Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

early morning!

The little snowflakes flying in the sky make pedestrians on the street feel extremely happy~

Manhattan.

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

David, who had stayed up all night and stayed up all night in his study, walked to the window with a cup of hot coffee in his hand, looked at the flying snowflakes outside, and let out a sigh of relief.

He looked out the window, constantly recalling all the experiences of the past half month in his mind, and the smile on his lips became more bitter.

Last night, he, Xena, and Otis Parker said they were stupid. .It’s not an exaggeration at all~

First, there is his engagement to Lilith!

Before the engagement ceremony, he very carelessly ignored the thoughts, attitudes and reactions of old Morgan and Nariya~

As Deborah said, why not go to Boston earlier and formally propose engagement to Lilith? !

Also, when he was riding back to Boston with Pine to visit Professor Armstrong Barclay~

Pine had hinted to him in words that he would arrange the engagement ceremony at noon! !

At breakfast the next day, Laura had an argument with her father, Morgan Sr., and her mother, Neria, and lost her temper. .

He stood up and expressed his attitude, saying frankly that the engagement ceremony with Lilith will be held as scheduled at the Plaza Hotel, and he loves whoever~

It was Pine who stepped forward again and offered to help David, making a list of invited guests. .

But these matters that need to be carefully arranged in advance should not be completed by Pine, but are the duties of the hostess Nariya!

Even if Old Morgan doesn’t have any objections, will Neriya feel comfortable?Will there be no emotions?

. . .

What he feels is even more stupid is that although he has fully overestimated the chain reactions caused by the butterfly effect, he has greatly underestimated the complexity of people's self-subjective consciousness in these chain reactions!

When people judge whether their actions are reasonable, whether they can maximize their interests, or whether they can achieve the desired results~

They tend to take all factors into consideration!

But we are all ordinary people, even those who have no plans. .

He is also a human being, not a god!

It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

But if everyone is in a different position, their perspective on the problem, the way they deal with the problem, and the results they want to obtain will naturally be different.

Just like David was preparing to invest in the gold market, Julie stood up and wanted to sell gold when the gold market transactions were semi-stagnant!

According to the market price, how much do you want to buy? .All OK? !

And this matter, Julie told Kaneshie Rothschild and Peter F. Wallenberg Jr. face to face. . !

The families behind them are all VIPs in the City of London who can influence the daily gold price trend!

So what is the explanation for Julie's behavior?

war?

Game?

Rivalry?

Have a script?

Redistribution?

Who to play?

Who pays?

David thought hard about these questions for a long time, but he still couldn't find the answer!

This pool of water in the international gold market. .Is it already so deep? ?

. . .

David shook his head with a wry smile, returned to the desk, put down the coffee cup, and frowned as he looked down at the "masterpiece" he had "completed" overnight. .

Now, things have completely exceeded the limits of his plans, imagination and control~

Where will it go and who will be the winner in the end. .

David couldn't even guess it, and he didn't bother to guess~

No matter who it is or what it says, it doesn’t matter!

What matters is what they did and how they did it. .

David put his hands on the desk, took a deep breath, picked up a pen, and wrote the date and name on the last page of the "masterpiece" he summarized from memory.

"Whoo~"

After writing.

David slumped down in his chair like a deflated rubber ball, staring blankly at the ceiling, waves of sleepiness coming over him crazily. .

----

Manhattan.

In the interrogation room of the nypd eighth branch.

Superintendent Allston's face turned dark. .It can almost no longer reflect light~

He lowered his head to check the interrogation record, glanced at the two old men whose combined age was over 120 years old, and asked helplessly.

"Which one of you is Billy? Who's Tad?"

"I... am Billy!"

"He's Tad..."

"You...why did you choose to rob the bank today?"

"Uh..." Billy, whose hair was almost completely white and whose face was ugly, tilted his head to look at his old friend and sighed.

"We didn't specifically choose a day, and we didn't specifically choose to rob a bank..."

"Oh~"

Auston threw the inquiry transcript in his hand on the table, turned his head and glanced at the door, and asked the two of them.

"Which of you came up with the idea for this robbery?"

"Me!" The earth-colored Tad raised his hand very simply and shook a pair of shiny "silver bracelets". .

