Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Manhattan.

After lunch.

David and Elena did not return to the company, but walked to a nearby Kmart supermarket.

supermarket door.

Elena, who was wearing a professional woman's attire and carrying a lady's bag on her shoulder, smiled curiously and asked David.

"What do you want to buy when you come here?"

“I don’t have anything in particular I want to buy, I just want to take a look around and get to know the latest product prices.”

"Oh~"

Elena turned her head and glanced at the one-eyed Andres who followed the two of them and accompanied David into the supermarket with a smile.

more than an hour later.

Feeling satisfied, David stood in front of the cashier with a skipping rope in his hand that he wanted to take back for exercise, and handed it to Elena casually. .

The little cashier girl looked at the three of them with strange eyes, feeling this combination. .

Emm. .

The three of them left the supermarket.

One-eyed Andres took the initiative to walk in front, inviting the guys who had been waiting for a long time to drive over~

After a few people got into the car, they were on their way back to the company.

David said softly to Elena beside him.

"After you get familiar with the situation in the company for a few more days and get to know each other with Maggie, Sam and others, I will reduce the time I go to the company to work."

"Are you going on vacation?"

"Hehe~"

"When I went to London, you were with me~"

"Do you think I'm on vacation?"

"Um...no~"

"So, I need to give myself a holiday and relax for a few days,~"

"...Okay~"

Elena nodded with a disappointed expression.

David adjusted his sitting posture, turned to look out the car window, and continued.

"You can move here and live downstairs in my house first."

"We can have dinner together every day before and after get off work."

"You can also tell me what happened in the company that day~"

"it is good!"

Elena lowered her head, touched her flat belly, and suddenly asked.

"Be a little fatter...?"

"Of course!"

"But every time I gain weight, my belly gets fat first..."

"You can exercise~"

"...Is it the kind of aerobics you mentioned?"

"Hahaha~"

"That's right!"

"Haha~ You just want to see us put on tight clothes and do aerobics in front of you, right?"

David still looked out the window, chuckled, and sighed: "What if I am really a big pervert with no bottom line and want to watch something more exciting all the time... Do I need to go home?"

"..."

Elena laughed silently~

----

sunset.

42nd Street, Wildfire Bar.

David and Elena got out of the car and waved to Livlin who got out of the car that had just stopped behind.

"Let's go home for dinner first and then watch a movie~"

"Okay!"

"Who cooked dinner for you? Cui Yingying?" Livlin turned to look inside the Wildfire Bar and joked to David.

"Of course~"

David shrugged naturally and smiled.

"Hehe~"

"As expected! You are a big liar!"

"Hahaha~ That's right!"

"I am a Turkish liar!"

"...Why Türkiye?"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Upstairs at Wildfire Bar.

Susan and Cui Yingying, who were wearing the same aprons of different colors, saw David bringing Ailian and Livlin back, and they were very happy to let them into the house.

Livlin gave the small gifts she brought to the two of them, threw away her coat and jacket, and lay directly on the sofa in the living room, smiling at Elena who was about to go to the kitchen to help.

"You guys have finished dinner... call me~"

"it is good!"

Seeing her "casual" look, David made a mocking face at her, turned around and walked into the bedroom.

. . .

dinner time.

The women tacitly agreed to leave the position of master to David.

David looked at the table full of exquisite delicacies, raised his glass with a smile, and said, "I've been hungry for a long time~"

"So, let's not talk nonsense~"

"cheers!"

"Hahaha~ Cheers!"

"Cheers~"

. . .

On the table.

Livlin was surprised to find that David, Elena, and Cui Yingying could all use chopsticks very skillfully.

After practicing diligently these days, Susan can be considered a beginner in using chopsticks~

Only you can only use forks, spoons, and chopsticks alternately. .

David, who was holding a small bowl and immersed in the rice, glanced at the women on the table while picking up vegetables, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and said to Susan.

"Elena is going to move downstairs to us for a while. You and her can choose an apartment you like later."

"If I'm short of something commonly used..."

"Okay!" Susan responded with a smile and nodded to Elena.

"I can help too~" Cui Yingying also added with a smile.

