Manhattan Reborn 1978

on the Pacific.

South of Honolulu Island (Honolulu), Hawaii, Waikiki Beach.

Under the sunset~

David, who was wearing a floral Hawaiian shirt, walked to a coconut tree, sat down next to Sena's mother, and smiled.

"Look~ Manqi and Susan are leading the children to build a sand castle!"

"Ah."

Sena's mother, wearing a pair of sunglasses on her face, leaned on the coconut tree, watching the children surrounding Manqi and Susan, carefully building their castle, and asked with a kind smile on her lips.

"Do you want Manqi to join Da Company?"

"Yup!"

David looked at the back of his eldest sister Manqi not far away, grabbed a handful of sand with his hand, held it in front of Sena's mother and said.

"Time is like the sand, it will slip through our fingers~"

"Since we have the ability to let her try a new life, why not?"

"But the children..." Sena's mother understood David's good intentions, but she was still a little worried about letting Manqi walk out of the house and go back to work outside.

David understood Sena's mother's mood very well. He slowly let go of the sand in his hand and smiled.

"Actually, you should know the characters of Sister Manqi and Polly very well."

"Polly has been as smart and competitive as a boy since she was a child. She likes to compete for first place in everything. This is still the case today."

"Although Sister Manqi's character has changed a bit as she grew up, she has become more mature, more family-oriented, and better able to restrain herself."

"But I could tell she wasn't very happy."

"Her biggest dream was not to be a housewife who was locked in the house all day taking care of her children and housework, but to become a dancer who could hear the heartfelt applause of the audience and be admired."

"Yeah..." The smile on Sena's mother's lips disappeared.

She lowered her head and grabbed a handful of sand, watching them slipping quietly through her fingers, and sighed.

"We have been hiding the fact that Manqi was domestically abused by her husband from Polly..."

"She herself doesn't want Polly to interfere in her life after knowing about it."

David looked up at the sunset slowly sinking into the sea in the distance, and whispered: "It is almost impossible to save an unhappy marriage just by swallowing your anger..."

"Don't worry~"

"I will first arrange for Sister Manqi to go to Da company to adapt for a period of time, so that she can find a career and happiness that she likes after she comes out slowly."

"So... what if we all move to Houston and leave Polly and Mankey in New York...?"

"Haha~" David persuaded Sena, knowing that her mother still had some concerns about moving.

“Houston’s mild climate, living environment, educational conditions, medical facilities, etc. are all very suitable for you and your children to live for a long time.”

“If you don’t want to move to Houston with your family immediately, you can first try to live in two places as the seasons change like migratory birds~”

“For example, on a hot summer day, you can escape the heat of Houston and come back to live in New York.”

“When New York enters the cold winter, you can return to Houston to enjoy the warm southern sunshine~”

"My father and mother like this kind of migratory bird life very much. It can avoid the severe cold and heat and enjoy the comfortable vacation life in two places~"

"At the same time, it can also put many diseases into remission and prevent them from recurring more frequently."

"Migratory bird?"

Mother Sena felt that what David said seemed to make sense, and soon thought of the leg injuries of her husband Old Malkin and Old David. She slowly looked at Susan and asked.

"You came here from New York this time just to talk about her pregnancy... and to persuade us to move?"

"Part of it..."

David turned his head and looked around, but he didn't find Malkin, Meyer and Joseph. He shrugged.

"You should also know that I made two friends last time I came here. They are Donald D. Klein and Davis D. Leahy."

"The two vacation houses we live in now were sold to me by Klein."

"Davis was his good friend and a descendant of General Leahy."

“I pitched some collaboration ideas to Davis and he was very interested.”

"After we met in Houston last month, we finalized all the cooperation plans."

"When I was leaving New York two days ago, he sent another message and wanted to meet and chat with me."

"So, I invited him to come to the island to relax~"

"Oh.."

"Is he already here?"

"It should be soon." David glanced at his watch and turned to look behind him.

"I have asked the butler Acklade to wait at the airport. He will arrive tonight."

"Then you go and do your work first ~ Manqi and Joseph..."

"You don't know Joseph Aipa yet...right?" Sena's mother looked around, but couldn't find her husband or his two old friends, so she shook her head and said.

"Joseph is one year younger than your father, and he is also a descendant of Italian immigrants who was born in New York."

"However, his father incurred huge debts during the Great Depression, so he had no choice but to move his family to Chicago to escape the debt."

"But during the Great Depression, when no one could find a job in any city, Joseph's father had no way to ensure that his family would have enough food and clothing."

"So before the outbreak of World War II, young Joseph made up his mind to join the army, wanting to escape from his poverty and helpless home."

"So after the outbreak of World War II, he signed up to serve in the army and almost lost his life on the battlefield in North Africa."

David opened his mouth in surprise and asked Sena's mother: "Did Uncle Joseph get injured because he participated in the Battle of Alamein on the North African battlefield?"

"What kind of soldier is he?"

"Tank crew..."

Senna's mother recalled this memory and couldn't help but laugh: "I met him after the war and he even bragged to me~ They gave that tank a name, Flower Dog."

"Flower dog?"

"Haha~"

"Yes!"

"Joseph said that their spotted dogs were invincible on the battlefield in North Africa. It wasn't until they met the German King Tiger tanks that they truly understood the cruelty of war."

"Luckily, he was injured in the back and rested in the hospital for more than half a year. He then followed General Patton's troops to land in Sicily. Mussolini announced his surrender more than two months later."

"After Italy surrendered, he was left in Rome to assist the local resistance forces, form a provisional government army, and search the city to arrest those high-ranking officials who followed Mussolini."

"In a few months, he went from being a sergeant to a second lieutenant..."

"By the time he left Rome, he was already a lieutenant."

Mother Sena tilted her head and looked at David, smiling with a strange expression: "So, his comrades gave him another nickname, Lucky Joseph."