Auston stared at him for a few seconds, nodded slightly, and fell into deep thought.

Billy opened his mouth, took two deep breaths, and then asked in a low voice: "That plainclothes police officer, are you okay?"

"Ok?"

"Hehe~"

Auston sat sideways on the table, looked at Billy who lowered his head, shrugged and said: "That shot of yours will allow him to get at least [-] yuan in compensation..."

"You said...is he okay?!"

"Ten thousand?" Billy repeated in surprise. He seemed to have found a little psychological comfort and lowered his head and stopped talking.

Tad turned his head and glanced at his old friend, with a mixture of regret and self-blame flashing in his eyes, and asked Auston.

"How long will our sentence be?"

Auston pursed his lips, stared at Tad and asked, "How long do you think you can live?"

Tad smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Ten years...?"

"No! Seven years, it should be about the same."

"...What about you? Billy!"

"me.."

"Two years is the most~"

"Haha~" Auston curled his lips and smiled, raising his finger and pointing at Billy.

"Your illness... should allow you to be released from prison early~"

"As for you... you'll probably die in prison."

"But these are all my guesses~"

"As for how the judge will rule, it depends on what kind of lawyer you can find!"

"lawyer?!"

"We don't have money to hire a lawyer..."

"Then we have to leave it to fate~" Auston stood up, spread his hands and smiled.

"..." Billy and Tad looked at each other, seeming to see it in each other's eyes. .

"Nothing..." At this time, Auston suddenly changed the subject, stared at the two old men, pondered for a while, and whispered.

"...Huh?" Both Billy and Tad looked at Auston, waiting for what he would say next.

"But... I can try to help you contact a lawyer~"

"He just needs a similar case to earn some pocket money."

"money?"

"But we... have no money!"

"Ha~ Of course I know you have no money!"

"You don't have to pay this money. The court will reimburse you for this expense."

"Court?"

"Will they still pay for our lawyers?"

"Of course!"

Auston smiled speechlessly at these two "law-illiterates" and waved his hands: "Okay~"

"When the lawyer decides to take the case, he will tell you the relevant legal regulations."

"I won't explain this to you~ He is the professional!"

"And you... just promise not to lie or do stupid things... that's all!"

"..OK!"

Tad nodded, watching Otis about to leave the interrogation room, thinking about the conversation just now, and suddenly raised his eyebrows and shouted.

"Officer, what's your name?"

"It's not important~" Auston held the door handle and smiled.

"Then... I wish you a Merry Christmas, Mr. Officer!"

"..Haha~"

"You too!"

"Merry Christmas!"

. . .

outside the interrogation room.

Auston smiled and waved to the two police officers and walked out of the police station.

He stood on the side of the street, raised his head and looked at the falling snowflakes, thinking of the lawyer Rich Roberts who was worried about child support payments recently.

He should be very interested in this case~

(Rich Roberts, appearing in Chapter 146, the character comes from the movie "American Gangster". He is a former DEA agent who became a lawyer.)

----

At noon~

New Jersey, Morrison Township.

David sat at the dining table, holding cutlery in his hands, his eyes red, and yawning one after another. .

Old David put a piece of fish into his mouth with a fork, turned his head and looked at his son's tired look, and said nothing~

Sierra's mother put down the tableware with some distress, and said to her son with concern: "If you're not hungry... just go up and take a nap first!"

"When you wake up, come down and eat...?"

"Forehead.."

David, who felt that his brain was running slowly, responded casually, squeezed out a smile, and said.

"It's okay~"

"I won't feel comfortable sleeping until I'm full!"

"..." Sierra's mother was speechless~

The younger sister of the Malik sisters, the girl with braces, Loisa, sucked the juice from her fingertips and asked with her big eyes flashing.

"Brother David!"

"You didn't sleep last night...what were you doing?"

"Did you go out to play?"

"..Hahaha~"

Loisa's childlike "soul torture" made everyone at the table laugh~

Susan, who was sitting next to David, touched Cui Yingying with her elbow and raised her eyebrows.

Cui Yingying looked at Susan and David strangely, then at Black Mike who was having a silly laugh, thought for a while, and answered for Loisa.

"He just flew back from London last night, and he's still jet-lagged, so he couldn't sleep..."

