Manhattan Reborn 1978

a new day.

new York.

Manhattan, upstairs at Wildfire Bar on 42nd Street.

David, who was still sleeping soundly, suddenly felt a little itchy on his exposed arm. .

He unconsciously grabbed it a few times with his hands, rubbed his nose again, and prepared to turn over and continue sleeping for a while.

. . .

bedside.

Susan turned her head and glanced at Cui Yingying and Lilith behind her, making a "guilty" face. .

Lilith waved her little fist in encouragement, asking Susan to be more "vigorous". .

Cui Yingying covered her mouth tightly with both hands, for fear that she might not be able to hold back her laughter. .

But just as Susan was hesitating whether to follow Lilith's "bewitchment". .

"Wow~"

"Ah!~!"

"Hahahaha~"

Cui Yingying and Lilith stumbled out of the bedroom in fright when David suddenly jumped up from the bed and screamed. .

David, who successfully raided the "Prank Trio", lifted up the quilt, frightened Susan who was lying softly on the carpet beside the bed, "caught" her over, and "taught" her a lesson~

. . .

Twenty minutes later.

David wiped his wet hair with a towel, walked to the dining room, and said hello to the butler Acklade~

"Morning~ Ackleide!"

"Good morning, sir!"

"Good morning...sir!"

Following Aclade's voice, a female voice with an accent came from the kitchen door.

David turned his head and saw Chasida, who was wearing a black maid outfit and a white apron around her waist. He raised his eyebrows and gave her a friendly smile and said.

"Susan!"

"Breakfast, is it ready?"

"Okay~ Come right away!"

"Hey~ Where's Lilith?"

Butler Acklade explained with a smile on his face: "She just... left~"

"Walk?"

"Did she run away?"

"..Haha~"

David curled his lips helplessly, sat at the dining table, and teased Cui Yingying, who was walking over: "That coward ran away... What about you?"

"Aren't you running?"

"..Haha~"

Cui Yingying put down the dinner plate in her hand and said with a "fearless" smile: "This is my home!"

"Where can I run?"

"Hahaha~"

David pulled Cui Yingying, let her sit on his lap, and smiled at Susan who came out of the kitchen.

"Look at her!"

"She won't run away...Don't even think about running away tonight!"

Susan pretended to curl her lips in disdain, put down the plate, and asked: "Knight David, do you really want to duel with the two of us?"

"Hahaha~What are you afraid of?"

"I've never been afraid!"

Susan picked up a sliced ​​peach from the plate and stuffed it into David's mouth.

"Cut~"

"You just say you're not afraid!"

"Well.."

"who said it!?"

"Hahaha~"

David chewed the peach in his mouth, let go of Cui Yingying, whose face was flushed, and let her and Susan sit down at the dining table.

Breakfast hour.

Susan placed a fresh fruit platter in front of David and said, "This is the first batch of fruit shipped after Polly came back from the south~"

"How did you like the peach you just ate?"

"Mmm~ delicious!"

“Sweet, delicious and juicy~”

Susan, amidst David's "obscene" praise, glared at him fiercely, turned to Cui Yingying and said.

"You should eat too!"

"OK.."

Cui Yingying's face turned pink, and she put a piece of cut watermelon into her mouth with a small fork.

David smiled evilly, raised his eyebrows at Susan and said, "Look, the watermelon juice at the corner of Yingying's mouth... what does it look like?"

"fxxx!"

"You bastard!"

"I have endured you for a long time!"

"Endure? Who told you to endure it?"

"..."

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Breakfast ended with a burst of laughter~

After David put down the tableware, he stood up and walked to the kitchen door to see the fresh fruits that had been delivered to the refrigerator.

in the kitchen.

In the corner of the spacious kitchen, a small square table with a side length of about two feet (60 centimeters) was newly placed. The housekeeper Acklade and the maid Chasida were each sitting on a high stool, eating breakfast quietly. .

David smiled and opened the refrigerator, took out a large piece of watermelon and two peaches, walked to Ackleide and put them down, smiling.

"You guys should try it too!"

"Yup!"

