl in red in "Schindler's List." She lowered her head and didn't notice that when she said "Schindler's List", the corners of the old man's eyes twitched unconsciously.

"Okay. I think... it should be "The Sixth Sense", "Grandpa quickly adjusted and said with a chuckle, "The image of a weak but strong girl makes everyone who has seen it feel pity. "

"Well, I think so." Angela said smugly, "The Sixth Sense", which is very different from traditional horror thrillers.It received unanimous praise from film critics as soon as it was released, especially the reasonable and unexpected ending, which surprised many people, and the total box office even reached 6 million, which is the same as in the previous life-you must know that compared to 5 years later , Now the dollar is still very valuable - let Disney make a lot of money.The girl's performance was also full of admiration, especially the one that made her think hard, kneeling in front of the statue of the Son and the Virgin, holding her hands trembling and crying silently, which made many people feel sympathetic.

"But—" Grandpa changed the subject at this moment. "Tell me the truth, Chrissy, did Jedi really fail to fulfill his duties as a father?"

"God! When did you start to believe what the tabloids said? Dear grandpa!" Angela's face immediately collapsed.She was furious at the mention of this.Because the subject matter is similar. "The Sixth Sense" has to be compared with "Hide and Seek".If it's just to compare the acting skills or the content of the story, it's fine.But many tabloids who fear the world will not be chaotic claim that the appearance of "The Sixth Sense" once again shows Miss Mason's Electra plot!Miss Mason's lack of fatherly love and so on.

When the movie came out last November, no one knew about her parentage, so tabloid speculation about her family was at its peak.In addition, the image in "The Sixth Sense" is indeed deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so many fans wrote to Disney to express their condolences to her.For a period of time, those letters were sent to Disney in bundles by the postman.There were even calls for the National Association for the Protection of Children to investigate her family, causing a lot of trouble.It took Angela some clarification during several visits to calm this down.

"It's not about the tabloids, my dear. I know what Jedi is like." The old man continued with a chuckle.The half-truth made the girl continue to roll her eyes.

"Okay. I can understand it as grandpa scolding his son in front of his granddaughter, or grandpa scolding her father in front of his granddaughter?" Angela asked with a shrug.

"That depends on what you think." Grandpa said with a smile, then glanced at the drawing board in her hand: "Are you ready? Standing is very tiring."

"Okay, it will be ready soon." Angela used her fingers to make the final smear on the paper, signed her name and date, and handed it to grandpa with a smile.

"Well, the drawing is really good." The old man sitting on the chair looked at the sketch in his hand, nodded and said, "Actually, Chris, if you do other things, you will do well."

"Of course, I'm a genius!" The laughing voice of the girl who went to wash her hands in the bathroom came out along with the sound of running water.

After washing her hands, she ran out, moved a stool and sat down in front of the old man: "Okay, Grandpa, how did you come to Los Angeles to see us?"

"I miss my good granddaughter, why not come and see her?" the old man said with a smile.

"Just like that?" Angela blinked, "Or came to visit Ai Ai and Vivi? You have only been to Los Angeles once since I was born."

"Well... well, this is indeed a problem." Grandpa showed a wry smile, and then raised his hands, "To be honest, Chris, this time...well... Mary invited us, but I I will agree, it is indeed because I came to see you, dear, I can swear." He stared at her, his eyes were full of kindness, as if the girl would slip away from him if he didn't pay attention.

Angela was startled, scratched her face in embarrassment, and lowered her head. She was joking just now, but why did grandpa say it...so solemnly?

"Okay. I won't disturb you anymore." Grandpa saw her thoughts, but didn't explain much, and left the room with a smile.

After grandpa left, Angela walked around the room twice. After she came to her senses, she still felt that there was something wrong. When grandpa said that she was invited by her mother, there was an obvious pause. What exactly did she not know?

Could it be...a thought suddenly popped up in my mind.Could it be that father invited grandpa to come over!The girl suddenly opened her mouth wide, a little unbelievable, but the more she thought about it, the more likely it was. Thinking about the behavior of her father and grandpa, she suddenly stomped her feet, opened the door and walked out.

