Manhattan Reborn 1978

San Francisco, California.

night~

In the city center, in a teahouse in Chinatown.

Cui Yingying, her senior brother Zhang Wenbiao (Brother Biao), and her younger brother Zhang Jiaan were sitting at the table at the entrance of the teahouse, watching from a distance that Mr. Zhang Maochang was chatting and laughing with two old men with all white hair~

Zhang Jia'an took a sip of tea very curiously and couldn't help but ask.

"What are my dad and the others talking about?"

"How come he has old friends here?"

"I've never heard him mention it~"

"..." Cui Yingying glanced at senior brother Zhang Wenbiao, shook her head slightly, and asked in a low voice.

"Do you still remember the story that Senior Brother Xu Congshan told us?"

Brother Biao scratched his head, recalling the past events mentioned by his junior sister, and asked with some uncertainty.

"Which story?"

Cui Yingying gave him a helpless look, and gently pointed to a word on the far wall with her hand: "Yi Zi Plate!"

"...Oh! I remembered."

Brother Biao looked at the word "righteousness" hanging high on the wall in the distance, and murmured in a low voice: "Senior brother said that many years ago, Master would always hang a sign with the word "righteousness" at the door of the restaurant on Mondays and Wednesdays."

"Then everyone who sees that brand will go straight into the restaurant and eat all the meals specially prepared by Master."

"Afterwards, some people may leave some small things or names, and some people just say thank you to Master and then turn around and leave...?"

"Ok!"

Cui Yingying turned her head to the left, glanced at the old clock on the wall, sighed and said, "Let's go first."

"Master obviously doesn't want us to have more contact with these people, and he doesn't want to tell us these things now~"

She turned to look at Brother Biao: "You will take your family back to New York tomorrow. Go back and have a good rest tonight~"

"Ok!"

Brother Biao picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, looked at the master laughing in the distance, stood up, followed Cui Yingying, grabbed his junior brother Zhang Jiaan, and walked out of the teahouse called Sihaiju.

. . .

At an intersection where the three of them were returning to the hotel.

Brotney Mejia was sitting in a car parked on the street, rolled down the window and shouted to the three of them.

"Hey~ I'm here."

"...Here we come!" Cui Yingying led her senior and junior brothers into the car.

Mexia glanced at Cui Yingying in the co-pilot, then turned to look at the two people behind her, and asked, "Why are you alone?"

"Oh~ we just need to go back first, Master will go back by himself."

"...Okay~"

Mexia started the car, glanced at the left rearview mirror and said, "I have contacted you~ Tomorrow, Professor Conkes' assistant will do some final checks on you."

"After these examinations are completed, you can go back to New York Presbyterian Hospital and wait for the results of the consultation between Professor Conkes and three other professors before considering whether to choose surgery."

"Well..." Cui Yingying turned her head and looked out the window, feeling very calm in her heart.

She had always been strongly opposed to the use of Western medicine physical intervention therapy on her body. .

But now she has to go back to the "original point" again, hoping that new Western treatment methods can cure her infertility. .

Irony?

Regret?

Do not! !

Cui Yingying clenched her fists with both hands, and her eyes slowly changed from calm to firm.

----

Texas.

It's approaching midnight~

Northwest of Houston, a farm vacation home on the eastern outskirts of the small city of Hempstead.

David washed away the last trace of the alcohol smell from his body in the bathroom, and returned to the bedroom feeling very relaxed. He smiled when he saw Elena who was already "washed up" and waiting for him.

"How do I feel... like Little Red Riding Hood who is about to be eaten?"

"Hahaha~"

Elena raised her hand to lift the quilt, pointed at her nightgown, deliberately put on a seductive pose and smiled: "Are you sure...?"

"Forehead.."

David looked at her stunningly beautiful face and perfect figure. He swallowed a few times, threw the towel aside, walked to the other side of the bed, lay down peacefully, and stretched out his hand. His left arm, smiled.

"Stop making trouble~ Come on, let me hold you!"

"Um.."

Elena sat up and covered the two of them with quilts, found a very comfortable position, lay in David's arms, and murmured.

"Good night~"

David glanced down at her, and finally couldn't hold it back and kissed her forehead: "Good night!"

. . .

In the quiet night, the moonlight shines on the floor through the curtains.

David, who had already closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, suddenly turned his head and opened his eyes and looked towards the window~

He felt the fragrance and heat emanating from Elena's body, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and whispered: "This wonderful sense of familiarity at this moment makes me unable to sleep..."

"..Um!"

Elena closed her eyes and tried to slow down her suddenly soaring heart rate: "I never imagined that you would be willing to accept me in this world."

"Hehe~"

"Actually, you have given up on your old life..."

"Following me will make you constantly recall those things in the past~"

Elena was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled and said: "You don't look like a young man at all."

"You don't look like a woman who walks between men and danger all the time~"

David patted her back gently with his hand and said in a somewhat erratic voice: "I have never imagined before that the room for trial and error for adults is actually pitifully small..."