Susan leaned at the door of the kitchen, folded her arms and smiled at David: "Yingying and I just wanted to give them a plate, but Acklade refused..."

"Oh?"

David raised his eyebrows at Aclade, gave Chasida a peach in his hand, and said.

"You called...Chasida!?"

"Yes, sir."

"You have always lived in a warm place in the south, right?"

"..Um!"

"Are you used to the winter in New York?"

Chasida raised her head slightly, there was no blood on her light wheat-colored skin~

She scratched her auburn ponytail and seemed to be "trembling." .

"I can get used to it!"

"it is good!"

"Chasida!"

"Frankly speaking, Farr Bocchivino and Auston are both my recognized friends~"

"I helped Auston get promoted in the police department and he never did what he did that night... thank me!"

"He didn't ask me, and neither did Far!"

"do you understand?"

Chasida tried her best to straighten her slightly thin body, looked directly at David, and whispered: "Understood!"

David's eyes shone with encouragement and appreciation, and he smiled: "It seems that that bad experience did not defeat you."

"You are brave and strong~"

"A life like shit needs people like you who are unwilling to bow to it and teach it a lesson with a wave of fist!"

"Hehe~"

"..."

Chasida's breathing stopped for a few seconds, then she took a deep breath, pursed her lips tightly, and nodded.

David tilted his head and glanced at Susan and Cui Yingying at the kitchen door, and continued to Chasida.

“Americans are accustomed to enjoying the services of others and at the same time giving corresponding rewards~”

"But this is my home!"

"Here, you can choose to remain silent and not answer, but you can't lie to us~"

"Understand?"

"..clear!"

"ok~"

"We are all used to being honest with others~"

"So, I also hope that you can feel the warmth and attention from us~"

"Understand?"

"understand!"

This time, Chasida's answering voice was louder.

David smiled and extended his right hand to her: "Welcome, our new member!"

"..Thanks!"

David let go of Chasida's cold, wet little hand, turned to look at Ackleide, and smiled.

"You too! Ackleide~"

"I already consider you part of the family..."

"I am not a medieval king! This is not my castle, and Susan is not a queen with a good face and an evil heart..."

"promise me!"

"From now on, I need to be more relaxed..."

"Treat this as your home, okay?"

"Okay, sir!"

Ackleide slowly stood up from the high stool, took the initiative to open his arms to David, and smiled: "Thank you!"

"Hahaha~ You're welcome!"

David hugged Aclade happily and caught a glimpse of Cui Yingying out of the corner of his eye.

He let go of Ackleide with a smile, shook his head and said, "I almost forgot another important thing."

"Acklade, if I don't run into Auston when I go out later... remember to help me find him~"

"Let him find a way to resolve Cui Yingying and Chaxida's right of abode issue~"

"Since he has come to me to beg me, I have to give him a chance to return the favor...right?"

"Haha~" Aclade glanced at Chasida who looked surprised, smiled and nodded.

David also followed his gaze, looked at Chasida standing in front of him again, smiled and sighed: "Chasida... tsk tsk~"

"If you want to start a wonderful new life with us..."

"I suggest you change your name and appearance, and say goodbye to your old self."

Chasida opened her mouth, blinked a few times involuntarily, and nodded slightly.

David's eyes stayed on her face. After a few seconds of pause, he put away his smile and said.

"but!"

"If, one day in the future, you want to completely settle with the past..."

"Please tell me first!"

"I can help you prepare money, pistols and cars!"

"Manhattan is very close to New Jersey!"

"As long as you leave Manhattan, the New York police no longer have the power to arrest you across the border~"

"..."

Susan, standing at the door of the kitchen, covered her eyes with her hands and whispered to Cui Yingying beside her: "What on earth is he talking about?"

"Um...it's nothing, right?"

"Hehe~"

"You can still laugh?"

Cui Yingying tilted her head and looked at the coquettish Susan, and said in a very low voice: "What we should be worried about most...isn't this?"

"..."

Feeling speechless, Susan tilted her head, looked over David's shoulder, fell on Chasida's "rich" face, curled her lips and whispered.

"He's such an asshole!"

