Manhattan Reborn 1978

Europe.

London, England.

Heathrow International Airport.

In the light morning fog, a passenger plane from Paris landed smoothly on the runway.

Two 10 minutes later.

Odis Parker followed the flow of people and walked to the passenger exit. From a distance, he saw his old friend Mr. Fair waiting here.

The intelligence businessman Feir looked at Mr. Parker walking towards him, took off his hat with a deliberate smile, and joked.

"Hey~ I thought I would never see you in London again!"

"..." Mr. Parker held the brim of his hat with his hand expressionlessly, and his eyes quickly fell on a middle-aged man in the distance.

Mr. Fair seemed not to care about his indifference, he walked forward enthusiastically and whispered.

"That's Wild Smith from MI[-], the man sent here..."

"He must be at the top of the list of people who least want to see you in London!"

Mr. Parker stared at the middle-aged man in the distance for a while, then suddenly gave his old friend Feier a "gentleman" smile and said.

"How much did you earn this time?"

"Hehe~"

Mr. Fair waved his hand and made a gesture of invitation: "All public information about you in New York + information about your return to Paris and London this time, a total of 500 pounds."

Mr. Parker glanced at Fair's deliberately waving hat and asked with a smile: "Then you used the money to buy a James Lock & Co. hat?"

"Hahaha~" Mr. Fair said in a low voice as he laughed loudly, put on the hat he bought specially at No. 6 James Street.

"I made an appointment for you yesterday."

"The Duchess of Devonshire will be at Asthall Manor today, waiting for your visit."

Mr. Parker nodded, walked slowly out of the airport hall, and looked into the foggy sky directly ahead.

"I remember... there was a flower shop on the way to Astor Hall Manor?"

"Have!"

"I have already prepared a gift for you, do you still want to buy flowers?"

"Hmm~"

Mr. Parker raised the corners of his lips and chuckled: "There is no woman who doesn't love flowers."

Mr. Fair raised his eyebrows and said humorously to himself: "There are exceptions! My wife doesn't like it..."

"Hahaha~"

----

The other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

new York.

Early morning~

Several loaded garbage trucks were driving through the deserted streets of Manhattan.

42nd Street, in front of Wildfire Bar.

Old Hawk, the street sweeper, pushed a four-wheeled garbage truck, waved to Mengo, the steel-toothed dog standing at the door of the bar, and said with a smile.

"Morning~"

Menge opened the door and waved to him: "Come in and sit down!"

"it is good!"

Old Hawk pushed the garbage truck forward a certain distance, took off a bag from the handle, carried it in his hand, walked to the door of the bar, and said with a smile.

"I brought you some breakfast."

"Ha~ I happen to be hungry!"

Without being too polite, Menge let Old Hawk into the bar and walked to the bar with his breakfast bag.

In the bar.

Erica, the bartender, locked the ledger into the safe with an expressionless face and walked over to Menge with a wad of change.

"That's all.."

Menge took the change and counted it briefly, shrugged and said, "It's pretty good to have these."

"Hehe~"

Erica waved to Old Hawke casually, put on her coat, opened the door and left.

Old Hawk opened the breakfast bag, looked at Menge who was sitting down, and asked curiously: "Last night's business...?"

Menge picked up a cut sandwich, shook his head slightly and said, "It was not midnight last night, and there was no one in the bar."

"In the second half of the night, I fell asleep in a daze..."

"Oh~" Old Hawk also took out a sandwich from his breakfast bag and sighed.

“Every morning lately, there’s been less trash on the streets.”

"When I chatted with some old shop owners, they also said that business has been very difficult recently..."

“It seems like many old customers have disappeared in just a few days!”

Menge refused the sandwich in his mouth and looked through the window at the auxiliary police office across the street.

"It turns out that the auxiliary police officers come here for a drink every day."

"Now more than half of them have gone to the police academy for training, and the rest..."

at this time.

Outside the bar door, Mike Bai walked in holding a cardboard box and shouted to Menge.

"Come here and help~"

"There are three more in my car!"

Menge raised his hand to hold down Old Hawke who wanted to help, limped out of the bar, and helped Mike Bai move all the boxes in.

Mike Bai raised his hand to wipe the non-existent sweat on his forehead, held his waist in an exaggerated manner, and asked.

"Where's Erica?"

"Going back." Menge raised his eyebrows upstairs and patted the box with his hand.

"what is this?"

"Ingredients."

Mike Bai walked to sit next to Old Hawke and picked up a sandwich from the breakfast bag: "Yesterday we went to Wildfire Restaurant for dinner, and Alto still wants to eat it today..."

