Manhattan Reborn 1978

Asia, Hong Kong.

night~

Villa at No. 60, Mount Galley Road, Victoria Peak.

Cui Yingying stood in front of the door, watched the car carrying the last two guests leave, then turned around and went back to the living room.

Zhou Liwen, who has been working here temporarily as a housekeeper and driver recently, returned to the living room after closing the gate of the yard. When he saw Cui Yingying looking tired, he smiled tactfully.

"If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."

"Please wait a moment!" Cui Yingying forced herself to stand up and walked up the stairs to the second floor.

After a while.

She came down with an envelope in her hand, handed it to Zhou Liwen and said, "I definitely wouldn't be able to handle it these two days without your help~"

"Thank you!"

Zhou Liwen raised the envelope in his hand with a smile and shook his head, saying, "The boss has already given me a lot."

"I know, but I still hope you can accept it."

Cui Yingying invited Zhou Liwen to sit in the living room. She looked at him and sighed, "I didn't expect so many things to happen when I came back this time. These people obviously came with their own purposes. Maybe I'm just lucky in their eyes."

"Haha!" Zhou Liwen understood what Cui Yingying didn't say, turned around and looked around and chuckled.

"Although these people seem to be very utilitarian, their current wealth and status are due to their sensitivity to business opportunities and their familiarity with people's hearts."

"When I was a detective, these people would smile and extend their hands when they saw me from afar, and greet me with a smile."

"now what?"

"If I were to go to another place tonight, these people would just ignore me when they see me~"

Zhou Liwen observed Cui Yingying's expression and saw that she seemed to remember something and kept her head down without saying anything, so he continued.

"I went to Tokyo a few days ago, which really broadened my horizons and gave me a lot of new insights!"

"When I was chatting with Kihara Nobunari, Yuri Orlov, and Marat, I always thought of a verse I had heard before~"

"only the guy drinking water knows it's cold or hot!"

"Except for the big Hong Kong families that made fortunes during the war in recent decades, you don't need to pay attention to this group of people."

"them.."

"Ring, ring, ring~" Just as Zhou Liwen was speaking, the phone next to Cui Yingying rang.

She glanced at Zhou Liwen, stared at the phone for a moment with some confusion, then picked up the receiver and answered it.

. . .

About twenty minutes later.

A taxi stopped outside the villa gate.

Edward Dyke, a former CIA field agent who came from the island nation of Tokyo, gave all the change in his hand to the taxi driver as a tip after getting off the taxi.

Zhou Liwen, who was waiting outside the courtyard gate, smiled and waved his hand when he saw his generous gesture: "I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon~ Why didn't you tell me in advance that I would pick you up at the airport?"

"Haha~ I also received this task on short notice, thanks!" Edward Dyke didn't exchange too many polite words with Zhou Liwen. He raised the briefcase in his hand and said with a smile.

"I want to hand this over to Ms. Cui personally!"

"She shouldn't have rested yet, right?"

"Ah... She didn't rest, she was waiting for you!"

"Please come in~"

"Ok."

Zhou Liwen was very curious about what Edward had come all the way from Tokyo to deliver.

But he would not allow himself to make such a low-level mistake, so he stepped aside and invited Edward into the villa.

in the living room.

Cui Yingying introduced herself to Edward Dyke whom she met for the first time and served him a glass of freshly squeezed juice.

"Can I teach you Ms. Cui?"

"Of course~"

"Thank you!"

Edward thanked him politely, sat down, took out a photo from his pocket, looked at it carefully, handed it to Cui Yingying and said with a smile.

"This is Toby Olga, please let me bring it to you!"

Cui Yingying looked down at the photo and found that it was a street photo of herself taken when she was traveling near Oxford University in England.

She could also see several familiar shadows from the edges and corners of the photo.

"This is..?"

"Toby said she took this photo while you were touring Oxfordshire."

"Oh.."

"You came all the way here, didn't you, just to give me a photo?"

"Of course not." Edward opened the briefcase at hand and placed a large file bag in front of Cui Yingying. He looked back at Zhou Liwen and asked with a smile.

"Can you step aside for a moment?"

"It will only take ten minutes!"

"Ah... okay!" Zhou Liwen looked at Edward with a smile on his face, was stunned for two seconds, then nodded, turned and walked out of the villa.

Cui Yingying looked at Edward with some doubt, opened the file bag, pulled out several documents, and immediately understood why Zhou Liwen wanted to leave.

"you.."

"Hehe~" Edward rested his elbows on his knees, leaned forward, pointed at the documents in Cui Yingying's hand, and spoke in the lowest possible voice.

“Thomas P. Shuler Smith, Ogden, Utah, 1935.”

"After his parents divorced, he left Ogden, Utah, with his mother at the age of four and settled in Phoenix, Arizona until his mother remarried and moved to a tourist town near the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona."

"In 1953, Thomas was admitted to the Department of Architecture at Arizona State University with honors, received scholarships for three consecutive years, and was admitted to the Department of Architecture at Princeton University with honors to pursue a master's degree."

"In 1959, when Senator Connolly went to Princeton University to give a speech, he discovered young Thomas and thought he was very suitable for politics, so he took the initiative to invite him to be his assistant."

"Throughout the 60s, after completing his studies, Thomas worked as an assistant to Senator Connolly."

"Until February 70, Senator Connolly was ostracized by many people for his strong opposition to President Nixon's proposal."

"So he decided to let Thomas leave him and join President Nixon's advisory team."

"In 73, Nixon was mired in the Watergate scandal. Thomas asked Congressman Connolly to help him quit all his jobs and arranged for him to work for an oil company in California."

"In 74, after President Nixon resigned, Thomas had become a junior partner in the oil company."

"In 75, President Ford and presidential candidate Wallace White began a new round of presidential campaign."

"Senator Connolly was hospitalized for heart disease this year, so he recalled Thomas to help with the work and continue to help Wallace White vote."

"In March 76, after President Wallace White took office, Thomas was nominated by the President to be the Consul General of the U.S. Consulate in Hong Kong."

"At the end of 76, after Thomas came to Hong Kong to take office, Senator Connolly was once again hospitalized for kidney disease."