Manhattan Reborn 1978

Southeast Texas, Houston.

West of downtown, 19 Piney Point Village, Piney Point Village, Memorial District.

Early morning~

Last night's freezing rain made the air throughout the city feel moist and cold.

David wore a thick coat and said goodbye to his mentor Professor Bartley. He walked to the street and looked at the ice hanging from the eaves of the house, and sighed to the one-eyed Andres.

"You must have never seen this thing when you lived in Florida, right?"

"Yes!" One-eyed Andres nodded, looked at the crystal clear ice under the eaves, and smiled.

"I just tried to get one and wanted to taste it..."

David grinned and asked, "Does it taste good?"

"It's average, a little bitter..." One-eyed Andrichs said with an exaggerated grimace and spread his hands.

"Hahaha~"

David smiled and shook his head, opened the door and got in the car: "Let's go home first."

"ok~"

Andrichs got into the cab and drove David, who had been "busy" at his tutor's place again last night, driving slowly on the slippery road.

. . .

After half an hour.

Northwest of Houston, eastern suburbs of the small city of Hempstead.

David stood in the front yard of the farm vacation home and asked with a smile when he saw his father, David Sr., just walking out of the temporary stable that was converted from the barn.

"What are you...?"

Old David raised a few tools in his hand and said with a smile: "Last night, I was worried that these horses would catch cold and get sick, so I got them another heating stove made of oil drums."

"Forehead.."

David felt very speechless that his father would take such good care of him. He took a few steps forward and tried to persuade him.

"The weather has been a bit unusual these days, so you should also keep warm!"

"I know."

Old David held up the coat he was wearing and joked: "The day before yesterday, after watching the weather forecast on TV, your mother went to buy us all new cotton coats."

"Oh~"

David nodded suddenly, with a hint of warmth in his smile: "It turns out that my mother urged me to come back just because she wanted me to try... a new cotton coat?"

"Yup!"

Old David opened the door, motioned for his son to go in first, and said with a smile: "You sent Ada back, but you have been staying at Professor Bartley's place, disturbing his rest."

"I...she..."

When David heard Ada's name, he suddenly felt scratched and speechless.

Because Sierra’s mother made it very clear during the phone call to him~

The little girl Ada Pushk changed her hairstyle. Ever since she came to stay with her father David Sr. and her sister Salonia as a guest, she had hardly left the room. .

Every time they ate, Salonia would send the food back to the room and watch Ada take the tableware back after she finished eating. .

Seeing the little girl's abnormal behavior, Sierra's mother also quietly asked Salonia what she was doing in the room.

Salonia's response: "She's in the room..."

David heard his mother say on the phone ~

Ada "hid" in the room, using a pen to record the story she adapted from the plot of the movie "Titanic". She immediately felt a headache, toothache, and body aches. .

He had two in-depth conversations with Ada, but he didn't realize that she was a person who loved literature. .

Why did he suddenly become a "fanatic record taker"?

David was a little confused, so he rushed back immediately after receiving his mother's call.

. . .

On the second floor, at the door of Salonia's room.

The little sister Loisa, who had braces, pursed her lips and pulled David's arm, tried her best to tiptoe to his ear, and whispered.

"Are you going to persuade her to go home?"

"Ever since she came, my sister has become unhappy!"

"My sister is not happy, and I am not happy either!"

"You won't let her live like this forever, will you?"

"Uh..." David rolled his eyes and thought for a moment, stretched out his hand to pinch Loisa's face, bumped her forehead with his own, and whispered.

"Dearestloiza!"

“Iwouldliketoaddressyouforabriefmomentfiimay..”

"Now~Iwilladmitthatattimesicertainlydoappreciateanovelty,anunconventionalty,apeculiarityofform.."

"Butrhisisquitesimplyabirdgetoofar!"

"Uh...?!" Loisa's eyes widened and she didn't realize what he meant.

David stretched out his hand to open the door a crack and said in a deliberately raised voice.