"Whenever we do something wrong, we have to pay several times the effort and price to get it back on track!"

"So, we just chose to trust each other after a brief understanding of each other."

"Trust me, you'll never feel alone again!"

Elena gently stroked David's chest with her hand, listened to his strong heartbeat, and felt that the warmth she had briefly experienced came out of her heart again.

"Thank you!"

"No~ I'm honored!"

She lowered her voice, kissed David's chest expressively, and said, "When we return to New York, Zina and I will give you a surprise!"

"Xena?"

David turned around in surprise and said with a smile: "If we follow the normal process, shouldn't you be so moved that you can transform into Grandma Wolf and eat me?"

"Why are you talking about...Xina again?"

"Hehe~"

Elena put her knees on his legs, with a proud smile on her lips, still closing her eyes and said: "When did your so-called normal process happen between us?"

"If I were to change anyone else, would he let me sleep honestly?"

"Forehead.."

David blinked and thought for a moment, nodded and smiled: "That's right!"

"Our persistence and choices cannot be judged by normal people's thinking."

"Go to sleep!"

"Hmm~"

----

new York.

Located on the east side of Central Park in Manhattan, 875 Fifth Avenue, 15th floor.

The home of Margo Ludwig and Janet Patrick.

Zina Osevia was wearing a nightgown and stood quietly at the door of the master bedroom. She glanced at the sleeping pregnant woman Janet, and after making sure that she was fine, she closed the door.

in the kitchen.

Zina turned on the light, found a bottle of milk from the refrigerator, poured herself a large glass, and drank it with her neck raised~

She closed her eyes and felt the milky fragrance and coldness flowing from her mouth to her stomach. She took a long breath and slowly sat back on the chair next to her, staring blankly at the waning moon in the sky outside the window.

"Bell bell~"

Zina heard the phone ringing suddenly in the quiet night, and immediately ran into the living room, picked up the phone, and said in a very low voice.

"Hello~ I'm Zina"

"Oh."

"Yeah, she's already asleep."

"He He.."

"I see. Thanks!"

"Okay~ Goodbye, Mr. Parker." Zina put down the phone, feeling her heart beat a little faster, and an undisguised smile appeared on her lips.

. . .

the other side.

Texas, in a hotel north of downtown Houston.

Otis Parker put down the microphone, spread his hands and smiled at Mr. Longhorn, who looked tired.

"Look~"

"With just two simple words, she was not only comforted, but also felt like she was receiving attention all the time~"

"..." Mr. Tianniu rubbed his sleepy eyes, glanced at the note dropped by Mr. Parker on the table, and mocked.

"If you were half as good as him... you wouldn't be single now, right?"

"Haha~ Indeed!"

Otis Parker picked up the note casually, looked at it carefully, and sighed: "If I had known him a few years earlier, I would probably..."

----

Thousands of kilometers away, on the Pacific Ocean.

Hawaii, Honolulu.

night~

The highest point of a branch ridge in the southern part of the Koolau Mountains, holiday home No. 396 Corudila Avenue.

on the lawn.

Polly, who just flew from Houston, father Malkin, who just came from New York, mother Sena, and sister Manqi, were talking and laughing and dancing to the music~

Susan pulled Madonna and Mirala, the waiters at the Wildfire Bar, and jumped up and down with laughter in front of her mother Sarah and her brother. .

Lu Di also led his wife and a group of children on the lawn, laughing and making noise to the cheerful music~

The housekeeper Acklade, who had also just returned from Tokyo, stood quietly beside the maid Chasida, glanced at her undisguised collarbone, and asked in a low voice.

"Do you need me to do something for you?"

"...Thank you, no need!" Chasida turned to look at Aclade, with a rare joy and tenderness in her eyes, and smiled.

Butler Acklade looked at her sincerely and said with a smile: "Confidence makes you more beautiful~"

"Ok!"

Chasida stroked the tattoo pattern on her collarbone with her hand, and her smile was just like what he said. She became more and more confident and more charming like a "normal" woman~

. . .

"Hey~Acklade"

"There's your phone!"

The little Zach, who had been working hard to complete tasks on the island in recent days, ran out of the holiday house and shouted loudly.

The housekeeper Acklade nodded slightly in surprise, asked a few questions to the oncoming little man Zach, then quickly walked into the living room of the holiday home and picked up the phone.

"Hello~ I'm Ackleide."

"Oh, hello! Andres."

"Yes, everything went well during the trip to the island country."

"Hmm~"

"boss?"

"What did he say?"

"..Thanks!"

"I understand."

"Good night, Andres."

After putting down the phone, the butler Acklade stared at the phone in a daze, and suddenly laughed unconsciously.

At the same time as he smiled silently, a strange warmth that he had never felt before surged out of his heart and quickly "occupied" his whole body.

----

new day~

Texas.

Early morning~

Northwest of Houston, a farm vacation home on the eastern outskirts of the small city of Hempstead.

