Manhattan Reborn 1978

Europe, UK.

Early morning~

22 Cork Street, Mayfair, London.

street.

Bill Gutfreund, who had been following Karnes Rothschild recently, looked at the truck that had just pulled over in the distance with an expressionless face, and said in a dry voice.

"You guy...is this why you called me here?"

Mr. Odis Parker, who was wearing a heavy woolen coat and a crisp suit, held the top hat on his head with his hand, pointed to the apartment door behind him and said with a smile to several workers who followed the truck.

"Yes!"

"The boss gave me a very sufficient fund for the Valentine's Day holiday."

"Of course I want you to be a witness and spend it all~"

"..@#￥￥...!!" Bill greeted Mr. Parker "kindly" using a string of slang that he didn't even understand.

"Haha~" Mr. Parker looked very happy.

He directed several workers with the civilized stick in his hand and placed the flowers in several trucks on the street. Suddenly, the pedestrians around him couldn't help but stop and watched as the sidewalk slowly turned into " Rose-coloured sea". .

"Cough cough~"

After inspecting the "works" arranged by the finishers, Mr. Parker nodded with satisfaction, cleared his throat, took out a pink envelope from the inside pocket of his coat, and walked to 22 Coker Street, Mayfair. The doorbell rang in front of Sir Swinton's apartment.

When Bill Gutfreund saw that this "crazy man" actually entered Sir Swinton's apartment, he quickly turned around and ran into his car to avoid being implicated. .

Sure enough~

Less than 10 minutes after Mr. Parker entered, he was "invited" out "very politely" by a man who looked like a butler.

Mr. Parker, who staggered and almost fell, did not lose any of his gentlemanly demeanor.

He quickly arranged his clothes, took off his hat, and bowed slightly to the glaring butler standing at the door, with a smile on his lips.

"..." Mr. Butler looked at him with cold eyes, turned around and walked into the apartment, closing the door heavily.

Mr. Parker, seeing that his goal of coming this time had been successfully accomplished, he put on his hat again with satisfaction and looked up at the window on the second floor of the apartment.

Just at this moment ~

At the second-floor window, Tilda Swinton suddenly opened the window from the inside and shouted to Mr. Parker.

"Did David ask you to come?"

"..." Mr. Parker smiled and nodded, holding up the pink envelope that he failed to send just now.

Tilda covered her mouth with her hands, and when she saw the "rose-colored sea" on the street, her eyes were instantly filled with "little stars", and she shouted in a high-pitched voice.

"wait for me!"

"I'll be right there!"

"..." Mr. Parker nodded with a gentler smile, exuding an incomprehensible "confidence" all over his body, and waited quietly.

5 minutes.

10 minutes.

Two 10 minutes.

half an hour. .

Mr. Parker, like a sculpture standing in a "sea of ​​roses", stared motionless at the door of Sir Swinton's apartment.

finally~

After about four and five minutes.

Bill Gutfreund, who was sitting in the car, lost all his patience, walked quickly to Mr. Parker, pulled him and whispered.

"You want everyone to know that Tilda Swinton's conspiracy has succeeded!"

"Let's go~"

"Hmm... Huh?" Mr. Parker's eyes were dancing with "weird fire", he slowly moved his shoulders and smiled.

"Andrew, Duke of Devonshire, is coming to London to spend the holidays with his lover today."

"If we leave now, we can just send a Valentine's Day blessing to Mrs. Devonshire Deborah before lunch~"

"what?"

"you@#%……!!"

Mr. Parker ignored Bill's somewhat grumpy "greeting", placed the pink envelope on the bouquet of roses closest to the apartment door, and smiled.

"Let's go~ Don't keep Carnes and Mrs. Devonshire waiting..."

"wait!"

Bill stopped Mr. Parker in surprise, frowned and asked, "Canes? Is he going too?"

"Of course~"

"When did you make an appointment with him?"

"We haven't made an appointment yet." Mr. Parker raised his civilized staff and pointed to the street corner in the distance.

"I'm going to make an appointment with him now and let's go together."

"..." Bill looked up and looked into the distance, just about to walk over. .

Mr. Parker suddenly smiled again: "That's right!"

"And the beautiful Miss Diana Spencer."