"..yes!"

Cui Yingying agreed very much and put her arms around Susan. She quietly looked at David's back, which was not tall and strong. The smile at the corner of her mouth "bloomed" silently and brightly~

Because when she comes to open~

What Chasida needs at this moment is definitely not sympathy and pity!

They will only remind Chasida of the time when she was locked in an iron cage. .

----

Manhattan.

Gramercy Garden Hotel, 21st Street, Midtown.

Griselda Blanco, who came from Florida, wore a loose crimson nightgown, walked out of the bedroom of the suite, and smiled at Field, her agent in New York.

"Hi~ Morning, Field!"

"morning!"

Field held the briefcase in his hand, smiled and nodded to Blanco, followed her footsteps, walked to the living room and sat down.

Blanco took out a pack of cigarettes from the pocket of his nightgown, lit one, blew out the smoke and laughed.

"Let's start~ I'm listening."

"Ok!"

Field took out six documents from his briefcase, placed them in front of Blanco, and introduced them.

"These are the details for our establishment of a trading company in New York."

"Also, the New York Police Department, the Maritime Port, the city tax department, the state tax department..."

Blanco picked up a document casually, glanced at it a few times, threw it aside, shrugged and said, "I don't understand any of this~"

"As long as you can handle it~"

"..."

Field smiled and nodded, put aside the idea of ​​continuing to explain and introduce, and asked.

"Is there anything you need me to do?"

"Hmm... um..."

"Not yet~"

"correct!"

"How are cocaine sales going on here in New York these days?"

"not bad!"

"Where's the New York police? Where's dea?"

"None of them come out to cause trouble?"

Field leaned back with a smile, raised his hand and pointed in a direction, and said, "They were all attracted by the robbery that happened yesterday~"

"Oh.."

"I saw that case on the news last night~"

Blanco crossed his legs and sighed: "In just over an hour, we grabbed more than 600 million yuan!"

"As expected...it's so quick to grab money!"

"Hehe~"

Field nodded in agreement: "In terms of speed, it is indeed very fast..."

“But it’s hard to spend this money~”

"..??Why?"

"Didn't the TV news say... that the money was all second-hand old banknotes?"

"Yes! What was said in the news is correct~"

Field made a gesture to Blanco that the two of them were very familiar with, and said: "The TV news also said that the robbers were very familiar with the terrain of the crime scene and the internal structure of the building~"

"Moreover, they quickly hijacked the night shift supervisor and opened the safe where valuables were stored~"

"There is a mole..."

"There is no doubt about that!"

"So, tell me, what do they need to do most now?"

A "cruel" smile appeared on Blanco's lips: "Get rid of all the insiders as soon as possible!"

"Hahaha~ That's right!"

"They think so, and so do we, reporters, and police..."

Blanco's mouth curved a little wider, and he continued: "So, just pay close attention... which bastards have become particularly rich recently, spending money like water..."

"We'll find them!"

"That's right!"

Field shook his head slightly and sighed: "I have been poor for a long time and then become rich..."

"Even the New York police are idiots...there are no clues~"

"How many of those robbers can withstand the stimulation and temptation of this wealth?"

"Hehe~"

Blanco also sighed: "Make money and spend money..."

"Only by holding on to this wealth can we prevent people from falling back to the bottom again... falling into the abyss~"

"Field!"

"I saw Polly in Jacksonville, and that... Cohen time~"

"To be honest, I don't hate them!"

"Because it was them who made me understand..."

"Money can make me crazy, and it can also make me lose my life~"

"I'm dead...what's the point of asking for money?"

Blanco tilted his head back with a hint of self-deprecation and said: "I crawled out of the slums of Medellin, Colombia."

“More than 30 years and countless struggles have led to the wealth we have today~”

"Why should I fight for money?"

"Hehe~"

"So, Field~"

"Now I just want to use the next few decades to keep this wealth...and don't let it slip away from my hands!"

Field slowly put away his smile, sat up straight, and asked seriously.

"Have you decided?"

"Yes~"

"Didn't I tell you on the phone a long time ago?"

"Then...why do you want to come to New York with Meyer Lansky this time?"