Quickly came to the outside of father's study.Angela straightened her clothes, then exhaled, and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Jared's voice came from behind the door.

"Hey, Dad, are you still busy?" The girl pushed the door open, and the father was wearing a white shirt and his coat was hanging on the hanger, sitting at the desk and looking at the documents in his hand.

"Chris? What's the matter?" Father raised his head and asked in surprise.At the same time, he tidied up the documents on the desk.Put it aside, and then looked at her daughter flawlessly: "What's wrong?"

"Well..." Angela thought for a while, but decided to get straight to the point: "Okay, Dad, why did you suddenly invite grandpa to live here?"

"This...well..." Jared probably didn't expect the girl to be so direct, and Jared didn't react for a while.After hesitating for a while, he said, "Who... told you that I invited Grandpa over?"

Angela folded her hands, tilted her head and looked at her father, with an expression of don't try to lie to me.A few seconds later, the father coughed dryly, and then continued: "Well, I invited grandpa over, but it is normal and logical for a son to invite his father to live here. There is no one..."

"Okay, Dad. Don't treat me as a child," the daughter interrupted unceremoniously: "If you don't tell me, I'll ask mom or grandma, if they don't tell me, I'll just ask grandpa directly! "With that, she made a gesture to leave.

"Hey, wait, Chris!" Father yelled hurriedly, and after Angela stopped, he sighed with a wry smile: "Okay, I'll tell you, but don't tell grandpa, okay?"

The daughter raised her eyebrows and sat down at the desk: "No problem!"

Jared looked at his daughter helplessly, and after considering his words, he sighed and said, "Actually...I invited grandpa over because...he has a little problem with his heart." Grandpa has a heart problem? ! Angela jumped up from the chair immediately, put her hands on the table, leaned forward and looked at her father in surprise.

"Hey, Chris, don't get excited, it's just a small problem, and it's all right now." Father said reassuringly.

"The heart is the most important organ in the human body. There is no small problem at all! Dad!" Angela almost blurted out, and then she realized that her tone was correct, and hurriedly said: "Okay, why does Grandpa have a heart problem? Who told you?"

"Your grandma told me, and Mr. Evner also confirmed the news. It's not surprising, as you get older, you will always have some physical problems, plus... when you watched "Schindler's List", your The camera is too powerful... You know, your grandpa loves you very much." Jared said with a gesture.

"That shot of mine is too powerful?" Angela was a little confused. Which shot of mine was too powerful?Unless it's which, but...

"That scene was cut before it was officially released." The girl called out.

"Grandpa watched the film during the trial screening, and he is the investor of this film." Father explained.

"Oh, my God..." Angela sat down on the chair, didn't know what to say, waved her hands unconsciously, and finally covered her head.

"Listen, my dear, I can't blame you for this, don't think too much, understand?" Jared came out from the desk and held his daughter's hand.

"Yes, I know, Dad, but when I think of Grandpa because..." the girl sighed, unable to continue.

"Then spend more time with him, during this time, okay?" The father stroked his daughter's hair, and said with a smile, "I plan to ask them to stay until you have your summer vacation, and then you will accompany them to New York, where they will live." How about coming back in the last month or two? Originally, I wanted to tell you about it on the day you won the award, but you were in a bad mood that day, so it has been delayed until now."

"Okay, no problem, anyway, I go every year, and I just happened to go to see Natalie and the others." Angela nodded vigorously, then stood up: "Okay, then I'll go to bed early, tomorrow Sunday, I You can accompany your grandparents to wander around Los Angeles."

"It's very good of you to think so, my dear." The father touched her head, suddenly remembered something, and then said solemnly: "There is one more thing you should pay attention to, Chris! You-know, You can't tell your grandpa about this, understand? In fact, your grandma knew that it was my invitation, but what she told your grandpa was your mother's invitation, although your grandpa must have known in private that it was my invitation, But he doesn't know that I know he has a heart problem, so..."

"Okay, okay, I get it, I won't say a word!" Angela rolled her eyes and walked out, too lazy to finish listening. This is probably the first pair of father and son in the United States, right?