"Do you know where she lives?"

"..." Bill immediately stopped, looked at Mr. Parker with his head tilted, and suddenly smiled.

"I think David will regret sending you to London!"

"how could be?"

"Haha~" Mr. Parker laughed himself and asked.

"He aspires to be somebody."

"As a big shot, how can he lack a few aristocratic ladies as his confidante?"

"!@#%..." Bill rolled his eyes, feeling unable to complain.

But Mr. Parker felt that he was a "genius". He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and said slightly excitedly.

"A friend of mine should know where Miss Spencer is."

"Do you want to come with me?"

Bill didn't want to be regarded as a "madman", so he walked away without saying a word.

----

new York.

Early morning~

Queens, 77th Police Precinct.

Fal Pocchivino walked into an office with the transcript he had just obtained, and smiled at Pamela Landy, who was having a headache.

"Hey~ we got a clue!"

"Eh..." Pamela asked, rubbing her temples vigorously, trying to make herself more awake.

"Where are the people from the security company? Have they left?"

"Let's go~ They are here to help, of course they won't follow you forever."

"Can.."

The way Pamela hesitated to speak made Far feel a little ironic.

He pulled a chair over for himself, sat opposite Pamela, pushed the transcript to her, and whispered.

"Isn't it just that two people died and two were seriously injured?"

"They are all human traffickers with no bottom line, and they are even more despicable than drug dealers!"

"Among the girls we rescued, there was also an underdeveloped boy who was also given away by them..."

"What?" Pamela asked with her eyes widened in surprise and a strange expression.

"Why didn't we see him?"

"Hehe~"

Farr took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit one for himself: "He is only 12 years old. He has not started to grow. He has no Adam's apple. He still has long hair and wears girls' clothes."

"The traffickers kidnapped him and his female classmates without even looking carefully."

"When he was taken aboard the smuggling ship and was about to arrive at our port, those scumbags discovered that there was a man among the girls."

"This..." Pamela felt speechless and rolled her eyes. She grabbed the cigarette from Farr's hand, lit one for herself, and lowered her head as she asked.

"Then what will your police do with them?"

"After asking clearly, repatriation~what else can we do?"

Pamela took a few puffs of cigarette and said in a lower voice: "I regret taking this case."

"Tsk~" Farr couldn't help laughing when he saw her looking a little downcast.

"It's not too late for you to regret it now!"

"As long as we don't touch...the big guys behind this case."

"We can catch as many of these small fish and shrimps as they want, which they can throw away at will~"

"To them, it's just a loss of some money."

"They have so much money that they don't care at all..."

"..." Pamela lowered her head and was silent for a moment. It wasn't until she was burned by the cigarette on her fingertips that she came back to her senses and shook her head with a wry smile.

"A few human lives + a dozen boys and girls who were kidnapped and trafficked, can we let some media expose it?"

"sure!"

"But what happens after the exposure?"

"Should we continue to investigate?"

Fall, who had experienced such disgusting things many times, lit another cigarette for himself and sneered.

"Perhaps, the dozen or so children we rescued will remember what they experienced today for the rest of their lives."

"But what about this news?"

"Who can remember it?"

"Don't forget!"

"None of the children we rescued are American!"

"They don't even speak English, and they don't even dare to say the city where they live or the names of their family members."

"That group of scum and bastards warned them many times on the ship that if they dared to talk nonsense, their families would also be affected."

Farr exhaled a cloud of smoke with a cold and helpless expression, and said quietly: "I was almost fully involved in the last case of rescuing a girl in captivity."

"Chasida was also introduced to the Wildfire Bar through me..."

"Before she left, she whispered to me~"

"She also thought about resisting or escaping at first, and she also tried to find a partner to escape from among the girls."

"But when she heard the group of people tell her the names of her mother, brother, and sister, as well as their current addresses, she became desperate~"

Fall took a few puffs of his cigarette, and the air in the office was "dyed" light blue.

"Choose to be obedient and continue to be abused and ravaged by them, and your family will be safe."

"If you choose to run away or resist, your family may be retaliated against or even captured by those scumbags."

"I want you to choose!"

"What do you choose?"

"..." Pamela held her head in her hands, hoping to be more awake. .

