Manhattan Reborn 1978

a new day.

new York.

In the pale dawn in the east, Cargo Transfer Warehouse No. [-] at JFK International Airport.

A middle-aged man wearing a security cotton uniform said hello to his colleagues, walked out of the duty room, stood under the barbed wire fence, took out a cigarette, and slowly exhaled the smoke while observing the surroundings.

After about 10 minutes.

The middle-aged security guard and a colleague followed the established patrol route and walked a long circle along the barbed wire fence of the warehouse, talking and laughing, before returning to the security entrance of the warehouse gate.

And on a small road more than 200 meters away from the warehouse, two people were holding telescopes and standing on the carriage of a medium-sized truck. After observing carefully for a long time, they looked at each other, nodded, and jumped off. out of the carriage.

"How are your arrangements there?"

"No problem!"

"Tonight, the security personnel have our internal agents, and they will open the door for us~"

"Then Tommy and Carbone are responsible for grabbing the guards at the door and forcing them to open the door; Frenchie and Zif are responsible for gathering all the staff together and guarding them; Johnny is responsible for fixing the security alarm device on the goods. In order to prevent us from triggering the alarm during the move, Shidas was responsible for getting a truck from New Jersey to transport all the belongings~"

"..good!"

"Just follow this plan~"

"Namoli...what should I do?"

"He's been buzzing like a fly these past few days. I'm almost annoyed to death by him!"

"...Ignore him for now~"

"After a while, everything calms down... We will then give him his share."

"...Okay~"

The two middle-aged men standing by the car threw away their cigarette butts with different thoughts, got into the car, and quickly left the trail.

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, above Wildfire Bar.

David sat at the dining table, opened the newspaper, and quickly scanned all the news headlines.

In the kitchen, Susan and Cui Yingying prepared breakfast and handed it over to Lilith and the housekeeper Acklade.

After a few minutes.

David picked up the milk glass and took a sip when he suddenly felt a kick under the table. .

He glared sideways at the smiling Susan and said.

"Hey~ Ackleide, how was your date yesterday?"

Ackleide was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "Gira, you are a very nice person~"

"Gira?"

"Wow~!"

"What does it mean to be a nice person?"

"You don't like her?"

"No..."

"Then you just like her!"

"..."

"Hahaha~"

"Hey~ man, what's there to be ashamed of?"

"If you both have a good impression of each other, we will all support you!"

"Yes~"

Susan raised the milk glass and smiled at Ackleide: "We can help you find out from Professor Cox's friend Xina..."

"Correct!"

"Let Susan pay you your salary later~"

"How can you go on a date with Professor Cox and leave your wallet empty?"

"Hahaha~"

"..."

Ackleide had an embarrassed face and once again experienced the "enthusiastic" gossip of his new boss. .

Lilith smiled and raised the milk glass to David and said, "Okay~"

"Let's talk about something else~"

"..oh!"

"Do you have any plans for today?"

"Yes~"

"You come home with me and meet my parents!"

"What?" Lilith quickly glanced at the faces of Susan and Cui Yingying, and said with the same embarrassment as Acklade.

"Are you going today?"

"Hehe~"

"What are you afraid of?"

"My parents are very nice people! If you don't believe me, ask Susan and Cui Yingying..."

"..."

"Yes~"

"They are very nice people! Sisters Salonia and Loisa are also very well-behaved~"

"You'll love them!"

"..All right!"

Lilith put down the cup stiffly, and while David and Susan snickered, she began to have random thoughts in her head. .

----

New Jersey.

The training base of the security company.

The person in charge, Lawrence, dressed neatly, walked into the dormitory building first.

Behind him is Edward B. Train, who was paroled last month from New Jersey State Prison.

The two walked up to the second floor one after the other and stopped in front of a dormitory door.

In the dormitory, I seemed to notice someone coming at the door, and there was a sound of "hurrying up" immediately~

Lawrence stood at the door and waited deliberately for more than ten seconds before raising his big foot and kicking open the dormitory door. .

In the dormitory, next to a super large single bed, the big man Zach, who had disappeared from David for a long time, stood upright with a hint of nervousness. .

With a straight face, Lawrence slowly walked around the dormitory, stopped in front of the big man Zach, raised his head slightly, and asked him.

"Why didn't you go out for morning exercises?"

"..I am sick!"

"Sick? What kind of sickness?"

"I...I'm sick from hunger!"

"..."

Old Cui En, who was standing at the door with his arms behind his back, twitched the corners of his mouth several times before resisting the urge to laugh out loud.

Lawrence had a sneer on his lips, took a half step back, and said jokingly: "Really?"

"You...really lost a little weight..."

"But that's no reason for you to pretend to be sick!"

The big man Zach stared at the door frame and replied dully: "I'm not pretending to be sick!"

"I'm just so hungry that I have no energy..."

"...Pfft~hahahaha~"

Old Cui En covered his mouth, turned around and walked out of the dormitory. He stood in the corridor holding on to the wall and laughed.

Lawrence couldn't hold it back, he walked up to the big man Zach with a smile, punched his chest a few times with his fists and said.

"This is high-intensity military training that has reduced the fat on your body and increased your muscles!"

"...Report sir! I still think it's better to be fatter!"

"..Hahaha~"

Lawrence reached out and patted the big man Zach's shoulder, asked him to sit down, and asked.

"I heard from Jackal that you were bragging and fighting with others again last night?"

"There was a fight! But I didn't brag!"

"Oh~?"

"Come on, tell me, what did you say this time?"

"Stealing cars in Manhattan? Or in Brooklyn..."

"neither!"

"Ok!"

