Candace Bushnell is a woman who knows Manhattan like a man.

Instead of visiting the well-known attractions frequented by outsiders, she spent the afternoon with the three of them on a trip to almost all major areas of Manhattan, including the exquisite little galleries in SoHo, the craft shops in Greenwich Village, the small bars where underground rock bands perform in the lower town, and the authentic Chinese restaurants in the West Village.

Of course, there are countless luxury brand stores scattered throughout Manhattan, although these luxury goods are the equivalent of a few lollipops to Eric no matter how expensive they may be. However, the three women were very smart to just see and not buy, but Eric took the initiative to buy a few bottles of perfume in the Dior store and gave them to the three women, anyway, women spray perfume and enjoy it is still men.

Eventually, Candace Bushnell even mysteriously led them to an old apartment on the Upper West Side, supposedly to visit a famous Manhattan psychic medium.

Eric is not an atheist, and he believes that there are too many unknowable things in this world. However, Eric has no desire to come into contact with these things. So I didn't go into the apartment with the three women.

After waiting in the car for more than twenty minutes, the three women came out of the apartment, Candace Bushnell's expression was as usual, but the two girls looked at Eric with a strange expression.

Once they were all in the car, Eric asked, "What did the medium tell you?"

Candace Bushnell shook his head and smiled, "I didn't ask anything, I just brought Giselle and Alexander over to see, and I don't know what they asked." ”

Eric looked at Giselle and Alexander, both of whom shook their heads almost at the same time.

"Well, then I won't ask," Eric asked Candace without reluctance, "Where next?"

It's not yet five o'clock in the afternoon, but the winter weather is relatively short, and it is almost evening.

Candace Bushnell pointed to the left-hand side of the street: "That's Central Park, we don't have time to go too far today, let's go go there." ”

Eric nodded, motioned for the driver to drive, and headed east along 82nd Street, turning to Park Avenue on the outskirts of Central Park.

After getting out of the car, he was discussing whether to go boating in the park, but Alexander pulled on the sleeve of Laeric's shirt and pointed to a statue outside a building not far away with some excitement: "I know there, it's "Museum Night", well, that, what's inside." ”

Eric looked over and it turned out to be the American Museum of Natural History, and said with a smile: "If you're curious, then go and have a look, it shouldn't be closed now, right?"

Candace Bushnell said, "No, there's still an hour." ”

The four of them arrived outside the museum and were about to walk up the stairs, but Eric was caught by a billboard hanging outside the museum, which read, "Journey to Amazon, IMAX Super Visual Experience".

Candace Bushnell saw Eric stop suddenly, followed his gaze, and said: "This is a documentary being played in the IMAX screening room, my friends and I have come to see it, it is a very powerful thing, the screen is very large, it is as high as a five-story building, but unfortunately I heard that this technology can only play science and education documentaries within 40 minutes, if it can play the movie, it will definitely be more shocking." ”

Eric nodded and said, "Let's go in and take a look at this." ”

"Okay, but hurry. ”

With that, the four of them bought tickets and walked into the museum, and quickly found the location of the IMAX screening room, just as the last broadcast of today was about to start.

Because it was almost close to closing, there were not many tourists, and the four of them easily found the best viewing position in the center of the center.

When the lights dimmed, the screen lit up, and a large panorama from above suddenly appeared in front of you, and the endless Amazon jungle seemed to rush to the face, giving people a sense of immersive shock.

Of course, Eric had experienced this feeling more than once, and Candace didn't have too much of a surprised expression, but Giselle and Alexander, who had seen such a stunning visual scene for the first time, let out a faint exclamation at the same time.

Giselle had just grabbed the place next to Eric, and at this time, he leaned into Eric's ear intentionally or unintentionally, and said with some regret: "I can't imagine that the Amazon jungle is so beautiful, but it's a pity that my family lives in southern Brazil and has never been there." ”

Eric felt the good smell of perfume on the girl's body, which was left over from the trial in the Dior store not long ago, and said: "The more beautiful things are often more dangerous, but I have just been to the rainforest in northern Australia, where it is said that there are hundreds of deadly poisonous snakes, and if you are not careful, you will die." The Amazon jungle is much more dangerous than the Australian rainforest. ”

Although his attention was drawn to the immersive IMAX images in front of him from time to time, Giselle preferred to have a few more words with Eric, and said without words: "Australia, it's the same place as my hometown, and it should be summer now." Eric, what are you going to do, um, what are you doing in such a dangerous place as the Australian rainforest?"

Eric felt the IMAX picture in front of him, thinking about it, and it didn't prevent him from chatting with Giselle wholeheartedly, saying, "The company has a movie shot there, I'm going to visit the class." Speaking of which, I'm also curious about Brazil, but unfortunately I don't dare to go. ”

Giselle said incredulously, "Eric, is there any place you don't dare to go?"

"Of course, I went to Mexico some time ago and then I didn't dare to go again. ”

Giselle, of course, was concerned about what happened some time ago, saying, "I think my hometown should be, it should be better." ”

However, when the girl said these words, her voice unconsciously lowered, and she seemed very unconfident. She remembered that more than half a year ago, she left her hometown in a small town in southern Brazil and arrived in Rio de Janeiro for the first time, and then, on the same day, the only $50 she had on her was stolen.

Eric noticed Giselle's expression and asked, "What's upset at your mind?"

"Hmm," Giselle nodded, recounting his experience, "...... That's all the money I had on me, I felt like the sky was falling, and I cried alone on the side of the street for a long time, and then I asked passers-by for a little money, and called back, but my father scolded me again, saying that I was too careless. ”

Eric listened quietly, with some emotion, the success of few people is easy, and those who have experienced ups and downs will yearn for success more, if there are no these stumbling experiences, there will be no 'Ji Niangniang' who has held the supermodel throne for a long time.

