030. Jessica
It seems that it was Pepper's reason, Bai Xingwen only waited for a day, and the next day he received Pepper's news, and the scientific expedition team was ready to leave. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
It just so happened that Bai Xingwen was in New York, so he didn't have to run around.
Calling the little girl who was getting more and more sleepy from the bed, Bai Xingwen made a simple breakfast.
Toasted bread and fried bacon, fancy scrambled eggs and vegetable salad, served with a supermarket-bought German sausage with a unique flavor, and Bai Xingwen made a latte with hot milk and espresso.
Drinking a latte in the morning was a treat.
Picking up the dazed Elizabeth and putting her on the stool, looking at the little girl who opened her eyes attracted by the aroma of food, Bai Xingwen felt very warm.
"Let's go!" After breakfast, the little girl wore ordinary clothes and a small backpack, and pulled Bai Xingwen to leave. "Aven, if you don't take the big boat again, you're going to run away!"
"Okay, okay. But we don't care about the big ship for now, Pepper bought you a lot of things, and we're going to go to Stark Industries Building first and bring your things with you. ”
Bai Xingwen's dusty Range Rover was finally cleaned and maintained yesterday, and this time he set off with this car, maybe he could drift on the Arctic glacier or something.
Drove to the Stark Industrial Building, the road is still the flow of people and cars seriously hindered the trip, New York Manhattan Wall Street these places, crossing the road is the same as China, there are many people rushing, the strength of New Yorkers is not civilized waiting for traffic lights.
Bai Xingwen always felt that driving here was no different from the crowded roads in China.
What about a good capitalist civilized society? Hey, don't suddenly rush across the road!
Although the journey was quite long, it was delayed for almost an hour in Manhattan, and Bai Xingwen finally arrived at the underground parking lot of the Stark Industrial Building.
Pepper had been waiting in the parking lot for a long time, and when she saw Bai Xingwen's car driving over, she immediately waved her hand.
Bai Xingwen parked the car at Pepper and saw the familiar Tony's driver and bodyguard.
"Aiwen, the main thing is that I was in too much of a hurry to set off, and I didn't buy all the things, but these should be enough, and there are. Pepper pointed to a tall but well-dressed girl standing behind her, "Her name is Jessica, it turns out that her father was an employee of Stark Industries, but she died due to some accident, and I haven't seen her for two years, Jessica seems to have experienced something not very good, and wants to leave New York, just right, I will let her be your secretary, and by the way, we will take care of Elizabeth to travel to the North Pole." ”
"It's rude to ask a girl's age, but Pepper, can you tell me how old she is?" Bai Xingwen pointed to Jessica, who was a little timid behind Pepper.
"Although he looks younger, he is also one year old before he becomes an adult. Pepper pulled Jessica and put her in front of Bai Xingwen, "Okay Jessica, this is your future boss, let's get to know Mr. Evan White, Stark Industries' consultant." ”
"Hello, Jessica, can you introduce yourself?" Bai Xingwen smiled like a good uncle.
"Hello. Just a simple answer, Jessica nodded at Bai Xingwen, and sat down on the Range Rover behind Bai Xingwen.
Seeing Elizabeth chattering around Harpy, Bai Xingwen felt that he was still quite amiable to a girl with the face of an English uncle?
Pepper saw Bai Xingwen's blank face and pulled Bai Xingwen's sleeve. Bai Xingwen closed the car door and followed Pepper back a little.
"Maybe it has something to do with the loss of your parents, Aven, you just have to bear a little more, Jessica doesn't know what she has experienced in the past two years. But Aven, what do you think of Jessica?" Pepper said as she stray away.
"What's how. Although Bai Xingwen felt that this girl looked quite comfortable, her temperament was a little gloomy.
"Of course, I don't have the urge to soak her. ”
Bai Xingwen seemed to see such a Pepper for the first time. Said good rules and etiquette pepper!
"Can I say she's still a child?"
"Aven, you look young too!"
"Forget it, let's not discuss this, I'll go see if Harpy has packed his things, I have to leave early, it won't be easy to get to the port early after a traffic jam. Bai Xingwen used the escape technique to escape again.
"Anyway, wait for the good news of your return!" Pepper looked at Bai Xingwen who had fled and smiled, "Evan is also very old, how can he be so shy about these things, oh, by the way, his ancestral home is still British." ”
Pepper thought about the conservative attitude of the British in his mind, and it was not surprising that Evan reflected it.