"Hmm~"

"Mike Bai will find a projectionist in a moment. After the setup is done upstairs, you all can come up and let's watch the new movie together."

"Movie?"

David raised his chin and said with a smile: "Livlin just brought back the movie "Superman" that will be officially released in theaters next month from Hollywood, Los Angeles!"

"Oh~"

Susan said to Livlin with a face full of surprise: "I have heard reports on TV~ It is said that Superman is played by Jeff East and Christopher Reeve!"

"Can we see him today?"

Livlin suppressed her laughter, glanced at David who was lowering his head to eat, and asked deliberately: "Do you like Jeff East?"

"Yes~"

"I prefer Christopher Reeve, though!"

"When the news was reported on the TV news, I couldn't believe that he would actually play the male role in the first comic-book adaptation of Superman."

"Hahaha~"

"That guy Christopher Reeve shouldn't be that famous yet, right?"

"How did you know him?"

"He's been to the Wildfire Bar!"

"David also chatted with him a few words and invited him and his friends to have a drink~"

"Hey~?"

Livlin turned to look at David in surprise and asked, "Have you seen him?"

"Hmm~"

David chewed a piece of carrot in his mouth, tilted his head and thought for a moment: "Christopher Reeve is originally from New York~"

"He got his first official role on Broadway, and when he went out to celebrate with his friends, he came to the bar~"

"To express my congratulations to them, I invited a few of them to have a drink."

"Oh~"

"and after?"

"Nothing later! They left after drinking~"

"Forehead.."

"Hahaha~" the girls all laughed~

. . .

Due to the normal performance of the "standard cook" David, the women at the table all followed suit and ate more.

Wait until after the meal. .

The women complained to David while clearing the dining table.

"Next time we have dinner, I'll let you be alone in the living room~ We'll be at the dining table!"

"Why?"

"Oh~"

"You are envious of my good appetite, jealous that I eat a lot of delicious food and don't gain weight...right?"

Livlin waved the fork in her hand and threatened him: "If you show off nakedly like this again, I will use it..."

"fxxx!"

"What are you going to do?"

"Help~"

"Hahaha~"

. . .

Several people worked together to finish all the housework.

Susan and Cui Yingying helped Elena tidy up the room, while David and Livlin came upstairs.

This place had been simply decorated for Thanksgiving the day before yesterday.

As long as all the curtains are drawn and a curtain is hung, it becomes a temporary private cinema.

David, who walked up first, saw Mike Bai who was "supervising the work" and two guys who came to show the movie temporarily, and asked with a smile: "How did it go?"

"It's ok~"

"Show it now?"

"Polly called just now. She will be here soon."

"hold on."

"Oh~"

Mike Bai caught a glimpse of Livlin staring at the cigarette in his hand, he chuckled, found an ashtray, and extinguished it.

David saw his little move, turned to look at Livlin, walked forward, pulled him to the window, opened a window, watched him light up another cigarette, and smiled.

"Have you been smoking a little too much lately?"

Mike Bai rolled his eyes angrily: "Isn't it all because I didn't sleep all night last night?"

"Hehe~"

David moved his steps to let out the cold wind blowing in from the window, and asked in a low voice: "How is the guy who was imprisoned by Auston these past few days?"

"He...you mean Susan's stepfather?"

"Hmm~"

Mike Bai raised his hand and scratched his head: "I didn't even ask him~"

"You want to keep that bastard locked up?"

"still..?"

David understood what he meant, turned around and lay on the window sill, looked down at the street below, and said.

"I never thought of throwing him into the river to feed the fish~"

"The mouth of the Hudson River needs to be cleaned up every few years..."

"so what!?"

"Rather than letting him be a fish-feeding bastard, it would be better for him to completely disappear from New York and never dare to come here again!"

David didn't wait for Mike Bai to answer, waved to him, asked him to lie down on the window sill next to him, and continued.

"Dude!"

"I once told Cohen, Jackal and the others~"

"I'm not God, and I'm not a guy with a Holy Mother's heart~"

"For those...enemies who want to harm me, or those around me!"

"Take revenge on them!"

"I won't have any hesitation!"

"But~"

"You, me, when we make any decision like this, our top priority is... the cost!"