"Speaking of which, these things are not necessarily a bad thing for you, and when you succeed in the future, these episodes will definitely become good material for your personal biography. ”

When Giselle heard Eric say this, she remembered what the psychic god had said to her half an hour earlier.

The woman who looked like a witch asked her what she wanted to know.

Of course, her main concern is her career, and she finally left Brazil, and she didn't want to go back in disgrace.

The psychic muttered to a crystal ball for a while, and then said that she had recently met someone who had shattered the trajectory of her life, and that even the other party couldn't see what her future would look like.

When Giselle heard this, he reverently asked the other party what to do, but the psychic medium just shook his head, claiming that he couldn't see it, and he was too bothered.

Giselle has always been a very smart and decisive girl, and when she took out the only few hundred dollars left in her wallet to the other party, it was the only little money left in the installation fee that the company advanced to her in order to let her come to meet Eric.

The psychic medium, who was a man of temperament, was visibly pleased to see the bill, muttered to the crystal ball for a longer time, and then told Giselle that she saw two people, and the others were still blurry.

Two people?

At this point, in the IMAX theater of the American Museum of Natural History, Giselle leaned forward, past Eric and Candace Bushnell, and looked at Alexander.

Eric happened to find the two of them recently, and it should be her.

Alexandre Ambrosio had been secretly paying attention to the situation on Eric's side, and noticed that Eric and Giselle seemed to be chatting happily, and there was some jealousy and loss in his heart.

After watching the documentary, the museum was almost closed, and the four of them left in a hurry, and according to Candace's suggestion, found a restaurant for dinner, Eric first sent Candace home, asked where the two girls lived, and asked the driver to drive downtown.

The apartments arranged by the two agencies for Giselle and Alexandria were in the East Village of the lower city, and the car drove into their destination, and the car was full of old red-brick apartments next to each other, and the car stopped outside an apartment building where Alexander's apartment was, and Giselle's rental house happened to be not far away.

The car stopped, Giselle and Alexander got out of the car, and Eric followed suit, curiously looking at the dark streets around them, and even though it was already dark, Eric could see at a glance that the streets were different from the rest of New York.

In Manhattan, most streets are lined with cars of all kinds, but this dilapidated street looks empty at first glance, apparently populated by low-income people who can't even afford a car, and this kind of neighborhood is usually very chaotic.

Looking at the figures swaying in the dark street lights, Eric asked, "Are you safe living here?"

Neither Giselle nor Alexander expected that Eric would send them back, despite their expectations.

After a day of getting along, Eric's mature and stable temperament and gentle and considerate personality made the two girls unconsciously have a good impression of him, which made them not only not have the final restraint and apprehension, but faintly expected something.

At this time, standing on the side of this almost familiar street, the two girls were slightly stunned, and at the same time there was a feeling of loss in their hearts.

Hearing Eric's words, the girls reacted, Alexander followed Eric's gaze and looked around, and said, "It's okay, the company has already told us not to go out at night, um......" After hesitating, Alexander plucked up his courage and said: "Eric, can you go up and sit down?"

Eric said, "You should have other roommates, right?"

"Well, the four of us live together, but it's okay, they're going to welcome you. ”

"Forget it," Eric said with a smile, "I won't bother you, go up quickly." ”

Alexander nodded regretfully and reluctantly walked towards the apartment, Eric watched the girl enter the door and said to Giselle beside him, "Get in the car." ”

Giselle pointed to the intersection not far away, and said, "It's the street ahead, we can walk through." ”

There were two bodyguards sitting in the car, and Eric was not worried about being robbed, so he nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The two walked forward side by side, Giselle walked closer to Eric, hesitated for a moment, carefully reached out and grabbed Eric, seeing that he was just smiling, he relieved himself and whispered, "Eric, I'm the only one in my apartment." ”

Eric smiled: "Your company is very generous, willing to rent an apartment for you alone." ”

"No, my roommates, they're all in Milan. ”

Eric also remembered that February was the day when several major fashion weeks were held. New York Fashion Week does not use models under the age of 16 because of the different laws, but in Europe, which is relatively open, models can appear at the age of 14, which is why most well-known models start in Europe.

If you guessed correctly, the next Milan Fashion Week should be the stage where Giselle made her first appearance, but unfortunately she was suddenly recalled to the United States.

"I just wanted to meet the two of you, I didn't expect it to affect your work, well, Milan Fashion Week shouldn't have opened yet, it's not too late for you to fly back tomorrow, right?"

"It's okay," Gisele shook his head, "I want to stay in the United States and concentrate on preparing for the movie." ”

"Heh, there's nothing you need to prepare for your role," Eric shook his head and said, "So let's go to Milan, and if there's any problem, I can say hello to your company executives." ”

Giselle seemed to want to say something, but nodded obediently.

The two walked to the intersection, turned the corner, and soon came to the outside of Giselle's residence.

"Eric," Giselle was about to speak, remembering Eric's rejection of Alexander just now, hesitated, leaned against Eric, and said in a low voice, "You can stay tonight, and, I, actually, I'm still ......"

Speaking of which, the girl suddenly got stuck.

She was embarrassed to find that she didn't know how to say a certain English word.

In Portuguese, he should, he can't understand it.

Of course, Eric realized what the girl was going to say, and seeing her suddenly stuck, he quickly understood something, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, reached out and picked up Giselle's chin, leaned up and kissed it gently, and said, "Forget it tonight, but, in that case, then keep it for me." (To be continued.) )