The trunk is stuffed to the brim, and there are a lot of things in the back seat, but fortunately this extended luxury Range Rover is a 7-seater car, and the first two rows have not affected much.
"Hello, my name is Elizabeth!" Bai Xingwen told the little girl that this sister would accompany you on the trip, and the little girl happily introduced herself to Jessica.
"Hello, I'm Jessica. Looking at Elizabeth with the face of the cute little angel, Jessica's expression also recovered a lot from calm to a little gloomy.
Jessica is wearing a very depressed look, looking old big leather boots, ripped jeans, a dark shirt on the upper body, and a shabby leather jacket. If it weren't for Pepper saying that he would let him take care of her, Bai Xingwen would definitely doubt how to be my life assistant when this mushroom is so bad.
Bai Xingwen, who suddenly felt as if he was a nanny, was completely lost in the mood that Pepper said was a little heartwarming.
How can you fall in love if you are not well-dressed!Pepper, have you found me another daughter?Or is it a punk problem girl.
"Aivan, are you British?" If it weren't for his ears, Bai Xingwen might not have heard Jessica's words.
"Physically, I'm supposed to be half British, and in general, a lot of white Americans are British. I didn't understand why Jessica would ask this strange question, and Bai Xingwen did a popular science.
didn't hear an answer, Bai Xingwen was completely indifferent to this cold attitude.
Elizabeth seemed to be slapped in the face by the cold air, and said nothing, silently taking out her mobile phone, not knowing what she was studying.
Silence is New York Harbor this afternoon.
The trip to New York Harbor was relatively smooth, and I didn't know how the staff planned to get the car to the research ship, Bai Xingwen took two girls, one older and one young, on the scientific research ship called "North Star".
The ship looked new, and all kinds of equipment had Stark Industries' manufacturing labels, and although Bai Xingwen was far away from Tony, he was still shocked by the aura of the local tyrant.
"Hello Mr. White, I am Tim Davis, the captain of this ship, and I am very happy that Stark Industries has been able to give our institute such great support, please rest assured, everything is up to you on this trip to the North Pole, we have already thought of the travel route, and we hope you will see if you are satisfied when the time comes. ”
Feeling the blessing of the aura of the local tyrant, Bai Xingwen looked at this man with a big beard and the face of an explorer. "Okay, please take us to rest first, and send the route by the way, I'll take a look. ”
"No problem, follow me. ”
Captain Tim walked in front and took Bai Xingwen to the bow of the research ship, and opened a room with the captain's room written on it, which had a luxurious lookout and all kinds of configurations you can think of, in short, it was a sparkle.
"Here?" Bai Xingwen was a little puzzled.
"That's right, it's written that it's the captain's room, but the captain isn't here at all, haha!" Captain Tim said with a smile, "I'm usually at the lookout and in the real captain's room, and this is the captain's room for a big man like you." ”
Sure enough, Bai Xingwen didn't see anything like the rudder.
"Okay, I won't bother too much, I'll send someone to deliver the itinerary after the sail is a while. Captain Tim saluted, then turned and went out, closing the door.
"Hooray! what a big boat!" said Elizabeth, who was still the most lively, and looked at the Hudson River, which connected to the sea, and Elizabeth stood and jumped in front of the glass window.
"Well, this room is huge. Bai Xingwen looked at the spacious VIP captain's room, and suddenly found that there was only a large round bed. "Well, if Tony comes, I guess I'll think it's very well configured. "It's not good to ask if you can provide another bed, thinking that the beds on the ship are generally welded to the floor, Bai Xingwen is ready to sleep on the sofa.
"At least the sofa here is still huge!"
Looking back at Jessica, she found that this girl was a little overwhelmed by the big captain's room, especially after seeing the big bed, the whole person seemed to be stimulated by something, and squatted on the ground with her head in her arms.
Bai Xingwen always felt that this performance was quite familiar.
"Hey, isn't this PTSD!" Bai Xingwen remembered that he was also a patient of this disease, but he hadn't done it again for a long time after coming into contact with Elizabeth. "But it's said that women are more likely to develop PTSD than men, so it seems that she is bed-related trauma?"