"So, I went to the fish market early in the morning to get these latest arrivals of seafood, and prepared to treat everyone to a meal at noon today!"

"Everyone?"

"Yes ~ We made an appointment with chef Zhang Wenbiao yesterday."

"I'll be in charge of preparing the seafood ingredients, and he'll prepare a few more specialty dishes, and we'll have a lunch party at Wildfire Restaurant at [-] noon."

Mike Bai turned his head and patted Old Hawke, and said with a smile: "We are all our own people. You can also bring Little Hawke with you!"

"Still not, thank you!" Old Hawke explained with a smile.

"He's going to school today..."

"Hey~"

Mike Bai waved his hand and said: "At twelve o'clock at noon, children in any school must have a break, right?"

"I like little Hawke, so don't be polite to us!"

"...Okay~" Old Hawk hesitated for a few seconds and nodded slowly.

"Ok!"

Mike Bai stood up and walked outside, saying to Menge: "When old Red comes, ask him to prepare more drinks and drinks."

"I'll go upstairs to catch up on some sleep~"

. . .

Mike Bai, gone.

After Menge finished breakfast, he looked at the silent old Hawke and said with a smile: "Since you have agreed, what else do you have to hesitate?"

"Go back and tell Little Hawk that I will prepare more soda and juice for him at noon."

"Thank you!" Old Hawk wiped his hands with the paper towel in his breakfast bag and gradually relaxed.

Menge smiled and arranged the table, took out the change that Erica had just given from his pocket, counted out a few and handed them to Old Hawke.

"There is a clothing store over there on 44th Street, owned by a friend of mine..."

"The clothes there are cheap and of good quality."

"I'll call him later. You must have the lowest price!"

"I can't have this! I have money!"

"Take it~" Menge didn't want to belabor any more. He just stuffed the money into Old Hawk's pocket, took the breakfast bag and walked to the bathroom next to the bar, waving his hand.

"Keep an eye on me for a while~ Be right back!"

"..good!"

Old Hawk covered his chest pocket with his hand, looked at Menge's retreating back, and took a deep breath, trying to relieve the tightness in his chest, but it had no effect. .

----

Texas.

Northwest of Houston, eastern suburbs of the small city of Hempstead.

David endured the "emergency alarm signal" coming from his bladder, got up and walked to the bathroom in a daze.

After a few minutes.

As soon as he walked out of the bathroom after draining the water, he was "awoke" by a gust of fragrant wind blowing at him from the wine glass.

Polly hugged David with a rosy complexion and gave him a French kiss.

"No~"

David tried his best to open his eyes wide and enjoy the hot morning kiss. He picked her up with both hands and walked into the bedroom.

After about half an hour.

David, who had entered the "Sage Moment", lay on his back on the bed, took Polly's hand and asked, "Are you going back today?"

"I'll see you off later!"

"Huh~ No need." Polly calmed her breathing, grabbed David's ears with her hands and laughed.

"how?"

"I'm leaving, can you turn around and find Elena again?"

"Tsk!"

David gritted his teeth and felt a smell of vinegar filling the bedroom. He smiled bitterly and said, "Didn't you already talk about it?"

"We have talked about it!"

"But how long can you continue to resist her temptation?"

David turned over and lay on his side and thought seriously: "Actually, I just endured it very hard at the beginning..."

"Later, the two of us gradually got to know each other, and I no longer felt too possessive about her temptation~"

"Oh?"

Polly teased with some disbelief: "Then how do you feel about her now?"

"Yeah... good friends~"

"cut!"

"There can be no pure friendship between men and women!"

"Yes~"

David nodded calmly and said: "I don't think this is pure friendship, but I feel it is more like... a mutually dependent friendship."

"Reliance?" Polly repeated the word, seeming to understand what David meant, and said.

"When it comes to relying on her, she is the most..."

"No!"

David put his finger on her lips, shook his head and smiled: "You have your understanding."

"But I won't deliberately distinguish it~"

"Because the more I want to see and understand clearly, the deeper I will sink myself, unable to extricate myself!"

"She and I now feel that there is still some distance and space between each other, which is the best state."

"But~ if you feel that she is around me, you will feel uneasy."

"I can let her go back to New York with you, or let her leave the United States directly~"

Polly touched David's cheek with her hand, looked at him quietly for a while, and smiled.

"The kids have had breakfast."

"Let's go down quickly!"

"..good!"

Polly wanted to take the initiative to end the topic, and David took the initiative and said no more.

. . .

more than an hour later.

West of downtown Houston, Piney Point Village, Memorial District, 19 Piney Avenue.

David got out of the car, asked Mr. Tianniu beside him a few questions, and walked into his mentor's home.

in the living room.