"The great writer Mark Twain once mentioned a plot in his novel that caused a lot of discussion."

"A businessman fell from a building and died unfortunately."

"When bankers heard the news, they thought that this businessman must not be able to withstand the pressure of a huge financial crisis, so he chose to jump off the building."

"When the psychiatrist heard the news, he thought that the businessman must have been in a high-pressure job for a long time and suffered from a serious mental illness..."

"When the newspaper reporter heard the news, he thought that the businessman must have been caught having sex outside by his wife, or that his wife had been caught having sex outside. They couldn't think about it for a moment..."

"But when the police investigate and announce the final result~"

"The businessman just walked to the rooftop drunk, accidentally slipped and fell to his death..."

From the crack in the door, David saw the short-haired Ada's back sitting at the bedside table. He didn't pay attention to Loisa's strange expression, and spoke again in a louder voice.

"Decades ago, World War II ended."

"There is a rich French man who hopes to establish a wildlife nature reserve on the vast African grasslands."

"But although his idea is beautiful, it is extremely difficult to implement!"

"Because he not only wants to not destroy the natural environment of the African grasslands, but also wants to be able to observe the life moments of animals at close range. He also hopes that these wild animals living on the grasslands cannot easily hurt people."

"So, he had been planning this idea for several years, but it never came to fruition."

"Until one day, when he visited a friend's house and talked about this plan that he had been thinking about to no avail, the servant at his friend's house suddenly said~"

“Why do you keep trying to put animals on the savannah in cages?”

"As long as you install strong protective barriers on the jeep, all your plans can be realized..."

"After listening to the French rich man and his friend, he should have been surprised by the servant's quick thinking and helped them find the best solution."

"But they strictly ordered the servants to forget what they said and took this genius idea as their own."

David put his hands on Loisa's shoulders, looked at her slowly "growing" little face, and smiled.

"Environment can change a person's personality."

"Character determines a person's living habits."

"Habits can slowly change the environment and affect the people around you~"

"But you need to understand all this first!"

"Prisons and shackles, fear and pain, cannot trap a person!"

"The only thing that can truly trap people is their own heart!"

"Only if you really want to make a change can you discover the love and hope around you~"

"Loisa!"

"do you understand?"

"..."

Loisa, a girl who had already entered puberty, tilted her head and looked into her brother David's eyes, shrugging with a strange smile.

"Okay ~ I won't do it anymore."

"Ok!"

David shook his head slightly, dumbfounded, and waved his hands: "My tutor, Professor Bartlet, likes apple-flavored and cherry-flavored foods very much..."

"Go and tell mom and Salonia to make some more snacks and bring them back to me."

"Oh..." Loisa winked at the crack in the opened door, turned around and trotted downstairs.

David stood there, his expression slowly becoming helpless. .

Loisa's sister, Salonia, is 16 years old this year, which is the age when girls are full of love. .

The look in her eyes that was almost "drawn" when she occasionally looked at David could be seen by anyone who was not blind!

If this were 100 years ago, a 16-year-old girl might have given birth. .

That's why father David Sr. and mother Sera tentatively mentioned Salonia in front of their sons. .

David also asked himself, and he was sure that he didn't feel that way about Salonia, who was becoming more and more beautiful. .

Let him cut off the love thread with his wise sword! ?

Emm. .

When David thought about facing Salonia and saying something that would shatter her girlish dream, his head suddenly felt a little bigger~

. . .

in the room.

Ada with short hair stood up and walked to the door, opened the door and looked at David who was standing outside the door secretly distressed, smiled and whispered.

"I'm going to finish writing it soon."

"After I finish writing, I will go home."

"Well.."

David looked at Ada in surprise, walked into the room, and said, "I asked Toby to go to the bookstore and find a copy of "A Night I'll Never Forget: The Sinking of the Titanic" compiled by Walter Lord and give it to him. you."

"There is also the film "Shipwreck on the Ice" that was shot more than 20 years ago. I can't find the film yet."

"If my friend in Los Angeles finds it, I'll buy it and give it to you."