"Do you think... we deliberately arranged not to let you have a full stomach... just to make things difficult for you?"

"..."

The big man Zach rolled his big eyes, looked directly at Lawrence and said: "No! Sir!"

"Everyone has a 15-minute meal period, and you can't get enough... Who's to blame? Zach!"

"..."

"Hehe~"

Lawrence raised his eyebrows, crossed his arms across his chest, and asked, "Why did we ask Demais Oder to train you? Do you know?"

"..Know!"

"it is good!"

"Zach, no one forced you to participate in the security training you participated in! Right?"

"..."

"Then what are you talking to me about here?"

"Why don't you get out of here and train!?"

"..Yes, sir!"

The big man Zach stood up suddenly, saluted Lawrence, picked up the coat and hat on the bed, and trotted out.

Old Cui En in the corridor was wandering and leaning against the door, watching Lawrence dig out bit by bit from the second-hand bedside table beside the bed. .Pies, sandwiches, boiled eggs, cola, milk, salami, etc. ~

All kinds of food that Big Zach secretly brought back from the cafeteria were used to set up half a bed. .

Old Cui En grinned and said, "Is this bastard a hamster?"

"Hahaha~"

Lawrence looked at the "trophies" on the bed and shook his head helplessly.

"Demais is right, he is indeed very smart~"

"Hahaha~ That's right!"

"It's just a little too tender."

"..."

Lawrence picked up a bottle of Coke from the bed, then opened it, took a sip, and sighed: "After lunch is over, I will arrange for someone to send him back and replace that boy Giovanni~"

Old Cui En blinked in surprise: "This...his training time is too short, right?"

"Hehe~"

Lawrence shook the Coke in his hand: "Brother Zach hasn't gone to school since he was a child and has been living on the streets."

"He was actually able to grow so tall and strong... without being beaten to death or starved to death..."

"The one used by our army and the one used by Demaisin's special service office to train agents... are of little use to him~"

"The streets are his best teacher!"

"..."

Old Cui En pondered for a while, nodded and said, "I'll take him to pick out some handy equipment later."

"Ok!"

"Remember to bring him a few more pieces of body armor that Cohen recently got."

"Good~"

Old Cui En looked at the various "trophies" on the bed, shook his head with a smile, turned around and walked out of the dormitory.

After Lawrence drank the Coke in his hand, he threw the bottle on the bed and walked out of the dormitory.

The "trophies" that belong to the hamster should be collected after he comes back~

----

Manhattan.

42nd Street, in front of Wildfire Bar.

Alto and Rosenlow, both with panda eyes, watched the car carrying David disappear around the corner of the street.

"Hey~ let's go!"

"..Um!"

Alto opened his mouth wide, yawned, and walked towards the auxiliary police office in the distance.

Rosenlow frowned, put his hands in his coat pockets, glanced around the shops on both sides of the street, and strode towards the west.

. . .

New Jersey.

David and Lilith were sitting in a car heading to Morrison Town, chatting.

"Tsk~ You don't have to be so nervous!"

"Why are your hands still sweating?"

Lilith said with a coquettish look on her face: "I'm not even prepared..."

"Going to see my parents, what else do you need to prepare?"

"They will definitely be happy to have a daughter-in-law as beautiful as you~"

"Hehe~"

"How many women have you deceived with this rhetoric?"

David raised his hands and said with an innocent expression: "God can prove it, I only said these words to you!"

"If you don't believe it...you can ask Black Mike!"

"Every time I go home, it's him..."

"Haha~" Lilith turned her head and glanced at Black Mike sitting in the driver's seat in the rearview mirror.

"...Okay~ I will believe you again..."

"Hahaha~"

David hugged Lilith's shoulders, kissed her on the cheek, and said with a smile, "Come on! I'll teach you a little trick that will make them very happy!"

"Oh? What is it?"

"Hey hey hey~"

"You...as soon as you enter the door, just call daddy, mommy, and sister!"

"I guarantee they will be very happy!"

"..."

Lilith opened her small mouth, widened her eyes, and looked at David blankly. Her mind was a little down for a while~

When David saw her cute look, he couldn't help but kiss her hard a few more times and said with a smile: "Listen to me, you're right!"

"..this.."

"Ouch! What are you thinking about again?"

"We are about to get engaged. You call them daddy and mommy... right?"

"..."

"Even if...we have no plans to get married~ they will treat you as their daughter-in-law...right?"

"..."

"Hehe~"

David patted Lilith's thigh with his hand and whispered: "Maugham once said: Philosophy allows us to do things calmly that we really don't want to do."

"Laura, why did you choose philosophy... I don't know~"

"But she definitely didn't disappoint you in the matter of love!"

"Only those who have no independent opinions accept moral standards. Those who have independent opinions have their own standards."

"She must have been a person with strong opinions since she was a child~"

"The happiness gained by surrendering is letting her admit her failure~"

"This kind of failure, even just once... will make her unable to get out of the haze in her heart for the rest of her life~"

"So Lilith, you have to understand!"

"People should not do something that makes them feel uneasy because of the influence of the surrounding environment or the times~"

"I won't~"

"I hope you won't either!"

Lilith slowly leaned her head on David's shoulder, closed her eyes, and repeated these words in her mind several times before speaking softly.

"Thank you!"

"You're welcome~"

"It's still more than half an hour from my home~"

"Let's take a nap first!"

"it is good!"

David put his arms around Lilith, and the two of them found a comfortable position to nestle together. They closed their eyes and listened to each other's breathing and heartbeat, and gradually calmed down in their hearts.

PS: I got home very late, drank some wine, and felt a little dizzy.

I’ll update these today, and more tomorrow.

Feel sorry!

bow~