Farr silently put away the cigarette case and lighter, stood up and looked down at Pamela, who had begun to "retreat", and whispered.

"I never thought I would become a hero because of my investigation of this case."

"I don't even dare to think about what may happen to me in the end..."

"But since I chose to be a police officer and choose to participate in the investigation of this case again, I can't let my moral bottom line be stained by those scum again!"

Farr took the transcript he had brought and said with a relaxed smile, "I am a New York police officer and you are the CIA."

"The FBI is not willing to take on this case easily, you... you better forget it~"

"If you are worried about David, I can find a way to help you explain to him."

"It just so happens that I can take this opportunity to find out about Chasida's current situation from him."

"Bye, Randy!"

After Farr finished speaking, he walked away gracefully.

Pamela Randy was left lying alone on the table, "fighting" fiercely in her heart. .

----

Manhattan.

The southern end of Central Park, the Plaza Hotel.

A car parked smoothly on the street. Polly opened the car door and "jumped out", pointing at Mike Bai who was sitting in the driver's seat, and cursed.

"I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"

"Haha~" Mike Bai bared his teeth and said with a smile.

"Don't look for me! I'm just..."

"Get out! Stop talking nonsense~" Polly glared at him bitterly, turned around, pulled Susan and Cui Yingying, and quickly walked into the hotel door.

Black Mike, who was sitting in the passenger seat, felt relieved when he saw the three people disappearing at the door of the hotel, and joked to White Mike.

"David and they are going to celebrate Valentine's Day, so we can't wait here forever, right?"

"Haha~" White Mike "transformed" a long-shaped jewelry box out of nowhere and showed off to "single dog" Black Mike.

"Look! This is a surprise I have for Erica today!"

"Tch~" Black Mike, who had his mouth full of "dog food" again, raised his middle finger, tilted his head and looked out the window, and stopped talking.

"Hahahaha~" Mike Bai collected the gift very proudly, put the gear on, and shouted in a loud voice.

“I wish you a happy Valentine’s Day and a happy single life~ I wish you a Happy Valentine’s Day and a happy single life!”

"fxxxyou!"

"Hahahaha~"

. . .

Plaza Hotel, fifth floor.

In the largest suite in the hotel.

David, who was still sleeping, seemed to hear a group of noisy "ducks" whose squawking sounds lingered in his ears. .

He drowsily buried his head into the pillow and put the cup over his head. Only then did he feel his ears were quieter.

But what he never expected was. .

He felt that he had just "relived" his old relationship with several beautiful women in his dream, and the quilt on his body was "mercilessly" lifted, and there was a sharp pain in his ears~

"Hi~ Ouch!"

“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!

"Hahaha~" A burst of laughter from the women finally made David, who was dizzy, slowly open his eyes.

He covered his ears with his hands, squinted at the women surrounding the bed, and muttered with his mouth flat.

"Let me sleep a little longer..."

"no!"

"You still want to sleep?!" Polly felt the anger rising in her heart. She took off her coat and jumped directly onto the bed, holding David's head with both hands and questioning.

"Why didn't you tell me in advance when you came back last night?"

"What about the children?"

"Where did you hide them?"

"..." David hugged Polly, somewhat dumbfounded, and replied in a daze.

"I have informed Mike Bai and asked him to tell you~"

"The children are in my parents' room. They shouldn't be up at this time..."

"That bastard Mike Bai again!?" After listening to this, Polly jumped out of bed still feeling angry and waved to Susan and Cui Yingying.

"I'm going to check on the kids. You guys ask him to wake up as soon as possible~"

"Hahahaha~ Yes!" Susan responded in a funny voice, pulling Cui Yingying to the bedside, ignoring David's arms that wanted to "hug", and said loudly with her hands on her hips.

"Where are our gifts?"

"How long are you going to keep us waiting?"

"Ah...oh..."

David responded casually, pointed to the alarm clock on the bedside and said, "Elena, you should be back soon."

"All the gifts I gave you are with her..."

"Elena?"

"Where did she go?"

"Paris.."

"Uh...?!" Susan felt as if she had guessed something. She jumped onto the bed like Polly did just now. Her whole body was like a "bombshell", which directly made David wake up from his dazed state. Wake up instantly~

"Ah!! It hurts, it hurts!"

