"Woo......"

The high-pitched and thick whistle, like the roar of an ancient beast, woke up the sleepy people in the carriage. If the conductor's last stop report just now had no effect, then this roar was enough to shake their spirits and wake up from their groggy state!

"Look, it's New York up ahead!"

Standing next to one of the windows of the carriage, the energetic Eliza Humphers pointed to the buildings that gradually appeared in the distance outside the window, and said excitedly: "The largest city in the United States of America, one of the most perfect cities in the world!" ”

After speaking, this little girl, who was only twelve or thirteen years old, turned her head very arrogantly, and said behind her: "Open your eyes and see, compared with that ignorant and backward Eastern country, this is the truly civilized world...... It's like heaven! ”

The little girl's tone is very impulsive, and there is obviously some show-off flavor in it, which is very easy to arouse the disgust of others under normal circumstances, but Eliza is now the age of budding and waiting to be released, and it is also the age when it is easy to gain the understanding of others, plus her appearance is already delicate and lovely, at this time, her triumphant appearance is not only hateful, but even has some cute feelings, so that the people around her have no way to dislike it.

All were smiling, except for one person, a guy that Eliza thought was very hateful!

A boy who is only eleven or twelve years old at most.

"Heaven?"

Under Eliza's burning gaze, the boy withdrew his stunned gaze looking out of the window, inadvertently glanced at Eliza, and quickly shifted his attention to a newspaper on the table next to him, the corners of his mouth curved a small arc, and muttered in a low voice: "Maybe......"

"Perhaps?"

The boy's sneering expression and perfunctory words clearly angered Eliza, who was almost jumping up like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on. Of course, Eliza, who had a heavy skirt in her long skirt, could not have made such a drastic movement, but she still stared at a pair of blue eyes, raised her eyebrows, and gritted her teeth as if she was going to pounce on each other and bite each other!

"Eliza!"

Just as Eliza opened her mouth to retort loudly to the boy, a noble lady who had been sitting next to her turned pale and let out a low snort, which made her quickly quiet. However, anyone could see that Eliza's big watery eyes were still full of anger, and she had been glaring at the boy viciously, obviously unwilling.

After reprimanding her daughter in a low voice, Mrs. Humphs frowned and looked at the little boy with some dissatisfaction. As a New Yorker, she shares her daughter's deep pride in the city, so she is unhappy with boys.

Unfortunately, neither Eliza nor Mrs. Humphers had any real effect on the boy, for his gaze had already been fixed on a newspaper on the table next to him.

"Sir, may I take a look at this newspaper?"

Standing up, the boy whispered to the owner of the newspaper. The boy had already noticed that the middle-aged man had bought the newspaper when he had stopped at the previous stop, and only then did he politely make a request after seeing that the other party had finished reading it and put it on the table.

"Absolutely."

The owner of the newspaper, a middle-aged man in his forties, glanced at the boy with interest, handed him the newspaper, and asked with a smile, "But are you sure you can read this newspaper?" You know, it's all in English! ”

"Hee-hee."

After hearing the middle-aged man's question, Eliza's eyes lit up, as if she had caught the weakness of the other party, and she laughed softly, and the eyes of several people around her suddenly drifted over.

The middle-aged man and the boy were on the train at the same time, so they naturally understood the origin of the conflict between him and Eliza. It's easy to say, the boy was very quiet all the way, even silent, except for a few exchanges with his fellow travelers, he almost never spoke, as if he had a very heavy heart. However, when Eliza talked to her mother about the current criticism of the Chinese in the public opinion circles, and proudly expressed her opinion, the boy ushered in a sharp attack!

It was also in the short confrontation between the two children that the other people around knew the boy's identity and understood the reason why he would defend those Chinese: the boy seemed to have been born in China, and now it is the first time he has returned to the United States, and he must have a strong affection for that ignorant and backward country, so he is quite dissatisfied with Eliza's words.