"Thank you!" Short-haired Ada seemed to be more willing to speak when they were alone together. .

She walked to the table and sat down, picked up the pen, and whispered: "I still like Jack and Rose in this story better."

"Especially that sentence: yourjump, Ijump!" (Translated as: You jump and I jump, life and death.)

"Forehead.."

David touched his nose subconsciously, walked to the bed and sat down, shrugging.

"Awoman'sheartisadeepoceanofsecrets." (Translation: A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets.)

Ada seemed to have touched a sensitive "nerve" by this sentence, and continued with a brighter smile: "We women. Our choices are never easy." (We are women, and our choices are never easy.)

"Tomakeeachdaycount." (Translated as: Make every day count.)

"..." David did not look at Ada's side face, but turned to look out the window, put his arms back on the bed, and whispered.

"Will you give me a way to live?" (Translated as: Can you give me a way to live...)

"Hahahaha~" Ada said with a smile as clear as a silver bell.

"Alllifeisagameofluck!" (Translated as: Life is all about luck.)

"Although this sentence seems a bit one-sided, it is also very true."

David also laughed and said: "I am the king of the warld!" (Translated as: I am the king of the world.)

"My luck has always been very good~"

Short-haired Ada laughed and turned to look at David, her eyes shining brightly, and she said softly: "Thank you for giving me this ticket..."

"It's going to be the best love story I've ever heard in my life!"

David retracted his arms, deliberately showed a wicked smile, and asked.

"Could it be...that only this kind of love that has experienced life and death can make you unforgettable for the rest of your life?"

"Hehe~"

He stood up and walked to the table, tapping his fingers on the table as a reminder.

"Most people hope that they can love vigorously..."

"But most people's marriages go through life with mediocrity..."

"History has many truths worth pursuing."

"But it's just history, it's just someone else's story, not yours or mine."

"You must not be like that rich French man, always thinking about wanting both... and wanting... and..."

"Don't let your fragile heart, full of contradictions, trap you in a cage, afraid to step out..."

David deliberately did not look at Ada's reaction, walked to the door of the room, turned to look at the floor, and whispered.

"I haven't seen the sun at noon for more than a year."

"At that time, I had to work all night and could only see the morning and sunset..."

"The morning sun is not very bright."

"But from working long hours in dimly lit bars, my eyes almost degenerated into moles..."

"When it is slightly illuminated by the morning sun, it will feel tingling and numb..."

"Some days, when I get off work early in the morning, I even hope not to see the rising sun or the dazzling light..."

"Later, when I returned to the apartment and lay on the bed looking at the ceiling, I suddenly regretted it~"

"I feel like my life shouldn't be like this!"

David held the doorknob in his hand and sighed: "The life I thought was very fulfilling was shattered by the rising sun like a fragile phantom..."

"In life, you can experience more than 100 summers and cold winters at most."

"You may envy the heroine Rousi in the story for being able to meet the love of her life..."

"But if you keep yourself trapped on an island that refuses to socialize and communicate, it will only weaken your ability to communicate, and it will also make you gradually lose your instinct to perceive beauty and feel love."

"Open the door and go out~"

"Embrace the sun and communicate seriously."

"These are all I can help you with." After David said this, he walked out of the room and closed the door.

"..." Short-haired Ada suddenly turned her head to look at the closed door, her lips moved lightly, but she said nothing.

----

South-central Texas, the capital is Austin.

Austin, home to the headquarters of the Texas Ranger Division.

(Note: It can also be referred to as: Texas Ranger.)

It is an independent law enforcement unit within the Texas government law enforcement system, with a total of only about 200 people. It is mainly responsible for assisting the police in investigating all crimes in the state.

After President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 63, if the FBI wanted to take over the case, they had to get the Texas Rangers to deal with it first. .

There is a famous saying that once circulated in the wilderness of the western United States: God created human beings, and the Colt pistol made everyone equal.