Bai Xingwen made up for the situation that the big bed that fell from the sky and knocked down the girl's parents.
"Jessica, you're all right!" Elizabeth also saw Jessica squatting on the ground at this time, and ran over to see how she was doing.
Awakened by the little girl's voice, Jessica got back to her feet.
"It's okay, I'm just a little nervous. ”
Bai Xingwen looked for the luxurious captain's room, and sure enough, there was a coffee machine, and he casually mixed a cup of American style and handed it to Jessica, who was helped by Elizabeth to sit on the sofa, "Drink something, I think it will make you feel better."
"Thank you. Jessica took the cup and held it in both hands.
In line with the principle of being shallow and profound, Bai Xingwen did not ask Jessica why she was stimulated.
Elizabeth looked at her big sister as if she was a little better, and she was less worried. In her mind, as long as there is no bloodshed, there is basically no problem.
Seeing Elizabeth continue to turn back into the girl who was excited when she went out on a wild trip, studying everything in the house curiously, Bai Xingwen also sat on the sofa, looking at the girl next to her who was still thin despite wearing a heavy leather jacket.
"Have you ever been to Santa's hometown?" Bai Xingwen tried to divert Jessica's attention.
Taking a sip of the warm coffee in her hand, Jessica looked ahead with a somewhat vacant gaze.
Just when Bai Xingwen thought Jessica wasn't going to say anything, he heard her deep voice, "I heard that it's beautiful there, right?"
It's best to be able to communicate, Bai Xingwen thought to himself, "That's right, there are beautiful auroras, special hot springs, fun Santa Claus, and you can chat with Santa Claus?" ”
"Perhaps. ”
The conversation was interrupted by a knock on the door, and Bai Xingwen opened the door, and sure enough, it was a sailor who was delivering the schedule.
"Sir, this is the voyage table, have a good trip!" Looking at this handsome sailor who was wearing a white sailor's suit on the outside and a purple shirt on the inside, Bai Xingwen was surprised by his strange taste, but he didn't say anything.
"Okay, thank you. ”
After saying goodbye to the strangely dressed handsome sailor, Bai Xingwen turned around and walked to the sofa with the itinerary watch, but saw Jessica, who was fine just now, sobbing silently at this time.
"Jessica, Jessica?" Bai Xingwen didn't know what had stimulated the fragile girl, as if Jessica had fallen into terrible memories from the moment she got on the boat.
"I ...... I!" Jessica stood up from the couch, emotional but with tears in her eyes.
Although Bai Xingwen knows that it is PTSD, his own performance is just that he is more cruel and irritable in the face of the impact of the outside world, he has never been exposed to Jessica's type at all, and he doesn't know how to alleviate it at all, is it difficult to kill people like himself?
"Smack!" Jessica slammed her coffee to the ground, and the whole person fell to the ground as if she had collapsed.
The sound of the coffee cup shattering also startled Elizabeth, who was studying outside the window on the other side of the room.
Bai Xingwen thought about it, but still walked over and hugged Jessica's head. "Well, it's okay, it's okay, it's a safe place, you see, there's nothing terrible. ”
"Ahh
The strength was so strong that Bai Xingwen crashed into the wall that was more than thirty meters away from him.
However, it also shows that this captain's room is really big.
Elizabeth saw Evan being thrown out, and immediately ran to Evan in fear.
"Aiwen, it's okay!" the little girl looked at Bai Xingwen who was rubbing her shoulders worriedly.
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm in good health. Except for the pain in his shoulder that hit the wall, Bai Xingwen felt that he was fine.
"Jessica, how can you do this!" Elizabeth was like a lion cub, and although Sister Pepper wished she could talk to Jessica more, how could she hurt Aven.
Bai Xingwen, who didn't know that his appearance and voice were easy for Jessica to misunderstand, also didn't understand how the originally good girl became like this.
"How did Pepper introduce me to a psychopath. Bai Xingwen was a little speechless.
"Yes, I'm sorry. Jessica, who seemed to be a little better, looked at Bai Xingwen who was rubbing her shoulders with an apologetic face. "I, I just don't know why I did that. I'm sorry, but I have a lot of strength. ”
He touched Elizabeth's head to make the little one not too excited, "It's okay, why don't I find you a separate room?"
Bai Xingwen felt that maybe she needed to be alone.