"He~"

Blanco put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray and thought for a moment: "Polly went to Florida to meet him, she must be interviewing some deals that I don't know about!"

"I don't have any extravagant expectations to gain anything from their deal~"

"But I must let them know my decision and determination!"

Blanco also sat up straight and said to Field seriously: "Some time ago, when I was traveling, I saw a lot and wanted to understand a lot~"

"Money is only a small part of the benefits~"

"Profit is an invisible and intangible lifeline or lifeline that connects everyone!"

“Only by allowing myself to be involved in this network of intertwined interests can I continue to enjoy the life that wealth brings to me~”

"So, I don't care who is in this network~"

"I only care about who holds my lifeline...who holds my lifeline!"

"..."

Field's serious face showed a very surprised expression.

He stared at Blanc for a while, nodded and said: "The way you said these words just now is really special... so charming~"

"Hahahaha~"

"When you speak in such a tone, you are the shameless bastard Field I know!"

"Hehe~"

Field also smiled self-deprecatingly: "Sorry~"

"I quit, and I have changed~"

"Oh?"

"Have you really given up gambling and drugs?"

"Ok!"

"..."

Blanco patted his thigh lightly with his hand a few times, stood up, walked to Field, and chuckled.

"Let's go~"

"Let me see...have you changed anything?"

Field raised his head feeling "ridiculous", winked and asked, "Now?"

"Correct!"

"But I have to go later..."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Blanco reached out and grabbed Field's tie, "leading" him all the way into the bedroom. .

Between the two of them, a familiar yet unfamiliar battle broke out~

----

Manhattan.

At the intersection of 40th Street and No. 12th Avenue, there is a small company building.

David stood on the side of the street, looking at the repainted exterior wall of the small building, and asked Ben Whitcott next to him.

"When did you paint the walls?"

"A few days ago~"

"Haha~ Your answer is the same as not saying anything!"

Ben Whitcott shrugged with an "innocent" expression and followed David into the small building.

. . .

Five floors.

Polly's office.

David seemed to have forgotten the "courtesy" of knocking on the door first and asking for permission before entering. .

He directly pushed open the office door and shouted into the air in the office.

"The last time you called me was 16 hours and 42 minutes ago!"

"I was thinking about it last night..."

David blinked a few times and saw Polly looking strange and surprised behind the desk, as well as old Malkin and an unknown person sitting opposite her. .Old man~

David licked his lips, waved to old Malkin, and said with a "bright" smile: "Hi Dad! Good morning!"

"...Hahahahaha~"

Meyer Lansky, the gang leader who came from Florida, couldn't hold it back and slapped his legs a few times and laughed~

Old Malkin's eyebrows were raised and lowered, his eyes were larger and smaller, and the beard on his lips trembled uncontrollably. He glanced at his old friend Meyer, who was about to laugh, and sighed.

"What are you doing here at this hour?"

"Forehead.."

David walked up to Old Malkin with a smile, and explained "carefully" while massaging his shoulders while sitting down.

"Polly hasn't been there to see me for two days..."

"I know she is busy with work~"

"But she should also cherish her body more... shouldn't she?"

"So I just thought~ I must let her go home early today and have a nice meal!"

"Then, I'll give her a full-body relaxing massage and sleep with her..."

"roll!"

"Hey~"

"Hahahahahaha~"

. . .

Seeing David "get out" of the office like a "frustrated little daughter-in-law" with a resentful look on his face. .

Meyer Lansky asked, covering his chest with his hands and giving old Malkin an exaggerated smile.

"Hahahaha~ You...where did you find such a shameless boy?"

"..."

Old Malkin covered his forehead with his hands and was speechless~

Polly behind the desk kept synchronized movements with her father, also covering her forehead with her right hand, speechless~

"Hahahaha~"

Meyer Lansky laughed wildly and turned to Polly and asked: "Haaha~"

"Is that him?"

"You're right?"

Polly moved her right hand, covering almost half of her face, shook her head and said, "That's right~"

"Besides him, the only thing I can choose is..."

"Hahahaha~fxxx!"