"You...pressed me...over there!"

"Hahahaha~ You deserve it!" Susan straddled David like a western cowboy, grabbed the collar of his pajamas, and looked down at him and asked.

"Say! Is there anything else you haven't confessed honestly?!"

"No, really no!"

"Um?!"

Susan didn't believe his "nonsense", so she bent down and bit his neck, asking vaguely.

"You came back in the middle of the night and didn't go home right away?!"

"Tell me~ What else are you hiding from us?!"

"Hi~"

David felt as if he was being "kissed by a vampire". He took a few deep breaths and explained quickly.

"I tell you, I tell you everything~"

"Hurry up!" Susan heard this, thought for a moment, let go of him "mercilessly", put her hands on her hips, and urged him with widened eyes.

"Hey.."

David subconsciously covered his neck, turned to Cui Yingying, the "melon-eating crowd", winked, and sighed helplessly.

"I asked Odis Parker to send a card to Tilda Swinton."

"I wrote on the card: This is the first Valentine's Day that I can't spend with you, and it will also be the loneliest Valentine's Day for you."

"But I don't belong to you, and you don't belong to me."

"You will eventually find your other half!"

"I will also pray for you in my heart and send you blessings!"

"..." Susan tilted her head with a strange expression, pressed her hand on David's chest, and asked.

"Gone?"

"Gone.."

"You sent someone to give her a card on Valentine's Day just to say this?"

David spread his hands innocently and said with a wry smile: "What else?"

"Do you still want her to be my woman like you?"

"Fart! Dream!" Susan gritted her teeth, suppressed laughter, hit him a few more times, and then asked.

"and also!"

"Um...yes."

David grinned, scratched his head, and whispered: "I asked the gardener to tell Lawyer George and asked him to help me send a card and a gift to my ex-girlfriend Ruby."

"The content on the card is exactly the same as Tilda's."

"That Valentine's Day gift was promised to her when we celebrated Valentine's Day together last year..."

"Even if we have broken up now, I don't want to break my promise to her!"

"..." Susan tilted her head and looked at David with an even weirder expression, not knowing what to say for a moment. .

Of course, David knew that his "horse bug" operations could easily cause misunderstandings, so he continued to explain with a wry smile.

"I want to treat relationships from beginning to end!"

"Doing this will not only make me feel at ease, but also allow the people I have loved and the people who have loved me to not be hurt by this relationship or have any regrets."

"But, I promise you!"

"Although I often say ~ I am very greedy..."

"But it's enough for me to have you!"

"I've already missed it once, and I will never allow myself to do anything stupid again!"

David saw that Susan's expression was slightly relaxed, and he quickly hugged her with both hands, tried to sit up a little, and said seriously.

"If I lie to myself, if I compromise myself..."

"Even if I can get your forgiveness, I can't forgive myself!"

"Once~"

"Loving you is a craziness I have never imagined!"

"Now~"

"Having your love is the most beautiful gift God has given me!"

"So I just want to hold on tight!"

"Catch you, hold on to this love~ Never let go, never miss it!"

"Because the way you look at me always emits a fire that makes me crazy and obsessed..."

David felt Susan's body slowly "soften", smiled and let himself sit up completely, stretched out his hand to pull Cui Yingying over, and said with a smile.

"For you, for today, I wrote a song specially."

"I'll sing it to you~"

"If I don't have you by my side in my life..."

"The day will be empty~"

"The night will be long..."

"With you, I can see farther and clearer..."

"..."

David's acapella singing voice is not very beautiful.

But the emotion he "poured" into his singing slowly "trapped" both Susan and Cui Yingying.

Ps:

The song is "This Love Will Never Move".

English name: Nothing'sGonnaChangeMyLoveforYou

Created by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser, it was originally sung by American black jazz singer George Benson in 1984 and included in the album. It was covered by many people after the 1990s.

This song also became the theme song of the 1995 American film "The Bridge".

"Covered Bridges" is adapted from the novel "The Bridges of Madison" published by author Robert James Waller.

After the release of "The Lost Dreams", it set off a wave of divorces among middle-aged couples in the United States, and was rated as one of the best romance films by many well-known media.