Can a young boy born in China, raised in China, and returning to the United States for the first time read this all-English newspaper? The middle-aged man was very suspicious in his heart, after all, there are really not many children of his age who are literate these years, and as a New Yorker, he is also quite dissatisfied with the attitude of the little boy, and he also takes this opportunity to teach the other party a lesson.

"I think I can give it a try."

The boy didn't care about the middle-aged man's ridicule, and he didn't even look at Eliza's sneer, but after answering lightly, he took the newspaper in the middle-aged man's hand, sat in his place and read it carefully.

After seeing the date on the newspaper at a glance, the boy was instantly stunned.

December 21, 1879.

This line of numbers caused the boy to enter a trance, and it took a while to come back to his senses, shake his head with a wry smile, and then look at the big news on the front page.

"Huh?"

Seeing that the boy's expression of serious reading did not seem to be pretending, the middle-aged man's heart moved, and he couldn't help but look at him seriously.

The boy was nearly five feet tall, and he was definitely outstanding among his peers of the era, but his body appeared relatively thin, as thin as a bamboo pole. The soft black long spread gently over the forehead, hiding the boy's wide forehead, and hiding a pair of ears, revealing only a fair, clean little face. If you look at it as a whole, the boy is undoubtedly quite handsome, with a high nose bridge, deep eye sockets, moderately thick lips, and a well-defined face, which is very much in line with the current aesthetics.

It's just that anyone who sees the boy for the first time will probably be attracted by his dark brown eyes!

It was lifeless, and there was no trace of the vitality that a young man should have.

And no matter how you look at it, the middle-aged man always feels that this boy's appearance is a little awkward, and it seems that he is a little different from the ordinary white people he usually comes into contact with, but he can't tell what is different. In addition, in his eyes, the boy's face showed an abnormal paleness, as if he had not seen the sun for many years, and there was no trace of blood under his skin......

"Humph!"

Like the middle-aged man, Eliza also saw that the boy seemed to be able to read the newspaper, and she didn't have much confidence in it, so she snorted softly and sat down next to her mother and didn't say anything again.

"Uh......"

Hearing Eliza's soft snort, the middle-aged man was slightly stunned, and then laughed dumbly.

"Hehe, it's really a very peculiar teenager."

The middle-aged man smiled lightly and stopped paying more attention to the boy. Ten minutes later, the train was about to arrive at the end of the trip, and the middle-aged man's heart had already flown back to his home where he had been away for weeks, even if he was very interested in the boy, he didn't have much heart to continue to pay attention at this time.

There was a strange silence in the carriage.

"Bang dang!"

"Bang dang!"

……

Like a slow-moving beast, the train gasped and roared towards the huge city where it ended.

After a few more minutes, a white gentleman in his thirties walked over from the end of the carriage.

He held on to the handrail on the side of the carriage, swayed with the body of the train, and slowly walked to the boy's side, then bent down and said with a smile: "Dear John, the train is about to arrive in New York, I have telegraphed at the station in front, and Mr. Huntelaar must have sent someone to wait for us." ”

"Huh?"

Looking up from the newspaper, the boy's expression seemed a little dazed, and he immediately reacted, immediately nodded and said, "Okay Mr. Slark, I think we can pack our things"

With that, the boy closed the newspaper and prepared to return it to the middle-aged man. It's just that after stretching out his hand, the boy's gaze couldn't help but glance at the top page again, and finally landed on a person's blurred face.

The moment he took the newspaper, the middle-aged man noticed the strangeness of the boy's gaze, and looked at the newspaper and was immediately happy: "Little guy, can you finally feel the greatness of the United States?" Haha, in that distant Eastern Empire, can anyone create such a great Ming like Mr. Edison? ”

The boy didn't speak, but silently let go of his right hand that was holding the newspaper.

"Woo......"

The train roared again, as if to remind all the passengers for the last time that New York, the end of the long journey, was approaching......

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