David felt a little dizzy and was "awakened" by his bladder. He tried to "break away" from the "shackles" of the people around him and quickly walked into the bathroom.

"Clah la la la ~"

After draining the water, David, who was satisfied, rubbed his sleepy eyes and returned to the bed. He looked at Elena, who had sat up and stared at him with a smile on her face, and waved her hands.

"Well~ let's sleep a little longer."

"..good!"

Elena gently "helped" David lie down, and she lay beside him. She closed her eyes with tenderness and happiness in her eyes and whispered softly.

"Good morning!"

"..morning!"

David closed his eyes and held her in his arms like a pillow, muttered some "nonsense" that was incomprehensible, and fell asleep again~

. . .

Breakfast time!

Toby Olga, who was "killing everyone" at the dinner table last night, now faced the entire table of breakfast carefully prepared by David's mother, Sierra, and felt that he couldn't be happy at all.

David, who had devoured his breakfast, couldn't help but laugh when he saw Toby holding the cutlery in his hands with a troubled and annoyed look on his face.

"Hey~ your enemy is not breakfast!"

“You don’t have to start losing weight from this time, right?”

"..." Toby glanced down at his bulging belly, gritted his teeth, picked up the juice cup and took a big sip, and said duplicitously.

"I just have no appetite~"

"what!"

When David saw this, he did not continue to point out her "lies" and shouted to Sierra's mother and sisters Salonia and Elena who were cleaning up the kitchen.

"We won't have lunch and dinner at home today."

"ah!"

Sierra's mother put down the plate in her hand and said to her son with a slight complaint: "Old Cui En called last night and said that his daughter Mary Sue will send us a lot of fresh ingredients today!"

"You won't come to eat, what should we do?"

"Forehead.."

David glanced at Elena who was holding back her laughter, waved to her and said, "Don't worry, Mom, we are all going to have dinner with our mentor, Professor Bartley, at noon. Just bring all the ingredients there~ "

"..oh!"

After hearing this, Sierra's mother felt that this was a very good idea and murmured to Salonia beside her.

"Wait a minute, you must remind me to prepare more for tomorrow..."

"Yeah!" Salonia, who was somewhat introverted and well-behaved, rolled her long black-red hair with her hand, quietly glanced at her "brother" David, who was chatting and laughing with Elena, and replied with a blushing face. .

. . .

"Drip drop~"

Just as David, Elena, and Toby were "getting ready to go," there was a sudden burst of horn sound outside the house.

David said hello to his parents and sister, and walked out of the house first. He saw two trucks carrying six motorcycles of different models. .

"Hey~ Are you going to have a road motorcycle race?" David shouted to Livlin, who was wearing a professional racing suit and looking proud.

"Tch!" Livlin grabbed her boyfriend Leslie beside her, gave David a provocative look, and pointed at the motorcycle and asked.

"What road race?"

"Can you ride?"

"Uh... no way!"

David shook his head very simply, looked at Walker Pushk, Jeb Pushk and Marvin Pushk who came out of a few cars behind, and smiled.

"I have a super female rider to introduce to you!"

"Do you dare to challenge her?"

"..." The three brothers Walker, Jeb and Marvin looked at the female rider Elena next to David, and they all looked surprised and stunned without saying anything.

Seeing how shameless David looked, Leslie pointed at the car behind the three Walker brothers and smiled.

"Didn't you see? Today, we have an unexpected guest~Ada!"

"Oh?"

David walked up to the Walker brothers and greeted them one by one. He glanced at the "socially afraid girl" Ada who was locked in the car and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Do you really want to take her there?"

"Will she be alright?"

Walker looked back at his "fully armed" sister Ada, smiled more helplessly and shrugged.

"I'm afraid if she keeps this up, she'll never get out of the house."

"so.."

"Understood!" David patted him hard on the shoulder, winked at the brothers Jeb and Marvin, who were about the same age, and said with a smile.

"Are you ready?"

"Of course!" Young Marvin replied excitedly, waving the motorcycle helmet in his hand.

The slightly taller Jeb, who was also holding his helmet in his arms, glanced at Toby Olga, who was struggling to lose weight, and smiled.

"Haha~ Do you want to compete with me?"

"Dream!" David rolled his eyes and raised a middle finger to the "provocative" Jeb.

"Hahaha~"

Walker glanced at Leslie and Livlin who were walking over, and said with a smile: "I have already asked my friends to help make arrangements."

"Let's go now?"

"OK!" David gave Walker a thumbs up and smiled.

"Drip~"

At this moment, Edward B. Tryon, who had returned to New Jersey two days ago, drove an old truck and parked on the street in the distance. He opened the door and honked the horn several times and shouted.

"Are we late?"

"Hahaha~ No!"

"Do you also want to join our party?"

"Come together, Trin! And...Mary Sue!?"

"Come with you too!"

Old Cui En glanced at his daughter Mary Sue on the other side of the truck, a smirk flashed on his lips, and shouted.

"Give me 10 minutes and we'll be right back!"

"Ok!"