A "familiar" girl standing pretty in the corner of the living room made David a little stunned.

He looked the girl up and down and asked in surprise: "Are you... Ada?!"

"..."

"Well, it's you after all."

"Why did you change your hair to short hair?"

"Where's your helmet?"

"..."

"Oh~ you didn't come yesterday. Did you go to get a short haircut?"

"Ok!"

"This hairstyle suits you very well. You are youthful, beautiful and full of vitality~"

"When it matches your facial features and face shape, it makes people remember you more deeply."

"You always wear a helmet, I didn't even know..."

"Cough~cough!"

The door of the library.

The tutor, Professor Bartlet, held the door frame with his right hand, stared at the student David seriously, coughed twice and said.

"Ada came here with Mrs. Pushk."

"Um...ma'am..."

David, who had just been "circling" around the short-haired Ada, suddenly saw a woman with light makeup and ordinary clothes standing next to his mentor.

Professor Bartley took a step forward "at the right time" and introduced to David sideways: "This is Ada's mother, Mrs. Barbara Pushk."

"Haha~ Hello, David!"

"Ah...Hello, hello!" David quickly trotted towards Mrs. Barbara Pushk, stretched out his right hand and smiled.

"Cough~!"

Professor Bartlett saw him "passionately pulling Barbara and not letting go, and coughing hard again. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the "quiet little girl" Ada standing far behind David, and actually smiled lightly. ..

While Barbara looked at David carefully, she was also very keen to see that her daughter actually showed a "long-lost" smile. She immediately became vigilant in her heart, her expression became cold, and she said softly.

"Professor, can we talk alone?"

"...Of course!" Professor Bartlet hesitated for a few seconds and made an inviting gesture toward the backyard.

Barbara took a deep look at her daughter Ada and walked to the door leading to the backyard first.

David blinked a little confused and asked his mentor in a low voice.

"What's going on here?"

"What did you say!?"

"I do not know."

Professor Bartlet turned his head and glanced at Barbara, who was about to open the door and walk out, and shook his head slightly.

"Whatever you think, go ahead and explain it."

"Oh~" David nodded and walked towards the backyard, his mind starting to work rapidly.

. . .

in the restaurant.

David's assistant Toby Olga, with the fire of gossip "jumping" in his eyes, stood quietly by the window and watched the boss and Mrs. Pushk walking farther and farther outside.

them. .what's the topic?

Can't hear it!

Toby was so curious that he wanted to open the window, but he was afraid that he would be discovered, so he could only open the window gently to a small gap and listen hard.

. . .

ten minutes later.

David and Mrs. Barbara Pushk returned to the living room talking and laughing.

Professor Bartlet, who had been paying attention to the two of them in the study, deliberately let the sound of his footsteps come out of the study.

After David heard this, he smiled and said to Barbara: "My mentor's body recovered very quickly. It's only been about two months since the surgery, and he already feels like he's regained his vitality~"

"Yes!" Barbara's smile felt very sincere. ,

She reached out and took David's arm, walked up to the professor, and said with a smile: "I would like to ask you to let Ada come here to study with you every day during this period, is that okay?"

"Uh..." Professor Bartlet's eyes flashed with surprise, he glanced at the student David and nodded.

"Of course~"

"Thank you!"

"Ada is a very quiet kid, I promise she won't disturb you while you rest and David writes your book!"

"Haha~" Professor Bartley invited Barbara to sit down, pointed at David and smiled.

“He’s a kid with a great character and character.”

"Although he has only graduated from high school, I have learned about him through this period of time. I have no more knowledge to teach him."

"So, when he writes a book, everyone may think that I am helping him..."

"Actually, he used his unparalleled theoretical knowledge to tell me that for students, the most basic things are often the most important!"

"Because this basic knowledge can accompany them throughout their career, it also allows them to summarize their own knowledge system bit by bit from work, improve it, and spread it~"

When Barbara heard that the professor actually "praised" David so much, she smiled even more sincerely.

“It must be God’s most loving guidance for Ada to have the good fortune to meet you and David!”

"My husband George may not be back for a few days..."

"If he comes back, we will definitely come to visit you again!"

"Okay." Professor Bartlet nodded simply, glanced at David who was sitting next to him and laughed, and his curiosity became more intense.

. . .

Sending off Mrs. Barbara Pushk.

Professor Bartlet turned and walked back to the living room, looked at the short-haired girl Ada standing quietly in the corner, smiled and waved.

"Let's go to the study."

"..." Ada nodded, looking at David who was following behind her mentor, patting her forehead constantly, and smiled slightly again.