Manhattan Reborn 1978

Asia, Hong Kong.

Good morning, a quarter past eight.

Inside the villa at 60 Mount Kellett Road, The Peak.

Cui Yingying got into the car neatly dressed, turned around, waved to Ruan Xiaoling and said with a smile.

"I won't come to eat at noon, so don't treat yourself badly!"

"Yeah!" Ruan Xiaoling stood in the morning light, smiling and nodding, watching the driver Zhou Liwen drive out of the villa in a second-hand Mercedes-Benz.

on the way.

While driving steadily, Zhou Liwen observed Cui Yingying through the rearview mirror. His mind moved slightly, and he spoke in his usual chatty tone.

"I went to Tokyo a few days ago and found out that the boss had bought the British luxury car manufacturers Rolls-Royce and Bentley."

"Yeah." Cui Yingying looked out the car window absentmindedly and responded.

When Zhou Liwen saw the red light at the intersection ahead, he slowly stopped the car, deliberately turned back and looked at Cui Yingying and said.

"When I came back, the boss specifically told me that he had already arranged for two cars to be delivered to our place in the next few days, specifically for your use when going out."

"Car? What car?" Cui Yingying came back to her senses and asked curiously.

"A Rolls-Royce and a Bentley."

"..For me?"

"Yes." Zhou Liwen nodded very affirmatively and sighed with a smile.

"The boss said that there are some unsaleable inventory cars that are just gathering dust in the garage. It would be better to bring them to you for daily use."

“Oh…” Cui Yingying bit her lip and nodded. Her eyes became vague again, and that familiar smiling face immediately appeared in her mind.

At this moment, the green light in front of the car came on.

Zhou Liwen drove his car following the traffic and slowly drove into Garden Road in Central.

A moment later, in front of the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong on Huayuan Road.

Zhou Liwen parked the car according to the instructions of the Hong Kong patrolman in front of the consulate, opened the door, looked around, and asked the patrolman.

"This is...what happened?"

"There was an accident." The patrolman put one hand on his waist and shrugged, pointing behind him and sneering.

"Just now, a psychopath threw paint at the front door of the consulate and was taken away by our guys."

"Uh..." Zhou Liwen looked towards the door of the consulate and found a large area of ​​bright red paint splashed on the ground.

Cui Yingying, who had just opened the car door, heard the conversation between the two and looked at the crowd at the door of the consulate with surprise. She found that lawyer Liu Haijie, who had asked her to come over for business, was standing in the yard of the consulate and waving at her.

Cui Yingying hurriedly gave Zhou Liwen a few instructions, and quickly stood guard in front of the consulate among the crowd. After showing her passport, she was allowed to enter the consulate.

. . .

About an hour later.

Lawyer Liu Haijie led Cui Yingying and her master Zhang Maochang, senior brother Xu Congshan, and junior brother Zhang Jiaan out of the consulate office building.

Cui Yingying's immigration status was handled by lawyer George in New York.

Liu Haijie certainly knew the situation of several people, and knew that they knew almost nothing about the complicated immigration application process in Hong Kong.

So Attorney Liu Haijie took a few people to the shade of a tree and patiently explained the follow-up procedures for applying for immigration to the United States.

After a while.

Cui Yingying, feeling that she had roughly understood what was said, asked Lawyer Liu a few more questions.

After answering their questions one by one, Attorney Liu smiled and said, "If everything goes well, you will be able to get an immigration visa next time you come."

"Okay, thank you!" Cui Yingying nodded very politely, took out a small box from her bag and stuffed it into the hands of Lawyer Liu, saying in a low voice.

"I heard that your second child just turned one year old."

"This is the Chinese zodiac horse that I specially asked someone to order!"

Lawyer Liu looked at Cui Yingying with a slightly moving look in his eyes. He lowered his head, opened the box and took a look. He found that inside was a zodiac horse made of pure gold and inlaid with gems. He smiled calmly.

"Thank you!"

"No, we should thank you!" When Cui Yingying heard him say he had given her a gift, she smiled and narrowed her eyes, and said very sincerely.

"Haha~" Lawyer Liu put the small box into his briefcase, thought for a moment, then turned to Mr. Zhang Maochang and the other two and said.

"I heard that the consul general here is named Thomas P. Shuler Smith, and he used to be a member of the U.S. Congress."

"Hey~ sorry!"

"Sorry to bother you."

Just when Lawyer Liu was about to give some more "instructions" to Mr. Zhang, two middle-aged men in suits walked out quickly from the direction of the office building and spoke loudly with smiles on their faces.

"..." Cui Yingying didn't recognize the person and thought that the foreigner knew Lawyer Liu. She consciously pulled her master and the other two and took a step back.

But what she didn't expect was that the foreigner who came first just glanced at Lawyer Liu, then looked at the only lady among all the people present and smiled.

"Are you Ms. Cui Yingying?"

"It's me. You are..."

"My name is Thomas, and I'm the consul general here."

"Um... Mr. Consul General?"

