Hearing Old Albert's familiar voice, Chen Mo could not help but smile, warm as sunshine.
"Eddie, make me a cup of coffee first, then tell me what happened while I was away."
Old Albert took great pride in Chen Mo's fondness for his coffee. A kind smile appeared on his face as he gave Chen Mo a slight bow and said gently, "As you wish, Master!"
Soon, when Old Albert appeared again, he carried a silver tray bearing an antique silver coffee set—the very set they had used ever since Chen Mo first traveled to the world of "Captain America," hired Eddie Albert in Liverpool, Britain, when he had still been a German war refugee making a living by drawing portraits in the square.
Though the coffee set had not been particularly expensive at the time, it was exquisitely made and would have been a rare antique even in the modern age. Yet to Chen Mo, together with the familiar aroma of coffee now reaching his nose, it formed one of his warmest memories of the movie worlds.
Of course, those memories should also have included Old Albert's kind, gentle face and his slightly aged yet tolerant figure. But now, looking at Old Albert's face—that of a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties—and his tall, upright build, Chen Mo could not help but smile.
Compared to the old man with graying hair and a face marked by hardship, Chen Mo preferred seeing him as he was now.
Old Albert did not know what Chen Mo was thinking. Carrying the tray to Chen Mo's side, he first set the sole coffee cup and saucer before him, then picked up the coffee pot and slowly poured him a cup.
Dark brown coffee flowed slowly from the long, slender spout, trailing clouds