David gently touched the glass in front of him with his fingers, his voice was low and seemed a little erratic ~

"Xinni, dead!"

Mike Bai turned his head and stared at David's side face, looked at it in silence for a few seconds, nodded slightly.

"...Have you guessed it?"

"Ok!"

"Last night, when I saw the cash in that carriage, I had a premonition~"

"Who did you tell?"

"Does that even need to be said?"

"How long has that guy Karu been a gang leader?"

"Even if he robs a bank, he won't be able to get so much money, right?"

"...Okay~"

David pressed his fingertips on the glass with slight force, shook his head and said.

"I quite like that guy..."

"Hehe~"

"Sinny was able to collect so much money in a poor place like the Bronx..."

"He's not a good person!"

"I know~"

"That's why I agreed to Karu to help him keep this gift temporarily."

"Gift!?"

"He really wants to give all this money to you? Isn't he kidding?"

"No~"

"fxxx!"

"Go tell Ludy and old Malkin about this and let them pay more attention."

"For now, only a few of us know!"

Mike Bai opened his mouth, bared his big white teeth, and smiled.

"That's hundreds of millions of dollars!"

"Xinni's death...except for his family, no one will care~"

"Why are you refusing?"

"Are you worried that Karu is playing dirty tricks?"

"no~"

"It's Xinni. Before leaving New York, he purchased the insurance company's new product, revenge insurance!"

"So this matter must not have any connection or anything to do with me!"

Mike Bai was speechless~

If you follow his ideas. .This money has already been delivered to Karu's doorstep, so of course he will accept it happily~

You can talk about the follow-up questions~

But David had far more to consider than what he saw and thought. .Much more!

Mike Bai doesn’t understand at all~

David, this "lucky man" who has lived two lives, is so careful and cautious when thinking about problems!

Because very early on, he heard a saying that was very philosophical about life.

If things come to an end, fate will end soon~

The upper limit of a person's self-awareness determines the height he can reach~

The lower limit of a person's self-understanding determines whether he will be lost to all living beings ~

(This short paragraph was inspired by my thoughts after seeing the recent news about "Desert Butcher"~)

----

California.

It's approaching evening.

In downtown San Francisco, in front of the government office building.

Harvey Bernard Milk, the member of the Fifth District of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, carried his briefcase and walked out of the city government building with wind at his feet.

across the street.

In a place where Milk couldn't see, there was a middle-aged man squinting his eyes slightly, paying attention to his every move~

If someone could be by his side at this moment, they would definitely notice murderous intent in his eyes as he stared at Milk!

----

new York.

Manhattan.

Upstairs at Wildfire Bar.

On the slightly empty top floor, the latest movie Livlin brought back from Los Angeles, "Superman" was being screened!

. . .

in the audience.

Old Red, Jin Ji, Madonna, Erica, Martha, Mengo, little Zach and others were supposed to be busy in the bar downstairs.

Also, Zina, Miralla, Jin Ji’s mother, Heywood, Lavis and his girlfriend, Black Mike, Giovanni and others who live in the apartment downstairs ~

And One-Eyed Andres and his group of soldiers~

All were staring. .Watching the movie being shown~

These curious audiences were attracted by the "Superman" movie, the first comic book adaptation in history~

. . .

front row.

David had one arm around Susan and the other around Polly~

Although he was looking at the movie playing on the screen, he didn't fully understand the plot of the movie in his head. .

When the movie airs, the Kryptonian Elder Council banishes the three villains.

David was surprised to find that the three of them were actually. .Being locked up in something like a glass screen, or a gif picture, and exiled into space~

This idea! ?

Isn't it the miniature version of the famous "two-way foil"?

Emm. .

David stared at the movie screen and slowly frowned~

The "Superman" movie is coming as scheduled, which should be a great thing for him ~

He didn't want to be "shocked" one day. .

In a newspaper office in New York, there really is a Clark Kent who likes to wear underwear outside!

Especially the kind that likes to wear red underwear!

I don't want him to show up at all!

In no mood!

PS:

The work unit is very busy today and I came back late. This chapter is a bit short.

Please forgive me~