"Nice to meet you!"

"Hahaha~" Thomas P. Schuler Smith, Consul General of the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong, heard the nervousness and surprise in Cui Yingying's voice and said with a deliberate smile.

"I worked with Mag Ludwigs in Washington for more than three years."

"He called me several times a few days ago and asked me to send his regards to you when I see you."

"Now, I have brought his greetings."

"Ms. Cui, I'm very curious~"

"Can you tell me, you and he are..?"

When Cui Yingying heard the Consul General asking her such a direct question, countless thoughts flashed through her mind, and she finally decided to tell him the truth.

"I met Mr. Mag Ludwig and his fiancée Janet Patrick through a friend."

"Janette was pregnant, and I happened to have learned some medical knowledge, so we became good friends."

"Oh...friend!" Consul General Thomas seemed to have understood the meaning of Cui Yingying's words. He quickly swept his eyes over the people around him and turned to his men behind him and said.

"Cancel all your afternoon plans. I want to invite Ms. Cui to the Peninsula Hotel for afternoon tea."

"Yes, sir."

"..." Cui Yingying opened her mouth in surprise and was about to say something, when she saw Consul General Thomas turned back and looked at her with an apologetic smile.

"Ms. Cui, please forgive my abruptness..."

"What are your plans for the afternoon?"

"No.."

"Thank you for your invitation. I will be there on time."

"Hahaha~ok!"

"So we're at the Peninsula Hotel at 2:30 pm?"

"Ok!"

. . .

After the Consul General finished chatting with Cui Yingying, he nodded casually to the people around him and turned and left.

Mr. Zhang Maochang and the other two watched the Consul General coming and going like the wind, and remained silent for a long time.

Lawyer Liu Haijie quickly glanced at Cui Yingying, who was frowning in thought, and subconsciously reached into his briefcase, took out a personal business card and said with a smile.

“This is my home phone number.”

"If you need anything, you can always contact me."

"...Okay." Cui Yingying was obviously a beat slow in taking the business card. She glanced in the direction of the office building with mixed feelings, then smiled and said to Lawyer Liu.

"Are you planning to hold a first birthday party for your child?"

"Of course!" Lawyer Liu responded immediately after hearing her goodwill.

"We are going to have a party at home tomorrow night. My home address is on the business card. You are always welcome..."

"I will definitely be there!" Cui Yingying smiled, put away the business card, and extended her right hand to Lawyer Liu.

Lawyer Liu held her hand and smiled happily.

Cui Yingying also showed a hint of relief on her face and put a little force on her hands, expressing that she had never forgotten and would never forget.

At the same moment~

Zhou Liwen stood outside the fence of the consulate general and could see clearly everything that was happening in the distance.

He threw the cigarette butt on the ground, trying hard to control his excitement, and quickly thought about his "bright future".

----

The other side of the Pacific.

new York.

night~

Manhattan, top floor of the Blue Crystal Hotel.

David sat on the carpet in the living room of Carnes's room, eating dessert, looking at Carnes in a relaxed manner and sneered.

"You are just making a specious argument!"

"Who said that? I didn't." Kanes had a smug look on his face and grinned while lying on the sofa.

"Hehe~" David picked up the juice and took a sip, then decided to teach him a lesson, and said.

"Okay!"

"Then please tell me, how can I tell whether a person is sincere in his faith?"

"Uh..." When Kanes heard this question, his first instinctive reaction was to use various examples to prove that he was right.

But when he searched for examples in his mind, he suddenly felt as if he had fallen into a "trap". . ?

David put down the juice cup and waited for a few seconds, then he found that Carnes didn't answer, but was frowning in thought, so he smiled.

"Congratulations, you have discovered the problem."

"What do you mean?" Kanes sat up suddenly, rubbing his chin with his hands and asked.

David smiled and shrugged, spreading his hands and said, "It may be difficult to explain this to you."

"Let me give you an example."

"For example, we are standing in a church right now, observing a worship service."

"The pastor who presided over the worship service has worked in the church for decades and is widely loved and recognized by believers."

"Then can we take it for granted that this respected pastor is a devout believer?"

"..." When Carnes heard David's question, he shook his head silently without saying anything.

David looked around with a vague look, and couldn't help but recall his past work experiences, and said with a cold voice.

"Every normal person has had the experience of wanting others to believe in him or her from a personal subjective perspective."

"But in many cases, people's common views are not necessarily correct, and there are even huge logical errors."

"Moreover, they often use aggressive or insulting words when judging the other party's views, hoping to stimulate the other party's nerves and make the other party fall into the logical trap of self-proving their own arguments."

"Logical trap?" When Kanes heard this word, it was as if a flash of lightning flashed through his mind. He immediately connected all the things that had happened in the recent period of time, and muttered involuntarily.

"Are you a little too...?"

"Haha~ What's wrong?" David looked up at the ceiling and laughed at himself.

"You and I...we...and those who hope to change the status quo or seize opportunities will inevitably fall into this game..."