"jet lag?"

"Oh~ that's it!"

Loisa blinked, looked at her sister Salonia and asked: "Sister, do you know what the time difference is?"

"...Hahaha~" Salonia blushed and lowered her head to think amidst everyone's laughter. Just as she was about to say something, she heard David laughing across from her.

"Come on, Loisa, let me tell you what the jet lag is!"

"It's right... After our plane took off from London, we encountered a huge dark cloud in the sky..."

"The pilot of the plane tried hard to get the plane around the dark clouds~ but the dark clouds were too big... and there was no way around it~"

"So, he broadcast to us: Everyone, fasten your seat belts, we have to get through the dark clouds in the sky to get home!"

"Then he flew the plane, trying hard to find a safe flight route in the gaps between dark clouds and lightning~"

"But... our plane was not favored by the goddess of luck!"

"Inside that dark cloud, there is a very scary..."

"Ha~haa~"

"It's very scary..." David said and couldn't help but yawned, and his mind suddenly got stuck again. .

Loisa widened her eyes with curiosity and asked, "Did you... meet a monster that can fly and control dark clouds?"

"Uh... no!"

David put down the tableware, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his hands, and said with a smile: "At that time, we were all very nervous, thinking we would encounter monsters...or something even more terrifying~"

"The result... surprised us all!"

"We saw Santa Claus in the dark clouds!"

"He was sitting on a sleigh pulled by six reindeer, and he was carrying a big red package behind him."

"Eh~Santa Claus?!"

"You didn't lie to me?"

"Hahaha~ Of course... I lied to you!"

"Why is Santa Claus in the dark clouds?"

"Neither he nor those reindeer can fly at all!"

Loisa pouted, looking at everyone who was about to laugh again, a hint of "cunning" flashed in her eyes, and nodded.

"Yes~"

"Only the Tooth Fairy can fly!"

"If I put my fallen tooth under my pillow, the tooth fairy will know about it...and fly over in the middle of the night to take it away~"

"Wow~"

David raised his eyebrows in surprise and asked, "Then did she leave anything for you?"

"some!"

"She left 25 meters!"

"25?!"

"Hahahaha~"

"When I was little, the Tooth Fairy gave me 25 cents..."

"How come it's your turn and the price is still the same?"

"...?!" Loisa blinked, not knowing how to answer.

Sera's mother suppressed her laughter, rolled her eyes at her son, patted her little head, and said.

"When your last tooth falls out, remember to leave a note to the Tooth Fairy telling her that she doesn't have to come anymore... Got it?"

"Oh~" Loisa nodded sensibly and whispered with a regretful expression.

"Then I won't be able to exchange my teeth for 25 cents in the future, right?"

"Hahahaha~" Sierra's mother couldn't help it anymore, shook her head slightly and laughed.

David stood up with a smile, raised his juice cup, and said to his family: "Merry Christmas~"

"Hahaha~"

"Merry Christmas!"

. . .

The Christmas lunch with a relaxed atmosphere and full of "childlike" laughter is over~

Old David wiped the grease stains from the corners of his mouth, grabbed Black Mike, and said he was worried about the soda factory that was still working overtime and wanted to go for a tour.

Although Sierra's mother had objections to this, when she saw her son's "drowsy" appearance, she immediately forgot about her husband's "escape". .

David smiled and hugged his mother, walked up the stairs and returned to his room.

The two of them sat on the edge of the bed. Sierra's mother pinched David's ears with her hand and said with a smile: "Okay~ You can sleep for a while first!"

"I'm going to take them to the store and buy some fireworks."

"Salonia and Loisa have never set off fireworks with their own hands since they were young..."

"When you wake up, take them both to have some fun~"

"Yeah! No problem~"

David opened his arms, hugged Sierra's mother tightly, smelled the extremely familiar smell in his nose, and hummed softly.

"Mom ~ thank you!"

"Ok!"

"I know everything~"

Sierra’s mother gently patted his back with her hand, feeling warm all over her body and heart. .

She suddenly sighed inexplicably in her heart: The original "dumb" son still hasn't changed!

PS:

I feel dizzy and chilly today. .

Maybe I have a cold and I've already taken medicine, that's all I have~

Feel sorry!

bow~