The origin of this sentence comes from a tragic battle between the Texas Rangers, the predecessor of the Texas Mounted Police, and the Comanches, an Indian tribe, more than 100 years ago.

(Note: The 2007 movie "No Country for Old Men" directed by the Coen brothers; and the 2016 movie "Dead or Fire" directed by David Mackenzie, both have important scenes of the Texas Mounted Police.)

(By the way, Taylor Sheridan, the screenwriter of the movie "Through Fire", has also written and directed "Risky River" and participated in the screenplay of the movie "Sicario".

These three movies with Taylor Sheridan's strong personal style are all worth watching!Friends who are interested in film, don’t miss it. )

. . .

Austin, at a bowling alley on Santa Rosa Boulevard.

Lawrence, the head of the security company, watched Cohen and Jackal play ball with some indifference.

Not far behind him~

His old boss, Edward B. Tryon, raised his glass to his old friend Daniel Bupper and smiled.

"Why did those bastards see me... and feel like I've seen a ghost?"

"Hahahaha~" Old Bupo raised his wine glass, touched it hard, and said with a smile.

"They think they will never see you again in this life, so of course they will think they have seen a ghost!"

"Hahaha~" Old Cui En drank the drink happily, wiped the corners of his mouth with his hand, and asked with a smile.

"How about you come in? You're going to retire soon, right?"

"Yeah~" Old Bupo shook his gray beard, sat back in his chair, and shrugged.

"I have been a member of the Mounted Police for more than 20 years and it is time for me to retire."

"Yeah..." Old Cui En nodded in understanding.

"Before you retire, do me one more favor."

"Oh? Talk about it."

Old Cui En raised his finger and pointed in the direction of the three Lawrences, and said in a low voice: "The boy sitting with his back to us is named Stick Tang Lawrence."

"He is a security company..."

After a few minutes.

Old Cui En briefly explained the main purpose of his visit this time.

After hearing this, Old Bupo stared at him with a strange expression for a while and sneered.

"You just said... boss?"

"Yes~"

"He is a very nice young man. If I have the opportunity, I will introduce you to him."

With a smile on his face, Old Cui En added with a serious expression: "Your youngest son, Matt, hasn't contacted you since he went to New York, right?"

"David, the owner of the security company, has many connections in New York."

"If you want to find, contact Matt, or just want to know how he's doing, it's very easy."

"Just make a call and wait patiently."

Old Buper's smile disappeared from his face.

He and his wife have four children in total, two boys and two girls.

The eldest son, because he has been working abroad for a long time, rarely comes back.

The eldest daughter moved to Seattle, the largest city in the northwest United States, with her son-in-law a few years ago, and rarely comes back to visit her parents. .

The younger daughter even found a son-in-law in Alaska and has not been back for six or seven years. .

The youngest son Matt mentioned by Old Cui En was also crazy about rock music a few years ago. After having a few big fights with his family, he secretly took a leave of absence from school without telling his family and went to New York to make a living. .

In the once bustling home, now there are only old Bupo and his wife, staring at each other every day, living a dull and peaceful life. .

Old Cui En also knew that in order to achieve his goal, he deliberately brought up the sad things in his friend's family, which was a bit too selfish.

So he simply exposed his wounds and talked to his old friends about his troublesome daughter, Mary Sue. .

A few minutes later.

Old Buper felt very balanced and couldn't help but smile and asked: "Mary Sue, have you finally agreed to come back and help you take care of the farm?"

"No.."

Old Cui En sighed helplessly: "She still wants to join the TV station and do some behind-the-scenes choreography work."

"Then are you still going to find someone to help her?"

"No!" Old Cui En replied simply.

"I figured it out too~"

"She needs to have her own life. I can't take care of her for the rest of her life."

"Then what?" Old Bupo tilted his head and asked.

"Then.."

Old Cui En showed a bad smile: "My young boss happened to invest in a New York TV station."

"If Mary Sue is willing to go, he will help take care of her."

"Uh..." Old Bupo was speechless.

"Hahaha~" Old Cui En laughed heartily.